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Human Rights Violations in Africa: Personal Narrative
No full textThis thesis examines my personal experience of human rights violations in Africa, including some stories of my closest relatives. I address the urgent need of respecting human dignities in Africa from the perspective of a victim. As a result of the failures of officials to take full responsibility for their assaults on individual liberty, common peoples’ freedom has been undermined psychologically and physically.
Secondly, I discuss the history of human rights concepts, analysis, theories, and arguments made by contemporary scholars in this field. I also investigate the major concerns of philosophers on human rights. This investigation includes the history of African immigrants in Omaha and, the analytical survey of literary works, articles, and journals about human rights violations in Africa.
Thirdly, I focus on some African nations’ profiles on human rights violations, including Liberia and Somalia. I examine each nation on a specific human rights violation case. I also examine the profound contribution of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa to human rights discourse.
The final chapter is based on interviews I conducted on this vital topic.ProQuest Traditional Publishing Optio
STUDENT LOANS IN THE SCALE OF SHARI’AH
Full text linkObjective: This study investigates the socio-economic challenges faced by Muslim families in the U.S. due to the interest-based student loan system, which conflicts with Islamic principles that explicitly prohibit riba (interest). Method: A comprehensive analysis of the student loan crisis in the U.S. is conducted, incorporating recent data and examining contemporary Islamic scholarly views on the permissibility of student loans. Results: The findings reveal that the existing student loan system imposes significant financial burdens on Muslim families and graduates, highlighting the growing dilemma of balancing religious principles with educational and economic needs. The paper also identifies alternative financial models that align with Islamic teachings. Novelty: This research contributes to the ongoing discourse on Islamic finance by providing a critical examination of the student loan system in the U.S. through the lens of Islamic law, offering practical recommendations for Muslim communities to address this issue in the future
EMPOWERING STRATEGIES OF SMES IN WEST AFRICA BY THE ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY REDUCTION
No full textObjective: This study examines the challenges and competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in West Africa, focusing on the funding support provided by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) to address critical socio-economic issues such as poverty and unemployment in the region. Method: The research utilizes empirical evidence from previous studies conducted by the World Bank and other multilateral institutions, analyzing key obstacles to the successful implementation and sustainability of SMEs in West African countries. Results: The findings reveal significant challenges that hinder the growth and sustainability of SMEs in the region, including limited access to financing, inadequate infrastructure, and regulatory barriers. However, the support provided by IsDB plays a crucial role in overcoming some of these challenges, promoting the success of SMEs in the region. Novelty: This study contributes new insights into the role of the IsDB in supporting SME growth in West Africa, offering practical recommendations to enhance the success and prosperity of SMEs in the region. The paper emphasizes the importance of addressing structural barriers to ensure the long-term sustainability of SMEs in the context of West Africa's socio-economic challenges
STUDENT LOANS IN THE SCALE OF SHARI’AH
Full text linkObjective: This study investigates the socio-economic challenges faced by Muslim families in the U.S. due to the interest-based student loan system, which conflicts with Islamic principles that explicitly prohibit riba (interest). Method: A comprehensive analysis of the student loan crisis in the U.S. is conducted, incorporating recent data and examining contemporary Islamic scholarly views on the permissibility of student loans. Results: The findings reveal that the existing student loan system imposes significant financial burdens on Muslim families and graduates, highlighting the growing dilemma of balancing religious principles with educational and economic needs. The paper also identifies alternative financial models that align with Islamic teachings. Novelty: This research contributes to the ongoing discourse on Islamic finance by providing a critical examination of the student loan system in the U.S. through the lens of Islamic law, offering practical recommendations for Muslim communities to address this issue in the future
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
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
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