Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), is an autoimmune, and inflammatory disease that is closely related to the destruction of cartilage and bone. DC-SIGN are important types of C-type lectin receptors (CLRs), expressed on dendritic cells and macrophages, and have a central role in regulating innate and adaptive immunity, function as pattern recognition receptors, and as cell adhesion molecules. Recent evidence has demonstrated that DC-SIGN is involved in the pathophysiological of chronic inflammation, so DC-SIGN has been linked to several autoimmune and may play an essential indicator in the pathogenesis and progression of RA. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to determine the serum level of DC-SIGN in RA patients, as well as the level of DC-SIGN based on demographic characteristics. Fifty Iraqi RA patients were enrolled in the study, and a control sample of 38 healthy individuals (ascertain by laboratory and clinical tests) were included and matched by gender, age, and ethnicity with the patients. The DC-SIGN concentration was calculated in the patients’ serum and compared to control using the ELISA assay and the results revealed significantly increased serum level of DC-SIGN (12.047 ± 1.114 vs. 6.863 ± 0.806 ng/ml) was recorded in RA patients compared to controls. When correlating results, it was shown that the concentration of DC-SIGN in the serum did not record a significant difference between gender and age, as well as the blood groups. To determine the impact of the therapeutic status in RA patients on the DC-SIGN level, it was found that the concentration of DC-SIGN level was higher in untreated patients compared to treated patients. Regarding viral infection, when an investigation was conducted in RA patients infected with SARS-CoV-2, the serum level of DC-SIGN in RA patients with COVID-19 showed no change in concentrations compared to uninfected RA patients.
Educational and psychological adjustment considered to be one of the effective and serious matters at people dealings and behaviors. Generally, psychological adjustment reflects positively on an individual mental health and their capability to be creative at their field. In contrast to those people who lack this feature. As for educational adjustment, it refers to the compatibility and harmony between an individuals and people around. Thus, these features should be available among students particularly those who stay in students' hostel since they live far from their families. The findings of study revealed that there is Educational and psychological adjustment between male and female. Besides, significant differences were showed
... Show MoreBrainstorming is one of the fundamental and necessary concepts for practising the auditing profession, as auditing standards encouraged the implementation of brainstorming sessions to reach reasonable assurance about the validity of the evidence and information obtained by the auditor to detect fraud, as the implementation of brainstorming sessions and the practice of professional suspicion during the audit process lead To increase the quality of auditing and thus raise the financial community's confidence in the auditing profession again after it was exposed to several crises that led to the financial community losing confidence in the auditing profession.
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... Show Moreمايزال انتاج المياه في محافظات الفرات الاوسط بشكل خاص و العراق بشكل عام نواجه تحديات كبرىالتي ادت الى تردي انتاج المياه و استهلاكها
لقد كان الألفون جزءاً من اللوحة الفونيميّة، وهو جزء صوتيّ لا يُغيّر المعنى، مع أنّه تغيّر صوتيّ فونيميّ، له أنواعه المتمثّلة بالهمس والجهر، والنّبر، والاختلاس، والإخفاء، والإشمام، والإقلاب، والتّماس، والقلب، وهذه الأنواع كانت مؤشّرات تنغيميّة صوتيّة نالت حظّاً وافراً لدى باحثي الأصوات وعلماء التّجويد، وكان لها شروطها ومواقعها وأثرها في المخاطِب والمخاطَب، لأنّ كلّ صوت يخرج من متكلّم ليصل إلى سامع يؤثر ب
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The current research aims to determine the relationship of the impact of the components of the financing structure, especially financing through debts, as well as the earnings per share in the value of the shares of companies listed in the Iraq Stock Exchange. The research sample and identifying the strength of the combined effect of the ratio of financing through debt and earnings per share in maximizing The market value of the firm and the real value, as well as the variation between these relationships according to model of the real value of the companies and the market value of the research sample companies. The research community is represented by the Iraq Stock Exchange, while a conditional deliberate sample
... Show MoreBrainstorming is one of the fundamental and necessary concepts for practicing the auditing profession, as auditing standards encouraged the implementation of brainstorming sessions to reach reasonable assurance about the validity of the evidence and information obtained by the auditor to detect fraud, as the implementation of brainstorming sessions and the practice of professional suspicion during the audit process lead to increase the quality of auditing and thus raise the financial community's confidence in the auditing profession again after it was exposed to several crises that led to the financial community losing confidence in the auditing profession.
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... Show MoreCompanies compete greatly with each other today, so they need to focus on innovation to develop their products and make them competitive. Lean product development is the ideal way to develop product, foster innovation, maximize value, and reduce time. Set-Based Concurrent Engineering (SBCE) is an approved lean product improvement mechanism that builds on the creation of a number of alternative designs at the subsystem level. These designs are simultaneously improved and tested, and the weaker choices are removed gradually until the optimum solution is reached finally. SBCE implementations have been extensively performed in the automotive industry and there are a few case studies in the aerospace industry. This research describe the use o
... Show Moreتناول هذا البحث الدور الحيوي الذي تؤديه المراكز البحثية في دعم القضايا الاجتماعية، مع التركيز على مركز دراسات المرأة في جامعة بغداد كنموذج تطبيقي. يوضح الباحث أن هذه المراكز لا تقتصر على إنتاج المعرفة النظرية، بل تسهم بشكل مباشر في معالجة التحديات المجتمعية، من خلال تقديم رؤى تحليلية ومقترحات عملية لصناع القرار. كما ويسلط الضوء على مساهمة مركز دراسات المرأة في تعزيز المشاركة السياسية للمرأة العراقية، خاصة
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Objective: The study was done to evaluate nurses’ knowledge and practices toward physical restraint at critical care unit
Methodology: Fifty nurses, who were selected by a non-probability (convenient) sampling method, participated in this descriptive study. The instrument of the study was knowledge parts of the questionnaire were initially developed in the U.S.A for nursing homes; in 2006 they were adopted for all hospital units by the original developers. The knowledge section of the questionnaire consisted of 20 items, which were used to measure knowledge of nurses towards the definition, indications and contra
... Show Moreمقدمة introduction تُعد تقنيات الذكاء الاصطناعي قاطرة الثورة الصناعية الرابعة، إذ تجاوزت حدود البرمجة التقليدية إلى التعلم العميق الذي مكّن الآلات من تنفيذ مهام بشرية معقدة، مثل تحليل الصور، ومعالجة اللغات الطبيعية، وإنتاج محتوى إبداعي. فأصبحت التطبيقات تعتمد على الذكاء الاصطناعي في جميع القطاعات، من الرعاية الصحية إلى التعليم، ومن الأمن إلى الفنون. ومع ذلك، مثلما أن كل تقدم يحمل في طياته إمكانات هائلة، فإنه يج
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