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Infopreneurship from the Perspective of Great Infopreneurs: an interview with Dan Poynter
No full textDan Poynter is author of more than 130 books, has been a publisher since 1969, and is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP). He is an evangelist for books, an ombudsman for authors, an advocate for publishers, and the godfather to thousands of successfully published books. In this interview Poynter offers his point of view towards infopreneurship in context
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Teoría feminista y el agente social dócil: algunas reflexiones sobre el renacimiento islámico en Egipto
No full textThis article was originally published by Saba Mahmood in the journal Cultural Anthropology, volume 16, number 2, in 2001 with the title: «Feminist Theory, Embodiment, and the Docile Agent: Some Reflections on the Egyptian Islamic Revival». In 2008, the article was published in Spanish in a book edited by Liliana Suárez Navaz y Rosalva Aída Hérnandez Castillo in Cátedra: Descolonizando el feminismo: teorías y prácticas desde los márgenes. In the article, Saba Mahmood, who recently passed away, deals with a main debate in feminist theory: social agency. Through an analysis of the piety movement in Egypt in the 1990s and precisely of the study of five mosques in El Cairo, the author questions the consideration of social agency as a synonym of resistance to domination relations, which prevents the study of movements as the one she studies. She offers a conceptualization of agency as capacity of action that is habilitated and created inside specific historical relations of subordination.Este texto fue originalmente publicado por Saba Mahmood en la revista Cultural Anthropology en el volumen 16, número 2, del año 2001 con el título: «Feminist Theory, Embodiment, and the Docile Agent: Some Reflections on the Egyptian Islamic Revival». En el año 2008, el texto fue publicado en castellano en un libro editado por Liliana Suárez Navaz y Rosalva Aída Hérnandez Castillo en Cátedra: Descolonizando el feminismo: teorías y prácticas desde los márgenes. En él, la autora recientemente fallecida, aborda un debate central en la teoría feminista, la agencia social. A través del análisis del movimiento de la piedad en el Egipto de los años 90 y concretamente del estudio de cinco mezquitas en El Cairo, Mahmood cuestiona que se considere la agencia social como un sinónimo de resistencia a las relaciones de dominación, lo que impide el estudio de movimientos como el que ella estudia, y aboga por una concepción de la agencia como capacidad de acción que se habilita y crea en relaciones de subordinación históricamente específicas
Using 3D pose analysis of natural behavior in spinal cord injured mice for enhanced and reliable assessment of functional recovery
No full textPresented at the annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity while the author was an undergraduate student at Rutgers University-Camden
Generic behaviour of a measure preserving transformation
No full textSubmission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2019-12-01The student, Mahmood Etedadialiabadi, accepted the attached license on 2017-12-07 at 02:55.The student, Mahmood Etedadialiabadi, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2017-12-07 at 10:24.This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2017-12-08 at 07:49.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #11894 on 2018-03-13 at 09:57:35Made available in DSpace on 2018-03-13T15:25:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3
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100 Years of Forman Christian College Lahore, 1864-1963
No full textPreliminary History. pp. 1-20; Part one: Re-Opening of Lahore Mission College and year wise history 1886-1900. pp. 21-66; Part two: Year Wise History 1901-1947. pp. 67-344; Part three: Year Wise History 1948-1963. pp. 345-410; Part four: succession list of Principals and their Biographies 1864-1963, Professors and their Biographical Information 1886-1963. pp. 411-508; Bibliography. pp. 509; Life sketch of the author. pp. 510Principals and College Teaching Staff (13 pages). after page 412; Dr Syed Sultan Mahmood Hussain (Author). before page 41
Aspects of the social geography of the province of Sistan/Baluchestan, Iran
No full textThe Kordi (Kurd) tribe now living in Iranian Baluchestan would appear to be an offshoot of the far more numerous Kurdish peoples of the north-western Zagros Mountains of Iran-Iraq. The Kordi were settled in their present location possibly in the l6th Century AD, but much more likely in the l8th Century, originally to act as tax-gatherers on behalf of the Shah-in-Shah. For many years they lived as pastoralists (often nomadic), tax gatherers, guardians of the frontier, and by raiding and plunder. Their habitat, round the Kuh-e-Taftan massif (one of the more fertile areas in the extremely arid and topographically difficult region of Baluchestan) allows some agriculture; and since the 1940's especially, the Kordi people have turned increasingly to a settled way of life based on mixed farming - mostly cultivation, with some animal herding. The thesis examines the origins of the Kordi, their geographical environment, social organisation and demography; and considers present and future evolution of this people in a changed and changing Iranian State
Microsomal Triglyceride Transfer Protein Transfers and Determines Plasma Concentrations of Ceramide and Sphingomyelin but Not Glycosylceramide
No full textSphingolipids, a large family of bioactive lipids, are implicated in stress responses, differentiation, proliferation, apoptosis, and other physiological processes. Aberrant plasma levels of sphingolipids contribute to metabolic disease, atherosclerosis, and insulin resistance. They are fairly evenly distributed in high density and apoB-containing lipoproteins (B-lps). Mechanisms involved in the transport of sphingolipids to the plasma are unknown. Here, we investigated the role of microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTP), required for B-lp assembly and secretion, in sphingolipid transport to the plasma. Abetalipoproteinemia patients with deleterious mutations in MTP and absence of B-lps had significantly lower plasma ceramide and sphingomyelin but normal hexosylceramide, lactosylceramide, and different sphingosines compared with unaffected controls. Furthermore, similar differential effects on plasma sphingolipids were seen in liver- and intestine-specific MTP knock-out (L,I-Mttp(-/-)) mice, suggesting that MTP specifically plays a role in the regulation of plasma ceramide and sphingomyelin. We hypothesized that MTP deficiency may affect either their synthesis or secretion. MTP deficiency had no effect on ceramide and sphingomyelin synthesis but reduced secretion from primary hepatocytes and hepatoma cells. Therefore, MTP is involved in ceramide and sphingomyelin secretion but not in their synthesis. We also found that MTP transferred these lipids between vesicles in vitro. Therefore, we propose that MTP might regulate plasma ceramide and sphingomyelin levels by transferring these lipids to B-lps in the liver and intestine and facilitating their secretion
218 - Yusra Mahmood Fundi Obeidat
No full textIncludes bibliographical references.This work describes the development of an integrated sensors system to measure concentrations of dissolved oxygen (DO), pH, glucose, and lactate concurrently at single cell level. DO was measured amperometrically using a three-electrode system of working (WE), counter (CE) and reference (RE) electrodes. pH was measured potentiometrically using two electrodes system of Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) WE and Ag/AgCl RE. Glucose and lactate were measured enzymatically by measuring the current generated from the oxidation of hydrogen peroxide generated from the catalysis of glucose or lactate at the WEs with their catalysis enzymes. A microfluidic chamber containing all four sensors was made using SU8 to investigate single oocytes/embryos immersed in up to 120 µL of respiration buffer. This work includes the results of using the integrated sensors system to measure the metabolic activities of real cells including single oocytes or embryos. The micro-chamber was completely sealed using top layer of ovoil and covered by top glass lid to avoid oxygen exchange between the inside of the chamber and the atmosphere, while being maintained at a temperature of 38.5 ºC to preserve cell viability. The oxygen consumption of cells, the lactate production and glucose consumptions were measured as a change in output current and converted to femto-mol (fmol) per second based on calibrations with buffer of known DO, lactate, and lactate concentrations. This integrated sensor system has some potential applications include evaluating effects of metabolic therapies on oocyte bioenergetics, study the effect of aging on embryos development and monitoring mitochondrial function throughout oocyte maturation and blastocyst development to predict embryo viability to compliment assisted reproductive technologies.Undergraduate Choice - Research Top Scholar
A Review on "OWNING UP: The 14 Questions Every Board Member Needs to Ask"
No full textRam Charan, the author of the book is a highly sought-after advisor to corporate, board, CEOs, and senior executives in companies ranging from start-ups to the fortune 500, including GE, DuPont, and Colgate-Palmolive. He also has an inside perspective as a board member for Tyco, Austin Industries, and diversified Indian corporations. The contemporary view of the author towards solving the business problems is very innovative. This book talks about 14 questions which every board member has to ask to himself for running a business effectively and efficiently
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