Research Title: A Fuzzy Decision Maker For Web-Based Distance Learning Systems

Author: Kasim Mousa Al-Aubidy, Published Year: 0

Faculty: Engineering and Technology

Abstract: This paper presents an attempt to introduce the concepts of fuzzy set theory in the design of web-based distance learning systems. A fuzzy decision making process is used to update the leaner model and specify his/her learning level to provide appropriate teaching materials to each learner. Such a system can deal with uncertainties in the learner’s degree of understanding in each unit. It provides a powerful web-based learning tool through which learners can follow dynamically from one learning unit to the other according to his/her learning level.

Keywords: Computer aided learning & training, Web-based distance learning, e-learning, Fuzzy set theory, Decisionmaking.

Research Title: The validity of the membership of the House of Representatives in the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan

Author: Osama Ahmed Al Niaimat, Published Year: 0

Faculty: Law

Abstract: This study is concerned to look into the topic of the competent authority to decide the validity of the membership of the House of Representatives in the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan, that research in two main axes: the constitutional articles and analyzing it, and the reality of practice of the authority, what is gotten confused and imprecation what to afflict the practice of overlap and confusion made it harder to resolve the problem of the first authority, to undertake the task of separation in validity of membership on the other side. As a matter of fact, we can admit that the idea of competent authority to decide the validity of the parliamentary membership can not be dealt away from the idea of power as a whole. Therefore, This approach must necessarily include the state authorities, with foxing on the theory of separation of authorities to guide us in this regard. Based on the above, the search in the legal jurisdiction of the membership in House of Representatives need to re-organize or create an integrated vision to ward off every tainted by confusion; to resolve the conflict of this power. conflicts which we mean here is a conflict between the two sides; the first is existed and immune to constitutional text, and the other is presumably a court to have jurisdiction over the validity of membership as a natural judge over all members of society. The realization of the principle of justice and equality may require to look at the judicial dispute about validity of parliamentary membership as the House of Representatives is a litigant or party in this dispute.

Research Title: Rules of ownership of artificial persons of intellectual property rights-Comparative study between Jordanian, French laws

Author: Osama Ahmed Al Niaimat, Published Year: 0

Faculty: Law

Abstract: It's rational to distinguish between the rights of literary and artistic property rights, and the industrial property on the other side in consideration with the relation to the regime of moral rights of public law persons about the General inventions and innovations. Ipso fact, each of these rights fields run in different fields of the other. Thus, it concludes that each right will be regulated in independent and particular law and particular sources as well. Meanwhile, do public law person has the right to obtain or to gain artistic and rights of literary and artistic property? If so, how shall the public administration has the right to obtain it? And how shall those rights be guaranteed? And how shall that affect the rights of public administration employees. On the other side, there are many another ways to obtain the rights of literary and artistic property and industrial rights to the public administration; which ramify to mutual consent or agreement, or un-mutual consent or agreement.

Research Title: Ali Alwardi Between Ethics and Lost Sourses of Ethics

Author: Ghassan Abdul Khaleq, Published Year: 0

Faculty: Arts

Research Title: Evaluation Technique In The Spi-Calculus For Cryptographic Protocols

Author: Hasan Mohammad Al-Refai, Published Year: 0

Faculty: Information Technology

Abstract: Bisimulation as a technique could be well invested for proving authenticity and secrecy properties of cryptographic protocols to gain the legality of protocol optimization. In this paper, we will do some changes in the spi-calculus after the original work of M.Abadi and A.Gordon. Then we will introduce evade bisimulation following Abadi and Gordon’s framed bisimulation proposal, in which a convenient proof technique is presented. It will impose minimality requirements on the environment and detect the limit beyond which the bisimilarity is kept valid and furthermore it will avoid quantification over contexts. Also, it will give a solution for input transitions for the case of finite processes. Based on the revised spi-calculus would be used to prove that evade bisimilarity, an equivalence relation, is decidable for main security properties: Authenticity and Secrecy.

Keywords: Cryptographic protocols, testing equivalence, Bisimulation , authenticity and secrecy

Research Title: The New formal method Calculus For Cryptographic Protocols

Author: Hasan Mohammad Al-Refai, Published Year: 0

Faculty: Information Technology

Abstract: The history of the application of formal methods to cryptographic protocols analysis spans over twenty years. Recently has been showing signs of new maturity and consolidation. This paper will introduce a new variant of the spi-calculus which introduced by M.Abadi and A.Gordan. By using this revised spi-calculus, which called spi-H-calculus, we will illustrate and prove that our calculi is decidable for main security properties: Authenticity and Secrecy than M.Abadi and A.Gordan .

Keywords: Cryptographic protocols, testing equivalence, Bisimulation , authenticity and secrecy

Research Title: Calendar Anomalies in Emerging Markets: The Case of Jordan

Author: Khaled Sufian Sartawi, Published Year: 0

Faculty: Business

Abstract: According to Fama’s Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) the market price of a security reflects all historical information. Therefore, one cannot consistently earn increased returns on the basis of price change predictions made on the basis of a correlation between past prices and future stock prices. In other words, stock prices move randomly and any predictable price change or observable patterns are called anomalies. Over the years, researchers have uncovered many anomalies in the market including: Friday the 13th effect, day of the week effect, Halloween indicator, good weather effect, daylight savings time, January effect, good mood effect, geographical distance, winning home-team effect, and presidential elections effect. For example, Nippani and Medlin (2002, Journal of Economics and Finance) studied the impact of the delay in the declaration of a winner in the US Presidential Elections of 2000 on the performance of stock markets (S & P 500, DJI, and NASDAQ). There was a significant initial negative reaction to the delay in the election results. The reaction was for only 4 days and most negative reaction was noticed immediately after the delay occurred. The market adjusted for the delay after that (confirming the market efficiency concept). Many of these anomalies are known to those in the market and according to the efficient market hypothesis investors should take advantage of the return differences. However the phenomena still seems to exist. Furthermore, most previous research has focused on developed financial markets and few studies have included emerging markets.

Research Title: Dividend Yields Predictability of Stock Returns: Case of Emerging Markets

Author: Izzeddien Naef Ananzeh, Published Year: 0

Faculty: Business

Abstract: We investigate the cross-sectional pattern of stock returns for eight emerging markets using Vector Autoregressive Approach (VAR) to test whether dividend yields can predict stock returns through impulse response characteristics. Our results confirm that dividend yield shocks play an important role in driving fluctuation in stock returns and this relation is positive. These results reflect the fact that stock returns react positively to dividend changes either immediately or after short period of time. In some stock markets there is an immediate upward reaction by investors to dividend news like the case of Jordan, Morocco, Korea, and Malaysia. In some other markets like Egypt, Saudi Arabia,Philippines, and Thailand investors delay their investment strategies in the period immediately after dividend changes, to study the signal of dividend announcements

Research Title: Beta Wins Again: Case of four Emerging Markets

Author: Izzeddien Naef Ananzeh, Published Year: 0

Faculty: Business

Abstract: We empirically investigate the cross-sectional behavior of stock returns in four emerging markets, namely, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Saudi Arabia. We use the “between estimator” panel data regression to test whether price-earning ratio, book-to-market ratio, market capitalization, and beta can predict stock market returns variations. Based on the results we still believe that Beta have a significant explanatory power in predicting stock market returns; the sign is positive. Other fundamentals fail the test.

Research Title: The irony in the poetry of Murid al-Barghothi

Author: Neda Mashal, Published Year: 0

Faculty: Arts

Abstract: This study deals with irony in the poetry of Murid al-Barghothy. It aims to pick up irony in most of artistic tools that he used highlighting thrir forms and the models that characterized him and the artistic effect that causes such tools in the view point of the critic and the reader. This study consists of an introduction and two chapters : The first chapter included the concept of irony theoretical, its functions and components and forms. The second chapter includes the models of irony in the poems of Muried al-Barghothy. The study followed comprised-model irony, situation irony, romance and sarcasm irony, title irony and verbal irony.