Fundamentalist Rules for the MenofAl-Asfiya School Using HashemJ ameel's Book Issues of Comparative Jurisprudence

All Praise is due Allah, Lord of the Worlds, and peace and blessings be upon our Messenger Muhammad and due all his companions and due all his household. This study reviews some of the fundamentalist issues raised by Dr. HashemJamil in his book Issues in Comparative Jurisprudence. It seeks to shed light on one of the most outstanding scholars across Fallujah and the larger Iraq, given that he is an Al-Asifiya alumna where Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Samarrai was teaching (a school which produced hundreds of brilliant scholars). More specifically, I intend to review a number of key contributions made by Dr. Hashem Jamil during his scholarly career. I studied and analyzed some fundamentalist rules from Issues in Comparative Jurisprudence, given that it is one of the important textbooks taught in the faculties of Islamic Sciences which shows the way the inferential contradiction is removed between Sunni and other resources in addition to the contradictions among prophetic hadiths. It is noteworthy that Sheikh Hashem Jameel has relied on the concrete evidence in hadith and Sunna rather than being influenced by a certain doctrine. Keywords: Consensus, Measurement, Al- Asfiya School, Absolute, Restricte

On the Sensor Pattern Noise Estimation in Image Forensics: A Systematic Empirical Evaluation

Extracting a fingerprint of a digital camera has fertile applications in image forensics, such as source camera identification and image authentication. In the last decade, Photo Response Non_Uniformity (PRNU) has been well established as a reliable unique fingerprint of digital imaging devices. The PRNU noise appears in every image as a very weak signal, and its reliable estimation is crucial for the success rate of the forensic application. In this paper, we present a novel methodical evaluation of 21 state-of-the-art PRNU estimation/enhancement techniques that have been proposed in the literature in various frameworks. The techniques are classified and systematically compared based on their role/stage in the PRNU estimation procedure, manifesting their intrinsic impacts. The performance of each technique is extensively demonstrated over a large-scale experiment to conclude this case-sensitive study. The experiments have been conducted on our created database and a public image database, the 'Dresden image databas

Greening The Existing Building (Chancellery Building - Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka)

Buildings contribute significantly to the environmental and economic issues, as they consume a high amount of energy and water. As a building consumes energy, it contributes to emissions of carbon dioxide which lead to environmental pollution. These factors have a negative impact on the environment and the economy among other issues. Green building practices and approaches can considerably reduce or eliminate negative ecological and economic impacts. This study aims to "greening the existing building" (Chancellery Building - University Teknikal Malaysia Melaka) and achieve the "Certified" rating level according to the GBJ classification, taking into consideration estimated cost. The green building audit results show the total current building rating level is only 18 off I 00 points based on the major six criteria. Including Energy Efficiency (EE), Indoor Environment Quality (EQ), Sustainable Site Planning & Management (SM), Materials & Resources (MR), Water Efficiency (WE), and Innovation (IN), this shows the existing Chancellery building achieves a low rating level when evaluated according to the GBI rating system. To achieve a "Certified Rating Level" of (50 points) this study proposes improvements of existing building's criteria (Retrofitting). The economic analysis involves the estimation of costs included in "Greening Existing Building" and the potential savings acquired from "Retrofitting". The estimated cost of greening the proposed building is RM 800,764. This demonstrates the "Greening Existing Building" requires several improvements aspects which are considered very costly to attain. Additionally, the potential savings includes cutting costs from Lighting System and Building Integrated Photo Voltage. The potential savings from Lighting System is (67345.9 RM/year) and the payback period is (1.68 years). Also, the potential saving from Building Integrated Photo Voltage is (30492RM/year) and the payback period is (4.9 years)

Protection of melon plants against Cucumber mosaic virus infection using Pseudomonas fluorescens biofertilizer

This study was carried out to characterize a virus causing severe mosaic, yellowing, stunting and leaf deformation on melon (Cucumis melo L.), and evaluate the capacity of Pseudomonas fluorescens as  biofertilizer to improve plant growth and restrict the accumulation of the virus in the plant. The virus was identified as an isolate of Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) by means of symptoms on indicator plants,  serological characteristics using double antibody sandwich-enzyme linked immunosorbent assay  (DAS-ELISA) and immunochromatography, and molecular weight of coat protein on sodium dodecyl  sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). The source of the virus infection was also  determined by the same means. P. fluorescens was used as seed treatment and soil applications. The  seedling grown from bacterial treated seeds in non-treated soil and those grown from non-treated seeds in bacterial treated soil were mechanically inoculated with CMV extract at the primary leaf stage. Two proteins representing CMV coat protein appeared on 10% SDS-PAGE of 24 and 26 kD. It has been found  that 9 of 35 weed plants harbor CMV. Treatment seeds and soil with P. fluorescens suspension induced significant reduction in virus accumulation in the plants as proved by absorbance values of ELISA- reactions. Minimum absorbance values of ELISA reactions at 405 nm were found to be 0.160 and 0.298 for seed and soil treatments, respectively when compared with 1.190 for samples from CMV-inoculated  plants (control). The inhibition activity of P. fluorescens against CMV continued to be significant up to 20 days of virus inoculation with absorbance values of ELISA-reactions (0.460 and 0.930) for seed and soil treatment, respectively. The results indicate that P. fluorescens is able to induce systemic resistance against CMV in the plants.Key words: Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), Cucumis melo, melon, plant growth promoting  microorganisms (PGPM), Pseudomonas fluorescens, viral diseases management

Greening the Existing Building (Chancellery Building - University Technical Malaysia Melaka)

Buildings contribute significantly to the environmental and economic issues, as they consume a high amount of energy and water. As a building consumes energy, it contributes to emissions of carbon dioxide which lead to environmental pollution. These factors have a negative impact on the environment and the economy among other issues. Green building practices and approaches can considerably reduce or eliminate negative ecological and economic impacts. This study aims to “greening the existing building” and achieve the “Certified” rating level according to the GBI classification, taking into consideration estimated cost. The green building audit results show the total current building rating level is only 18 off 100 points based on the major six criteria that shows the existing Chancellery building achieves a low rating level when evaluated according to the GBI rating system. To achieve a “Certified Rating Level” of (50 points) this study proposes improvements of existing building’s criteria (Retrofitting). The economic analysis involves the estimation of costs included in “Greening Existing Building” and the potential savings acquired from “Retrofitting”

The effect of flaxseed ethanolic extract on the structure of the kidney and the endocrine pancreas in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats

Background: The present investigation has been designed to study the possible protective effect of flaxseed extract on the structures of the endocrine pancreas and kidneys of streptozotocin (STZ) induced diabetic rats for 30 days. Methods: Forty male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomized into five groups (n=8). Normal control group (NC); received distilled water orally, normal flaxseed group (NF); treated orally with (400 mg/kg) extract of flaxseed, diabetic control group (DC); treated with single intraperitoneal dose of STZ (60 mg/kg), diabetic flaxseed group (DF); diabetic rats treated with extract of flaxseed (400 mg/kg), diabetic glibenclamide group (DG); diabetic rats treated with (0.6 mg/kg) glibenclamide. Results: Histological observation of sections in pancreas in DC group revealed shrunken islets of Langerhans with degenerated and degranulated β-cells, vacuolations and congested capillaries while sections of kidneys showed shrinkage of some glomeruli and degeneration of others with wide urinary space and hydropic degeneration in some tubular epithelial cells, dilated tubules and cell debris scattered in tubular lumina. These pathological changes were ameliorated in the flaxseed extract and glibenclamide treated rats. Conclusions: It is concluded that flaxseed extract may represent a good alternative treatment for management of diabetes and its related complications such as diabetic nephropathy

Practical Control for Two-Mass Positioning Systems in Presence of Saturation

 The precision positioning systems generally need a good controller to achieve a fast response, high accuracy and robustness. In addition, ease, simplicity of controller design structure and high motion control performance are very important for practical applications. For satisfying these requirements, nominal characteristic trajectory (NCT) with proportional integral (PI) and notch filter (NF) as a compensator has been proposed as a practical control method for two-mass rotary PTP positioning systems. However, the effect of the actuator saturation cannot be completely compensated due to integrator windup when the object parameter varies. This paper presents a method to further improve nominal characteristic trajectory following (NCTF) controller to overcome the problem of integrator windup by adopting PI anti-windup schemes. The improved NCTF controller is evaluated experimentally using two-mass rotary positioning systems. The effect of the design parameters on the robustness of the improved NCTF with anti-windup integrator controller is evaluated and compared with NCTF without anti-windup integrator and the equivalent PID controller. The results show that the improved NCTF controller is effective to compensate the effect of integrator windup

Disclosure of Organizational Ambidexterity Activities and Earnings Quality in Oman

Purpose: This study examines the association between organizational ambidexterity disclosure (OAD) and earnings quality (EQ) in terms of earnings persistence (PER) and value relevance (VR).   Theoretical framework: Organizational ambidexterity disclosure (OAD) is one type of forward-looking disclosure (FLD) which includes all information about exploration and exploitation activities. In accounting, the study is interested in how (OAD) affects the firm’s earnings quality.   Design/methodology/approach: This study uses the secondary data of non-financial industrial and services firms listed on the Muscat Securities Market (MSX) in Oman for a 5-year period from 2017–2021. The study uses generalized least square (GLS) and feasible general least squares (FGLS) regressions to test the hypotheses and find the results.   Findings: Results of the GLS and the robust results of FGLS show that OAD has a positive and significant effect on earnings persistence (PER) and value relevance (VR) and the coefficient of VR is stronger than the coefficient of PER, indicating the importance of OAD on the earnings quality as new evidence in the area of accounting.   Research Implications: The results provide crucial implications for researchers, investors, policy makers and managers. The study provides potential leverage points for those responsible for shaping the disclosure and transparency because of it insights on when OAD impacts EQ.   Originality/value: This study offers a novel resource-based perspective to explain how Omani firms achieve higher sustainable and value relevance earnings by investing in OA. It also provides new evidence about how an ambidextrous firm improves the sustainable and value relevance earnings

Histopathological evaluation of skin wound in rabbits treated by systemic dexamethasone

Background: Healing of all damaged tissues including skin wounds have an identical pattern and depends on numerous intrinsic and extrinsic factors, one of these factors is cortisone hormone. Aim of study: The present study was designed to show the effect of dexamethasone on skin wound healing. Materials and methods: Twelve rabbits were used, experimental group (7 rabbits) administrated 4 mg dexamethasone ten days prior to skin incision and control group (5 rabbits) had got skin incision. Biopsies were taken from two groups for histopathological evaluation. Results: control group shows proper wound healing includes epithelial growth migration that brought the wound edges to be close. Granulation tissue underneath the epithelium show to fill the incision gap represented by collagen fibers and fibroblast cells. The experimental group shows failure of epithelial wound edges to close and to be approximately in contact with absence of rete ridges. The main bulk tissue filled the incision gap is thick granulation tissue. Inflammatory cell with congested blood vessels can be detected. Conclusion: Prolonged use of dexamethasone or misuse of this drug impaired wound healing

Influence of Soffit Bonded CFRP Strips on Shear Capacity and Failure Type of RC Beams without Stirrups

Presented herein is an experimental investigation on the efficacy of soffit-bonded longitudinal CFRP strips in upgrading the load-carrying capacities of RC beams without steel stirrups, a necessary disposal when the wrapped or the side transverse CFRP strips bonding is impossible due to the inaccessibility of the beam sides. The program deals with testing eight RC beams destitute of web reinforcement and strengthened by various CFRP strips combinations of soffit-bonded strips frequently accompanied by longitudinal top-bonded ones, in addition to three unstrengthened beams one of which is provided by the minimum amount of steel stirrups. The purpose is to evaluate their prime performances (shear resistance and concrete fracture mechanism with CFRP failure modes) and complementary properties (stiffness, ductility and energy absorbability). Effects of the fiber orientation in the CFRP strips and the shear span-to-depth ratio are specially attended. Test results demonstrate the profitable role of the flat soffit-bonded CFRP strips in delaying shear failure, admitting additional deflection and elevating the energy absorbability by 22 %. They also manifest the effective role of the longitudinal full-length top CFRP strips in contributing the resistance to shear failure announced by its transverse rupture. The advantageous effect of the two narrow side “crooks” along the soffit-bonded CFRP strips appears in the substantial increase in the energy absorbability and ultimate resistance attributed to magnifications in the concrete fracture pattern and CFRP debonding.