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  The Alexandria Mineral Oils Company (AMOC): A Strategic Assessment of AMOC’S IPO

  Eskandar Tooma

  This case deals with a critical question about the underlying motives for Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), using the events surrounding the IPO of the Alexandria Mineral and Oils Company (AMOC) in Egypt. AMOC, a government-owned company that was seeking partial privatization, was offered to the public at LE 45per share, and in no more than one week of trading, the share price skyrocketed to LE 85, almost doubling the company’s price/earnings (P/E) ratio. This was a matter of major concern to the company’s management, since the high P/E ratio detracted from AMOC’s attractiveness to a strategic investor. The case gives an overview of AMOC’s main business activities and of the local and international petroleum industry and highlights the process of an initial public offering as well as the parties involved.

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  Premium International for Credit Services: Application of Value-Based Management

  Eskandar Tooma, Aliaa Bassiouny, and Nourhan El Mogui

  The case follows through the history of PICS, presenting the business model and the market for its products. It then moves on to outline the financial position of PICS over the period 2002-2005,which shows that, despite double-digit growth in revenue, the company has suffered from poor bottom lines that have put the company in severe financial distress.

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  Centralizing Integrated Long Range Planning and Budgeting

  Taylor Valore

  Upon relocation to a new, state-of-the-art, 260-acre campus outside of Cairo, Egypt, the American University in Cairo (AUC) sought to revamp its annual planning and budgeting processes to address several deficiencies. Primarily, long-range planning and annual budgeting were two independent events with little synchronization. This case study will detail the process and technical aspects of AUC’s transition to a centralized and synchronized planning and budgeting cycle focused on determining appropriate workflows and leveraging database technologies to track planning initiatives throughout an approvals process. Readers will be able to weigh the drawbacks of centralization against the benefits of standardized budget review and planning.

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  Resonant square-wave clock generator for low power applications

  Mohamed Wahba and Yehea Ismail

  [abstract not available]

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  Increasing game immersion through randomizing game characters' appearance in crowded scenes using inexpensive pixel shader operations

  Ramy Taher Makram Wassef and Awad Khalil

  [abstract not available]

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  Improved periodogram-based spectrum sensing technique for FM wireless microphone signals

  Hatem Yousry, Ayman Elezabi, Fatma Newagy, and Salwa Elramly

  [abstract not available]

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  Masculinity on Shifting Grounds: Emasculation and the Rise of the Islamist Political Scene in Post-Mubarak Egypt

  Mustafa Abdalla

  The first of four issues in volume 33. This issue covers masculinity in Egypt and the Middle East. Contributors include: Mustafa Abdalla, Samira Aghacy, Wilson Jacob, Hanan Kholoussy, Florence Martin.

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  Worst-case test vectors generation using genetic algorithms for the detection of total-dose induced leakage current failures

  H. A. Abdel-Aziz, M. M. Abdel-Aziz, A. G. Wassal, and A. A. Abou-Auf

  [abstract not available]

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  Monitoring electromagnetic pollution using wireless sensor networks

  D. Abou El Seoud, S. Nouh, R. A. Abbass, Nora A. Ali, and Ramez M. Daoud

  [abstract not available]

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  Masculinity and Spatial Trajectories in the Contemporary Arabic Novel

  Samira Aghacy

  The first of four issues in volume 33. This issue covers masculinity in Egypt and the Middle East. Contributors include: Mustafa Abdalla, Samira Aghacy, Wilson Jacob, Hanan Kholoussy, Florence Martin.

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  Integrative rhetoric and exclusionary realities in Bangladesh-Malaysia migration policies: Discourse on networks and development

  A. K.M. Ahsan Ullah

  [no abstract provided]

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  ERP post-implementation adoption success dynamics: A cultural perspective

  M. S. Akabawi

  The purpose of this research is to explore the barriers of adoption and adaptation of Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) systems at the post implementation phase within Developing Countries (DCs) business culture. Human agency-related issues and IT materiality factors specific to the DCs business environment were researched within the framework of post-implementation use of cross-functional information systems in a longitudinal case study. Focus group teams, composed of business units' end-users, managers and IT specialists (employment cohorts) were mobilized to elicit the causes of failing ERP services. The scope of this research fits within the studies that target the analysis of organizational adoption and use of ERP. Feedback loops analysis method was used for the study and presentation of the complex dynamic socio-technical behavior in enterprises to gain insight of the relationships among the many non-linear variables prevalent in the post implementation stage of the ERP lifecycle. Those variables were arrived at through canvassing stakeholder groups in the case firm, using focus group approach and the Causal Loop Diagramming as the analysis tool. The introduced methodology in this research is meant to highlight a new perspective to the understanding of the success model of ERP use and adoption. © 2011, IGI Global.

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  Introduction: Contentious politics, political opposition, and authoritarianism

  Holger Albrecht

  [no abstract provided]

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  Political opposition and Arab authoritarianism: Some conceptual remarks

  Holger Albrecht

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  Generalization of logic picture-based power estimation tool

  M. H. Amin, M. F. Fouda, A. M. Eltantawy, M. B. Abdelhalim, and H. H. Amer

  [abstract not available]

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  Energy harvesting of gas pipeline vibration

  M. Arafa, W. Akl, M. Majeed, K. Al-Hussain, and A. Baz

  [abstract not available]

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  Damage identification through spectral element model updating

  Mustafa H. Arafa and Ashraf O. Nassef

  [abstract not available]

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  A Modified Continuous Reactive Tabu Search for damage detection in beams

  Mustafa Arafa, Ayman Youssef, and Ashraf Nassef

  [abstract not available]

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  A simulation-based planning system for wind turbine construction

  Dina Atef, Hesham Osman, Moheeb Ibrahim, and Khaled Nassar

  [abstract not available]

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  An innovative approach for the wormhole attack detection and prevention in wireless ad hoc networks

  Marianne A. Azer, Sherif M. El-Kassas, and Magdy S. El-Soudani

  [abstract not available]

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  AgriMine: A tool for mining agricultural problems and their solutions

  Samhaa R. El-Beltagy, Ahmed Rafea, Said Mabrouk, and Mahmoud Rafea

  [abstract not available]

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  Traffic control using WiMAX with Dual Trigger Handover

  M. A. El-Dakroury, Abdel Halim Zekry, H. H. Amer, and R. M. Daoud

  [abstract not available]

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  Community based learning in ENGR 101 term project: Toy design for school children in disadvantaged Old Cairo community

  Lamyaa El-Gabry

  Introduction to Engineering (ENGR 101) is the first engineering course students take upon admission to the engineering program. It is required of students in all disciplines of engineering. It is a one credit hour course that meets once a week and covers topics including History of Engineering, Engineering fields of specializations, the engineering profession, engineering communications, engineering ethics and societal obligations. It also focuses on teaching students the engineering approach to problem solving and includes a course project. Community Based Learning was introduced into the ENGR 101 course via the term project which is a required component of the course. The project was to design toys for children ages 7 to 14 years at a school in a disadvantaged squatter community in Old Cairo, Egypt, where infrastructure is poor and education and social mobility can be very limited. The project was carried out in partnership with a non-government organization (NGO) named "Sohbit Khayr" based in the Stable Antar neighborhood in Old Cairo. This paper shows how the introductory engineering course was redesigned to integrate community based learning while meeting the stated ABET course outcomes. Included are detailed step-by-step instructions on the tools and structure of the project so that it may serve as an example for others wishing to adapt some of these tools to other courses. The paper will present the outcome assessments and survey results to evaluate the project's success in meeting the stated outcomes and includes a discussion on the benefits to the students and the community partner. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2010.

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  Effect of pulsed film cooling on leading edge film effectiveness

  Lamyaa A. El-Gabry and Richard B. Rivir

  [abstract not available]

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  Selective laser annealing for improved sige MEMS structural layers at 210°C

  Joumana El-Rifai, Ann Witvrouw, Ahmed Abdel Aziz, Robert Puers, and Chris Van Hoof

  [abstract not available]