590 research outputs found
9° Kouttâbs : Youssef el-Kourdi ; Badr el-Dyn; Moustafa Sinân ; Taghri Bardi et Aïtomouch el-Nagâchi
No full textBahgat Ali, Herz Max, Zarb J. 9° Kouttâbs : Youssef el-Kourdi ; Badr el-Dyn; Moustafa Sinân ; Taghri Bardi et Aïtomouch el-Nagâchi. In: Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l'Art Arabe. Fascicule 20, exercice 1903, 1903. p. 54
Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Techniques to Study Ligand-Mediated Interactions of PPARs with Coregulators
No full textThe capacity to induce the association of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) with different transcriptional coregulators is determined by the peculiar 3D-structure that the receptors adopt when bound with a specific ligand. The fluorescence resonance energy transfer assay is a technique widely used to evaluate coregulator recruitment to nuclear receptors induced by ligands. With this assay it is possible to quantitatively determine the interaction and the affinity of coregulators with PPARs when these receptors are complexed with ligands. Here, we describe the use of this technique to assess the preferential interaction and the affinity of PPARγ with coregulators as a function of the chemical structure of the bound ligan
The Social Context and Textual/Musical Characteristics of the Besta Genre of Southern Iraq
No full textDespite the extensive research by ethnomusicologists on a number of musical cultures, little attention has been given to Iraqi music. The term besta (literally, happiness) is used by Iraqis to signify the genre, which in formal Arabic is called ʾughniyeh. This thesis examines the besta genre in the community of the villages in Dhi-QAr province in southern Iraq. The aims of the study are: to place the songs of the area in their cultural context, classify the repertoire into different categories, develop an analytical methodology, analyse (recorded) examples of the besta song and archive the songs as rare examples f a somewhat endangered Iraqi genre.
Two approaches were followed in order to achieve these objectives: an ethnographic approach, to study the local community and explore the social context of singing, and an analytical approach, to explore the musical characteristics of the besta songs. The analysis involves study of the songs’ texts and their melodic features.
The results show that traditions are stronger than religious values in what is a completely male-dominated society, one in which women have little cultural role to play. Results of the analysis of the text identified poetic elements of the text such as the darmi as the dominant poetic metre, with parting as the main theme, and anguish and sadness as the central emotions of the texts. The results of the melodic analyses show that the intervallic structure of the songs’ melodies relies on a number of Iraqi and Arabic tetrachords, and that the Beyat tetrachord in particular is the most common among the songs. A number of structural characteristics of the melodies have been identified. Beside other patterns, the Maqsum is the most common accompaniment in the songs. It is hoped that the ethnographic and analytical approach developed in this study will lay the foundations for future studies of Iraqi and Arabic music
Site-Directed Mutagenesis to Study the Role of Specific Amino Acids in the Ligand Binding Domain of PPARs
No full textThe role of certain amino acids in the interactions of ligands with their cognate nuclear receptors is usually achieved by the resolution of the crystal structure of the receptor complexed with the ligand. As a complementary functional approach, site-directed mutagenesis, a technique broadly used in molecular biology, allows the assessment of the role of a specific amino acid in determining the interaction with a specific ligand. This method makes it possible to evaluate several mutations of a key amino acid for ligand binding and to determine the relationship between protein structure and ligand interaction. Here, we describe an application of this technique to evaluate different point mutations on the transcriptional activity of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) in the absence or presence of chemically different ligand
Interview with Abdel Tawab Youssef
No full textلقاء مع عبد التواب يوسف الأديب و المؤلف المصري و الذى إشتهر بالكتابة في أدب الأطفال بمناسبة إنتخابه أمين عام لإتحاد كتاب مصر. أجرى هذا اللقاء حسن شمس الدين.An interview with Abdel Tawab Youssef, Egyptian children's book author, on the occasion of his election as Secretary General of Egypt Writers' Union. Interview conducted by Hassan Shams El Din
Making it through..
No full textThis project is for the Audio Production course JRMC 4460 at the American University in Cairo, and was made by Communication and Media Arts Junior Badr El Din Mazen. Photo Credit: Youssef Ayman Professor Kim Fox: @ohradiogirl Script: docs.google.com/document/d/1z46LJ…KYu0zzZciY2E/edit The #AUCdiaries project is an oral history project that documents the life of the AUC community. The project was initiated by Kim Fox in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication (JRMC) along with Hoda Mostafa, Maha Bali and Nadine Aboulmagd, all from the Center for Learning and Teaching (CLT). The bulk of the content that was created for the #AUCdiaries podcasts was completed by students as part of AUC courses. As such, this is both a digital pedagogy project, since students learn while producing, and a digital scholarship project, since the output is considered to be digital scholarship
Service Quality in the Finnish Health Care System and Patients’ Decisions
No full textCustomer service is considered an important part of any organization and one which has a direct effect on the organization income and customer satisfaction toward organization efficiency. The value of organization services could change customer attitude. Each customer has his/her expec-tations and customer services could lead to memorable experiences, positive or negative ones and change customer perception towards what the organization offers. The customer or to be more specific healthcare patient, patient satisfaction is related to sharing in the decision making for treatment, care evaluation and cost reduction. The quality of health care services is of utmost importance to society and through research knowledge can be acquired about the importance of quality, concepts and its role in health care development and recommendations can be made to help in its improvement.
In this research the author examines the Finnish healthcare system provision and policy. Research is conducted on client types, preferences and rights, and an understanding of the client’s attitude towards healthcare services and factors affecting their decisions is desired. The author aims to investigate how much the quality of customer service in the Finnish healthcare system could affect customers decisions. Does the experience of challenges in customer services direct custom-er/patient from public healthcare services to private ones or vice versa? The purpose of the thesis project to offer guidance for healthcare professionals to improve the management of the healthcare system. Guidance includes the area which are valued by customers, the painful and joyful moments during the customer journey.
The author’s objectives during the research concern knowledge discovery; to know how much health care facilities put the quality factor in consideration, to be aware health care problems, to understand the different kinds of behaviors from the perspectives of professionals or clients, to summarize the most important elements which should be in any health organization to achieve a high level of quality and to decrease the gape between our needs and what are already offered by the health care
Ultrasonographic cervical length and risk of hemorrhage in pregnancies with placenta previa
No full textYoussef al-Sebai as a novelist
No full textBu çalışmada, 20. yüzyıl Mısır edebiyatının önemli kısa hikâye ve roman yazarlarından biri olan Yusuf es-Sibâ'î'nin hayatı, edebî kişiliği ve romanları incelenmektedir. Sibâ'î'nin yaşadığı dönem; sosyal, siyasi ve kültürel açıdan önemli pek çok olaya şahitlik etmiştir. Bu olaylar arasında, 1919 ve 1952 devrimleri, Arap-İsrail savaşı, Mısır'ın öncülük ettiği Arap birliğinin kuruluşu, kadınların bireysel ve toplumsal hak ve özgürlüklere kavuşması gibi önemli gelişmeler yer almaktadır. Bu olaylara kayıtsız kalmayan Sibâ'î, romanları aracılığıyla Mısır'ın siyasi hayatını, bağımsızlık mücadelesini ve bu süreçte yaşanan önemli gelişmeleri kurgusal aleme taşımıştır. Bu durum yazarın romanlarının, sosyal, siyasi ve kültürel anlamda zengin bir içeriğe sahip olmasını sağlamıştır. Sibâ'î'nin fantastik, gerçekçi, romantik ve psikolojik türden kaleme aldığı romanlarında ağırlıklı olarak romantik bir eğilim kendini gösteriyor olsa da romantizmi ve realizmi aynı çatı altında başarılı bir şekilde birleştirdiği görülmektedir. Bu sayede, romanlarında gerçekçi ve romantik unsurları harmanlamış ve okuyucuya etkileyici bir okuma deneyimi sunmuştur. Ayrıca Sibâ'î'nin eserleri, Mısır edebiyatında bir dönüm noktası olarak kabul edilmektedir. Bu eserler, dönemin siyasi ve toplumsal sorunlarına dair kayda değer birer belge niteliği taşımaktadır. Bu yönüyle de yazarın eserleri Mısır edebiyatının önemli bir parçasıdır ve gelecek kuşaklara aktarılması gereken bir miras olarak değerlendirilmelidir.This work focuses on the life and literary works of Youssef al-Sebai, one of the leading short story and novel writers of 20th century Egyptian literature. The period in which the author lived witnessed many important events from political, social, and cultural perspectives. Among these events were the 1919 and 1952 revolutions, the Arab-Israeli war, the establishment of the Arab unity led by Egypt, and the achievement of individual and societal rights for women. Youssef al-Sebai did not remain indifferent to these events and addressed the significant developments that occurred during Egypt's political life and struggle for independence through his works. His works demonstrate that they have a rich content in terms of social, political, and cultural meanings. Youssef al-Sebai used fantastic, realistic, romantic and psychological genres in his works. Although a romantic tendency is mainly observed in his novels, the author successfully combined romanticism and realism under the same roof. In this way, he blended realistic and romantic elements in his works and provided readers with an impressive reading experience. Furthermore, Youssef al-Sebai's works are considered a turning point in Egyptian literature. These works are regarded as important documents on the political and societal issues of their time. In this sense, the author's works are an important part of Egyptian literature and should be recognized as a legacy that needs to be passed down to future generations
Interview with Abdel Tawab Youssef
No full textمقابلة مع الأديب وكاتب كتب الأطفال، عبد التواب يوسف، يناقش فيها مهنته في كتابة كتب الأطفال وأخر دراساته في الموضوعات المتصلة بذلك المجال بجامعات أمريكية، ويتحدث عن عدة كتب مهمة مثل كتاب ""تاريخ البشرية،"" لأرنولد توينبى، كما يتحدث عن قراءات مهمة للطفل في سن المدرسة وما قبلها في موضوعات مهمة وعميقة كمناقشة الموت، الحياة والجنس. قامت بالمقابلة درية شرف الدين.An interview with writer and children's books author, Abdel Tawab Youssef, in which he discusses writing children's books and tells about books ""The History of Humanity"" by Arnold Toynbee. The interview was conducted by Doria Sharaf El-Din
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