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Interview with Mostafa Moharram
No full textهذه المقابلة مع المؤلف والسيناريست المصري مصطفى محرم. يستعرض كتاباته وأفلامه ، ويؤكد على أهمية السيناريو والكتابات المتخصصة . يشرح دور كاتب السيناريو وهو المسؤول عن خلق عمل فعال وجيد ، وكذلك التعامل بطريقة جيدة مع فريق التمثيل . أجرت المقابلة درية شرف الدينIn this interview, Egyptian author and screenwriter Mostafa Moharram speaks about his movies and the importance of scenarios in creating good work. The interview was conducted by Dorreya Sharaf al-Din
Detection and Analysis of Epilepsy Biomarkers in Electrocorticography
No full textAuthor Mostafa MohammadpourDissertation Johannes Kepler Universität Linz 202
Detection and Analysis of Epilepsy Biomarkers in Electrocorticography
No full textAuthor Mostafa MohammadpourDissertation Johannes Kepler Universität Linz 202
L’année de Bacchus d’El Mostafa Bouignane entre devoir de la mémoire et exaltation de la vie
No full textThis study will discuss the approach to the structure and narrative composition of the novel entitled L\u27année de Bacchus by Mostafa Bouignane, published by Virgule Editions in 2020. This text adds to a series of stories of which Bouignane constructs a narrative universe to reveal the nature of man who, even submissive and reduced, remains capable of regaining his freedom and leading a peaceful life. Thus, our study will propose an analysis of the ideological and historical dimension of this text representative of the literary experience of the author, then at the end the questioning of his human and moral values
Almighty Shahrashub types and the oldest Vocational Shahrashub
No full textAbstractOne type of Persian poetry, which was used as an amusement and rather unknown, is âShahrashubâ. Lexically, âShahrashubâ means a person who excites the people by his/ her beauty and, but in literary terms, it refers to the poems in which the poet praises or criticizes the city, people, and courtiers, or describes the artisans, their jobs and crafts. This kind of poetry divided into two categories, i.e. vocational and urban, has much benefit sociologically, due to including technical words and terms, as well as historically, politically, economically, and socially. Also, the vocational ones have educational features. Those written for describing jobs are stanza and quatrain, and those praising or criticizing a city are often in the form of elegy or couplet. âShahrashubâ can be found in Urdu, Arabic, and Turkish as well as Persian. However, in answering from what nation it is originated, it should be noted that professor Gibb, in his book âTurkish History of Literatureâ named this type of poetry as one of the Osmaniansâ inventions, but Edward Brown, unlike unaware of Masud Saâdâs Shahrashubs in the 5th century, doubted about Gibbâs assumption. Regarding the Urdu poets, the author of âKhorasani Style in Persian Poemâ affected by âArgumentsâ by Seyed Abdollah attributes the first Shahrashub to the Lahuri poet in India; however, providing some earlier documents and reasons, the author of âShahrashub in Persian Poemâ rejected Mahjubâs claim and knows it undoubtedly as one of the Iraniansâ inventions.The literature shows the first Shahrashubs by Masud Saâd in Persian; Muhammad Jaâfar Mahjub published an article titled âShahrashubâ in the book âWeekâ, in 1963, and attributed the oldest Shahrashub to Masud Saâd. After that, Golchin Maâani in his book âShahrashub in Persianâ (1966) introduced Masud Saâd as the inventor of this style. After them, other researchers and writers studying the works by Mahjub and Golchin named Masud Saâd as the oldest poets composing Shahrashub; some of them are mentioned here based on the chronology: (Dehkhoda: Shahrashub), (Masaheb: Shahrashub), âSilent Mountainâ (Nourian, 1985: 6), âLiterary Genresâ (Shamisa, 1990: 229), the article âA Review on Shahrashub by Lesani Shiraziâ (Shahrestani, 1997: 5), âPersian Poem Typesâ (Rastgarfasaee, 2001: 227), the article âThe Value and Significance of Shahrashubâ (Keshavarz Ghasemi, 2007: 37), the article âShahrashubâ (Nosrati Siahmezgi, 2007: 28), âLiterary Fun in Persian Poemâ (Daneshpajuh, 2001: 317), the article âSix Shahrashub Recovered from the 10th Centuryâ (Fazeli, Jahad: 2009: 120), and in the last article seen by the writers, there can be found no change in the previous assumptions (Dadabayov, 2012: 80). Studying the Shahrashubs by Masud Saâd, the writers of this article proved that there existed a background on composing Shahrashub by other poets; in other words, composing 92 stanzas in the form of a novel genre was not â¦â¦ and we could not know Masud Saâd as the inventor of this genre since several years before him, some like Ksaee Maruzi wrote some stanza describing professions: florist, launderer, drawer, and poets (Riyahi, 1996: 79, 87, and 88). Even Rudaki, prior to Kasaee wrote a quatrain describing the businesspeople (Nafisi, 2003: 516). Also, there is a quatrain by Abu Abdollah Muhammad Ibne Musa Faralavi, a contemporary poet to Rudaki, whose one verse is available (Lazar, 1982: 45). Moreover, many research resources studying Shahrashub forms, or Mahasti Ganjeiâs poems mentioned him as the first quatrain-writer in this field, which is rejected in this article due to mentioned evidence.Reference1.     Anvari, M. (1993). Divan, 2 vols., Modarress Razavi (ed.), Tehan: Elmi Farhangi.2.     Brown, E. (1985). Iranian Literary History since Safavi to the Present, 4th vol., Yasemi, R. (Persian), Tehran: Book Foundation 3.     Dadabayov, M. (2012). Seifi Bokharaeiâs Shahrashub and its Characteristics. Persian Letter, no. 60, pp. 79-88.4.     Daneshpajuh, M. (2009). Literary Fun in Persian Poetry, Tehran: Tahuri5.     Dehkhoda, A. A. (1999). Dictionary, 5 vols., Tehran: University Press6.     Fazeli, F., Jahad, L. (2009). Six Recovered Shahrashubs from 10th Century, 14th year. Nos. 48&49, Persian Letter, pp. 114-1267.     Ghasemi, R. (1968). Shahrashub. Instruction, No. 8, pp. 436-4418.     Golchin Maâani, A. (1967). Shahrashub in Persian Poetry, 1st ed., Tehranâ Roâyat9.     Keshavarzghasemi, Z. (2007). Value and Significance of Shahrashub in Iranian Literary History, Vol. 8, No. 4, Development in History Teaching Journal, pp. 35-4010. Khalaf Tabrizi, M.H. (1978). Decisive Logic. Tehran: Amirkabir.11. Lazar, G. (1982). Poems by the Oldest Poets in Persian Language, Tehran: Persian Society of France in Tehran12. Ganjavi, Mahasti (1347). poetical work, Corrected by .Sh. Taheri. Tehran: Ibnsina13. Mahjub, M.J (nd.). Khorasani Style in Persian Poetry, 1st ed., Tehran: Ferdows14. ---------------- (2007). Folk Literarute in Iran, 3rd ed., Tehran: Cheshme Press15. ---------------- (1968. Shahrashub. Week Book, no. 90, pp. 86-10416. Masahab, Gh. H. (1977). Persian Encyclopedia, Tehran: Joint Stock Company of Pocketbooks Cooperated by Franklin Press17. Maud Saâd Salman. (2005). Masud Saâd Salmanâs Divan, Introduction by Yasemi, R. Dedicated by Babaee, P. Tehran: Negah18. Mirsadeqi, M. (1997). Artistic Dictionary, Tehran: Mahnaz19. Moatafa Ibne Abdollah Ghostantatanini Roomi Hanafi known as Haji Roomi. (1992). Kashfo zonun an Asami kotob valfonon, 2nd ed., Lebanon, Beirut: Darolkotob Elmiye20. Nafisi, S. (2003). Rudakiâs Environment, his Life and Poems, Tehran: Amirkabir21. Noorian, M. (1985). Masud saâdâs Divan, Isfahan: Kamal22. Nosrati Siah Mezgi, A. (2007). Shahrashub, No. 1, Letter of Persian Language and Literature Academy. Pp. 28-3323.  Padeshah, M. (1984). Anendraj (Compulsive Persian Dictionary), 6 vols., Tehran: Khayyam24. Rastgarfasaee, M. (2001). Persian Poetry Types, Shiraz: Navid25. Riyahi, M. A. (1996). Kasaee, His Life, Thoughts and Poems, Tehran: Elmi.26. Shahrestani, S. Hassan (1997). A Review on Lesani Shiraziâs âShahrashubâ, Documents Treasures, no. 25-26, summer 1997, pp. 3-6.27. Shamisa, S. (1996). Throat Prisoner, Tehran: Sokhan.28. --------------- (1990). Literary Genres, Tehran: Ferdows.ZarrinKub, A. H. (2002). A Poem with no Lie, a Poem with no Dissension. Tehran: Elmi
Cataglyphis laylae Cedric A. Collingwood & Donat Agosti & Mostafa R. Sharaf & Antonius van Harten 2011, nov. spec.
No full textCataglyphis laylae Collingwood nov. spec. Plates 96–103 Cataglyphis desertorum Forel, 1894, teste Collingwood, 1985; unavailable name according to Agosti (1990). Specimens examined: Holotype: 1 ☿, United Arab Emirates, al-Ain [24°13'N 55°46'E], iii.1995, leg. C.A. Collingwood (MHNG). Paratypes: 3 ☿, al-Ain zoo, 13.iii.2005, CAC. 1 ☿, Remah, 9.iii.1995, CCA. 3 ☿, Remah, resthouse, 250 m, irrigated sand dune [24°10'37"N 55°18'6"E], 18.iii.1995, leg. D. Agosti. 6 ☿, Remah, resthouse, 250 m, irrigated sand dune, nest with one entrance, [24°10'37"N, 55°18'6"E], 18.iii.1995, leg. D. Agosti. 1 ☿, Sharjah Desert Park, 5–6.x.2004, AvH; 1 ☿, 3.iii.2005, CAC. 1 ☿, al- Za'aba, 100 m, sandy soil with Rhaisa stricta [23°43'20"N, 55°33'49"E], 22.iii.1995, leg. D. Agosti. Description: A large worker from al-Ain was selected as holotype. The measurements are as follows: total length 8.40; head width 3.60; head length 4.20; scape length 3.84; funicular segment I 0.40; funicular segment II 0.23; petiole length 1.10; petiole width 0.72. Colour dark reddish brown. There are no exterior hairs on the scapes or hind tibia. The gaster, petiole and propodeum have dorsal hairs. Remarks: This species thought to correspond with C. desertorum has to be described as a new species. In fact it is one of the commonest Cataglyphis in southern Arabia. The main distinguishing feature compared with other dark Cataglyphis is the slender petiole, which has the anterior face more sloped than in other similar species such as C. niger (André, 1882) and C. savignyi (Dufour, 1862). Biology: Cataglyphus laylae nov. spec. does not appear to occur in open sandy desert and is most abundant in disturbed habitats such as man-developed plantations and open cultivated fields. Distribution: This species was recorded by Collingwood (1985) as C. desertorum from Saudi Arabia and Oman and as Cataglyphis spec. by Collingwood & Agosti (1996). Etymology: The new species is named after a village settlement called “Layla”, just north of Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) in the area where the author (CAC) first encountered it in numbers in an Acacia plantation.Published as part of Cedric A. Collingwood, Donat Agosti, Mostafa R. Sharaf & Antonius van Harten, 2011, Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae, pp. 1-70 in Arthropod fauna of the UAE 4 on page 54, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.116858
Digital amplification for pathogen detection in bloodstream infections from whole blood
No full textSensitive and specific detection of bacteria is essential for control and treatment of bloodstream infections. Sepsis, a diagnostic challenge of blood stream infections, causes thousands of deaths each year. The gold standard for detection and identification of microorganisms is blood culture, which can take up to 5 days to yield a diagnosis or a negative result. Molecular diagnostic methods and nucleic acid assays developed to detect pathogens often require enrichment through blood culture prior to DNA extraction. Nonetheless, state of the art diagnostic tests that detect pathogens directly from blood are available with limitations. Increased amount of sample processing and purification is required before detection of pathogens and turnaround time to results can be up to 8 hours. Moreover, the sensitivity and specificity of such assays are broad in range. Thus, there is a need for a rapid detection method that can identify pathogens from whole blood within 1-2 hours, with minimal sample processing and high sensitivity and specificity.
In this work, we demonstrate detection of bacterial pathogens from whole blood through loop mediated isothermal amplification without the steps of DNA purification and extraction. Whole blood with pathogens is dried to tubes, creating separated phases of the cellular debris of blood from the amplification reaction and allowing for separation of background human DNA from target DNA as well as better detection of amplicons that are not masked by red blood cells. We show that this method is robust, having a detection limit of 1 cfu of pathogens in 4uL of whole blood. In preparation of processing higher blood volumes in a digital amplification method, we also show characterization experiments and preliminary results of amplification of pathogens from whole blood on chip.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2021-12-01The student, Ariana Mostafa, accepted the attached license on 2019-12-04 at 05:15.The student, Ariana Mostafa, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2019-12-04 at 05:29.This Thesis was approved for publication on 2019-12-05 at 09:04.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #14686 on 2020-02-28 at 17:23:14Made available in DSpace on 2020-03-02T22:15:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3
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The Egyptian Military in Popular Culture:Context and Critique
No full textThis book examines a key question through the lens of popular culture: Why did the Egyptian people opt to elect in June 2014 a new president (Abdel Fattah al-Sisi), who hails from the military establishment, after toppling a previous military dictator (Hosni Mubarak) with the breakout of the 25 January 2011 Revolution? In order to dissect this question, the author considers the complexity of the relationship between the Egyptian people and their national army, and how popular cultural products play a pivotal role in reinforcing or subverting this relationship. The author takes the reader on a ‘journey’ through crucial historical and political events in Egypt whilst focusing on multi-layered representations of the ‘military figure’ (the military leader, the heroic soldier, the freedom fighter, the conscript, the martyred soldier, and the Intelligence officer) in a wide range of popular works in literature, film, song, TV drama series, and graffiti art. Mostafa argues that the realm of popular culture in Egypt serves as the ‘blood veins’ which feed the nation’s perception of its Armed Forces
The Egyptian Military in Popular Culture:Context and Critique
No full textThis book examines a key question through the lens of popular culture: Why did the Egyptian people opt to elect in June 2014 a new president (Abdel Fattah al-Sisi), who hails from the military establishment, after toppling a previous military dictator (Hosni Mubarak) with the breakout of the 25 January 2011 Revolution? In order to dissect this question, the author considers the complexity of the relationship between the Egyptian people and their national army, and how popular cultural products play a pivotal role in reinforcing or subverting this relationship. The author takes the reader on a ‘journey’ through crucial historical and political events in Egypt whilst focusing on multi-layered representations of the ‘military figure’ (the military leader, the heroic soldier, the freedom fighter, the conscript, the martyred soldier, and the Intelligence officer) in a wide range of popular works in literature, film, song, TV drama series, and graffiti art. Mostafa argues that the realm of popular culture in Egypt serves as the ‘blood veins’ which feed the nation’s perception of its Armed Forces
PStorM: Profile Storage and Matching for Feedback-Based Tuning of MapReduce Jobs
No full textc ○ Mostafa Ead 2012I hereby declare that I am the sole author of this thesis. This is a true copy of the thesis, including any required final revisions, as accepted by my examiners. I understand that my thesis may be made electronically available to the public. The MapReduce programming model has become widely adopted for large scale analytics on big data. MapReduce systems such as Hadoop have many tuning parameters, many of which have a significant impact on performance. The map and reduce functions that make up a MapReduce job are developed using arbitrary programming constructs, which makes them black-box in nature and prevents users from making good parameter tuning decisions for a submitted MapReduce job. Some research projects, such as the Starfish system, aim to provide automatic tuning decisions for input MapReduce jobs. Starfish and similar systems rely on an execution profile of a MapReduce job being tuned, and this profile is assumed to come from a previous execution of the same job. Managing these execution profiles has not been previously studied. This thesis presents PStorM, a profile store that organizes the collected profiling information in a scalable and extensible dat
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