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Ostraka demotici da Narmuti. I
No full textFirst publication of 33 demotic ostraca from the Medinet Madi archive. They contain instructions, grammatical exercises, arithmetical notations, and dictations. The book is completed by a palaeographical index
Reservoir characterization utilizing the well logging analysis of Abu Madi Formation, Nile Delta, Egypt
No full textAbstractThe petrophysical evaluation of the Late Miocene Abu Madi Formation were accomplished based on the open hole logs of eighteen wells in Abu Madi–El Qar’a gas fields, onshore Nile Delta, Egypt. The lithological contents of this rock unit were analyzed using the cross plots of petrophysical parameters including shale volume, porosity and hydrocarbon saturation. The neutron /density cross-plots, M-N and RHOMAA–DTMAA and litho-saturation cross plots of the studied wells show that the main lithology of the lower part of Abu Madi Formation is calcareous sandstones with shale intercalations in most of the studied wells while its lithology is mainly shale with sand intercalations in wells AM-13, AM-21 and AM-7. The lithology of the upper part of Abu Madi Formation in most wells is composed mainly of shale while its lithology in AM-13, AM-21 and AM-7 wells is composed of sandstone with shale intercalations. The thorium-potassium cross plots indicate that, Abu Madi Formation was deposited mostly in fluvial to shallow marine environments according to the presence of mica and illite in the southern area and montmorillonite at the northern area as dominant clay minerals. Contour maps of several petrophysical parameters such as effective thickness, average shale volume, average porosity and hydrocarbon saturation showed that both lower and upper parts of Abu Madi Formation in the study area have promising reservoirs characteristics; in which the prospective area for gas accumulation located toward the central part
Zingiberaceae and Costaceae of the Trus Madi Range
No full textThis paper reports the species composition of Zingiberaceae and Costaceae in the Trus Madi Range. The gingers were sampled between the elevations of 1,400 rnq.T.DInd 2,649 m a.s.1, en route from the former base camp of the Forestry Department to Mt. Trus Madi peak and along six 200-m-long line transects. Twenty-one species of Zingiberaceae and two species of Costaceae were recorded. All species were documented below the elevation of 1,700 m. The inclusion of these gingers brings the Zingiberaceae-Costaceae herbarium record of the Trus Madi area to 25 species. Three species endemic to the Crocker Range and Mt. Kinabalu were recorded in the study area, namely, Amomum kinabaluense, Amomum sceletescens and Zingiber kelabitianum. Besides being poorly populated by gingers, the study area is highly similar in composition of gingers to three sites in the Crocker Range. If such similarity is consistent for other areas in the Crocker Range, the Trus Madi Range could serve as another conservation area for montane gingers in Sabah
Worship and Christian identity in Uganda : a study of the contextualization of worship in the Anglican, Roman Catholic and Independent Churches in the West Nile and Kampala areas of Uganda
No full textThis research develops a conceptual framework for a critical analysis of an area of theological practice that since the coming of Christianity to Uganda has been taking
place at the `folk level' in the Anglican, Roman Catholic and Independent Churches, in the West Nile and Kampala areas of Uganda. It is a theology of culture that is
informed by insights from cultural and anthropological studies. The primary purpose of this thesis is meaning-making. It uses Clifford Geertz's idea of interpreting
religious phenomena and Celia Lury's idea of cultural production in conjuction with Robertsons' global/local encounter in order to do a cultural hermeneutic of
Lugbara/Madi traditions and the received Christian traditions as practised in the Lugbara language. It is interpretative and therefore theological, because theology is meaning-making. It further uses a `community and critical consciousness' approach of Gerald West, to help communities to describe and analyse their cultural practices.
The research investigates the ways in which worship, as a cultural product, is used as a medium of social change and exchange and how its variability reflects socio-cultural identity. The cycle of production, distribution and reception of cultural works in the forms of societal structures, leadership styles, religious rituals, prayers
and music are described with the purpose of making meaning. The role of technology in making it possible for the Lugbara/Madi to separate cultural works from their context of production for distribution and reception is also assessed. The result is a new mobility for their cultural goods and a transformation of their mode of cultural
reproduction from repetition to one of replication. The research settles the point that Lugbara/Madi are in varying degrees using the modem technologies to provide unlimited copying of their cultural works to others and to copy from other cultural groups. The rural/urban interface provides them with this opportunity and they give it
a social shape through the network of Lugbara community churches and cultural organizations that exercise a form of copyright for these cultural goods for wider use and circulation.
The process began when the Lugbara/Madi began to associate socio-cultural reproduction with their socio-cultural progress. It consisted in the implicit and explicit reception of the translated scriptures, which contributed directly to the development and affirmation of local cultural forms that in turn contributed to the formation of local Christian identities. The interplay and partnership between Lugbara/Madi religious traditions, the received Christian traditions and the local experiences of the gospel, in conjunction with the global processes that are marketed through urbanization and information technology, have led to the construction of these new identities. In short, the rural/urban interface is generating autochthonous
Christian practices that are beginning to render the old denominational identities - of Anglican and Roman Catholic - immaterial. The LugbaralMadi concept of ori'ba -
'people of God' for kinship, orijo - `house of God' for Church and orindi - `God present' for the Spirit generates new theological, ecclesiological and missiological insights that are stimulating
Mosses of Mt. Trus Madi, Sabah, Malaysia
No full textA species list of mosses collected in Mt. Trus Madi, Sabah, between 10 September and 10 October 1996 is presented. A total of 153 taxa were collected, of which 11 are new to Borneo and five new to Sabah
Nepenthes species along the trail to the summit of Mount Trus Madi, Tambunan
No full textA survey of Nepenthes spp. along the trail of Mt. Trus Madi in Tambunan district of Sabah, Malaysia was conducted on 28-30 March 2011 from the Starting Point (1,500 m as!) to the Yayasan Sabah Repeater (2,620 m asp. The total distance was about 4,500 m. There were three species of Nepenthes found along the trail from the Starting Point to the Yayasan Sabah Repeater on Mt. Trus Madi, namely Nepenthes tentaculata, N. lowii and N. macrophylla. Two populations of the natural hybrid N. x trusmadiensis were found at 2,350 m asl. Various forms of N. tentaculata were found along the trail to the Yayasan Sabah Repeater
Linking between sequence stratigraphy and reservoir quality of Abu Madi Formation utilizing well logging and seismic analysis at Abu Madi and El Qar’a fields, Nile Delta, Egypt
No full textThis work has been carried out to interpret the link between sequence stratigraphy of the incised valley deposits with the reservoir quality in the Abu Madi Formation in the Abu Madi and El Qar’a Fields, onshore Nile Delta, Egypt based on borehole and seismic data. The distribution of sand-body in the Abu Madi Formation revealed that the fluvial channel sandstones are not randomly distributed but are controlled by the fluctuation of the sea level (regression and transgression). Interpretation of sandstones distribution of the Abu Madi incised-valley within a sequence stratigraphic framework allows a better understanding of their characterization during burial. The Abu Madi Formation is made up of two sequences: the lower sequence-1 (SQ 1) and upper sequence-2 (SQ 2). Sequence-1 forms the basal part of the Abu Madi Formation. It consists of two systems tracts in all the studied wells, in which the lowstand systems tract is overlained by a transgressive systems tract (TST-1), except at AM-12 and AM-15 wells in the western and eastern sides of the studied area, respectively where it consists of only transgressive system tract (TST-1). The upper sequence-2 (SQ2) is recorded in all the studied wells except at AM-12 and AM-15 wells. It is composed of two systems tracts (LST-2 and TST-2); the lower lowstand systems tracts contains thin sandstone channel-fill interpreted as LST-2, above this sandstone channel-fill the tidal deposits interpreted as TST-2. The lowstand systems tracts of the studied Abu Madi Formation is considered good reservoir target in the studied area, its porosity ranged from 15 to 22%. It was formed due to a rapid fall in relative sea level below the shelf edge formed valley incision due to subaerial exposure of the continental shelf. The floodplain deposits of TST represent a good seal separating LST reservoirs and water bearing zone of lower sequence (SQ1) and upper sequence (SQ2) in each well. Keywords: Sequence stratigraphy, Abu Madi Formation, Well logging and seismic stratigraphy, Abu Madi and El Qar’a field
Career exploration and perceived employability within an emerging economy context
No full textFollowing four decades of unprecedented economic, social, and cultural change, the United Arab Emirates labor market is highly segmented: The native population is almost exclusively employed in the government sector, while the private sector is effectively outsourced to foreigners. This has created an unsustainable situation with growing numbers of young citizens reaching working age and with a public sector that has reached the saturation point. Policymakers repeatedly try to legislate to encourage private-sector employers to hire citizens. These policies have had limited success. We explored the career attitudes of 2,267 United Arab Emirates citizens prior to their entry into the labor market. Using structural equation modeling, we found that the social contract and resulting expectations toward state employment have strong implications for willingness to work in the private secto
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Multiple scattering causes the low energy–low angle constant wavelength topographical instability of argon ion bombarded silicon surfaces
No full textWe show that holes and perpendicular mode ripples that are generated at low argon ion beam energies and incidence angles on room temperature silicon targets (C. S. Madi et al, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 246102 (2008) and C. S. Madi et al, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 21, 224010 (2009)) are caused by multiple scattering events from the impingement of the primary ion beam on adjacent silicon shields. We show that in a geometry that minimizes these multiple scattering events, only ultra-smooth stable silicon surfaces are for incidence angles < 50° from normal. We present a revised topographical phase diagram of 250-1000 eV Ar+ ion bombarded silicon surfaces in the linear regime of surface dynamics in the absence of secondary scattering effects. It is characterized only by a diverging wavelength phase transition from parallel mode ripples to a flat stable surface as the incidence angle falls below about 50° from normal incidence, and a crossover to perpendicular mode ripples as the incidence angle crosses above about 80 degrees.Engineering and Applied SciencesAccepted Manuscrip
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