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Development Of A Manually Operated Guillotine Cutter, Omiogbemi Bello, David O. Obada

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

A manually operated foot leverage pedal with adjustable blades guillotine cutter was designed and constructed using locally available materials. This machine was designed to shear variety of materials with various thicknesses and sizes depending on the cutting blade capacity and the shearing angle, which cuts the materials with minimal waste and without the formation of chips and bending of the material. The machine is foot powered. It works by first clamping the material with a ram. A moving blade then comes down across a fixed blade to shear the material. The moving blade was inclined at 0.5°, this angle is …

Bit Error Rate Analysis Of Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Over Η − Μ Fading Channels, Amani Atiani

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

In this paper the performance analysis of Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) is conducted for a differential QPSK (DQPSK) signals with post-detection equal gain combining (EGC) receiver operating over additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) as well as for slow frequency nonselective η − µ fading channels, in which the diversity branches can have unequal signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) as well as different severity parameters. The average bit error probability (ABEP) is evaluated using MGF-based approach. The average BER per multi-hop route of MANETs for this communication is studied.

Design And Construction Of A Biogas Burner, David O. Obada

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

This paper details the design and fabrication of a burner system, operating on biogas, for use in remote or rural regions of developing countries such as Nigeria. A desirable use for such a system in these areas is domestic cooking, and the burner has been designed with this need in mind, focusing on characteristics such as simplicity, cost effectiveness, efficiency and safety. Mild steel, brass and galvanized pipe sourced locally were selected for the construction. An empirical version of Bernoulli’s theorem was used to derive the flow rate of gas. The different components of the burner design were shown. Also …

Economic Performance Of Organic Vs Conventional Vegetables Production In Gaza Strip, Ahmad Shaban

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

Organic farming has achieved significant growth in developing countries. However, it is still in some areas such as Gaza strip at embryonic stage. Introduction and promotion of organic farming would need more information about economic feasibility of shifting from the existing conventional farms to organic farming system. This is the main aim of this study. Data was collected from 100 randomly selected farmers in southern area of Gaza strip using standard questionnaire. Additional focus group discussions were conducted for further qualitative analyses. Data was also collected from the organic farm of Safe Agriculture Association where vegetables are organically produced and …

Rapd For Assessment Of Thymes Genetic Diversity In Palestine, Raed Alkowni

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

Several thymes species were grown in Palestine and have socio-economical values. Traditionally, morphological features are used for their taxonomy and discrimination. However, these methods fail to provide an accurate for discrimination and authentication, suggesting the use of other method inevitable. In this study, RAPD method was used for genotypes identification and characterization of five most socio-economical Palestinian thymes: Thymus syriacus, Thymus fruticosus, Thymus incanus, Thymus majorana, and Thymus capitatus. Eight out of ten decamer primers were tested for their ability to generate polymorphism from selected thyme species using RAPD-PCR, and the obtained data were analyzed. …

أثر أزمة المياه على المزارع الفلسطيني في ري المزروعات المحمية, Basel Natsheh

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

تعاني الأراضي الفلسطينية من نقص المياه بشكل عام، حيث أنه علاوة على محدودية الموارد المائية، فإن سيطرة الاحتلال الإسرائيلي على هذه الموارد تؤدي إلى حرمان الفلسطينيين من نصيبهم الشرعي من المياه. من هنا تأتي أهمية توفير بيانات إحصائية دقيقة, كما يأتي هذا البحث ضمن الجهد الذي يبذله مركز الأبحاث التقنية في جامعة فلسطين التقنية-خضوري بالتعاون مع وزارة الزراعة الفلسطينية في إيجاد بيانات حول الزراعة في فلسطين وتحديدا احتياجات المزارعين من المياه والمحافظة على المصادر المائية, حيث تسعى هذه الأبحاث إلى توفير البيانات اللازمة لوصف واقع المصادر المائية في الأراضي الفلسطينية وخصوصا وضع المزارع الفلسطيني من مصادر المياه. تهدف هذه الأستبانة …

Investigation Of The Presence Of Halogenated Bi-Products Formation In The Drinking Water Network In Tulkarm District / Palestine, Saed Khayat, Basel Natsheh, Tahseen Sayara, Nawaf Abukhalaf, Yamen Hamdan

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

The problem of pollutants in drinking water networks is neglected in many places all over the developing countries. This problem is normally caused by either direct pollution source such as organic carbon, or from the maceration pollutants of network materials. The heavy metals in the network facilities and the DOC from the wastewater leakage on the formation of toxic by-product in the water network and the rate of halogenated hydrocarbons formation in the drinking water network was studied. Results showed that water has the same constituents of pollutants similar to that before its being stored for relatively long periods. The …

The Effect Of Local Fungicides On Conidial Germination Of Spilocaea Oleagina In Palestine, Mohammad Jawabrih, Mazen Salman

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

Olive leaf spot (OLS) disease or peacock disease is caused by the fungus Spilocaea oleagina, it is the most destructive disease on olive trees in most regions of Palestine. The disease is controlled by application of copper containing fungicides. Currently, there are more than 20 different fungicides sold in the Palestinian market. The efficacy of these fungicides was not tested on OLS in Palestine. The aim of this work was to test the efficacy of three major fungicides used against the disease. Fungicide solutions containing Fungran, Copper Antracol, and Kocide®101 were prepared by dissolving 0.5 g of each in 200 …

Role Of Overwintering Forms Of Erysiphe Necator In Epidemiology Of Grapevine Powdery Mildew In Palestinian Vineyards, Ruba Abuamsha, Mazen Salman

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

The overwintering modes of E. necator were studied on Palestinian vineyards, through observations on the differentiation and maturation of cleistothecia and on the occurrence of flag-shoots (deriving from overwintering mycelium) in vineyards. Field surveys were carried out in 17 vineyards for the presence of Flag shoots and cleistothecia, both forms were not observed. Genetic structure and composition of E. necator populations were investigated by application of already available SCAR (Sequence Characterized Amplified Region) primers specific for the "flag-shoot" and "ascospore" biotypes. These primers were used to evaluate the dynamics of the spatial and temporal distribution of the two biotypes, into …

Visible/Near Infrared (Vis/Nir) Spectroscopy And Multivariate Data Analysis (Mvda) For Identification And Quantification Of Olive Leaf Spot (Ols) Disease, Nawaf Abukhalaf, Mazen Salman

Palestine Technical University Research Journal

Early detection of plant disease requires usually elaborating methods techniques and especially when symptoms are not visible. Olive Leaf Spot (OLS) infecting upper surface of olive leaves has a long latent infection period. In this work, VIS/NIR spectroscopy was used to determine the latent infection and severity of the pathogens. Two different classification methods were used, Partial Least Squared-Discrimination Analysis (PLS-DA) (linear method) and Support Vector Machine (SVM) (non-linear). SVM-classification was able to classify severity levels 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 with classification rates of 94, 90, 73, 79, 83 and 100%, respectively The overall classification rate was …

Authentic Leadership And Its Impact On Crisis Management: An Analytical Study In A Sample Of Palestinian Central Ministries In The West Bank Governorates, Zaki A. M. Abu Zyeada

AAU Journal of Business and Law مجلة جامعة العين للأعمال والقانون

This study aims at identifying the impact of the practice of Authentic Leadership on the Crisis Management in the sample of Palestinian central ministries in the West Bank in order to achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher used the descriptive analytical method, and the questionnaire was used as a tool for collecting the necessary data from the study community, which represents the managers of categories (A, B, C), whose number is (298) managers distributed over a sample of (11) ministries .The study reached several results the most: important of which are The Palestinian ministries under study are generally …

Compensation For Victims Of Terrorist Crimes Comparative Study, Ibrahim Suleiman Alqatawneh

AAU Journal of Business and Law مجلة جامعة العين للأعمال والقانون

This study dealt with compensation for victims of terrorist crimes, in UAE legislation compared to French legislation, the United Arab Emirates has issued advanced laws to combat terrorism, and it is related to three basic texts contained in Federal Decree Law No. 1 of 2004 in the matter of combating terrorist crimes and Federal Law No. 7 issued In 2014, especially since terrorist crime causes loss of life and property, and destabilizes peace and tranquility within societies. Confronting this phenomenon has become the most prominent challenge for the international community, and its study is receiving increasing attention by researchers. This …

The Termination Of Indefinite Labor Contract By The Employeraccording To The Palestinian Labor Law, Ahmad Abu Zeineh

AAU Journal of Business and Law مجلة جامعة العين للأعمال والقانون

This research deals with the termination of indefinite labor contract by the employer as per the Palestinian Labor Law No. 7 of the year 2000. The latter law provides the employer certain privileges allowing him to terminate the contract unilaterally. The availability of one of these reasons makes the employment termination decision on the part of the employer admissible and legal. These reasons are mentioned mainly in Articles (40) and (41) of the Palestinian Labor Law. Article (40) permits dismissal of an employee without short notice, if he/she commits any of the violations mentioned in this article, while Article (41) …

Special Criminal Measures In Combating Terrorist Crimes In The Light Of Federal Law No (7) .Of 2014 Concerning Combating Terrorist Crimes, Tayil M. Shiyab

AAU Journal of Business and Law مجلة جامعة العين للأعمال والقانون

This study came to analyze the legal texts regulating criminal measures for combating terrorist crimes, as stipulated by the UAE legislator in Law No. 7 of 2014 on combating terrorist crimes. In this study, I tried to go into the details of these measures to show the adequacy of these legal texts to reduce the terrorist crime and address the terrorist development of the terrorist person. This research has been divided into two sections, the first of which deals with the management of counseling centers by showing the legislative basis for this measure and the legal nature of it, and …

Decision -Making Quality As A Mediating Variable Between Knowledge Management Operations And Creative Behavior: An Applied Study On Al-Shifa Medical Complex In Palestine, Alaedin K. Alsayed, Sahar A. Aqel

AAU Journal of Business and Law مجلة جامعة العين للأعمال والقانون

The goal of the research was to determine the function of decision-making quality as a mediating variable in the relationship between knowledge management operations and creative behavior among employees at Palestine’s Al-Shifa Medical Complex. The study employed a descriptive analytical technique, in which a questionnaire was issued to a random sample of (250) Al-Shifa Medical Complex employees, with (239) questionnaires being suitable for analysis. The study discovered that knowledge management activities have a statistically significant impact on both creative behavior (as a dependent variable) and decision-making quality (as a mediating variable). The quality of decision-making also had a statistically significant …

The Relationship Between Using Artificial Intelligence Technologies And The Effectiveness Of Human Resources Practices (Recruitment And Selection) In Small And Medium Enterprises., Ghadah A. Alsaleh

AAU Journal of Business and Law مجلة جامعة العين للأعمال والقانون

This study aims to explore the relationship between using artificial intelligence technologies and the effectiveness of human resources practices (recruitment and selection) in small and medium companies. The study used descriptive survey approach where the data was collected by a questionnaire. The findings of the study showed a positive relationship between the use of artificial intelligence techniques and the effectiveness of recruitment and selection. The study recommended the need to update and develop artificial intelligence techniques used in human resource management and the need to educate and train staff in the methods of artificial intelligence and its uses in human …

The Authenticity Of Visual Recording In Criminal Evidence In Palestinian Legislation, عبدالله ذيب محمود, Osama I. Darraj

AAU Journal of Business and Law مجلة جامعة العين للأعمال والقانون

This study revolves around the authenticity of video recordings before the criminal judiciary in Palestine, as video recordings of all kinds have become widely spread in society, especially with modern technical development, and imaging devices have spread in public and private places, which opened the way to consider the authenticity of these recordings in the event The occurrence of a crime to benefit from it in criminal proof. The Palestinian judiciary has taken the legality of the evidence derived from visual recordings in public places, where it is required that the visual evidence, like the rest of the other evidence, …

The Relationship Between Liquidity Risk And Profitability In The Commercial Banks Listed In Amman Stock Exchange, Abdul Razzak Al-Chahadah, Ghaleb A. El Refae, Amer M. Qasim

AAU Journal of Business and Law مجلة جامعة العين للأعمال والقانون

This study aimed to evolve the relationship between liquidity risk and the profitability among commercial banks (n=16) listed on the Amman Stock Exchange. The evolution was based on the annual reports from 2010 to 2019. A suitable multiple regression model was used to achieve this goal, which indicated no statistically significant relationship between the liquidity risk indicators and the majority of profitability indicators. However, the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) index was statistically significant with the Utilization Ratio (UR). Additionally, there was a statistically significant relationship between the return on equity and the legal reserve ratios and the funds’ investment. This …

Target Costing As A Integrated Entrance For Management Cost And Achieving Competitive Advantage For Industrial Institution, Essa Tarawneh, Baker Al Tarawneh

Al Jinan الجنان

This research has to address the concept of Target Costing as one of the cost accounting inputs, and to show the goals of the cost strategy to serve the modern strategic management, especially in a market dominated by a lot of strong and sharp competition which force the companies to improve their competitive position and competitive advantage through a number of possible strategies to achieve this, including the command and leadership in the area of calculating cost and planning

The Standards Controlling The Islamic Finance Designs, Ashraf Dawaba

Al Jinan الجنان

الهندسة المالية قديمة قدم المعاملات المالية ذاتها ، وإن كانت كمصطلح عرف طريقه للوجود والانتشار في الثمانينات من القرن الماضي لمواجهة المخاطر التي تتعرض لها منشآت الأعمال . وقد كان سوق رأس المال المنطلق الأساسي للهتدسة المالية، فمن خلاله ابتكرت العديد من الأدوات والعملياتالمالية وعملت على صياغة حلول خلافة لمشاكل التمويل. وبات مصطلح الهندسة المالية لصيقاً بالمشتقات المالية بدرجة كبيرة.

ومن خلال مصطلح الهندسة المالية الإسلامية، وإن كان مضمونه يمتد عبر جذور الماضي من عهد الرسالة، فقد عرف المسلمون الأوائل إدارة المخاطر والابتكار والتطوير ووضع حلول مبدعة لمشاكلهم المالية في إطار البيئة التي كانوا يعيشون فيها.

وتسعى هذه الدراسة إلى …

Reform Of The Lebanese Public Accounting System Within The Framework Of International Accounting Standards In The Public Sector, Hassan Diab

Al Jinan الجنان

Reform of the Lebanese Public Accounting System in the Context of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSASs) This study addresses the increasing challenges that the Lebanese public accounting system is facing, in light of globalization, in shifting from a cash basis to an accrual basis system, as per the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSASs). Through addressing the peculiarities of the Lebanese public accounting system, the study concludes that the conversion from cash basis to accrual basis system will help boost transparency and accountability. Yet, some essential conditions are required to successfully achieve this, including: shifting from the traditional …

Practical Procedures For Relocating An Establishment’S Headquarters Either Fully Or Partially (A Case Study On The Zakat House In The State Of Kuwait, Abdulrahman Bubshite

Al Jinan الجنان

This study aims to identify the practical procedures for moving an establishment to a new or additional headquarters through a case study on the Zakat House in the State of Kuwait ,the technical needs for equipment and automatic linking of buildings to enable business continuity and clarify the role of senior management to supervise the implementation of procedures by forming committees and work teams and providing budget. The study made recommendations ,including enlarged startup preparations for transportation ,such as forming committees and distributing tasks assigned to them to ensure no overlap in the implementation of the work and the adoption …

تشخيص واقع تطبيق إدارة الجودةالشاملة في المستشفيات اللبنانية, Wael Attar, Kamel Barbar

Al Jinan الجنان

The aim of this study is to diagnose the reality of the application of total quality management in Lebanese hospitals. In order to achieve this, the tow researcher have selected a stratified random sample of 203 workers from the community of study which is represented by the number of workers employed in Al Rassoul Al Aazam Hospital , Beirut. A questionnaire was distributed to them it has been verified to prove its sincerity and persistence. It included over 21 items distributed on the four axes: Focusing on the customer (patient), continuous improvement, top management commitment, and employee involvement. By entering …

Takaful Insurance And Its Similarities And Differences With Traditional Insurance, Najlaa Al Hajj

Al Jinan الجنان

Commercial insurance or cooperative insurance (Co-Op Insurance) typically aims to reduce common risks that can happen to any type of business and to provide all kinds of protection against unforeseen circumstances. Takaful insurance has been created as an alternative choice that the public was looking for, mainly in the Arab countries for the reason that the services of the traditional insurance do not suit people’s needs especially with regard to non-compliance with sharia laws. Therefore, Takaful insurance seeks to solve this problem. It provides insurance services and programs Commercial insurance or cooperative insurance (Co-Op Insurance) typically aims to reduce common …

Governance Of Commercial Banks And Their Impacts On The Marketing Performance, Allam Mawlawi

Al Jinan الجنان

The following paper investigated the influence of Lebanese commercial banking governance on the performance of marketing in the banking sector. The researcher used a questionnaire to investigate about the impact of the governance in commercial banks on the marketing performance. The sample size was chosen based on probabilistic sampling, filled by top marketing managers and supervisors directing the marketing department of the bank. The researcher secured confidentiality for the banks name. The researcher decided to use the SPSS as a tool for data analysis. This research proposed that banking governance has four components that affect the marketing performance in the …