Volume 17 Number 1 Dhu Al-Qa'dah 1425 January 2005

Contents

BIOLOGY

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS): A General Review.

Abdullah Altalhi................................................................17-22

Effect of Phthalazine Treatment on The Activities of Molybdenum Hydroxylases in Tissues of Guinea Pig.

Yousuf Abdulmalik Al-tayib...................................................23-30

Antimicrobial Activity of Burkholderia mallei Isolated from Jordanian Water Pond.

Nasser M. El-Banna.................................................................................31-40

CHEMISTRY

Heterogeneous Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide on Chromia-Alumina Catalysts.

Sheikha S. Ashour................................................................41-56

PHYSICS

Electrical, IR-Spectroscopy, Optical-Absorption, and DTA studies of Some Sodium Tetraborate Glasses Containing.

Sabri Abu-Mansoor, and Issam. H. Al-Ahdali....................................57-73

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Numerical Study of Soil Properties on Heat Transfer Between Soil and Cold Storage

Abdulmannan A. Saati.............................................................75-91

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Zinc-Copper Moving Bar for Circuit Breaker

A.H.Almasoud...................................................................93-100

Modelling of High-Order Systems with an Optimal Approximation.

Yousfi Khemissi, Saadi A. Hassan, and Ahmed M. Nahhas.....................101-112

A Study of Parameter Effect on Electronic Surge Arresters Used in Medium and High Voltage Networks.

M. Alawi , and M. Kurdi..................................................... .15-30

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

Islamic Garden : Earthly Garden or Earthly Paradise

Abdulaziz. Al-awayed..............................................................................31-56