83 research outputs found
Colonialism, nationalism and modernity in al-Manfalūṭī’s novelization of a Coppée’s play: a comparative reading ofFī sabīl al-tājandPour La Couronne
No full textThis article discusses the ways in which Mu?tafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti rewrote Francois Coppee's Pour la Couronne (1895) in the shape of the novel, Fi sabil al-taj (1920). Al-Manfaluti turns a French drama into an Egyptian epic rather than simply introducing a piece of foreign literature by means of translation, so as to spread his call against imperialism and anti-colonialism and his program for fashioning an Egyptian national in the frame of 1919 Revolution. Whereas the author preserves all of the main events and traits of the original story, through commentary and word selection in his translation he orientates a new interpretation of the text. The article suggests that translation in the Nah?a cannot be seen only as acculturation but, in line with Venuti and Reynolds, should be considered as a new text that expresses the agency of the translators and their cultural environment
Kinetics, mechanistic and synergistic studies of Alpha lipoic acid with hydrogen peroxide
No full textAbstractAlpha lipoic acid (ALA) holds redox behavior that was observed in the presence of different metals utilizing hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) as a strong oxidizing agent. The effects of different parameters like temperature, pH and concentrations were also monitored.ALA in the presence of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) showed oxidation as well as degradation processes. To monitor the oxidation kinetics of ALA in the presence of different essential metals to find its reaction pathway using salt affect parameters.The redox behavior of Alpha lipoic acid (ALA) was found to be significant at pH ranging from 4 to 10, at 29°C in a given pseudo first order reaction conditions. The values of the rate constant in the presence of different essential metals such as Mo, Se, Co, Cr, Fe, and Zn were also obtained. Furthermore, synergistic effects were observed in the presence of Mo6+ and Fe2+ at all applied conditions.Activation energy of ALA oxidation is 36.7kJ whereas in the presence of Fe2+ its activation energy went up to 48kJ; however, in the presence of Mo6+ the activation energy drops to 18.3kJ. In the presence of Fe2+ and Mo6+ the synergistic effect works and its activation energy became 36.5kJ. The reaction mechanism was also proposed
Study of electrolytic effect on the interaction between anionic surfactant and methylene blue using spectrophotometric and conductivity methods
No full textEco-friendly, biodegradable natural surfactant ( Acacia Concinna ): An alternative to the synthetic surfactants
No full textApplication of Zinc Modified Biochars to Enhance Zinc Availability, Speciation and Pearl Millet Growth in Zn-Deficient Soil
No full textZinc deficiency poses a serious threat to numerous crops and global human population. Recently, soil biochar amendment has been promoted as a sustainable farming method. However, its consequence on the bioavailability of Zn in cereal crop has not been fully addressed. In the present study, 0.01% Zn-SO4 (w/w) was loaded in fruit waste, farmyard manure and coconut shell pyrolysis at 400℃, for 2 h to make fruit waste Zn-modified biochar (FWZn-MBC), farmyard manure Zn-modified biochar (FYZn-MBC) and coconut shell Zn-modified biochar (CSZn-MBC). Except control treatment, all the modified biochars were applied at 1, 2 and 4% doses on zinc availability, speciation, pearl millet growth
and chemical properties in Zn-deficient soil. The obtained results show that Zn mobility in soil was 70.04% with application of FYZn-MBC 4% as compared to other treatments. The maximum uptake of Zn in shoot and root by pearl
millet plant was observed by 74.02 and 53% with addition of FYZn-MBC 4% as compared to control soil, due to increase of soil organic matter. The chlorophyll SPAD values in the pearl millet aerial surface increased from 30.23 to 39.24%
with application of FYZn-MBC 4% than control soil. The exchangeable fraction of Zn increased from 7.34 to 14.71% with application of FYZn-MBC 4%. The correlation matrix results indicated that CaCO3 positively correlated with soil
pH, and soil organic matter had strong correlation with chlorophyll. Overall, future studies must be carried out to examine the long-term impact of FYZn-MBC 4% on Zn phyto-availability in Zn-deficient soil
Produkcija kratkometražnog dokumentarnog filma “Poznavajući Maria“
No full textFilmska umjetnost jedna je od najkreativnijih, ali i najutjecajnijih disciplina koja se u teoriji i praksi u suvremenom svijetu proučava i analizira kroz likovne umjetnosti, kulturologiju, sociologiju, povijest i ostale društveno-humanističke djelatnosti. Iako su od početka filmske umjetnosti (posebice od 1920-ih pa sve do 1940-ih) više bili uvaženi redatelji, scenaristi i glumci, vremenom se taj stav promijenio i dopunio, pa su filmski teoretičari (a i kritičari) razumjeli i uvažavali ne samo igrani film i njihove aktere, nego i dokumentarni film koji u suvremenom svijetu ima i svoj poseban položaj.
U današnje vrijeme, s rapidnim razvojem digitalnih tehnologija i kanala, društvenih mreža i sposobnosti da individualne osobe same pišu, snimaju, montiraju i produciraju svoje audiovizualne radove, multimedijske discipline poput novinarstva i marketinga počele su se modernizirati, a pogotovo i dokumentarni film koji se ponekad i spaja s istraživačkim novinarstvom.
Iako je dokumentarni film kombinacija, ali i spoj kreativne forme i istraživačkog novinarstva, ipak je potrebno naglasiti kako dokumentarni film od svoga producenta i autora traži strast, istraživanje, disciplinu i interes da bi projekt bio uspješan i da bi imao veliki medijski doseg. Produkcijski procesi igranog i dokumentarnog filma razlikuju se, jer je u igranome filmu angažirana velika filmska ekipa, te postoje glumci s kojima producenti i redatelji trebaju surađivati, dok u dokumentarnom filmu priča se organizira i sastavlja u predprodukciji (poznati su sugovornici, znaju se pitanja za posebne intervjue, te redatelj treba imati istraživačko i kreativno oko da uhvati neplanirane trenutke kao dodatni materijal).
Ovaj će rad u kronološkom redoslijedu analizirati predprodukciju i postprodukciju zadatka producenta za kratkometražni igrani film „Poznavajući Maria“. No u prvom dijelu rada, autor će izdvojiti teorijske aspekte dokumentarnog filma, evaluirajući prvo definicije dokumentarnog filma, zadatke producenta dokumentarnog filma i kako se on/ona razlikuje od producenta u igranom formatu, specifičnosti dokumentarnog filma, te praktične pripreme u predprodukciji za dokumentarni film. U drugom dijelu rada, autor će potom analizirati produkcijske zadatke za vrijeme pripreme filma „Poznavajući Maria“, produkcijske odluke za vrijeme snimanja, te detaljan marketing plan za distribuciju i PR filma. Svakako, ovaj rad služit će kao smjernica za studente produkcije na Sveučilištu VERN'.Film is one of the most creative, yet also one of the most influential artistic disciplines that has been observed in the modern world through subjects such as art history, cultural studies, sociology, history and other social sciences. Even though film directors, screenplays, and actors were highly looked upon in the early years of cinema (especially from the 1920's until the 1940's), this kind of intellectual attitude started to change. Various media experts and film studies professors started to appreciate not only fiction film, but also documentary film. Even today, this kind of motion picture has its own significant place.
Today, with the rapid development of digital technologies and channels, thousands of people are writing, filming, editing and producing their own inventive stories. Thus, because of this kind of change, multimedia disciplines such as journalism and marketing started to modernize, especially documentary film which in these days has been associated with investigative journalism.
Even though documentary film is a combination of creativity and investigative journalism, it is crucial to highlight that documentary film seeks intuition, passion, discipline and interest from its author. This is an important path in order for a film to become successful. The production processes of a feature and documentary film differs, since a large artistic team is involved in a feature film, where producers and directors have to regularly collaborate with their actors and team. On the other hand, while making a documentary film, the storyline is built in the pre-production phase (the director knows its protagonists, they know the structure of the questions and most importantly, they need to have an investigative and creative eye to capture unexpected moments).
This work will chronologically analyze the pre-production and post-production tasks of the film „Knowing Mario“. In the first part of the thesis, the author will elaborate the theoretical aspects of documentary filmmaking, evaluating definitions of documentary filmmaking, assignments a producer should complete and ways how he/she differentiates from a producer in a feature film, the specifics of a documentary film and the practical preparations in pre-production. In the second part of the thesis, the author will analyze the production tasks while filming „Knowing Mario“: the challenges the producer faced while filming and finally highlighting the marketing and PR plan for the film. Certainly, this paper will serve as a guideline for production students at The VERN' University
De-mystifying the Muslimah: Exploring Different Perceptions of Selected Young Muslim Women in Britain
No full textIn this research I argue that although Islam as a faith is inherently emancipatory, Muslim
women are doubly marginalised: by patriarchal interpretations of their faith within Muslim
communities and by pluralist society that often does not understand the faith-based values
and practices of Muslim women. The empowerment of Muslim women is crucial not just for
the women themselves but also for socio-political dynamics within the Muslim community
and its relationships in pluralist society. It is from this context, and acknowledging the paucity
of academic literature written by Muslim women, that I set out to give voice to them, so that
their opinions may be heard in discourses that they think are relevant to their lives. By
encouraging Muslim women to take voice and by facilitating mechanisms for these voices to
be heard, this research presents alternate narratives of Muslim women that challenge
dominant media imagery of the oppressed and subjugated Muslim woman. These narratives,
which are by and for Muslim women, portray instead the inherent diversity in the category
'Muslim woman' and thus add more facets to the category 'woman'.
I used an ethnographic methodology that involved participants as contributors in the creation
of new knowledge. Semi-structured interviews with 45 young university-educated Muslim
women and 7 group discussions were used as initial data-gathering tools. The penultimate
ethnographic stage involved Muslim women creating 3-minute long self-representational
digital stories (DSTs), which consist of an autobiographical narrative accompanied by still
pictures. This was a process of self-reflection for the women and an opportunity to take voice
and to be heard. The subsequent screening of these DSTs to audiences who were not
Muslim resulted in discussion and active debate about the reasons for prevalent
(mis)understandings of Muslim women and stereotypes were challenged. In its initiation of
more balanced representations of Muslim women this research empowers Muslim women,
and by contributing to dialogue and cohesion it also empowers pluralist society as a whole.
This research clarifies the overlapping priorities and identities of young British Muslim
women and initiates new discourses, as narrated by the women, on subjects including
religious interpretation and practice, feminism, media representation and social cohesion. In
the research findings I propose an evolving British-Muslim identity among Muslim youth (in
this case young women) which is distinct from that of their parents; a theological articulation
of a 'feminist' struggle for women's rights; and the need to engage with the media and others
to create positive representations of Muslim women. Experiences with DSTs indicate the
potential of personal narratives and interaction for the purposes of inter-community dialogue
Application of Zinc Modified Biochars to Enhance Zinc Availability, Speciation and Pearl Millet Growth in Zn-Deficient Soil: Application of Zinc Modified Biochars to Enhance Zinc Availability, Speciation and Pearl Millet Growth in Zn-Deficient Soil
No full textZinc deficiency poses a serious threat to numerous crops and global human population. Recently, soil biochar amendment has been promoted as a sustainable farming method. However, its consequence on the bioavailability of Zn in cereal crop has not been fully addressed. In the present study, 0.01% Zn-SO4 (w/w) was loaded in fruit waste, farmyard manure and coconut shell pyrolysis at 400℃, for 2 h to make fruit waste Zn-modified biochar (FWZn-MBC), farmyard manure Zn-modified biochar (FYZn-MBC) and coconut shell Zn-modified biochar (CSZn-MBC). Except control treatment, all the modified biochars were applied at 1, 2 and 4% doses on zinc availability, speciation, pearl millet growth and chemical properties in Zn-deficient soil. The obtained results show that Zn mobility in soil was 70.04% with application of FYZn-MBC 4% as compared to other treatments. The maximum uptake of Zn in shoot and root by pearl millet plant was observed by 74.02 and 53% with addition of FYZn-MBC 4% as compared to control soil, due to increase of soil organic matter. The chlorophyll SPAD values in the pearl millet aerial surface increased from 30.23 to 39.24% with application of FYZn-MBC 4% than control soil. The exchangeable fraction of Zn increased from 7.34 to 14.71% with application of FYZn-MBC 4%. The correlation matrix results indicated that CaCO3 positively correlated with soil pH, and soil organic matter had strong correlation with chlorophyll. Overall, future studies must be carried out to examine the long-term impact of FYZn-MBC 4% on Zn phyto-availability in Zn-deficient soil. Keywords: Modified amendments, zinc phytoavailability, fractionation, pearl millet growth, soil chemical properties
Health risk assessment of chromium contamination in the nearby population of mining plants, situated at Balochistan, Pakistan
No full textThe main objective of this work was to investigate the root cause(s) of the various diseases in the local population, living in the proximity of chromium mining area. The analytical work was done on the samples of drinking water, soil and human blood, collected from the study area. The chosen study area is known as Muslim Bagh, located in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. The area is well-known for chromite hub. The hub comprises about 325 open-cast and underground mines, 100 dumping sites and 11 chrome beneficiation plants. The presented investigation is the first report of its nature on the contamination of heavy metals (HM) in the samples of drinking water and soil of the study area. The traces of different HM were also found in the random blood samples of human population in the study area. The amount of Co, Ni, Pb, As and Cr in the soil samples of the study area was obtained in the range of 990 x 10(3)-1837 x 10(3), 1 x 10(3)-11 x 10(3), 1 x 10(3)-15 x 10(3), 84 x 10(3)-187 x 10(3) and 6.9 x 10(6)-19.5 x 10(6) (mu g/kg ppb), respectively, whereas the samples of drinking water of the area found were 199-997 Co, 40-1370 Ni, 30-740 Pb, 47-890 As and 1990-13,530 (mu g/kg ppb) of Cr. The obtained data of the physiochemical properties and the amount of HM show that the available drinking water sources are unfit for human consumption, mainly because of the chromium amount. Questionnaire analysis of the local population was also revealed that there was no awareness or feeling about metal poisoning in the targeted people and had no idea about the metal contaminations and diseases caused by this. Human health risk assessment for both carcinogenic and non-carcinogens concludes that the children and adults of the area are at high risk of several diseases and disorders
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