Electronic Library of Medicine - Jordan: Experience in the Digital Transformation and Managing COVID-19 Crisis

During COVID-19 pandemic Electronic Library of Medicine – Jordan (ELM) was on the upfront of dealing with the crisis. ELM worked on a response plan for the Digital Transformation of its online services with focus on COVID-19. The plan strategy consisted of four phases: preparation, implementation, evaluation and sustainability. The immediate management for COVID-19 pandemic was done through having a dedicated COVID-19 Knowledge Center and digitizing all training and educational sessions. An online survey for the evaluation of the impact on the Digital Transformation of library services was done. Evaluation results showed satisfactory impact. The COVID-19 pandemic was an opportunity to ELM, and it even enhanced the library services and training. Challenges concerning sustainability and accreditation of the continuing professional development need to be addressed with concerned authoritative parties within Jordan

The Level of Mindfulness and its Relationship with the Psychological Resilience among the Psychological Counseling Students in the Jordanian universities

This study aimed to find out the level of Mindfulness and the level of psychological resilience among undergraduate students in psychological counseling in Jordanian universities, as well as exploring the correlation between Mindfulness and psychological resilience. The sample of the study consisted of (763) male and female students from the undergraduate students in psychological counseling. In order to achieve the goals of the study, the psychological resilience  scale was developed, and the use of the Mindfulness  scale developed by salahat and the zoghol (2019), The results showed that the arithmetic mean of the Mindfulness  scale is mean  as a whole over its five dimensions, where it came first in the dimension of Observing with a high mean , and secondly the dimension of ( non-judging the internal experience) at an mean  level, and in the third rank the dimension of Non reactivity with the internal experience at an mean  level, and the fourth  rank is the Dimension of Describing At an intermediate level, and finally, Dimension of Acting With Awareness work was at an intermediate level. The results also showed that the psychological resilience as a result is high as a whole, the personal competence dimension came first with a high level, the second dimension is Reflecting and adaptive help-seeking as well as a high level, and the third dimension is Perseverance with a high level, while the fourth dimension Negative affect and emotional response    came  at an mean  level, and as The results showed that there was no negative statistically significant relationship between Mindfulness and psychological resilience Key words: Mindfulness, psychological resilience, psychological counseling students DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-18-14 Publication date: June 30th 202

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on emntal health among the population in Jordan

Background: Mental health is a key indicator for public health measures. Jordan is one of the countries that has a high prevalence of mental illness and disorders. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all health services in the country with a high refugee population. The aim of this review is to assess the impact of the pandemic on mental health in Jordan and identify key factors affecting it, in addition to addressing lessons learned from the pandemic. Methods: A systematic search was conducted on Medline Plus, Embase, Web of Science, EBSCOHost Psycinfo and Cinhal, following the PRISMA guidelines. Articles were selected based on predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data were extracted and synthesized using narrative descriptive analysis. Results: The pandemic had a significant impact on PTSD, psychological distress, anxiety, depression and stress. Predictors of a higher impact on mental health were related to gender, socio-economic status and comorbidities. The healthcare workers group was the most affected by mental disorders. Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on mental health was associated with high levels of PTSD, anxiety, depression and stress. In a country with a high prevalence of mental disorders, prompt and quick measures are needed to support the health system to absorb the effect of the pandemic and be responsive to dealing with the existing high prevalence

دراسة تأثير ريزين الكومارون على لاصق مطاطي بأساس كلوروبرين

في هذا البحث تم تحضير لاصق مطاطي أساس كلوروبرين (لاصق تماس) ودراسة النسبة المثلى لتحقيق أفضل توافق (compatibility) بين ريزين الكومارون ومطاط الكلوروبرينCR  بهدف الوصول الى أفضل قوة قشر، حيث تم اختيار عدة نسب لريزين الكومارون ودراسة قوة القشر لركيزة مطاط/معدن، وتبين أن أفضل نسبة تحقق أعلى قوة قشر 4.2 N/mm هي 25 Phr، كما أعطت لزوجة 1164 C.P وهذه القيمة هي اللزوجة المناسبة لتطبيق اللاصق بطريقة الدهن بالفرشاة. تم إجراء الاختبارات السابقة باستخدام جهاز الاختبارات الميكانيكية العامة (FRANK) وجهاز اللزوجة   BROOKFIELD