Background: Precocious puberty (PP) is a common pediatric endocrine problem. It is a complex and a multifactorial. Design and settings:A retrospective hospital based study was conducted at King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH), Riyadh Saudi Arabia, during the period January 1990 and December 2016. Materials and Methods: During the period under review, all patients with the diagnosis of peripheral precocious puberty were reviewed for age, sex, clinical characteristics, hormonal and radiological investigations. Results: During the period under review; 19 patients were evaluated for PPP. Elevated levels of estradiol or testosterone levels with suppressed gonadotropin levels on GnRH stimulation test. Various etiological causes were noted, with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (8 patients) and hypo-thyroidism (5 patients) being the commonest. Adrenal tumors in 3 patients, ovarian pathology in two and McCune-Albright Syndrome was the diagnosis in one. Conclusion: Peripheral precocious puberty wasn’t that rare in our series. Variety of causes with congenital adrenal hyperplasia and hypothyroidism were the commonest.

This study aims to evaluate the scientific principles underlying the training process, which takes place in five-star hotels where the training and qualifying of the administrative staff take place, along with the reflection of the quality of the training process regarding the quality of hotel services provided therein. The research also aims to clarify the concept of total quality management and the possibility of adopting it in the work of hotels. The study included training concept, its principles and elements, and the overall concept of quality and quality in training. As well as a field study of the reality of training in hotels through which data was collected and statistically analyzed and hypothesis were tested. The study gave the following recommendations: Paying attention to identifying training needs in a deliberate scientific approach, the preparation of training and educational programs about the quality and the total quality concepts, initiating practical procedures targeting the adoption of the quality management in hotels.

The study aimed to identify the impact of strategies of change resistance management on the improvement of the performance of workers in the Jordanian telecommunications companies, the study population consists of all the workers of these companies. The questionnaire was distributed to a sample of (225) Single eatery, including staff at the center and branches, (212) of distributed questionnaires which they form the percentage of (95%) of the number has been collected, (205) questionnaire of them underwent statistical analysis, representing (87%) of the number of questionnaires received. There is a statistically significant between the resistance to organizational change management strategies and the improvement of the performance of workers in Jordanian companies, in light of the results of the study the researcher presented some recommendations: the need to satisfy the psychological and physical needs, allow workers to participate effectively in change programs, build a supportive organizational culture processes for organizational change, application of training programs on the importance of managing change.

The present investigation was carried out to determine the presence of oxidative alterations in the horses erythrocyte membrane during a high intensity exercise test. The degree of peroxidation was estimated by chemiluminescence using a suspension of lysed erythrocytes incubated with t-butyl hydroperoxide (t-BHP). Differences were observed in the total values of chemiluminescence throughout the exercise routine, with higher values of light emission obtained with the animal at rest in relation to those observed during and after exercise.The conclusions of this study are the existence of changes in the erythrocyte membranes of the horses exposed to physical exertion, probably associated with the release of ROS caused by the exercise and that the determination of chemiluminescence in suspension of lysates erythrocyte is a sensitive assay applied to detect the existence of oxidative stress associated to physical exercise.

Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is a special type of flow chart that uses symbols known as "the language of Lean" to depict and improve the flow of inventory. In this research, process time and other unnecessary non value added activities of a battery manufacturing company have been reduced by using various lean manufacturing tools. The current situation is analyzed by showing a current state map. Then after using several lean tools, a future state value stream map has been showed. A different layout of the industry especially assembly section has been suggested. The layout of the assembly section is time wasting in current situation. They could reduce their overall production lead time as well as wastes by considering the suggestions about using lean tools and improved layout.

The study aimed to identify the effect of Human Resource strategies on perceived organizational support at public Jordanian Universities such that factors that may assist in improving or worsening work performance can be identified, moreover. The population of the study was all the universities administrative staff in northern Jordanian public universities with 4908 staff members. The random sample of the study was 350 staff members (7%) of the study population. The study included a number of results, Among which the existence of a statically significant effect of the human resources strategies (human resource planning, appointment and selection, training and development, incentives’ and rewards and performance evaluation on perceived organizational support.

The objective of the study is to investigate the determinants of customer loyalty in telecom industry in Bangladesh. The study surveyed 200 telecom customers in Bangladesh from Dhaka city to determine the key determinants that significantly influence customer loyalty. Convenience sampling method was used to collect primary data. Several hypotheses have been extracted from the conceptual framework and are tested using One-way ANOVA, Multiple regression analysis. Findings of study showed that service quality, customer satisfaction, trust, corporate image have certain degree of relationship with customer loyalty but switching cost did not prove to have any significant relationship with customer loyalty. It is also shown that service quality is the most dominant determinant among four (4) significant determinants which mostly lead customer to use a particular telecom operator’s services repeatedly. The findings suggest that telecom operators should put more emphasis on improving service quality, customer satisfaction, trust, corporate image in order to increase loyalty among customers.

This paper deals with the impacts of functional adult literacy education on farmer’s production. Identifying the means through which functional adult literacy increases and/or decreases farmers’ production, and finding out associated advantages and negative side of the program are the objectives of the study. In depth interview was used to collect primary data from purposively selected respondents. Besides the secondary data were also collected from secondary sources to strengthen the findings of the paper. There by qualitatively analyzed results show that being provided functional adult literacy in the study area through cooperation of health, education and agricultural sectors, one to five productive army farmers, and mobilization by benefits and increment of participants has a lot of advantages such as economic growth, human, social, and physical capitals development, and social services development. However, lack of contextualizing the program, lack of some community’s members willingness, lack of standard materials, and low emphasize from other sectors are considered as the problems associated the role of functional adult literacy in boosting farmers’ production. Thus, making this program as an integrative issue for all ministries and developing policy accordingly may results in stated goals of our country to reach at middle income countries by boosting the participation of small holder farmers in agricultural and rural development.

The purpose of this study is to identify the Role of Higher Diploma Program in Improving Trained Teachers’ Classroom Teaching Methods and to examine how Higher Diploma Program Training changes HDP Trained Teachers’ Classroom Teaching Methods so as to bring changes in college students’ learning. The method employed in this study is descriptive one because it helps to reveal the current major implementation problems after the training of higher diploma. Among 10 CTE in Oromia, three colleges namely, Nekemte, Jimma and Asela were chosen using purposive sampling. The reason for using purposive sampling technique in determining the sample were to examine the certain improvements and changes of HDP experienced beginners since they trained more teacher educators up to the present time.The sample sizes are fifty- Seven students from each college making up a total of one hundred and seventy –one students out of 5,700 and Sixteen HDP trained teachers from each college making up a total of 48 teachers out of 210 were included using probability sampling since the populations were relatively large. Instruments used for data gathering were questionnaires composed of both open and close ended items were set and administered. To cross-check the validation of information gathered, the researcher used semi-structured interview questions beside with personal observation which was used to compare the opinion of respondents with relevant issues of pre-set questionnaires of students and teachers. The major findings denote that HDP trained teachers were able to talk knowledgeably about the key components of the HDP: active learning methods, students centered learning, continuous assessment, lesson planning, classroom management and time management. The researcher recommends that there were an obligatory program of continuous Professional Development for CTE instructors to include annual workshops to remind them of the latest teaching method, as well as lesson observations by a CPD

The study was conducted to investigate the indigenous knowledge and institutions contributing natural forest conservation in Yayo and Gechi woredas in Iluabbabor zone, Oromia regional state, southwest Ethiopia. To this end survey was conducted with 120 randomly selected household heads. Moreover, in-depth interviews were employed with informants to collect information required for the study. Quantitative and qualitative data was collected and analyzed using percentages and thematic analysis. The findings of the study indicated that the studied communities have special meaning and value for natural forests in their surroundings. Generally, forest is considered as “a source of life” for these communities as almost all basic requirements for human being stem from their natural forests. Consequently, the communities had been providing special care and protection for their natural forests through their indigenous knowledge and institutions. Delineation of intact sacred groves and trees, selective use of plant species, fluctuation of the use of natural forest species based on seasons, limiting the amount of natural forest used and its purposes are the major indigenous knowledge and institutions contributing to natural forest conservation in the studied communities. Almost all of the study participants confirmed that these indigenous knowledge and institutions are secret behind for sustainable use of natural forest in the study area since a long time, however, the legitimate power of these traditional knowledge and institutions in restricting human interaction with their natural forest has been declining due to poverty, unemployment and the abandonment of traditional religious beliefs and values. Moreover, the findings indicated that the government has been undertaking various activities that contribute to the local communities’ indigenous knowledge and institutions with regards to natural forest conservation, however, still many things are left to be done in linking