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Abundance from the Desert: Classical Arabic Poetry
(Syracuse University Press, 11-Mar)Abundance from the Desertprovides a comprehensive introduction to classical Arabic poetry, one of the richest of poetic traditions. Covering the period roughly of 500â€"1250 c.e., it features original translations and ... -
Towards IDEs for Physically Challenged Programmers
(11-Mar)Programming is one of the activities that need talent and persistence. Physically challenged people avoid programming jobs and related academic degrees due to lack of tools that accommodate their disabilities. Most ... -
Impact of Introducing Single-Gender Classrooms in Higher Education on Student Achievement Levels A Case Study in Software Engineering Courses in the GCC Region
(11-Oct)Changing from a co-education to a single-gender learning environment could be an opportunity and a challenge to any institute. Software engineering is one of the fields that could be affected by gender-segregation policies. ... -
Samuel Johnson's Attitude Toward Islam: A Study of His Oriental Readings and Writings
(Edwin Mellen Press, 11-Oct)The main focus of this book is to demonstrate how Samuel Johnson's 'Irene, Rasselas' and his other Oriental tales share, with previous Oriental writings, a common focus on Islam, Arabs, their culture, and political systems. ... -
Creation 3-D FE Model of an Osteoporotic Human Femur
(12-Apr)This paper researches the development of a finite element model for a cadaveric human osteoporotic femur. The author is engaged in a study of determining ways of extracting information in vitro from human osteoporotic ... -
Teaching American Style Education in Kuwait
(12-Aug)This presentation is the outcome of a semester-long project in the level two typography course at the American University of Kuwait (AUK) in spring 2012. Using questionnaires, feedback, peer and teacher led critiques, ... -
Discussant and presenter on Iran and the Gulf Security
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Academic Writing with Google Docs
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Solid Modeling and Pre-static Finite Element Modeling of Intact Human Tibia
(13-Apr)This paper presents a standard solid model for human tibia, accounting for the material characteristics of cortical bone, cancellous bone and bone marrow. A CT scan of a cadaveric human tibia was used as the basis of ... -
Irrationality Re-Examined: A Few Comments on the Conjunction Fallacy
(13-May)In this paper, I argue that the probability model used to infer irrationality for the subjects in the famous Linda problem is not appropriate, and I suggest different approaches based on fuzzy reasoning models. My line of ... -
Islamists in Power: the Case of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt
(13-Nov)The article examines the Muslim Brotherhood in power in Egypt, 2012–2013, and how they dealt with the multifaceted challenges. The main argument is that the Brotherhood benefited from their past populist legitimacy to fill ...