The impact of electronic management on human resource development: An applied study on teachers of the Ministry of Education

In the contemporary age, authorities strive to offer academic facilities to people that utilize the online surroundings and digital administration in order to give resources to the greatest population as quickly as feasible and with the superior products in pursuit of the administration's and societies common interest. The purpose of the research was to determine the effect of electronic administration on the growth of human assets at the Jordanian Ministry of Education in the Middle Area. Utilizing a survey given to the departments and agencies of schooling in the Middle Area of Jordan, the research included both the analytical and descriptive approaches. The research sample comprised of (400) respondents who were dispersed among (management staff, instructors of basic education, and instructors of higher schooling) in the education ministry. The research depends on data analysis including descriptive analysis (percents and rates, arithmetic averages and standard deviations) and operational statistics (multiple regression test) as well as the study assumptions. The research indicated that digital administration facilitates extensive connection among school and community instructors through the interconnected medium. In addition, it strengthens the concept of confidentiality in online transactions, establishes efficient ways to interact with the society, offers a digital archiving scheme, and facilitates the organization of relationships and the division of work and obligations within the school. The research advised enhancing the school's electronic planning to keep up with current worldwide advancements in the area of connections and to assist in the delivery of dependable products of the best standard

The impact of entrepreneurship on total quality management: An empirical study on the employees of public universities in Jordan

The research's goal is to evaluate the impact of entrepreneurship on Total Quality Management via an empirical examination of personnel from Jordan's national institutions. The research used explanatory analyzing methodology (quantitative), which was applied to the study sample, which consists of (unit/department manager, department head, supervisor or engineer, administrative employee). The sample was random, amounting to (375) participants according to Stephen Thompson's equation. The questionnaires were distributed to the study sample: (345) were retrieved, (12), invalid for analysis, were excluded and (335) valid responses, from the study community, were analyzed, with a percentage of (89.3%). The information was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) application. The research found a statistically meaningful impact at the level of relevance (α ≤ 0.05) between entrepreneurship and Total Quality Management in public universities in Jordan, where the value reached (R² = 16.4%). Moreover, the study recommended the need to work on investing and transforming new innovative ideas and solutions, turning them to useful services and processes that can be used. Other recommendations included increasing the concern for continuous improvement of its services and processes, and working to provide a suitable environment (working environment) for the creation of methods and ideas

The Effect of an Online Extensive Reading Instructional Program on Jordanian Eleventh Grade Students' Proficiency in English

This study aimed at investigating the effect of an Online Extensive Reading (hereafter, OER) instructional program on Jordanian secondary stage students' proficiency in English. It also aimed at detecting the students' opinions towards the OER program in terms of its effect on their proficiency in English. A sample of two intact Eleventh grade sections from King Abdullah the Second School for Excellence was selected; one section was assigned as an experimental group, the other as a control group. The quantitative findings of the test revealed that the mean scores of the experimental group's English proficiency were significantly higher than the mean scores of the control group, particularly in writing, speaking, vocabulary, reading comprehension and listening due to the teaching methodology. The findings of the test did not reveal any significant difference in the students' grammar proficiency ascribed to the intervention variable. Further, the results of the questionnaire revealed that the respondents were appreciative and pleased with the efficacy of the OER program. This result was also supported by the qualitative findings of the interview. Keywords: Online Extensive Reading (OER), English proficiency, Jordanian secondary stage student

Comparison of the sorption capacity of basic, acid, direct and reactive dyes by compost in batch conditions

Research on biosorption of organic dyes is an important subject for the development of clean technologies for the treatment of textile wastewater. In this work, the process of sorption of four textile dyes of different natures, namely Basic Violet 10 (BV10), Acid Red 27 (AR27), Direct Blue 151 (DB151) and Reactive Violet 4 (RV4) onto two composts, pine bark compost and municipal solid waste compost, has been studied. For this, sorption kinetics and equilibrium sorption at different solution pH values (3.0–7.0) and salinity (0–1.0 M KCl) conditions have been assessed in batch experiments. Sorption rates were relatively slow for BV10, reaching equilibrium only after 24 h, and faster for the rest: around 5–6 h for RV4 and AR27 and 2 h for DB151. Kinetics of dye sorption followed a pseudo-first order model, except that of DB151, which was better described by a pseudo-second order model. The sequence of adsorption capacity for both composts was as follows: BV10 > DB151 > RV4 > AR27. In general, dye sorption at the equilibrium was adequately described by the Langmuir model, what allows to estimate maximum retention capacities for each dye by the composts. At the best removal conditions, pine bark compost presented maximum sorption capacities of 204 mg g−1 for BV10, 54 mg g−1 for DB151, 23 mg g−1 for RV4, and 4.1 mg g−1 for AR27, whereas municipal solid waste compost showed maximum sorption of 74 mg g−1 for DB151, 38 mg g−1 for RV4, 36 mg g−1 for BV10, and 1.6 mg g−1 for AR27. Sorption increased at acid pH in all cases, likely because of modification of charges of the dyes and higher electrostatic attraction, whereas increasing salinity also had a positive effect on sorption, attributed to a solute-aggregation mechanism in solution. In conclusion, organic waste-derived products, like composts, can be applied in the removal of colorants from wastewater, although they would be more effective for the removal of basic cationic dyes than other types, due to electrostatic interaction with mostly negatively-charged compostsDr. Paradelo thanks the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) for his Ramón y Cajal fellowship (RYC-2016-19286)S

Utilization of Composts for Adsorption of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Solutions: Kinetics and Equilibrium Studies

Utilization of composts as low-cost adsorbents is an important application in the field of environmental remediation, but these materials have not yet been extensively used for dye removal. In this work, we have studied the characteristics of adsorption of methylene blue onto two composts (a municipal solid waste compost and a pine bark compost). Kinetics and equilibrium batch experiments testing the influence of adsorbent particle size, solution pH and ionic strength were performed. Both composts have a high adsorption capacity for methylene blue, similar to other low-cost adsorbents. Kinetics of adsorption followed a pseudo-first-order model, with maximum adsorption reached after a contact time of two hours. Equilibrium adsorption followed a Langmuir model in general. Reduction of particle size only increased adsorption slightly for composted pine bark. Increase in ionic strength had no effect on adsorption by municipal solid waste compost, but increased adsorption by composted pine bark. Modification of pH between 5 and 7 did not influence adsorption in any case. Overall, the results suggest that electrostatic interaction between the cationic dye and the anionic functional groups in the composts is not the only mechanism involved in adsorption. In conclusion, the use of composts for dye removal is a likely application, in particular for those composts presenting limitations for agricultural useThis research was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO), through a Ramón y Cajal fellowship, grant number RYC-2016-19286S

Competitive removal of textile dyes from solution by pine bark-compost in batch and fixed bed column experiments

Compost from pine bark has been previously suggested as an effective low-cost biosorbent for different classes of textile dyes, although the existing studies have been performed in non-competitive batch conditions, so the effect of competition or adsorption in continuous-flow conditions has not been assessed. In this work, the removal of Basic Violet 10 (BV10) and Direct Blue 151 (DB151) by pine bark compost from single and bi-solute mixtures has been studied in batch and fixed-bed column experiments. Adsorption capacity of pine bark compost was three times higher for BV10 than for DB151 in batch conditions, where competition reduced the uptake of both dyes, with competition factors of 0.63 for DB151 and 0.82 for BV10. Dye adsorption capacity was lower in column than in batch tests, with 112.6 and 34.7 mg g−1 for BV10 and DB151, respectively, versus 127.1 and 42.1 mg g−1 in batch conditions. The presence of both dyes in solution also reduced their affinities with respect to non-competitive conditions in column tests, with saturation capacities of 71.6 mg g−1 for BV10 and 16.8 mg g−1 for DB151. The effect of competition between dyes was higher in columns than in batch conditions, with competition factors of 0.76 for BV10 and 0.59 for DB151. The column biosorbent was effectively regenerated using ethanol, thus enabling reuse in the practical application of compost for textile dye removal. The concentration of dyes in the eluted ethanol was higher than the influent concentration, what would give compost value for pre-concentration of textile dyesThe authors thank Mr. Bassem Nasrallah (Chemistry Department, Hashemite University, Jordan) for the continuous technical support represented by the spectroscopic analyses as well as the compositional analysis of the compost. Dr. Paradelo thanks the Spanish State Agency for Research (AEI) for his Ramón Cajal grant RYC-2016-19286, funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by “ESF Investing in your future”S

Intelligent Systems Research in the Construction Industry

YesWith the increasing complexity of problems in the construction industry, researchers are investigating computationally rigorous intelligent systems with the aim of seeking intelligent solutions. The purpose of this paper is therefore to analyse the research published on ‘intelligent systems in the construction industry’ over the past two decades. This is achieved to observe and understand the historical trends and current patterns in the use of different types of intelligent systems and to exhibit potential directions of further research. Thus, to trace the applications of intelligent systems to research in the construction industry, a profiling approach is employed to analyse 514 publications extracted from the Scopus database. The prime value and uniqueness of this paper lies in analysing and compiling the existing published material by examining variables (such as yearly publications, geographic location of each publication, etc.). This has been achieved by synthesising existing publications using 14 keywords2 ‘Intelligent Systems’, ‘Artificial Intelligence’, ‘Expert Systems’, ‘Fuzzy Systems’, ‘Genetic Algorithms’, ‘Knowledge-Based Systems’, ‘Neural Networks’, ‘Context Aware Applications’, ‘Embedded Systems’, ‘Human–Machine Interface’, ‘Sensing and Multiple Sensor Fusion’, ‘Ubiquitous and Physical Computing’, ‘Case-based Reasoning’ and ‘Construction Industry’. The prime contributions of this research are identified by associating (a) yearly publication and geographic location, (b) yearly publication and the type of intelligent systems employed/discussed, (c) geographic location and the type of research methods employed, and (d) geographic location and the types of intelligent systems employed. These contributions provide a comparison between the two decades and offer insights into the trends in using different intelligent systems types in the construction industry. The analysis presented in this paper has identified intelligent systems studies that have contributed to the development and accumulation of intellectual wealth to the intelligent systems area in the construction industry. This research has implications for researchers, journal editors, practitioners, universities and research institutions. Moreover, it is likely to form the basis and motivation for profiling other database resources and specific types of intelligent systems journals in this area

The training and education of operations research in Jordan and its application in industrial companies : a field study

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