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Marzieh Abbas: Cook Prize 2025, Silver Medal Acceptance Speech
No full textAuthor Marzieh Abbas gives an acceptance speech for Yasmeen Lari, Green Architect: The True Story of Pakistan’s First Woman Architect (Clarion)https://educate.bankstreet.edu/cook/1014/thumbnail.jp
Taziyeh : history, form and contemporary relevance
No full textThe intention of preparing this thesis is an examination of Taziyeh, the
passion play in Iran which appeared initially as part of the observance of Ashura for
the sake of the commemoration of Imam Hussein and his family. Taziyeh as a
part of the religious observance of Shiite Muslims exists in iran and different
Islamic countries.
Taziyeh during the course of centuries found a form of religious drama
which made it feasible to be performed on other occasions than the Muharram
ceremonies. The realisation of the existence of dramatic features and the
appearance of several different types of Taziyeh, tragic and comic, created a
ground for its existence to arouse the interest of travellers to Iran during the period
of the last two centuries and Iranian and non-Iranian dramatists and schotars of the
present century. These accounts and views first allow us to find the evidence for
the date of the development of Taziyeh and second to assess the contemporary
scholarly comments on the dramatic values of the Taziyeh. In this way Taziyeh
has been found comparable with Greek, Medieval and Modem Drama.
The Historical, Mythical and legendary grounds of the Taziyeh have
been taken into consideration in this study in order to gain access to the true
roots of the Taziyeh in the old land of Iran while the lack of a place for Taziyeh
in Persian literature will become clear.
The final part has been devoted to establishing the actual position of
Taziyeh after the Islamic revolution in Iran by looking at the function of Taziyeh
in Iranian society, theology and religious observance to-day. I have put my
stress on an argument for a purifying of the Taziyeh to make it function more
effectively in Iranian society
Introduction to the Special Issue on Decision Analysis and Social Media
No full textPublished as:
Ali E. Abbas, Jay Simon, Chris Smith (2017) Introduction to the Special Issue on Decision Analysis and Social Media. Decision
Analysis 14(4):227-228. https://doi.org/10.1287/deca.2017.036
Methodology matters ⋯ but so does interpretation!
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Distinct Frequency Specialization for Detecting Dark Transients in Humans and Tree Shrews
No full textSummary: Despite well-known privileged perception of dark over light stimuli, it is unknown to what extent this dark dominance is maintained when visual transients occur in rapid succession, for example, during perception of moving stimuli. Here, we address this question using dark and light transients presented at different flicker frequencies. Although both human participants and tree shrews exhibited dark dominance for temporally modulated transients, these occurred at different flicker frequencies, namely, at 11 Hz in humans and 40 Hz and higher in tree shrews. Tree shrew V1 neuronal activity confirmed that differences between light and dark flicker were maximal at 40 Hz, corresponding closely to behavioral findings. These findings suggest large differences in flicker perception between humans and tree shrews, which may be related to the lifestyle of these species. A specialization for detecting dark transients at high temporal frequencies may thus be adaptive for tree shrews, which are particularly fast-moving small mammals. : Khani et al. demonstrate superior visual temporal resolution for dark compared to light stimuli in human participants and tree shrews, albeit at different frequencies, suggesting that frequency specialization is adaptive. This difference is also evident in tree shrew V1 neurons and depends on the temporal structure of visual flicker. Keywords: ON-OFF pathway, visual perception, light, dark, temporal resolution, temporal frequency, V1, tree shrew, flicker, asymmetr
Pemikiran Syekh Abbas Kutakarang tentang Hisab Penentuan Awal Bulan Hijriah
No full textPerkembangan keilmuan falak merupakan buah karya atas kembalinya para ulama ke Indonesia dari Makkah maupun Timur Tengah. Mulai saat itu lahir beberapa tokoh falak dengan karyanya dengan model perhitungan yang bermacam-macam dan terus berkembang hingga sekarang. Salah satu ulama Aceh yang masih dikenal adalah Syekh Abbas Kutakarang. Ia terkenal sebagai ahli astronomi maupun astrologi di dunia Melayu. Karya Syekh Abbas Kutakarang yang fenomenal adalah kitab Tāj al-Mulūk, di dalamnya terdapat konsep hisab urfi yang unik dan berbeda dengan hisab aboge dalam penentuan awal bulan Hijriah. Selama ini hisab urfi seperti aboge hanya dikenal di Jawa. Faktanya, Syekh Abbas Kutakarang juga menggunakan hisab seperti sistem aboge tetapi dengan konsep yang berbeda. Ia juga menggunakan kaidah ilmu falak tidak hanya untuk keperluan ibadah, melainkan untuk menghitung hari baik dan buruk, untuk pertanian dan menghitung musim. Berangkat dari hal tersebut, maka penulis ingin menelusuri bagaimana latar belakang, tipologi, dan kontribusi pemikiran Syekh Abbas Kutakarang tentang hisab penentuan awal bulan Hijriah.
Penelitian ini menggunakan historical approach. Penulis menggunakan penelitian jenis library research untuk mengumpulkan data tentang pemikiran Syekh Abbas Kutakarang dengan karyanya Tāj al-Mulūk yang terkait dengan hisab penentuan awal bulan Hijriah sebagai sumber primer. Dengan metode content analysis, penulis menganalisis pemikiran Syekh Abbas Kutakarang berdasarkan latar belakang internal dan eksternalnya. Metode komparasi penulis gunakan untuk membandingkan pemikiran Syekh Abbas Kutakarang tentang hisab penentuan awal bulan Hijriah dengan hisab urfi sistem aboge.
Pada masa Syekh Abbas Kutakarang, penggunaan ilmu falak umumnya bersifat fiqh oriented, akan tetapi Syekh Abbas Kutakarang mempunyai paradigma yang berbeda dalam penggunaan kaidah ilmu falak. Pemikirannya berakulturasi dengan kebudayaan masyarakat Aceh yang berkembang pada waktu itu, misalnya dalam hal penggunaan kaidah falakiyah untuk memprediksikan hari, bulan, dan jam yang baik dalam melaksanakan seluruh ritual kegiatan, baik yang berhubungan dengan ibadah dan kegiatan sehari-hari seperti bertani, dan menentukan hari pernikahan. Oleh karena itu, pemikiran Syekh Abbas Kutakarang dalam kajian ilmu falak tergolong dalam etnomatematik oriented yaitu kajian yang menghubungkan antara matematika dan budaya dalam penggunaan kaidah falak. Kajian falak dalam kitab Tāj al-Mulūk tergolong pada periode awal, di mana ilmu falak masih bercampur dengan ilmu lain, artinya ilmu falak belum berdiri sendiri sebagai suatu disiplin ilmu. Kontribusi pemikiran Syekh Abbas Kutakarang dalam penentuan awal bulan Hijriah berupa konsep yang berbeda yang dapat menambah kekayaan khazanah ilmu falak khususnya sistem hisab urfi. Secara umum kontribusi pemikiran Syekh Abbas Kutakarang terhadap kajian ilmu falak dalam definisi sains masih tergolong minim, karena dalam kitab Tāj al-Mulūk hanya terdapat kajian tentang penentuan awal bulan Hijriah. Meskipun pemikirannya tentang awal bulan Hijriah masih etnomatematik oriented, namun pemikiran Syekh Abbas Kutakarang merupakan embrio ilmu falak di Aceh. Kitab Taj al-Mulūk adalah arus penanda bagi perkembangan ilmu falak selanjutnya di Aceh.
ABSTRACK
The development of the Islamic astronomy is the work of the scholars return from Makkah to Indonesia and the Middle East. From that point were born some of the figures in his work with the model calculations diverse and continues to grow until now. One of which is still known scholars of Aceh was Shekh Abbas Kutakarang. He is the best known as an expert in the world of astronomy and astrology Malay. The work of Syekh Abbas is a phenomenal book Taj al-Mulūk, in which there is a unique concept of hisāb urfi different with hisāb aboge in the initial determination of the Hijri month. All the time, hisāb urfi like Aboge only known in Java. In fact, Syekh Abbas Kutakarang also use it but with a different concept. He also uses the rules of astronomy not only for worship, but to calculate the good and bad days, to agriculture and counting season. Departing from this, the authors wanted to explore how background, typology, and the contribution of Syekh Abbas Kutakarang thinking about computation preliminary determination Hijri month. This study uses a historical approach. The author uses research type of library research to collect data about the thought of Shaykh Abbas Kutakarang with his Taj al-Muluk. With content analysis, the authors analyzed the thought of Syekh Abbas Kutakarang based on internal and external background. Comparative method I use to compare Sheikh Abbas Kutakarang thinking about reckoning with the initial determination of the Hijri month of reckoning urfi Aboge system. This study produce that At the time of Syekh Abbas Kutakarang, the use of Islamic astronomy generally is oriented fiqh, but Syekh Abbas Kutakarang have a different paradigm in the use of the rules of Islamic astronomy. His thoughts acculturated with Acehnese culture that developed at that time. Therefore, Syekh Abbas Kutakarang thinking in the study of Islamic astronomy is classified to etnomatematik oriented. Syekh Abbas Kutakarang thoughtful contributions in the initial determination of a Hijri month is a different concept (the leap year lies in 2, 5 and 7) that can add to the legacy of Islamic astronomy in hisāb urfi
Piezoelectric energy harvesting from roadway
No full textEnergy harvesting technologies have attracted much attention as an alternative power source of roadway accessories in different scales. Piezoelectric materials, which have been widely used in sensor technologies due to their cost-effectiveness, are capable of producing electrical energy from mechanical energy. Therefore, piezoelectric transducers can be designed to harvest the wasted mechanical energy generated under wheel loading that can be stored in an electronic capacitor or integrated with sensors for in-situ road condition monitoring. This dissertation aims to develop a novel design of a piezoelectric transducer with optimized geometry for energy harvesting under vehicular loading in the roadway. The novel Bridge transducer with layered poling is designed to increase the piezoelectric coefficient and the relative dielectric permittivity, which produces much higher energy than traditional transducers. Finite element analysis (FEA) was conducted to predict the generated energy output and the resulted mechanical stress in the lead zirconate titanate (PZT) transducer. The results of the optimization analysis indicate that the optimized geometry parameters can generate the maximum energy output within the stress failure criteria. Later, an energy harvester module that contains multiple stacked transducers, 64 novel transducers, was fabricated and tested under single pulse and cyclic loading events. The main objectives of this part were to evaluate the energy output and fatigue behavior of the piezoelectric energy harvester using laboratory testing and numerical simulation. The analysis results showed that two different material failure models need to be considered in relation to mechanical failure of the Bridge transducer, namely tensile and shear failure. This emphasizes that the optimum design of energy module should consider the balance of energy output and fatigue life that are affected by the fabrication of a single Bridge transducer and the packaging design of the energy module. To take into account the nature of the energy harvester-pavement interaction and to achieve better computation efficiency, the effect of this interaction on pavement responses was studied using a decoupled approach. First, a 3D pavement model was built, and then the pavement responses under the tire contact stresses were calculated. The effects of energy harvester-pavement interaction at different locations, horizontally and vertically, were also analyzed. The results show that the maximum power output of the energy harvester module is around 122mW at a vehicle speed of 65mph and 3 inches embedded depth. Furthermore, embedding the energy harvesting module below 3 inches from the pavement surface is the best location to maximize both power output and service life. Finally, to reveal the potentials of some important technologies for harvesting energy from a pavement network, a case study is discussed, which uses the New Jersey roadway network as the example for analysis. The potential of electrical energy generation for thermoelectric and piezoelectric (cymbal and novel bridge design) technologies were considered. Based on available energy harvesting technologies, a thermoelectric-based pipe system covering the entire New Jersey roadway network may potentially collect 20.11 GWh electrical energy per day, while a piezoelectric transducer system may collect around 3.74 and 10.01MWh of electrical energy per day for cymbal and novel bridge transducer designs, respectively.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical referencesby Abbas Fadhil Jasi
Poetry of Islamic Revolution as a cradle of the International Islamic resistance Poetry
No full text<p>volume = {1}, number = {1}, author = {S N Abbas (Kaify)}, title = {Poetry of Islamic Revolution as a cradle of the International Islamic resistance Poetry }, publisher = {Saurabh Chandra}, journal = {SOCRATES}, ISSN 2347-6869 year = {2013}</p
Evaluation of hepatitis C, hepatitis B, and HIV virus Serology pandemic in thalassemia patients of Shahid Mohammadi Hospital of Bandar Abbas, Iran
No full textIntroduction: Thalassemia patients are prone to the hepatitis C, B, and HIV virus, due to their constant need to
receive blood transfusions. Therefore, this research was aimed to determine the epidemic of the aforementioned
diseases in thalassemia patients of Shahid Mohammadi Hospital of Bandar Abbas, Iran.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on thalassemia patients visiting the Thalassemia Hospital of
Bandar Abbas from March 21, 2014, to March 22, 2015. Checklists were used to collect the data. HBS-Ag, HCV- Ab, and HIV-Ab tests have been registered for hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV virus, respectively. The data
were analyzed using SPSS 19 by Mann-Whitney U test, chi-square test, and independent samples t-test.
Results: Among 587 records administered into the research, 280 individuals (47.7 %) were men and (52.3 %)
were female. The average age of participants was 18.01 ± 9.31 years. The youngest was 1 years old, and the
oldest was 46 years old. Four patients under the study (0.7 %) were positive for HBV; 60 (10.2 %) were HCV
positive. However, no one in the study was diagnosed HIV positive. In the case of spread, there was no
significant difference regarding age and sex in HBV patients. However, in HCV patients, significant differences
were found (p=0.044 for gender and p=0.001 for age).
Conclusion: In thalassemia, hepatitis C had the highest rate of spread. According to the screening, it was much
anticipated that the trend should be falling, but the results show the contrary. Hence, it is recommended that more
precise methods such as PCR be used
From Folk Tale To Poem And Short Story: An Attempt Of Remeaning Cahit Sıtkı’s Abbas Short Story With The Transtextual Relations Theory / Masaldan Şiire ve Hikâyeye: Cahit Sıtkı’nın Abbas Hikâyesini Metinselaşkınlık İlişkileri Kuramı’na Göre Anlamlandırma
No full textKnown as a strong poet, Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı (1910- 1956) also wrote short stories which were
parallel with his poems. In this study, Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı’s short story Abbas has been analysed
in accordance with “The Transtextual Relations Theory” put forward by Gérard Genette in order
to reveal intertextual relations in literary texts. In his theory, Genette has regarded intertextuality
as one of the five transtextuality relations including hypertextuality, paratextuality, architextuality
and metatextuality. In the study, Tarancı’s Abbas short story is regarded as the hypertext; his
Abbas poem and a folk tale -which was listened by Tarancı from his grandmother when he was a
child- as the hypotext. The work has been analysed in terms of not only the hypertextuality relation
but also other transtextual relations. In paratextuality, other texts that the author interrelates
by means of the title he’s chosen for his work have been determined; in architextuality the literary
form of the work has been stated and in metatextuality the evaluations of the author that he made
about Abbas short story and its hypotexts in other texts, have been stressed. Establishing transtextual
relations between folk tales and his own works of art, Tarancı provided endlessness to his
creatures and share his heartbreak of love with all the people. The result of the study is that the
artists who want to be a bridge between successors and predecessors of them, establish intertextual
relations for creating endless work of arts
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