resistance literature is full of patriotism and liberalism. the resistance poet defends the aims of his hometown by his poetry weapon and applies his poem at his country’s political and social service. thus the resistance poetry contains a strong epic and national spirit. this kind of literature calls people for defending their grand ideals. tamim al-barghouti is a young palestinian famous poet...

Managing City Evacuations

Prior research debates focus on whether investors are smart enough to invest in funds that subsequently outperform. This paper documents a robust smart money effect among small fund investors who invest in the top performing funds, even after controlling for the momentum factor argued by Sapp and Tiwari (2004). I further explore the reason for the smart money effect and find that such outperfor...

We construct a game theoretic model of an oligarchic economy that potentially could be targeted by smart international sanctions. Oligarchs in this economy provide support for their leader, a strong man and potentially an autocrat, in return for favors that results in having income higher than the average income in the country. We derive the conditions under which smart sanctions lead to compli...

This is a summary of the workshop that was held as part of the ICT4S conference with a focus on the topic of social practices and smart grids. Here we present an overview of the five invited paper contributions to the workshop, as well as a summary of the plenary discussion, and our final conclusions. Keywords—sustainability; ICT; social practice theory; smart grid; design

Nizâr b. Tevfik Kabbânî, modern Arap edebiyatının en meşhur şairleri arasındadır. Onun edebiyatında böylesi büyük bir tanınırlık kazanmasının nedeni, daha ziyade Filistin’in sorunlarının dile getirilmesi hususunda son derece faal olmasıdır. Özellikle asırdır, Filistin ile bu kutsal toprakların mukaddes kenti Kudüs’ün akıbeti, pek çok ulustan aydının zihnini meşgul etmektedir. Bu aydınlardan bir...