Faculty Publications

Contact Address:

Biology Department
Bethlehem University,
Rue des Freres, P.O.Box 9. Bethlehem,
West Bank (Palestine), via Israel.
Email:ashqueir@bethlehem.edu

PUBLICATIONS:

Journal Articles

• Adnan A. Shqueir. 2004. Teratogenic chemicals in undergraduate biology and chemistry laboratories, Bethlehem University J. Vol. 23: 109-118.
  
  
  
• Adnan Shqueir. 2000. A study of the students’ opinion of Bethlehem University students on the factors that may influence their employment in the future, Bethlehem University J., vol.19:8-30
  
  
  
• Adnan A. Shqueir. 2001. Alkaloids production and function in the animal kingdom, Bethlehem university J. vol. 20:109-125.
  
  
  
• Adnan Shqueir and Imad El-Baba. 2002. Environmental conditions of stone cutting ,leather tanning and shoes industries in Hebron and Bethlehem districts. Bethlehem Univ. J. Vol.21:111-115.
  
  
  
• Adnan A. Shqueir, D. L. Thomas and W.H. Kennick. 1982. The effects of ryegrass straw and monensin on performance of feedlot lambs. Canadian J. Anim. Sci. 62:207-215.



• Adnan A. Shqueir, D. C. Church and R. O. Kellems. 1984. Effects of liquefied fish, cottonseed meal and feather meal on in vivo and in vitro rumen characteristics of sheep. Canadian J. Anim. Sci. 64:881-888.



• Adnan A. Shqueir, D. C. Church and R.O. Kellems. 1984. Evaluation of liquefied fish in digestibility and feedlot performance studies with sheep. Canadian J. Anim. Sci. 64:889- 898.



• Adnan A. Shqueir, P.R. Cheeke and P.M. Patton. 1985 Effect of feeding cabbage residue on performance and diarrhea in rabbits. J. Appl. Rabbit Res. 8(4): 177-182.



• Adnan A. Shqueir. 1986. Performance and economic results from a West Bank rabbitry. J. Appl. Rabbit Res. 9(3):125-129.



• Adnan A. Shqueir, D. L. Brown and K. Klasing, 1989. Canavanine content and toxicity of sesbania leaf meal for growing chicks. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 25:137-147.



• Adnan A. Shqueir, D. L. Brown and K. C. Klasing, 1989. Effects of solvent extraction, heat treatments and added cholesterol on sesbania toxicity in growing chicks. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol., 27:127-135.



• Adnan A. Shqueir, et.al., 1993. Effects of feeding rate and water temperature on growth of juvenile white sturgeon "Acipenser transmontanus" J. of Aquaculture 115:297-303.



• Adnan A. Shqueir. 1984. Alternative utilization of animal wastes. Bethlehem University J. Vol. 3, pp. 63-77. (Arabic).



• Adnan A. Shqueir. 1986. Potential of raising rabbits in the West Bank. Bethlehem University J. Vol. 5, pp. 113-130. (Arabic).



• Adnan A. Shqueir. 1985. Effect of natural and synthetic toxicants on livestock. Bethlehem University J. Vol. 4, pp. 176- 198. (Arabic).



• Adnan A. Shqueir. 1987. The role of genetic engineering in improving animal production. Bethlehem University J. Vol. 6, pp. 99-108. (Arabic).



• Adnan. A. Shqueir and Silos O. Hung. 1989. Determination of Optimum feeding rate of hatchery-produced juvenile white sturgeon (reared at 23 or 26 C. Bethlehem University J. Vols. 7 and 8, pp. 85-102.



• Adnan A. Shqueir. 1990. Role of animal production sector in community development. Jordanian Agricultural Engineers, J Vol.39 pp. 24-31 ( Arabic).



• Adnan A. Shqueir, A. Zurub, and S. Mansour, 1990. A study on Students' opinion on teaching learning during closure of Bethlehem University. Bethlehem University J. Vol. 9, pp. 7-20. (Arabic).



• Adnan A. Shqueir and A.A.Zurub, 1993. A survey of the feedback of graduates from the faculty of science at Bethlehem University on its programs and their effectiveness in their professional life. Bethlehem Univ. J. vol. 11 and 12:7-26(Arabic).



• Adnan A. Shqueir, 1995. The environment in the West Bank and Gaza strip: Status and Prospects. Palestine-Israel J. no.5: 88-94



• Adnan A. Shqueir and Khulud Gnaim. 1996. Nutritive value of fast food meals served at cafeterias of universities on the West Bank. Bethlehem University Journal vol. 15: 170-174.



• Adnan A. Shqueir and Emad El-Baba. 1996. The Potential of raising fish in treated waste water ponds. Bethlehem University Journal vol. 15: 109-114.



• Adnan A. Shqueir. 1998. Natural toxicants in food sources “Toxins of marine animals and fungi”, Bethlehem University Journal vol. 17: 19-36.



• Adnan Shqueir. 1999. Potential biological effects of certain antioxidants used in food industry, Bethlehem University Journal vol. 18: 28-43.



• Adnan Shqueir. 2000. A study of the students’ opinion of Bethlehem University students on the factors that may influence their employment in the future, Bethlehem University J., vol.19:8-30

Proceedings, Symposia, and others:

• Prepared a booklet (62 pages) on meet production from sheep and goats. Middle East Regional Agricultural Program, 2002.

• A research study (66 pages) on: recycling of agricultural and industrial by-products in Palestine. Arab Organization for Agricultural Development.

•  A research study ( 103 pages) on: Recycle of Agricultural by-products in Industrial and Domestic utilization in the Arab World.

• Adnan Shqueir. 2005. Man’s brain .. .woman’s brain are they different?. Bethlehem university J. Vol. 24:167-170.

• Adnan A. Shqueir. 2005. Compacting desertification in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Proceedings of the Conference on Role of Scientific Research on Compacting. Desertification. Sultan Qaboos University, Masqat Oman .

• Adnan A. Shqueir. 2005. Compacting desertification in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Proceedings of the Conference on Role of Scientific Research on Compacting Desertification. Sultan Qaboos University, Masqat Oman .
  
  
• Adnan Shqueir. 2005. Man’s brain .. .woman’s brain are they different?. Bethlehem university J. Vol. 24:167-170.
  
  
• Adnan A. Shqueir. Technology transfer and optimum utilization of natural resources. Proceedings of the First Middle East Conference on Technology Transfer, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain, Sep. 2003.
  
  
• Adnan A. Shqueir. 2003. A summary of the students’ opinion at Bethlehem University on the new method of teaching learning and their interaction with this new approach. Bethlehem Univ. J. Vol. 22:128-131.
  
  
• Adnan Shqueir, Potential of water harvesting in the Palestinian Territory”West Bank and Gaza Strip”, Proceedings of the Fourth Inter-Regional Conference on Environment-Water. Brazil, 2001.
  
• Adnan A. Shqueir, D. L. Thomas and W. H. Kennick. 1979. Effects of ryegrass straw and monensin on performance of feedlot lambs. Oregon Agr. Exp. Sta. Progress Rep. 539, pp. 1-4.



• Adnan A. Shqueir, D. L. Thomas and W. H. Kennick. 1979. Effects of ryegrass straw and monensin on performance of feedlot lambs. Sheep Breeder and Sheepman. 99(9):10-13.



• Adnan A. Shqueir, D. L. Thomas and W. H. Kennick. 1979. Effects of ryegrass straw and monensin on performance of feedlot lambs. The suffolk Banner. 2(10): 122-125.



• Adnan A. Shqueir, D. C. Church and R. O. Kellems. 1980. The effects of liquefied fish supplementation of molasses urea liquid supplements on digestibility of grass hay by sheep. Proc. Western Sec. Amer. Soc. Anim. Sci. 31:285-289.



• Adnan A. Shqueir, D. C. Church and R. O. Kellems. 1981. Feedlot Performance and sensory evaluation of meat from lambs supplemented with liquefied fish , cottonseed meal or urea. Proc. Western Sec. Amer. Soc. Anim. Sci. 32:96-100.



• Adnan A. Shqueir. 1983. Present and future of animal production in the West Bank. Samed, Al-Iqtissadi, Vol 5, No. 46. (Arabic).



• Adnan A. Shqueir. 1983. Raising rabbits for meat production in developing countries Alkateb. No 33, pp. 61-69. (Arabic).



• Adnan A. Shqueir. 1984. Cheep feed sources for livestock in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Samed, Al-Iqtissadi, Vol. 6, No. 52. (Arabic).



• Adnan A. Shqueir. 1987. Role of animal production in food security locally and in the Arab World. Alkateb, No. 79. (Arabic).



• Adnan A. Shqueir. 1987. Effects of pesticides and insecticides on the environment. Proceedings, the First Palestinian Ecology Conference, Bethlehem University, West Bank, pp. 35-50. (Arabic).



• Adnan A. Shqueir. 1987. Conditions of the agricultural engineers in the West Bank. Jordanian Agric. Engr. J. Vol. 26, pp. 12-16. (Arabic).



• Adnan A. Shqueir. 1989. Role of animal production in community development. Alkateb. No. 110, pp. 42-53. (Arabic).



• Adnan A. Shqueir. 1989. Animal Feeds Industry in the West Bank Maraya Al-Iqtisadi, Vol. 1 No. 1, pp. 25-29. (Arabic).



• Adnan A. Shqueir. 1990. Livestock production sector in the West Bank and Gaza Strip: present situation and future prospects. Proceedings,7th United Nations International NGO meeting on the question of Palestine.



• Adnan A. Shqueir, et. al., 1990. A study on students' opinion on teaching learning during closure of Bethlehem University. Proceedings, the first Palestinian Educational Conference, Bethlehem University, West Bank, pp. 60-70. (Arabic).



• Adnan A. Shqueir, 1991. Agriculture in the West Bank. Proceedings, the NENGOOT Conference on Euro-Palestinian development and cooperation Jerusalem , pp. 118-120.



• Adnan A. Shqueir, 1992. The situation of olive oil presses in the West Bank. Shu'un Tanmawiyyeh J., Vol.2, No.1, pp.27-40 (Arabic).



• Adnan A. Shqueir, 1992. Role of forestry and natural reservations in promoting domestic tourism in the West Bank. Shu'un Tanmawiyyeh J. Vol.2 No.2, pp. 18-24, (Arabic).



• Adnan A. Shqueir, 1992. The biological and economical effects of toxicants on animals. Proceedings of the workshop on environment. Land and Water Establishment, Jerusalem, p.p. 28- 45, (Arabic).



• Adnan A. Shqueir. 1992. The impact of building expansion and population clusters upon the environment. Shu'un Tanmawiyyeh J. Vol.2.No.3 pp.65-71, (Arabic).



• Adnan A. Shqueir, et.al., 1992. The development of the agricultural sector in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Proceedings, the NENGOOT conference on Euro-Palestinian development and cooperation. Brussels.



• Adnan A. Shqueir, et. al. 1992. Agricultural Development in the Palestinian Occupied Territories, Publ. Society of Austro-Arab Relations (SAAR), Jerusalem.



• Adnan A. Shqueir, 1993. Information and development: the importance of the agricultural data base and its role in serving agricultural development. Shu'un Tanmawiyyeh, vol.3 Nos.1 and 2, pp.22-41(Arabic).



• Adnan A. Shqueir, 1993. Environmental conditions in the occupied Palestinian Territories. Proceedings of the regional conference on the conditions and requirements for a unified environmental Policy in the Arab World, Yarmouk University. Jordan (Arabic).



• Adnan A. Shqueir and Husam Qawasmi, 1994. Effect of feeding olive pulp (cake) on performance of feedlot Awasi lambs. Bethlehem University J.Vol.13



• Adnan A. Shqueir and Hashem Shahin, 1995. Nutritive value of popular fast-foods (snacks). Bethlehem University J. Vol. 14:67-69.



• Adnan A. Shqueir, 1995. Environmental conditions in the city of Arab Jerusalem. Shu'un Tanmawiyyeh J. Vol. 5 Nos. 2 and 3 :pp 162-173.



• Adnan A. Shqueir, Conventional and non conventional water resources in the Palestinian Territory “The West Bank and Gaza Strip Proceedings First Inter-Regional Conference on Environment-Water: Innovation Issues in Irrigation and Drainage, Lizbon, Portugal Sept. 16-18, 1998.



• Adnan A. Shqueir, Agro-Industries in Palestine “The West Bank and Gaza Strip”: Prospects for development. 1998. Proceedings Euro-Mediterranean Forum on Agriculture and Agro-Industries. Capri, Italy, Sept. 21-23, 1998.



• Adnan A. Shqueir, Land use in the Palestinian Territory (West Bank & Gaza Strip), Proceedings the Second Inter-Regional Conference on Environment-Water: Lauzanne, Switzerland, September 1999.



• Adnan A. Shqueir, Potential of Sustainable Water Development in the Palestinian Territory “West Bank and Gaza Strip”, Proceedings of the Third Inter-Regional Conference on Environment-Water: Budapest, Hungary, June 2000.



• Adnan Shqueir, 1999. Environmental challenges of the Twenty-First century, Proceedings of the workshop on Environmental Education, organized by the UNESCO, Talita Qumi, West Bank, August 1999.



• Adnan Shqueir, Potential of water harvesting in the Palestinian Territory”West Bank and Gaza Strip”, Proceedings of the Fourth Inter-Regional Conference on Environment-Water. Brazil, 2001.
  

Abstracts:

• Adnan A. Shqueir, D. L. Thomas and W. H. Kennick. 1979. Effects of ryegrass straw and monensin on performance of feedlot lambs. 71st Annual Meeting, Amer. Soc. Anim. Sci. P. 405.



• Adnan A. Shqueir, D. C. Church and R. O. Kellems. 1981 Effects of liquefied fish in liquid supplements, cottonseed meal and feather meal protein supplementation on in vivo and in vitro rumen parameters. 73rd Annual meeting, Amer. Soc. Anim. Sci. p. 430.



• Adnan A. Shqueir and D. L. Brown. 1989. Effects of solvent extraction, heat treatments and added cholesterol on sesbania sesban toxicity in growing chicks. 80th Annual Meeting, Amer. Soc. Anim. Sci. p. 4.



• Adnan A. Shqueir, 1994. Environmental impact assessment. The 2nd conference on Environmental protection and Awareness in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Al-Najah University, Nablus, West Bank.



• Adnan A. Shqueir, 1994. Impact of construction and population expansion on the environment in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The 2nd conference on Environmental protection and Awareness in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Al-Najah University, Nablus, West Bank.



• Adnan A Shqueir, 1996. Construction as well as population expansion in the West Bank and their impact on the well being of the environment, Proceedings. International Congress on Environment/Climate. Rome, Italy.



• Adnan Shqueir and Ra’fat Qabagah, 1999. Summary of study on industrial pollution of quaries, carpentry and blacksmith shops in Bethlehem District. Bethlehem University J. Vol.18.



• Adnan A. Shqueir, Environmental Impact Assessment is a necessity, Proceedings of the Conference on environment, Polytechnic University, Hebron, West Bank, March 2000.