45 research outputs found
The Influence of Physical Rehabilitation Program on the Body Spatial Organization of the 8 Years Old Children with Posture Violation in the Frontal Plane and 1st and 2nd Degree Scoliosis
No full textKord Mahnaz. The Influence of Physical Rehabilitation Program on the Body Spatial Organization of the 8 Years Old Children with Posture Violation in the Frontal Plane and 1 and 2 Degree Scoliosis / Kord Mahnaz, O. Lazarieva // World Journal of Medical Sciences. – 2013. – № 8(3). – P. 271-275.Research was devoted for an actual problem of correction scoliosis to deformation and infringements of a bearing in a frontal plane in conditions. General educational establishment at 8 years Iran children was performed. The author offered the original program physical rehabilitations with application of exercises on restoration of vestibular function in conditions of general educational establishmen
A participação política feminina no contexto da revolução iraniana : uma análise dos discursos de Mahnaz Afkhami (1994- 2016).
No full textPrograma de Pós-Graduação em História. Departamento de História, Instituto de Ciências Humanas e Sociais, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto.Mahnaz Afkhami, ministra durante o regime Pahlavi durante a década de 1970, investigou
o movimento de mulheres no Irã a partir de suas perspectivas, sugerindo discussões sobre gênero,
patriarcado, emancipação, liberdade e direitos civis para as mulheres. Os artigos publicados pela
autora após a Revolução Iraniana, se referem ao contexto pre-revolucionário dos anos de 1960 e
1970, destacando seu papel como secretária geral da organização do governo, Women’s
Organization of Iran, no qual ela reivindicou pautas para ampliar a participação das mulheres no
Irã. A Women’s Organization of Iran foi um projeto desenvolvido de acordo com os esforços do
reinado Pahlavi para incentivar a modernização do Irã, seguindo o modelo europeu, o qual precisou
balancear as mudanças com uma sociedade heterogênea, suas tradições culturais e religiosas.
Embora Mahnaz Afkhami tenha desempenhado um papel significante como secretária geral
e ministra, suas perspectivas eram baseadas em teorias femininas que não se encaixavam nas
circunstâncias de grupos menos afortunados no Irã. A autora realizou um trabalho de tradução de
teorias em ações práticas, viajando ao interior do país para compreender os obstáculos do dia a dia
em que cada mulher se encontrava. Mahnaz Afkhami percebeu que perspectivas ocidentais não
eram suficientes para conscientizar mulheres em aldeias e áreas rurais. A partir dos estudos
póscoloniais e da história intelectual, essa investigação analisará os discursos de Mahnaz Afkhami
sobre o movimento de mulheres no Irã.Mahnaz Afkhami, which was a minister during the Pahlavi reign in the 1970’s, investigate
the women’s movement in Iran through her lens, suggesting discussions about gender, patriarchy,
emancipation, liberty and civil rights for women. The articles that the author had published after
the Iranian Revolution, talk about the 60’s and the 70’s prerevolutionary scenario, highlighting her
role as general secretary of the governmental organization Women’s Organization of Iran, in which
she had perceived agendas to increase the women’s participation in Iran. The Women’s
Organization of Iran was a project placed within the struggle of the Pahlavi’s reign to move Iran
into a modernized state, following european examples, which had to balance changes with an
heterogenous society, their cultural and religous tradition.
Although Mahnaz Afkhami had played a main role as both general secretary and minister,
her perspectives were based in a feminist theory that could not fit the circumstances that less
fortunate groups in Iran were in. The author had to translate the theory to practical actions, traveling
through the country to understand what were the daily struggles that each woman were placed.
Mahnaz Afkhami realized that western perspectives were not enough to raise women’s awareness
on the countryside and small villages. Based on a postcolonial studies and the intelectual history,
this investigation is going to analyse Mahnaz Afkhami’s discourses about the women’s movement
in Iran
Quantitative analysis of cerebral white matter anatomy from diffusion MRI
No full textThesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2008.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-177).In this thesis we develop algorithms for quantitative analysis of white matter fiber tracts from diffusion MRI. The presented methods enable us to look at the variation of a diffusion measure along a fiber tract in a single subject or a population, which allows important clinical studies toward understanding the relation between the changes in the diffusion measures and brain diseases, development, and aging. The proposed quantitative analysis is performed on a group of fiber trajectories extracted from diffusion MRI by a process called tractography. To enable the quantitative analysis we first need to cluster similar trajectories into groups that correspond to anatomical bundles and to establish the point correspondence between these variable-length trajectories. We propose a computationally-efficient approach to find the point correspondence and the distance between each trajectory to the prototype center of each bundle. Based on the computed distances we also develop a novel model-based clustering of trajectories into anatomically-known fiber bundles. In order to cluster the trajectories, we formulate an expectation maximization algorithm to infer the parameters of the gamma-mixture model that we built on the distances between trajectories and cluster centers. We also extend the proposed clustering algorithm to incorporate spatial anatomical information at different levels through hierarchical Bayesian modeling. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed methods in several clinical applications. In particular, we present our findings in identifying localized group differences in fiber tracts between normal and schizophrenic populations.by Mahnaz Maddah.Ph.D
Feminist advocacy, family law and violence against women: international perspectives
No full textThe editors: Mahnaz Afkhami is Founder and President of Women’s Learning Partnership, former Minister for Women’s Affairs in Iran, and editor of Faith and Freedom: Women’s Human Rights in the Muslim World. Yakın Ertürk is former UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its causes and consequences, former Director of the Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW), and author of Violence without Borders: Paradigm, Policy and Praxis Concerning Violence Against Women. Ann Elizabeth Mayer is Associate Professor Emeritus of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA, and author of Islam and Human Rights: Tradition and Politics.Les directeurs: Mahnaz Afkhami est ancienne ministre iranienne des Affaires féminines, fondatrice et présidente du Women’s Learning Partnership, et rédactrice en chef de Faith and Freedom: Women’s Human Rights in the Muslim World. Yakın Ertürk est ancienne rapporteuse spéciale des Nations Unies sur les violences faites aux femmes, ses causes et ses conséquences, ancienne directrice de la Division des Nations Unies pour l’avancement des femmes, et l’auteure de Violence without Borders: Paradigm, Policy and Praxis Concerning Violence Against Women. Ann Elizabeth Mayer est professeure émérite associée de droit et d’éthique des affaires à la Wharton School de l’Université de Pennsylvanie, aux États-Unis, et l’auteure d’Islam and Human Rights: Tradition and Politics.Around the world, discriminatory legislation prevents women from accessing their human rights. It can affect almost every aspect of a woman's life, including the right to choose a partner, inherit property, hold a job, and obtain child custody. Often referred to as family law, these laws have contributed to discrimination, and to the justification of gender-based violence globally. This book demonstrates how women across the world are contributing to legal reform, helping to shape non-discriminatory policies and to counter current legal and social justifications for gender-based violence. The book takes case studies from Brazil, India, Iran, Lebanon, Nigeria, Palestine, Senegal, and Turkey, using them to demonstrate in each case the varied history of family law, and the wide variety of issues impacting women’s equality in legislation. Interviews with prominent women's rights activists in three additional countries are also included, giving personal accounts of the successes and failures of past reform efforts. Overall, the book provides a complex global picture of current trends and strategies in the fight for a more egalitarian society. These findings come at a critical moment for change. Across the globe, family law issues are contentious. We are simultaneously witnessing an increased demand for women’s equality and the resurgence of fundamentalist forces that impede reform, invoking rules rooted in tradition, culture, and interpretations of religious texts. The outcome of these disputes has enormous ramifications for women’s roles in the family and society. This book tackles these complexities head on, and will interest activists, practitioners, students, and scholars working on women's rights and gender-based violence.Partout dans le monde, des lois discriminatoires empêchent les femmes d’accéder à leurs droits fondamentaux. Dans beaucoup de cas, cela a une incidence sur presque tous les aspects de la vie d’une femme, y compris le droit de choisir son conjoint, d’hériter de biens, d’occuper un emploi et d’obtenir la garde des enfants. Souvent qualifiées de droit de la famille, ces lois ont contribué à la discrimination et à la justification de la violence sexiste à l’échelle mondiale. Cet ouvrage montre comment les femmes du monde entier contribuent à la réforme législative en aidant à façonner des politiques non discriminatoires et à s’opposer aux justifications juridiques et sociales actuelles de la violence fondée sur le sexe. Le livre utilise des études de cas du Brésil, de l’Inde, de l’Iran, du Liban, du Nigéria, de la Palestine, du Sénégal et de la Turquie, pour montrer dans chaque cas la longue histoire du droit de la famille et la grande variété de questions qui ont une incidence sur l’égalité des femmes dans la législation. L’ouvrage comporte également des entrevues avec de grandes militantes des droits des femmes de trois autres pays, qui font des témoignages personnels des succès et des échecs des réformes entreprises dans le passé pour modifier la législation. Dans l’ensemble, le livre fournit une image globale et complexe des tendances actuelles et des stratégies à utiliser dans la lutte pour une société plus égalitaire. Ces conclusions arrivent à un moment critique pour le changement. Partout dans le monde entier, les questions liées au droit de la famille sont controversées. Alors qu’on revendique de plus en plus l’égalité entre les sexes, on observe aussi la résurgence de forces intégristes qui entrave les réformes, invoquant des règles enracinées dans la tradition, la culture et l’interprétation des textes religieux. Cette confrontation a d’énormes répercussions sur le rôle des femmes dans la famille et la société. Cet ouvrage aborde de front ces complexités et intéressera les activistes, les praticiens, les étudiants et les chercheurs qui travaillent sur les droits des femmes et la violence sexiste
Trends in the variability of potato tuber yield under selected land and soil characteristics
No full textForecasting potato tuber yield using a soil electromagnetic induction method
No full textTimely forecasting of crop yield is vital for precision agriculture management practices. This study used on‐the‐go proximal soil sensing using electromagnetic induction (EMI) readings of apparent ground electrical conductivity (ECa) to map ECa and forecast potato tuber yield in four fields across Atlantic Canada. The ECa data, measured in the horizontal co‐planar (HCP) configuration mode of the DualEM‐2 instrument, were segmented to the top 0.30‐m thickness of the soil layer using a standard method to compare mapping/prediction accuracy. Results showed that ECa correlated well (R2 = 0.81–0.90) with a 1:5 soil‐to‐water ratio solution's electrical conductivity (EC1:5). The actual tuber yield, which moderately varied (CV = 18.9–27.5%) across the fields and significantly correlated with ECa, explained more than 55% of the yield variability (R2 = 0.57–0.66). The forecasted tuber yield calculated from cubic regression models of the actual tuber yield versus ECa was non‐significantly different from the actual tuber yield (RMSE = 12.2–18.3%; R2 = 0.57–0.66). Interpolated maps of the predicted and the actual yields, and their correlation analyses, showed similar trends of variations within the study fields (r = 0.69–0.80). The higher values of cation exchange capacity, calcium, phosphate, potash, organic matter and soil moisture content in the New Brunswick soils compared to the Prince Edward Island soils resulted in an overestimation of the predicted tuber yield than the actual yield at the lower ECa values, and an underestimation of the predicted tuber yield at higher ECa values for New Brunswick. The results revealed that the province‐based calibrations produced more accurate predictions when compared with the single calibration by combining all of the data from New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. The non‐destructive prediction of potato tuber yield can enable the development of precision agricultural techniques and management practices for yield forecasting, in addition to making informed decisions for enhanced potato productivity. Highlights: Potato cropping is highly important to the economy of Atlantic Canada.The DualEM‐2 sensor was used to forecast and map tuber yield to advance crop management.The tuber yields significantly correlated with ground conductivity that explained >55% of variability in yield.The DualEM‐2 sensor can accurately predict potato yield under agricultural conditions similar to Atlantic Canada
EM Shielding – Theory and Development of New Materials
No full textIn recent years we can observe rapid increase in the number of sources which generate the electromagnetic (EM) fields (like radio broadcasting, television, radio communication, cellular telephony), continuously extending range of applied frequencies and increasing power generated by those sources. The contemporary requirements of civilization lead to the necessity of applying more and more effective methods for shielding of electromagnetic fields, which take into account the specificity of modern devices and systems and the health of people living and working in the vicinity of these fields. Therefore, the choice of suitable materials for the shields and their appropriate arrangement have an essential meaning. Nowadays, one of the most dynamically developing areas of application for the new materials is the electromagnetic compatibility, more precisely development new materials for electromagnetic fields shielding. Content: Chapter 1 The basics of the electromagnetic shielding Janina Pospieszna Chapter 2 Electromagnetic shielding of lightweight and flexible composites Mariusz Ozimek, Maciej Jaroszewski, Jan Ziaja and Wiesław Wilczyński Chapter 3 Conducting polymers for electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding Mahnaz M. Abdi, Anuar Kassim, Mehdi Jonoobi and Lim Hong Ngee Chapter 4 Polymer based nanocomposites for electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding Veena Choudhary, S.K. Dhawan and Parveen Saini Chapter 5 Effects of changes of permissible values of the magnetic field intensity in the environment on the scope of protecting against the health effects of the 50 Hz electromagnetic fields Marek Szub
Evaluation of DualEM-II sensor for soil moisture content estimation in the potato fields of Atlantic Canada
No full textComprehensive analysis of pathways in Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) using an unsupervised machine learning method
No full textThe World Health Organization (WHO) introduced “Coronavirus disease 19” or “COVID-19” as a novel coronavirus in March 2020. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) requires the fast discovery of effective treatments to fight this worldwide crisis. Artificial intelligence and bioinformatics analysis pipelines can assist with finding biomarkers, explanations, and cures. Artificial intelligence and machine learning methods provide powerful infrastructures for interpreting and understanding the available data. On the other hand, pathway enrichment analysis, as a dominant tool, could help researchers discover potential key targets present in biological pathways of host cells that are targeted by SARS-CoV-2. In this work, we propose a two-stage machine learning approach for pathway analysis. During the first stage, four informative gene sets that can represent important COVID-19 related pathways are selected. These “representative genes” are associated with the COVID-19 pathology. Then, two distinctive networks were constructed for COVID-19 related signaling and disease pathways. In the second stage, the pathways of each network are ranked with respect to some unsupervised scorning method based on our defined informative features. Finally, we present a comprehensive analysis of the top important pathways in both networks. Materials and implementations are available at: https://github.com/MahnazHabibi/Pathway
Business problems in Pakistan: management of external environment factors
No full textThis book on the management of external environmental factors is an effort that signifies much more than the message that can possibly be communicated by simply launching it. It is actually the launching of an idea in Pakistan whose adoption and assimilation by our business organizations would be a first major step towards revolutionizing the management of business and industry in the country. Though the idea is not entirely new to Pakistan, however, this book develops it for the first time in a manner that might enhance its appeal and application in the field.
The book, therefore, has more than academic value as a direct piratical application is sought by alerting the readers to the fact of external environmental turbulence that our business have to learn to deal with in a proactive way. The external competitive, technological, economic, social and political environment is in a state of constant flux all over the world. The author has made an attempt to extrapolate Western theory and concept of strategic management to our domestic environment.https://ir.iba.edu.pk/faculty-research-books/1027/thumbnail.jp
