We aimed to identify the prevalence and risk factors of myopia among secondary-school students in Amman. Thus 1777 (1081 males and 696 females) students aged 12-17 years old were recruited from 8 schools randomly selected from 8 different geographic locations in Amman. Data were collected by questionnaire, and self-reported myopia was checked against school medical records. The prevalence of my...

Insubria QSAR PaDEL-Descriptor model for prediction of Endocrine Disruptors Chemicals (EDC) Estrogen Receptor (ER)-binding affinity. 1.2.Other related models: J.Li and P.Gramatica. The importance of molecular structures, endpoints’ values, and predictivity parameters in QSAR research: QSAR analysis of a series of estrogen receptor binders, Mol. Divers. 14, 2010, pp 687-696. [8] 1.3.Software cod...

Lindsay in an article titled, “Entropy consumption and values in physical science,” (Am. Sci. 1959, 47, 678–696) proposed a Thermodynamic Imperative similar to Kant’s Ethical Categorical Imperative. In this paper, after describing the concept of ethical imperative as elaborated by Kant, we provide a brief discussion of the role of science and its relationship to the classical thermodynamics and...

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