Objectives: Dickkopf-1 (DKK-1) is WNT/b-catenin pathway antagonist which plays a detrimental role in the development of diabetic retinopathy (DR). This research aimed to assess serum DKK-1 levels in diabetic patients who have and have not developed DR and, compare them with the control subjects finding out whether we can use it as an indicator for DR early diagnosis and to find out which one of the widely used two groups of antidiabetic treatments had the greater effect on this biomarker and hence on the progression of DR. Methods: The study participants were divided into two subgroups: First, 70 patients (36 male, 34 female) with type 2 diabetes mellitus, among them 35 patients diagnosed with DR and 35 with no evidence of DR, and s

The study focuses on the problem that Iraq is approaching an increasing rate of literacy;the available data refers to a rate of (18% -19%). In addition to the fact that the generalcurrent role of the programs directed to literacy is not actually effective enough to limit the expansion of this rate.

The importance of this study highlights the fact that the Iraqi universities are an important tributary among the tributaries of human development, especially in spreading the education of the voluntary work in literacy field and confirming the connection between the students and their society and their role in solving one of the prominent challenges that face the development, i.e., literacy.

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This study aims to identify the level of students’ awareness at Imam Muhammad bin Saud University of the requirements of married life in the light of social changes and suggested methods to deepen this awareness (according to the Islamic educational vision) from their own perspective. In this study, the researcher used the descriptive approach with a survey research method, depending on questionnaires to collect data, which he applied to students of College of Sharia in Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University, as well as, students in the fields of Sociology, Social Work, and Psychology in the College of Social Sciences. The findings of the study revealed that students are aware of the requirements of married life concerning mutual ri

This research is an attempt to develop exercise with weights to strengthen some of the striking muscles in the shoulder and arm and to develop the accuracy of the smash and rectum skills. The importance of this paper lies in the study of moments of force to achieve the ability to control muscular work and to explore the impact of physical and skill exercises with weights to develop moments of force for some muscles. The experimental method on a sample of players, selected according to the intentional method, including ( 9) advanced players representing Air Force Club participating in the Premier League for season 2011-2012. It is concluded that the exercises proposed have their effective impact on developing the variables of moments force f

This study aims to Statement of the relationship between Total Quality Management philosophy and Organizational performance from the point of view of the internal customer. A comparison has been made between two companies, one of which applies the requirements of TQM well and the other does not apply these requirements as the (General Company for Electrical Industries/ Diyala) and (General Company for Electrical Industries/ Baghdad) to conduct the search, During the questionnaire prepared for this purpose and distributed to a sample of 30 employees in the General Company for Electric Industries/ Diyala and (20) employees of the General Company for Electrical Industries/ Baghdad. Their answers were analyzed using a simple correlation coef

The information and knowledge are the main source of wealth in modern age. They have become the source of power for the state and the base for its advancement and prosperity and a proof if the scientific and technological progress of the age. This knowledge can only reach an advance stage through the scientific research by scholars and researchers. Knowledge is based on an accumulate basis that depends on the scientific product of the scholars and research books for the purpose of developing them. That poses on the scholar scientific fidelity when conveying this information from the scholarly writings as the creator of this information is the holder of the copyright. Otherwise the research bears the liability of copyright infringement by

SH Mahdi, AM Mahdi, KS Ismaeil, College of Education for Pure Science, Ibn-Al-Haitham, 2015 - Cited by 7

In this paper we show the nilpotency of nilpotent derivation of simeprime Γ-ring with characteristic 2 must be a power of 2 and we show the nilpotency of a nilpotent derivation of simeprime Γ-ring is either odd or a power of 2 without torsion condition.

The right of jurisdiction is one of the legal systems related to the guarantee, which aims to give the creditor a position that favors him over other creditors. Jurisdiction in bona fide is a consequential real right over the real estate subject of jurisdiction, enabling him to collect his right ahead of all other ordinary creditors and owners of ancillary real rights, from the price of the real estate or any money that replaces it, and in whatever hands it is.

The right of jurisdiction, like the ancillary rights in rem, provides confidence to the creditor through his jurisdiction with a special guarantee that encourages him to grant credit to the debtor, by giving him a sufficient period for fulfillment, which is reflected in th

One of the most prevalent phenolic compounds found in olive leaves is oleuropein. Numerous studies have demonstrated the biologically significant effects of this compound, including anti-inflammatory, anti-atherogenic, anticancer, antimicrobial, and antiviral effects, which has led to its increased attention in the scientific community. Oleuropein can be recovered and purified (mostly by chromatographic techniques) from a variety of sources using both conventional and non-conventional methods. It can then be applied in a number of contexts. Because of its numerous pharmacological properties, oleuropein is commercially obtainable as a food enhancement in Mediterranean countries. Numerous scientific and clinical investigations have d