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Supplemental_appendix_file – Supplemental material for Early Progressive Maxillary Changes with Nasoalveolar Molding: Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
No full textSupplemental material, Supplemental_appendix_file for Early Progressive Maxillary Changes with Nasoalveolar Molding: Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial by M.S. Saad, M. Fata, A. Farouk, A.M.A. Habib, M. Gad, M.B. Tayel and M.K. Marei in JDR Clinical & Translational Research</p
⚘ "De-Sign": The Mutual Fulfillment of God's Will and Human Desire ☀ Farouk Y. Seif
No full textSavor the bliss... and soak up each dimension of an existence stretching out through the irreversible pulse of Creation.
The John Deely / Jacques Maritain Annual Lecture Series is under the leadership of the Deely Project together with Saint Vincent College, and this year is being chaired by Michael P. Krom (Saint Vincent College) and included as part of the activities of the 2022 International Open Seminar on Semiotics: a Tribute to John Deely on the Fifth Anniversary of His Passing, cooperatively organized by the Institute for Philosophical Studies of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra, the Lyceum Institute, the Deely Project, Saint Vincent College, the Iranian Society for Phenomenology at the Iranian Political Science Association, the International Association for Semiotics of Space and Time, the Institute for Scientific Information on Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Semiotic Society of America, the American Maritain Association, the International Association for Semiotic Studies, the International Society for Biosemiotic Studies, the International Center for Semiotics and Intercultural Dialogue, Moscow State Academic University for the Humanities and the Mansarda Acesa with the support of the FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education of the Government of Portugal under the UID/FIL/00010/2020 project.
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Farouk Y. Seif, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at Antioch University Seattle, former President and Executive Director of the Semiotic Society of America, a Fellow of the International Communicology Institute, a registered architect, and an artist. His main interests are design for social and cultural change, paradoxes, transdisciplinarity, and transmodernity. He has taught in universities and lectured at conferences worldwide. He was the recipient of the 2010 Fulbright Specialists Program at University of Sofia, Bulgaria. His book De-Sign in the Transmodern World is a state-of-the-art integration of design and semiotics. Prof. Seif has authored more than 70 articles and a dozen book chapters. His most recent publications are: “De-Sign as a Destiny of Negation: The Paradox of Sustaining Boundaries While Traversing Borders,” The American Journal of Semiotics (2020); “The Role of Pragmatism in De-sign: Persevering Through Paradoxes of Design and Semiotics,” Cognitio: Journal of Philosophy (2020), in Portuguese; “Transdisciplinary Trajectories: The Audacity of Design and the Resilience of Signs,” Trajectories I, Proceedings of the 14th World Congress of the International Association for Semiotic Studies (2020); “Beyond Forecasting and Prediction: The Role of Phantasmagorical Memory in Imagining the Future,” Journal of Kyiv National Linguistic University (2019); “Imaginary Dialogue with John Deely: Playing with Boundaries Across Space and Time,” The American Journal of Semiotics (2018); “Wholophilia: Design and the Metamorphoses of the Absolute,” Metamorphoses of the Absolute (2018); and “Semiotic Paradoxes: Antinomies and Ironies in a Transmodern World,” Semiotics and its Masters (2017).
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Michael P. Krom (PhD, Emory University) is professor of philosophy and chair of the department at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, where he serves as director of Benedictine Leadership Studies and director of the Faith and Reason Summer Program. He is the author of The Limits of Reason in Hobbes's Commonwealth and has published works in the areas of moral and political philosophy with an emphasis on the relationship between Catholicism and liberalism.
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Technical support assured by Robert Junqueira.Saint Vincent College and the Deely Project's fourth annual John Deely/Jacques Maritain lecture
A syntactic study of WH-Movement in Egyptian Arabic within the Minimalist Program
Get PDFSince Chomsky (1964) and Ross (1967), wh-movement has received considerable attention in the literature. One of the cross-linguistic phenomena that has appeared in recent works on wh-movement is the issue of optionality - a situation whereby languages allow both wh-movement and wh-in-situ strategies.
This thesis aims to investigate the syntax ofwh-questions in one of the optional whmovement languages, namely, Egyptian Arabic (henceforth EA). It examines whfronting
and wh-in-situ strategies which the grammar of EA employs to form whquestions. The theoretical framework within which this study is conducted is the Minimalist Program (henceforth MP) as proposed and developed by Chomsky
(1995).
The major claim of this study is that EA is mainly a wh-in-situ language whereby wh-phrases are interpreted and assign scope in their base-generated (i.e. in situ)
positions. I propose that EA wh-phrases carry weak [wh] features, hence they cannot be attracted to the C-domain. This is why wh-movement of the English type does not take place. The only movement involved in the derivation of the whquestions in situ is the covert movement of a functional category (an operator) which carries the [wh] feature. Thus, wh-phrases in situ are licensed and assign
scope via LF movement of formal features to the Spec CP position: a type of movement allowed in the MP.
The question remains for the cases where wh-phrases are fronted. I claim that movement in EA is triggered by a feature other than the [wh] feature required for
clausal typing, and that wh-phrases appear in a projection other than the CP projection which normally hosts wh-phrases in wh-movement languages such as English. The present study argues that the fronting of wh-phrases in EA is the result of Focus movement, which is triggered on a par with wh-movement. Focus movement involves the movement of wh-phrases to the Spec of Focus projections (FocusPs)
"Increase and Impact: Black Participation in Southern Electoral Politics During the First Half of 1984", July 25, 1984
No full textVEP research department essay by Brian Sherman, Ph.D. and K. Farouk Brimah on the increase of participation in voting by the Black population in the South, listing states and percentages. 16 pages
La pharmacopée d'Avicenne
No full textAvicenne 's Pharmacopoeia.
This title comes from the one given by Ibn Sina - Avicenna in the West - to volume V of his work Al-Qanun fil'tibb or The Canon of medicine. Ibn Sina's works constitute a very important legacy and this is confirmed by volumes II ans V of The Canon in particular. Volume II deals with basic drugs : it details some 800 monographs covering the plant, the animal and the mineral kingdoms.
Volume V, under the title of Aqrabadin (i.e. pharmacopoeia), deals with complex drugs ; 434 formulae are recorded in its part 1 and 162 in part 2. In this volume Ibn Sina describes many galenics like theriacas, electuaries, hieras, syrups, suppositories and sublingual tablets, together with « diachylon » plasters. All these confections were tried by the author who also mentions the expiry date of drugs and recommends their sensible use.Ce titre reprend celui donné par Ibn Sina - Avicenne en Occident - au Livre V de son ouvrage Al-Qanun fil'tibb ou Le Canon de la médecine. Ibn Sina a laissé une oeuvre pharmaceutique très importante, comme en témoignent notamment les Livres II et V du Canon. Le Livre II traite des médicaments simples : près de 800 monographies y sont décrites, provenant des règnes végétal, animal et minéral.
Le Livre V, intitulé Aqrabadin (= pharmacopée), comporte les médicaments composés ; 434 formules dans sa première partie et 162 dans sa deuxième partie y figurent. Ibn Sina y décrit de nombreuses formes galéniques, telles les thériaques, les électuaires, les hieras, les sirops, les suppositoires et les tablettes sublinguales, l'onguent diachylon... Tous ces médicaments ont été expérimentés par l'auteur. Il évoque aussi la date limite d'utilisation et recommande le bon usage du médicament.Jazi Radhi, Asli Farouk Omar. La pharmacopée d'Avicenne. In: Revue d'histoire de la pharmacie, 86ᵉ année, n°317, 1998. pp. 8-28
Case Study into the impact of Exam Based Classes on students’ English Language proficiency in Secondary Technical Schools and Vocational Education Development Centre in the United Arab Emirates
No full textThis study investigates the most effective type of English classes for Vocational Education Development Centre and Secondary Technical School students in the United Arab Emirates. Exam based classes, in comparison to general English classes, can be the answer to the laid back attitude of students in the two institutes because they may urge students to make more effort to learn. Exam anxiety can be used as a motivational instrument in exam classes. When long enough, exam classes develop English language proficiency in addition to developing the exam taking techniques. It can be considered that setting clear standards for the different phases of the English language learning programme, designing appropriate syllabus, adopting convenient teaching materials and preparing students to pass a skills based exam are all the components that make exam classes effective for the context of the two institutes. Data were gathered from questionnaires, interviews and observations using the triangulation approach to verify the accuracy of the collected data. The project concludes that exam based classes that prepare students for skills based exams and that practice exam format are the most effective strategy for Vocational Education Development Centre and Secondary Technical School students to feel more responsible and take initiatives towards advancing their English language skills
The impact of structural adjustment on trade unions in Egypt
Get PDFThe following research focuses on trade union organisations, and in particular trade union officialdom in Egypt. The study examines the extent to which trade union officials at the various levels of the trade union hierarchy are reacting to reforms instigated by structural adjustment policies. The adoption of structural adjustment and economic reform measures as proposed by the World Bank and IMF have resulted in the government's withdrawal of some of the benefits and privileges it accorded to workers. Public sector workers are particularly affected by these changes, thereby posing a challenge to trade union officialdom, since the bulk of trade union membership is within the public sector. Trade union officials are reacting to the reform measures by trying to balance their role as representatives of workers' interests and their role in administering state policy. Whereas in the past these two roles were reconcilable, however, with liberalisation of the economy and the adoption of structural adjustment measures that is no longer tenable. Trade unionism has been weakened by the incorporation of union officials within government corporate structures, making it more difficult for trade union officialdom to challenge the reform measures adopted by the government. Rather, trade union officials are opting for `co-operation' both with the government and with management in enterprises, to the cost of workers. In enterprises, trade union officials emphasise that the interests of work and workers are inseparable. At the level of the confederation and general unions, union officials present themselves as working to keep workers' rights, but also as partners with the government in its drive for growth. By so doing trade union officials are de-politicising trade unionism, and instead focus on economic gains. Union officials are redefining their role away from workers. Trade union action at the various levels is not based on what workers want or demand, but rather on what trade union officials want, in the belief that workers do not truly know their interests. As a result, trade union action has promoted the interests of union officials rather than that of the workers. Trade unionism has become in a sense a shell without a content. However, there is evidence that there are pressures to democratise trade unionism and make it more responsive to worker demands. These pressures are from within the worker base, from trade union officials particularly at the enterprise level who are affilited to political parties, and from external forces like the Islamists. However these forces have their limitations, particularly in the face of institutionalised sectors that are capable of reproducing themselves and promoting their interests
Chemical studies of chromanone-thiadiazole, pyridazine and thiosulfin hybrid
No full text230-2363-Chlorochromanon derivatives 4a,b are reacted with hydrazine hydrate to afford 3-hydrazino-2-tetrahydro(pyran or
thiopyran)chroman-4-ones 5a,b. Then compound 5a,b is reacted with carbon disulfide and acetylacetone to give 5'-thiolo -
2-tetrahydro(pyrane or thiopyran)- spiro[chroman-3,2'- [1,3,4]-thiadiazole]-4-one 6a,b and 3', 5'-dimethyl- 2-
tetrahydro(pyran or thiopyran) spiro [chroman-3,2'- piprazine]-4-one 7a,b, respectively. α-Chlorosulfenyl chlorides 2a,b are
treated with thioacetic acid to form α-chloroalkyl disulfides 8a,b, the latter compounds 8a,b were treated with morpholine to
furnish a mixture of 1,3,4-oxadithiins 9a,b, 1,3,4,5,6-oxatetrathiocins 10a,b, 1,2,4-trithiolanes 11a,b (cis- and trans-),
1,2,4,5-tetrathiins (cis- and trans-) 12a,b. The formation of the new compounds are confirmed by spectral (IR, 1H NMR, and
MS) analysis
Nyaigotti-Chacha, Chacha.: Sauti ya utetezi ushairi wa Abdilatif Abdalla. Book review.
Get PDFIt is heartening to note that the number of contemporary Swahili scholars whose work is receiving attention in books and university theses is steadily on the increase. This volume adds Abdilatif Abdalla to the list containing, so far as I know, the names of Muhammed Said Abdulla, Ebrahim Hussein and Euphrase Kezilahabi It is a volume on the poetry of Abdalla which Nyaigotti-Chacha writes with wrumth, understanding and a desire to place in perspective the poet`s works, in particular, Utenzi wa maisha ya Adamu na Hawaa (1971) and Sauti ya dhiki (1973) For this reason, perhaps, it tends to be less critical and more informative Nyaigotti--Chacha divides his work into four chapters. The first chapter introduces the reader to the author`s reasons for undertaking to Wiite it, originally his M A thesis at the University of Nairobi (1980) A bdefbut useful biography of Abdilatif Abdalla (ppJ-9), and a theoretical orientation to the author`s analysis of the works (pp 9--11) - socialistic in the Marxian mould - furnishes the reader with the background required fm a better understanding of what follows in the next two chapters which examine Utenzi and Sauti .. respectively The final chapter investigates the skills of Abdalla as a poe
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