Journal of Social Sciences COES&RJ-JSS

Journal of Social Sciences, 2014

Considering that the study of public transport is important since it affects all citizens and is ... more Considering that the study of public transport is important since it affects all citizens and is essential for the wellbeing of any nation, this paper reports the results of an exploratory study conducted in Johannesburg, South Africa among a convenience sample of 902 commuters selected using the commuter intercept survey. In contrast to traditional service quality research which uses the SERVQUAL instrument, this study used RECSA, which constituted the following transport service quality attributes: reliability, efficiency, comfort, safety and accessibility. It became evident that with regard to public busses and minibus taxis, all RECSA service quality variables are important to commuters. In summary, min-bus taxis were perceived as being less comfortable and less safe and less reliable, yet their services were being used more than more frequently. The findings have implications for service providers, transport planners and relevant government authorities, etc., in that they need to take cognizance of the perceptions of the commuters and implement strategies to improve the situation.

Journal of Social Sciences (COES&RJ-JSS), 2015

ABC-IQ Global Management Systems Narrative Moving education systems from industrialized (compete)... more ABC-IQ Global Management Systems Narrative Moving education systems from industrialized (compete) to knowledge (inspire) through the integration of self-assessment and multiple intelligences creating national identity and culture providing knowledge application or "Networked Intelligence MIND" training skills, creating and enhancing cultures of responsible globalized citizens and learners.

Nowadays most systems became computerized and use internet for remote access, including systems w... more Nowadays most systems became computerized and use internet for remote access, including systems which have critical and sensitive data such as banks and governmental institutions. This led to the huge need for a reliable and efficient authentication system to secure data. User authentication is mostly done using passwords. But it is not a sufficient way to use just a password since it has many drawbacks, like guessing them, brute force attacks, key-loggers and social engineering. Additional authentication procedure is needed to enhance password security. Keystroke dynamics is one of the famous behavioral measurements that rely on utilizing the typing rhythm of each individual. It is used to strengthen password authentication in an efficient and cheap way since no hardware will be added. This paper presents a comprehensive survey on research in the last two decades on keystroke dynamics authentication. The objective is to discuss, summarize and provide insightful comparison about the...

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The purposes of research were 1) to study the knowledge used by local folk healers, thecondition ... more The purposes of research were 1) to study the knowledge used by local folk healers, thecondition of healing and services, the acceptance of the methods used by the folk healers in LoeiProvince, and 2) to develop the model for the promotion of the community health with the herbalwisdom of I-san folk healer participated by the related stakeholders.Mixed methods of quantitative and qualitative research were applied, the quantitativeresearch was used in the survey, and the quantitative research was used in an in-depth interview,the participatory observation, and focus group discussion. The target groups in this study consistedof the registered folk healers from 14 districts of Loei who still perform the healing, the localpeople who get the services or used to get the services from the folk healers, the senior people inthe areas, and Thai traditional medicine scholars. The findings were as follows.1. All folk healers treat the illness according to the systems of human body. The healingco...

Journal of Social Sciences (COES&RJ-JSS), 2021

The Sharia Hisba is an integrated Islamic system of pillars and construction whose theme is enjoi... more The Sharia Hisba is an integrated Islamic system of pillars and construction whose theme is enjoining good and forbidding evil, and aims at stabilizing societies and the supremacy of virtue and high morals in it, and rejecting vice and bad morals from it. The legal public prosecution system is an accusatory system that seeks to safeguard the right of the state and the right of the individual to the public order to ensure a society free from apparent crimes, and a regular picture of the state and individuals is formed in a coherent body without chaos. The Hisba system is a symbiotic social system that moves through the community's control of the community, while the public case system and its tools from the Public Prosecution and other institutions is a deterrent institutional system that moves in the light of the law and deals in accordance with its principles and limits.

Journal of Social Sciences (COES&RJ-JSS), 2021

Translation is the process of rendering a unit from one language (Source Language) into another (... more Translation is the process of rendering a unit from one language (Source Language) into another (Target Language). When it comes to idioms (fixed expressions consisting of two words or more giving a meaning different from the meaning of the individual words), the translators are going to face a number of troubles. This study focuses on translating the Arabic idioms that contain the words HEAD, HEART or HHAND. The methodology of this study is based on a number of statements collected verbally or through written texts and expressing the meaning by paraphrasing them. The results show that none of the Arabic idioms used in this study have equivalences in English language and so, what is shown are the paraphrased meaning for each.

Journal of Social Sciences (COES&RJ-JSS), 2021

Considering the importance of transport commission agent's work and through the examination of tr... more Considering the importance of transport commission agent's work and through the examination of transport commission agent's liability, the intensity and burden of transport commission agent's liability is shown. The legal nature of a transport commission agent's obligation is an obligation to achieve a result, thus he usually has to contract out of liability, either through the legal limits of liability where the law established the legal exemptions that the transport commission agent would benefit from, as well as the agreement limits of liability through the cases in which the law allowed the transport commission agent to establish a condition under the agreement exempts him from liability or specify his damage liability. Since the law prohibited the transport commission agent from establishing any condition that exempted him from liability in the cases of damage and injury, thus he is bound by compensating his agent fully for the occurring damages, except the cases in which the transport commission agent establishes a condition to limit his liability within the limits permitted by the law. Lastly, the development and importance of the transport commission agent's trade and profession and its resulting legal conflicts and problems are the reason behind conducting this study in order to identify the liability limits of the transport commission agent.

Journal of Social Sciences (COES&RJ-JSS), 2021

This research was studied on the effect of sound in highlighting the Qur’anic image, so it took a... more This research was studied on the effect of sound in highlighting the Qur’anic image, so it took a descriptive approach to analysis. Without a performance, then the search for the description with words to represent the performance was to approximate the meaning and the image and approximate the oral Quranic performance. The research concluded that the sound showed the image and meaning previously in that lexical meaning, and it was noticed that the image came from many words and vocabulary in order to clearly highlight the image and the meaning, and that the sound sometimes overcomes the dictionary meaning and precedes it among the recipients in understanding, as much of the phonemic performance was not mentioned in the dictionaries due to Because of its lack of form in words, the research noticed that any movement, sound, or rhythm in the Holy Qur’an is not devoid of the meaning of a goal or an intended goal, so the sound lies behind the meaning and moves the image and makes it clear.

Journal of Social Sciences (COES&RJ-JSS), 2021

This paper aims at exploring the rhetoric of the prophetic discourse in the Hadiths collected by ... more This paper aims at exploring the rhetoric of the prophetic discourse in the Hadiths collected by Al-Nawawi. It is composed of four aspects. Firstly, public discourse by using the words who and all, or what pertains to a specific incident for a person whose name was not assigned for polite purposes, so that the speech is directed to any recipient or Muslim over time, focusing on the event not on the person and associating actions with their past and present times. Therefore, the rhetoric was expressed as a result of arranging the words, employing them and their beauty in harmony with their context and location. Secondly, the command and prohibition discourse of the individual and the group according to the purpose of the discourse and its rhetoric with the beauty that was brought about in the style and verbal ornaments associated with the status of the recipient. For example, "O, Sons of Adam", "O Young boy", and "O My Servants "in the Qudsi Hadith, employing the method of urging, "May I..?". Such wordings were crowned by the aspect of the wording texts, briefly and shortly in terms. However, it included great meanings and benefits with beautiful phrases and eloquent style, implying social, educational and global dimensions that have their impact on the recipient. These phrases have had their echo in societies and assemblies, such as, "(The value of) an action depends on the intention behind it" and ".. And he who is slow-paced in doing good deeds, his (high) lineage does not make him go ahead.", that have made them general rules and a method of life to be followed.

Journal of Social Sciences (COES&RJ-JSS), 2021

The study aims to investigate the relationship between the academic achievement of computerized t... more The study aims to investigate the relationship between the academic achievement of computerized tests and traditional pen and paper exams of Business College students at the University of Jordan-Aqaba branch as well as relate differences results to students` gender. The study sample comprised 136 students of a compulsory course at the Business Faculty. A computerized mid-term test was held while the final one was traditional. The results of the two tests were compared where the other general factors affecting students` academic achievement, namely (the same students, course subject, course subject lecturer) were set. The tests marks were sampled as percentage to the test mark so as to delete the denominator difference of marks where the mid-term mark is out of 30 while the final test is out of 50. The SPSS was used to compare the results of the two tests. Results were related to students' gender, whether gender-related differences are found. The study concluded that there is no statistical significant relationship between the academic achievement of computerized tests and traditional ones (paper and pen) held at the Business College in The University of Jordan-Aqaba branch. The results also indicated that the academic achievement differences resulting from computerized tests have to do with the student gender variable in favor of male students.

Journal of Social Sciences (COES&RJ-JSS), 2021

This study aimed to test the effect of corporate social responsibility through activities towards... more This study aimed to test the effect of corporate social responsibility through activities towards society and environmental activities on financial leverage and corporate performance, the study population consists of all companies listed on the Amman Stock Exchange. The study sample reached 187 companies for the period 2014-2017, to achieve the goals of the study; regression analysis was used to find out the effect of social and environmental responsibility on leverage and performance, the study reached the results that the social responsibility towards the society affects the financial leverage of the company while the environmental activities did not affect the financial leverage, responsibility for social and environmental activities did not affect the performance of companies, and there was a positive correlation between social and environmental responsibility and financial leverage, and a negative link was found between financial leverage and performance.

Journal of Social Sciences (COES&RJ-JSS), 2021

Due to the great importance of the financing structure of banks, the impact of capital structure ... more Due to the great importance of the financing structure of banks, the impact of capital structure on the financial performance of banks listed on the Amman Stock Exchange has been examined. To achieve the objectives of this study, we have followed the experimental approach. The study relied on financial variables. The Capital Structure has been measured by the ratios of total debt to total assets and total debt to total equity. Both ratios are independent variables. The dependent variable in this study is the financial performance of banks represented by the ratio of return on assets, the ratio of return on equity, the ratio of return on investment, and the ratio of return on share. The study community and sample consisted of twelve commercial banks listed on Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) during the period (2007-2017). Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software was used in testing of research hypotheses. The most important results are that the capital structure has an impact on return on assets (ROA), while it has no impact on return on equity (ROE), return on investment (ROI) and earnings per share (EPS) in Jordanian commercial banks.

Journal of Social Sciences (COES&RJ-JSS), 2021

The study aimed at revealing the extent of achieving the goals of civic education in the light of... more The study aimed at revealing the extent of achieving the goals of civic education in the light of the concept of globalization in the curriculum of the civic and national education of high elementary schools from Aqaba teacher’s perspective. The study population consists of all the teachers of the social studies in elementary schools at Aqaba Governorate for the year (2019-2020). It consists of 49 teachers distributed in 17 schools. The study tried to answer the following questions:
- To what degree the goals of civic education in the light of the concept of globalization in the curriculum of the civic and national education from Aqaba teacher’s perspective can be achieved?
- Are there any statistical difference in the teacher’s evaluations to achieve the curriculum of the civic and national education based on gender and level of education?

The study tools were a test and a questioner that measures the teachers’ view of the extent of achieving the goals of civic education in the light of the concept of globalization. Therefore it was divided into two parts one pertaining the citizenship values and the other one pertaining the goals of globalization. The researcher got the arithmetic averages and the standard deviations for each paragraph and for each field of the study. The stability coefficients of the study were measured individually in addition to the questioner coefficient of stability as a whole which was (0.78). The globalization stability coefficient was (0.78) and the civic education was (0.896) all of which are high and accepted stability coefficients. The arithmetic averages and the standard deviations were measured for the two parts of the study. It was noticed that the civic education got the lowest arithmetic average (3.01) and a standard deviation (0.91). As for the second part namely the globalization that got the highest arithmetic average (3.29) and a standard deviation (1.16). The researcher believes that the awareness of civic education and the goals of globalization are very important and should be included in the curriculum. Both come in accordance with the study conclusion.

Journal of Social Sciences (COES&RJ-JSS), 2021

This study aimed to identify the role of the media in managing the Coronavirus pandemic, "a field... more This study aimed to identify the role of the media in managing the Coronavirus pandemic, "a field study from the point of view of faculty members in the political science departments in Jordanian universities." The researcher used the descriptive analytical method and the comprehensive survey method. A questionaire had been designed for this purpose and distributed on the study population which consisted of 75 faculty members, through which 56 questionnaires were analyzed using the (SPSS) program. The study found an impact of the media in managing the Coronavirus pandemic, a field study from the point of view of faculty members working in political science departments in Jordanian universities. The study recommended the following: Adopting targeted and studied media programs at appropriate times for citizens, adopting the principle of limpidity and objectivity in conveying the facts, setting deterrent sanctions for those who spread rumors related to the crisis and tend to exaggerate its effects.

Journal of Social Sciences (COES&RJ-JSS), 2020

This study aimed to demonstrate the impact of prevention costs on improving the value chain in Jo... more This study aimed to demonstrate the impact of prevention costs on improving the value chain in Jordanian public shareholding industrial companies. That was through the development of the questionnaire as the study tool, whereby the study population is from all the industrial Jordanian public shareholding companies, whose number is (62) (Amman Financial Market, 2019), where a random sample consisting of (53) companies was taken. A (160) questionnaire was randomly assigned to these companies and (107) questionnaires were retrieved for analysis, and the data were analyzed using the SPSS program. The results of the study showed that there is a positive effect of prevention costs in general on improving the value chain in Jordanian public shareholding industrial companies, and the results of the study indicated that there is a high impact for each of the variables (quality planning costs, product design costs, preventive maintenance costs, training costs. On quality, costs of externalities) on improving the value chain. As for the costs of studies and research, they had a moderate impact on improving the value chain. The study recommended the need to develop and improve work with quality tools, especially costs of prevention, to improve productivity and improve the value chain in industrial companies.

Journal of Social Sciences (COES&RJ-JSS), 2020

This research deals with the most important values mentioned in the Prophet's Sunnah. The values ... more This research deals with the most important values mentioned in the Prophet's Sunnah. The values in question are presented and linked to the virtual communities; such values should be applied in the era of the electronic revolution, and the era after the information openness that the world is witnessing. This is done with a focus on stating their role in the development of the individual and society. This research comes to study the system of Islamic values that should govern what is called cyberspace, and electronic societies that are called virtual, fictitious or digital societies as opposed to real societies. The study is divided into an introduction, and three sections. The first section: Cyberspace and virtual societies, definition, reality. The second section: Hadith values that govern cyberspace and virtual societies. The third section: the means of making use of cyberspace and virtual societies in promoting values, and finally come the conclusion and results.

Journal of Social Sciences (COES&RJ-JSS), 2020

This paper highlights artistic techniques in Nabil Abd-Alkarim's short story collection Beautiful... more This paper highlights artistic techniques in Nabil Abd-Alkarim's short story collection Beautiful Pictures which represents common and familiar issues at the level of reality and in literary studies. The paper relies on Shklovsky's concept of "defamiliarization" to examine the role techniques play in estranging familiar and recurring topics that have already become automatic and ineffective. Artistic techniques aim to reintroduce these topics to the human understanding in a unique and unusual way, so they look new, as if the person gets to know them again. The paper highlights a number of artistic references in the collection that reflect the cognitive awareness upon which they are based, as they belong to the imagination even when they deal with realistic issues. Then, it studies "defamiliarization" in the collection at the level of language, and it focuses on its intensification, its wide dependence on images, the use of details, and the resulting ambiguity. The paper also tackles "defamiliarization" at the level of characters, as they appear in the collection eccentric and perform abnormal behavior. The stories present this in an analytical framework which reveals hidden and pressing psychological factors that drive them to such behavior. While the paper studies several stories, it focuses in particular on two, namely,

Journal of Social Sciences (COES&RJ-JSS), 2020

This research deals with the study of a noble verse that raises questions about its understanding... more This research deals with the study of a noble verse that raises questions about its understanding; As it relates to offer the Trust "al'amana" to God's creation, accepting it from some and not accepting it from others. The study aims to clarify the meaning of the offer, the trust and the bear it and the research has been divided into two topics: The first: the analytical study of the noble verse, and it contains four demands: The first: what the offer is, how it is, and its time. The second: What is Trust and what it means to carry the heavens, the earth, the mountains, and the human being to it. And the third: the meaning of declined to bear it and feared it from the heavens, the earth, and the mountains. And the fourth: the meaning of the fact that a person is unjust and ignorant, then came the second topic to explain: The faith indications of the noble verse: It includes three demands: The first: the manifestations of divine power and mercy in this verse. The second: the explanation of holding a person accountable for his burden of trust. And the third: the honor of slavery and the benefits of carrying trust to the human being. Then a conclusion with the most prominent results, including: that the offer to the heavens and the earth and the mountains was not an obligatory proposition, but rather an offer of choice, so they declined to bear

Journal of Social Sciences (COES&RJ-JSS), 2020

This paper investigates the stylistics issues in translating metaphors of George Orwell's Animal ... more This paper investigates the stylistics issues in translating metaphors of George Orwell's Animal Farm from English into two different Arabic translations and whether the metaphors' style is maintained or not in the target texts. The research presents concepts related to metaphor translation such as text types and semantic/ communicative translation. This study is based on Newmark's (1988) classifications of metaphors. The data are selected randomly from the novel, then the target texts equivalents are provided to investigate the maintaining of metaphors' style in TT (1) and TT (2) as compared to the ST. The study concludes that the translators try their best to reproduce the same image in the TT (target text) as closely as possible. Although, it is important for a metaphor to be retained in the translation, however, the study reveals that some metaphors has been translated word-byword in both target texts (TT1 and TT2). TT (2) follows the target readers' culture (Arabic culture) in translating some of these metaphors to some-extent more than the TT (1). Metaphors are translated in both denotative and connotative associations. TT2 has deleted some metaphors from the translation (TT2) which may cause some loss in meaning. TT1 is to some-extent successfully conveyed all metaphors which may express the translator's fluency as a well-known author. Omissions reveal that TT2 is conventional to the target culture. Finally, the study concludes that TT1 is more restricted to the ST style; whereas, TT2 is restricted more to the target language (Arabic).

Journal of Social Sciences (COES&RJ-JSS), 2020

The present paper investigates computer programming of the readability feature in Al-Fatihah (Ara... more The present paper investigates computer programming of the readability feature in Al-Fatihah (Arabic: ٱلْفَاتِحَة‎), the first chapter (Surah) of the Quraan, with its English equivalent and whether the different statistics scores of readability may affect the translation’s value of the holy text (Al-Fatihah) compared to its target text equivalent. This paper uses the computer programming of readability tests. It uses different formulas as (i) Flesch Kincaid Reading Ease; (ii) Flesch Kincaid Grade Level; (iii) Gunning Fog Score; (iv) SMOG Index; (v) Coleman Liau Index; and (vi) Automated Readability Index. These formulas identify the easiness of the source text compare to the translated text (target text). This study identifies the readability scores that may affect the translation text compared to the source text. The study reveals that the readability scoring tests between Arabic (ST), Arabic –Latin (Transliteration), and the target text (TT) English version of Surat Al-Fātiḥah from The holy Book Al Quraan are different. The ST is much easier to read by their audience than the TT readers. It also affirms that the translating process may cause slightly changes in the TT compared to the ST ones. Finally, the lack of knowledge of such computer software during the translating process may increase or decrease the complexity of the text for readers.

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Life Manifesto (Divine Messages), 2012

Preface Holy Qur'an is fundamental constitution of Islam, where in there is complete Manifesto of... more Preface Holy Qur'an is fundamental constitution of Islam, where in there is complete Manifesto of Life for humankind. One has tc have firm belief in Articles of faith and to act upon the principles. Holy Qur'an imparts the knowledge of grave, quiescent state after eternal death, resurrection, second eternal life, good or kr d and punishment and rewards on the deeds committed in the worldly life. The idea of writing "Life Manifesto" is that humankind (Urdu and English knowing people, young and old) may think what Allah (SWT) has advised as to how we should live and act during our life time. For this purpose necessary guidance, as I have understood, has been taken from:
The meanings of the Noble Qur'an with Explanatory Notes, by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani, and Qur'anic Prism, compiled by Engineer Abdul Hakeem Malik. For access to Qur'anic instructions regarding any part,cular topic, please refer to Table of Contents. At the particular page, instead of writing concerned verse of Holy Qur'an, the numbers of relevant sura and verse and their meanings in short have been written. For detailed knowledge one should go through Hadith of Muhammad (PBUH) and deep studies conducted by Islamic Scholors and act accordingly with the blessings ef Loan (SINT). To err is human. May Allah (SWT) forgive, accept the effort and graciously award in this world and Hereafter.

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