Objective The objective of this study was to elaborate patient’s views of diabetic foot care within the Jordanian healthcare system. Design A qualitative approach with unstructured face‐to‐face interviews was used in this study. Setting Participants were recruited from six hospitals throughout Jordan plus a university affiliated healthcare centre. Subjects Seven patients with diabetes and suffe...

Our objective was to study the practices surrounding the use of ABPM to diagnose hypertension and white coat hypertension (WCH) in pregnant Jordanian women. Questionnaires were e-mailed to 311 physicians from Amman (the capital of Jordan) who was members of the Jordanian Medical Association. We received completed questionnaires from 104 obstetricians and 119 primary care physicians. A significa...

Knowledge of human activity patterns is needed in air pollution exposure and health risk assessment. However, human activity patterns have never been evaluated in the Eastern Mediterranean societies. Therefore, we investigated the activity pattern of 285 subjects (17-63 years) in Amman, Jordan during October to November, 2015. The subjects spent >80% of their time indoors during weekend days an...

This paper provides a novel approach for car traffic control by applying a Web-based Traffic System (WTS). This approach was applied for navigation and traffic information services that are able to informs drivers about the most efficient routes to use in order to avoid traffic delays and roundabout directions. This paper provides a solution for the dynamic changes of the road density and high ...

In this paper, we present the advantages of Maximum overlapping Discrete Wavelet Transform (MODWT) in improving the forecasting accuracy financial time series data. Amman stock market (ASE) in Jordan was selected as a tool to show the ability of MODWT in forecasting financial time series, using Banking sector. Experimentally, this article suggests a novel technique for forecasting the banking d...

Mark C. Chappell1* and Ebaa M. Al Zayadneh2 1Department of Surgery/Hypertension and Vascular Research, Cardiovascular Sciences Center, Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston-Salem, NC, USA 2Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordon *Corresponding author: Mark C. Chappell, Department of Surgery/Hypertension and Vascular Research, Cardiovascular Sciences Cente...

This paper presents the simulation of traffic flow on a congested street in the Jordanian capital Amman. The geometry, boundary conditions and assumptions were also compared against videos taken for actual traffic on the street. Although limited changes to the geometry is applicable in reality, some recommendations on speed limits and traffic signs were made to aid in reducing traffic jams. Key...

A good driving cycle is needed for accurate evaluation of a vehicle’s performance in terms of emission and fuel consumption. Driving cycles obtained for certain cities or countries are not usually applicable to other cities or countries. Therefore, considerable research has been conducted on developing driving cycles for certain cities and regions. In this paper, a driving cycle for a taxi in A...

1 Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University, 06330 Ankara, Turkey 2 Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan 3Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmacy, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Malaysia 4Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, KLE University, Belgaum, Karnataka 590010, India 5 Department of Molecular and I...

The purpose of this study is to look at the effect employing E-Marketing techniques on activating sales in Amman city hotels. quantitative technique was utilized investigation, with data collected using questionnaires. (500) questionnaires were delivered guests (13) Jordanian five-star hotels Amman. (484) recovered, while (16) eliminated due excessive missing data. According study, adopting too...