480 research outputs found
Interview with Azar Nafisi
No full textIranian author Azar Nafisi speaks about her experiences and the themes of women's rights and struggle that motivate her work including her famous memior Reading Lolita in Tehran. She also shares her thoughts and feelings on the 40 year fight for women's rights in Iran
Azar Nafisi, 39th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textAzar Nafisi is the author of numerous books including Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books, which has been translated in 32 languages; Anti-Terra: A Critical Study of Vladimir Nabokov’s Novels; and The Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and New Republic. She has received many literary and humanitarian awards including the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger; an American Immigration Law Foundation achievement award; a Persian Golden Lioness Award for Literature from the World Academy of Arts, Literature, and Media; and a Cristóbal Gabarrón Foundation International Thought and Humanities Award. She currently is a visiting fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC
Inlet patch: The under-explored island
No full text[No abstract available]Azar C, 2007, J CLIN GASTROENTEROL, V41, P468, DOI 10.1097-01.mcg.0000225519.59030.8d; GRAY SW, 1972, EMBRYOLOGY SURGEONS; Gutierrez O, 2003, AM J GASTROENTEROL, V98, P1266, DOI 10.1016-S0002-9270(03)00267-3; Jacobs E, 1997, ENDOSCOPY, V29, P710, DOI 10.1055-s-2007-1004294; Klaase JM, 2001, GASTROINTEST ENDOSC, V53, P101, DOI 10.1067-mge.2001.111394; Lauwers GY, 1998, DIGEST DIS SCI, V43, P901, DOI 10.1023-A:1018855223225; Maconi G, 2000, EUR J GASTROEN HEPAT, V12, P745, DOI 10.1097-00042737-200012070-00005; RATTNER HM, 1986, GASTROENTEROLOGY, V90, P130911
Rejections and the Importance of First Response Times (Or: How Many Rejections Do Others Receive?)
No full textPrevious studies about the academic publishing process consider the publication delay as starting from the submission to the publishing journal. This ignores the potential delay caused by rejections received from previous journals. Knowing how many times papers are submitted prior to publication is essential for evaluating the importance of different publication delays and the refereeing process cost, and can improve our decisions about if and how the review process should be altered, decisions that affect the productivity of economists and other scholars. Using numerical analysis and evidence on acceptance rates of various journals, I estimate that most manuscripts are submitted between three and six times prior to publication. This implies that the first response time (the time between submission and first editorial decision) is much more important than other parts of the publication delay, suggesting important policy implications for editors and referees.academic-publishing-process; turnaround-time; academic- journals; review-process; publication-delay; rejections
Paleopsychoda zherikhini Azar & Adaymeh & Jreich 2007, sp. n.
No full textPaleopsychoda zherikhini sp. n. Figs 2–10 Etymology: In memory of Prof. Vladimir Zherikhin, who was a friend of the senior author and a great authority in palaeoentomology. Diagnosis: Eyebridge incomplete. Mouthparts well developed and phlebotomine-like. Maxillary palp 4-segmented, with last palpomere twice as long as others. Third and fourth palpomeres with secondary annulations over their entire length. Antenna with 15 flagellomeres, the last one being reduced and drop-like. Description: Mouthparts well developed, equal in length to head (Figs 4–7), palp 0.45 mm long, with four palpomeres. Eyes forming weak and incomplete eyebridge, separated by distance of 0.125 mm. Antenna 0.675 mm long, with 15 flagellomeres. First flagellomere nearly twice as long as others and terminal flagellomere reduced and droplike. Scape cylindrical, 0.055 mm long and 0.035 mm wide. Pedicel nearly globular, about 0.045 mm long and wide. All flagellomeres bearing curved setae. Wing 1.2 mm long, 0.55 mm wide, hyaline (Fig. 8). Humeral vein reaching costal margin at 0.125 mm from wing base. Subcostal vein (Sc) distally fused with R1 at almost right angles, 0.465 mm from wing base, and with crossvein reaching costal margin. R1 reaching costal margin 0.885 mm from wing base. Rs separated from R1 at 0.335 mm from wing base, 0.09 mm basad of M1+2 and M3 fork. Rs four-branched, with all its branches extending to wing margin. Rs bifurcating into R2+3 and R4+5 0.45 mm distad of wing base. R2 and R3 separating 0.85 mm distally. R4 and R5 separating 0.175 mm distad of R2+3 base. R4 curved. R5 with strong angle in its basal part and distally very slightly curved. Crossvein r–m 0.635 mm distad of wing base. M1+2 and M3 diverging 0.275 mm distad of arculus. M1 and M2 bifurcating 0.36 mm distad of M1+2 base. M1 distally nearly straight. M2 slightly shorter than M1. M3 reaching wing margin at nearly 0.8 mm from wing base. CuA1 separating from CuA 0.395 mm distad of wing base. CuA2 rather developed, curved distally, 0.24 mm long. A1 well developed and reaching posterior wing margin. All main veins and wing margin bearing long macrotrichiae. Halteres 0.18 mm long. Knob 0.06 mm long and 0.025 mm wide. Stem 0.12 mm long. Thorax 0.5 mm long, 0.45 mm high. Pronotum gibbous with its upper surface bearing few long setae. Legs very long, distinctly longer than entire body. Abdomen 0.48 mm long excluding genital appendages, 0.31 mm wide. Dorsal surfaces of all abdominal segments bearing few setae. Female genital appendages (Figs 9, 10) covered by a thin layer of small gas bubbles but nevertheless discernable. Subgenital plate elongate, 0.085 mm long. Cerci rounded, 0.055 mm long and 0.06 mm wide. Subgenital plate and cerci bearing fine and dense setae. Holotype: specimen no. 3308/13, sex unknown; locality of Zhdanikha; mid-Cretaceous, Begichev Formation. Paratypes: specimens no. 3308/14, sex unknown, and no. 3308/15, female, from the same locality and horizon as the holotype.Published as part of Azar, Dany, Adaymeh, Carolle & Jreich, Nathalie, 2007, Paleopsychoda zherikhini, a new Cretaceous species of moth flies from Taimyr amber (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae), pp. 163-168 in African Invertebrates 48 (1) on pages 164-165, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.766754
Social theory and the sociological imagination: an interview with Nigel Dodd (1 of 2)
No full textPart I of our interview with Nigel Dodd, interviewed by Riad Azar. Nigel Dodd is Professor in the Sociology Department at the LSE. He obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1991 on the topic of Money in Social Theory, and lectured at the University of Liverpool before joining the LSE in 1995. Nigel’s main interests are in the sociology of money, economic sociology and classical and contemporary social thought. He is author of The Sociology of Money and Social Theory and Modernity (both published by Polity Press). His most recent book, The Social Life of Money, was published by Princeton University Press in September 2014
Eocenotrichia magnifica Garrouste, Azar & Nel, 2016, sp. nov.
No full textEocenotrichia magnifica sp. nov. Figs. 1–4 Material. Holotype PA 16841, stored in the Laboratory of Palaeontology, MNHN, Paris, France. Etymology. Named after the excellent preservation of the type specimen. Type horizon. Lowermost Eocene, Sparnacian, level MP 7 of the mammal fauna of Dormaal. Type locality. Le Quesnoy, Chevrière, region of Creil, Oise department, France. Diagnosis. As for the genus (vide supra); vein R 4 sigmoidal. Description. Body length 7.6 mm [female]. Head 0.75 mm long, 0.96 mm high, higher than long, subspherical, female with broad, raised postocular ridge; antenna elongate, 0.46 mm long, cylindrical, length 0.6 × head length; antennal style terminal, flagellum 0.3 mm long, notched; frons flat, not protruding anteriorly; mouthparts well developed, 0.42 mm long, distinctly shorter than head length; thorax 1.9 mm long, 1.7 mm high, scutum with dense pile of semi-appressed, very small setae; wing 4.2 mm long, ca. 1.3 mm wide; vein M 1 joining with R 5, cell r 5 petiolate to wing margin, cell r 5 large, 1.8 mm long, 0.4 mm wide; R 5 +M 1 0.2 mm long, ending at wing apex; R 4 sigmoidal, 0.6 mm long, emerging in distal third of cell [r 5]; apex of R 2 + 3 not far from level of base of R 4; vein M 2 absent; vein M 4 originating on discal cell and fused with M 3; costal margin ending at apex of vein R 5 +M 1; cubital veins terminating before wing margin; abdomen elongate and broad, width equal to thorax; abdomen 3.8 mm long, 1.2 mm wide; female genitalia: tergite 10 narrow and band-like, acanthophorite spines present, well developed in a marginal row; sternite 8 slightly shorter than tergite 8, posteriorly rounded. Male unknown. Discussion. Eocenotrichia gen. nov. is placed in the Scenopididae for the wing vein M 4 originating on the discal cell and fused with M 3; in the Scenopidinae for the cubital veins terminating before wing margin, vein M 2 absent, cell [m 1] wide, and in the Metatrichini Winterton & Ware, 2015 for the wing vein M 1 fused to R 5 (Winterton & Ware, 2015). Following the key to scenopinid genera of Winterton & Gharali (2011), within this tribe, Eocenotrichia runs to Propebrevitrichia Kelsey, 1969 in their couplet 25, for the following characters: mouthparts not atrophied; head shorter than high; relatively delicate flies with narrow tapered abdomen; antennal flagellum broad, notched apically; wing with vein R 4 branching from R 5 along distal half of cell [r 5]; female acanthophorite spines present well developed. It shares with Propebrevitrichia, the sister group of all other Metatrichini, the presence of female acanthophorite spines developed in a marginal row (plesiomorphic state for character 28 in Winterton & Ware, 2015), However, Eocenotrichia differs from this genus in that tergite 8 is slightly longer than sternite 8, and the body size is greater than 7 mm instead of being less than 4 mm long (Kelsey, 1969, 1971, 1976; Winterton, 2005). Remarks. As Propebrevitrichia is a South African genus that is the sister group of the clade that comprises all other modern Metatrichini, Winterton & Ware (2015: 23) proposed an African origin of the entire clade during the Late Cretaceous. The present discovery of a Metatrichini in the Earliest Eocene supports the age proposed by these author for this clade. However, the reduced contacts between the African plate and Europe during the period from the Late Cretaceous to the Eocene, questions their hypothesis of an African origin for the Metatrichini. The modern Scenopinidae have predacious larvae associated with wood-boring larvae, termites, woodrat nests, bird’s nests, and carpet beetle larvae (Kelsey, 1981). Birds, termites and Dermestidae are recorded from the Oise amber, suggesting similar biology for Eocenotrichia (Nel & Bourguet, 2006; Kirejtshuk & Nel, 2013).Published as part of Garrouste, Romain, Azar, Dany & Nel, Andre, 2016, The oldest accurate record of Scenopinidae in the Lowermost Eocene amber of France (Diptera: Brachycera), pp. 444-450 in Zootaxa 4093 (3) on pages 445-446, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.3.10, http://zenodo.org/record/25532
Azar Nafisi, Author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, Opens University of Dayton Diversity Lecture Series on Sept. 14
No full textNews release announces Azar Nafisi will kick off the University of Dayton\u27s 2006-2007 Diversity Lecture Series with a free talk
Adjusting the basal insulin regimen of patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus receiving insulin pump therapy during the Ramadan fast: A case series in adolescents and adults
No full textBackground: Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, is the holy month of fasting for adolescent and adult Muslims. Observance of Ramadan is considered obligatory for every healthy adult Muslim. During this time, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking, and administering oral or parenteral medications from sunrise to sunset daily for 28 to 30 days. Case summary: We evaluated the need for changes in basal insulin regimen in 5 patients (4 males and 1 female; age range, 15-19 years) with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) who fasted during Ramadan. The patients were receiving insulin pump therapy with regular human insulin and maintained weekly visits with their endocrinologist at The Chronic Care Center (Beirut, Lebanon). They were instructed to break the fast after any episode of hypoglycemia (finger stick glucose 70 mg-dL) or severe hyperglycemia (finger stick glucose ≥300 mg-dL or any hyperglycemia associated with presence of urine ketone bodies on urinary dipstick). Blood glucose concentrations did not change significantly with fasting. Finger stick blood glucose taken at 4-hour intervals decreased in the afternoon (at 4 pm) and increased in the evening and morning (10 pm and 8 am, respectively) during this month in 4 of 5 patients, while no significant change in circadian rhythm of finger stick blood glucose was observed in 1 patient. Based on the investigators' findings, the basal insulin requirement decreased by 5.5percent to 25.0percent (4 patients) or did not change (1 patient) during the fast. Changes in regimens, based on collaboration between the endocrinologist and diabetes educational nurse, were determined by blood glucose self-monitoring done at 4-hour intervals during the fasting period, pre-Suhur (predawn breakfast), and ≥2 hours after Iftar (evening fast-breaking meal). No cases of keto-acidosis or severe hypoglycemia were reported. Conclusion: These 5 adolescent and adult patients with T1DM who were using an insulin pump were able to fast during Ramadan without incidences of severe hypoglycemia or ketoacidosis by using close blood glucose self-monitoring and weekly follow-up with their endocrine team, which consisted of an endocrinologist, a registered nutritionist, and a diabetes educational nurse. © 2009 Excerpta Medica Inc. All rights reserved.Al-Arouj M, 2005, DIABETES CARE, V28, P2305, DOI 10.2337-diacare.28.9.2305; Azar Sami T, 2008, J Med Liban, V56, P46; Azizi F, 1998, INT J RAMADAN FASTIN, V2, P8; Benaji B, 2006, DIABETES RES CLIN PR, V73, P117, DOI 10.1016-j.diabres.2005.10.028; Friedrich I., 2000, Harefuah, V138, P19; Kadiri A, 2001, DIABETES METAB, V27, P482; Kassem HS, 2005, J ENDOCRINOL INVEST, V28, P802; Pinar Rukiye, 2002, Br J Nurs, V11, P1300; RASHED AH, 1992, BRIT MED J, V304, P521; Salti I, 2004, DIABETES CARE, V27, P2306, DOI 10.2337-diacare.27.10.230612
Diseño inteligente, evolución al azar, o evolución providencial
No full textAs every scientific theory, the theory of evolution evolves, but this does not mean that this theory is suffering a crisis, as upheld by various creationist movements. In particular, the theory of intelligent design asserts, relying on apparently scientific arguments, that evolution cannot take place except through divine intervention. As the opposite stance, evolutionary atheism asserts that evolution is a mere result of chance, without any participation of design. Both stances are extra-scientific, because they are un-falsifiable. At most, they can be considered as metaphysical hypotheses. Providential evolution, proposed by the author relying on his research in the field of artificial life, which provides an example of the combination of chance and design, could be considered as a purely metaphysical version of intelligent design.Como todas las teorías científicas, la teoría de la evolución evoluciona. Sin embargo, eso no quiere decir que esté en crisis, como defienden diversos movimientos creacionistas. En particular, la teoría del diseño inteligente sostiene, apoyándose en argumentos supuestamente científicos, que la evolución no puede tener lugar sin intervención divina. En la postura opuesta, el ateísmo evolucionista sostiene que la evolución es mero resultado del azar, sin participación alguna del diseño. Ambas posturas son extra-científicas, porque no se puede demostrar que sean falsas. A lo sumo, pueden considerarse como hipótesis metafísicas. La evolución providencial, propuesta por el autor apoyándose en
sus investigaciones en el campo de la vida artificial, que proporciona un ejemplo de la combinación de azar y diseño, podría considerarse como una versión puramente metafísica del diseño inteligente
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