US Democracy Promotion from Bush to Obama. EUSpring Working Paper No. 1, 15 April 2015

Throughout the twenty-first century the United States (U.S.) has attempted to balance its traditional national security interests, whilst also seeking to promote the long-term transformation of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) towards democracy based on liberal values. With the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks providing a catalyst for policy change, the U.S. has moved away from its twentieth-century policy of pursuing a regional status quo and instinctively balking at political change. Yet, the U.S. has not abandoned its reliance on autocratic regimes that cooperate on more immediate national security interests such as counter-terrorism, counter-proliferation, and the free-flow energy sources into the global market. Rather, U.S. democracy promotion in the MENA has become incremental by design and is characterized by its gradualist and often-collaborative nature. U.S. foreign policy in the MENA is, therefore, depicted by a cautious evolutionary stance rather than supporting revolutionary shifts in power.

Women's Rights in the Aftermath of Egypt's Revolution. Arab Citizenship Review No. 9, 26 August 2015 [also EUSpring Working Paper No. 5]

Addressing the issue of “women’s rights” in Egypt may seem like an easy topic from a purely legal standpoint, but the most enlightening way to do so is to adopt a holistic approach by understanding the political, social, cultural and class effects of this issue. Since 1952, people in Egypt have looked at “women’s rights” as a purely state matter, one characterised mainly by legal reforms. Until 2011, women’s rights were manipulated via a top-down approach by making changes in some policies and laws. Since 2011, with the emergence of the question of social movements, tackling women’s rights has been transformed via the use of certain tools and different perspectives. This is clearly manifested in the vast mobilisation that took place in governorates outside Cairo, which featured the use of artistic tools such as graffiti, story-telling performances, the production of feminist songs, open-microphone sessions, etc., in addition to the extensive use of social media and online campaigning to mainstream feminist ideologies and highlight violations experienced by women. Before 2011, the public space in Egypt was limited to citizens, political groups and civil society for employing legal approaches such as litigations and policy changes by direct pressure on authorities. The 2011 revolution opened the public space to the use of new tools that are not limited to protests and sit-ins, but also new media windows and new political forces who carried the question of certain rights in their agendas as well as the accessibility of different governmental actors. This paper will highlight different topics around women’s rights and gender issues in Egypt after 2011. This paper will review different gender issues after 2011, including the targeting of women in public spaces, women’s representation in decision-making bodies, legal reform, economic and social rights, and sexual and reproductive rights. It will also investigate how the feminist movement has changed and evolved since 2011, and to what degree women's issues and feminism can be analysed in a multidisciplinary way.

Radiomic Texture Analysis Mapping Predicts Areas of True Functional MRI Activity.

Individual analysis of functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scans requires user-adjustment of the statistical threshold in order to maximize true functional activity and eliminate false positives. In this study, we propose a novel technique that uses radiomic texture analysis (TA) features associated with heterogeneity to predict areas of true functional activity. Scans of 15 right-handed healthy volunteers were analyzed using SPM8. The resulting functional maps were thresholded to optimize visualization of language areas, resulting in 116 regions of interests (ROIs). A board-certified neuroradiologist classified different ROIs into Expected (E) and Non-Expected (NE) based on their anatomical locations. TA was performed using the mean Echo-Planner Imaging (EPI) volume, and 20 rotation-invariant texture features were obtained for each ROI. Using forward stepwise logistic regression, we built a predictive model that discriminated between E and NE areas of functional activity, with a cross-validation AUC and success rate of 79.84% and 80.19% respectively (specificity/sensitivity of 78.34%/82.61%). This study found that radiomic TA of fMRI scans may allow for determination of areas of true functional activity, and thus eliminate clinician bias.

Ramp Adaptive Metering Bottleneck Optimization (RAMBO) user's manual.

Texas Department of Transportation, Austin

Principles of Muhammadan law : an essay at a complete statement of the personal law applicable to Muslims in British India /

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Surface rehabilitation techniques : state of the practice : design, construction, and performance of micro-surfacing /

"HNG-42/6-94(4M)E."

Ta ri kh-i H asan, mu allafah- i Pi r Ghula m H asan Khuiha mi .

Added t. p.: Tarikh-i-Hassan.

Education in Viet Nam.

Accompanied by "Supplement: Higher Education." (11 p. 27 cm.) Published: [Washington] U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education, Division of International Education.

Götter, Könige und Tiere in Agypten /

Assuan.--Der Isistempel auf der insel Philae.--Nilaufwärts. Abu-Simbel.--Komombo.--Edfu.--Luksor.--Die königsgräber.--Noch mehr gräber.--An bord der "Indiana."--Nach Abydos.--Tel-el-Amarna und Beni Hassan.--Kairo.--Das ägyptische museum.--Das totenfeld von Sakkara.--Die grabstätten der könige Cheops, Chefren, Mykerinos.--Abschied.

Prinzessin des Ostens, Novellen.

"Dieser Band enthält de Beiden, zuerst einzeln erschienenen Bände 'Die Prinzessin des Ostens', (1900) und 'Sechs Geschichten (1898)."

--Historical encyclopaedia : entitled "Meadows of gold and mines of gems" /

"This copy was printed for the Right Honourable Lord Bexley."

The dramatick works of Beaumont and Fletcher;

Cont. Fair maid of the inn. Cupid's revenge.--v. 10. Two noble kinsmen. Tragedy of Thierry and Theodorey. Woman-hater. Nice valour, or, the passionate madman. Honest man's fortune. Masque. Four plays, or moral representations, in one.

1990 Ice Hockey Team

1993 Ice Hockey Team

Top Row: skate sharpener Glen Sackriska, student mngr. Josh Richelew, Ron Sacka, Kevin Hilton, John Arnold, Brian Wiseman, Mike Stone, Cam Stewart, student trainer Jamie Reynolds, Student mngr. J.B. Akins

equip. mngr. Ian Hume, Drew Denzin, Aaron Ward, Alan Sinclair, Mike Knuble, Tim Hogan, student mngr. T.C. Wingrove

Second Row: asst. coach Mel Pearson, traveling secy. Howard Colby, Anton Fiodorov, Rick Willis, David Oliver, Ryan Sittler, Steve Halko, Mark Sakala, trainer Rick Bancroft, stick boy David Brooks

Chris Gordon, Al Loges, Dan Stiver, David Roberts, Pat Neaton, head coach Red Berenson, David Harlock, Chris Tamer, Mark Ouimet, Steve Shieids