1,328 research outputs found
KIIT Digital Library: An open hypermedia Application
No full textThe massive use of Web technologies has spurred a new revolution in information storing and retrieving. It has always been an issue whether to incorporate hyperlinks embedded in a document or to store them separately in a link base. Research effort has been concentrated on the development of link services that enable hypermedia functionality to be integrate into the general computing environment and allow linking from all tools on the browser or desktop. KIIT digital library is such an application that focuses mainly on architecture and protocols of Open Hypermedia Systems (OHS), providing on-line document authoring, browsing, cataloguing, searching and updating features. The WWW needs fundamentally new frameworks and concepts to support new search and indexing functionality. This is because of the frequent use of digital archives and to maintain huge amount of database and documents. These digital materials range from electronic versions of books and journals offered by traditional publishers to manuscripts, photographs, maps, sound recordings and similar materials digitized from libraries' own special collections to new electronic scholarly and scientific databases developed through the collaboration of researchers, computer and information scientists, and librarians. Metadata in catalogue systems are an indispensable tool to find information and services in networks. Technological advances provide new opportunities to facilitate the process of collecting and maintaining metadata and to facilitate using catalogue systems. The overall objective is how to make best use of catalogue systems. Information systems such as the World Wide Web, Digital Libraries, inventories of satellite images and other repositories contain more data than ever before, are globally distributed, easy to use and, therefore, become accessible to huge, heterogeneous user groups. For KIIT Digital Library, we have used Resource Development Framework (RDF) and Dublin Core (DC) standards to incorporate metadata. Overall KIIT digital library provides electronic access to information in many different forms. Recent technological advances make the storage and transmission of digital information possible. This project is to design and implement a cataloguing system of the digital library system suitable for storage, indexing, and retrieving information and providing that information across the Internet. The goal is to allow users to quickly search indices to locate segments of interests and view and manipulate these segments on their remote computers
Desiring the east: a comparative study of Middle English romance and modern popular sheikh romance
No full textThis thesis comparatively examines a selection of twenty-first century sheikh romances and Middle English romances from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries that imagine an erotic relationship occurring between east and west. They do so against a background of conflict, articulated in military confrontation and binary religious and ethnic division. The thesis explores the strategies used to facilitate the cross-cultural relationship across such a gulf of difference and considers what a comparison of medieval and modern romance can reveal about attitudes towards otherness in popular romance.
In Chapter 1, I analyse the construction of the east in each genre, investigating how the homogenisation of the romance east in sheikh romance distances it from the geopolitical reality of those parts of the Middle East seen, by the west, to be "other". Chapter 2 examines the articulation of gender identity and the ways in which these romances subvert and reassert binary gender difference to uphold normative heterosexual relations. Chapter 3 considers how ethnic and religious difference is nuanced, in particular through the use of fabric, breaking down the disjunction between east and west. Chapter 4 investigates the way ethnicity, religion and gender affect hierarchies of power in the abduction motif, enabling undesirable aspects of the east to be recast.
The key finding of this thesis is that both romance genres facilitate the cross-cultural erotic relationship by rewriting apparently binary differences of religion and ethnicity to create sameness. While the east is figured differently in Middle English and modern sheikh romance, the strategies they use to facilitate the cross-cultural erotic relationship are similar. The thesis concludes that the constancy of certain attitudes towards the east in both medieval and modern romance reveals a persistence of conservative values in representations of the east in romance
Introducing Iqbal the Economist
No full textThe Iqbal Memorial Lecture was instituted in 1994 when the Pakistan Society of Development Economists (PSDE) celebrated the completion of a decade of steady progress. A brief announcement stated: “The Iqbal Memorial Lecture attributed to the national poet [Emphasis added], Allama Muhammad Iqbal has been included in the programme for the first time. Professor Ian M. D. Little is delivering that lecture” [Secretary’s Report (1994), p. 1472]. Iqbal, the poet and philosopher par excellence, has made incisive remarks or comments on economic and social issues in his poetry, philosophical writings, and in the course of his discourses as well as some famous letters, particularly those written to the Quaid-i-Azam, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. But these do not make Iqbal an economist. The Secretary of the PSDE was, therefore, careful in observing that the lecture commemorates our “national poet”. However, it will be of great interest to this largest national congregation of economists and other scholars concerned with development to know that the very first published book of Iqbal related neither to poetry nor philosophy, but economics. It was written in Urdu. He also taught the subject at undergraduate and Master’s level, even though he had not studied it as a student. At the Government College, Lahore, Iqbal studied English, Philosophy and Arabic for his B.A. and then completed the M.A. in Philosophy.
The Folio
No full textEditorial. pp. 6; Mian Khalid Javed-The News. pp. 7-11; Tebbe, R. F.-Article-Education and National Development. pp. 12-22; Karim Nawaz-Article-Muslim Contribution to Knowledge. pp. 23-35; Ratliff, Kathy-Article-Reflections of Henry II on the Eve of his Audience with the Pope. pp. 36-41; Hamid, S. A.-A Man of Intellect. pp. 42-45; Wahid Khan-Article-Islam and Socialism. pp. 46-48; Mian Khalid Javed-Interview-Forty minutes with the Principal. pp. 49-52; Qamar Parvaiz Raj-Article-The Psychological Analysis of Grief and its Remedy. pp. 53-55; Mobashir Salah-ud-Din-Story-A Story with a Moral. pp. 56-57; Travellers. pp. 58; Majid Rafique Mir-Story-An Anti Hero. pp. 59-62; Tariq Baseep Shamsi-Liars the Best Entertainers. pp. 63-65; Omar Yusuf Dar-Story-Travelling Third Class. pp. 66-68; Mian Khalid Javed-The Secondary Union. pp. 69; Muhammad Nisar-A Love Letter in Mathematical Terms. pp. 70; Azam Gill-Memories. pp. 71; Zahid Jamil Khan-The Dreamland. pp. 72; Bashir Mahmud Bajwa-Poetry-And I Long for his Mercy. pp. 73; Omar Yusuf Dar-Poetry-The Soul of Night. pp. 74; Mir, M. Rafiq-Poetry-Tongue in Cheek. pp. 74; Majid Rafique Mir-Poetry-Tempest. pp. 75; Khalid S. Shamas-ud-Din-Poetry-Weekend. pp. 76; Syed Hussain Riaz-Poetry-Of War and Peace. pp. 77; The Folio [Urdu/Punjabi] 135 p.Dr R. F. Tebbe, Principal of F. C. College, Lahore. before contents; Sports Council, F. C. College - 1969-70. after contents; Department of Physical Education, F. C. College - 1969-70. 1 page after contents; The Folio, Board of Editors, F. C. College - 1969-70. 2 pages after contents; Muhammad Akram Sheikh, Chief Student Editor. before editorial; Cabinet Members of the Students Union, F. C. College, 1969-70. after page 68; F. C. College Secondary Union, 1969-70. before page 6
Folio: The Magazine of Forman Christian College
No full textEditorial. pp. 5; Sheets, S. L.-Poetry-The Departure. pp. 7; Ghaisuddin-Article-Nature in Hardy. pp. 8-10; Bede, Z.-Poetry-Be Worthy of Your Query. pp. 11; Suleman Ghani-Story-At First Sight. pp. 12-16; Fazal, S. K.-Poetry-Oblivision is Red. pp. 17-18; Khawaja Fayyaz Mahmud-Article-Tourism in Kenya. pp. 19-22; Shahid Ikram-Poetry-A Morning Walk. pp. 22; Bede, Z.-Poetry-Dragons. pp. 23; Syed Arif Ahmad-Article-Cultural Awareness and Modern Youth. pp. 24-26; Toheed Ahmad-Poetry-On Meeting a Dead Formanite. pp. 27-29; Muhammad Ramzan Malik-Article-Polygamy. pp. 30-34; Barratt, D. J.-Poetry-Sonnet Sequence. pp. 35-39; Saadat Ali Khan-Article-The Secret of Contentment. pp. 40-41; Shahid Hasan-Poetry-Modern Poetry. pp. 41; Zaki-ud-Din Sheikh-Poetry-HICO. pp. 42; Javed, A. Aziz-Story-I Love You. pp. 43-45; Ghais-ud-Din-Poetry-The Lover. pp. 46; Anon-Poetry-Despair. pp. 47; Mohammad Riaz Shafi-Poetry-A Love Poem. pp. 48; JED-Poetry-The Journey. pp. 49-61; Toheed Ahmad-Kaleidoscope. pp. 62-65; Hamid, S. A.-In Memoriam. pp. 66-69; Folio [Urdu]. 58 p.Professor E. J. Sinclair. before contents page; Dr S. L. Sheets. before Editoria
Current perspectives, recent advancements, and efficiencies of various dye-containing wastewater treatment technologies
No full textThe usage of dyes is increasing due to their high demand in expanding industrial sector. As a result, large volumes of dye wastewater are being generated, particularly in the textile industry. Colored effluent discharged by industrial processes into surface water bodies negatively affects aquatic, human, and animal life, which is a major global concern. To reduce the detrimental effects of dye wastewater on the environment, it should be treated before its disposal. This article extensively reviews the existing and advancements in physical, physicochemical, chemical, and biological treatment technologies and their efficacies in dye removal (%). Also, the article summarized the benefits and challenges associated with the existing methods to use them at an industrial scale. The physical, physicochemical, and chemical methods have less hydraulic retention time (HRT), from minutes to a few hours, and higher removal efficiencies (85–100 %). However, certain drawbacks hinder their widespread use, such as limited regenerative capacities of adsorbents, filtration associated with high fouling rates of the membrane, higher costs of ion exchange, sludge production in coagulation-flocculation, high treatment cost and high dissolved oxygen requirement in sonocatalysis and in chemical technologies: secondary pollutants production, sludge production, high cost, and ecological inefficiency. Biological-based treatment with bacteria, fungus, yeast, and algae has a bit higher HRT (a few hours to days) with removal efficiencies ranging between 85 and 100 % with the advantage of low cost, low energy requirement, less sludge, and being environmentally friendly. Developing an environmentally friendly and low-cost method is currently the need of the hour. Researchers have increasingly focused on bioremediation as an essential method for removing dangerous dye contaminants from natural water bodies. State of the art of bioremediation techniques has also been discussed from an economic and technological standpoint
Antiviral Textiles: An Emerging Paradigm in Protection against the Virus!
No full textNagender Singh& Javed Sheikh
THE CONCEPT OF HONESTY AND JUSTICE IN THE DOCTRINE OF SHEIKH KHUDOYDOD VALI
No full textThis article provides a methodological analysis of the views of Highness Sheikh Khudoydod Vali on honesty and justice. In the article, the author tries to substantiate the essence of Sheikh Khudoydod Vali’s views on honesty and justice. In the views of Sheikh Khudoydod Vali, he encourages his interlocutors and murids to do the same, to live with honest and pure food, pure faith and strong faith, and to fight against injustice
The image of Arabs in mainstream cinema on the basis of the film figure of sheikh
No full textThe main task of this article is a brief presentation of the evolution of the sheikh figure in Hollywood, mainstream cinema. From silent cinema and creations of Rudolf Valentino as an oriental lover, the author analyzes changes and transformation of the sheikh character in western cinematography and specifically focuses on the perception of Arabs and Muslims in a frame of desert romance movies. The paper examines characteristic features of sheikh film figure and presents a typology of
his various attributes
“Sheikh Abdurrauf Kang Abangsa Syekh Hamzah Fansuri”: Examining the Relationship Between Two
No full textThe phrase "Sheikh Abdurrauf is in the same tribe as Hamzah Fansuri" in the Cirebon tripe manuscript sparked debate among researchers regarding the relationship between Sheikh Abdurrauf and Hamzah Fansuri. This debate became interesting because a collective memory was found among the people of Singkil Aceh, who believed that there was a nephew-uncle and student-teacher relationship between them. Collective memory is strengthened by two sites, which are the graves of Sheikh Ali Al Fanshuri (father of Sheikh Abdurrauf) and his younger brother, Sheikh Hamzah Fansuri, in two areas in Singkil. Through critical analysis of literature and in-depth exploration of collective memory and sites, the author concludes that the two of them had a familial relationship as nephew and uncle, and they even had a student and teacher relationship at the beginning of Sheikh Abdurrauf\u27s educatio
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