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  Broadband absorption enhancement in amorphous Si solar cells using metal gratings and surface texturing

  Sara Magdi and Mohamed A. Swillam

  [abstract not available]

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  Optical analysis of Si-tapered nanowires/low band gap polymer hybrid solar cells

  Sara Magdi and Mohamed A. Swillam

  [abstract not available]

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  Politics of Food Aid: From Politicization to Integration

  Khaled Mansour

  In recent years, the food question has been a central concern for politicians, economists, international organizations, activists and NGOs alike, as well as social scientists at large. This interest has emerged from the global food crisis and its impact on the environment and the political economy and security of the global south, as well as the expansion of scholarly studies relating food issues to agrarian questions with the objective of developing theoretical frameworks that would allow for a critical analysis of the current food issues at historical, cultural, social, political and economic levels. In this context, Cairo Papers organized its 2016 symposium around the food question in the Middle East. Papers in this collection address the food question from both its food and agricultural aspects, and approach it as the site of political and economic conflicts, as the means of sociocultural control and distinction, and as the expression of national and ethnic identities.

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  Plasmonic photovoltaics using nano crescent antennas

  Marina Medhat, Yasser M. El-Batawy, Alaa K. Abdelmageed, and Ezzeldin A. Soliman

  [abstract not available]

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  Lay Accounts of “Modern” and “Traditional” Family in Greater Cairo

  Sohair Mehanna, Kathryn M. Yount, Arland Thornton, and Shilpa N. Patel

  Although many have tried, the spontaneity of the Arab Spring uprisings and the unpredictability of its diverse geographical outcomes have resisted explanation. For social scientists, part of the challenge has been how to effectively measure and analyze the empirical data, while another obstacle has been a lack of attention to the worldviews, value orientations, and long-term concerns from the people of the Middle East and North Africa. In order to meet these challenges head-on, Mansoor Moaddel and Michele J. Gelfand have assembled an international team of experts to explore and employ a new and diverse set of frameworks in order to explain the dynamics of cross-national variation, values, political engagement, morality, and development in these regions. To this end, the authors address a wide range of questions, such as: To what extent do recent events reflect changes in values among the Middle Eastern publics? Are youth uniformly more supportive of change than the rest of the population? To what extent are changes in values connected to changes in identities? How do we explain the process of change in the long term? As Moaddel and Gelfand remark in their book's introduction, "Our hope is that this collective effort will not only contribute to the development of the social sciences in the Middle East and North Africa, but also to practical political actions and public policies that serve social tolerance and harmony, peace, and economic prosperity for the people of the region."

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  Dynamic routing control through bends for Si sub-micrometer optical interconnects

  Hosam Mekawey, Yehea Ismail, and Mohamed A. Swillam

  [abstract not available]

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  Marketing financial services and products in different cultural environments

  Charilaos Mertzanis

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  A cooperative scheme for the coexistence of the LTE and WiFi systems

  Kareem M. Metwaly, Karim G. Seddik, and Mustafa Y. Elnainay

  [abstract not available]

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  Comparative study of harmonic performance of different modulation techniques for Z-Source inverter

  Ahmed Nabih, Yehea Ismail, Abdelmomen Mahgoub, and Osama Mahgoub

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  Control of space-vector modulated solar grid-tied quasi-Z-source Inverter

  Ahmed Nabih, Yehea Ismail, Abdelmomen Mahgoub, and Osama Mahgoub

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  Preprocessor with spline interpolation for converting stereolithography into cutter location source data

  Fusaomi Nagata, Yudai Okada, Tatsuhiko Sakamoto, Takamasa Kusano, and Maki K. Habib

  [abstract not available]

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  Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) and the environment

  Usha Natarajan

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  Towards a post-camp david paradigm? US foreign policy in a reshuffled middle east

  Marco Pinfari

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  Where is Our Balady Food?

  Sara Pozzi and Sara El Sayed

  In recent years, the food question has been a central concern for politicians, economists, international organizations, activists and NGOs alike, as well as social scientists at large. This interest has emerged from the global food crisis and its impact on the environment and the political economy and security of the global south, as well as the expansion of scholarly studies relating food issues to agrarian questions with the objective of developing theoretical frameworks that would allow for a critical analysis of the current food issues at historical, cultural, social, political and economic levels. In this context, Cairo Papers organized its 2016 symposium around the food question in the Middle East. Papers in this collection address the food question from both its food and agricultural aspects, and approach it as the site of political and economic conflicts, as the means of sociocultural control and distinction, and as the expression of national and ethnic identities.

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  Heat transfer analysis of the surface of nonfilm-cooled and filmcooled nozzle guide vanes in transonic annular cascade

  Kasem E. Ragab and Lamyaa El-Gabry

  [abstract not available]

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  Reflection on the Concept of Hunger: The Case of Egypt between 2008 and 2011

  Malak S. Rouchdy

  In recent years, the food question has been a central concern for politicians, economists, international organizations, activists and NGOs alike, as well as social scientists at large. This interest has emerged from the global food crisis and its impact on the environment and the political economy and security of the global south, as well as the expansion of scholarly studies relating food issues to agrarian questions with the objective of developing theoretical frameworks that would allow for a critical analysis of the current food issues at historical, cultural, social, political and economic levels. In this context, Cairo Papers organized its 2016 symposium around the food question in the Middle East. Papers in this collection address the food question from both its food and agricultural aspects, and approach it as the site of political and economic conflicts, as the means of sociocultural control and distinction, and as the expression of national and ethnic identities.

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  The Food Question in the Middle East - Introduction

  Malak S. Rouchdy and Iman A. Hamdy

  In recent years, the food question has been a central concern for politicians, economists, international organizations, activists and NGOs alike, as well as social scientists at large. This interest has emerged from the global food crisis and its impact on the environment and the political economy and security of the global south, as well as the expansion of scholarly studies relating food issues to agrarian questions with the objective of developing theoretical frameworks that would allow for a critical analysis of the current food issues at historical, cultural, social, political and economic levels. In this context, Cairo Papers organized its 2016 symposium around the food question in the Middle East. Papers in this collection address the food question from both its food and agricultural aspects, and approach it as the site of political and economic conflicts, as the means of sociocultural control and distinction, and as the expression of national and ethnic identities.

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  Multi-objective optimization for rehabilitation of heath facilities

  M. Salah, H. Osman, and Ossama Hosny

  [abstract not available]

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  Novel micromachined on-chip 10-elements wire-grid array operating at 60 GHz

  Mai O. Sallam, Mohamed Serry, Atif Shamim, Sherif Sedky, and Ezzeldin A. Soliman

  [abstract not available]

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  Business and organization for sustainable societies: "Inclusiveness in the Arab Region: A Necessity or a luxury?"

  Karim Seghir

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  Cooperative D2D communication in downlink cellular networks with energy harvesting capability

  Mohamed Seif, Amr El-Keyi, Karim G. Seddik, and Mohammed Nafie

  [abstract not available]

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  Modeling and experimental characterization of flexible graphene composite strain sensors

  Mohamed Serry and Mahmoud A. Sakr

  [abstract not available]

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  Modified BPM for plasmonic modeling

  Adel Shaaban, M. F.O. Hameed, S. S.A. Obayya, Lotfi R. Gomaa, and Mohamed A. Swillam

  [abstract not available]

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  A validation of a re-equilibrium decisionsupport system for PPP contracts

  Amira Shalaby, Amr Hassanein, and Atter Hannoura

  [abstract not available]

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  CloudV: A cloud-based educational digital design environment

  Mohamed Shalan and Sherief Reda

  [abstract not available]