237 research outputs found
Adapting authoritarianism: institutions and co-optation in Egypt and Syria
No full textThis PhD thesis compares Egypt and Syria’s authoritarian political systems. While the tendency in social science political research treats Egypt and Syria as similarly authoritarian, this research emphasizes differences between the two systems with special reference to institutions and co-optation. Rather than reducibly understanding Egypt and Syria as sharing similar histories, institutional arrangements, or ascribing to the oft-repeated convention that “Syria is Egypt but 10 years behind,” this thesis focuses on how events and individual histories shaped each states current institutional strengthens and weaknesses. Specifically, it explains the how varying institutional politicization or de-politicization affects each state’s capabilities for co-opting elite and non-elite individuals.
Beginning with a theoretical framework that considers the limited utility of democratization and transition theoretical approaches, the work underscores the persistence and durability of authoritarianism. Chapter two details the politicized institutional divergence between Egypt and Syria that began in the 1970s. Chapter three and four examines how institutional politicization or de-politicization affects elite and non-elite individual co-optation in Egypt and Syria. Chapter five discusses the study’s general conclusions and theoretical implications.
This thesis’s argument is that Egypt and Syria co-opt elites and non-elites differently because of the varying degrees of institutional politicization in each governance system. Rather than view one country as more politically developed than the other, this work argues that Syria’s political institutions are more politicized than their Egyptian counterparts. Syria’s political arena is, thus, described as politicized-patrimonialism. Syria’s politicized-patrimonial arena produces uneven co-optation of elites and non-elites as they are diffused through competing institutions. Conversely, the Egyptian political arena remains highly personalized as weak institutions and individuals are manipulated and molded according to the president’s ruling clique. This is referred to as personalized-patrimonialism. As a consequence, Egypt’s political establishment demonstrates more flexibility in ad hoc altering and adapting its arena depending on the emergence of crises.
This study’s theoretical implications suggest that, contrary to modernization and democratization theory’s adage that institutions lead to a political development, politicized institutions within a patrimonial order actually hinder regime adaptation because consensus is harder to achieve and maintain. It is within this context that Egypt’s de-politicized institutional framework advantages its top political elite. In this reading of Egyptian and Syrian politics, Egypt’s personalized political arena is more adaptable than Syria’s. These conclusions do not indicate that political reform is a process underway in either state
Report on Saif Al-Islam bin Saud bin Abdul Aziz
No full textتقريرإيمان رافع حول ندوة في معرض القاهرة الدولي للكتاب وقيام عدد من المثقفين بمنافشه كتاب السعودي سيف الاسلام بن سعود بن عبد العزيز الذي يحمل عنوان "تنهيدة العربي الاخيرة" .A report by Iman Rafi about a symposium at the Cairo International Book Fair, and the discussion of a number of intellectuals with the Saudi author Saif al-Islam bin Saud bin Abdul Aziz's book, which is titled "The Last Arab Sigh"
Consigue un empleo, trabaja de manera segura
No full textThis archived document is maintained by the Oregon State Library as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Title from PDF caption (viewed on March 11, 2015)."SAIF Corporation 4/10."Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in Spanish
Corrigendum
No full textCorrigendum to ‘Harnessing gemcitabine metabolism: a step towards personalized medicine for pancreatic cancer’ by Muhammad Saif, Yoomi Lee and Richard Kim, Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology 2012; 4(6):341-6. DOI: 10.1177/1758834012453755 . The corresponding author would like to note their name should be recognized as Muhammad Wasif Saif (Saif MW) and not as Muhammad Saif (Saif M) in this article
Reduced-order Kalman filter for a class of continuous - time systems with slow and fast modes
No full textIn this thesis, complete decomposition of the Kalman filter into the reduced-order Kalman filter with slow and fast modes is addressed. First, we investigate the decomposition so that the slow and fast filters are completely separated with both of filters driven by the system measurements. The simulation results are presented for such a decomposition using an aircraft example. In the second part, this thesis presents the design of reduced order Kalman filters for systems with both slow and fast modes for the case of perfect measurement. The main advantage of the reduced order approach is moderating and reducing mathematical difficulties to obtain the optimal state estimation. This will facilitate the use of Kalman filter for a class of real-time physical systems. In this thesis, we explain the effectiveness of the proposed design through theoretical studies and simulation results.M.S.Includes bibliographical referencesby Saif Almansour
The Saif al-mulūk wa-l-ḥukkām of Muḥyī ad-Dīn Muḥammad b. Sulaimān al-Kāfiyaǧī (d. 1474), Edition, translation and commentary.
No full textMuḥyi ad-Dīn al-Kāfiyaǧī, Verfasser des Werkes Saif 'l-mulūk wa-l-ḥukkām (Das Schwert der Könige und Herrscher), lebte im fünzehnten Jahrhundert im mamlukischen Kairo.
Sein Werk ruft die Herrscher zur Ausübung der Gerechtigkeit und zur Fürsorge gegenüber ihren Völkern auf. Gleichzeitig ruft es die Völker dazu auf, den gerechten Herrschern Gehorsam entgegen zu bringen. Dabei unterstreicht es von Beginn an die Gerechtigkeit als menschlichen und sozialen Wert, zu dem Gott die Menschen aufrief und sie dabei aufforderte, ihn als Hauptbedingung für den Zusammenhalt der islamischen Gesellschaft zu betrachten, um infolgedessen deren Fortbestand und Entwicklung zu garantieren. Saif 'l-mulūk wa-l-ḥukkām behandelt somit wichtige politische, soziale und moralische Themen und stellt Reformen in Form von Ratschlägen und Hinweisen vor.
Das Werk gehört zum Genre des „Fürstenspiegels“. Aus diesem Grund soll diese Arbeit einen Überblick über die Kunst des Fürstenspiegel und seiner Entwicklung im muslimischen Kontext geben und eine Liste von Schriften erstellt werden, die man als Ratgeberliteratur bezeichnen kann. Da es sich bei dieser Arbeit um eine Edition des Werkes handelt, werden zunächst die Inhalte des Manuskripts und der Abschriften erklärt. Es folgt die Edition und die Übersetzung des Textes mit Kommentaren zum Manuskript und dessen wissenschaftlicher Bedeutung. Unter anderem sollen dabei die ursprünglichen Beweggründe für das Verfassen des Werkes geklärt werden.Muḥyi ad-Dīn al-Kāfiyaǧī, author of Saif 'l-mulūk wa-l-ḥukkām (The sword of kings and rulers), lived in Mamluk Cairo in the fifteenth century.
His work reminds rulers to practice justice and benevolence towards their suzerains. At the same time it urges people to show obedience to their just rulers. Central for the work is its emphasis for justice as a human and social value, which was postulated from God, who demanded from the human kind to guarantee the main requirements for the cohesion and maintenance of the Islamic society. Thus Saif 'l-mulūk wa-l-ḥukkām discusses important political, social and moral issues and presents reforms in terms of advice and suggestions.
The book belongs to the genre of ”Mirrors of Princes”. Therefore this study is supposed to give an overview of the genre and its development in a Muslim context. Furthermore it will contain a list of works, which can be seen as advising literature. Since this study is an edition of al-Kāfiyaǧīs work, it will explain the content of the manuscripts first, followed by the edition and translation of the text with commentaries about the manuscript and its scientific significance. Among other things this part will attempt to clarify the original motives for writing Saif 'l-mulūk wa-l-ḥukkām
Metabolic changes after surgical fat removal: Current gaps and suggestions for future studies
No full textDear Editor,
We read with interest the letter by Seretes et al. discussing the findings and limitations of our evidence synthesis regarding the metabolic implications of surgical subcutaneous fat removal (SSFR).1 It is true that existing studies were of small sample size, heterogeneous in terms of baseline body mass index (BMI), type and amount of SSFR, gender differences, as well as participants' behaviour in terms of diet and exercise.2 While this has a bearing on the results of this paper, a meta-analysis generates an average effect over the multiple studies and those till date3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 have failed to generate consensus because they did not address the heterogeneity in follow-up duration among the included studies. Our dose-response meta-analysis (DRMA)1 aimed not only to pool previous studies to reach a bigger sample size and stronger conclusion, but also to account for differences in follow-up time. Thus, regardless of the existing heterogeneity in patient characteristics, there was a metabolic effect demonstrable for SSFR and these results are consistent with the observation that even a small amount of fat reduction can have a significant metabolic benefit on insulin sensitivity, inflammation, and blood pressure.9, 10
With the current advancement in our understanding regarding fat tissue being an active endocrine organ rather than an energy store, as well as the accelerating increase in demand for such body contouring surgeries (that lead to SSFR) to improve body shape quickly, it is essential to further investigate the metabolic changes after these surgeries, not only to confirm the safety of these procedures, but also to help us to understand the mechanisms underpinning the link between obesity and metabolic diseases and the impact of various patient differences on metabolic sequalae. Our meta-analysis is reassuring in that metabolic safety seems plausible and therefore the focus now needs to be on additional sources of population heterogeneity such as existing comorbidities such as diabetes mellitus and history of previous bariatric surgery,11 which could alter the metabolic trajectory after SSFR. As Seretes aptly concludes, future controlled studies with homogenous samples, proper methodology, and adequate follow-up remain of high importance to clarify the role of different patient factors on metabolism after surgical1 (SSFR) and non-surgical12 (NSSFR) subcutaneous fat removal.This project was supported by the Medical Research Office at Hamad Medical Corporation ( #01-20-466 ) and the Qatar National Research Fund (Project #NPRP14S-0406-210153 )
Viral enteric infections of turkey poults
No full textID: IND85024786; Accession Number: IND85024786 Pagination: p. 59-60. Identifiers: viral diseases Publicaton Type: Journal Article Language(s): English Coden: MXMRA Category Codes: Animal Diseases (Viral) Subset: Indexing Branch - NAL NAL Call Number: S1.M52 Update Code: 00000000Source type: Electronic(1
A tale of two tragedies: culpability and innocence in American journalism
No full textPublished in: Journalism Practice, 2019, Vol. 13, No. 8, 931-935
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No full textConverted from HTML.Contains condensed statutory balance sheet, condensed statement of income, and financial statement.This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
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