o identify the prevalence of disability and characteristics, conditions and needs of those with disabilities in rural communities in the north of the West Bank, 10147 families were screened in a cross-sectional survey. ...

This study tests the tendency of Al-Quds University students to delay marriage, based upon a survey that included 348 students, during the second semester of the year 2007. The researchers used the descriptive methodology ...

Chemistry is often regarded as a difficult subject, an observation which sometimes repels learners from continuing with studies in chemistry. This paper seeks to bring together the general findings ...

DFT at B3LYP/6-31G(d, p) and HF at 6-31G and AM1 semiempirical calculations of thermodynamc and kinetic parameters for the trimethyl lock system (an important enzyme model) indicate that the remarkable enhancement in the ...

The paper describes topological modeling of antimycobacterial activity of 3-formyl rifamycin SV derivatives using a large series of molecular vis-à-vis topological descriptors. For the set of 53 derivatives of 3-formyl ...

The aim of this work was to establish the feasibility of the detection of the vapours of the star anise and mint essential oils emitted from the uncrushed seeds of star anise (Illicium verum H.) and from the leaves of ...

Wheat is a highly economic agricultural crop world wide. Profitability of wheat can be increased through selection by farmers, which showed an increase in grain and straw production. Description of landraces is essential ...

Five-nanosecond molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were performed on human serum albumin (HSA) to study the conformational features of its primary ligand binding sites (I and II). Additionally, 11 HSA snapshots were ...

Silica fumed nanoparticles were dispersed in polyacrylamide thin films by direct mixing. Atomic Force Microscopy study was carried out in order to analyze the surface roughness. Height distribution of surface roughness ...

This paper examines the efficiency of the Palestine Security Exchange (PSE) at the weak-level for 35 stocks listed in the market by using daily observations of the PSE indices: Alquds index, general index, and sector ...