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Pioneers of Library Movement in Pakistan
No full textThe paper aims to describe in brief the contribution of seven leaders of Pakistan librarianship, viz. K.B. Khalifa M. Asadullah, Prof. Dr. Abdul Moid, Dr. Abdus Subuh Qasimi, Muhammad Shafi, Fazal Elahi, Khawaja Nur Elahi and S. V. Hussain. The early library developments are given for better understanding of the role of these leaders
A critical analysis of Christian responses to Islamic claims about the work of the Prophet Muhammad, ‘the Messenger of God’.
No full textThe aims of this study are to analyse critically the different Christian responses to the Islamic understanding of the work of Muhammad. Chapter one consists a short introduction leading to an appraisal of Muhammad which incorporates historical, hagiographal and Quranic source material, and in the light of relevant Christian and Muslim scholarship. The second chapter presents a summary critical analysis of Muhammad in Christian theological perspective, from 661 A.D. to modern times. Chapter three presents a critique of Christian responses to the Muslim allegations that the text of the Bible has been infected with corruption; and that Muhammad's advent and status are foretold in the unadulterated' scriptures, and in the Gospel of Barnabas. Chapter four examines the theological significance of the work of Muhammad for Christians. Thus, Jesus and Muhammad are critically assessed and contrasted in order to ascertain the importance, for Christians, of the Muslim claims in respect of Muhammad as ’the messenger of God’. Chapter five provides a critical evaluation of the various Christian responses to Muhammad. It is argued that many of the said responses have been entangled in myths and misperceptions which have severely distorted the true account of Muhammad's work. Consequently, many Christians have failed to appreciate the divine legitimacy of Muhammad's call to prophethood. Further, it is argued that Christians should accept that Muhammad is a genuine prophet, and the messenger of God. However, Muhammad's use of the power-structure in order to maintain Islam is in sharp contrast to Jesus’ decision to face the consequences of his ministry passively through faith in God. Accordingly, orthodox Christian belief in the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus provides another dimension to prophethood, where the messenger and the message become one, an identification which finds no parallel in Islam, and which, in the nature of the case, cannot find a parallel
Financial Development and Economic Growth: Evidence from a Heterogeneous Panel of High Income Countries
No full textThis paper examines the empirical relationship between financial development and economic growth for high income countries. The study focuses on both indirect finance and direct finance, separately as well as jointly. Applying the methodology of Nair-Reichert and Weinhold (2001) for causality analysis in heterogeneous panel data, two sets of results are reported. First, the evidence regarding the relationship between financial development and economic growth from a contemporaneous non-dynamic fixed effects panel estimation is mixed. Negative and statistically significant estimates of the coefficient of the inflation and financial development interaction variable indicate that financial sector development may even be harmful to economic growth when inflation is rising. Second, in contrast with the recent evidence of Beck and Levine (2003), heterogeneous panel causality analysis applied on a refined model indicates that there is no definite evidence that finance spurs economic growth or growth spurs finance. Most of our findings are in line with the Lucas (1988) view that the importance of financial matters is over-stressed. The only exception is the case of activity in stock markets where our result supports the Robinson (1952) view that finance follows enterprise.
The political and economic role of trade, unions and associations in the Gaza strip 1967-1993
No full textThis thesis attempts to examine the political and economic role of the trade unions and associations in the Gaza Strip 1967-1993. The main theme of analysis is based upon the assumption that these indigenous organizations showed a high degree of politicization. The thesis discusses the unstable socio-economic-organizational- political-and legal setting in the Gaza Strip under the Israeli occupation which constituted a limit on the overall performance of the Palestinian organizations. Within this volatile setting, three main actors interacted: the trade unions and associations, the Israeli occupation authorities, and the Palestinian political factions. The study gives a general review of the associations and non governmental organizations working in the Gaza Strip and it examines the genesis of the Palestinian trade unionism and the trade unions in the Gaza Strip. These organizations constituted a Palestinian institutional- organizational national response and worked parallel to the occupation apparatus. The thesis goes on to analyse the political role of the trade unions and associations in the Gaza Strip through discussing : the nature of their relationship with the Israeli authorities; their relationship with the Palestinian political movements; their positions towards the uprising (intifada); and their attitudes towards the peace process. The study argues further that the economic role of the trade unions and association was very limited compared to their political role. The loan programmes and economic activities of two lending organizations working the Gaza Strip are examined. The lending capacity of the credit organizations was less than US250 million in 1993). Most of their loans went to finance services, consumptive, and non-productive projects
THE effects of ageing on driving related performance
No full textAccording to one estimate, about 40 percent of the driving population will be over the age of 60by the year 2020 in the UK and currently, several hundred thousand drivers with dementia holddriving licenses. The number of motor vehicle crashes per unit distance of automobile travel is“U”-shaped, with risk increasing slightly between the ages of 55 and 60, but risk increasing witheach successive five-year interval. Some individuals who have mild dementia possess sufficientdriving skills to be designated as fit drivers. The most challenging assessment and decision for thephysician/licensing authority as regards fitness to drive lies in drivers who are questionablydemented or are in a state of very mild dementia.In the absence of a reliable standard protocol, some clinicians make judgment based on selfreporting,which has risks associated with it as lack of insight and judgment are potential commontraits of the population experiencing cognitive decline. Seldom is recourse made by healthprofessionals to on-road assessment as a first alternative as it requires a fee and such testingcenters are not readily available everywhere. This research addresses this issue of theidentification of cognitive tests that can be used to assess an individual’s ability to drive andespecially of those individuals that are questionably demented and are the most difficult toidentify. A younger and an older group consisting of 56 drivers in total were administered ninedifferent cognitive tests and two drives (Drive-I and Drive-II) on the STISIM driving simulator.The cognitive test ufov3 (involving the identification of a central target and simultaneously theradial localization of a peripheral target embedded in distracter triangles), which is the thirdsubtest of the UFOV (Useful Field of View) test showed the highest discriminating ability inseparating “poor-drivers” from “not-poor-drivers”, with 92.86 % of the drivers correctlyclassified. The next best discriminating ability in decreasing order of strength was that of dichoticlistening test, trail making test, rey-copy test and paper folding test. Also, age was found to be anexcellent discriminator of “poor-drivers” and “not-poor-drivers” with 91.07 % of the driverscorrectly classified. A composite cognitive measure consisting of the sum of all nine cognitivetests was not a better predictor than the ufov3 test alone; overall it was still an excellentdiscriminator, classifying 89.29 % of drivers correctly. The commonly recommended ClockDrawing test and the Trail Making test did not emerge as significant predictors of driving ability.A general driving skills linear model for prediction purposes was derived that explained 59 % ofthe variation in a general driving performance index with the ufov3 test, the dichotic listening testand the rey-recall test as significant predictors. Recommendations are made as to how this testshould be used to screen potentially at risk drivers
Remittances and Poverty Linkages in Pakistan: Evidence and Some Suggestions for Further Analysis
No full textGlobal remittances experienced a dramatic increase over the years, particularly since 1990 wherein the developing world emerged to be the major beneficiary accounting for 60 percent of the total amount. Because of the sheer volume, and magnitude of the remittances, and pre-eminence of these flows compared to the FDIs, development assistance and in some cases the trade related transactions, the development practitioners tended to focus and investigate the importance of remittances which are generally regarded as a dependable source for growth, improved welfare and poverty alleviation in the developing world. Given the fact that remittances flows entail wide ranging ramifications both for sending as well as receiving countries, difficult to be generalised, hence empirical evidence has been mounted though lack of consensus is visible.
Contribution of Services Sector in the Economy of Pakistan
No full textThe services sector has provided steady support to Pakistan’s economic growth. It share in GDP now stands a more than 50 percent. The paper analyses its continuation in the growth of the economy in general and the development of trade and genera tion of employment in particular. The study identifies the bottlenecks in its growth and suggest measures to remove them. A set of policy reforms has been suggested to make the sector more effective in the growth of the national economy.Services Sector, Industry, Employment, Financial Institutions and Pakistan’s Economy
Modeling of graphene wrapped indium antimonide nanowire as thermo-optical waveguide
No full textIn this research work, the fiber modes supported by the graphene-wrapped indium antimonide nanowire have been examined theoretically. The indium antimonide (InSb) is a semiconductor material, which has temperature-sensitive optoelectronic properties. To model the nanowire of InSb, Drude's model has been used for better results. The Kubo's formalism based on the random phase approximation is used for the modeling of graphene. The impedance boundary conditions (IBCs) are used to compute the characteristic equations. The real and imaginary part of permittivity of InSb as function of THz frequency under different values of temperature has been computed. It is reported that the InSb shows the temperature dependent metal-insulator phase transition i.e., for temperature T ≤ 200 K it behaves as insulator and for T > 200 K it acts as metal. The numerical results for dispersion relation, propagation band, propagation losses, cut off frequency range, effective mode index and field profiles have been presented for insulator as well as metallic phase of InSb. Moreover, the impact of chemical potential, radius, and temperature on fiber mode characteristics has been analyzed. The computed numerical results can be applied for designing tunable temperature assisted nano waveguides, thermo-optical sensing probes, thermal imaging and near-field communication devices in THz frequency range
EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERACTIVE VIDEO USING KHAN ACADEMY PLATFORM ON STUDENT`S VOCABULARY MASTERY OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE AT SMK ISLAM PANCA HIDAYAH KALIDAWIR
No full textABSTRACT
The thesis entitled "Effectiveness of Interactive Video Using Khan academy Platform on Student's Vocabulary Mastery of The Eleventh Grade at SMK Islam Panca Hidayah Kalidawir" was written by Muhammad Rois Fauzi Ilga, NIM. 126203213211, English Language Study Program, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training, with advisor Anindhita Badianti, S.Pd, M.Pd.
Keywords: Interactive Video, Khan Acadamey,Vocabulary.
The background of this research is based on the lack of student concentration in learning when carrying out learning activities, this affects the lack of vocabulary mastery in students. Teachers do not have an effective solution in overcoming this problem, finally the researcher provides a solution by using the Khan Academy platform as an innovative learning media for students. Khan Academy is a platform that contains interactive videos so that it can improve vocabulary mastery in students.
The purpose of this study is to determine the effective use of interactive videos on the Khan Academy platform in mastering the vocabulary of grade 11 students at SMK Islam Panca Hidayah Kalidawir The research approach uses a quantitative approach with a quasi-experimental research type with a two-group pretest-posttest design. The data collection technique uses documentation and learning outcome tests, which are analyzed using statistical tests.
The instrument test uses validity test and reliability test. The prerequisite test uses the normality test and the homogeneity test. The hypothesis test uses the T test. The results of this study show that the Khan Academy platform is effective on vocabulary mastery of grade 11 students at SMK Islam Panca Hidayah Kalidawir. This is evidenced by the higher test result scores in the experimental class that had received treatment compared to the control class that did not receive treatment
Spectacles of Dispossession: Representations of Indian Muslims in British Colonial Discourse, 1857-1905
No full textPhDThis thesis analyses some of the changing features by which Indian Muslims were
identified in British colonialist discourse between the outbreak of revolt in 1857 and
the partition of Bengal in 1905. Most of the texts examined emanate out of the
relatively circumscribed Anglo-Indian official community, and range from personal
correspondence, to 'Mutiny' memoirs, travel guides, and socio-political essays. The
argument takes as its starting point David Washbrook's description of the selfconstitution
of the Raj as a centralised, secular and neutral state arbitrating the claims
of competing ascriptive racial and ethnic communities. Drawing on recent Lacanian
analyses of the formation and maintenance of ideologies, as well as on the
sociological schema of Zygmant Bauman, the thesis argues that in the post-1857
period the preservation of this official identity became dangerously reliant on a
discourse of power centred on representations of Indian Muslims. Chapter One reads
the stereotype of the Indian Muslim in 1905 for its most salient features - debased
foreign origins, religious incontinence, isolation within Indian society, and secret
ambitions towards temporal power. It then traces them back to their first marked
appearance in colonial discourse in 1857. Chapter Two begins with a reassessment of
the historiography with regard to Muslim 'conspiracy' during the revolt, as well as a
reconsideration of official praxis towards Indian Muslims in the half-century before
its outbreak. Proceeding to a detailed analysis of' Mutiny' texts, it concludes that the
unprecedented, widespread British misperception of 'conspiracy' stemmed in part
from an irrational colonialist attempt to re-possess their own fractured secular
ideology through tropes of Christian persecution. Chapter Three compares the highly
ambivalent post-'Mutiny' representations of Indo-Muslim 'fanaticism' that resulted
with a secularised late eighteenth-century discourse on Mughal figures of authority. It
argues that the strikingly similar discourses of alienation and lack of self-command
structuring both forms of representation derived from crises in the colonialist inability
to command their own self-presentation as rulers within the Indian environment. In
the later discourse, in particular, these instabilities issued in a disastrous process of
representational stigmatisation and segregation
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