186 research outputs found
Saleh A. Mubarak
No full text- In dependent consultant, author, public speaker, and trainer.
- B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in civil engineering, specialized in Construction Management.
- Experience: Over 26 years diversified: Industrial (14 years): private and public sector, in the U.S. and overseas. Positions occupied include project engineer / manager, cost estimator, planner / scheduler, project controls manager, cost manager, training manager. Academic (12 years full-time + 8 years part-time): faculty member / professor, head of department. Taught and created many courses; mostly in the general area of construction project management such as project planning, scheduling, and controls; and cost estimating. Conducted research and published / presented many papers. Also, served on numerous committees and performed a variety community service.
- Extensive experience in continuing education and professional training around the world. Topics are mainly technical but also include many soft skills seminars.
- Numerous presentations in professional conferences such as PMI-College of Scheduling, PMI, AACE International, Primavera Users Conference. Also, a public speaker in many local, regional, and international events.
- An authority on project planning, scheduling, and project control; was part of the PMI team that wrote the first Project Scheduling certification exam in 2007.
- Author of: Construction Project Scheduling and Control (currently 3rd edition) How to Estimate with Means Data: Basic Skills for Building Construction (currently 4th edition) Many articles; technical and other
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Adapting authoritarianism: institutions and co-optation in Egypt and Syria
No full textThis PhD thesis compares Egypt and Syria’s authoritarian political systems. While the tendency in social science political research treats Egypt and Syria as similarly authoritarian, this research emphasizes differences between the two systems with special reference to institutions and co-optation. Rather than reducibly understanding Egypt and Syria as sharing similar histories, institutional arrangements, or ascribing to the oft-repeated convention that “Syria is Egypt but 10 years behind,” this thesis focuses on how events and individual histories shaped each states current institutional strengthens and weaknesses. Specifically, it explains the how varying institutional politicization or de-politicization affects each state’s capabilities for co-opting elite and non-elite individuals.
Beginning with a theoretical framework that considers the limited utility of democratization and transition theoretical approaches, the work underscores the persistence and durability of authoritarianism. Chapter two details the politicized institutional divergence between Egypt and Syria that began in the 1970s. Chapter three and four examines how institutional politicization or de-politicization affects elite and non-elite individual co-optation in Egypt and Syria. Chapter five discusses the study’s general conclusions and theoretical implications.
This thesis’s argument is that Egypt and Syria co-opt elites and non-elites differently because of the varying degrees of institutional politicization in each governance system. Rather than view one country as more politically developed than the other, this work argues that Syria’s political institutions are more politicized than their Egyptian counterparts. Syria’s political arena is, thus, described as politicized-patrimonialism. Syria’s politicized-patrimonial arena produces uneven co-optation of elites and non-elites as they are diffused through competing institutions. Conversely, the Egyptian political arena remains highly personalized as weak institutions and individuals are manipulated and molded according to the president’s ruling clique. This is referred to as personalized-patrimonialism. As a consequence, Egypt’s political establishment demonstrates more flexibility in ad hoc altering and adapting its arena depending on the emergence of crises.
This study’s theoretical implications suggest that, contrary to modernization and democratization theory’s adage that institutions lead to a political development, politicized institutions within a patrimonial order actually hinder regime adaptation because consensus is harder to achieve and maintain. It is within this context that Egypt’s de-politicized institutional framework advantages its top political elite. In this reading of Egyptian and Syrian politics, Egypt’s personalized political arena is more adaptable than Syria’s. These conclusions do not indicate that political reform is a process underway in either state
Aspects of Ethics In Kitāb Al-Wā‘Iz: A Textual Study
No full textThis paper is a textual study of Kitāb Al-wā‘iz which covers a translation (tarjamah) of the entire book and an exegetical study (sharh) of some parts of it that touch ethics and morality. The problem of immorality is rampant among Nigerian Muslims while the book which is, according to the compiler, a source of moral instruction for the people of this land, exists in Arabic language, whereas the lingua-franca of the target audience is English language. The aim of the study was therefore to translate the book, analyze some aspects of it that bother on morality and ethics and exegetically apply them to some contemporary behavioural problems. The objective is to make its lessons reach a larger audience. Using the Qur’an and Sunnah as the major tools to analyze this material, the researcher used both the historical and analytical method in this research which is qualitative and exegetic in nature. After a brief biography of Al-Ilory, a translation of Kitāb Al-wā‘iz and an exegetical analysis of the aimed areas of the book was done in the paper. On the whole, it was found that Kitāb Al-wā‘iz can be regarded as a potential builder of an ideal personality and a model for an ideal society
FROM MARW TO THE THUGHUR: IBN AL-MUBARAK AND THE SHAPING OF A BIOGRAPHICAL TRADITION
No full textThe article focuses on the figure of a renowned Sunni scholar, the muhaddith and mujahid Ibn al-Mubarak (d. 797), author of the Kitab al-Jihad, one of the first work on the issue. His biographical profile is analyzed examining the tendency of the later biographical sources to credit him as one of the founding fathers of Sunni identity and as a model of ethics and behaviour combining zuhd and jihad
PELAKSANAAN LAYANAN INFORMASI DALAM MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN PERENCANAAN KARIR PADA PESERTA DIDIK DI SMK YPI AL MUBARAK LAMPUNG SELATAN
No full textABSTRAK
Penulis menggambil judul “Pelaksanaan Layanan Informasi
Dalam Meningkatkan Kemampuan Perencanaan Karir Pada Peserta
Didik Di SMK YPI AL MUBARAK Lampung Selatan” Adapun
tujuan dari penelitian ini Untuk mengetahui Tingkat Pemahaman
karir peserta didik Kelas XI TKR Di SMK Al MUBARAK Lampung
Selatan. Untuk Mengetahui pelaksanaan layanan informasi dalam
meningatkan kemampuan perencanaan karir pada peserta didik kelas
XI TKR Di SMK YPI AL MUBARAK Lampung Selatan. Untuk
Mengetahui Hambatan dan hasil dari pelaksanaan layanan informasi
dalam meningkatkan kemampuan perencanaan karir pada peserta
didik kelas Di SMK YPI AL MUBARAK Lampung Selatan.. Jenis
penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini merupakan jenis
penelitian kualitatif deskriptif.
Metode Penelitian adalah pendekatan kualitatif,penelitian ini
termasuk kedalam jenis penelitian lapangan( field research) Penelitian
ini menggunakan teknik pengumpulan data berupa wawancara,
observasi dan dokumentasi. Data primer sumber data yang didapat
melalui wawancara dengan guru bimbingan dan konseling mengenai
Pelaksanaan Layanan Informasi Dalam Meningkatkan Kemampuan
Perencanaan Karir Pada Peserta Didik Di SMK YPI AL MUBARAK
Lampung Selatan. Sumber data skunder didapat melalui media
perantara yang dapat berupa dokumentasi dari responden yaitu guru
bimbingan dan konseling di Di SMK YPI AL MUBARAK Lampung
Selatan. Rumusan Masalah dalam penelitian ini adalah: Bagaimana
Tingkat Pemahaman karir peserta didik Kelas XI TKR Di SMK YPI
AL MUBARAK Lampung Selatan? Bagaimana Pelaksanaan Layanan
Informasi dalam meningkatkan kemampuan perencanaan karir pada
peserta didik kelas XI TKR Di SMK YPI AL MUBARAK Lampung
Selatan? Bagaimana Hasil Dari Pelaksanaan Layanan Informasi
Dalam Meningkatkan Kemamuan Perencanaan Karir Pada Peserta
Didik Kelas XI TKR Di SMK YPI AL MUBARAK Lampung
Selatan?
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Berdasarkan hasil penelitian yang telah dilakukan: Gambaran
Tingkat pemahaman karir peserta didik Kelas XI TKR Di SMK YPI
AL MUBARAK Lampung Selatan Dri 15 peserts didik, terdapat 5
peserta didik yang belum meimiliki pemahaman karir. Pada 5 peserta
didik oleh Guru BK yang belum memiliki pemahaman karir,
kemudian diberikan bimbingan, dan dapat dikatakan berhasil dengan
bukti masing-masing peserta didik sudah mampu memahami
permasalahan yang dihadapi dan penyelesaiannya masalah yang
dihadapi. Maka dapat dikatakan layanan informasi dalam pelaksanaan
bimbingan kelompok berhasil. Pelaksanaan Layanan Informasi Dalam
Meningkatkan Kemampuan Perencanaan Karir Pada Peserta Didik
kelas XI TKR Di SMK YPI AL MUBARAK Lampung Selatan yang
dilaksanakan oleh guru BK ada tahapan-tahapan yang dilakukan yaitu
tahap awal (pembukaan), tahap inti (pertengahan), tahap akhir
(pengakhiran). Hambatan Dan Hasil Dari Pelaksanaan Layanan
Informasi Dalam Meningkatkan Kemamuan Perencanaan Karir Pada
Peserta Didik kelas XI TKR Di SMK YPI AL MUBARAK Lampung
Selatan, yaitu Minimnya sarana dan prasarana sekolah dalam
mendukung kinerja bk, Mengidentifikasi kebutuhan materi peserta
didik, Kurangnya minat siswa dalam memenfaatkan layanan bk.
Kata kunci: Layanan Informasi, Perencanaan Karir
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ABSTRACT
The author took the title "Implementation of Information
Services in Improving Career Planning Skills for Students at SMK YPI
AL MUBARAK South Lampung." The purpose of this study was to
determine the level of career understanding of students in Class XI
TKR at SMK Al MUBARAK, South Lampung. To find out the
implementation of information services in improving career planning
skills in class XI TKR students at YPI AL MUBARAK Vocational
School, South Lampung. To find out the barriers and results of the
implementation of information services in improving career planning
skills in class students at SMK YPI AL MUBARAK, South Lampung.
The type of research used in this study is a descriptive qualitative
research type.
The research method is a qualitative approach, this research is
included in the type of field research. This research uses data
collection techniques in the form of interviews, observation and
documentation. Primary data sources of data obtained through
interviews with guidance and counseling teachers regarding the
Implementation of Information Services in Improving Career
Planning Skills for Students at SMK YPI AL MUBARAK, South
Lampung. Secondary data sources are obtained through intermediary
media which can be in the form of documentation from respondents,
namely guidance and counseling teachers at SMK YPI AL
MUBARAK, South Lampung. The formulation of the problem in this
study is: How is the level of career understanding of students in Class
XI TKR at YPI AL MUBARAK Vocational School, South Lampung?
How is the implementation of information services in improving
career planning skills in class XI TKR students at YPI AL MUBARAK
Vocational School, South Lampung? What are the results of the
implementation of information services in improving career planning
skills in class XI TKR students at YPI AL MUBARAK Vocational
School, South Lampung?
Based on the results of research that has been carried out:
Description of the level of career understanding of students in Class
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XI TKR At SMK YPI AL MUBARAK, South Lampung, of 15 students,
there are 5 students who do not have a career understanding. In 5
students by the BK teacher who did not have a career understanding,
then they were given guidance, and it can be said to be successful with
evidence that each student was able to understand the problems they
faced and solve the problems they faced. So it can be said that
information services in the implementation of group guidance are
successful. Implementation of Information Services in Improving
Career Planning Ability in Class XI TKR Students At SMK YPI AL
MUBARAK South Lampung carried out by BK teachers there are
stages that are carried out, namely the initial stage (opening), the
core stage (mid), the final stage (termination) . Barriers and Results
of the Implementation of Information Services in Improving Career
Planning Skills for Class XI TKR Students at SMK YPI AL MUBARAK
South Lampung, namely the lack of school facilities and infrastructure
in supporting the performance of BK, Identifying the material needs of
students, Lack of student interest in utilizing BK services .
Keywords: Information Services, Career Plannin
Exacerbation of an undiagnosed pre-existing lupus nephritis following an inactivated COVID-19 vaccination
No full textImplication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: There are reports of various renal complications following the administration of different types of COVID-19 vaccines. Further studies are required to investigate the associations and underlying pathogeneses. Please cite this paper as: Hassanzadeh S, Mubarak M, Akhavan Sepahi M, Nasri H. Exacerbation of an undiagnosed pre-existing lupus nephritis following an inactivated COVID-19 vaccination. J Nephropharmacol. 2022;11(1):e02. DOI: 10.34172/npj.2022.02. © 2022 The Author(s); Published by Society of Diabetic Nephropathy Prevention
Modern Arabic literary biography : a study of character portrayal in the works of Egyptian biographers of the first half of the twentieth century, with special reference to literary biography
No full textIn Chapter one, I presented a comparative definition of the meaning of Sirah (PI.Siyar), Tarjamah (Pl. Tarajim), Manaqib, Tabaqat and Maghazi as they were understood in antiquity. I also showed how the meaning of Sirah in modern times has only narrowly developed. Although the method of biographical writing continuously developed in Europe, it hardly progressed in Modem Arabic Literature. The only exception was seen in the writings by the pioneers of enlightenment in Egypt at the beginning of the twentieth century. This change of direction relied on borrowing European methodology in biographical writing.
In chapter two, I reviewed the early attempts at writing biographies in the nineteenth century by Abd al Rahman al- Jabarti and Ali Mubarak. Although both were the first
pioneers in this respect, yet they followed the footpath of classical approach above all that of al-Maqarizi from whom -Ali Mubarak derived inspiration in his book Al-Khitat al-Tawfiqiyyah.
In chapter three, I studied the twentieth century, starting with traditional biography writers who could not employ European methodologies and whose writings oscillated between biographical notes and biographical sketches; or whose texts were more of a literary study than a biography proper.
In chapters four to nine, I selected the most renowned, productive writers who best represented methodologies of biography writing. Perhaps certain writers have not
been mentioned in this period of study. This is not out of negligence but simply because their texts were totally out of reach, or their writings did not exhibit the
required literary criteria.
All methodologies representing the theory of biography writing in Egypt have been analysed in these chapters. All, in fact, form a digestion or assimilation of French,English and German schools. In Egypt, Taha Husayn is considered the chairman of the French school, al-Mazini and al-Aqqad of the English/German schools, al-Nuwaihi of the psychoanalytical/anatomical school and Sidqi who employed both. By contrast, al Iryan was the trailblazer of the distinguished biographical novel.
In these chapters, I tried to lay out the general outlines these writers have produced in the production of biographical texts, and how these attempts were a successful step on the road of presenting literary biographies characterized by high world standards.
Chapter ten may well seem traditional, but it is important to give a comparative outlook on the views of biography writers themselves when they study and analyse
the same character.
Among the characters studied ,I selected Bashsliar, Abu Nuwas, Ibn al-Run-i, al-Mutanabbi and al-Maarri. These are outstanding landmarks in the history of Arab verse and the subject of a multitude of studies as well. Modern biographers took these figures as a test field for the deployment and employment of biographical methodologies. I selected these examples to provide comparisons and explain how far these biographies were successful in producing a biography or a profile of those classical poets.
The conclusion and the bibliographical list arrived at the end of research.
I wish, however, to clarify one important point here. It seems that I could not fix the year 1950 as the temporal parameter of my research but took some textswhich were
published shortly beyond that point. The reason for this obvious extension was either to give additional useful details or simply because chapters of such texts had already
been published prior to that year and were known to the readership.
At times I would satisfy myself with analysing the part rather than the whole. This again was meant to eschew repetition or was due to the fact that the book in question
was not available
Control of anti-apoptotic and antioxidant pathways in neural cells
No full textOxidative stress is a feature of many chronic neurodegenerative diseases as well as a
contributing factor in acute disorders including stroke. Fork head class of
transcription factors (Foxos) play a key role in promoting oxidative stress-induced
apoptosis in neurons through the upregulation of a number of pro-apoptotic genes.
Here I demonstrate that synaptic NMDA receptor activity not only promotes Foxos
nuclear exclusion but also suppresses the expression of Foxo1 in a PI3K-dependent
fashion. I also found that Foxo1 is in fact, a Foxo target gene and that it is subject to
a feed-forward inhibition by synaptic activity, which is thought to result in longerterm
suppression of Foxo downstream gene expression than previously thought. The
nuclear factor (erythroid 2-related) factor 2 (Nrf2) is another transcription factor
involved in oxidative stress and the key regulator of many genes, whose products
form important intrinsic antioxidant systems. In the CNS, artificial activation of Nrf2
in astrocytes has been shown to protect nearby neurons from oxidative insults.
However, the extent to which Nrf2 in astrocytes could respond to endogenous signals
such as mild oxidative stress is less clear. The data presented herein, demonstrate for
the first time that endogenous Nrf2 could be activated by mild oxidative stress and
that this activation is restricted to astrocytes. Contrary to the established dogma, I
found that mild oxidative stress induces the astrocytic Nrf2 pathway in a manner
distinct from the classical Keap1 antagonism employed by prototypical Nrf2
inducers. The mechanism was found to involve direct regulation of Nrf2's
transactivation properties. Overall these results advance our knowledge of the
molecular mechanism(s) associated with the control of endogenous antioxidant
defences by physiological signals
Muslim’s Participation in Non-Muslim Burial Rites: The Position of Islam
No full textConsidering the modern realities and the need to promote interfaith relations, which would in turn engender peaceful coexistence among people of various faiths, tribes, and cultures, this paper explored the permissibility of Muslims participating in funeral rites of a non-Muslim without compromising the fundamental Islamic principles, most especially as clearly spelt out in the Qur’an and Sunnah. Some of these non-Muslim burial rites, inter alia, are filing past a dead non-Muslim lying in state, following the corpse to the cemetery, entering the church, etc. The paper scrutinized the article previously released by the lead author as the Head of the Da\u27wah Office and Chief Missioner of Nasrul-Lahi-l-fatih Society (NASFAT), employing qualitative methods (textual analysis) and MIA (Meaning, Implication, and Application) analysis traced to Sheikh Ahmad Lemu (RA) to analyse key relevant texts. The findings show that, apart from the clear textual prohibition of praying for a dead non-Muslim, there is no clear evidence against other rites, rather there are hadiths permitting some aspects such as following the corpse following the corpse to the grave yard, burying the body and paying condolences visit to the family. In conclusion, while the Islamic principles of fostering family, neighborhood and societal harmony permits Muslims to participates in certain aspects of Christian burial rites, a Muslim must not transgress to the prohibited acts such as praying for or on the corpse
STUDI NASKAH FIKIH MELAYU (RISALAH IS’AF AL RAGHIBIN FI ‘ILMI AL FARAIDH) KARYA JAD AHMAD MUBARAK
No full textJad Ahmad Mubarak is a title that was deliberately chosen by the composer of Risalah Is'af al Raghibin fi ‘Ilmi al Faraidh. The name is indeed not found in any one site, but the teacher and caretaker of Al Mursyidul Amin Islamic Boarding School has experience and deep understanding on Fiqh Mawarits. This handwritten work is not widely known by the Banjar Muslim community. So, this paper discusses the "perwajahan(faces)" and characteristics of this work. In fact, the work on the science of faraidh has raised opinions regarding "the meaning of parallels between men and women in the context of the ashobah". The other findings are the composition of his writing contains a number of chapters consisting of 41 shahifahs. Every description is preceded by Arabic poetry, although not entirely translated into Malay Arabic. As part of the contents of the book, the author also added his discussion about Jadwal al Hujbi. The content has a complete material content like the book of Faraidh, all of which are presented in illustrative examples of each case.Jad Ahmad Mubarak merupakan gelar yang sengaja dipilih oleh penyusun Risalah Is’af al Raghibin fi ‘Ilmi al Faraidh. Namanya memang tidak dijumpai dalam satu situs sekalipun, namun pengajar dan pengasuh Pondok Pesantren Al Mursyidul Amin ini memiliki pengalaman dan pemahaman yang dalam mengenai fikih mawarits. Karya dengan tulisan tangan ini, tidak banyak diketahui oleh masyarakat Muslim Banjar. Tulisan ini membahas “perwajahan” dan karakteristik risalah ini. Risalah tentang ilmu faraidh ini telah memunculkan pendapat terkait “makna kesejajaran antara laki-laki dan perempuan dalam konteks ashobah”. Adapun temuan lainnya adalah komposisi tulisannya memuat sejumlah bab yang terdiri 41 shahifah. Setiap uraian didahului dengan syair-syair berbahasa Arab, meskipun tidak seluruhnya diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa Arab Melayu. Sebagai kelengkapan isi Risalah, pengarangnya juga menambahkan bahasannya mengenai Jadwal al Hujbi. Muatan materi yang lengkap layaknya kitab faraidh, semuanya disajikan dengan illustrasi contoh-contoh setiap kasus
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