The use of information and communication technology with its different tools and techniques is penetrating different aspects of life with various implications. The use of the Internet and the World Wide Web as well as the emerging of different communication channels have brought the world closer and contributed to the concepts of globalization and the extended enterprise. The educational sector...

We were asked to discuss specific methodological approaches to evaluating three hypothetical interventions. This article uses this forum to discuss three misperceptions about randomized trials. First, nobody argues that randomized trials are appropriate in all settings, and for all questions. Everyone agrees that asking the right question is the highest priority. Second, the decision about what...

Landsat TM and ETM+ images were used to examine urban growth for the Greater Cairo area, Egypt, between 1986 and 1999, assisted by fieldwork and high spatial resolution images such as IRS, CORONA, and IKONOS. During the study period, urban land (collectively classified as built-up surface) increased significantly. Most of the increases in urban land came from the conversion of desert land and f...

In 1947, Egyptian novelist, short story writer and playwright Mahmud Taymur (1894-1973) was awarded the first prize in short story writing from Cairo Arabic Language Academy. Two years later, Taymur was made a member of the prestigious scholarly institution whose main mission was to promote and defend the use of classical Arabic in modern Arabic literature. In both the statement made by the jur...

Soft skills for software engineers turned out to be a very important factor in the success of any project helping the team’s dynamics and performance. Conversely, computer science undergraduates are possibly not aware of the importance of soft skills for their careers. Accordingly this paper’s main purpose is to highlight the gaps that exist for computer science graduates in Egypt. In this pape...

The aim of this paper is to present an Arabic speech database that represents Arabic native speakers from all the cities of Saudi Arabia. The database is called the Saudi Accented Arabic Voice Bank (SAAVB). Preparing the prompt sheets, selecting the right speakers and transcribing their speech are some of the challenges that faced the project team. The procedures that met these challenges are h...

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1 Overview The goal of this demonstration is to present the main features of a Mediator component, Global Schema Builder, of an I3 system, called MOMIS (Mediator envirOnment for Multiple Information Sources) 1]. MOMIS 12 has been conceived to provide an integrated access to heterogeneous information stored in traditional databases (e.g., relational, object-oriented) or le systems, as well as in...

Mohamed H. Farrag Canadian International College, Cairo, Egypt Email: [email protected] Mona M. Nasr Faculty of Computers and Information, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt. Email: [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------ABSTRACT--------------------------------------------------------------In recent years, cloud computing become mainstrea...