1Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan. Received: 27/01/03; accepted: 06/05/03 ABSTRACT We investigated antimicrobial resistance patterns and plasmid profiles of uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolates from inpatients and outpatients at Jordan University Hospital in 2000 and 2001. E. coli accounted for 32.4% and 37.4% of all isolates ...

The spectrum of medical conditions and the cytogenetic profile in all children with Down syndrome attending a referral clinic in Amman, Jordan over a 1-year period was described. A total of 33 patients (18 females, 15 males) attended, aged from day 1 to 14 years. Median maternal age at the time of delivery was 31.5 years. Eleven (33%) children had a mild to moderate conductive hearing loss, 5 (...

Gonococcal infections are usually localized to the urogenital tract, but may sometimes spread extragenitally and cause cutaneous manifestations, arthritis, tenosynovitis, meningitis, endocarditis, or perihepatitis (Stajano, 1920; Bruusgaard and Thjotta, 1925; Curtis, 1930; Fitz-Hugh, 1934; Williams, 1938; Abu-Nassar, Hill, Fred, and Yow, 1963; Keiser, Ruben, Wolinsky, and Kushner, 1968; Amman, ...

This study aims to examine the impact of organizational environment (top management support, company-wide support, business process reengineering, effective project management, and organizational culture) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor environment (ERP vendor support) on ERP perceived benefits. In order to achieve the study’s aim, a questionnaire was developed based on the extant...

1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen Alia Military Hospital, Royal Medical Services, Amman, Jordan. Received: 04/05/03; accepted: 23/10/03 ABSTRACT The efficacy, safety and outcome of prostaglandin (PG)E2 was compared with Foley catheter for labour induction in grand multiparous women. At a hospital in Jordan, 147 women with Bishop score ≤ 5 were randomized to receive 3 mg PGE2 vagi...

OBJECTIVE To find out the prevalence of overweight and obesity among female adolescents in Jordan. METHODOLOGY A cross-sectional survey on females aged 15-18 in Amman, Jordan, was carried out using a multistage stratified random sampling method. The total sample size was 475 girls. Weight and height were measured and body mass index for age was used to determine overweight and obesity using t...

Purpose. Smoking is prevalent in psychiatric facilities among staff and patients. However, there have been few studies of how contextual factors in specific cultures influence rates of smoking and the health promotion role of psychiatric nurses. This paper reports the findings of a classical grounded theory study conducted to understand how contextual factors in the workplace influences the smo...

Moun tain pine beetles are a nat u ral dis tur bance agent within the for ests of west ern North Amer ica, where they are known to range from Brit ish Co lum bia to north ern Mex ico (Amman and Lo gan, 1998). They were first de scribed in South Da kota as the “pine de stroy ing bee tle of the Black Hills”, and mea sures were taken to con trol their spread as early as 1902 (Hopkins, 1905). Out b...

This paper studies the role and the importance of Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) education in Information Technology (IT) programs. The research included the students who attended an ICT4D course at NYiT Amman Campus in the academic years of 2006 to 2009. Data were collected through two questionnaires developed by the researcher responsible for teaching the c...

In Victoria the usual diluent for deep frozen bull semen consists of a mixture of egg yolk, sodium citrate and glycerol. The semen is equilibrated in this mixture for 17 hours prior to freezing. O’Dell and Almquist (1957), and Amman and Almquist (1957) found that survival of spermatozoa as assessed by motility was increased when the semen was diluted with a mixture of glycerol, fructose and ski...