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Desiring the east: a comparative study of Middle English romance and modern popular sheikh romance
No full textThis thesis comparatively examines a selection of twenty-first century sheikh romances and Middle English romances from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries that imagine an erotic relationship occurring between east and west. They do so against a background of conflict, articulated in military confrontation and binary religious and ethnic division. The thesis explores the strategies used to facilitate the cross-cultural relationship across such a gulf of difference and considers what a comparison of medieval and modern romance can reveal about attitudes towards otherness in popular romance.
In Chapter 1, I analyse the construction of the east in each genre, investigating how the homogenisation of the romance east in sheikh romance distances it from the geopolitical reality of those parts of the Middle East seen, by the west, to be "other". Chapter 2 examines the articulation of gender identity and the ways in which these romances subvert and reassert binary gender difference to uphold normative heterosexual relations. Chapter 3 considers how ethnic and religious difference is nuanced, in particular through the use of fabric, breaking down the disjunction between east and west. Chapter 4 investigates the way ethnicity, religion and gender affect hierarchies of power in the abduction motif, enabling undesirable aspects of the east to be recast.
The key finding of this thesis is that both romance genres facilitate the cross-cultural erotic relationship by rewriting apparently binary differences of religion and ethnicity to create sameness. While the east is figured differently in Middle English and modern sheikh romance, the strategies they use to facilitate the cross-cultural erotic relationship are similar. The thesis concludes that the constancy of certain attitudes towards the east in both medieval and modern romance reveals a persistence of conservative values in representations of the east in romance
Investigating and learning lessons from early experiences of implementing ePrescribing systems into NHS hospitals:a questionnaire study
No full textePrescribing systems have significant potential to improve the safety and efficiency of healthcare, but they need to be carefully selected and implemented to maximise benefits. Implementations in English hospitals are in the early stages and there is a lack of standards guiding the procurement, functional specifications, and expected benefits. We sought to provide an updated overview of the current picture in relation to implementation of ePrescribing systems, explore existing strategies, and identify early lessons learned
An exploratory study of the challenges of living in American as a Muslim adolescent attending public school:
No full textA qualitative, exploratory study was conducted to investigate the challenges faced by Muslim adolescents who attend public school in America. Participants included four female and six male Muslim adolescents between the ages of 14 and 17, of varying ethnic backgrounds, who currently attend public high schools throughout central New Jersey. Participants were primarily recruited through the Muslim Center of Middlesex County Mosque in Piscataway, NJ. Focus group interviews were conducted separately, among the males and females, where the role of family, peers, and the practice of Islam in the public school setting was explored. Additionally, the study sought to examine the coping strategies and resources utilized by these Muslim teens. An interview with the imam from a local New Jersey mosque was completed to gain further insight on the obstacles faced by Muslim adolescents in America. Analysis of the focus group interviews was completed using the grounded theory approach (Strauss & Corbin, 1997). Although results indicate some similarities to obstacles faced by typical adolescents, such as peer pressure and parental expectations to perform well academically, Muslim teens must contend with a host of other challenges largely due to the ethno-religious backgrounds of these individuals. The role of identity, peers, family, community, and school in relation to the challenges faced by participants are highlighted. More specifically, adherence to Islamic beliefs, experiences in dealing with peers, parental expectations, and the practice of Islam in a post 9/11 era, are revealed. Consistent with other work in this area, participants indicated that access to peers, especially Muslim peers within the community setting, are essential in providing a strong support network for coping with the aforementioned challenges. Other specific themes and commonalities are presented. Implications of these findings are discussed and recommendations are made for parents, school, community members, and clinicians as well as for future research.Psy.DIncludes bibliographical references (p. 91-101)by Maliha F. Sheik
Corrigendum to ‘‘Bio-heat diffusion under local thermal non-equilibrium conditions using dual-phase lag-based Green’s functions” [Int. J. Heat Mass Transf. 113 (2017) 1291–1305]
No full textThe authors regret that Eqs. (A.2a) and (A.2b) are identical in the above referenced article. They are correct below. The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused
Unsaid Words about Persian Works Ascribed to Sheikh Bahaee
No full textIt is evident that Sheikh Bahaee has a number of Persian writings besides his numerous Arabic writings but, as time passed, some works were ascribed to him mistakenly. This article tries to introduce and investigate such ascribed works. The works explored in this study include: Tooti Nameh, Nan va Panir, Nan va Khorma, Mathnavi Sheikh Abulpashm, Manzume dar Taâbire Roya, Mathnavi Romuze Esme Azam and the prose treatise Pande Ahle Danesh va Hoosh be Zabane Gorbeh va Moosh
Variations on the Author
No full text“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
Elm Usool Al-Hadith"Written by: Sheikh Abdul Aziz Salem Al-Samarrai
No full textThere is no doubt that the Asfiyah school, represented by its Sheikh Abdul Aziz Salem Al-Samarrai, is profoundly important to the defining and dissemination of Sharia sciences in the city of Fallujah. Sheikh Abdul Aziz introduced the curriculum of Sharia science. One of those Islamic sciences was the “Basics of Prophetic Hadith” which was a great pillar of Islam. It is the second source of Islam after the Holy Quran. Given the importance of the prophetic Hadith in Islamic life, Sheikh Abdulazeez wrote an introductory book about the “Basics of Prophetic Hadith”. In this study, we review this book and offer new insights into its teachings. This research was divided into two sections. The first one deals with the biography of Sheikh Abdul Aziz. The second section focuses on the contents and teachings of the book. In the conclusion, we present the most important findings of this study.
Keywords: Abdul Aziz Al-Samarrai, Asfiyah, Editing, Hadith Rules
[Newspaper Clipping: Author Claims Evidence of Second JFK Assassin #1]
No full textNewspaper article titled "Author Claims Evidence of Second JFK Assassin." The article states that author Richard J. Whalen concluded "that there is circumstantial evidence to support the theory of a second assassin in the shooting of President John F. Kennedy.
Also By The Same Author: AKTiveAuthor, a Citation Graph Approach to Name Disambiguation
No full textThe desire for definitive data and the semantic web drive for inference over heterogeneous data sources requires co-reference resolution to be performed on those data. In particular, name disambiguation is required to allow accurate publication lists, citation counts and impact measures to be determined. This paper describes a graph-based approach to author disambiguation on large-scale citation networks. Using self-citation, co-authorship and document source analyses, AKTiveAuthor clusters papers, achieving precision of 0.997 and recall of 0.818 over a test group of eight surname clusters
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