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Introduction to Email Interviews on Current Challenges Facing the Arab Women’s Movements
Authors: Sayigh Rosemary
Published: March 2020

The idea for this section arose from the realization that the historical evaluationstudies at the front of the issue needed some counterbalancing appraisal of thepresent.
Women @ Internet: Creating New Cultures in Cyberspace
Authors: Tabari Samia
Published: March 2020

Edited by Wendy Harcourt (London, Zed Books, 2000).
A “Hollywood” Fancy
Authors: Aghacy Samira
Published: March 2020

In an “Interview” with Michael Bacos on March 24, 2002, the Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury was asked an interesting question: since Lebanese writers no longer have the benefit of a major event, the civil war, to inspire them, what are the issues they are writing about in Post-war Lebanon? Khoury’s answer to this was that Lebanese writers are writing novels and are trying, through them, to express their lives1, a rather general answer to a question that, in my opinion, needs more in-depth study.
Visit to Australia
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

IWSAW Director Mona Chemali Khalaf attended a conference in Australia where she presented a paper on “The Status and Plight of Women and Youth in the LebaneseSociety.”
Orientalism and Representation of Muslim Women as “Sexual Objects”
Authors: Simons Hazel
Published: March 2020

Edward Said’s book Orientalism paved the way for a new discourse on the Colonial and Western interpretations of the Orient and the Middle East. During the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries especially, Europeans visiting the “East” recorded their travels in literary texts, autobiographical writing, paintings and photography. Said suggests that within these works, the creators transposed their own ideas and pre-conceptions of the East, thus creating and mythologizing a view that belonged not to reality, but to a colonial concept representing domination. Many of these Orientalist works project an image of the East as different, the “Other”, and objectify and scrutinize all its elements.
Reflections on the impact of Education on Marriage
Authors: El-Hajj Maysa
Published: March 2020

In the past twenty years or so, enrollment of high school graduates of both sexes in colleges and graduate studies has taken place at an unprecedented rate in Lebanon, particularly in the capital to the extent that it has been taken for granted that the only normal thing to do after the Baccalaureate, is to go to university. At the same time, like previous generations, educated men and women are expected to marry and spend their adulthood in families of their own.
No Comment
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

No Comment
Conference Report
Authors: Naaman Aida
Published: March 2020

On Junel3, 2001 I arrived in San Francisco to attend the 125th American Library Association Annual Conference. I was the only Lebanese librarian and the only woman librarian from the Arab countries.
Dunyazad
Authors: Hamdar Abir
Published: March 2020

By May TelmissanyTranslator: Roger AllenEng. Translation 2000 Saqi Books
The Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World: Academic Research and Community Action
Authors: Aghacy Samira
Published: March 2020

The Middle East is at the moment one of the areas where women's studies are expanding, and women'sorganizations are increasing at a fast rate. Over the past three decades or so, an impressive number of women's organizations have appeared on the public arena. With the emergence of civil rights movements in the Arab world in the 1980's and the rise of the Islamic revivalist movements since the mid-1980's, a new phase in feminist thought and practice began to take shape.
Reception in Honor of Anissa Najjar
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Anissa Najar, founder and president of the Village and Welfare Society.
Focus: Women's Centers
Authors: Sfeir Myriam
Published: March 2020

Focus: Women's Centers
Images of Women in the United Arab Emirates Mass Media
Authors: Al-Dahery Amina Khamiz
Published: March 2020

Women of the UAE are rarely represented in the media except on some occasions such as the celebration of National Day. Few programs are aired on TV. and even fewer pages cover women's issues in the press though, educated UAE women are interviewed in the mass media for propaganda purposes. The general absence of women from television and the media can be attributed to the fact that the UAE mass media import almost all their programs, and that social traditions preventwomen from making appearances in the mass media.
Memoirs of Grandma Kamal
Authors: Hamdar Abir
Published: March 2020

By Kamal Abu ChaarBeirut: World Book Publishing, 1999
Quote/Unquote
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Following the film industry's global trend toward privatization, corporate ideologies, and populist aesthetics, women film makers today mostly have to strive towards the production of 'big-budget films' suitable for international audiences and the demands of the free market.
Loulwa Abdel Baki: Fashion Designer
Authors: Baqui Loulwa Abdel
Published: March 2020

Born in 1965, in Beirut, originally from Ain Bal [Shouf]; currently living in Beirut; recorded in her workshop. Language: colloquial/educated Arabic; with some English and French
Bushra Haffar: State Employee, Ministry of Tourism
Authors: Haffar Bushra
Published: March 2020

Born in 1938, in Tripoli, currently living in Beirut; recorded in her office in the Ministry, Language.' English.
Nada Moghaizel Nasr: Writer, Educator
Authors: Nasr Nada Moghaizel
Published: March 2020

Born in 1955, in Beirut; currently living in Beirut; recorded in her office. Language: educated/Colloquial Arabic, with some French
Esther Qamar: Women's Movement Activist
Authors: Qamar Esther
Published: March 2020

Born in 1919, in Argentine; father originally from Bishmizzine, mother Spanish; currently Living in Beirut; recorded at home. Language: Arabic, very elegant andcorrect, no foreign admixture
From The International Secretariat Of Amnesty International
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

International Women's Day -50 Years of Women's Rights?
Women and Men Home-Based Workers in the Informal Sector in the West Bank Textile Industry
Authors: Hindiyeh-Mani Suha
Published: March 2020

This article is a shortened version of a research project conducted in 1995 on "Women and Men in the Informal Sector in the West Bank: Home-Based Workers in the Textile Industry". The central thesis examined was "that both men and women could probably meet their livelihood needs in case of temporary unemployment through subcontracting".
Jewelry is a Language by Itself
Authors: Arshaid Ghiya
Published: March 2020

When I started this workshop in 1991, I had no intention of turning it into a serious profession, it was a mere hobby," says Mrs. May Rishani. "As time went by, I became more involved and decided to teach myself the profession.
The Arab Woman's Legal Situation and CEDAW
Authors: Banani Farida
Published: March 2020

Through signing CEDAW, the international community acknowledged woman's dignity and recognized her rights. In the name of Islam, however, many Arab countries refrained from signing CEDAW, and even those countries which signed it attached to it a number of reservations. In the name of Islam, the principle of equality between men and women in regard to civil, economic and social rights is considered a western and foreign import. This supposed incompatibility lead Dr. Banani to present a comparison between the present legal status of the Arab woman and the status to which CEDAW ideally aims.
Civil Marriage ... Between Fiction and Reality
Authors: Nourredine Rima
Published: March 2020

The question that will be dealt with in this article is whether the Lebanese law of personal status coincides with the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women, or whether it emphasizes oppression and discrimination? This article sheds light on the issue of civil marriage, its implications and how it is perceived and dealt with in the Lebanese society.
Nawal AI-Saadawi: Renowned Egyptian Feminist
Authors: Sfeir Myriam
Published: March 2020

I met Dr. Nawal Al-Saadawi and her husband Dr. Sherif Hetata on their last visit to Beirut. I never expected my interview to be so informal and unconventional. It was more like a group discussion' in which we exchanged ideas, and debated many themes such as femininity, masculity, sexuality, virginity, circumcision, love, marriage, freedom, etc. The article is a summary of what we talked about.
A Conference Report: With Wisdom, Wit, and Resistance Women Weave a New Europe
Authors: Ghosn Irma
Published: March 2020

More than a hundred women from 27 countries in Europe and the Middle East gathered for the Third European Summer Academy in the Protestant Study Center in Boldern, Switzerland. From August 9 to 16, 1997, the group explored new ways to a more harmonious, just, interreligious and intercultural living in Europe. The theme, 'Striving for Community: With Wisdom, Wit and Resistance Women Weave a New Europe', pursued the Summer Academy goal of building a more peaceful world.
Female Labor Force In Lebanon
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

FEMALE LABOR FORCE IN LEBANON
A Special Study: Women's Labor and Tobacco Production in Lebanon
Authors: Atallah Samira A.
Published: March 2020

Since 1970, the United Nations International Year for Women, there has been a growing sense of the value of women's work both in the formal and informal sectors, and its significance to the international market and the larger economic system.
Mai Yamani: A Saudi Arabian Anthropologist
Authors: Sfeir Myriam
Published: March 2020

hile in England I had the chance to meet Dr. Mai Yamani, a social anthropologist and editor of the Feminism and Islam. Dr. Yamani and I decided to meet in a hotel in Knightsbridge. Given that I had never met her before we started exchanging hints as to how we were going to recognize each other. She told me that she was apetite with dark hair and explained that she looked very Arab. I had difficulty recognizing her at first for I expected her to be much older. After chatting for a while I started my interview.
Let's Fight For the Chance
Authors: Naimih Nassib
Published: March 2020

What is a man, and what is a woman? What makes a man a man, and what makes a woman a woman? The question could be also reversed. What makes a man not a man, and what makes a woman not a woman? One often wonders if there are any clear cut answers to these questions.
Quote/Unquote
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Women's Rights Group Lobbies for First Woman Secretary General at the UN
Healing versus Hypocrisy: Rehabilitation of Prostitutes in Lebanon
Authors: Ismail Ghena
Published: March 2020

Ever since I was a child. I felt I was a stranger in the family. Why. I don't know. Ali i know is that I didn't feel comfortable. and at the age of ten I found myself running away from the house. Unfortunately. though, my parents always managed to find me and bring me back home."
Let's Talk About Sexuality
Authors: Ismail Ghena
Published: March 2020

On March 22, 1996 the Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World hosted a lecture about sexuality by Dr. Marie-Therese Khair Badawi, a c linical psychologist, professor of psychology at St. Joseph University, and author of a book about the repressed desire and sexual life of Lebanese women.
Brigitte Khair-Keirouz, Environmentali st and Feminist
Authors: Jeha Rima
Published: March 2020

The only common ground uniting all Lebanese people, regardless of their confessional membership or political ideology, is the environment. It is the verybasis of our li ves, yet not enough is being done to protect and preserve it." So asserts Brigitte Kheir Keirouz, a young environmental activist who now serves as the Lebanese National Coordinator for LIFE (Local Initiative Facility for UrbanEnvironment), a project of the United Nations Development Program. Keirouz, a dynamic young woman who hails from the north of Lebanon, holds two degrees from the American University of Beirut (a BS in Nutrition and Dietetics and aMasters in Public Health).
Cantate pour L'Oiseau Mort
Authors: Amyuni Mona Takkiedine
Published: March 2020

A Novel in French by Claire GebeyJi(Paris: L'Harmattan, 1996)
"The World is in Need of Women's Qualities and Skills" - An Interview with Mona Khauli
Authors: King-Irani Laurie
Published: March 2020

"The World is in Need of Women's Qualities and Skills" - An Interview with Mona Khauli
''We are all responsible for what happened to Lebanon" - An Interview with Claire Gebeyli
Authors: Tarnowski Wafa Stephan
Published: March 2020

''We are all responsible for what happened to Lebanon" - An Interview with Claire Gebeyli
Palestinian Women in Post-War Lebanon
Authors: Ayyoub Maha
Published: March 2020

In 1994, a round-table discussion was held with leading Palestinian women activists in Lebanon to discuss current pressing development issues confronting the Palestinians in Lebanon, particularly women. Since the beginning of this century,political issues have been at the center of Palestinian communallife. This is especially true now, as the neglect of social, educational, medical and economic services for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon approaches a crisis point. For Palestinian women, this struggle has become increasingly frustrating andexhausting. In order to understand what these women have to cope with, one needs to briefly review the history of their situation.
The Women's Tribunal
Authors: Osseiran Hania
Published: March 2020

A revolutionary and innovative event, heralding significant changes in contemporary Arab society and culture, took place in Beirut in late June. El-Taller, an international NGO movement, in cooperation with Secours Populaire Libanais, organized a Women's Tribunal at the Carlton Hotel under the patronage ofLebanon's First Lady,
Coucher de soleil sur la route de Yarze
Authors: Amyuni Rima
Published: March 2020

Coucher de soleil sur la route de Yarze
Empowerment of Women Through Education and Training
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Enpowerment Through Education is the first in a series of lectures that addresses empowennent of women in Lebanon and the Arab World. The series consist of informal discussions between audience and panelists who are specialists in their field. Future panels will discuss empowerment through the law. through history. through work, and through the media. The panelists of Empowerment Through Education were Drs. Julinda Abu Nasr, Director of IWSAW; Huda Abdo, Chairperson of the Education Department, and Paul Tabar, Chairperson of the Social Science Division, both at the Lebanese American University (Formerly BUC).
Women and Education in Lebanon
Authors: Khalaf Mona
Published: March 2020

Women access to education has not been an issue in Lebanon. Literature on the subject indicates that as far back as the end of the nineteenth century, girls have been given the same educational opportunities as boys. According to Toufic Touma, there were 142 schools in the Mutassaritya of Mount Lebanon and the coastal cities - run essentially by missionaries and Lebanese monks - half of which were girls' schools.
Stories from the Field
Authors: Esim Simel
Published: March 2020

The six stories reported by Carole Kerbage and Omar Said are spread across a wide range of experiences from the world of work in Lebanon and shed light on widespread and fundamental problems of gender stereotyping, worker-life balance, gender wage gap, gender based discrimination, and overlapping discriminations based on gender and disability. The stories were originally prepared for a Sub-Regional Initiative of the ILO on Promoting Gender Equality in the World of Work in Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan.
The Elimination of Violence Against Women
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

The Elimination of Violence Against Women
Calendar Of Activities
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Calendar Of  Activities
Beirut Fragments
Authors: Makdisi Jean Said
Published: March 2020

ow can I write about Beirut? How can I collect it all into onevolume: the years of pain; of watching a world collapse whiletrying to stave off that collapse; the layers of memories andhopes, of tragedy and even sometimes comedy, of violence and kindness, of courage and fear? Above all, how can I express my strange love for this mutilated city; how to explain, both to myself and to others, the lingering magic of the place that has kept me and so many others clinging to its wreckage, refusing to let go, refusing to abandon it?
Arab Women and the Environment
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Arab Women and the Environment
Sudan: The Effect of Sudanese Women's Activities on the Environment
Authors: Muhammad Saleh Amira Awad
Published: March 2020

Sudan is one of the biggest countries of Africa with an area of 2.5 million Sq. Kilometers (965,250 Sq. Miles). It borders Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Zaire, Central Africa, Tchad, Libya and Egypt from the North, and the Red Sea from the East. According to the 1993 statistics, the population of Sudan is 26 million, of which 25 percent are urban dwellers and 75 percent live in rural areas, and its population growth is 2.9 percent.
Syria: The Role of Women in Development Projects in the Syrian Arab Republic
Authors: Haidar Mounira
Published: March 2020

The Role of Women in Development Projects in The Syrian Arab Republic
Familism!
Authors: Abul-Husn Randa
Published: March 2020

Women's liberation versus familism is a subject for debate in traditional countries notably in the Arab world. Its implications refer to the private/public dichotomy, where women's power. concentration is in the private/family and men's in the public/society sphere. Almost always, arguments defending the family are used against calls for women's participation in the public sphere.
From the Winner of the Franco-Arab Book Award, 1993. Evelyne Accad's "Blessures Des Mots" (Wounds of Words)
Authors: Ghurayyib Rose
Published: March 2020

Evelyne Accad Blessures des Mots, Journal de Tunisie, Indigo, Collection Premices, Cote Femmes Edition, Paris 1993.
Women, Family and Human Rights
Authors: American University Lebanese
Published: March 2020

Women, Family and Human Rights
De la retórica de la competitividad a la economía tutelada:
Authors: Redacción Consejo de
Published: March 2020

no es la primera vez que hacemos balance de la política económica de un gobierno al ﬁnal de una legislatura. Esta que acaba en noviembre de 2011 ha tenido muchos elementos de continuidad con las anteriores, así como un persistente deterioro de las expectativas del Gobierno para proponer una política económica aceptable en su etapa ﬁnal. España ha visto cómo era tutelada su economía, aunque sin llegar a una intervención externa de la misma. Ciertamente, la política económica en un Estado perteneciente a la zona euro está muy limitada por la soberanía cedida; por otra, una economía como la española, que es muy abierta en sus relaciones con el exterior, tiene más diﬁcultades para llevar adelante una política económica autónoma y vigorosa. En la agenda del nuevo Gobierno estará sin duda administrar la reforma constitucional del pasado verano que ha consagrado el principio de estabilidad presupuestaria, pero que no puede convertirse en un pretexto para desestabilizar el sistema económico constitucional. Este equilibrio no sólo va a exigir un renovado consenso constitucional, sino una nueva gobernanza económica en el contexto global. Ésta es la apuesta de nuestro editorial.
Medida objetiva de la riqueza en Europa
Authors: Fedriani Martel Eugenio M. , Sánchez Sánchez Ana María
Published: March 2020

La medición de la riqueza de una nación en un período de tiempo es un problema difícil de resolver desde el punto de vista estadístico, tanto por la habitual irregularidad de los datos disponibles como por la propia subjetividad del concepto de riqueza en sentido amplio. En este artículo se propone una técnica matemática basada en un par de conceptos sencillos y que permite resolver parcialmente el problema planteado. Pese a su simplicidad, el método es bastante visual, suﬁcientemente preciso y extraordinariamente versátil. En concreto, se puede utilizar con series de datos irregularmente espaciadas en el tiempo y hasta permite comparar unidades de análisis en los que se cuenta con datos no simultáneos. Se aplica al análisis de la riqueza en los países de Europa, con especial atención al período 1998–2009, y se comprueba que los resultados son razonablemente precisos, teniendo en cuenta los datos de los que se partía.
"Implicaciones de la economía sumergida en España"
Authors: López Martín Mª del Carmen
Published: March 2020

Recensión de la obra de: ANGHEL, B. Y VÁZQUEZ VEGA, P., ARGANDOÑA RÁMIZ, A., FERNÁNDEZ DÍAZ, A., HURTADO JORDÁ, J., LABEAGA AZCONA, J. M., LIZCANO ÁLVAREZ, J., MOYANO JURADO, C., PELÁEZ MARTOS, J. M., SERRANO SANZ, J. M., SOLÉ I PUIG, C. (2010), Implicaciones de la economía sumergida en España. Madrid, Editorial Círculo de Empresarios, 273 pp.
"Repertorio de de Moral Económica (1536. 1670) La Escuela de Salamanca y su proyección"
Authors: Gómez Camacho Francisco
Published: March 2020

Reseña de la obra de: BARRIENTOS GARCÍA, J. (2011) Repertorio de de Moral Económica (1536. 1670) La Escuela de Salamanca y su proyección, Pamplona, Universidad de Navarra (EUNSA).
"El declive de la socialdemocracia"
Authors: Romero Rodríguez, S.I. José Juan
Published: March 2020

Reseña de la obra de: SEVILLA, José V. (2011) El declive de la socialdemocracia, Barcelona, RBA, 510 pp.
Aberrant expression of placental-like alkaline phosphatase in chronic myeloid leukemia cells in vitro and its modulation by vitamin E
Authors: Shvachko L.P. , Zavelevich M.P. , Gluzman D.F. , Telegeev G.D.
Published: March 2020

Summary. Placental-like alkaline phosphatase (PLAP) is expressed by many tumors and can be detected in sera of patients with various cancers. Its aberrant expression has been considered to be potentially useful as tumor marker. However, the biological background of the role of this aberrant alkaline phosphatase (AP) in cancer is still unclear. The expression of various forms of AP in cells of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) has not yet been studied. Aim: To analyze the expression patterns of various AP forms in cells originated from CML patients in blast crisis and to modify their expression by vitamin E. Materials and Methods: RNA extracted from leukemic cells was converted to cDNA and real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction was performed using SYBR Green protocol with primers to tissue non-specific alkaline phosphatase (TNAP), intestinal alkaline phosphatase and CCAAT-enhancer-binding proteins alpha (C/EBPα). To analyze the modulation of expression of APs and C/EBPα, CML cells were incubated with 100 µM vitamin E. Results: We have observed the aberrant expression of mRNA intestinal alkaline phosphatase in CML cells that upon sequencing demonstrated the significant alignment with PLAP sequence while no gene homology with tissue placental alkaline phosphatase (PAP) was revealed. Vitamin E decreases mRNA PLAP expression and increases mRNA TNAP expression. Moreover, along with down-regulation of aberrant PLAP and up-regulation of TNAP, vitamin E increases C/EBPα mRNA expression. Conclusion: The loss of TNAP in CML may contribute to pathogenesis of this disease. PLAP may be considered as a putative target in differentiation therapies in myeloid neoplasms. Our findings suggest the potential role of vitamin E as the inducer of differentiation potential of leukemic cells in CML.
Metformin enhances cytotoxic action of dichloroacetate against Lewis lung carcinoma cells in vitro
Authors: Kolesnik D.L. , Pyaskovskaya O.N. , Gorbach O. , Solyanik G.I.
Published: March 2020

Summary. Tumor cell metabolism is considered one of the hallmarks of cancer. This concept is exploited in the development of new ways of anticancer therapy based on the use of substances capable of changing drastically bioenergetic metabolism of tumor cells. Among them, sodium dichloroace­tate (DCA), an inhibitor of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase, and metformin (MTF), an antidiabetic hypoglycemic drug, an inhibitor of the mitochondrial respiratory chain (complex I), both have been long used in clinical non-oncological practice, and presently are considered promising candidates in oncology. Aim: To study the capability of MTF to enhance the antitumor action of DCA against Lewis lung carcinoma cells in vitro. Materials and Methods: LLC/R9, a low metastatic variant of Lewis lung carcinoma cells, was used. Effects of 30 mM DCA in combination with 2 mM MTF on cell survival, cell cycle distribution, apoptosis, mitochondrial potential, intracellular ATP level, glucose consumption, and lactate production rates were determined in vitro. Results: MTF was shown to enhance the cytotoxic/cytostatic action of DCA against LLC/R9 cells in vitro. Treatment of LLC/R9 cells with 30 mM DCA in combination with 2 mM MTF resulted in a 39% decrease in the number of viable cells (p < 0.05), a 2.8-fold increase of the number of dead cells (p < 0.05), a near 2-fold decrease in the proportion of cells at the S-phase (p < 0.05), a 4-fold increase in the apoptosis (p < 0.05) and significant reduction (p < 0.05) of the mitochondrial membrane potential of tumor cells as compared to corresponding values in control. DCA alone reduced glucose consumption and lactate production rates by more than 26% (p < 0.05) and 34% (p < 0.05), respectively, whereas MTF counteracted these effects. Nevertheless, in the cells treated with both DCA and DCA in combination with MTF, the intracellular adenosine triphosphate increased by 33–35% compared with that in the control (p < 0.05). Conclusion: MTF enhanced the cytotoxic/cytostatic action of DCA against LLC/R9 cells in vitro, which points on their possible synergistic antitumor action in vivo.
Structural changes of serum albumin in response to oxidative stress caused by Walker-256 carcinosarcoma growth
Authors: Sarnatskaya V.V. , Yushko L.A. , Prokopenko I.V. , Hudenko N.V. , Maslenny V.N. , Paziuk L.M. , Bubnovskaya L.N. , Nikolaev V.G.
Published: March 2020

Summary. Aim: To assess oxidative stress and structural changes of the serum albumin in rats with transplanted Walker-256 carcinosarcoma (W256) strains with varying sensitivity to doxorubicin (Dox). Materials and Methods: The study was performed on female Wistar rats with transplanted W256. On the 9th day after tumor cell transplantation an analysis of peripheral blood, oxidative stress para­meters, and structural changes of serum albumin of experimental animals was performed. Results: On the 9th day after W256 transplantation a significant increase in the leukocyte counts was observed in the groups of animals with the Dox-resistant and parental (Dox-sensitive) W256 tumors compared with the group of the intact animals: up to 14.24 ± 1.92 • 103/μl and 9.78 ± 1.03 • 103/μl, vs 8.92 ± 1.04 • 103/μl, respectively, due to the increase of granulocyte and monocyte counts. The number of lymphocytes was within the normal range. The level of hemoglobin and the erythrocyte counts were also within normal limits, but hematocrit in both groups of animals with tumors somewhat increased against the background of 1.2-fold elevation of the mean erythrocyte volume. In the group of rats with Dox-resistant W256, there was observed a decrease in the plateletcrit by almost 22% and thrombocyte counts — by 28%. Analysis of oxidative stress indices revealed a significant increase in the level of reactive oxygen species, 2-fold increase of malonic dialdehyde level and the degree of oxidative damage of blood plasma proteins, as well as a decrease in the activity of catalase in hemolysates (by 12–15%) in both groups of tumor-bearing rats. With the use of differential scanning calorimetry, UV and fluorescence spectroscopy we have revealed anomalous conformational changes of albumin caused by tumor development: structural rearrangements in the region of its first drug binding site located in the IIA domain, separation of globular parts of albumin molecule, and partial “opening” in a protein molecular three-domain structure resulting a loss of its thermal resistance. Conclusion: The development of transplanted Walker-256 carcinosarcoma, especially its Dox-resistant variant, results in severe metabolic intoxication reflected in alteration of hematological parameters, and indices of oxidative stress, as well as architectonic changes of serum albumin.
KOMPETENSI KEPRIBADIAN GURU DAN MURID DALAM INTERAKSI EDUKATIF PERSPEKTIF HADRATUSYAIKH KH. HASYIM ASY’AR
Authors: RIF’AN ALI , AZIZI NOER
Published: March 2020

This research is related to how the personal competence of Teachers and Students in the Educational Perspective Interaction of KH. Hasyim Ash'ari contained in the book Adabul Alim was Al-muta’allim. This research is in the form of library research with the content analysis used as an analysis tool. The results of the analysis of the authors that the personal competence of teachers and students in the educational interaction perspective KH. Hasyim Ash'ari is an intense and close attachment not only in the sense of being born but also inwardly (alaqah batiniyah) based on religious-ethic for the success of the teaching and learning process. There are several interaction patterns that can be developed to create educational interactions between teacher and student perspectives KH. Hasyim Ash'ari, among them, are Tazkiyatun nafs, al-Ikhlas, at-Tarahum, at-Tawadud.ABSTRAKPenelitian ini terkait dengan bagaimana kompetensi kepibadian Guru dan Murud dalam Interaksi Edukatif Perspektif KH. Hasyim Asy’ari yang tertuang dalam kitab Adabul Alim wa Al-muta’allim. Penelitian ini berbentuk library research dengan content analysis dijadikan sebagai alat analisisnya. Hasil dari analaisis penulis bahwa kompetensi kepribadian Guru dan Murid dalam interaksi edukatif perspektif KH. Hasyim Asy’ari adalah adanya keterikatan secara intens dan erat tidak hanya dalam artian secara lahir, akan tetapi juga secara batin (alaqah batiniyah) yang dilandasi religios-etich untuk keberhasilan proses belajar mengajar. Ada beberapa pola interaksi yang bisa dikembangkan untuk menciptakan interaksi edukatif antara guru dan murid perspektif  KH. Hasyim Asy’ari, diantaranya adalah: Tazkiyatun nafs, al-Ikhlas, at-Tarahum, at-Tawadud.
STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF NATURAL BACKGROUND FOR GAMMA SPECTROMETER SYSTEM
Authors: Tran Thanh Thien , Chau Tao Van , Hoang Tam Duc , Vo Yen Thi Hong
Published: March 2020

In the analysis of environmental radioactive isotopes using gamma spectrometry, natural background radiation is an important parameter related to the analytical results directly. Therefore, in this work, the influence of natural background radiation was studied for two models: with and without shielding of gamma spectrometer system. The initial results showed that the minimum detectable activity (MDA) of radionuclides such as 234Th, 226Ra, 212Pb, 208Tl, 40K, 214Pb, 214Bi, 228Ac have the difference of two models from 10% to 503%. This is the basis for researches to improve the lead shielding chamber in the future.
Eleição de Prioridades para a Vigilância do Câncer Relacionado ao Trabalho no Município de Londrina - Paraná, Brasil
Authors: Silva Baldo Renata Cristina , Stábile Ribeiro Romaniszen Claudete , Neto Ribeiro Fátima Sueli , Muniz de Almeida Ildeberto
Published: March 2020

Introdução: O câncer relacionado ao trabalho ainda não se consolidou como objeto das vigilâncias no Brasil, não obstante a notória importância do trabalho como fator de risco para o câncer. Objetivo: Descrever o processo de eleição dos canceres prioritários para a implantação da notificação do câncer relacionado ao trabalho no município de Londrina/Parana. Método: Pesquisa-acão, de abordagem qualitativa sob o marco da ecologia dos saberes. Em 2011, um curso de capacitação em vigilancia do cancer relacionado ao trabalho, baseado em grupo de diálogos, para técnicos de hospitais de referência para o câncer; vigilâncias; Centro de Referência em Saúde do Trabalhador e controle social; elegeu os tipos de câncer prioritários para o município. Resultados: Considerando o perfil de exposição municipal, a capacidade diagnóstica da rede e a percepção dos profissionais da rede de assistência, corroborados pelo controle social, foram eleitos como prioridades para início das notificações os canceres de cabeça e pescoço e bexiga. A estratégia de capacitação foi efetiva, uma vez que os participantes, dentro de suas instituições e competências, seguem contribuindo com essa atividade. Conclusão: Introduzir novas atividades na rotina do profissional de saúde e uma dificuldade evidente, assim a escolha dos dois tipos de câncer (cabeça e pescoço e bexiga) mostrou-se factível para início das notificações. A pesquisa-acão como método nesse contexto qualitativo foi particularmente adequada tendo em conta sua adaptação ao contexto epidemiológico, o que facilitou a adesão ao tema e ajudou a desenvolver soluções para aperfeiçoar essa pratica.
An Evaluation of Pose Estimation in Video of Traditional Martial Arts Presentation
Authors: Thành Nguyễn Tường , Hùng Lê Văn , Công Phạm Thành
Published: March 2020

Preserving, maintaining, and teaching traditional martial arts are very important activities in social life. That helps individuals preserve national culture, exercise, and practice self-defense. However, traditional martial arts have many differentposturesaswellasvariedmovementsofthebodyand body parts. The problem of estimating the actions of human body still has many challenges, such as accuracy, obscurity, and so forth. This paper begins with a review of several methods of 2-D human pose estimation on the RGB images, in which the methods of using the Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) models have outstanding advantages in terms of processing time and accuracy. In this work we built a small dataset and used CNN for estimating keypoints and joints of actions in traditional martial arts videos. Next we applied the measurements (length of joints, deviation angle of joints, and deviation of keypoints) for evaluating pose estimation in 2-D and 3-D spaces. The estimator was trained on the classic MSCOCO Keypoints Challenge dataset, the results were evaluated on a well-known dataset of Martial Arts, Dancing, and Sports dataset. The results were quantitatively evaluated and reported in this paper.
Defining the term
"intelligence" - insight into existing intelligence knowledge
Authors: Dokman Tomislav
Published: March 2020

For more than half a century of Intelligence Studies, this field has been characterized by the problem of lack of uniform definition of the term intelligence, a contentious place in the corpus of existing knowledge. The determinant of this is the existence of different types of intelligence, that is, the term is related to the intelligence product or information, the process/cycle in which information is collected, processed, analyzed and disseminated, and to the intelligence
producing organization. Furthermore, it is a broad concept that initially developed and presented itself throughout history as exclusive
state property, only later to become an equally represented term in other fields, more specifically business, science, sports, etc. Defining
the term "intelligence" is important not only for the sake of development of intelligence theory and scientific discipline, but also because of the practical part of "intelligence" which is an essential feature of every state as it provides support for state decision-making process and defining policies in the national security spectrum. The paper analyzes 35 scientific, expert and institutional definitions of the term intelligence using quantitative and qualitative content analysis. Qualitative content analysis identified 15 key elements. The quantitative analysis found that the most represented element was "information", followed by "end user/decision maker", followed by "actionable character", "foreign countries" and "knowledge". Based on the elements extracted, a new definition is presented. Intelligence is characterized by actionable knowledge of foreign/other countries that is
disseminated towards end users, i.e. decision makers, in the form of information.
The European Parliament ambassador school programme (epas) at Gimnazija Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Authors: Kobal Martina
Published: March 2020

This paper will focus on the European Parliament Ambassador School Programme, whose aim is to create a permanently increasing network of schools across the European Union. Gimnazija Nova Gorica became part of the network in 2016, and since then the school has en-gaged with the Slovenian European Parliament Liaison Office, the European Parliament and its Members, and has carried out teaching activities that raise awareness of Europe, European democracy and citizenship at large. This paper will also demonstrate various activities and events organized by Junior Ambassador students at Gimnazija Nova Gorica and their mentors. Not only does the European Parliament Ambassador School Programme enable
students to develop critical thinking, teamwork and problem-solving skills, but it also helps participants raise concerns about issues concerning the European Uni-on and develop their ideas for a better Europe in the context of multilingualism and multicultural EU policy.
Algılanan Restoran Temizliğinin Müşteri Tatminine Etkisi
Authors: SOYLU Aykut Göktuğ , TAŞTAN Hülya
Published: March 2020

Restoranlar, geçmişten günümüze insan ihtiyaçları ve yoğun rekabet koşullarına ayak uydurabilmek için gelişip değişmektedir. Yiyecek içecek sektöründeki bu değişim ve farklılaşma sürekli bir biçimde kendini göstermekte olsa da; müşteri memnuniyeti sağlama ve sağlık koşullarına uygunluk son yüz yılda restoran işletmeleri de dâhil olmak üzere yiyecek içecek sektöründe önemini kat be kat hissettirmektedir. Restoranlar müşteri memnuniyeti sağlayarak piyasada avantajlı bir konuma geçmek istemektedirler. Müşteri memnuniyetini sağlamadaki önemli noktalardan biri de temiz bir yiyecek içecek hizmeti sunmaktan geçmektedir. Bu bağlamda yapılan çalışmanın amacı, müşterilerin restoran temizlik algılamalarını saptamak ve restoran temizlik algılarının tatmin düzeyleri üzerindeki etkisini incelemektedir. Araştırmada kolayda örneklem yöntemi kullanılarak, Mersin şehir merkezinde yaşayan ve araştırmaya katılmayı kabul eden 427 kişi örnekleme dâhil edilmiştir. Veriler 30 Mart-15 Nisan 2019 tarihleri arasında araştırmacı tarafından bırak topla ve yüz yüze görüşme yöntemleriyle toplanmıştır. Anket çalışmasının ardından çoklu sapan ve çoklu normal dağılıma uygunluk analizleri gerçekleştirilmiştir. Analizler sonucunda çoklu sapan değerlere sahip 28 gözlem verilerden çıkarılmıştır. Böylelikle 399 kişi ile analizlere başlanmıştır. Araştırma kapsamında betimleyici analizlerin yanı sıra açıklayıcı faktör analizi, fark testleri ve regresyon testi gerçekleştirilmiştir. Açıklayıcı faktör analizi sonucunda restoran temizliğinin sırasıyla; “restoranın içi”, “tuvalet”, “yemek”, “restoranın dışı”, “garsonun davranışları” ve “garsonun görünümü” olmak üzere altı boyutta algılandığı tespit edilmiştir. Diğer yandan, katılımcıların restoran temizliği algılamalarında cinsiyet, yaş, medeni durum, gelir, meslek, restorana gitme sıklığı, restoranda ödenen ortalama miktar, restorana birlikte gidilen kişiler, gidilen restoran türü, daha önce aşçı veya garson olarak çalışıp/çalışmama durumu açısından anlamlı farklılıklar tespit edilmiştir. Bununla birlikte, algılanan restoran temizliği ile müşteri tatmini arasında orta düzeyde (0,528) pozitif yönlü ve anlamlı bir ilişki saptanmıştır. Ayrıca yapılan regresyon analizi sonucunda algılanan restoran temizliğinin, müşteri tatmininin %27,8’ini açıkladığı görülmüştür. Elde edilen bulgular, restoran işletmecilerine ve araştırmacılara yönelik öneriler geliştirilmesini sağlamıştır.
HUBUNGAN PEMBERIAN MP-ASI DINI PADA BAYI DENGAN PENGETAHUAN, SIKAP IBU DAN DUKUNGAN KELUARGA DI KLINIK PRATAMA ROSNI ALIZAR MEDAN
Authors: Dalima Dalimawaty
Published: March 2020

Abstract

Introduction: Complementary Food for Early Breast Milk (MP-ASI) is a condition where infants aged 0-6 months are not only given breast milk, but are given additional fluids such as formula milk, oranges, honey, tea and solid foods such as bananas, milk porridge, biscuits, rice porridge, and team rice.Objective: This study was to determine the relationship of knowledge, attitudes, and family support with the provision of early breastfeeding for infants at the Pratama Rosni Alizar Clinic in Medan in 2019. Method: Design this study used an analytical survey with cross sectional approach. The population in this study were all mothers who have babies aged 0-6 months, as many as 30 people. Sampling using total population, that is,  the entire

population is sampled. Retrieval of data using primary data using Chi-square test at a 95% confidence level. Results and Conclusions: Based on the research showing that there is a relationship between maternal knowledge and the provision of early MP-ASI in infants with the acquisition of p value = 0.027 (<0.05), there is a relationship between maternal attitudes and the provision of early MP-ASI in infants with the acquisition of p value = 0.004 (<0.05), and there is a relationship of family support with early breastfeeding for infants with the acquisition of p value = 0.042 (<0.05).Suggestion:Health workers are expected to provide information and counseling on exclusive breastfeeding for infants up to 6 months of age without providing any additional food.

 

Keywords  : Knowledge, Attitude, Family Support, Early MP-ASI
Analisis Kualitas Layanan Sistem Perwalian pada Perguruan Tinggi XYZ Menggunakan Metode SERVQUAL
Authors: Anggi Yhurinda Perdana Putri
Published: March 2020

Perwalian merupakan suatu kegiatan pendampingan dimana dosen wali akan memberikan konsultasi terkait akademik dan pengesahan kartu rencana studi, sebagai langkah awal untuk menentukan matakuliah apa yang akan diambil oleh mahasiswa yang bersangkutan. Sebagai pengguna dari system perwalian, mahasiswa tentu mengharapkan proses perwalian dapat berjalan dengan lancar, tanpa mengalami kendala yang berarti, dan memudahkan mahasiswa dalam memperoleh informasi. Oleh karena itu, perlu mengukur kualitas layanan sistem perwalian agar dapat meningkatkan kepuasan mahasiswa terhadap system perwalian perguruan tinggi XYZ. Metode yang digunakan yaitu metode Servqual (Service Quality) yang mengacu pada 5 dimensi yaitu Tangibles, Reliability, Responsiveness, Assurance, dan Empathy. Hasil penelitian ini menujukkan bahwa kualiatas pelayanan sistem perwalian di perguruan tinggi YXZ saat ini belum maksimal yang dibuktikan dengan nilai NIKi (Importance) = 3.35 dan nilai NIKp (Performance) = 4.10. Hal tersebut menunjukkan bahwa ekspektasi pengguna masih terlalu tinggi dari performa pelayanan.
Crystal Formation In Cultures Of Fungi : New Records From Bangladesh
Authors: Shamsi Shamim , Naher Najmun , Fatema Yasmin
Published: March 2020

In the present study crystal formations were detected in the culture of Aspergillusniger,A. fluvus, Aspergillus sp., Bipolarissorokiniana, Cladosporium spp., Colletotrichumgloeosporioides, Colletotrichumorbiculare,Curvularia spp., Fusarium sp., Paecilomycesspp., Penicillium sp., Pestalotia sp., Pestalotiopsisguepinii, Phaeoisariopsispersonata,Trichodermaviride and seven sterile culture of fungi. Eighteen types of crystallographicstructures were detected from different fungal isolates. This is the first report offormation of crystal in fungal cultures from Bangladesh.

Asiat. Soc. Bangladesh, Sci. 41(1): 59-66, June 2015
Study Of Impacts Of Oil Spill On The Sundarbans Mangrove Forest Of Bangladesh
Authors: Chowdhury Abdullah Harun , Akber Md Ali
Published: March 2020

Studies were carried out on the recent oil spill in the Sundarbans of Bangladesh to findout the immediate impacts on the ecosystem of the Sundarbans after oil spilling. Morethan 500 km2 areas out of the total study area have been affected seriously by the oil spillcontamination on 9 December 2014. Recorded data of the physico-chemical conditions,oil content, productivity, diversity and abundance of phyto-zooplankton and benthos ofwater, and oil content in soil indicate that the water and soil of the Eastern part of theSundarbans were polluted by the oil contamination. Results also indicate that seedlings,mangrove algae, eggs and hatchlings of commercially valuable fishes, mudskippers, mudcrabs, snails, monitor lizards were affected due to oil spill. Regeneration of the Sundritrees; intertidal zone bird - ‘Masked finfoot’, common birds, fishing cat, otter, dolphins,crocodile would be affected due to the oil spill. Long term monitoring, in depth researchand proper implementation of all rules and regulations are necessary to save the fragileecosystem of the Sundarbans-the UNESCO declared world heritage site.

Asiat. Soc. Bangladesh, Sci. 41(1): 75-94, June 2015
Report On Anthracnose Of Rauwolfia Serpentina (L.) Benth. Ex Kurz Caused By Colletotrichum Gloeosporioides (Penz.) Sacc. From Bangladesh
Authors: Yasmin Zuhra , Shamsi Shamim
Published: March 2020

During the tenure of May 2007 to July 2013 severe anthracnose symptom was recorded on leaves of Rauwolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. Ex Kurz. The frequency percentage of association of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, was higher than any other fungi associated with symptomatic leaves. The frequently isolated fungus C. gloeosporioides was found to be pathogenic to respective plants when pathogenicity of the isolated fungus was tested following modified “detached leaf technique” and ’’spraying of spore suspension” methods. Present paper is the first report of anthracnose of R. serpentine from Bangladesh.

Asiat. Soc. Bangladesh, Sci. 41(2): 183-192, December 2015
Yield, Pigments And Quality Responses Of Bush Bean (Phaseolus Vulgaris L.) Due To Ga3 Application
Authors: Noor Ferdowsi , Hossain Feroza , Ara Umme
Published: March 2020

This study aspired to investigate the effect of different doses of exogenous GA3 (viz. o, 10, 30, 50, 70, 90 and 110 ppm) on leaf pigments like chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b and carotenoid, yield and proximate contents of fresh pod and dry seed of Bush bean(Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Different concentrations of GA3 significantly increased chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b and carotenoid at 28 to 48 DAS growth stages. Early flowering and maturation were recorded by GA3. It was found that number of pods/plant, pod weight, pod length and pod width also significantly increased by GA3. All the treatments showed a significant increase of crude protein, crude fiber and ash content, whereas total carbohydrate and crude fat decreased in respect of fresh pod and dry seed of Bush bean. It had no significant effect on pod moisture compared to the control. Among all the treatments, GA3 at 50 ppm gave the best performances in tested parameters.

Asiat. Soc. Bangladesh, Sci. 41(2): 245-251, December 2015
Larvicidal efficacy of six insecticides against culex quinquefasciatus say (Diptera: culicidae) larvae
Authors: Nasiruddin Munira , Bhuiyan Shaheda Yasmin
Published: March 2020

Searching for potent larvicidal toxic effects of six synthetic organophosphate insecticides (Diazinon 60 EC, Solar 55 EC, Malathion 57 EC, Delathroit 40 EC, Parathrin 10 EC and Clorasid 20 EC) were evaluated in the laboratory against 3rd or 4th instar larvae of the mosquito species, Culex quinquefasciatus Say. The tested insecticides: Diazinon (Dizinol) 60 EC, Solar (Chloropyrics 50% + Cypermethrin 5%) 55 EC, Malathion (Sithion) 57 EC, Delathroit (Dimehoate) 40 EC, Parathrin (Cypermethrin) 10 EC and Clorasid (Chloropyrics) 20 EC showed LC50 values at application dosages 0.00250-0.05 ppm, 0.0001-0.0025 ppm, 0.00025-0.005 ppm, 0.0005-0.001 ppm, 0.0001-0.002 ppm and 0.00025-0.0025 ppm to be 8.609×10-3 ppm, 4.440×10-4 ppm, 9.094×10-4 ppm, 24.215×10- 5 ppm, 4.797×10-4 ppm and 7.022×10-4 ppm respectively. Among the six insecticides, on the basis of LC50 and relative potency values, Delathroit 40 EC was the most toxic followed by Solar 40 EC > Parathrin 10 EC > Clorasid 20 EC > Malathion 57 EC > Diazinon 60 EC.J. Asiat. Soc. Bangladesh, Sci. 42(1): 13-20, June 2016