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Topica, critica, dialettica. Possibili influenze platoniche nel De Nostri Temporis Studiorum Ratione di Giambattista Vico?
No full textTOPICS, CRITICS, DIALECTICS. ARE THERE PLATONIC INFLUENCES
IN VICO’S DE NOSTRI TEMPORIS STUDORIUM RATIONE? The
aim of this paper is to analyze some possible influences of Plato’s dialogues
on Giambattista Vico’s thought. The author puts the focus on the integration
between topics and critics proposed in De nostri temporis studiorum ratione,
and assumes that Vico based this important theory on Plato’s dialectics, which he
rethinked in order to face the challenges of modern philosophy
Sheikh Shaban Veli Kulliye in the 19th Century
No full textXVI. yüzyılda Kastamonu’da Hisarardı mahallesinde, Şeyh Şaban Veli tarafından kurulan tekke
yüzyıllarca hizmet vermiştir. Şeyh Şaban Veli Tekkesi, 1845 yılında Sultan Abdülmecid’in emriyle
Kastamonu Kaymakamı Salih Ağa’nın nezaretinde tamir ettirilmiş ve alt yapısı yenilenmiştir.
Ayrıca aynı kişinin gözetiminde tekkenin ihata duvarları bu dönemde yapılmıştır. Böylece Osmanlı
Devleti’nin sonuna kadar faaliyetlerini sürdüren Şeyh Şaban Veli tekkesinde, XIX. yüzyılda
Abdurrahman Efendi (ö.1834), Hafız Muhammed Said Efendi (ö.1889), İbrahim Şevki Efendi
(ö.1897) ve Ataullah (Ata) Efendi (ö.1942) postnişinlik görevinde bulunmuşlardır. Bunlardan
Abdurrahman Efendi babasından icazet almış ve otuz beş sene kadar tekkede görev yapmıştır.
Kendisinden sonra tekke postnişinliğine geçen Muhammed Said Efendi ise genç yaşta olmasından
dolayı kendini yeterli görmemiş ve Geredeli Halil Efendi’nin yanına giderek ondan ilim
tahsil etmiştir. Ayrıca o Hacı Mustafa Safiyüddin Efendi’nin de hizmetinde bulunmuştur. Said
Efendi’nin 1889 yılında vefat etmesi üzerine, oğlu Ata Efendi küçük yaşta olduğundan tekke bir
süreliğine boş kalmıştır. Dönemin Kastamonu Valisi Abdurrahman Paşa’nın delaletiyle Bolu’dan
İbrahim Şevki Efendi getirilerek şeyhlik postuna oturtulmuştur. Yaklaşık yedi yıl tekkede görev
yapan İbrahim Şevki Efendi, Kastamonu’da büyük saygı ve hürmete mazhar olmuş, başta Ata
Efendi olmak üzere, pek çok derviş yetiştirip onlara icazet vermiştir. Bu çalışmada XIX. yüzyılda
Şeyh Şaban Veli Tekkesi’nde meydana gelen gelişmeler ele alınmaktadır.The dervish lodge which was set up by Sheikh Shaban Veli in Hisarardı neighborhood of
Kastamonu province in the sixteenth century has been offering service for hundreds of years.
In the year 1845, Sheikh Shaban Veli dervish lodge was repaired and its infrastructure was
renewed by the order of Sultan Abdul-Medjid and under the supervision of Governor Salih
Agha. The walls surrounding the dervish lodge were erected as well during this period under
the supervision of Governor Salih Agha. Thence, during the course of the nineteenth century,
Abdurrahman Effendi (d.1834), Hafiz Muhammad Said Effendi (d.1889), Ibrahim Sevki Effendi
(d.1897) and Ataullah (Ata) Effendi were appointed as the head (post-nisin) of the Sheikh
Shaban Veli dervish lodge, which carried out its activities until the end of the Ottoman Empire.
Of these, Abdurrahman Effendi, ratified by his father, served for some thirty-five years in
dervish lodge. His successor, Mohammed Said Effendi, due to being at a young age, did not find
himself sufficient enough to have such a post and left for Halil Effendi of Gerede so as to be
tutored by him. In the meantime, he was also in the service of Haji Mustafa Safiyuddin Effendi.
Following the death of Said Effendi in 1889, the dervish lodge remained without a head for a
while because of the fact that his son, Ata Effendi, was at an early age. Ibrahim Şevki Effendi
was brought from the province of Bolu upon the request of Abdurrahman Pasha, Governor of
Kastamonu of the period, and was appointed Sheikh for the lodge. Ibrahim Şevki Effendi served
nearly seven years in the dervish lodge, achieving great respect and reverence in Kastamonu,
especially for his tutoring many dervishes including Ata Effendi. This study deals with the
developments taking place in Sheikh Shaban Veli dervish lodge in the nineteenth century
Transcending legitimacy : Al-Awza'i and his interaction with the 'Abbasid state
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اردو اور عربی شاعری میں مناظرِ فطرت مجید امجد اور محمود شعبان کی شاعری کی روشنی میں
No full textMahmoud Shaban is one the renowned poets of modern day Arabic language. He is widely read and referred for his treatment of elements of natural phenomena in his poetry. He has composed on various issues but elements of natural phenomena are very close to his heart. Majeed Amjad is one of the great poets of modern Urdu. He has also written on natural phenomena. Many similarities are found in both Shaban and Amjad's poetry. This article is a comparative study of dealing of natural elements by Arabic poet Shaban and Urdu poet Majeed Amjad
Improving Patient Confidentiality Systems in Libya using UK Experience
No full textPatient confidentiality has received much attention in recent years because of the rise in the number of confidentiality breach incidents and the need to improve the provision of health services in general. Patient confidentiality is defined as the patients‟ right to the protection of their personal medical information within health institutions under normal conditions. While literature on the protection of patient confidentiality exists, there is little or no attempt made to use a theoretical model to represent this, and hence, with which to appraise the practice of patient confidentiality in health care systems. The main aim of this research study is to contribute to the development of a model for the protection of patient confidentiality in Libya, using experience and evidence from elsewhere, and also to suggest means to improve confidentiality through the application of lessons from the UK health service. The standpoint taken is a pragmatic one, as the focus is on the utility of the proposed model. There are two principal strands to the research: one concerns the views of experts as to factors that influence patient confidentiality. The second major one is the development of a System Dynamics Model to present the flow of patient data and the places where breaches of confidentiality are likely to occur. These two strands are then considered jointly to provide a basis for conclusions and recommendations of particular relevance in Libya (and perhaps more generally).
The data used to identify the main factors that affect the practice of patient confidentiality were collected using two stages: literature review and expert surveys. The first iteration requesting views was sent to experts from Libya, Europe and elsewhere in the field of patient confidentiality, to establish a set of factors that might influence the practice of patient confidentiality. A second iteration followed with selected respondents to rank the relative importance of elements of contributing to two factors, trust and ethics, that were identified in the first expert letter survey. The results from the expert letters indicated that the main factors that influence the practice of patient confidentiality, especially in Libya, were trust, ethics, regulation and technology. The results from the interviews and the focus group showed that the findings of the current research had ecological validity. This is based on the Libyan participants‟ views, which strongly supported the research results as having the potential to improve Libyan patient confidentiality systems by learning from the UK experience. The responses were used to inform the insights obtained from the UK NHS model of patient confidentiality of 2003, which was developed into an innovative simulation using Systems Dynamics Modelling (SDM). Quantitative data to populate the model was drawn from NHS statistics. The model was „validated‟ through personal interviews and a focus group with individuals who had experience in the practice of patient confidentiality in the Libyan health service.
The results of the running of the SDM model were also compared to known data to provide a check on validity. The proposed SDM model of patient confidentiality was shown to have ecological validity though the views of medical staff and medical records managers in two major general UK hospitals. The premise was that breaches of patient confidentiality could occur either from (i) human error when dealing with patient medical data within the national health services by staff such as frontline medical staff, doctors and nurses, or (ii) at locations of safe-keeping of patient notes, where medical records managers and others store patient medical data on IT systems, with varying dynamics and volume. The results obtained from the developed model of patient confidentiality are encouraging; they may assist health service managers to minimize breaches of patient confidentiality occurrences. Therefore, the current study proposes a framework and recommendations that can help to improve the protection of patient confidentiality systems in the Libyan health service and assist in delivering a good quality of health care
Medina in the Ayyubid period and the Shi'a influence upon it
No full textThe underlying concern of this thesis is to shed light on the history of Medina during the Ayyubid period, discussing and analysing the Shi'a emergence in the city in that time, and the transfer to them of power, the judiciary and the key religious positions. It also discusses their influence over the various facets of life there. The study comprises an introduction, six central chapters and a conclusion. The first chapter includes a general introduction, beginning with a historical background of pre-Islamic Medina, and then proceeds to present an overview of the importance of the subject and the reasons for choosing it. It then moves on to an exposition of the key issues which the study will discuss, and the methodology which it follows. The second chapter provides a concise account of the significance of Medina in the Islamic sources (the Qur'an and the hadith), discussing the role of the city and its inhabitants in their support for and propagation of Islam. It also gives a short account of the history of Medina following the death of the Prophet up until the Umayyad period, and briefly discusses the key historical events during that period. The
third chapter examines the state of the Islamic World prior to and during the Ayyubid period, and discusses the key historical events that occurred in Medina at that time and
their connection with what was happening in the Islamic World. The fourth chapter studies and analyses the emergence of the Shi'a in Medina during the Ayyflbid period, and examines certain accounts of this. It also tracks the history of the Shia in Medina prior to the Ayyübid period by providing critical examples of some of the accounts on the subject. The reasons behind the emergence of the Twelver Shia doctrine in Medina during the
Ayyübid period will also be studied and analysed, and the chapter will explain how the Shi'a came to assume the key political and religious offices in the city. Their relations with other Shi'a sects will also be examined, and the way in which their control of Medina came to an end will be discussed. The fifth chapter discusses political life in Medina during the Ayyubid period and the influence of the Shia upon it, studies and analyses the political
relations between the emirs of Medina and each of the neighbouring tribes, the emirs of Mecca, the sultans of the Ayyubid state and those of the Banü Rasül in Yemen, and
explains the influence of the Shi'a on these relations and the role which they played in the political life in the city. The sixth chapter discusses social life in Medina during the Ayyubid period and the influence of the Shia upon it, by studying the composition of civil society and its groupings, the distinguishing features apparent in each grouping, and the elements of social life and its economic conditions, as well as the constructive interplay between them, in order to present an accurate picture of the city's social life. The seventh chapter discusses the state of learning in the city during the Ayyübid period and the Shia
influence upon it, by examining some of the accounts mentioned by certain historians and travellers. It will also include a refutation of these negative accounts by presenting a thorough, extensive description of the state of learning in Medina, through studying the teaching lectures which were current in the Prophet's Mosque and the madrasas of that time, the kuttabs, the syllabuses, the teaching methods, the most notable 'ulama' and their key works, the role of the Sunni 'ulama' in the flourishing of learned activity and, lastly, the Shi'a influence upon it. The eighth chapter summarises and discusses the study's most
important findings and draws conclusions from them, before making suggestions for future research
A novel experimental approach for assessment of impacts due to magnetic fields from submarine HVDC cable systems on benthic infauna
No full textIn this work, an experimental design for the evaluation of impacts of magnetic fields from HVDC cables on benthic animals is presented. Unlike previous studies, the vector orientation of the field and the spatial distribution are non-uniform, representing the magnetic fields from an HVDC system more accurately. The setup is designed using numerical models and tested to show that no additional stresses are imposed in the experiment and that the device produces the magnetic fields predicted by the models. Biological techniques quantifying behavioural changes and stresses are described to present a complete approach for the experimental design
Mapping and Profiling Legume Seed Value Chain Actors: The Case of Faba Beans in Egypt
No full textThe report " Mapping and Profiling Legume Seed Value Chain Actors: The Case of Faba Beans in Egypt" investigates the structural, institutional, and functional dynamics of Egypt’s faba bean (Viciafaba) seed and grain value chains. As faba beans represent a staple food crop in Egypt and a vital component of sustainable agricultural systems, the report aims to map and profile faba bean seed and grain value chain actors, identify challenges and opportunities, and propose actionable recommendations for improving the performance, inclusivity, and scaling of the value chain. The report aligns with work areas 3 (AoW3), CoA 3.3.1, co-designing of inclusive scaling strategies of the Scaling for Impact (S4I) science program. AoW3 focuses on identifying entry points and key partnership engagement required to develop an enabling environment for building and scaling responsive, farmer-driven legume seed systems.
Using a qualitative methodology, the assessment draws from key informant interviews (KIIs), focus group discussions (FGDs), and structured surveys across six major governorates: Assiut, Kafr El-Sheikh, Alexandria, Sharkia, Behera, and Dakahlia. The analysis maps the full spectrum of stakeholders, including breeders, seed producers, processors, traders, agro-input suppliers, extension agents, and consumers. Results highlight systemic issues, including production fluctuations, dependency on imports, low productivity, and limited varietal adoption, exacerbated by price instability, climate vulnerability, and parasitic weed infestations like broomrape.
The seed sector is dominated by public institutions, particularly the Agricultural Research Center (ARC) and the Central Administration for Seed Production (CASP), while private sector participation remains limited and primarily focused on certified seed multiplication. Farmers often rely on informal seed systems due to high input costs and limited access to quality seeds. Youth and women’s participation in seed production, marketing, and extension services is notably low. Moreover, regional disparities in training, infrastructure, and seed distribution affect the equitable development of the sector.
Consumer surveys underscore a strong cultural attachment to faba bean dishes such as medames and taameya/falafel, with taste and texture ranking highest in consumer preferences. However, value-added processing and diversification remain underexploited.
The report concludes with strategic recommendations: strengthening multi-stakeholder collaboration/partnerships, scaling high-performing varieties, expanding inclusive extension services, promoting sustainable seed production practices, improving market access, and price stability. These interventions aim to build and scale a resilient, efficient, and inclusive faba bean value chain that enhances food security and rural livelihoods in Egypt
A Novel Multivariate and Accurate Detection Scheme for Electricity Theft Attacks in Smart Grids
No full textIn advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), smart meters (SMs) are deployed to periodically forward accurate power consumption readings from the client side to the electric utility companies/operators. Such readings are crucial for load monitoring, grid management, and billing. However, malicious clients or manipulated SMs may initiate electricity theft cyberat-tacks by reporting false/manipulated readings to deteriorate the grid performance or decrease their bills illegally. To identify these attacks, this paper proposes a novel multivariate electricity theft detector that considers not only the power consumption readings, like most existing techniques in the literature, but also the grid voltage and power losses. The proposed detector allows the electric utilities to accurately detect the electricity theft incidence and monitor diverse clients' loads. The proposed model was evaluated using real-world data, where it could outperform the baseline detector, that relies only on power consumption readings of different clients, by achieving around 5-15% enhancement in the detection rate of different, considered attacks.ACKNOWLEDGMENT This work was made possible by PDRA grant # PDRA7-0410-21004 from the Qatar National Research Fund (a member of Qatar Foundation). The work of Khaled Shaban and Ahmed Massoud was supported by NPRP grant # NPRP11S-1202-170052. The findings achieved herein are solely the responsibility of the author
Ali al-Baghdadi. Study of Biography and Poetry of a Dagestani Medieval Scientist
No full textThis article explores the life and literary creativity of the medieval Dagestani scientist — Ali b.
Muhammad al-Baghdadi (Bagdadilav), known as a specialist in Islamic law, Tassavuf, poetry
and grammar of the Persian language. The subject of our research was the origin, the major
events of the scientist’s life, as well as his literary heritage in the Avar language. Evidence suggests
that al-Baghdadi may have Ottoman origin. In particular, an analysis of the work of al-
Baghdadi speaks of this. Being a native of Iraq, Ottoman was his mother tongue, not Arabic.
Arriving at the end of the first quarter of the 17th century in Dagestan, he continued his studies
here. He studied in the villages of Highland Dagestan (Kudali and Ruguja). It can be argued
that he was a follower of the Sufi Tarikat Khalwatiyya, who received permission to mentor
from Shaykh Davud al-Kudali. Until now, researchers have been interested in the Arabic and
Turkic works of al-Baghdadi. The author was able to find four poems of al-Baghdadi in the
Avar language in manuscripts from the 17th century. The article presents the full text of four
poetic texts in Russian and their facsimiles. Three of them are written in the instructive genre
of poetry (Zukhdiya), and the fourth is an elegy (Marsiya). This piece of poetry is dedicated
to five dead scientists from the village of Ruguja. The manuscripts, in which these poems are
revealed, were rewritten by his friends, scientists — Shaban al-Ubudi and Muhammad al-Iri.
The author discovered that al-Baghdadi was interested in the biography of a famous Sufi poet
Nasimi (14 c.), who belonged to the extreme Shiite sect of the Hurufi. Despite this, the author
himself strictly adhered to the Sunni Islam’s Shafi mazhab. Moreover, he is the author of a legal
essay on the Shafiit mazhab. Its content excludes the possibility of al-Baghdadi’s belonging to
the Hurufi sect
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