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كتاب العلم
No full textThe entire manuscript is available for download as a PDF file(s). Higher-resolution images may be available upon request. For technical assistance, please contact [email protected]. Fieldwork Team: Dr. Fallou Ngom (Pricipal Investigator; Director, African Studies Center), Ablaye Diakité (Local Project Manager), Mr. Ibrahima Yaffa (General Field Facilitator), and Ibrahima Ngom (photographer). Technical Team: Professor Fallou Ngom (Principle Investigator, Project Director and former Director of the African Studies Center at Boston University), and Eleni Castro (Technical Lead, BU Libraries). This collection of Mandinka Ajami materials is copied as part of the African Studies Center’s African Ajami Library. This is a joint project between BU and the West African Research Center (WARC), funded by the British Library/Arcadia Endangered Archives Programme. Access Condition and Copyright: These materials are subject to copyright and are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License, which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. For use, distribution or reproduction beyond these terms, contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]). Citation: Materials in this web edition should be cited as: Ngom, Fallou, Castro, Eleni, & Diakité, Ablaye. (2018). African Ajami Library: EAP 1042. Digital Preservation of Mandinka Ajami Materials of Casamance, Senegal. Boston: Boston University Libraries: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/27112. For Inquiries: please contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]). For technical assistance, please contact [email protected] / Custodial history: The current owner inherited the two poems from his grandfather, Ibrahima Marena who lived in Madina Alpha Sadou in the region of Kolda.Contains a collection of three poems written in Mandinka Ajami. The first two are copies of the original poems authored by the most famous Mandinka Ajami poet, Sitokoto Dabo. In the first poem, the poet discusses his life, his wishes for his family, and praises God for having fulfilled his prayers. The second poem deals with the rules of inheritance in Islam. It is designed to help people avoid errors and injustice as a result of improper distribution of the properties of deceased people among their heirs. The poet describes the requirements and rights of each heir. The third document is a sermon written by the owner, Souleymane Marena. According to him, it was written in Mandinka Ajami because he realized that though many scholars deliver their sermons in Arabic, local audiences do not speak or understand the language
Image of manuscript owner Souleymane Marena
No full textFor technical assistance, please contact [email protected]. Fieldwork Team: Dr. Fallou Ngom (Pricipal Investigator; Director, African Studies Center), Ablaye Diakité (Local Project Manager), Mr. Ibrahima Yaffa (General Field Facilitator), and Ibrahima Ngom (photographer). Technical Team: Professor Fallou Ngom (Principal Investigator, Project Director and former Director of the African Studies Center at Boston University)), and Eleni Castro (Technical Lead, BU Libraries). This collection of Mandinka Ajami materials is copied as part of the African Studies Center’s African Ajami Library. This is a joint project between BU and the West African Research Center (WARC), funded by the British Library/Arcadia Endangered Archives Programme. Access Condition and Copyright: These materials are subject to copyright and are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License, which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. For use, distribution or reproduction beyond these terms, contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]). Citation: Materials in this web edition should be cited as: Ngom, Fallou, Castro, Eleni, & Diakité, Ablaye. (2018). African Ajami Library: EAP 1042. Digital Preservation of Mandinka Ajami Materials of Casamance, Senegal. Boston: Boston University Libraries: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/27112. For Inquiries: Please contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]).Biography: Souleymane Marena was born and raised in Madina Alpha Sadou in the region of Kolda, Senegal, where he received his Islamic education. He was the former president of an organization dedicated to the promotion of the Mandinka language and culture. He now serves as an Imam and a Quranic teacher in Kolda.Image of manuscript owner Souleymane Marena in Kolda, Senegal, for the manuscript digitization work done in July 2018
A Farm Level Analysis of the Economic Impact of the MARENA Program in Honduras
No full textImpact Evaluation, Propensity Score Matching, Fixed Effects, Internal Rate of Return, Technical Efficiency, Honduras, International Development,
Inovasi Akar Rumput Pengelolaan Hutan Adat: Studi Kasus Komunitas Kulawi-Marena di Kabupaten Sigi, Sulawesi Tengah
No full textKomunitas Kulawi-Marena merupakan salah satu komunitas dengan kesatuan hukum adat yang berada di Kabupaten Sigi, Sulawesi Tengah. Mereka telah mendiami wilayah sekitar hutan Taman Nasional Lore Lindu (TNLL) jauh sebelum Indonesia mewujud sebagai negara. Sistem hukum adat Katuvua merupakan suatu mekanisme dalam pengelolaan sumber daya alam yang terbukti efektif dalam menjaga kelestarian hutan dan menjamin tertib sosial dibanding tata kelola yang diterapkan oleh pengelola taman nasional. Penulisan artikel ini didasarkan pada hasil penelitian yang dilakukan Rimbawan Muda Indonesia (RMI) bekerja sama dengan FAO pada tahun 2018. Metode kualitatif digunakan dalam proses pengumpulan data melalui Partisipatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), indepth interview, dan Focus Group Discussion (FGD). Artikel ini mendeskripsikan praktik tata kelola hutan adat oleh komunitas Kulawi-Marena berdasarkan sistem hukum adat Katuvua. Lebih lanjut, artikel ini menunjukkan bahwa praktik ini adalah wujud inovasi kelembagaan akar rumput yang mencerminkan “sodality” menurut pengertian yang pernah dirumuskan Prof. Tjondronegoro yang dalam hal ini untuk konteks masyarakat di luar Jawa. Inovasi akar rumput tata kelola hutan berdasarkan hukum adat semacam ini dapat dijadikan sebagai pembelajaran bagi upaya penyelesaian konflik agraria di sekitar kawasan konservasi.The Kulawi-Marena community is one of the communities with customary law units located in Sigi Regency, Central Sulawesi.They have inhabited the area around the forests of the Lore Lindu National Park (TNLL) long before Indonesia became a country. The Katuvua customary law system is a mechanism for effective natural resource management in preserving forests and ensuring social order, rather than the governance applied by national park managers. The writing of this article is based on research conducted by the author with the Indonesian Institute for Forest and Environment (RMI) with the support of FAO funds in 2018. Qualitative methods were used in the data collection process through Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), in-depth interviews, and Focus Group Discussions (FGD). This article describes the customary forest management practices by the Kulawi-Marena community based on the Katuvua customary law system. Furthermore, this article shows that this practice is a form of grassroots institutional innovation that reflects "sodality" according to the understanding that has been formulated by Prof. Tjondronegoro which in this case is for the context of people outside Java. This kind of grassroots innovation in forest management based on customary law can be used as a lesson for efforts to resolve agrarian conflicts around conservation areas
Findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC), Part II: Impact of a Multidimensional Strategy to Reduce Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Neonatal Intensive Care Units in 10 Developing Countries
No full textRodriguez Ferrer, Marena Luz/0000-0002-8053-8454WOS: 000304998300009PubMed: 22669232DESIGN. Before-after prospective surveillance study to assess the efficacy of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) multidimensional infection control program to reduce the rate of occurrence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). SETTING. Neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) of INICC member hospitals from 15 cities in the following 10 developing countries: Argentina, Colombia, El Salvador, India, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Philippines, Tunisia, and Turkey. PATIENTS. NICU inpatients. METHODS. VAP rates were determined during a first period of active surveillance without the implementation of the multidimensional approach (phase 1) to be then compared with VAP rates after implementation of the INICC multidimensional infection control program (phase 2), which included the following practices: a bundle of infection control interventions, education, outcome surveillance, process surveillance, feedback on VAP rates, and performance feedback on infection control practices. This study was conducted by infection control professionals who applied National Health Safety Network (NHSN) definitions for healthcare-associated infections and INICC surveillance methodology. RESULTS. During phase 1, we recorded 3,153 mechanical ventilation (MV)-days, and during phase 2, after the implementation of the bundle of interventions, we recorded 15,981 MV-days. The VAP rate was 17.8 cases per 1,000 MV-days during phase 1 and 12.0 cases per 1,000 MV-days during phase 2 (relative risk, 0.67 [95% confidence interval, 0.50-0.91]; P = .001), indicating a 33% reduction in VAP rate. CONCLUSIONS. Our results demonstrate that an implementation of the INICC multidimensional infection control program was associated with a significant reduction in VAP rate in NICUs in developing countries. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2012;33(7):704-710Foundation to Fight against Nosocomial InfectionsFinancial support. The funding for the activities performed at INICC headquarters were provided by V.D.R. and the Foundation to Fight against Nosocomial Infections
Kitaaboo Foloota (The Book Began): Mandinka Ajami Poetry
No full textThe entire manuscript is available for download as a single PDF file. Higher-resolution images may be available upon request. For technical assistance, please contact [email protected]. Fieldwork Team: Dr. Fallou Ngom (Pricipal Investigator; Director, African Studies Center), Ablaye Diakité (Local Project Manager), Mr. Ibrahima Yaffa (General Field Facilitator), and Ibrahima Ngom (photographer). Technical Team: Professor Fallou Ngom (Principal Investigator; Project Director and former Director of the African Studies Center at Boston University)), and Eleni Castro (Technical Lead, BU Libraries). This collection of Mandinka Ajami materials is copied as part of the African Studies Center’s African Ajami Library. This is a joint project between BU and the West African Research Center (WARC), funded by the British Library/Arcadia Endangered Archives Programme. Access Condition and Copyright: These materials are subject to copyright and are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License, which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are fully cited using the information below. For use, distribution or reproduction beyond these terms, contact Professor Fallou Ngom ([email protected]). Citation: Materials in this web edition should be cited as: Ngom, Fallou, Castro, Eleni, & Diakité, Ablaye. (2018). African Ajami Library: EAP 1042. Digital Preservation of Mandinka Ajami Materials of Casamance, Senegal.Provenance / Custodial history: The owner inherited it from his grandfather Ibrahima Marena who lived in Madina Alpha Sadou in the region of Kolda.The manuscript is a copy of the Mandinka Ajami religious poem titled Kitaaboo Foloota (English: The Book Began), which alludes to the beginning of the Quran. The poem praises God and Prophet Muḥammad and teaches tawḥid (English: oneness of God). The poem is very popular among Mandinka scholars and has been found in several different collections
The soil moisture active passive marena, Oklahoma, in situ sensor testbed (SMAP-MOISST): Testbed design and evaluation of in situ sensors
No full textIn situ soil moisture monitoring networks are critical to the development of soil moisture remote sensing missions as well as agricultural and environmental management, weather forecasting, and many other endeavors. These in situ networks utilize a variety of sensors and installation practices, which confounds the development of a unified reference database for satellite calibration and validation programs. As part of the Soil Moisture Active Passive Mission, the Marena, Oklahoma, In Situ Sensor Testbed (SMAP-MOISST) was initiated to perform inter-comparisons and study sensor limitations. Soil moisture sensors that are deployed in major monitoring networks were included in the study, along with new and emerging technologies, such as the Cosmic Ray Soil Moisture Observing System (COSMOS), passive/active distributed temperature sensing (DTS), and global positioning system reflectometers (GPSR). Four profile stations were installed in May of 2010, and soil moisture was monitored to a depth of 1 m on an hourly basis. The four stations were distributed within a circular domain of approximately 600 m diameter, adequate to encompass the sensing range of COSMOS. The sensors included in the base station configuration included the Stevens Water Hydra Probe, Campbell Scientific 616 and 229, Decagon EC-TM, Delta-T Theta Probe, Acclima, and Sentek EnviroSMART capacitance system. In addition, the Pico TRIME system and additional time-domain reflectometry (TDR) systems were deployed when available. It was necessary to apply site-specific calibration to most sensors to reach an RMSE below 0.04 m3 m-3. For most sensor types, a single near surface sensor could be scaled to represent the areal-average of a field domain by simple linear regression, resulting in RMSE values around 0.03 m3 m-3.</p
Forms of manifestation of the archetype of the Great Mother in the Image of the Goddess Marena in the Ancient culture of various Slavic Nations (Ukrainians, Belarusians, Russians, Poles)
No full textThe purpose of the article: to consider the worldviews of the ancient Slavs about the image of the mother, which is the dominant collective experience, extremely ancient (matriarchy) and relevant (native mother) at the same time; to find out what contradictions it causes in explanations and interpretations; point to the dual nature of the archetype of the Great Mother, the main features of which are: fertility and prosperity, death and life, rebirth and love. Through folklore, the author tried to present the peculiarities of the mentality of the Slavic nations, to find their common and distinctive features, to explain their worship something that did not bring good, but rather made them afraid and terrified. The results of the study indicated the common behavior of the Slavs in relation to Marena – everywhere she was not only feared, but also respected for the constant revival of life, maintaining balance in nature and the universe. Thus, analyzing the Ukrainian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Belarusian and Russian rites, proverbs, songs, fairy tales, etc., the author concluded that the archetype of the Great Mother unites the value field of these Slavic nations, but has slightly different manifestations
La interpretación constructivista de Ronald Dworkin : El caso de la opinión consultiva No.4 de la OC-24/17 de la CIDH.
No full textLas diversas indeterminaciones que sufre el Derecho han evidenciado la importancia
del desarrollo de fórmulas que permitan a los intérpretes del Derecho, hallar solución
a los problemas jurídicos sometidos a su conocimiento, es por ello que actualmente
encontramos diversas teorías respecto de cómo interpretarlo. Sin embargo, dichas
indeterminaciones, no sólo afectan al Derecho, sino también a la interpretación. El
siguiente trabajo busca no sólo demostrar la importancia de la interpretación en el
ámbito del Derecho, sino también mostrar, bajo la lupa de la teoría de la interpretación jurídica de Ronald Dworkin, la forma en la que -según el autor- los Jueces hoy en día deben resolverlos problemas de indeterminación del Derecho. Para ello, en este trabajo analizaremos el caso de la opinión consultiva No.4 de la OC-24/17 de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) para dar fe de la utilidad del aporte de esta teoría a la interpretación del Derecho.The several indeterminacies suffered by the Law have shown the importance of
developing formulas that allow law interpreters to find solutions to legal problems
submitted to their knowledge that is why we currently find many law interpretation
theories. However, these indeterminations not only affect the Law, but also the
interpretation. The following work seeks not only to demonstrate the importance of
interpretation in the field of law, but also to show, through the theory of legal
interpretation of Ronald Dworkin, the way in which-according to the author-the
judges now days must solve problems of indetermination of law. Therefore, in this
paper we will analyze the case of the Advisory Opinion No.4 of the OC-24/17 of the
Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) to attest to the usefulness of the
contribution of this theory to the interpretation of Law
Forms of manifestation of the archetype of the Great Mother in the Image of the Goddess Marena in the Ancient culture of various Slavic Nations (Ukrainians, Belarusians, Russians, Poles)
No full textМета статті – розглянути світоглядні уявлення древніх слов'ян на прикладі
образу матері, який є домінантою колективного досвіду, надзвичайно давнього
(матріархат) та актуального (рідна мати) і водночас з'ясувати, які суперечності він викликає у тлумаченні та інтерпретаціях, вказати на двоїстий характер архетипу Великої Матері, основними рисами якого є родючість і достаток,
смерть і життя, відродження та любов. Аналіз фольклору дає змогу авторці
представити особливості менталітету слов'янських народів, знайти їхні спільні
та відмінні риси, дати пояснення їхньому поклонінню тому, що не приносило добра, а скоріше змушувало лякатися й жахатися. Результати дослідження вказали
на спільність поведінки слов'ян у ставленні до Марени – всюди її не тільки боялися, але і поважали за постійне відродження життя, підтримку рівноваги в природі і Всесвіті. Отже, проаналізувавши українські, польські, чеські, словацькі,
білоруські та російські обряди, приказки, пісні, казки тощо, авторка дійшла висновку, що архетип Великої Матері об'єднує ціннісне світоглядне поле вказаних слов'янських народів, але має дещо різні прояви.The purpose of the article: to consider the worldviews of the ancient Slavs about
the image of the mother, which is the dominant collective experience, extremely
ancient (matriarchy) and relevant (native mother) at the same time; to find out
what contradictions it causes in explanations and interpretations; point to the dual
nature of the archetype of the Great Mother, the main features of which are: fertility
and prosperity, death and life, rebirth and love. Through folklore, the author tried to
present the peculiarities of the mentality of the Slavic nations, to find their common and
distinctive features, to explain their worship something that did not bring good, but
rather made them afraid and terrified. The results of the study indicated the common
behavior of the Slavs in relation to Marena – everywhere she was not only feared,
but also respected for the constant revival of life, maintaining balance in nature and
the universe. Thus, analyzing the Ukrainian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Belarusian and
Russian rites, proverbs, songs, fairy tales, etc., the author concluded that the archetype
of the Great Mother unites the value field of these Slavic nations, but has slightly
different manifestations
