406 research outputs found
Climate Change Responses in the Saudi Maritime Sector: A Comprehensive Survey Study
No full textThis research investigates the Saudi marine sector’s response to climate change. In particular, it assesses industry stakeholder awareness, attitudes, and actions concerning climate-related challenges. A complete survey was distributed to a varied range of industry participants, including executives, managers, seafarers, and academics, to assess their understanding and involvement. The research indicates moderate levels of awareness and engagement, and significant challenges, including financial limitations, a lack of experience and knowledge, and insufficient regulatory support, to implementing more sustainable practices. The study also mentions ongoing attempts to satisfy International Maritime Organization (IMO) requirements, while present mitigating techniques have limited efficacy. Compared to other regions, Saudi Arabia mostly depends on fossil fuels, which poses specific difficulties in the transformation of sustainable maritime practices. The study identifies current strategies and proposes prospects such as raising financial assistance, and the adoption of innovative technologies. These findings are critical to providing the link between the Saudi marine sector and the climate targets, as well as the Saudi Vision 2030
Travel literature and the development of the novel in eighteenth-century France
No full text"Travel Literature and the Development of the Novel in Eighteenth-Century France" follows the evolution of the French novel throughout the eighteenth century by examining the epistemological, aesthetic, and literary exchanges between historiography, travel literature, and the novel, three separate yet intertwined modes of representation that were in the process of creating or recreating their modern identities through a systematization of coherent literary rules. I argue that essential changes in the conceptualization and writing of history led to similar developments in the way travel accounts were written, organized, and consumed. As travel literature strengthened its own generic distinctiveness, novelists depicting foreign characters and/or landscapes selectively appropriated the legitimating discourse of travel literature to create an autonomous literary space for the novel. As these novels emulate travel literature, they critically incorporate the problematic questions of legitimacy of travel accounts, and force the novel's claims of truth to take place within a historical methodology discourse which in turn legitimizes it, delineating distinct profiles for history and fiction alike.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-251)by Aya Tanak
A report on VR Headset and its effects on children
No full text الواقع الافتراضي “Virtual Reality” كلمة نجدها تشرح نفسها بشكل مبسط عن معنى التقنية، وهي مشاهدة عالم محيط حولك غير متواجد فعليًا، ويمكننا القول أنّه عالم تخيلي ثلاثي الأبعاد بالصوت والصورة، ويجعلك تحصل على نفس الإحساس كما لو كنت متواجد داخل هذا العالم لتعيش تجربةً سواءً بالإثارة، أو الرعب أو الهدوء النفس، ويعتقد الكثيرون أنّ تقنية الواقع الافتراضي حديثة العهد، ولكن تعود هذه التقنية لعام 1960 تحت مسمى “Head sight”، وكانت تعمل بشكل ميكانيكي بحت مع عدم وجود تكنولوجيا المشاهدة بزاوية 360 درجة ليس هذا فقط ولكن ظهرت الفكرة من 200 سنة مع اختلاف طرق التنفيذ وصعوبتها في هذا التوقيت، وكان الاتجاه العام أن يتم توظيف هذه التقنية لخدمة الجانب العسكري، وتدريب الطيارين وأيضًا في المجال الطبي، وهو بالفعل ما يحدث الآن ولكن نجد أنّ تسويق هذه التقنية تم عن طريق ابتكار العديد من الألعاب ومقاطع الفيديو التي تدعمها بشكل كبير، ويتم تطويرها بشكل مستمر لذلك نجد البعض يعتقد أنّ تقنية الواقع الافتراضي مخصصةٌ للترفيه فقط، ولكن ليست هذه الحقيقة فعليًا كما ذكرت سابقًا. وفي الآونة الآخيرة شهد العالم إنتشاراً واسعاً لتقنية نظارات ألعاب الواقع الافتراضي VR للأطفال، وأتت هذه التقنية لتكون البديل الطبيعي والمتوقع لاستخدام شاشة الحاسب أو الموبايل، وتقوم هذه التقنية ببساطة بعرض كل ما يراه الطفل على الشاشة عن طريق استخدام نظارات مخصصة لهذا الغرض، عن طريق توصيلها بالحاسب الشخصي أو تركيب الهاتف المحمول بداخل النظارةVirtual Reality is a word that we find that explains itself in a simple way about the meaning of the technology, which is watching a surrounding world around you that does not actually exist, and we can say that it is a three-dimensional imaginary world with sound and image, and makes you get the same sensation as if you were inside this world to live an experience whether excitement, horror or psychological calm, and many believe that virtual reality technology is new, but this technology dates back to 1960 under the name "Head sight", and it was working purely mechanically with no viewing technology. Not only that, but the idea appeared 200 years ago with different methods of implementation and its difficulty at this time, and the general trend was to employ this technology to serve the military side, training pilots and also in the medical field, which is indeed what is happening now, but we find that the commercialisation of this technology was through the creation of many games and videos that greatly support it, and are continuously developed, so we find some believe that virtual reality technology is intended for entertainment only, but this is not actually the truth, as I mentioned earlier. Recently, the world has witnessed a wide spread of the technology of VR gaming glasses for children, and this technology came to be the natural and expected alternative to using the computer screen or mobile phone, and this technology simply displays everything that the child sees on the screen by using glasses dedicated to this purpose, by connecting it to the PC or installing the mobile phone inside the glasse
Health information-seeking behaviours of Egyptian women in Cairo Governorate: A field study on informal areas
No full textالمعلومات الصحية مكون أساسي من أي نظام صحي, فهي ضرورية لتنوير السياسات وعملية التخطيط، ويجب أن تكون المعطيات مفيدة، سهلة الجمع، بدلاً من أن تتطلب وقتاً طويلاً جداً من مقدمي الرعاية الصحية، ولقد حظي عامة الناس بفرص أكثر من أي وقت مضى للقيام بدور نشط في الرعاية الصحية الخاصة بهم. على الرغم من هذه الفرص، لا تزال هناك أسئلة كثيرة تتعلق بالأساس للحواجز المتعلقة بالتماس المعلومات الصحية الوقائية فالحديث السائد حول التنمية الشاملة في الآونة الأخيرة والمسئول عنها طبعا هو الإنسان، يصبح في أغلب المواقف أسطورة ضمن المعوقات والمشكلات الحقيقية التي تعيشها المجتمعات، فباعتبار أن أفراد هذا المجتمع هم من سيخوض غمار هذا التقدم والتطوير، فيجب على الأقل أن يكونوا قادرين على بذل المجهود اللازم للتنمية ومستعدين . له وهذا طبعاً لن يتأتى إلا عند التمتع على الأقل بصحة عقلية، ونفسية، وجسمية تمكنه من العمل والاستمرار فيه.حيث أصبح من المستبعد بل من المستحيل الحديث عن التنمية دون الحديث عن صحة القائمين عليها. ولما كانت الصحة من المعايير الأساسية في تحديد مستويات تقدم المجتمعات من تخلفها. أصبح من اللازم الاهتمام بهذا الجانب بشكل عملي وسريع وفعال، وباعتبارنا معنيين كباحثين، وكأفراد ننتمي إلى هذا المجتمع ارتأينا أن نساهم بهذا البحث ولو من باب الإحساس بالمسؤولية، والذي يحاول أن يكشف عن سلوك البحث عن المعلومات الصحية لدى المرأة العاملة المصرية في المناطق العشوائية.
Health information is an essential component of any health system. It is needed to inform the policy and planning process. Data should be useful, easy to collect, rather than requiring too much time from healthcare providers. The general public has more opportunities than ever before to take an active role in their own healthcare. Despite these opportunities, there are still many questions about the underlying barriers to seeking preventive health information. The recent rhetoric about inclusive development, for which people are of course responsible, becomes in most cases a myth among the real obstacles and issues faced by societies. Since it is the members of this society who will experience this progress and development, they must at least be able and willing to exert the effort necessary for development. This, of course, can only be achieved when they enjoy at least mental, psychological and physical health that enables them to work and continue to work. It has become unlikely and even impossible to talk about development without talking about the health of those involved. Since health is one of the main criteria in determining the levels of progress and backwardness of societies. It has become necessary to pay attention to this aspect in a practical, fast and effective manner, and as concerned researchers, and as individuals belonging to this society, we chose to contribute to this research, even out of a sense of responsibility, which tries to reveal the health information-seeking behaviour of Egyptian working women in informal areas.
 
Egyptian women’s religious information-seeking behavior: A field study in the Boulak Abu El-Ela region
No full textرسالة مقدمة لنيل درجة الماجستير في الآداب، بقسم المكتبات والمعلومات جامعة حلوان، 2018
إشراف
أ. د. زين الدين محمد عبد الهادي
الأستاذ بقسم المكتبات والمعلومات،
كلية الآداب، جامعة حلوان، مصر
إشراف مشارك
د. إيمان فوزي عمر
مدرس بقسم المكتبات والمعلومات،
كلية الآداب، جامعة حلوان، مصر
المستخلص
إن الهدف الرئيسي من هذه الدراسة هو التعرف على واقع سلوك البحث عن المعلومات الدينية لدى المرأة المصرية في منطقة بولاق أبو العلا بهدف الكشف عن الأسباب والدوافع التي تدفع المرأة في منطقة بولاق أبو العلا للبحث عن المعلومات الدينية, وطبيعة المعلومات التي تحتاج إليها المرأة، ورصد أنواع وأشكال مصادر المعلومات الدينية التي تستخدمها المرأة في المناطق العشوائية, ومعرفة دور المكتبة الوطنية, ووسائل الإعلام في إتاحة المعلومات الدينية لمثل هذه المناطق, والتعرف على العقبات والصعوبات التي تواجههن عند البحث عن مثل هذه المعلومات، اعتمدت الدراسة على المنهج المسحي الميداني, باستخدام الاستبيان والمقابلة الشخصية كآدوات رئيسية لجمع البيانات, وتم توزيع الاستبيان على (242) إمرأة من إجمالي (24.048) وهو يمثل عدد الإناث بحي بولاق أبو العلا، من خلال عدة شياخات مختلفة في حي بولاق وهم : العدوية, الشيخ علي، السبتية، درب الشيخ فراج، درب نصر، الترجمان، سنان باشا، وأخيراً منطقة الجوابر، وتم وتم استجابة (203) استبيان من قبل المرأة عينة الدراسة، وتم اختيارهن بطريقة عشوائية. وتوصلت الدراسة إلى عدد من النتائج، ومن أهمها : أن معظم النساء بمنطقة بولاق غير متعلمات ويرجع ذلك لزواجهن مبكراً، وكذك ترك الدراسة للعمل لمساعدة الأهل في المعيشة، معظم النساء يبحثن عن المعلومات الدينية بهدف التقرب إلى الله ثم الفهم الصحيح للدين، أكثر النساء المسلمات يعتمدن على مصادر المعلومات سهلة الوصول للحصول على المعلومات الدينية التي تحتاجها مثل البرامج الدينية المتنوعة بشاشة التلفزيون للحصول على المعلومات الدينية التي مثلت نسبة (77.3%) من إجمالي عينة الدراسة، يليها أفراد الأسرة بنسبة (49.3%)، ثم برامج إذاعة القرآن الكريم بنسبة (44.3%)، ثم شيخ المسجد بنسبة (37.4%)، يليه الجيران والزملاء بنسبة (31.5%)، ثم الكتب الدينية بنسبة (20.7%)، يليها شبكات التواصل الإجتماعي (فيس بوك) بنسبة (7.9%). أكثر مصادر المعلومات التي تعتمد عليها المرأة المسيحية لحصولها على المعلومات الدينية متمثلة في الكنائس والأساقفة والقساوسة وبرامج التلفزيون الدينية بنسبة (100%)، يمثل سبب إختيار المرأة لمصدر المعلومات المفضل لها في منطقة بولاق أبو العلا كما أوضحتها الدراسة أنه يمثل مصدر ثقة بالنسبة لها بنسبة (85.2%)، وأنه الأسهل وصولاً من بين المصادر الأخرى بنسبة (58.1%)، وأنه الأقل تكلفة بنسبة (21.2%)، وأخيراً لأسباب أخرى منها أنه ذو خبرة بنسبة (1.0%)، أشارت المرأة في منطقة بولاق أبو العلا أن ليس للمكتبة الوطنية والمكتبات العامة دور في إتاحة المعلومات الدينية لمثل هذه المناطق أو تيسير سبل الإتاحة لهم، وأن أكثر الصعوبات التي تواجه المرأة عند البحث عن المعلومات الدينية هو ارتفاع نسبة الأمية لدى المرأة عينة الدراسة. ومن أهم التوصيات التي خرجت بها الدراسة : أن تقوم الدولة بتوفير فصول محو أمية في هذه المناطق لتعليم ساكنيها كي يكونوا قادرين على المطالعة والبحث، أن يقوم الأزهر الشريف بالتعاون مع المكتبة الوطنية (دار الكتب المصرية) بعقد ندوات دينية شهرية يحضرها كبار العلماء والشيوخ والدعاة لنشر الوعي الديني في المناطق العشوائية، توفير مكتبات متنقلة في الاحياء العشوائية توفر كتب وصحف ومجلات وكتيبات دينية كي تصل للمرأة حتى بيتها بأسعار منخفضة أو يكون بعضها بدون مقابل لتعم المعرفة.
The main objective of this study is to identify the reality of the behavior of searching for religious information among Egyptian women in the Bulaq Abu El-Ela region, with the aim of revealing the reasons and motives that drive women in the Bulaq Abu El-Ela region to search for religious information, the nature of the information that women need, and monitoring the types And the forms of sources of religious information that women use in slum areas, and knowing the role of the national library and the media in making religious information available to such areas, and identifying the obstacles and difficulties they face when searching for such information. The study relied on the field survey method, using a questionnaire and a personal interview. As a main tool for collecting data, the questionnaire was distributed to (242) women out of a total of (24,048), which represents the number of females in the Bulaq Abu Al-Ala neighborhood, through several different sheikhs in the Bulaq neighborhood, namely: Al-Adawiya, Sheikh Ali, Al-Sabtiya, Darb Sheikh Farraj, and Darb Nasr. , Al-Tarjuman, Sinan Pasha, and finally the Al-Jawaber area. (203) questionnaires were completed by the women who were the study’s sample, and they were selected randomly. The study reached a number of results, the most important of which are: Most women in the Bulaq region are uneducated due to their early marriage, as well as leaving school to work to help their families with their livelihood. Most women search for religious information with the aim of getting closer to God and then having a correct understanding of religion. Most Muslim women rely on On easy-to-access information sources to obtain the religious information you need, such as various religious programs on television to obtain religious information, which represented a percentage of (77.3%) of the total study sample, followed by family members with a percentage of (49.3%), then Holy Quran Radio programs with a percentage of (44.3). %), then the sheikh of the mosque with a percentage of (37.4%), followed by neighbors and colleagues with a percentage of (31.5%), then religious books with a percentage of (20.7%), followed by social networking (Facebook) with a percentage of (7.9%). The sources of information that Christian women rely on most to obtain religious information are churches, bishops, priests, and religious television programs at a rate of (100%). The reason for women’s choice of their preferred source of information in the Bulaq Abu El-Ela area, as the study explained, is that it represents a source of trust for them at a rate of (100%). 85.2%), and that it is the easiest to access among other sources (58.1%), and that it is the least expensive (21.2%), and finally for other reasons, including that it is experienced (1.0%), the woman in the Bulaq Abu Al-Ela area indicated that the National Library does not have Public libraries have a role in making religious information available to such areas or facilitating access to it, and the most difficult difficulty women face when searching for religious information is the high illiteracy rate among the women in the study sample. Among the most important recommendations that came out of the study: that the state provide literacy classes in these areas to teach their residents so that they are able to read and research, that Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, in cooperation with the National Library (Dar Al-Kutub Al-Misria), hold monthly religious seminars attended by senior scholars, sheikhs, and preachers to spread the word. Religious awareness in slum areas, providing mobile libraries in slum areas that provide religious books, newspapers, magazines, and booklets so that women can reach their homes at low prices, or some of them are free of charge, to spread knowledge
Factors Affecting Female Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia
No full textSmall to medium sized female enterprises are important for the global economy because they
generate new jobs and the reduction of the female unemployment rate in the community. This may
lead to an economic growth. The purpose of this study is to find the factors that affect the female
entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia which is measured by two measurements the number of newly
registered companies in addition to the total female entrepreneurial activity and how these
measurements are affected by factors such as the Women Business and the Law Index Score (scale
1-100) in Saudi Arabia, the start-up procedures to register a business for a female, the total female
population and the cost of business start-up in percentage of the gross national income for a female.
The study data for Saudi Arabian market was gathered from the databases of the World Bank
Organization and the Global Entrepreneurial Monitor. The type of sample gathered is time series
starting from 2006 – 2019 with total frequency of 14 observations. The study has developed two
ARDL models of which one equation determines the factors that affect the number of newly
registered companies and the second equation examines the factors that have an impact on the total
female entrepreneurial activity. This research finds that the level of woman business activity and
the law index score have positive impact on female entrepreneurship
Analysis of the September ε-Perseid outburst in 2013
No full text© 2018 The Author(s). Artículo firmado por 14 autores. We acknowledge support from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (projects AYA2015-68646-P and AYA 2015-67175-P).We analyze the outburst experienced by the September ε-Perseid meteor shower on 9 September 2013. As a result of our monitoring the atmospheric trajectory of 60 multistation events observed over Spain was obtained and accurate orbital data were derived from them. On the basis of these orbits, we have tried to determine the likely parent body of this meteoroid stream by employing orbital dissimilarity criteria. In addition, the emission spectra produced by two events belonging to this meteor shower were also recorded. The analysis of these spectra has provided information about the chemical nature of their progenitor meteoroids. We also present an estimation of the tensile strength for these particles.Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN)Depto. de Física de la Tierra y AstrofísicaFac. de Ciencias FísicasTRUEpu
Validation of the Arabic version of the Adolescent Distress-Eustress Scale (ADES)
No full textAbstract Background The current study examined the psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of the Adolescent Distress-Eustress Scale (ADES) in Saudi Arabia. It assessed the factorial structure through a confirmatory factor analysis, composite reliability through Cronbach alpha and McDonald’s omega scores, gender invariance, and convergent validity through its correlation to resilience. Methods A total of 505 high school students from 21 randomly selected schools in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (mean age of 16.66 ± 1.10 years, 52.7% females) participated in the study. The questionnaires were translated using the forward and backward technique. Results Findings revealed good internal consistency of the Arabic ADES (McDonald’s ω being 0.82 for distress and 0.79 for eustress). Confirmatory factor analyses confirmed the two-factor structure of the scale and demonstrated measurement invariance across gender at the configural, metric, and scalar levels. Girls had higher Distress scores, while boys reported higher eustress scores, which was consistent with previous studies. Finally, the ADES distress and eustress scales were significantly correlated to resilience supporting convergent validity. Conclusion The present study supports the reliability and validity of the Arabic version of the ADES as a self-report method to assess Eustress and Distress in adolescents. Pending further validations to support the present findings, this measure can be utilized by schools, mental health providers, and researchers to support Arabic speaking adolescents globally
Once were Positivists: A Reply to Aya
No full textTbere are two basic issues in tbis essay. The first is tbe sloppy use of tbe term
'postmodernism' to designate a more or less organised collection of unsavoury
academics, who (it is argued) subscribe to various forms of nihilism and epistemological
hypochondria for some, as-yet-to-be-determined but clearly nefarious,
ends. The exact composition of this group is left vague (although the author
clearly has bis own list). It presumably includes a fair sampling of theorists of the
French persuasion, most feminists, authors who are interested in the entwining of
power and knowledge in human life, and nearly all 'relativists' who reject monistic
certainty. For Aya, the term clearly saves time, basically by assuring himself that
there has been little really worth reading in the social sciences (at least in anthropology)
for the past quarter century or so
Clinical application of genomic profiling to find druggable targets for adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients with metastasis
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International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and
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the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.Background: Although adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancers are characterized by biological features and clinical outcomes distinct from those of other age groups, the molecular profile of AYA cancers has not been well defined. In this study, we analyzed cancer genomes from rare types of metastatic AYA cancers to identify driving and/or druggable genetic alterations. Methods: Prospectively collected AYA tumor samples from seven different patients were analyzed using three different genomics platforms (whole-exome sequencing, whole-transcriptome sequencing or OncoScan (TM)). Using well-known bioinformatics tools (bwa, Picard, GATK, MuTect, and Somatic Indel Detector) and our annotation approach with open access databases (DAVID and DGIdb), we processed sequencing data and identified driving genetic alterations and their druggability. Results: The mutation frequencies of AYA cancers were lower than those of other adult cancers (median = 0.56), except for a germ cell tumor with hypermutation. We identified patient-specific genetic alterations in candidate driving genes: RASA2 and NF1 (prostate cancer), TP53 and CDKN2C (olfactory neuroblastoma), FAT1, NOTCH1, and SMAD4 (head and neck cancer), KRAS (urachal carcinoma), EML4-ALK (lung cancer), and MDM2 and PTEN (liposarcoma). We then suggested potential drugs for each patient according to his or her altered genes and related pathways. By comparing candidate driving genes between AYA cancers and those from all age groups for the same type of cancer, we identified different driving genes in prostate cancer and a germ cell tumor in AYAs compared with all age groups, whereas three common alterations (TP53, FAT1, and NOTCH1) in head and neck cancer were identified in both groups. Conclusion: We identified the patient-specific genetic alterations and druggability of seven rare types of AYA cancers using three genomics platforms. Additionally, genetic alterations in cancers from AYA and those from all age groups varied by cancer type.Y
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