Research Title: Evaluation of Jordanian barley (Hordeum vulgare L) landraces collected from diverse environments.

Author: Sameer Masoud, Published Year: 2005

Dirasat: Agricultural Sciences, 32

Faculty: Science

Abstract: A field study was carried out at the Jubiha Agricultural Research Station /University of Jordan during 2000/2001 growing season to evaluate some of the agronomic traits particularly yield performance, for 32 barely landraces collected during the year 2000 from different sites in Ajlun and Muwaqqar. Three long-term checks: Harmal, Zanbaka, and Arta were also used in this study. Triple lattice design with three replications was used. Half of the collected barely landraces were six-row type that dominated in Ajlun area and the remaining landraces were two-row type that dominated in Muwaqqar area. This reflects the expected landrace adaptability to the stressful climatic conditions. Landrace differences in most of the traits were highly significant at 0.1% level of probability, indicated that the major of the variation among landraces is due to genetic effect, and so selection for those traits with high genetic variability can be efficient. High positive correlations of grain yield /plant with thousand-kernel weight, spike weight and number of grains /spike. Thus, selection for any of these yield components will lead to directly increase yield. Low percentage (15.6%) of Jordanian landraces were early in heading, 81.3% were medium in maturity and 12.5% with long filling period. Frequencies of these landraces with early heading, early maturity and long filling period are considered as indicators of increasing tolerance to drought.

Keywords: agronomic traits

Research Title: Virulence of root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne spp., on tomato bearing the Mi gene for resistance.

Author: Sameer Masoud, Published Year: 2005

Phytopathologia Mediterranea, 44

Faculty: Science

Abstract: Three species of root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne javanica, M. incognita races 1 and 2, and M. arenaria race 2 occur in Jordan. These species and their races were identified using morphological characters, the North Carolina differential host test, and SCARPCR. The virulence of 83 isolates belonging to Meloidogyne species and races was assayed. The virulence assay was based on the isolate reproduction rate on a resistant tomato cultivar Betterboy bearing the Mi gene for resistance, and was compared with that on the susceptible tomato cultivar Rutgers. Three M. javanica isolates were highly virulent on the resistant cv. Betterboy as indicated by their high root gall index (4.73) and high reproduction factor (3.73). The horticultural parameters (shoot and root fresh weights and root dry weight) were negatively correlated with the reproduction factor

Keywords: root-knot nematodes

Research Title: Differences between leaders and non-leaders in their perceptions of the organizational commitment to quality

Author: Atef Al-Raoush, Published Year: 2015

European Scientific Institute, Vol 11, No 10 (2015

Faculty: Business

Abstract: The objective of this study was to determine if there were any significant differences between hospital leaders and non-leaders in their perceptions of the organizational commitment to quality in the governmental accredited hospitals in Jordan. A survey instrument, designed to measure the level of organizational commitment to quality, questionnaire, was administered to the healthcare professionals in the five governmental accredited hospitals in Jordan. Study sample included 1290 employees. The response rate was 83.6 % of the total questionnaires distributed. Of the1079 respondents, 141 were leaders and 938 were non-leaders. Two sample T test was used to compare the responses between these groups. There were significant differences found between leaders and non-leaders in their perceptions of organization’s commitment to quality.

Keywords: Total quality management, organizational commitment to quality, Accreditation, Jordan

Research Title: Is the organizational leadership commitment principle the most significant TQM Principle on hospital effectiveness

Author: Atef Al-Raoush, Published Year: 2015

European Scientific Institute, ESI, April 2015 edition v

Faculty: Business

Abstract: Total Quality management (TQM) has many principles, and the objective of this study was to determine highest TQM principle which has the greater impact on overall hospital effectiveness as perceived by healthcare professionals working in accredited governmental hospitals in Jordan. A study survey instrument, designed to measure the impact of applying TQM principles on overall hospital effectiveness, then to find out the greater TQM principle which influence more the overall hospital effectiveness, Study questionnaire was administered to the healthcare professionals in the five governmental accredited hospitals in Jordan, The data collection where 1290 questionnaires. The response rate was 83.6% of the total questionnaires distributed. TQM principles were: Leadership commitment to quality, Customer focus, Continuous improvement, Teamwork, Employee involvement, and education and training. Multiple regression analysis using Beta Coefficient conducted, the result shows that the greater TQM principle which affects the overall hospital effectiveness organization leadership commitment to quality and the least was education and training.

Keywords: Total quality management, organization leadership commitment to quality, Accreditation, Jordan

Research Title: ‎A Genetic Framework model for Self-Adaptive software

Author: Said Ahmad Ammar Ghoul, Published Year: 2017

JSE, 11

Faculty: Information Technology

Abstract: ‎ Background: Self-adaptive software changes its behavior at runtime without affecting the ‎running system. It has recently been a rich research area. Lots of organizations have adopted it in ‎their environments to accommodate with changing requirements. Lots of bio-inspired research ‎works, which are better than the conventional ones, have been conducted in the area of self-‎adaptive software. All of them have focused on the external behavior of biological entities (like ‎birds, ants, immunity, etc.) without going in depth into their genetic material that causes this ‎behavior and constitutes the challenge the work presented in this paper dealt with. Materials and ‎Methods: This paper proposes a solution to the above current challenge by developing a ‎framework model for self-adaptive software; inspired by the adaptation (evolution) of biological ‎entities and taking into consideration the role of genetic material in the adaptation process. Its scope ‎is limited to changes that take place at runtime but that are known at design. Results: The obtained ‎framework model was evaluated through its reuse in software objects evolution. The practical and ‎theoretical obtained results were valuable in the object-oriented paradigm. The proposed framework ‎completes the others bio-inspired research current works by providing a natural implementing way. ‎The integration of the current bio-inspired approaches (which deal with natural entities behaviors ‎external modeling) with the proposed framework (which deals with genetics-inspired internal ‎modeling of these behaviors) will lead to homogenous and coherent bio-inspired approaches to ‎self-adaptive software. Conclusion: The proposed framework is limited to self-adaptations ‎predicted at the requirements and design steps in self-adaptive software engineering, which is ‎significant in practice. However, the unpredicted adaptation (to unpredicted errors, environment ‎requirements, etc.) will be a genetics-inspired approach real challenge. Separate evaluation of the ‎proposed framework performance is not determinant. However, the performance evaluation of the ‎actual bio-inspired hybrid approaches against the proposed integrated ones (which is impossible to ‎achieve actually) will be valuable. It might be expected that the integrated ones will be better (in the ‎whole self-adaptive software engineering processes) than the hybrid current ones. The homogeneity ‎of approaches has its important impact. ‎

Keywords: Self-adaptive software, Bio-inspired self-adaptive software, Genetics-inspired software modelling.‎

Research Title: ‎A Feature Based Methodology for Variable Requirements Reverse Engineering

Author: Said Ahmad Ammar Ghoul, Published Year: 2019

AJSEA‎, 8

Faculty: Information Technology

Abstract: In the past years, software reverse engineering dealt with source code understanding. Nowadays, it is levered ‎to software requirements abstract level, supported by feature model notations, language independent, and ‎simpler than the source code reading. The recent relevant approaches face the following insufficiencies: lack ‎of a complete integrated methodology, adapted feature model, feature patterns recognition, and Graph based ‎slicing. This work aims to provide some solutions to the above challenges through an integrated ‎methodology.‎ The following results are unique. Elementary and configuration features are specified in a uniform way by ‎introducing semantics specific attributes. The reverse engineering supports feature pattern recognition and ‎requirements feature model graph-based slicing. The slicing criteria are rich enough to allow answering ‎questions of software requirements maintainers. A comparison of this proposed methodology, based on ‎effective criteria, with the similar works, seems to be valuable and competitive: the enrichment of the ‎feature model and feature pattern recognition were never approached and the proposed slicing technique is ‎more general, effective, and practical. ‎

Keywords: Requirements Engineering, Reverse Engineering, Requirements Variability, Feature Model, Pattern Recognition, Graph-Based ‎Slicing

Research Title: ‎Bio-Inspired Requirements Variability Modeling with use Case. ‎

Author: Said Ahmad Ammar Ghoul, Published Year: 2019

IJSEA, 10

Faculty: Information Technology

Abstract: Background. Feature Model (FM) is the most important technique used to manage the variability through products in Software Product Lines (SPLs). Often, the SPLs requirements variability is by using variable use case model which is a real challenge in actual approaches: large gap between their concepts and those of real world leading to bad quality, poor supporting FM, and the variability does not cover all requirements modeling levels. Aims. This paper proposes a bio-inspired use case variability modeling methodology dealing with the above shortages. Method. The methodology is carried out through variable business domain use case meta modeling, variable applications family use case metamodeling, and variable specific application use case generating. Results. This methodology has leaded to integrated solutions to the above challenges: it decreases the gap between computing concepts and real world ones. It supports use case variability modeling by introducing versions and revisions features and related relations. The variability is supported at three meta levels covering business domain, applications family, and specific application requirements. Conclusion. A comparative evaluation with the closest recent works, upon some meaningful criteria in the domain, shows the conceptual and practical great value of the proposed methodology and leads to promising research perspectives.

Keywords: Software requirements variability, bio-inspired variability modeling, use case variability, feature model, software requirements versions, software requirements revisions

Research Title: ‎Requirements Variability Specification For data Intensive Software‎

Author: Said Ahmad Ammar Ghoul, Published Year: 2019

IJSEA, 10

Faculty: Information Technology

Abstract: Nowadays, the use of feature modeling technique, in software requirements specification, increased the variation support in Data Intensive Software Product Lines (DISPLs) requirements modeling. It is considered the easiest and the most efficient way to express commonalities and variability among different products requirements. Several recent works, in DISPLs requirements, handled data variability by different models which are far from real world concepts. This,leaded to difficulties in analyzing, designing, implementing, and maintaining this variability. However, this work proposes a software requirements specification methodology based on concepts more close to the nature and which are inspired from genetics. This bio-inspiration has carried out important results in DISPLs requirements variability specification with feature modeling, which were not approached by the conventional approaches.The feature model was enriched with features and relations, facilitating the requirements variation management, not yet considered in the current relevant works.The use of genetics-based methodology seems to be promising in data intensive software requirements variability specification.

Keywords: Requirements variability specification, Data intensive software product lines, Bio-inspired modeling, data versions, feature model.

Research Title: جريمة إفشاء السر المصرفي والعقوبة المترتبة عليها وفقاً للقانون الأردني

Author: Moayd Husni Al-Kawaldah, Published Year: 2016

دراسات علوم الشريعة والقانون, المجلد 43 ملحق رقم 3

Faculty: Law

Abstract: تناول هذا البحث موضوع المسؤولية الجزائية المترتبة على فعل الإدلاء بالسر المصرفي حسب بوتقة من التشريعات المعمول بها في الأردن، حيث تم التعرض في هذا البحث لجريمة إفشاء السر المصرفي والعقوبة المترتبة عليها، ففيما يتعلق بأركان جريمة إفشاء السر المصرفي فإن هذه الجريمة لا تقوم إلا بتوافر ركنين، فالركن الأول لجريمة إفشاء السر المصرفي يتمثل بالركن المادي، والذي يجب لقيامه توافر عنصريين ألا وهما أن يكون ما تم إفشاؤه سراً، وتوافر الصفة الخاصة بالفاعل، أما الركن الثاني لجريمة إفشاء السر المصرفي فيتمثل بالركن المعنوي، والذي يُتخذ في هذا الركن صفة القصد الجرمي، وبعد التحدث عن أركان جريمة إفشاء السر المصرفي تم التطرق إلى المسؤولية المترتبة جزائيا على جريمة إفشاء السر المصرفي من حيث التعريف، وأساس هذه المسؤولية، وشروط هذه المسؤولية، ومن هم المسؤولون جزائيا، وفي نهاية هذا الشق تم التعرض للعقوبة المترتبة على جريمة إفشاء السر المصرفي، حيث أفردت لهذا الموضوع في مبحثاً مستقلاً، وتوصلت بنتيجته إلى أن العقوبة المترتبة على جريمة إفشاء السر المصرفي تختلف بإختلاف صفة هذا السر – فيما إذا كانت مهنية أم مصرفية – هذا من جهة ومن جهة آخرى فإن عقوبة إفشاء السر المصرفي تختلف بإختلاف الشخص مرتكب هذه الجريمة.

Keywords: السر المصرفي، إفشاء السر المصرفي، المسؤولية الجزائية، أركان الجريمة

Research Title: موقف محكمة العدل العليا الأردنية من التعويض

Author: Moayd Husni Al-Kawaldah, Published Year: 2015

مجلة المنارة للبحوث والدراسات, جامعة ال البيت, المجلد 21 والعدد 4/ب

Faculty: Law

Abstract: لقد ازدادت القرارات الإدارية عددا بشكل كبير في هذا العصر، نتيجة لزيادة عدد الإدارات الحكومية التي تسعى إلى تحقيق المشروعة عامة، ومع اتفاقنا على أن تعطى المصلحة العامة الأهمية ولكن ليس على حساب أن تصدر قرارات إدارية غير مشروعة يترتب عليها كما هو معروف قضاء الإلغاء ولكن كذلك يترتب عليها قضاء التعويض حسب قانون محكمة العدل العليا الأردنية، ومن هنا جاء هذا البحث لبيان موقف محكمة العدل العليا الأردنية من التعويض عن القرارات الإدارية غير المشروعة، حتى يظهر مدى الانسجام بين الواقع العملي والنظري، وقد ضمنت هذا البحث موقف كل من فرنسا ومصر بالنسبة للتعويض عن القرارات الإدارية غير المشروعة.

Keywords: القرار الإداري, التعويض, غير مشروعة