quṭb al-dīn al-shīrāzī (634h/1236ce-710h/1311ce) wrote four major works on astronomy: nihāyat al‐idrāk fī dirāyat al‐aflāk (“the utmost attainment in comprehending the orbs), in arabic, first edition completed mid-shaʿbān 680/november 1281); the ikhtiyārāt‐i muẓaffarī (“selections for muẓaffar al-dīn arslan” [a minor ruler in qasṭamūnī (modern kastamonu, turkey)], in persian, completed sometime...

In this paper we introduce the SpeakCorrect system which is a Computer Aided Pronunciation Training (CAPT) system for native Arabic students of English. The system is designed with optimized performance for the target users group. It is L1 dependent system and only the frequent pronunciation errors of native Arabic speakers are examined. Several adaptation techniques such as Speaker Adaptive Tr...

infections Widad Al-Nakib, FRCPath, FIDSA; Sahar Essa, BSc, MSc, PhD; Haya Altawalah, BSc, MBBS, FRCPath; Abdullah Owayed; Mousa Khadadah; Nasser Behbehani; Microbiology Department Kuwait University, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait; Virology Unit, Ministry of Health, Mubarak Hospital, Kuwait; Paediatrics, Kuwait University, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait; Medicine, Kuwait University, Faculty of Medici...

you can find the name of nile river in most of the poetic collections in egypt and sudan. the beauty of this river occupies and captivates the mind of poets. therefore the poets write their best poems especially about this river. poems which have special style with a divine structure, strong words, beautiful glossary and worthy concepts. one of the most famous man among the poets is abdullah al...

extended abstract 1. introduction abbasid period can be regarded as an epoch in which poetry and eulogy in persia reached maturity, i.e., in which poetry has become a means of praise and admiration (dayf, 2006, p. 565). the kings of this dynasty gathered a group of flattered eulogists and used them for political announcements (alebadi, 2006, p. 13), by allocating precious gifts of war booty to ...

from avicenna's era up to now, various arguments have been presented for the mental existence (al-wujud al-zihni), the most important of which are ten. these arguments don't have the same purpose: some of them are used only to reject the theory of relation (al-idafah), and some engage to refute the theory of phantoms (al-ashbah). considering critically the ten arguments, this article ...

We present the results of the first sensitive L band (3.4 μm) imaging study of the nearby young embedded cluster NGC 2024. Two separate surveys of the cluster were acquired in order to obtain a census of the circumstellar disk fraction in the cluster. We detected 257 sources to the mL ≤ 12.0 completeness limit of our ∼110 arcmin primary survey region. An additional 26 sources with 12.0 < L < 14...

We analyze high resolution, high signal-to-noise spectra of six red-giant-branch (RGB) stars in the globular cluster M 3 (NGC 5272) and three in M 13 (NGC 6205) that were obtained with the Mayall 4-meter telescope and echelle spectrometer on Kitt Peak. The spectra include lines of O, Na, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Ti, V, Mn, Fe and Ni. We also analyze the [Al/Fe] values of 96 RGB stars in M 13 covering th...