Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsEffectiveness of Agricultural Extension ActivitiesAli AL-Sharafat, Mohammad Altarawneh, Ebraheem AltahatProblem statement: Jordan’s agricultural extension service is seriously under-staffed and its effectiveness is consequently compromised. Reservations are being expressed about the performance and capability of the agricultural extension system in Jordan. The performance of this sector has been disappointing and has failed to transfer agricultural technology to the farmers. The main objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 2 · 5 Apr 2012 · 9,470 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsAssessing the Performance of Jordanian Educational Counselors in the Environment of Private and Government Schools toward Gifted StudentsAyed Hanna ZiadatProblem statement: The objective of this research was to evaluate the needs of suitable environment for educational counselors to provide support and enhance the capabilities of gifted students for better education and behavior performance during their academic school years. This study emphasizes with more details on the impact of the educational counselors experience, gender and schools environment regarding the role … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 2 · 28 Feb 2011 · 6,956 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsAssessment of Special Needs People Towards Environmental Awareness in the Hashemite Kingdom of JordanAyed Hanna Ziadat, Anf Hanna ZiadatProblem statement: This research examines knowledge and attitudes towards environmental awareness among special needs individuals in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The population census of (136) special needs individuals with different types of disabilities; physical impairments, visual impairments and hearing impairments from different locations of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan participated in the survey and completed the questionnaire in 2010. … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 5 · 31 Oct 2010 · 7,337 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPrediction and Analysis of COVID-19 Cases using Regression Models: A Descriptive Case Study of IndiaIsmail KeshtaThe Coronavirus(SARS-CoV-2) is a respiratory illness that emerged in Wuhan, China, on December31, 2019, according to reports by the World Health Organization (WHO). Hospitalrecords in India indicate that COVID-19 hospitalizations in the second wave ofCOVID-19 more than doubled those in the first wave. Limited studies have beenconducted to establish the extent to which the second wave of COVID-19increased the infection … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 18, Issue 10 · 12 Oct 2022 · 6,156 accessesView PDFCite
HypothesisOpen accessIn the abstractA Comparison of Price Effect and Country of Origin Effect on Consumer Counterfeit Products PurchaseMartin Owusu AnsahProliferation of Counterfeit Consumer Products is one of the insistent apprehensions confronting managers and companies in many countries. The current study compared the influence of price and country of origin effects on consumer attitude and purchase intention of counterfeit consumer products in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana. The study adopted a positivist research philosophy and a descriptive research design in … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 4 · 10 Nov 2017 · 8,202 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractIMPACT OF THE ANTECEDENT FACTORS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF MALAYSIAN EXPORT COMPANIESSaad Dubayyan Alshammari, Rabiul IslamThe study aimed at investigating the impact of the antecedent factors on the performance of exporting companies in Malaysia through the mediating influence of marketing mix adaptation. In order to provide deep and rich investigation, the impact of the antecedent factors on the marketing mix adaptation was examined. A questionnaire was used as the instrument of the study and the … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 6, Issue 2 · 30 Aug 2014 · 7,383 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTHE INFLUENCE OF PERSONALITY ACCENTUATION ON DRUG ADDICTION AMONG STUDENTSElena Aleksandrovna Cheverikina, Andrei Vasilyevich Leifa, Nataliya Alekseyevna Kora et al.To identify character accentuation students who are prone to addiction will allow to adjust their socialization process during the training period in order to increase its effectiveness, as well as it will contribute to the creation of effective psycho-educational programs aimed at reducing the level of their addiction to drugs. Objective: To identify the influence of experimental character accentuation susceptibility … …American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Vol. 9, Issue 2 · 27 Jun 2014 · 7,736 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMathematics Anxiety and Achievement Among Secondary School StudentsEffandi Zakaria, Normalizam Mohd Zain, Nur Amalina Ahmad, Ayu ErlinaResearch has shown that mathematics achievement in students is influenced by psychological factors such as mathematics anxiety. Weaknesses among students in learning mathematics in particular will affect the efforts of various sectors in making Malaysia a fully developed nation by 2020. The purpose of this study was to determine mathematics anxiety and mathematics achievement among secondary school students in Selangor, … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 11 · 1 Sep 2012 · 13,305 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractBiomechanical Analysis of Ankle Force: A Case Study for Instep KickingA. R. Ismail, M. R.A. Mansor, M. F.M. Ali et al.Problem statement: The objective of this study was to identify, analyze and build the force equation that involved the velocity, acceleration, angle and distance at the ankle when making the instep kick. Approach: One subject which is a male national soccer player had been chosen as a subject for the study. The subject was selected from professional soccer player with … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 3 · 31 Mar 2010 · 8,474 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAn Assessment of Farmers Willingness to Pay for Wheat Consultant Engineers Project: In IranAli Asadi, Morteza Akbari, Hossain Shabanali Fami, Amir AlambaigiProblem statement: Public extension performance in many developing countries including Iran is not up to the expectation of farming community. Further, in recent years, many governments are very reluctant to shoulder huge financial investment for public extension. Hence, extension specialists and policy makers propose privatization of extension services in developing countries. Approach: Considering existing agricultural extension scenario, a study designed … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2008 · 7,405 accessesView PDFCite