The Relationship Between Emotional Stability and Self-Esteem Among Adolescents (Aged 13-16) in Public Schools in Irbid Qasabah

This study aimed to reveal the relationship between emotional stability and self-esteem among adolescents (aged 13-16) in public schools in Irbid qasabah and to identify the differences in both emotional stability and self-esteem according to the difference in the following demographic variables: gender, age. The sample of the study consisted of (200) male and female students from the basic stage in public school in Irbid qasabah. The researchers used the emotional stability scale and the self-esteem scale as tools of the study. The results of the study indicate that there is a high and positive correlation coefficient between the emotional stability and the self-esteem. It also shows that there is a statistical significance of the predictive capacity for the level of self-esteem through the emotional stability and there are no statistical significance differences in the emotional stability and self-esteem according to the difference of the variables, gender and age. Keywords: Emotional stability, Self-esteem, adolescence. DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-15-20 Publication date:May 31st 202

Attachment Patterns and Their Relationship to Self-Assertion Among Secondary School Students

The study aimed to identify the nature of attachment patterns and their relationship to self-assertion among secondary school students at Tla al-Ali Secondary School for Girls. The sample which was selected in a random cluster method consisted of (250) female student at Tla al-Ali Secondary School in Amman. The researcher used the Pearson correlation coefficient and the regression equation to verify the study hypotheses.  The study showed the following results: a) there is a correlation relationship with a negative statistical significance at the level of significance (0.01) between the total degree of attachment patterns and the degree of self-assertion among secondary school students. b) the is a correlative relationship of positive statistical significance at the level of significance (0.01) between the pattern of secure attachment and the degree of self-assertion among secondary school students. c) there is a correlation of negative statistical significance at the level of significance (0.01) between the pattern of fearful avoidance attachment and the degree of self-assertion among secondary school students. d) there is a correlation of negative statistical significance at the level of significance (0.01) between the preoccupied attachment pattern and the degree of self-assertion among secondary school students. e) There is a correlation relationship with a negative statistical significance at the level of significance (0.01) between the dismissive-avoidant attachment pattern and the degree of self-assertion among secondary school students. Some attachment patterns, and not others, indicate self-assertion among secondary school students. Keywords: attachment patterns - self-assertion- secondary school students. DOI: 10.7176/RHSS/10-12-03 Publication date:June 30th 202

Spiritual Intelligence and Its Relation to Psychological Endurance Among Faculty Members at Jadara University

The current study is aiming at recognizing the relation between spiritual intelligence and psychological endurance among faculty members of Jadara University along with calculating differences according to sex, academic degree, years of experience and marital status through a sample of 124 persons. In order to achieve study objectives, researchers used the spiritual intelligence scale developed by Amram and translated by Al-Issal along with the psychological endurance scale developed by Connor and Davidson and translated by Al-Talla’. Results indicated positive correlation of statistical denotation between spiritual intelligence and psychological endurance among faculty members of Jadara University while indicating that faculty members have high level of spiritual intelligence and psychological endurance. Results also clarified lack of difference of statistical denotation in the averages of spiritual intelligence in all aspects among faculty members according to study variables (sex, academic degree, years of experience and marital status), while indicating differences of statistical denotation in the averages of psychological endurance in all aspects among faculty members referring to sex among females. Results indicate lack of differences of statistical denotation in the averages of psychological endurance according to study variables (sex, academic degree, years of experience and marital status), as well as the potential of predicting total degree for estimating psychological endurance through the total degree of spiritual intelligence among faculty members at Jadara University. Keywords: spiritual intelligence, psychological endurance, faculty members DOI: 10.7176/ADS/83-08 Publication date:July 31st 202

The Ruling of Leasing Taxicabs in Islamic Jurisprudence

أهداف البحث: يهدف هذا البحث إلى بيان طبيعة العلاقة التي تربط بين أطراف عقد تضمين سيارات الأجرة، والتعرف على الصورة التطبيقية العملية لهذه المعاملة والشروط والقيود والأحكام الضابطة لها. منهج الدراسة: اتبع الباحثان المنهج الوصفي والتحليلي المقارن، وذلك بتوصيف طبيعة العلاقة كما تحصل في الواقع، ومقابلة المختصين والعاملين في هذا المجال، إضافة لتتبع آراء الفقهاء والمقارنة بينها للوصول إلى الحكم الشرعي المناسب. النتائج: خلصت الدراسة إلى عدة نتائج من أهمها: أن التكييف الفقهي للعلاقة التعاقدية بين المالك صاحب المركبة والسائق إما أن تكون عقدا على إجارة أشخاص أو أعيان، وهذا جائز باتفاق المذاهب، وإما عقد مضاربة وهذا في العروض جائز عند الحنابلة في قول عندهم خلافا لغيرهم.  أصالة البحث: امتاز هذا البحث بتناوله مسألة من المسائل المعاصرة المتعلقة بالنشاط الاقتصادي الاستثماري الذي يمارسه العاملون في مجال سيارات الأجرة، من خلال بيان التكييف الفقهي للعلاقة بين أطراف العقد.Purpose: This study aims to indicate the nature of the relationship between the parties to a taxi leasing contract (Tadmeen), and to identify the practical applied form of this transaction and the terms, conditions and rules that control it. Methodology: The researchers followed the descriptive and comparative analytical methodology, by describing the nature of the relationship as it actually happens, and meeting specialists and workers in this field, in addition to tracking the opinions of jurists and comparing them to reach the appropriate Islamic Shari’a ruling. Findings: The study concludes several findings, the most important of which is that the Fiqhi (Islamic Jurisprudence) adaptation of the contractual relationship between the owner of the taxicab and the driver is either a contract on the tadmeen of persons or specific items. This is permissible according to all Madhabs (Schools of Islamic Jurisprudence). Alternatively, it may be considered as a mudarabah partnership contract which is only permissible according to the Hanbali Madhab which hold an opinion that is different from that of other Madhabs. Originality: This study is characterized by that it deals with a contemporary issue related to the economic investment activity practiced by taxicab workers. It clarifies the Fiqhi adaptation of the relationship between the parties to the contract

No one left behind: Using mixed-methods research to identify and learn from socially marginalised adolescents in low- and middle-income countries

This article describes the mixed-methods approach used by the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) research programme. It discusses how qualitative and quantitative methods can be used both in isolation and combined to learn about the lives of adolescents in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), focusing on the methodological and ethical approaches used to reach socially marginalised adolescents (including adolescents with disabilities, adolescents not in school, adolescent refugees, adolescents living in urban slums, adolescents who married as children, and adolescent mothers). We reflect on the implementation of the GAGE conceptual framework, discussing its strengths and weaknesses, and the challenges to promoting inclusive and genuinely mixed-methods research practices. While these methods have been adapted in the countries where research was undertaken, the conceptual framework provides a common methodological approach, utilising an intersectional lens. We show how mixed-methods approaches can contribute to the knowledge base on research with socially marginalised adolescent girls and boys globally, serving as an important resource for future research with young people in LMICs

Breast cancer diagnosis using the fast learning network algorithm

The use of machine learning (ML) and data mining algorithms in the diagnosis of breast cancer (BC) has recently received a lot of attention. The majority of these efforts, however, still require improvement since either they were not statistically evaluated or they were evaluated using insufficient assessment metrics, or both. One of the most recent and effective ML algorithms, fast learning network (FLN), may be seen as a reputable and efficient approach for classifying data; however, it has not been applied to the problem of BC diagnosis. Therefore, this study proposes the FLN algorithm in order to improve the accuracy of the BC diagnosis. The FLN algorithm has the capability to a) eliminate overfitting, b) solve the issues of both binary and multiclass classification, and c) perform like a kernel-based support vector machine with a structure of the neural network. In this study, two BC databases (Wisconsin Breast Cancer Database (WBCD) and Wisconsin Diagnostic Breast Cancer (WDBC)) were used to assess the performance of the FLN algorithm. The results of the experiment demonstrated the great performance of the suggested FLN method, which achieved an average of accuracy 98.37%, precision 95.94%, recall 99.40%, F-measure 97.64%, G-mean 97.65%, MCC 96.44%, and specificity 97.85% using the WBCD, as well as achieved an average of accuracy 96.88%, precision 94.84%, recall 96.81%, F-measure 95.80%, G-mean 95.81%, MCC 93.35%, and specificity 96.96% using the WDBC database. This suggests that the FLN algorithm is a reliable classifier for diagnosing BC and may be useful for resolving other application-related problems in the healthcare sector

Effects of hospital facilities on patient outcomes after cancer surgery: an international, prospective, observational study

Background Early death after cancer surgery is higher in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) compared with in high-income countries, yet the impact of facility characteristics on early postoperative outcomes is unknown. The aim of this study was to examine the association between hospital infrastructure, resource availability, and processes on early outcomes after cancer surgery worldwide.Methods A multimethods analysis was performed as part of the GlobalSurg 3 study-a multicentre, international, prospective cohort study of patients who had surgery for breast, colorectal, or gastric cancer. The primary outcomes were 30-day mortality and 30-day major complication rates. Potentially beneficial hospital facilities were identified by variable selection to select those associated with 30-day mortality. Adjusted outcomes were determined using generalised estimating equations to account for patient characteristics and country-income group, with population stratification by hospital.Findings Between April 1, 2018, and April 23, 2019, facility-level data were collected for 9685 patients across 238 hospitals in 66 countries (91 hospitals in 20 high-income countries; 57 hospitals in 19 upper-middle-income countries; and 90 hospitals in 27 low-income to lower-middle-income countries). The availability of five hospital facilities was inversely associated with mortality: ultrasound, CT scanner, critical care unit, opioid analgesia, and oncologist. After adjustment for case-mix and country income group, hospitals with three or fewer of these facilities (62 hospitals, 1294 patients) had higher mortality compared with those with four or five (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 3.85 [95% CI 2.58-5.75]; p<0.0001), with excess mortality predominantly explained by a limited capacity to rescue following the development of major complications (63.0% vs 82.7%; OR 0.35 [0.23-0.53]; p<0.0001). Across LMICs, improvements in hospital facilities would prevent one to three deaths for every 100 patients undergoing surgery for cancer.Interpretation Hospitals with higher levels of infrastructure and resources have better outcomes after cancer surgery, independent of country income. Without urgent strengthening of hospital infrastructure and resources, the reductions in cancer-associated mortality associated with improved access will not be realised

Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries

Abstract Background Healthcare cannot achieve net-zero carbon without addressing operating theatres. The aim of this study was to prioritize feasible interventions to reduce the environmental impact of operating theatres. Methods This study adopted a four-phase Delphi consensus co-prioritization methodology. In phase 1, a systematic review of published interventions and global consultation of perioperative healthcare professionals were used to longlist interventions. In phase 2, iterative thematic analysis consolidated comparable interventions into a shortlist. In phase 3, the shortlist was co-prioritized based on patient and clinician views on acceptability, feasibility, and safety. In phase 4, ranked lists of interventions were presented by their relevance to high-income countries and low–middle-income countries. Results In phase 1, 43 interventions were identified, which had low uptake in practice according to 3042 professionals globally. In phase 2, a shortlist of 15 intervention domains was generated. In phase 3, interventions were deemed acceptable for more than 90 per cent of patients except for reducing general anaesthesia (84 per cent) and re-sterilization of ‘single-use’ consumables (86 per cent). In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for high-income countries were: introducing recycling; reducing use of anaesthetic gases; and appropriate clinical waste processing. In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for low–middle-income countries were: introducing reusable surgical devices; reducing use of consumables; and reducing the use of general anaesthesia. Conclusion This is a step toward environmentally sustainable operating environments with actionable interventions applicable to both high– and low–middle–income countries

Moral Intelligence and Its Relationship to Social Responsibility and Achievement Motivation Among Jadara University Students

The study aimed at revealing moral intelligence and its relationship to social responsibility and achievement motivation among students at Jadara University. The random stratified sample consisted of (355) male and female students from Jadara University in Irbid.The researchers adopted the descriptive approach and used the following measures: the moral intelligence scale that they developed (Shawara, 2017); The social responsibility scale he developed (Al-Obeisat, 2017); The motivation scale of his achievement (Al-Essa, 2016). The findings showed that: 1) there is a statistically significant positive relationship between “moral intelligence” and “social responsibility and achievement motivation” among the students at Jadara University. The results also showed that there are statistically significant differences in moral intelligence and achievement motivation due to the variable, where the differences came in favor of the excellent. The results also indicated that there are statistically significant differences in moral intelligence and social responsibility attributable to the college variable, where the differences came in favor of the humanities college. The results also showed that there are statistically significant differences in achievement motivation attributable to the variable of the year of study and the differences came in favor of the fourth year

Katanin p80 Regulates Human Cortical Development by Limiting Centriole and Cilia Number

Katanin is a microtubule-severing complex whose catalytic activities are well characterized, but whose in vivo functions are incompletely understood. Human mutations in KATNB1, which encodes the noncatalytic regulatory p80 subunit of katanin, cause severe microlissencephaly. Loss of Katnb1 in mice confirms essential roles in neurogenesis and cell survival, while loss of zebrafish katnb1 reveals specific roles for katnin p80 in early and late developmental stages. Surprisingly, Katnb1 null mutant mouse embryos display hallmarks of aberrant Sonic hedgehog signaling, including holoprosencephaly. KATNB1-deficient human cells show defective proliferation and spindle structure, while Katnb1 null fibroblasts also demonstrate a remarkable excess of centrioles, with supernumerary cilia but deficient Hedgehog signaling. Our results reveal unexpected functions for KATNB1 in regulating overall centriole, mother centriole, and cilia number, and as an essential gene for normal Hedgehog signaling during neocortical developmen