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HIV-1 Tat Dysregulates the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Stress Axis and Potentiates Oxycodone-mediated Psychomotor and Anxiety-like Behavior of Male Mice
No full textGraduate students: Salahuddin Mohammed, Department of BioMolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy; Fakhri Mahdi, Department of BioMolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy; Alaa N. Qrareya, Department of BioMolecular Sciences, School of PharmacyMajor/Minor: Major: Pharmaceutical Science, School of PharmacyFaculty advisor: Jason J. Paris, Department of BioMolecular Sciences,Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, School of Pharmacyhttps://egrove.olemiss.edu/neuro_showcase/1006/thumbnail.jp
Future role of sustainable innovative technologies in crisis management/ Mohammed Ali, editor.
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index."This book will discuss new technology and crisis management in a global business context, contributing to information systems and innovation literature by giving insight into how new technology has become the norm for intra-company communication practice and can adapt to various crisis situations"--Future role of sustainable innovative technologies in crisis management / Mohammed Ali -- Managing crisis using interconnected devices powered by the Internet of Things / Mohammed Ali, Mark Schofield -- A systematic review of information technologies to assist policymaking in crisis management / Mohammed Ali, Bob Wood -- Future perspectives and evolution of citizen participation in government / Maria Jesus Garcia -- Application of big data and machine learning approaches to improve decision making in crisis management / Mohammed Ali, Trevor Wood-Harper -- Managing disaster scenarios : an artificial intelligence approach / Mark Schofield -- An empirical study and analysis of nextgen smart healthcare system / Subhash Almel, Selvaraj Kesavan, Muralidhar B S -- Managing human resources as a stakeholder in cyber risk management / Alaa Alamoudi -- Managing disaster scenarios : an artificial intelligence approach / Mark Schofield -- Mobbing and WOM in the digital age : an application in maritime organization / Nihan Senbursa, Ali Tehci -- Exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) can support start-ups to manage crisis situations for future sustainable business in the agri-food industry / Bisola Raji -- Assessing distance learning in higher education amidst Covid-19 pandemic : the Sudan context / Mohammed Ali -- A multidimensional experience perspective of remote online education during the Covid-19 pandemic / Farag Edghiem, Elzhana Apostolova, Eman Alkhalifah -- Implementation of innovative accounting technologies in crisis management / Doan Nguyen -- The application of robotic process automation RPA in accounting; the perspective of the Lebanese economic crisis / Farag Edghiem, Noha Hariri, Eman Alkhalifah.1 online resourc
Joint beamforming and combining design for mmWave integrated access and backhaul networks
No full textIntegrated access and backhaul (IAB) networks operating in full-duplex (FD) mode at millimeter wave frequencies have been actively investigated in the context of future-generation communications networks. However, conventional analog cancellation techniques cannot adequately mitigate the self-interference resulting from the FD operation and the multi-user interference. Hence, in this paper, we consider a multi-cell, multi-user IAB network and jointly design the beamforming and combining matrices to maximize the networks weighted sum rate. Given the non-convex nature of the problem, we reformulate it using weighted minimum-mean-square-error (WMMSE) and extended fractional programming (FP) techniques followed by a block coordinate descent (BCD) approach. Extensive simulation results validate the superior performance of our proposed algorithms. Specifically, the WMMSE and FP methods can achieve 50 bits/sec/Hz higher than the benchmark scheme for a network employing three cells with two uplink and two downlink users per cell
Corporate board committees and corporate outcomes: an international systematic literature review and agenda for future research
No full textThis paper comprehensively reviews the current body of international accounting literature regarding advisory/monitoring committees and corporate outcomes. Specifically, it synthesizes, appraises, and extends current knowledge on the (a) theoretical (i.e., economic, accounting/corporate governance, sociological and socio-psychological) perspectives and (b) empirical evidence of the observable and less visible attributes at both the individual and committee levels and their link with a wide range (financial/non-financial) of corporate outcomes. Using the systematic literature review method, 304 articles from 59 journals in the fields of accounting and finance that were published between January 1992 and December 2018 are reviewed. The main findings are as follows. First and theoretically, agency theory is the most dominant applied theory/studies with no application of theory at all (descriptive), while the application of integrated theoretical frameworks is lacking in the reviewed articles. Secondly, the existing empirical evidence focusses excessively on (a) monitoring instead of advisory committees and (b) observable rather than less visible committee attributes. Thirdly, scarcity of cross-country studies along with methodological limitations relating to measurement inconsistencies, insufficiency of variables, and dominance of quantitative studies, among others, are identified. Finally, promising future research avenues are outlined.</p
The Saudi Majlis Ash-Shura : domestic functions and international role, 1993-2003
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Le référentiel de formation FOS : perspectives et conceptions ; cas des apprenants de l’institut supérieur des sciences de la santé ISSS de Settat-Maroc
No full textRésumé: Le Français sur Objectifs Spécifiques (FOS) est un domaine d'étude qui présente des particularités distinctes, nécessitant une définition précise. Au fil de son évolution, le FOS a connu des changements significatifs, incitant à repenser son modèle et à adopter une approche critique pour favoriser des avancées notables. Dans cette optique, l'intégration des compétences au cœur de la formation se révèle essentielle pour atteindre une synergie pédagogique et curriculaire optimale. La finalité de cette recherche est d’amener les technologues de la troisième année de l’institut supérieur des sciences de la santé à l’Université Hassan 1er de Settat à prendre conscience du référentiel susceptible de faire développer leurs compétences communicatives.
Mots-clés : FOS, compétences, synergie pédagogique et curriculaire, référentiel
Bobby Mohammed … A Steelpan Legend Re-emerges
No full textThe author interviews Lennox "Bobby" Mohammed, the sprightly and spiritual 71-year old arranger as he reflects and comments on his re-emergence on the music scene. Mohammed became the youngest arranger to win a Panorama title at the age of 22 in 1965 and was honoured with one of the country's highest national awards, the Humming Bird Medal Gold
አላሁ፡መስሊ፡አለሙሀመድ፡ያለመሁዳ፡ሳቡኝ፡ካንቱ፡ዘንዳ
No full textThe entire manuscript is available for download as a single PDF file. Higher-resolution images may be available upon request. For technical assistance, please contact [email protected]. Fieldwork Team: Gabeyehu Adugna (Principal Investigator), Rachel Dwyer (Principle Investigator) Ahmed Tayib (Local Project Manager), Muhammed Jawad (Boston Facilitator). Technical Team: Prof. Fallou Ngom (Project Director and the Former Director of African Studies Center), Eleni Castro (Technical Lead, BU Libraries), and Ethan Key (Intern, BU Libraries). The fieldwork team would like to thank the following individuals and institutions who provided vital assistance in facilitation and consultation during fieldwork: Dr.Endris Mohammed, Professor, Addis Ababa University Linguistics Department, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Hussein Kassim Mohammedsani, PhD candidate. Addis Ababa University Linguistics Department, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Council, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Additional thanks to to the staff of the Rahnile Hotel in Bahir Dar.
This collection of Amharic Ajami manuscripts are copied as part of the African Studies Center's African Ajami Library.
Access Condition and Copyright: These materials are subject to copyright. All rights reserved to the author. For use, distribution or reproduction contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]).
Materials in this web edition may be cited as: Adugna, G., Dwyer,R., Ngom, F., and Castro, E. (2021). African Ajami Library: Amharic Ajami Manuscripts. Boston: Boston University Libraries: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/39804. For Inquiries: Please Contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]).Provenance / Custodial history: This manuscript is owned by Ahmed Tayib of Debre Tabor, Ethiopia. Ahmed Tayib is the son of the author. This is an original work written by Mohammed Hassan Zite in 1965 EC (1972 CE/AD). The author had studied in several regions of Ethiopia, including the Dana mosque, in Tigray, and in Yajju areas. He was a teacher in Bahir Dar, and now, in his nineties, lives in the Begemder region. Handwritten manuscript on ledger lined paper using black ink (marker?) for the rasm and i'jam, but including blue ink (ball point pen?) for the harakat (vowel diacritics). The title uses a character for "ñ" which is a "ي" with an additional dot. Photographed in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.This manzuma expresses the longing (ናፍቆት, nafqot) to be with Allah. It uses some words and phrases in the Amharic language that relate especially to the Gondar region.The contents of this collection were developed with support of the Title VI National Resource Center grant # P015A180164 from the U.S. Department of Education. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government
Implications of the Improvement of Teaching Quality for Professional Development (PD) of Academics at the Colleges of Applied Sciences (CASs) in the Sultanate of Oman
No full textThe Oman Accreditation Council (OAC), which is called later the Oman Academic Accreditation Authority (OAAA), designed a higher education institution (HEI) Quality Assurance (QA) framework for Omani public and private Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), starting with a quality audit process in 2008. The Colleges of Applied Sciences (CASs), as a public HEI, are required to ensure the quality of all services and activities to meet particular national standards (specified in the framework) in order to gain a HEI and programme certificate. In line with a quality audit scope, the quality of the fields of PD and related teaching quality should be ensured and enhanced by the promotion and contribution of the former field to the maintenance and improvement of the latter one.
The chief purpose of this study was to identify the uptake and implications of the growing requirement to improve teaching quality and the PD of academics at the CASs in the Sultanate of Oman especially in the context of the application of the QA framework. The study focused on examining the academics’ participation in professional development programmes (PDPs) and current perceptions of PD with respect to the improvement of teaching quality improvement at these colleges. The current study also dealt with a reorganization and prioritization of academics’ PD needs, barriers to effective PD, and factors to enhance PD of academics regarding teaching quality improvement in the colleges.
Based on the purpose and research objectives, the current study adopted both positivist (quantitative) and interpretive (qualitative) research paradigms. Because the study perused quantitative and qualitative data regarding certain variables, it chose a mixed-research design. The researcher designed survey questionnaire to collect quantitative data and a semi-structured interview and a focus group discussion to probe and interpret quantitative findings. After fulfillment of the validity and reliability measurements, a self-completion questionnaire was distributed to a stratified random sample of academics (170) over the six CASs. A total of 150 questionnaires (out of 170) were completed and returned and the response-rate reached 88.2%. The quantitative data was analyzed by appropriate analysis using the Statistical Package for Social sciences (SPSS), while the qualitative data was analyzed by appropriate qualitative analysis.
The findings of the study showed that the level of academics’ participation in PDPs to improve teaching quality in the last two years in the CASs seems to be unsatisfactorily low. The current perceptions of the PD situations in the colleges, relating to teaching quality improvement, signified a shortage in the number of available PDPs and/or a discouragement of academics’ participation in these programmes in the last two years. The study also revealed all the 22 PD needs of academics regarding the improvement of teaching quality are significantly demanded by participants; the higher rated needs focused on a development of ‘student centred’ skills, such as critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Furthermore, the study illustrated that the highest significant perceived barriers to effective PD in the CASs, as related to teaching quality improvement, focus on a lack of a clear institutional PD policy and a lack of appropriately systematic PD plans. The study also revealed all 10 perceived factors to enhance PD regarding teaching quality improvement are very important. The most significant factors represented and stressed particular problematic issues (the high rated barriers) and a reduction of a heavy workload to enhance academics’ participation in PD regarding the improvement of teaching quality.
Conclusions drawn from the discussion of the findings of study include a lack of a clear PD policy at national and institutional levels and absence of a particular authority/unit concerning PD issues in Omani HEIs. The two problematic issues resulted in a lack of systematic and realistic PD plans in the CASs, involving a lack of academics’ involvement in PD plans, a misconnection of academics’ PD needs to PD, inappropriate facilities and resources allocation, and inappropriate evaluation processes of PD. In addition, the conclusions also include that PD of academics regarding the improvement of teaching quality in the colleges requires more attention and focus to manage particular significant issues perceived by participants as both barriers and potential facilitators relating to PD of academics.
Based on identified conclusions, particular implications for policy and practice to enhance PD to improve teaching quality were set at three levels: governmental, institutional, and individual. Moreover, achievements of the current study according to the research questions were identified and contributions of the study to the fields of PD, teaching quality, and the context of QA and quality audit in HE were addressed. Based on the findings and conclusions, particular directions and recommended issues were suggested to be studied by further research to benefit the enhancement of PD and related teaching quality improvement
Maktabat Al Muthanna Baghdad Feb-May 1962
No full textAl-Muthanna Library extends its best wishes to Mr. Alaa El-Din Shatti and his partners, acknowledges receipt of their letter dated April 16, 1962, and apologizes for the delayed response. The library requests updates on any new developments and asks that this information be communicated to Najib Al-Khanji, in addition to a follow-up concerning the previous outstanding balance.تتقدم مكتبة المثنى بأطيب التمنيات إلى السيد علاء الدين شطي وشركائه، وتقرّ باستلام رسالته المؤرخة في 16 نيسان 1962، وتعتذر عن التأخر في الرد. كما تطلب المكتبة تزويدها بأي مستجدات جديدة وإبلاغ السيد نجيب الخانجي بذلك، مع متابعة الرصيد السابق القائم
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