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Oriental dreams. Reimagining paradise in the urban context
No full textThe integration of gardens into the urban fabric of Muslim cities has a rich
historical background, dating back to the early days of Islam and influenced by classical
and Persian cultures that cherished the idea of incorporating gardens into urban
designs. As a result, gardens became an inseparable aspect of Muslim cities, intricately
woven into their urban structures. This architectural trend extended far beyond
geographical boundaries, spanning vast regions of the Muslim empire from Arabia,
Greater Syria, and North Africa to Spain, Iran, and India. Gardens held a profound
and symbolic importance for Muslims, closely intertwined with their religious beliefs.
The Quran, the sacred scripture of Islam, frequently referred to the concept of ‘gardens’,
assuring followers of the prospect of dwelling in lush gardens in the realm of
paradise. This heavenly vision inspired the creation of earthly gardens, providing a
tangible way to experience and connect with the essence of paradise during mortal
life. Islamic gardens emerged as a quintessential element of Muslim cities, embodying
the values and aesthetics of Islamic culture. Beyond their visually stunning appearance,
these gardens also served practical purposes, offering shelter from the sun,
refreshing water features, and ample space for social gatherings. This article aims to
explore the significance of gardens in Islam, delving into their embodiment of the promised
paradise. It will trace the origins of these gardens, examine their diverse forms,
analyze their spatial organization, and unravel their multifaceted functions within the
landscapes of Muslim medinas
The urban evolution in the Levant with the arrival of Islam. A challenging thesis in a foreign university
Full text linkA research work can be faced with obstacles both personal and academic, making it more complicated. In particular places, the reason for this can be lack of data, political conflicts and other complications.Therefore, a researcher should be open to different methodologies to approach the subject of study, taking into consideration that every theme has its own challenges.This article is based on my own experience during my PhD research about the influence of Roman urban planning on early Muslim cities
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
THE BATTLE OF AL YARMOUK (AUGUST 15-20 AD 636)
No full textThe battle of Al Yarmouk was a fundamental transformation for the Islamic conquest in the area of the Levant. It was after this battle, that a small number of Muslim, defeated the Byzantine empire, opening the doors of the Middle East to the Muslim, allowing them to leave the Arabian Peninsula and start their expansion in the world.
Yet, the importance of this battle is not only for its military victory, but it was also the cultural exchange that started happening between the Muslims and the Byzantines, introducing the Arabs to the Byzantine and Roman cities, which led the Muslims to get influenced by the Byzantine and Roman urban planning, therefore, creating their own cities
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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