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Review: What is islam? The Importance of Being Islamic by Shahab Ahmed [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
‘[A] valid concept of “Islam” must denote and connote all possible “Islams,” whether abstract or “real,” mental or social’ (104)... Ahmed seeks to avoid two major pitfalls: (1) making Islam into a static essence or a category within an essentialist ...
Andani, Khalil
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Computer Analysis of Architecture Using Automatic Image Understanding

open access: yes, 2019
In the past few years, computer vision and pattern recognition systems have been becoming increasingly more powerful, expanding the range of automatic tasks enabled by machine vision.
Li, Yuan, Shamir, Lior, Wei, Fan
core   +1 more source

Synergistic Enhancement: Whole Wheat Substrate Improves Memory in Mice by Optimizing Folate Metabolism and Systemic Antioxidant Capacity

open access: yesFood Bioengineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study rigorously assessed the impact of folic acid‐fortified whole wheat products on mitigating mild liver injury caused by prolonged excessive folic acid consumption, improving folic acid bioavailability, and enhancing spatial cognitive functions in mice over a 48‐day intervention period.
Yan Qi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Military architecture aspects in the countries of the Islamic Maghreb ‎through the book “Dictionary of Countries” by Yakut Al-Hamawi ‎‎(626AH/1229AD)‎

open access: yesمجلة جامعة الأنبار للعلوم الإنسانية
Aims: This study aims to shed light on military architecture in the Islamic Maghreb through the book of Mu'jam al-Buldan by Yaqut al-Hamawi. It also aims to highlight the significance of this type of architecture, and how it developed throughout the ...
Mohammed J. Mohammed   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inspiration from nature to emphasize the contemporary Islamic architecture in Egypt

open access: yesJournal of Architecture, Art & Humanistic Science, 2016
A big number of architects and designers in Egypt agreed to make a use of glass in architecture to get the heritage back with a modern vision . including all the different specifications of the glass than any other materials like transparency and color ...
Azza Osman
doaj   +1 more source

A New Vista of Opportunity in Diabetes Management: Natural Product‐Based β‐cell Preservation

open access: yesFood Chemistry International, EarlyView.
Preserving functional β‐cells via natural products offers promising strategy for diabetes treatment. ABSTRACT A defining characteristic of diabetes is β‐cell failure, in which β‐cells cannot modulate insulin secretion to compensate for escalating insulin resistance, pushing forward disease development.
Yi‐San Lee   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

WATER IN ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE: STUDY OF THE WATER DISPENSARY (SABIL)

open access: yesJournal of Architecture, Art & Humanistic Science, 2018
Water is essential to life and survival, it is not only a functional addition to Islamic architecture but also an integral part of the Islamic religion and beliefs, The Holy Quran states that "Every living thing is made of water", and the importance of ...
Ahmed El Shakhs, Dalia Ezzat
doaj   +1 more source

Queer configurations: The female divine, regional identity, and Queer‐religious belonging in South India

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how queerness and religion intersect in a unique enactment of Bathukamma, a flower festival honoring the female divine in Hyderabad, the capital of the South Indian state of Telangana. Drawing on theories of figuration, I analyze how local queer organizations celebrate the festival in a way that engages two distinctive ...
Stefan Binder
wiley   +1 more source

THE HEALTHY CITY: PHYSICAL PLANNING TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Urbanization in Indonesia has been growing rapidly, and is expected to accelerate in the future. It is envisaged that the urban population of the country will grow from 54.7% in 1995 to about 73% I the year 2020.
Yuliastuty, Nany
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Tell es-Sultan 2015. A pilot project for archaeology in Palestine [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The eleventh season (April–June 2015) of the archaeological investigation and site protection as well as valorization of the site of Tell es-Sultan was carried out by the University of Rome “La Sapienza” (under the direction of the present writer) and ...
Nigro, Lorenzo
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