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Spotlights on the Architecture of Margelan Mosques in Uzbekistan (13- 14th A.H / 19 - 20th A.D) Centuries

Mahmoud Roshdy Islamic Department, Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University, Egypt  ABSTRACT  City of Margilan is considered one of the most important cities in the Republic of Uzbekistan that having a lot of different architectural monuments , some of them still remain ,others were destroyed by Russian invasion so we don’t know a lot about them , despite their great number the city didn’t have the same fame of the other cities in Central Asia such as Bukhara ,Samarqand , Khiva and Tashkent . In addition the period of Manghit rule ( 1200-1338 A.H / 1785 – 1920 A.D ) had a lot of mosques that showing the flourishing of architectural activity that arise our interest to study the architecture of the mosques of that period as well as making a comparison with other cities , the contemporary and previous in Uzbekistan that reflecting creations and architectural traditions of Ferghana valley , in addition it shows the skills of architects and artists that having a high degr...

Salaries, Performance and Mediating Effect of Altruistic Behavior : Fresh Statistical Evidence from the National Basketball Association Full Text

Faisal Asghar1 and Mubeen Asif2 1 School of management University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei Anhui P.R.C 2 School of public affairs University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei Anhui P.R.C  ABSTRACT The objective of this study is to empirically examine the relationship between salary, job performance, and Altruistic Behavior and to verify whether there is any link between these three variables. Empirical research conducted by using regression analysis on a research sample of 30 National Basketball Association teams including 1566 players from the period 2012-2013 to 2015-2016. The findings of this study indicate that salary is positively correlated with altruistic behavior and also with job performance. In addition, altruistic behavior has a significant positive impact on job performance and exerts mediating effect between the relationship of salary and job performance.  KEYWORDS   Job performance, Altruistic behavior, Salary, Nat...

Gender Analysis of the Nigerian Health Sector

Uthman A. Abdulqadir Department of Sociology,Faculty of Social Sciences,Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria  ABSTRACT   The paper analyzed the gender disparity in the Nigerian health sector. The study focused particularly on somestates in Northern Nigeria that shared similar demographic characteristics. The paper provided an in-depth analysis of how women who constituted the largest percentage of health ‘consumers’ are dominated by men working in the sector. The paper revealed that the disparity between men and women or male dominance in the health sector is a result of the cultural orientation of the people in Northern Nigeria who give preference to male child education than females. It has established that long duration that students spent undergoing training has dissuaded the inhabitants of the Northern Nigeria who are Hausa and Muslim to enroll their female children into medical schools. This is because the culture of Hausa people and their interpretatio...