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This paper aims to provide a thorough historical, legal, or political narrative of the refugee camps in Jordan.

The study has analyzed three parts: the first part attempts to clarify Jordan's policy toward Palestinian refugees and their socioeconomic status in Jordan. The second part examines the refugee settlements in Jordan as social systems and applies Parsons' four functions system (AGIL). The third part analyzes the interrelationships between refugees and local host communities from the perspective of Coser's conflict functionalism.

Results indicated that the Palestine refugees have found in Jordan a second home to protect them and help them to survive in dignity. And Coser's functional conflict theory seems more applicable to the refugee situation in Jordan than Parsons' theory.

The study offers some new information and data about the situation of Palestine refugees in Jordan that are very limited or not offered in the libraries.

Polymeric systems based on polyesteramides (PEA) are high performance materials, which combine the useful properties of polyester and polyamide resins, and find many applications, most importantly as protective surface coatings. The purpose of this paper is to characterise and evaluate new modified anti‐corrosive PEA resins for use in protective coating formulations.

In the study report here, new modified PEA compositions were prepared and evaluated as vehicles for surface coating. The PEA resins were obtained by means of a condensation polymerisation reaction between phthalic anhydride (PA) and N,N‐bis‐(2‐hydroxyethyl) linseed oil fatty acid amide (HELA) as the ingredient source of the polyol used. The phthalic anhydride was partially replaced with N‐phthaloylglutamic acid NPGA as the ingredient source of the dibasic acid. The structure of the resin was confirmed by FT‐IR spectral studies. Coatings of 50±5 μm thickness were applied to the surface of glass panels and mild steel strips by means of a brush. The coating performance of the resins was evaluated using international standard test methods and involved the measurement of phyisco‐mechanical properties and chemical resistance.

The tests carried out revealed that the modified PEA based on N‐phthaloylglutamic acid (NPGA) enhanced both phyisco‐mechanical and chemical properties. Also, the resins were incorporated within primer formulations and evaluated as anti‐corrosive single coatings. The results illustrate that the introduction of N‐phthaloylglutamic acid, within the resin structure, improved the film performance and enhances the corrosion resistance performance of PEA resins.

The modified PEA compounds can be used as binder in paint formulations to improve chemical, physical and corrosion resistance properties.

Modified PEA resins are cheaper and can be used to replace other more expensive binders. These modified PEA resins can compensate successfully for the presence of many the anticorrosive paint formulations and thus lower the costs. The main advantage of these binders is that they combine the properties of both polyester and polyamide resins based on nitrogenous compound, are of lower cost, and they also overcome the disadvantages of both its counterparts. Also, they can be applied in other industrial applications.