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MVWF-based online help support using synchronized web annotation - by Maha Abdallah Abou Ibrahim
No full textThesis (M.S.)--American University of Beirut, Dept. of Computer Science, 2007.;"Advisor: Dr. Marcel Karam, Assistant Professor, Computer Science--Member of Committee: Dr. Joumana Dargham, Assistant Professor, Computer Science--Member of Committee: Dr. HaiBibliogaphy : leaves 81-89Current online help support systems for web applications suffer important limita tions. These limitations can be related to either the lack of synchronized conte xtual help which usually renders a system ineffective, or the presence of invasi ve feature
The water resources structures on the Syrian and Egyptian pilgrim routes to Makka and Medinah
Get PDFAI-Hajj in Arabic means the pilgrimage to MAKKA. This was
an ancient rite which was recognised a long time before the
rise of Islam. According to the holy Quran and Islamic
tradi tion, AI-Haj j goes back to the time of the prophet
Ibrahim. Thus MAKKA was a focus for worship but it was also
a commercial centre and a way station/stopping place on the
ancient trade caravan road between south western -Arabia and
Bilad AI-Sham,' now Syria. In part the inhabitants of MAKKA
practised this trade because their environment was not
suitable for other alternative economic activities.
The importance of MAKKA, as a ritual place increased after
the rise of Islam because it became Qibla-Kiblah -
the direction to which muslims turn in praying towards AIKa'aba.
Yathrib - later to become Medinah - is the second holy city.
In fact it was not a ritual place, but like MAKKA it was a
stopping place on the ancient trade caravan road. The
inhabitants of Medinah practised agriculture because their
environment was more suitable than that at MAKKA; water was
available and the land was fertile so that in addition to
trade, they also practised agriculture.
The importance of Medinah as a holy place only developed
after AI-Hijra - the immigration of the prophet Mohammad,
peace be upon him, to it and his establishing of Islam at
that site. Medinah became the capital of the Islamic state
both religiously and politically. Islam then spread from
Medinah over the Arabian Peninsular to the world beyond.
The consequence of the conquest of Iraq, Bilad AI-Sham,
Egypt, the north coast of Africa and Persia was that the
majority of the population of these countries accepted and
adopted Islam as their religious faith. As a result of this
the populations of these countries came annually to make AlHajj and in doing so developed several additional pilgrim
caravan routes. However, it is the Syrian and Egyptian
pilgrim routes - Tareeq AI-Hajj AI-Shami and Wal Masri which
are the objects of this work. In both these cases the
pilgrim caravan routes were previously ancient trade caravan
routes which travelled through Arabia, particularly through
the western province of Al Hijaz.
The geographical location of Arabia, the cross roads of
three continents, Asia, Africa, and Europe, made important
the pre-Islamic routes which ran through it. Of course the
function of this network at that time was commercial but
after the rise of Islam the function of this network of
routes became to transport the pilgrims. The geological and
topographical features, as well as climatic conditions, in
Arabia played a great role in determining the ancient routes
in Arabia. The availability of water was a very important
consideration on these routes and was influenced by
environmental conditions. Since the rainfall is
insufficient, the resulting absence or shortage of water on
the pilgrim caravan routes made the caliphs pay great
concern to providing the pilgrim routes with the most
essential facilities, particularly water supplies and
storage. Ever since the earliest Islamic times, they
provided for the travellers Al birak, water tanks; Ahwadh cisterns; Qanawat - channels; and abyar - wells, in order to
make AI-Hajj journey more comfortable. The pilgrim caravans
in general, and the Syrian and Egyptian pilgrim caravan
routes in particular, passed through several stages of
development since their origin in early Islamic times and
these evolutionary stages can be seen until the beginning of
this century. Because the object of this thesis is to
document the remains of the water resource structures, an
extensive survey and investigation has been completed on the
Syrian and Egyptian pilgrim caravan routes. The field work
has been conducted in Saudi Arabia, particularly in the
north western region where the Syrian and Egyptian pilgrim
routes cross the country. The field work mainly aimed at
ascertaining the location of all the way stations and their
names and surveying each station in order to record the
surviving remains of water resource structures. The field
work covered a large area of about 8, OOOkm transect and
extended from MACCA in the south through Medinah to the
North as far as Halat I Ammar on the north at the border
between Saudi Arabia and Jordan. From N.W. to S .Wit
stretched from Haql on the Gulf of AI-' Aqaba as far as
MAKKA. These routes consist of the major, or principal
caravan routes as well as a number of traverse routes which
allow travellers a choice of transit as well as connecting
routes. There are large way stations as well as small minor
way stations. As part of this dissertation, almost all the
stopping places have been identified and documented by mapping and photography
Finite element analysis of left ventricle motion and mechanical properties in three dimensions / Abdallah Ibrahim Mohammed Hasaballa
Get PDFDespite the wide variety of research in medicine and bioengineering treatment strategies developed over the last half century, heart disease remains among the most serious diseases threatening human longevity. Modeling the mechanics of the human myocardium, particularly the left ventricle, which is the main pumping chamber and most common site for heart disease, plays a significant role in better understanding the performance of the heart in healthy and diseased states. The core part of this work constitutes the implementation of a more realistic three-dimensional finite element model of the human left ventricle to provide a reliable description of both myofiber orientation and material characteristics. In this study, direct and inverse finite element methods of human left ventricle were developed. The direct finite element method is suitable for studying the influences of different mesh densities, constitutive models, fibers orientations, and myofiber volume fractions. Meanwhile, the inverse finite element method served to determine the bulk modulus of the left human ventricle during a cardiac cycle. The simulation results indicate that the changes in transverse angle hardly affected the pressure-volume relation of the ventricle, but significantly do so with changes in helix angle (up to 50% change). The ejection fraction decreased with decreasing total volume fraction (increasing the infarct myocardial volume). Total volume fraction of less than 60% deceased the ejection fraction by over 50%. Thus, the myofibers’ architecture plays a significant role in the mechanics of the left ventricle. Finally, the myocardium bulk modulus may be employed as a diagnostic tool (clinical indicator) for heart ejection fraction, and hence, heart function performance. Therefore, this study offers a new perspective and means of studying living-myocardium tissue properties. The research may also pave the way towards more effective treatment
sj-docx-1-ejo-10.1177_11206721241247672 - Supplemental material for Validation of intraocular pressure measurement using tonometer AVIA across different postures: A Bland Altman analysis
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-ejo-10.1177_11206721241247672 for Validation of intraocular pressure measurement using tonometer AVIA across different postures: A Bland Altman analysis by Sana’ Muhsen, Alexander Rabadi, Mahmoud Alqudah, Abdelrahman Obiedat, Liyana Owies, Ibrahim Alhawaniah, Sufian Abdel Hafez and Abdallah Al-Ani in European Journal of Ophthalmology</p
sj-docx-1-ajr-10.1177_19458924221097449 - Supplemental material for The Impact of Bilastine on Symptoms of Allergic Rhinitis and Chronic Urticaria: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-ajr-10.1177_19458924221097449 for The Impact of Bilastine on Symptoms of Allergic Rhinitis and Chronic Urticaria: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Aliaa M. Abdelshafy, Sara Y. Abdallah, Ahmed F. Hassan, Hazem A. Mohamed, Nourhan M. Kamal, Sohila T. Ali and Ibrahim A. Abdelhaleem in American Journal of Rhinology & Allergy</p
Self-Regulated Multi-criteria Decision Analysis: An Autonomous Brokerage-Based Approach for Service Provider Ranking in the Cloud
No full textpeer reviewedThe use of multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) by online broker to rank different service providers in the Cloud is based upon criteria provided by a customer. However, such ranking is prone to bias if the customer has insufficient domain knowledge. He/she may exclude relevant or include irrelevant criterion termed as ’misspecification of criterion’. This causes structural uncertainty within the MCDA leading to selection of suboptimal service provider by online broker. To cater such issue, we propose a self-regulated MCDA, which uses notion of factor analysis from the field of statistics. Two QoS based datasets were used for evaluation of proposed model. The prior dataset i.e., feedback from customers, was compiled using leading review websites such as Cloud Hosting Reviews, Best Cloud Computing Providers, and Cloud Storage Reviews and Ratings. The later dataset i.e., feedback from servers, was generated from Cloud brokerage architecture that was emulated using high performance computing (HPC) cluster at University of Luxembourg (HPC @ Uni.lu). The results show better performance of proposed model as compared to its counterparts in the field. The beneficiary of the research would be enterprises that view insufficient domain knowledge as a limiting factor for acquisition of Cloud services
Small and medium-sized enterprises financing / Ibrahim Nandom Yakubu, Abdul-Majeed Sulemana and Iliasu Abdallah
Get PDFThe operations of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) occupy an
admirable position in the economic landscape of most economies in the world, especially for
developing countries. Based on literature review, this paper critically assesses the sources of
finance available to SMEs and the difficulties they encounter in accessing these finances. The
study identified bank loans, venture capital financing, business angels, trade credit, and
government support as the key sources of finance available to SMEs. The study further shows
that limited resources, personal characteristics of SMEs managers, and the nature of some
SMEs are the common factors inhibiting SMEs access to financ
Responses of spring cantaloupe and fall lettuce to plastic mulches inside unheated greenhouses - by Imad Abdallah al-Assir
No full textThesis (M.S.)--Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, A.U.B., 1991.;"Advisor: Ibrahim Rubeiz, Assistant Professor, Horticulture – Members of Committee: Shady Hamadeh: Assistant Professor, Animal Breeding and Reproductive Physiology Kama1 DaouBibliography: leaves 53-57.In the Spring of 1990, a greenhouse experiment was conducted at the Agricultural Research and Education Center of the American University of Beirut to study the effect of polyethylene mulches on yield and earliness of cantaloupe (Cucumis melo 1. c.v. PS
Sudan: Mohamed Ibrahim Abdallah
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Catalogue des inscriptions latines païennes du Musée du Bardo, 2e supplément - Inscriptions publiques inédites de provenance inconnue
No full textThe author studies 25 unpublished public inscriptions kept to the Bardo Museum, fulfilling so the exam of the heathen Latin inscriptions of this museum.L'auteur étudie vingt-cinq inscriptions publiques inédites conservées au Musée du Bardo complétant ainsi l'examen des inscriptions latines païennes de ce musée.Benzina Ben Abdallah Zeïneb. Catalogue des inscriptions latines païennes du Musée du Bardo, 2e supplément - Inscriptions publiques inédites de provenance inconnue. In: Antiquités africaines, 36,2000. pp. 39-55
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