418 research outputs found
Arabic Cultural Program - Conversation with the author Hamdi Abu Golayyel
No full textThe Department of Arab & Islamic Civilization\u27s Arabic Cultural Program kicks off the year with an evening conversation with the author Hamdi Abu Golayyel on Saturday, November 12, 2016 at 6:00 pm in the Oriental Hall, Tahrir Campus. Abu Golayyel will discuss his collection Cairo\u27s Streets and Stories and will entertain questions from the audience
Streets and Stories: a conversation with Hamdi Abu Golayyel
No full textThe Department of Arab and Islamic Civilization\u27s Arabic Cultural Program kicked off the year with an evening conversation with the author Hamdi Abu Golayyel, on Saturday, November 12, 2016 at 6 pm in Oriental Hall at AUC Tahrir Square. Abu Golayyel discussed his collection, Cairo\u27s Streets and Stories, and entertained questions from the audience
The Effects of Heatwaves on Human Morbidity in Primary Care Settings: A Case-Crossover Study
No full textPURPOSE: This study assesses the potential acute effects of heatwaves on human morbidities in primary care settings. METHODS: We performed a time-stratified case-crossover study to assess the acute effects of heatwaves on selected morbidities in primary care settings in Flanders, Belgium, between 2000 and 2015. We used conditional logistic regression models. We assessed the effect of heatwaves on the day of the event (lag 0) and X days earlier (lags 1 to X). The associations are presented as Incidence Density Ratios (IDR). RESULTS: We included 22,344 events. Heatwaves are associated with increased heat-related morbidities such as heat stroke IDR 3.93 [2.94-5.26] at lag 0, dehydration IDR 3.93 [2.94-5.26] at lag 1, and orthostatic hypotension IDR 2.06 [1.37-3.10] at lag 1. For cardiovascular morbidities studied, there was only an increased risk of stroke at lag 3 IDR 1.45 [1.04-2.03]. There is no significant association with myocardial ischemia/infarction or arrhythmia. Heatwaves are associated with decreased respiratory infection risk. The IDR for upper respiratory infections is 0.82 [0.78-0.87] lag 1 and lower respiratory infections (LRI) is 0.82 [0.74-0.91] at lag 1. There was no significant effect modification by age or premorbid chronic disease (diabetes, hypertesnsion). CONCLUSION: Heatwaves are associated with increased heat-related morbidities and decreased respiratory infection risk. The study of heatwaves' effects in primary care settings helps evaluate the impact of heatwaves on the general population. Primary care settings might be not suitable to study acute life-threatening morbidities.status: Publishe
Ahmet Hamdi Akseki'nin Rûh ve Bekâ-yı Rûh adlı eseri
No full textncesi, Felsefe, Ahmet Hamdi Akseki, Rûh ÖZET AHMET HAMDİ AKSEKİ'NİN RÛH VE BEKÂ-YI RÛH ADLI ESERİ Ahmet Hamdi Akseki'nin “Rûh ve Bekâ-yı Rûh” adlı yazma eseriyle ilgili olan çalışmamız iki bölümden oluşmaktadır. Birinci bölümde yazar ve eser hakkında incelemelerimiz yer aldı. Burada “Rûh ve Bekâ-yı Rûh” adlı eserin müellifi olan Ahmet Hamdi Akseki'nin hayatı, ilmî şahsiyeti ve eserlerine ayrıca tezimizin asıl mevzuunu teşkil eden “Rûh ve Bekâ-yı Rûh” adlı eserin şekil ve muhteva açısından tanıtımı ve eserde yer alan başlıca görüşlere yer ayırdık. Tezimizin ikinci bölümünde ise “Rûh ve Bekâ-yı Rûh” adlı eseri dipnotlarda değindiğimiz çeşitli ilâve ve değişikliklerle Latin harflerine aktardık. Bu çalışmayı yaparken gerekli gördüğümüz noktalarda müellifin eserden üç yıl önce kaleme aldığı “Felsefe-i Rûh” ismini verdiği eserin önceki versiyonu olan yazma eserden de istifade ettik. Modern Turkish Thought, Philosophy, Ahmet Hamdi Akseki, SoulAHMET HAMDİ AKSEKİ’S BOOK RÛH VE BEKÂ-YI RÛH Our study is related to Ahmet Hamdi Akseki’s book “Rûh ve Bekâ-yı Rûh.” That manuscript contains two chapters. In the first chapter, we considered about the author and his book. The author’s life, intellectual personality, books and form and content of “Rûh ve Bekâ-yı Rûh” were discussed in the first chapter. In the second chapter, we transliterated “Rûh ve Bekâ-yı Rûh” into Latin alphabet with footnotes which contain additions and changes about the book. In the important points we applied to “Felsefe-i Rûh” which is the former version of “Rûh ve Bekâ-yı Rûh.
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar's story and the age in the reflection
No full textBu çalışmamızın konusu, Cumhuriyet dönemi yazarlarından bireyin iç dünyasını ele alan, modernizmin öncüsü, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar'ın hikâye ve romanlarında beş duyunun eserlerdeki yeridir. Beş duyumuz vasıtasıyla dış dünyamızın bilgilerini duyumsadığımız uzun zamandan beri bilinmektedir. Duyu organlarımız vasıtasıyla dışımızdaki dünyayı görürüz, kokusunu alırız, sesini işitiriz, onun değişik tatlarını alırız veya bunların hiçbirisi yetmiyorsa bu sefer de dokunarak ne olduğunu anlamaya çalışırız. Biz duyu organlarımız vasıtasıyla dış dünyamızın, sinir sistemimiz vasıtasıyla kendi iç dünyamızın bilgilerine vakıf olmaya çalışırız. Yazarın hikâye ve romanlarında beş duyunun ele alınışı, duyuların duygulara ve esere etkisi, duyuların metaforik çağrışımları, yazarın bunları eserlerindeki kullanım biçimleridir Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Türk edebiyatının kendisi ve eserleri üzerinde en çok durulan şair / yazarlarından biridir. Bu çalışmada, diğer çalışmalardan farklı olarak beş duyunun ve duyuların esere ve yazara etkisi, katkısı üzerinde durulacak olması özgün tarafıdır. Böyle bir çalışmanın edebiyatımızda yapılması, yazarın estetik ruhunu ortaya çıkarırken duyuların roman veya hikâyelerdeki önemi ve duygulara etkisi incelenerek roman sanatının yeniden eleştirel bakış açısıyla ele alınması sağlanacaktır.The author of the Republican period, the subject of the inner world of the individual, the pioneer of modernism, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar's stories and novels of the five senses is a place of work. Through our five senses the outside world since a long time we get our information. Through our senses, we see the world, get a voice we hear, smell her take their different flavors or None if that's not good enough, we'll try to figure out what happened at the touch of this time. We hear through our external organs of our world, our nervous system, our own inner world information through the Foundation, we try to be. This study is the author of the story that our versatile and handling of the five senses, in the novels of the senses, emotions and the effect of the work, the author of this metaphorical connotations of the senses, in his work is the use of formats. Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Turkish literature itself, and the most important works of all — the poet/author. In this study, unlike the other work of the five senses and the effect of the work and the author of the senses, is the original that will focus on the contribution side. Such a study comparing with other works by the author of our literature, aesthetic spirit and senses when you are removing the novel or the novel by examining the influence of emotions from those stories of again addressing critical perspective will be provided
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar'ın roman ve hikâyelerinde ayna motifi
No full textBu tezimizin konusu, Cumhuriyet Dönemi Türk Edebiyatının en önemli yazarlarından, bireyin iç dünyasını esas alan, modernizmin öncüsü Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar'ın roman ve hikâyelerinde ayna motifinin eserlerindeki yansımasıdır. Dünya kültür tarihinde mitolojiden, felsefeye, psikolojiye, tasavvufa kadar ve daha da sayılabilecek birçok alanda aynanın simge, sembol, nesne olarak yer aldığını görülür. Bu insanın doğuşundan itibaren içinde yer etmiş olan görme ve görünme ihtiyacının bir neticesidir. Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Türk edebiyatının kendisi ve eserleri üzerinde en çok araştırılan, yazılan şair/yazarlardan biridir. Bu tezde, diğer çalışmalardan farklı olarak aynanın tarihe, edebiyata, yazara ve yazarın eserlerine olan etkisi ve yansıması üzerinde durulacak olması tezin özgün tarafıdır. Böyle bir çalışmanın yapılması, yazarın estetik ruhunu ortaya çıkarırken aynanın roman ve hikâyelerdeki yansıması ve eserlere etkisi eleştirel bakış açısıyla incelenecektir.The subject of this thesis is the reflection of the mirror motif in the novels and stories of Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, the pioneer of modernism, which is one of the most importan twriters of the Republican Period Turkish Literature, based on the inner world of the individual. In thehistory of World culture, the mythology, philosophy, psychology, mysticism, and more can be counted in many areas of the mirror is seen as symbols, objects. This is the result of the need to see and appear in human beings since birth. Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar is one of the most researched and written poets / writers on Turkish literature and his works. In this thesis, unlike other studies, the effect and reflection of mirror on history, literature, author and author's Works will be emphasized is the original side of the thesis. This study will reveal the aesthetic spirit of the author, the reflection of the mirror in novels and stories and the effects of the Works will be examined from a critical point of view
DETURKIFIKASI DALAM TAFSIR HAK DINI, KUR’AN DILI KARYA ELMALILI HAMDI YAZIR
No full textThe transition from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic of Turkey left a long debate between Ulama (Islamic scholars) and the proponents of this system. This transition also affected Turkish religious life patterns with the emergence of "Turkification" efforts. Religious aspects were changed in Turkish. In the context of this debate, Hak Dini Kur\u27an Dili, the work of Elmalili Hamdi Yazir, appeared. Hamdi Yazir\u27s tendency, as the author of this book, towards the process of the Ottoman transition to the Republic of Turkey, with all its consequences, becomes interesting to research further. To decipher interests that are probably inserted in the color of his interpretation, this study uses the philosophical hermeneutics method of Hans-Georg Gadamer. This research concludes that Hamdi Yazir\u27s activeness in the parliament of the Republic of Turkey did not necessarily make his interpretation according to the objectives to be achieved by the Turkish government when initiating the making of this work. Hamdi Yazir preferred to restrengthen people\u27s understanding of basic Islamic knowledge through interpretation. More than that, through this interpretation, Hamdi Yazir also responded to the achievements of modernization in interpreting related verses. Hamdi Yazir\u27s tendency towards the classical study approach, in the process of interpretation, was influenced by his prejudices. Yazir wanted the interpretation that resulted, can provide understanding for Turkish society that he viewed having experienced degradation in religious understanding. This was committed by Yazir as a form of resistance to the Turkification efforts carried out by the Turkish secular government
The application of the ALARO-0 model for regional climate modeling in Belgium : extreme precipitation and unfavorable conditions for the dispersion of air pollutants under present and future climate conditions
No full textTeaching, Learning, and Organizing in Dakar and New York – Between Non-Profits and Social Movements
No full textSoftcover, 17x24What can Hip Hop culture and its art forms (dance, rap, DJing, graffiti/style writing) contribute to the development of individuals, communities, and even society? To answer this question, this book delves into Hip Hop activism in social work, education, and political movements in New York and Dakar. It follows the work of Hip Hop practitioners who teach their art forms in high schools, in neighborhood centers, in prisons, and at scene events. These activists use Hip Hop culture’s Afro-diasporic practices for community building and social justice struggles in the hope for a better future.
Drawing on 40 interviews and extensive ethnographic research, the author looks at various projects of resistance. Building on Gramscian terminology, he differentiates between Hip Hop’s organic intellectuals (movement organizers), and the culture’s organic pedagogues (educators). The latter are DJs, rappers, dancers, and graffiti artists (style writers), who bring their cultural practices into classrooms. The book follows these pedagogues and their students in their own words and critically explores their teaching methods, social-justice-driven curricula, and mentoring approaches. This helps to understand how Hip Hop education is carried out in formal and institutional settings, but also in more informal spaces of different scenes, within the culture’s communities of practice.
The book also explores how Hip Hop’s organizers build non-profit organizations, such as cultural centers or federations, and how they establish careers around their crafts. The author analyzes four types of Hip Hop non-profits and how their founders struggle with financial limitations and state repression. The dynamics of the larger field of Hip Hop activism are taken into account, such as funding cycles, competition between activists, political oppression, or censorship, as well as the challenges of Hip Hop’s "NGO-ization." Finally, the “Y'en a Marre” movement in Senegal, which was founded by some of the country’s most popular rappers, serves as a case study to evaluate whether Hip Hop can effectively drive social change through social movement organizing and mobilization. Parallel to such political organizing in Senegal, activists in New York draw from movement traditions such as the Black Panthers or the Young Lords Party and engage in climate justice and antiracist movements.
Thus, on the one hand, the book hopes to inspire Hip Hop activists to critically reflect on their practice and learn from others. On the other hand, it contributes to the academic understanding of the culture’s potential (and its limitations) for social justice education and for building organizations, communities, and movements
The potential of an extended Kalman filter for soil analysis in conjunction with a 3D-var system in a limited area NWP model
No full textThe surface exerts an important influence on numerical weather predictions (NWP), especially for the planetary boundary layer (PBL). A good initialisation of the surface can therefore improve the short and medium-range forecast scores considerably. The link between the surface and the atmosphere is made by fluxes that transport energy and momentum between the surface and the atmosphere. The fluxes are regulated by the soil temperature and soil moisture content, that regulate the partitioning in sensible and latent heat flux. To initialise the surface, data assimilation techniques can be used. Those techniques combine observations with model data to estimate the real state of the system, or in our case the surface. Due to a lack of direct observations of soil temperature and soil moisture content, the assimilation process uses indirect observations of screen-level temperature and relative humidity. These screen-level observations are influenced by the surface fluxes and thus contain information about the state of the soil. A commonly used data assimilationt technique for the surface is Optimal Interpolation (OI). Despite its operational usage in numerous NWP-centers, it has a few important shortcomings. The OI coefficients are pre-calculated and so they do not depend on the specific location or weather situation. Moreover, these pre-calculated coefficients make it cumbersome to include new observation types, like satellite observations. Recently an EKF has been developped for surface assimilation in the surface model SURFEX that meets these shortcomings. In the EKF the coefficients are calculated in an ad hoc manner, so their values are dependent on the specific location and weather situation. Moreover, the more general and ad hoc manner of calculating these coefficients allows the EKF to be more easily extended towards new observation types.
In this thesis the EKF is validated for the Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) model ALARO coupled to the surface model SURFEX. The EKF will be combined with a three dimensional variational (3D-var) assimilation for the upper-air and the added value of this combination, with respect to surface or upper-air assimilation separatelty, is investigated. The combination of the EKF with 3D-var for a limited area model is a new one that, to our knowledge, has not been tested before. The purpose of this thesis is to find an optimal set-up for the initialisation of the operational NWP-model of the Royal Meteorological Institute (RMI) of Belgium, that is currently initialised using an interpolation of the global ARPEGE data assimilation analyses for both the surface and the atmosphere.
To achieve this purpose the research is build up in in four stages. First, the importance of the surface for the planetary boundary layer and the upper atmosphere is described and the surface model SURFEX coupled to ALARO is validated above Belgium within this context. Next, data assimilation theory is discussed, with special attention for OI and the EKF as candidate assimilation techniques for the surface and 3D-var as a technique for the upper-air. The third stage is a thorough validation of the EKF, including a search for the optimal perturbation sizes for the finite differences calculation of the Jacobian of the observation operator. A comparison is made of the offline and coupled finite differences approach of calculation the Jacobian. In a fourth and final stage, the EKF is combined with a 3D-var upper-air assimilation and this combination is compared to a number of other set-ups. The comparison is made with regards to increments and validated with observation of the soil, the screen-level temperature, screen-level relative humidity, atmospheric soundings and precipitation observations.
The validation of SURFEX show that SURFEX improves the forecast scores compared to the current operational ISBA surface scheme. The impact on 2m temperature, 2m relative humidity, 10m wind and precipitation is either neutral or positive. Only during Winter the daytime temperatures are too high for the stations located at higher elevations.
The study of the observation operator Jacobian of the EKF shows that the offline and coupled approach have similar spatial patterns and values. Still, the offline approach has a few advantages over the coupled one. Firstly, the offline approach allows for smaller perturbation sizes due to which there is a better validity of the linearity assumption of the finite differences approach. Moreover, the offline approach is computationally much cheaper, allowing it to be used in an operational setting. A case of spurious 2∆t oscillations is documented. The oscillations arise in the late afternoon in Summer when a stable boundary layer sets in. Although they dissapear again after a while and do not have a detrimental effect on the forecast scores, they introduce considerable noise in the Jacobian of the EKF and thus in the increments. For this reason a filter was proposed to deal with these oscillations and it is shown that the filter works accordingly. Results show that the coupled, filtered approach gives the best forecast scores. Still our preference goes out to the offline, filtered approach that also improves the non-filtered EKF but is computationally much cheaper and thus more feasable for operational usage.
In the final stage the EKF is combined with a 3D-var upper-air assimilation and this set-up is compared to a number of other initialisation set-ups. Experiments were performed for 1 year and for eight different set-ups. The goal of the verification is to get similar scores as the Open Loop, that uses the interpolated ARPEGE analysis as initial conditions for the surface and the atmosphere as it is done in the currect operational set-up at the RMI. Results show that the planetary boundary layer in the model is in general too cold and too wet, except during summer. The surface assimilation is capable of partly eliminating this bias. The importance of the surface assimilation is confirmed by the much larger bias and root mean square error of the free run, in which the surface is not reinitialised after each assimilation cycle but is allowed to run freely during the whole year. The combination of surface and upper-air assimilation provides better scores for soil moisture content and screen-level humidity compared to the Open Loop, especially during the first twelve hours of the forecast. Comparisons of the model values with atmospheric soundings and precipitation observations show that the 3D-var assimilation experiments are not able to reproduce the scores of the Open Loop for the upper layers of the atmosphere. This is probably due to a lack of observations, since only conventional observations are used in the assimilation so far. Only during Autumn, the 3D-var assimilation is able to improve the Open Loop scores for precipitation. The scores also show the positive effect of surface assimilation on the precipitation forecasts.
In general it can be concluded that the surface assimilation, and in particular the EKF, improves the surface and boundary layer humidity compared to the Open Loop. For temperature the results are more mixed, but also in this case the surface assimilation experiments are able to achieve similar resutls as the Open Loop in most cases. The 3D-Var upper-air assimilation contains too few observation types to be able to get similar scores as the Open Loop. Adding satellite data, GNSS ZTD data and radar data will probably improve the scores of the 3D-var upper-air assimilation. The advantages of the combination of surface and upper-air assimilation are clear from the improved scores for soil moisture content and relative humidity in the lower parts of the atmosphere, compared to the runs with only surface or upper-air assimilation.
As a conclusion for the operational set-up of the RMI it can be said that the surface assimilation runs, and particularly the EKF, are able to get similar or improved scores compared to the current operational initialisation set-up. The 3D-var upper-air assimilation however, should first be improved by using satellite, GNSS and/or radar observations before it can be considered for operational usage
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