Research Title: Ministers Trials: A Comparative Study Between the Jordanian and the French Laws

Author: Moayd Husni Al-Kawaldah, Published Year: 2021

Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry ,

Faculty: Law

Abstract: The Jordanian constitutional stipulated special measures for trying ministers, and specified a special law therefor, which is the Law on Trial of Ministers, as in the French constitutional Act. In Jordan, when ministers have committed crimes relevant to their functions, a decision is made by the House of Representatives to remit them to the Public Prosecutor. These offenses are being tried under the Law on Trial of Ministers as offenses of high treason, misuse of authority, and breach of duties.The result of the research showed that a decision must be issued by the House of Representatives approving the referral of the Minister to the Public Prosecution to pursue the trial procedures and by the majority of the members of the Jordanian Parliament. The researchers recommended that the Jordanian legislature must revoke the authority of the House of Representatives to approve the referral of Minister to the Public Prosecution on the ground that the issuance of a referral decision by the House of Representatives violates the public right and the significant role of the Public Prosecution in Jordan, since the criminal case may be postponed either by the fact that, the House of Representatives is not in session, being in an exceptional session, or does not approve the referral decision. Hence, it will be difficult for the Public Prosecution to proceed with its criminal procedures

Keywords: Trail of Ministers, Criminal liability, Legislative Authority, Judicial Authority

Research Title: Evidentiary Value of Forensic Report in Criminal Liability in Jordanian Law

Author: Moayd Husni Al-Kawaldah, Published Year: 2021

Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 15

Faculty: Law

Abstract: Forensic medicine is an important part of criminal justice, which the judiciary resort to, with the purpose of deciding on a number of cases. One of the most important of these cases, in which forensic medicine is the basis for determining criminal responsibility or not, is the case of allegation or suspicion of death by murder or unknown reasons that lead to suspicion of murder. This research will address the evidentiary value of the forensic physician’s report, as it is a means of proof or a means of assessing evidence or an auxiliary procedure for the judge. It will also address the authority of the criminal judge in assessing the forensic report and the position of the Jordanian Court of Cassation on that. A number of findings and recommendations emerged, the most important of which is that the Jordanian legislator has set up the reports and medical committees system No. 13 of 2014 and its amendments. This system deals with many medical committees, including the forensic committee. The Jordan legislator has also defined the system of expertise before regular courts for 2018 and its amendments, according to Article 11 / c which states that a forensic physician shall be appointed either from forensic physicians appointed in the Ministry of Health, the Royal Medical Services, official university hospitals, or from those retired among them. I wish the Jordanian legislator will set up a legal system for forensic physicians, which shall be independent of the medical reports and committees system No. 13 of 2014 and its amendments and the expertise system before regular courts of 2018 and its amendments. The proposed system is the Judicial Committee system for forensic physicians, and the reason for this is because the experience of forensic physicians is often the source of the basis for the judge’s ruling, especially in cases of murder for unknown and suspicious reasons.

Keywords: Forensic sciences, Criminal liability, Justice, Law study

Research Title: Treatment techniques of disordered sibilants in Arabic: A descriptive-analytical study

Author: Ibtisam Hussein Jamil, Published Year: 2021

JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTIC STUDIES, 17

Faculty: Arts

Abstract: This paper addresses the techniques of treating patients with functional disorders of pronouncing sibilants in Arabic. The sounds under question are /s/, /z/, /ṣ/. The main disorders that are studied here are: substitution and distortion. A descriptive analytical approach was followed; patients from different ages of functional pronunciation disorders of sibilants were observed. The researchers collected data from a questionnaire which was distributed to 46 speech therapists. The questionnaire focused on the techniques these therapists use with patients who have sibilant production disorders. The research first reviews the techniques used to treat the /s/ sound as a main sibilant and then builds on these techniques to treat /z/ and /ṣ/ sounds. The research found that the treatment techniques depend on the type and form of the speech disorder, and the transitional arrangement for treating hissing sounds in Arabic starts with treating /s/ which is the easiest to pronounce - then /z/ and finally /ṣ/. The findings also emphasize that while treating the patient, it is important to increase his/her mental and auditory awareness of the problem. Finally, it was found that the number of treatment sessions varies according to the patient’s motivation and ability to correct the sound after hearing it, in addition to his/her follow-up treatment outside the treatment sessions

Keywords: : Hissing, sibilants, substitution, distortion, phonetic placement

Research Title: Influence of Symmetry Theory on Understanding the Qur'anic Ayas بحث مقبول للنشر

Author: Ibtisam Hussein Jamil, Published Year: 2021

Jordan Journal of Modern Languages,

Faculty: Arts

Abstract: Symmetry theory is a well-known mathematical theory, which was applied to physics and chemistry as well as other scientific disciplines. Here, we apply the symmetry theory (Al-Rawajfeh, 2018) to language in general and to the Holy Quran in specific. We argue that there is ample evidence for this theory in language such as the XP theory, parallelism and the mirror image derivation across languages. We show that there are vertical as well as horizontal types of symmetry some of which have a line of symmetry while others have a virtual point. The data is analyzed from syntactic, semantic and sociolinguistic angles. We focus on symmetry at the Aya levels. We argue that symmetry can help interpret Ayas of similar wording or similar structures. We further show that symmetry in the Quran can apply on three dimensions. We also discuss a peculiar phenomenon of symmetry in the Quran, i.e. the either-or-pause Ayas. We finally, argue that there are symmetry-less sentences that communicate propositions without the need for a symmetrical image.

Keywords: symmetry theory, the Holy Quran, X’ theory, semantics, discourse analysis.

Research Title: حقيقة الجهر والهمس عند سيبويه

Author: Hamzah Ibraheem Al-Nadi, Published Year: 2013

Faculty: Arts

Abstract: تقوم مشكلة هذه الدراسة على الاضطراب الذي رآه الباحث بين الدارسين المحدثين في تفسير تعريف المجهور والمهموس من الأصوات عند سيبويه . وسبب هذا الاختلاف أن َّ سيبويه لم يربط الجهر والهمس بالوترين الصوتيين ذلك الربط َ الذي يشيع عند علماء الأصوات . لذلك مهّد الباحث لهذه الدراسة ببحث تاريخ هذا الربط , وتوصَّل في هذا التمهيد إلى أن َّ العرب كانوا يعرفون الوترين الصوتيين , ويدركون أن َّ لهما أثرًا مبهمـًا في التصويت . كما توصَّل إلى أن َّ أنطوين فرين لم يكن مكتشفـًا للوترين الصوتيين وإنما كان مكتشفـًا لهذا الأثر المبهم , ودوره في إصدار الصوت المجهور . وقد جاءت هذه الدراسة في فصلين , تتبَّع الباحث في أولهما آراء الباحثين المحدثين في تفسير تعريف المجهور والمهموس عند سيبويه , والمآخذ التي أخذها كل باحث منهم على تفسير مخالفيه . وقد جعل الباحث هذه الآراء في قسمين , يجمع بين أولهما اتفاق مقصود سيبويه والمحدثين بالجهر , كما يجمع بين آخرهما اختلاف المقصود بالجهر بين سيبويه والمحدثين . وقد أتبع الباحث هذين القسمين بمناقشة عامّة رجّح فيها رأي القسم الأوّل من الباحثين , وأن َّ سيبويه كان يعني بالمجهور ذلك الصوتَ الذي يكون الوتران عند إنتاجه في وضع الذبذبة . ثم ّ عرض الباحث لخلاف الدارسين في تفسير دلالة ألفاظ سيبويه في تعريف المجهور , وأتبع ذلك بمناقشة ٍ بيَّن فيها وجه دلالة هذه الألفاظ على ما رجّحه في المناقشة العامّة . أمّا الفصل الثاني فقد عرض فيه الباحث للأصوات المجهورة والمهموسة عند سيبويه , وآراء الباحثين في تفسير الخلاف في وصف كلٍّ من الطاء والقاف والهمزة بالجهر بين سيبويه والمحدثين , ورجّح أن يكون وصف سيبويه لصوت الطاء صحيحـًا لأنه كان يقصد تلك الطاء التي سمّاها بعض الباحثين بالطاء المهموزة التي يصحبها قفل ٌ للوترين الصوتيين ثم فكّ ٌ لهذا القفل بصويت القلقلة الذي يسبب ذبذبة الوترين , وقد جعل القدماء هذا الصويت متمِّمـًا لصوت الطاء الفصيحة وجزءًا منها , كما رجّح الباحث مثل ذلك في صوت القاف . وذهب إلى أن َّ هذين الصوتين في العربية الفصيحة التراثية يندرجان في الأًصوات التي يكون الوتران الصوتيان عند إنتاجهما في وضع الذبذبة . أمّا الهمزة فيرجِّح الباحث فيها صحة وصف سيبويه لها بالجهر , وخطأ المحدثين في نفي صفة الجهر عنها , لأنَّ الخصائص السمعية للصوت المجهور التي ذكرها سيبويه وأقرَّها المحدثون تنطبق على صوت الهمزة انطباقـًا يدل ُّ على أن َّ الجهر ينتج عن وضعين تصويتيين للوترين , هما وضع الذبذبة ووضع القفل التام ّ , ولا موجبَ لحصره في وضع تصويتي واحد كما ذهب إليه المحدثون .

Keywords: الوتران الصوتيان - إنتاج الأصوات - الجهر والهمس - سيبويه - الطاء - القاف - الهمزة - المجهور - المهموس - الملامح المميزة للأصوات - صفات الحروف

Research Title: الوتران الصوتيان عند العلماء العرب القدماء، ودورهما في إنتاج الأصوات

Author: Hamzah Ibraheem Al-Nadi, Published Year: 2014

مجلة مجمع اللغة العربية الأردني, 87

Faculty: Arts

Abstract: ارتبطت أوضاع الوترين الصوتيين منذ نشأة الدراسات الصوتية الحديثة بعملية التصويت أو إنتاج الأصوات اللغوية , وعلى وجه التحديد بالسمتين الصوتيتين المميزتين , وهما الجهر والهمس . وقد عُرِّف الجهر بأنه اهتزاز الوترين الصوتيين عند إنتاج بعض الأصوات وهي المسماة بالمجهورة , وعُرِّف الهمس بأنه عدم اهتزازهما عند إنتاج الأصوات المسماة بالمهموسة ومن المعروف في علم الأصوات أنَّ أول من اكتشف علاقة الوترين الصوتيين بالجهر والهمس هو العالم أنطوين فرين والسؤال الذي يحاول هذا البحث الإجابة عنه : هل عرف العلماء العرب القدماء عمل الوترين الصوتيين في إنتاج الأصوات اللغوية؟

Keywords: الوتران الصوتيان - إنتاج الأصوات - الجهر والهمس

Research Title: Modulation of CYP3A4 and CYP2C9 activity by Bulbine natalensis and its constituents: An assessment of HDI risk of B. natalensis containing supplements

Author: Manal Mohammad Alhusban, Published Year: 2021

Phytomedicine, 81

Faculty: Pharmacy

Abstract: This study was aimed to investigate the HDI potential of B. natalensis in terms of the pregnane X receptor (PXR)-mediated induction of major drug-metabolizing cytochrome P450 enzyme isoforms (i.e., CYP3A4 and CYP2C9) as well as inhibition of their catalytic activity.

Keywords: Bulbine natalensisPregnane X receptorCytochrome P450KnipholoneHerb-drug interactions

Research Title: البنية العاملية لقائمة التشوهات المعرفية بإستخدام التحليل العاملي التوكيدي متعدد المستويات

Author: Abeer Kamal Taha Abu-Wardeh, Published Year: 2021

Faculty: Arts

Abstract: هدفت الدراسة الحالية إلى فحص البنية العاملية لقائمة التشوهات المعرفية لدى طلبة جامعة فيلادلفيا على مستوى الأفراد ومستوى الكليات، وللتحقق من ذلك تم اجراء التحليل العاملي التوكيدي متعدد المستويات لقائمة التشوهات المعرفية باستخدام عينة مكونة من (600) طالب وطالبة موزعين على (8) كليات للفصل الثاني من العام الجامعي 2019/2020. في البداية تم استخدام طريقة المكونات الرئيسية لاستخراج العوامل، والتدوير المتعامد بطريقة الفاريماكس، أشارت نتائج الدراسة إلى أن البنية العاملية تتألف من (11) عامل. ومن ثم تم اجراء التحليل العاملي التوكيدي متعدد المستويات حيث دعمت النتائج نموذجًا مكونًا من (11) عامل في كل مستوى من مستويات الأفراد والكليات. وكانت تشبعات العوامل في النموذج النهائي متعدد المستويات أعلى على مستوى الكليات مقارنةً بمستوى الأفراد. ومن ثم تم التحقق من درجات ثبات العوامل على مستوى الأفراد والكليات، وقد تراوحت درجات الثبات على مستوى الأفراد (0.73-0.896)، في حين تراوحت درجات الثبات على مستوى الكليات (0.778-0.927). كما أظهرت النتائج وجود لاتغير تكويني ولاتغير متري ولاتغير عددي في فقرات قائمة التشوهات المعرفية وفقا لمتغير الجنس.

Keywords: التحليل العاملي، التحليل العاملي التوكيدي متعدد المستويات، البنية العاملية، التشوهات المعرفية، قائمة التشوهات المعرفية

Research Title: Intercultural Dialogue in Leila Aboulela's The Translator

Author: Areen Ghazi Khalifeh, Published Year: 2019

مجلةالمشكاة للعلوم الإنسانية والإجتماعية, volume 7, number 3

Faculty: Arts

Abstract: Leila Aboulela’s The Translator is a novel where different cultures, languages, and religions meet. The love story of the Sudanese widow Sammar and the secular Scottish Middle East expert Rae Isles is the driving force that establishes a cross-cultural dialogue in the novel. The aim of this study is to analyze how Aboulela as an Anglophone female writer represents the meeting of two different cultures through the lives of its characters. The difference, and sometimes the conflict, between East and West and between the protagonists at the beginning of the novel culminates to a productive, exemplary cultural dialogue in the end. At the end of The Translator, there is no domination from a feminist and post-colonial perspective. Instead, there are toppling of traditional concepts with regard to interaction between genders and cultures. There are also eventually understanding and embracing of new identities where Islam plays a significant and a positive role.

Keywords: Leila Aboulela, Anglophone writer, The Translator, Islam, post colonialism, feminism.

Research Title: Healthy nutritional behavior during COVID-19 lockdown: A cross-sectional study

Author: Nour Ratib Batarseh, Published Year: 2021

Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 42

Faculty: Allied Medical Sciences

Abstract: Background Ongoing outbreak of the novel coronavirus infectious disease 2019 (COVID- 19) constitutes a major global pandemic health care system challenge. Shortly following the disease outbreak, like SARS-CoV virus, all affected countries are implementing various preventive and control measures to mitigate the spread of the disease. Optimizing public health system during COVID-19 pandemic requires not only advanced medical and biological sciences knowledge, but also all human sciences related to social, as well as nutritional behavior, and lifestyle practices. Aim To investigate the effect of COVID-19- quarantine on healthy nutritional behavior and lifestyle practices among Jordanian population. Methods A cross-sectional study among Jordanian population was conducted using an online questionnaire between March and April 2020. Participants were kindly requested to answer a standardized and validated structured questionnaire. Demographic information (age, gender, place of residence, and occupation), anthropometric data (reported weight and height); nutritional behavior information (number of meals per day, snakes, water intake), and physical activity behavior were requested. Results A total of 4473 respondents were included in the study; obese (n = 1135), normal body weight (n = 1561), and underweight (n = 116). During COVID-19 quarantine, a significant increase in body weight (12.9% underweight, 28.5% normal body weight, 36.4% overweight’ and 41.1% of obese (p < 0.001) was reported. Moreover, the number of snacks between meals (p < 0.001), number of main meals (p < 0.001), and the smoking rate was also increased significantly; however, there was no significant difference regarding physical activity among various weight status groups (p < 0.05). Conclusions In this study, we have provided evidence, for the first time, that there were significant negative changes in healthy nutritional behavior among Jordanians during COVID-19 quarantine who encountered significantly increased body weight, appetite, and smoking. Hence, future larger cross-sectional studies are warran

Keywords: COVID-19, Coronavirus, Eating habits, Lifestyle