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Breaking free from patriarchal appropriation of sacred texts : An Islamic feminist critique of Bol
Azam Sarwar,Hong Zeng 이화여자대학교 한국여성연구원 2021 Asian Journal of Women's Studies(AJWS) Vol.27 No.4
This paper is focused on Shoaib Mansoor’s feminist film, Bol (2011), seen as a commentary on religious “absolute explanatory schemes.”1 Arguing that the film demonstrates how Pakistani patriarchy maneuvers sacred texts to construct comforting illusions for women, this paper uses the theory of Islamic Feminism to unravel the politics of religious interpretation and the discursive influence of Islamic fundamentalism. It notes that the protagonist’s inner conflict is a transgressional act and dragoons her into disrupting socioreligious boundaries. The paper also examines the film’s confessional nature, exposing gender inequalities and injustices exercised through self-authorized religious dogma. Viewers of Bol enter a journey not only through the nodi that confront women and plague contemporary enunciations of Islam, but also through heterogeneous forms of iniquitous oppression, systematic bigotry, forced marriage, and endemic violence. The article concludes that by bridging the gulf between Islam and feminism, women’s rights movements can be effective in the Islamic world.
Azam Sharif Mohammed Shafioul,정찬성 대한화학회 2012 Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society Vol.33 No.2
Xanthorrhizol is a bisabolane type of natural sesquiterpene, the major component of essential oils of Curcuma xanthorrhiza. 2-(3-Methoxy-4-methylphenyl)propan-1-ol and 2-(3-hydroxy-4-methyl phenyl)propan-1-ol could be essential building block for enantioselective synthesis of xanthorrhizol. Enantioselective (c = 53%, E = 80 ± 3) for R-(+)-2-(3-hydroxy-4-methylphenyl) propan-1-ol and (c = 58%, E = 27 ± 1) for R-(+)-2-(3-methoxy-4-methylphenyl) propan-1-ol resolution processes were developed via lipase-catalyzed reaction. We found lipase Aspergillus oryzae (AOL) and Porcine pancreas (PPL) are selective to transesterification and hydrolysis in organic and aqueous phase. Modified demethylated substrate is appropriate for enantioselective hydrolysis reaction without any additives. Enantiopure chiral alcohol was crystallized from ethyl acetate/n-hexane co-solvent system. Gram scale resolved chiral intermediate will facilitate the synthesis of the unnatural S-(+)-xanthorrhizol, the corresponding isomer of the natural one.
( Azam Mohammadi ),( Mahshid Naseri ),( Hamid Namazi ),( Mohammad Javad Ashraf ),( Alireza Ashraf ) 대한폐경학회 2016 대한폐경학회지 Vol.22 No.2
Objectives: To investigate the role of sex-hormonal changes in idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) among post-menopausal women through measuring estrogen receptor (ER) expression in their transverse carpal ligament (TCL) and serum estrogen level, as well as determine the correlation between these factors and electrodiagnostic parameters and Boston score. Methods: Biopsy samples of TCL were collected from 12 postmenopausal women who had undergone surgery for severe idiopathic CTS; control specimens were collected from 10 postmenopausal women without CTS who had undergone surgery for the other hand pathologies. To determine the distributions of ER in TCL, histological and immunohistochemical examinations were performed. Serum estrogen level was also measured. Electrodiagnosis and Boston questionnaire were used for CTS severity and determination of the patients’ function. Results: ER expression in TCL and serum estrogen level were not significantly different in the case group compared to the control group (P = 0.79 and P = 0.88, respectively). Also, there was no correlation between ER expression or serum estrogen level and electrodiagnostic parameters or Boston score. Conclusions: Sex hormones cannot still be considered as the etiology of idiopathic CTS in postmenopausal women. The role of other factors such as wrist ratio and narrower outlet in females compared to the males should be considered along with hormonal changes. (J Menopausal Med 2016;22:80-86)
( Azam Rahimpour ),( Behrouz Vaziri ),( Reza Moazzami ),( Leila Nematollahi ),( Farzaneh Barkhordari ),( Leila Kokabee ),( Ahmad Adeli ),( Fereidoun Mahboudi ) 한국미생물 · 생명공학회 2013 Journal of microbiology and biotechnology Vol.23 No.8
Cell line development is the most critical and also the most time-consuming step in the production of recombinant therapeutic proteins. In this regard, a variety of vector and cell engineering strategies have been developed for generating high-producing mammalian cells; however, the cell line engineering approach seems to show various results on different recombinant protein producer cells. In order to improve the secretory capacity of a recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA)-producing Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell line, we developed cell line engineering approaches based on the ceramide transfer protein (CERT) and X-box binding protein 1 (XBP1) genes. For this purpose, CERT S132A, a mutant form of CERT that is resistant to phosphorylation, and XBP1s were overexpressed in a recombinant t-PA-producing CHO cell line. Overexpression of CERT S132A increased the specific productivity of t-PA-producing CHO cells up to 35%. In contrast, the heterologous expression of XBP1s did not affect the t-PA expression rate. Our results suggest that CERTS132A- based secretion engineering could be an effective strategy for enhancing recombinant t- PA production in CHO cells.
A new hardening rule for metallic foam plasticity
Azam Surmiri,Kourosh Hasanpour 대한기계학회 2016 JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Vol.30 No.5
Metallic foams are a class of porous materials widely used in the industry because of their advantages. In recent years, extensive studies on the behavior of these materials have been conducted. Several constitutive equations have also been presented and applied. This study proposes a new constitutive equation that predicts metallic foam behavior using the stress–strain curve in uniaxial compression. The proposed model offers a new functionality for work hardening and is evaluated for both isotropic and combined hardening. The constitutive equations are implemented in MATLAB and integrated using return mapping algorithm. The material parameters are identified using genetic algorithm and through a comparison of the experimental and numerical results. The aluminum foams discussed in this paper are the commercially available types, Foaminal and Alporas. The comparison of numerical and experimental results indicate that this new constitutive equation predicts foam behavior in a reasonable manner. Moreover, a good agreement is observed between the experimental and computational curves.
Development of electrolyte SAFT-HR equation of state for single electrolyte solutions
Azam Najafloo,Farzaneh Feyzi,Ali Taghi Zoghi 한국화학공학회 2014 Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering Vol.31 No.12
The explicit version of the mean spherical approximation (MSA) is added to the SAFT-HR equation ofstate (EoS) to model aqueous alkali halide solutions. The proposed electrolyte equation of state (eEoS) has two par-ameters per each ion. Two methods are in common use for calculating ion parameters: ion-based and salt-based. Inthis work, the electrolyte parameters are obtained for 61 single electrolyte solutions using salt-based method. Usingthis approach, mean ionic activity coefficients of the 61 aqueous electrolyte systems were modeled with overall averageabsolute relative percent deviation (AAD%) of 3.91. Also, for testing the ability of the model in terms of ionic par-ameters, six salts (NaCl, NaBr, NaI, KCl, KBr and KI) were studied using ion-based method. The liquid densities, os-motic coefficients and salt mean ionic activity coefficients of 6 aqueous electrolyte solutions were modeled with overallAAD% of 0.68, 2.28 and 0.96, respectively.
An Empirical Investigation of Work Life Balance and Satisfaction among the University Academicians
Azam MALIK,Zafrul ALLAM 한국유통과학회 2021 The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Busine Vol.8 No.5
University academicians are playing a significant role in nation building and striving hard to impart quality education to students and also instill moral and ethical values in them. The current study aims to determine the relationship between work-life balance (WLB) and satisfaction among academicians. For the study purpose, 154 academicians from different universities with varied designations were selected randomly from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Pareek et al. (2011) constructed and validated a scale to gather responses from respondents with the aim of understanding WLB in relation to satisfaction. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to interpret the results to make the study more authentic and valuable. The study’s findings revealed that (i) all facets of WLB have positive relationships with one another, resulting in workplace satisfaction; (ii) the result also reflects that male faculty members have a lot of pressure and responsibility in the universities than the female faculty members which reflect that male are more prone to dissatisfaction in comparison to the dfemale faculty members (iii) the factor personal needs is having the high degree of correlation followed by the social needs. Results indicate that WLB plays a crucial role to provide satisfaction and surely ignite new information in the contemporary knowledge of work life balance among the Saudi Arabian Universities.
Azam Surmiri,Ali Nayebi,Hojjatollah Rokhgireh,Ahmad Varvani-Farahani 국제구조공학회 2020 Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An Int'l Jou Vol.75 No.1
The present study intends to analyze damage in thin-walled steel cylinders undergoing constant internal pressure and thermal cycles through use of anisotropic continuum damage mechanics (CDM) model coupled with nonlinear kinematic hardening rule of Chaboche. Materials damage in each direction was defined based on plastic strain and its direction. Stress and strain distribution over wall-thickness was described based on the CDM model and the return mapping algorithm was employed based on the consistency condition. Plastic zone expansion across the wall thickness of cylinders was noticeably affected with change in internal pressure and temperature gradients. Expansion of plastic zone over wall-thickness at inner and outer surfaces and their boundaries demarking elastic and plastic regions was attributed to the magnitude of damage induced over thermo-mechanical cycles on the thin-walled samples tested at various pressure stresses.