27 research outputs found
Who Or What Is Werethekau ‘Great of Magic’? A Problematic Inscription (UC 16639)
No full textIn this paper, I investigate the identity of Werethekau through a previously unpublished limestone block at the Petrie Museum (UC 16639). It is not recorded when or where this block was found; the context, a central and identifying feature for the archaeological discipline, is lost (Johnson 1999: 107). The Petrie Museum records do not include the method or date of acquisition. I will focus here on the following questions: What does this object represent? Who is Werethekau? Is it an epithet for a goddess, or a name for a material object, or for a goddess frequently associated with the coronation of the king? The discussion also introduces the approach on which I rely for the identification of the object and its chronology. A further aim in this publication is to bring the object to the attention of a wider readership of scholars of Egyptian archaeology in an attempt to find the missing parts
Water requirements for wheat and maize under climate change in North Nile Delta
No full textDetermination of water requirements for wheat and maize under climate change is important for policy makers in Egypt. The objectives of this paper were to calculate (i) ETo and (ii) water requirements for wheat and maize crops grown in five governorates (Alexandria, Demiatte, Kafr El-Sheik, El-Dakahlia and El-Behira) located in North Nile Delta of Egypt under current climate and climate change. ECHAM5 climate model was used to develop A1B climate change scenario in 2020, 2030 and 2040. Monthly values of evapotranspiration (ETo) under the different scenarios in these governorates were calculated using Hargreaves-Samani equation (H-S). Then, these values were regressed on ETo values previously calculated by Penman-Monteith equation (P-M) and linear regression (prediction equations were developed for each governorate). The predicted ETo values were compared to the values of ETo calculated by P-M equation and the deviations between them were very low (RMSE/obs=0.04-0.06 mm and R2 =0.96-0.99). Water requirements for wheat and maize were calculated using BISm model under current climate and in 2020, 2030 and 2040. The results showed that average annual ETo would increase by low percentage in 2020 and 2030. However, in 2040 the increase would reach 8%. Water requirements are expected to increase by 2-3% for wheat and by 10-15% for maize, which would result in reduction of the cultivated area. Thus, it is very important to revise and fix the production system of wheat and maize, in terms of the used cultivars, fertilizer and irrigation application to overcome the risk of climate change.
Additional key words: Triticum spp; Zea mays; Penman-Monteith equation; Hargreaves-Samani equation; BISm model; ECHAM5 climate model; A1B climate change scenario.
Abbreviations used: BISm (basic irrigation scheduling model); CCAFS (Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security); ETo (evapotranspiration); H-S (Hargreaves & Samani); Kc (crop coefficient); PI (percentage of increase); P-M (Penman Monteith); RMSE (root mean square error); WHC (water holding capacity).
Citation: Ouda, S.; Noreldin, T.; Abd El-Latif, K. (2015). Water requirements for wheat and maize under climate change in North Nile Delta. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, Volume 13, Issue 1, e03-001, 10 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.5424/sjar/2015131-6412.
Received: 15 Jun 2014. Accepted: 02 Dec 2014.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5424/sjar/2015131-6412
Copyright © 2015 INIA. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC by 3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.
Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Correspondence should be addressed to Samiha Ouda: [email protected]
Effect of Educational Intervention on Pediatric Diabetes self Care Practices
No full textAbstract: Background: Diabetes mellitus is among the most common chronic illnesses in childhood, it is a chronic metabolic condition affecting the child’s physical and physiological growth and development. Aim of the study: Study the effect of educational intervention on pediatric diabetes self care practices. Research design: A quasi experimental design (one group pre/post test) was used in the study. Settings: The present study was carried out at pediatric outpatient unit affiliated to Suez Canal University Hospitals and Health Insurance Hospital at Ismailia city. Sample: A non probability purposive sample (30) of diabetic children at the previously mentioned settings. Tools for data collection: The data were collected using two tools namely structured interview questionnaire and observational checklists to assess diabetes self care practices. Results: There was statistically significant difference in the total mean scores of satisfactory knowledge and self care practice pre/immediate post educational intervention. The total satisfactory knowledge was 100% immediate post educational intervention compared with 6.7% pre intervention. The total satisfactory level of self care practice was 100% immediate post educational intervention compared with 63.3% pre educational intervention. Conclusion: The educational intervention had a positive effect on children's diabetes self care practices. Recommendations: Periodic educational interventions are required to achieve positive change on diabetic children's self care practices.
Keywords: Diabetic children, educational intervention, Knowledge, Nursing, Practice.
Title: Effect of Educational Intervention on Pediatric Diabetes self Care Practices
Author: Hadeer Hussien Soliman, Wafaa El- Sayed Ouda, Manal Farouk Mohamed, Rehab Hassan Kafl
International Journal of Novel Research in Healthcare and Nursing
ISSN 2394-7330
Vol. 9, Issue 3, September 2022 - December 2022
Page No: 55-64
Novelty Journals
Website: www.noveltyjournals.com
Published Date: 27-September-2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7115915
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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
Development of a new multiphase sediment transport model for free surface flows
No full text© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Modeling of sediment transport in estuaries and coastal areas requires a lot of compromises to keep the computational costs within acceptable limits. Due to that, existing sediment transport models do not account for particle-scale physics, e.g. particle-particle interaction and turbulence modulation by sediment, which play a significant role, especially in the non-dilute regime. In the current study, a newly developed physics-based sediment transport model for free surface flows and its numerical implementation within the OpenFOAM framework is introduced. The new model is based on the multiphase mixture theory to account for interactions between sediment and water while tracking the free surface at the same time. A modified VOF equation for sediment-laden free surface flow was derived and implemented. The interphase momentum transfer is considered by solving an additional closure for the slip velocity which includes the effects of drag force, turbulent dispersion, and shear-induced diffusion. Dense granular flow rheology is used to supply the required closures for particle stresses. Additionally, suitable closures for the mixture and turbulent viscosities are introduced. The model was validated using experimental data and analytical solutions of five test cases of variable complexity. This includes pure sedimentation, laminar bedload transport, turbulent sheet flow, local scour due to a submerged jet, and wave-induced scour under a submarine pipeline.sponsorship: This research was supported by a Ph.D. scholarship for the 1st author provided by KU Leuven's Interfaculty Council for Development Cooperation (IRO Scholarship) to which the authors are most grateful. We would also like to show our gratitude to Alexandria University for allowing long leave of absence for the 1st author in order to obtain his Ph.D. The acknowledgement also extends to the developers of OpenFOAM which was used as a base for current numerical model development. (KU Leuven's Interfaculty Council for Development Cooperation (IRO Scholarship))status: Publishe
UNTRANSLATED INDONESIAN WORDS IN THE TRANSLATION OF EKA KURNIAWAN’S NOVEL “BEAUTY IS A WOUNDâ€
No full textThis research was a descriptive qualitative study that aimed to investigate the untranslated Indonesian words found in the English translation of “Cantik itu Luka†novel, which is “Beauty is A Woundâ€. The analysis was done using comparative method to find out how the translator convey the meaning of the untranslated words intended by the author to the readers of the target language. In this study, it was found that cultural-bound words referring to ecology; material culture such as food and drink; social culture, custom and religious activities; and gestures and habits were left untranslated. The finding showed that in conveying the meaning, the translator used amplification and transposition translation techniques... It was also found that some words were left untranslated without further descriptions which caused meaning to be untransferred. Keywords: Translation; Novel; Cultural Word
A Suggested Strategic Roadmap for Public Egyptian Universities to Adopt and Adapt to the Requirements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Society 5.0 to Prepare Students for the Future Labor Market
No full textCurrently, the world is facing an unprecedented challenge which is “youth bulge” with a high rate of unemployment. It is argued that the employability challenges will be compounded by the impacts of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and Society 5.0, and “Open talent economy” is the new economy replacing traditional permanent employees with talented “free lancers” to perform the required work from anywhere in the world. Currently, institutions around the world prefer to employ those who have skills for specific projects. Gig economy primarily depends on two forms of work: “crowd work” and “work on-demand”. In addition, in the last five years, "artificial intelligence" (AI) has begun to replace people in many of routine jobs, and will continue to replace people in new unimaginable jobs that may arise in the future due to the continuous developments of smart technologies. Accordingly, universities all over the world will face a new problem of preparing students for a new way of life and work with a somewhat uncertain future in the coming era that involves a new industrial revolution whose repercussions are unprecedented.Accordingly, there is increasing trend that calls for the necessity of preparing a flexible or liquid workforce able to constantly adapt itself to the requirements of fast-changing labor market, and establishing a culture of flexibility in moving between businesses according to the needs of the labor market which witnessed the emergence of new types of labor across the world. If universities failed to align employability competences with the requirements of 4IR and Society 5.0, the unemployment gap will increase. Thus, the main objective of this study is to propose a strategic roadmap for public Egyptian universities to adopt and adapt to the requirements of the fourth industrial revolution and society 5.0 to prepare students for the future labor market. To achieve this objective, the author adopted both descriptive and exploratory research design, and used mixed methods research approach. Since the requirements of 4IR and Society 5.0 and Gig economy do not depend on national educational institutions that operate in accordance with national standards, but reliance is on the standards set by transnational "digital institutions" and platform companies, so the national contexts will have minor influence on practices and structure of university education systems, therefore the suggested strategic proposal may be applied by many universities in different educational contexts. Keywords: The Fourth Industrial Revolution; Society 5.0; Strategic Roadmap; Education 4.0; Work 4.0; Egyptian Universities; Gig economy. DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-29-03 Publication date:October 31st 202
The Use of Academic Words amongst Sanata Dharma Univeristy’s ELESP Students Batch 2020
No full textUnderstanding how to use academic words is crucial and essential for university students. This is intended so that students can communicate their thoughts effectively by utilizing accurate academic words that fit the context. However, analyzing written work can be one technique to measure students’ proficiency with academic words. In this article, the author goes over percentages as well as examples of how academic words have been used in an academic writing by the students of the English Language Education Study Program (ELESP) by using a software called AntWordProfiller as a vocabulary profiler tool for this corpus-based analysis study. The study's findings indicated that on average, students’ academic writing covered 10% of the total AWL, which means that the academic writing have employed a good amount of academic words. This research also adds to the understanding of how non-native English language learners use academic words in their academic writing.
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Upper Campanian(?)-lower Danian planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and quantitative paleobathymetry and paleoecology of the Dababiya Quarry Corehole, Upper Nile Valley, Egypt
No full textThe 140 m Dababaiya Corehole (DBQ), drilled in the Dababiya Quarry about 35 km south of Luxor, Upper Nile Valley, Egypt, spans the stratigraphic interval from upper Campanian/lower Maastrichtian (the Globotruncana aegyptiaca Zone) to the lower Eocene. This study is devoted to an investigation of the planktonic and benthic foraminifera of the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) and basal Paleocene (lowermost Danian) and complements previously published biostratigraphic studies on the core (Berggren and Ouda, eds., 2012). The investigation is divided into three parts: 1) new/innovative chemical techniques applicable to the preparation/treatment of indurated claystones and limestones which led to the extraction of generally well preserved foraminifera; 2) planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy and temporal continuity of the stratigraphic succession which led to the identification of a probable, brief hiatus(?) within the lower part of basal Danian Zone P0; 3) quantitative paleobathymetric of benthic and planktonic (P/B ratios) foraminifera suggesting outer neritic to upper bathyal Maastrichtian depositional depths consistent with previous estimates for the Paleocene.M.S.Includes bibliographical referencesby Firat Gocmenogl
An Optimal UAV Deployment Algorithm for Bridging Communication
No full textThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from IEEE via the DOI in this record.In recent years, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have attracted the attention of both the military and civilians because of their deployment in situations where part of the communication infrastructure is destroyed due to bomb blast, earthquake, flood, military operations or landslides. Also UAVs can be used in operations such as search and rescue, surveillance, forest fire monitoring, and border patrolling. Deployment of a UAV in a position where it can provide maximum coverage and high throughput is one of the vital problem that needs to be addressed. In this paper, we have proposed an optimal UAV deployment algorithm (OUDA) in order to bridge communication between two static nodes on the ground. In the proposed algorithm the UAV deploys to a position where it can provide the best communication facilities to both the nodes based on the received signal strength (RSS), and distance between nodes and UAV. Simulation results showed that the algorithm provides maximum throughput and low bit error rate (BER) once the UAV is fixed to an optimal position
