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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
Introduction to the Special Issue on Decision Analysis and Social Media
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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
Social influence and price, influence on consumer resistance to innovation
No full textThe basic purpose of this study is to investigate the consumer buying behavior. In this study smartphone
used as innovation. In the technological advancement smartphone is best communication tool and playing
significant role in the society. In this study researcher identified some factor that influence the consumer
buying behavior and consumer always buy new product through focusing all these factors. Data were
collected from 250 respondents through self-administered questionnaires and SmartPLS 2.0 M3 was used
to analyze the data
Methodology matters ⋯ but so does interpretation!
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Effect of organically amended growing media on growth and development of hot pepper plants
No full textReconhecimento de Graus e Diplomas EstrangeirosCapsicum frutescens (hot pepper) is a short lived plant and is generally propagated through seeds. Raising of nursery plantlets through seeds can be influenced by different variables including growing media. To check this an experiment was planned to evaluate the effect of various growing mixes on the hot peppers nursery raised through seed. Seeds of two cultivars were sown in various combinations of media mixes e.g. (sand, silt, rice husk, FYM, wheat straw and peat moss) under greenhouse conditions. Different nursery parameters (germination rate, germination%, chlorophyll contents, dry weight of seedlings, fresh weight of seedlings, diseased seedlings per treatment and healthy seedlings per treatment) were recorded. After transplantation in the field data is recorded for stem diameter, days to flowering, days to fruit set, days to first harvesting, yield per plant and yield per acre along with the measurement of respiration rate, transpiration rate and chlorophyll contents. The trial was arranged according to complete randomized design (CRD) with three replications whereas, field trail was arranged according to randomized complete block design (RCBD). Data were analyzed by using ANOVA technique and means were compared using LSD test at 5% of significance level. Results concluded that T1(silt and sand), T2 (silt, wheat straw and FYM), T3 (silt, sand, rice husk and FYM) and T4 (silt, sand and compost) showed the best results as compared to other treatments. While, regarding the variety evaluation the variety Skyline -2 perform better as compared to Magma. So, it is suggested that T2 (Silt + Wheat straw +FYM) can be used as nursery raising media to achieve maximum vegetative and reproductive growth in chilli crop
Pemikiran Syekh Abbas Kutakarang tentang Hisab Penentuan Awal Bulan Hijriah
Full text linkPerkembangan 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
Book Review: Islam, Democracy and the West by Benazir Bhutto
Full text linkThe author has two aims to write this book: first, she wants an understanding whether the democrattic and autonomous institutions can grow in the Muslim world, and whether Islam and democracy are equally exclusive or not; second, she wants to analyse the existence of clash of ideals and values in different groups within Islam. The book is divided into six chapters. First chapter, the Path Back, starts with an emotional arrival of Benazir Bhutto at Quaid-i-Azam International Airport, Karachi, on October 18, 2007, after eight years exile. While putting her foot on the land of pure people-Pakistan-after a long time, tears started pouring from her eyes and she was unable to stop them. By lifting her hands in prayer, she thanked Allah Almighty in reverence. Her argument is that dictatorship breeds extremism. Bhutto is of the view that war against international terrorism coincided with the suspension of democracy in Pakistan. She points out that Islamic democracy consits of notion of consultation. Similarly, in the Western democracy consultation is the main essential in any political system. There is no any kind of negation of democracy in Islam. Thus, Islamic and Western democratic systems are compatible. In the second chapter, the Battle within Islam: Democracy versus Dictatorship, moderation versus Extremism, Bhutto emphasises that Islam is a universal religion. According to her, majority of Muslims in the world embrace a forbearing and loving raligion. However, today this religion has been misinterpreted and misrepresented by the extremists. After that, she throws light on Jihad and its kinds with the help of Quranic injuctions. She tells that Jihad is not among five pillars of Islam (except in Khariji theory). She quotes, “Jihad is a collective obligation of the whole Muslim community (fard kifaya).” According to Bhutto, imposition of the obligation duty on the community rather than on individual is very significant and involves at least two important implications. In the first place, it means that the duty need not necessarily be fulfiled by all the believers. In the second place, the imposition of the obligation on the community rahter than on the individual made possible the employment of Jihad as a community and, consequently, a state instrument. Third chapter, Islam and Democracy: History and Practice, deals with democratic norms and values in Islamic context. She justifies her stand by qouting the Quranic injunction that suicide bombing is by no means acceptable in Islam and in the eyes of God. Bhutto argues that along with preaching tolerance of other religions, the Quran also acknowledges that salvation can be achieved in all monotheistic religions. Through out in the book, she elucidates things both from Quran and her experiences from Pakistan. The author feels pity that with the passage of time, many Muslim societies have turned intolerant while the Western nations have become more accommodating and tolerant. However, Islam itself is a religion of tolerance and pluralism. She also discuses about sects, women rights and dress code revealed by Islam. She explores that the equality of women does not only apply in terms of political and cocial rights but also in religious terms. She is against the idea that Muslim society should be ruled in the way Medina was governed in the first century of Hijri. Indeed the author wants to convey that democracy is the heart of Islam and dictatorship is contrary to it. Thus, Islam and democracy are not contrary to eachother. She has proposed a model for the Countries of the Third World. In the fourth chapter, The case of Pakistan, she thinks that the real picture of Islam has been distorted and exploited by the extremists. The author traces back the roots of international terrorism, and how America had been supporting Pakistani General Zia-ul-Haq. She further points out that Zia-ul-Haq was the man who deteriorated the political system in the country. He done away with an independent judiciary and suspended human rights. It was during this period that Pakistani ISI got involved in supporting Afghan Mujahideen. According to the author, all the Muslims across the globe are at the crosroads between past and future, between education and ignorance, between peace and terrorism, and between democracy and dictatorship. In the fifth chapter, Is the clash of civilization inevitable?, Bhutto takes into account Samuel P. Huntington and other propagators of the Clash of Civilizations for their stance that the confrontation between the West and militant Islam, after the cold war, was inevitable. She criticizes them and argues that this clash was resolved. However, she wants these clashes and conflicts to be resolved through the Islamic world itself. Moreover, she has spelled out by quoting few examples that clash of civilizations do not exist between Islam and West, rather it is within Islam itself: modernism vs. regression, reformist vs. traditionalist, freedom and education vs. oppression and ignorance. Bhutto is ambitious and aspired to resolve the crises within the Muslim world and the problems between the Muslim world and the West. For this, she proposes that the potential solutions to these crises lie in tracing their root causes. The author portrays a reflection of modern Islam that confronts the harmful caricatures often perceived in the West. She has explained how West had been engaged in the countries of Middle East. As a result, corruption and dictatorship dominated the whole region. The last chapter, Reconciliation, deals with the internal clash within Islam. She talks about sectarian divisions between Sunni and Shias and the failures of the leaders of the Muslim countries to face down the misrepresentation of Osama Bin Laden. Bhutto argues that it is the al-Qaeda which has distorted the image of Islam. Moreover, she emphasizes to have a reformist, pluralistic and modern Islamic society. Then she presents the examination of various countries like Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia, Iran, Mali, Kazakhstan and India. She goes across the most contentious and hot debates both within the Muslim world itself and its relationship with West. On the whole, I found, Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy and the West by Benazir, Bhutto a worthwhile and informative Book. Bhutto is correct in her over all thesis that dictatorship and western interference in Muslim countries have retarded the development of democratic norms and values. This has helped in generating the Islamic extremist threat to Islam itself and the West. Bhutto’s analysis of democratic growth across the Muslim world and the history of interference in of the West in Muslim affairs is very good. She provides firsthand account of Pakistan’s democratic political development, and the forces that have worked for and against democracy there. She is also clear about the goals of Islamic extremists, militants and fanatics and their supporters within the Pakistan military intelligence services. The good thing about the book is that she has discussed beautifully how the democracy can be created in the Islamic world. According to the author, economic development can be made by investing income of major oil producing countries. The book ends with a recommendation for a better-off world as she foresees a Marshall Plan for the Muslim World which could be applied to the poor Muslim nations
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
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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