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Variants of MMP-9 and TIMP-1 Levels Could be a Predictor of an Early Development of Cardiovascular Diseases in Type 2 Diabetes among Iraqi Patients
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Dysregulation of matrix metalloproteinases-9 (MMP-9) and tissue inhibitors of
matrix metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP-1) may contribute to the development of
cardiovascular diseases in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients. The aim of this
study was to determine the effects of chronic hyperglycemia on serum
concentrations of MMP-9 and TIMP-1of T2DM patients without dyslipidemia (one
of atherosclerosis risk factors) and with duration less than 5 years in comparison
with T2DM patients with dyslipidemia and with duration more than 10 years and
controls. Also to investigate if serum levels of MMP-9 and TIMP-1 could be
potential markers for early detection of the development of cardiovascular
complications in T2DM patients without dyslipidemia. This study consisted of 24
T2DM patients without dyslipidemia, 30 T2DM patients with dyslipidemia, and 26
healthy subjects. A variety of inflammatory markers including: MMP-9, TIMP-1,
IL18 and hs-CRP were compared among the three groups. The BMI was similar
among the three groups. A significant increase of WHR, WHtR, FPG, TC, TG,
LDL-C, VLDL-C, AIP, atherogenic ratio-1, atherogenic ratio-2, hs-CRP, MMP-9,
TIMP-1 and IL-18 with a significant decrease of HDL-C, β Cell% and S% among
the three groups. MMP-9 of T2DM patients without dyslipidemia and with duration
less than 5 years showed a significant positive correlation with FPG and a
significant negative correlation with TC. MMP-9 of T2DM patients with
dyslipidemia and with duration more than 10 years showed significant negative
correlation with LDL-C. TIMP-1 of T2DM patients with dyslipidemia and with
duration more than 10 years showed a significant negative correlation with TC, TG,
VLDL-C and atherogenic ratio-1. The significant increased levels of both MMP-9
and TIMP-1 in T2DM patients without dyslipidemia and with duration less than 5
years compared to controls showed that those patients have risk factor for
cardiovascular complications. This study suggests that MMP-9 and TIMP-1 may be
potentially useful as markers in T2DM patients at risk of progression of
cardiovascular diseases.

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Sun Mar 01 2020
Journal Name
Agronomy Journal
Long‐term perennial management and cropping effects on soil microbial biomass for claypan watersheds
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Sustainable vegetative management plays a significant role in improving soil quality in degraded agricultural landscapes by enhancing soil microbial biomass. This study investigated the effects of grass buffers (GBs), biomass crops (BCs), grass waterways (GWWs), and agroforestry buffers (ABs) on soil microbial biomass and soil organic C (SOC) compared with continuous corn (Zea mays L.)–soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] rotation (row crop [RC]) on claypan soils. The RC, AB, GB, GWW, and BC treatments were established in 1991, 1997, 1997, 1997, and 2012, respectively, and are located at Greenley Memorial Research Center in Missouri. Soil samples were collected in May 2018 from the 0‐ to

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Tue Aug 15 2023
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Sumer 1
Biologically synthesized Copper Nanoparticles from S. epidermidis on resistant S. aureus and cytotoxic assay
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The risk of significant concern is resistance to antibiotics for public health. The alternative treatment of metallic nanoparticles (NPs), such as heavy metals, effects on antibiotic resistance bacteria with different types of antibiotics of - impossible to treat using noval eco-friendly synthesis technique nanoparticles copper oxide (CuO NPs) preparation from S. epidermidis showed remarkable antimicrobial activity against S.aureus Minimum inhibitory concentra range (16,32,64,256,512) µg/ml via well diffusion method in vitro, discover those concentrations effected in those bacteria and the best concentration is 64 µg/ml, characterization CuO NPs to prove this included atomic force microscope, UV, X-ray Diffraction and TEM, and ant

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Publication Date
Sun Oct 30 2022
Journal Name
Iraqi Journal Of Science
Image Signal Decomposition Using Polynomial Representation with Hybrid Lossy and Non-Lossy Coding Scheme
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This article presents a polynomial-based image compression scheme, which consists of using the color model (YUV) to represent color contents and using two-dimensional polynomial coding (first-order) with variable block size according to correlation between neighbor pixels. The residual part of the polynomial for all bands is analyzed into two parts, most important (big) part, and least important (small) parts. Due to the significant subjective importance of the big group; lossless compression (based on Run-Length spatial coding) is used to represent it. Furthermore, a lossy compression system scheme is utilized to approximately represent the small group; it is based on an error-limited adaptive coding system and using the transform codin

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Mon Nov 15 2021
Journal Name
Egyptian Journal Of Chemistry
Green Synthesis by Zygophyllum Coccineum Leaves Extract for Preparing ZnO Nanoparticles, and Characteristics Study.
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Thu Feb 28 2019
Journal Name
Political Sciences Journal
American Presidential Elections- Mechanism and campaign Issues with special reference to 2008-2012 elections
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Sun Mar 05 2017
Journal Name
Baghdad Science Journal
Cache Coherence Protocol Design and Simulation Using IES (Invalid Exclusive read/write Shared) State
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To improve the efficiency of a processor in recent multiprocessor systems to deal with data, cache memories are used to access data instead of main memory which reduces the latency of delay time. In such systems, when installing different caches in different processors in shared memory architecture, the difficulties appear when there is a need to maintain consistency between the cache memories of different processors. So, cache coherency protocol is very important in such kinds of system. MSI, MESI, MOSI, MOESI, etc. are the famous protocols to solve cache coherency problem. We have proposed in this research integrating two states of MESI's cache coherence protocol which are Exclusive and Modified, which responds to a request from reading

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Publication Date
Mon Jan 02 2017
Journal Name
Al-academy
Producing Bone China with local and manufactured materials as substitutes for the traditional materials
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This research studies the possibility of producing Bone China with available local and geological substitutes and other manufactured ones since it’s traditionally produced by Bone ash, Cornish stone, and China clay, while the substitutes are Kaolin instead of China clay and Feldspar potash instead of Cornish stone. Because of the unavailability of Feldspar in Iraq, it was substituted with the manufactured alternative Feldspar. Bone ash was prepared from cow bones with heating treatments, grinding and sifting. The alternative Feldspar was prepared by chemical analysis of the natural Feldspar potash with local materials that include Dwaikhla Kaolin, Urdhuma Silica sand, Potassium Carbonate, and Sodium Carbonate. The mixture was burned at

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Mon Jun 05 2023
Journal Name
Journal Of Engineering
Strengthening and Closing Cracks for Existing Reinforced Concrete Girders Using Externally Post-Tensioned Tendons
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This research is devoted to study the strengthening technique for the existing reinforced concrete beams using external post-tensioning. An analytical methodology is proposed to predict the value of the effective prestress force for the external tendons required to close cracks in existing beams. The external prestressing force required to close cracks in existing members is only a part from the total strengthening force.
A computer program created by Oukaili (1997) and developed by Alhawwassi (2008) to evaluate curvature and deflection for reinforced concrete beams or internally prestressed concrete beams is modified to evaluate the deflection and the stress of the external tendons for the externally strengthened beams using Matlab

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Publication Date
Mon Dec 20 2021
Journal Name
Baghdad Science Journal
Clarifying Optimum Setting Temperatures and Airflow Positions for Personal Air Conditioning System on Flight
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In recent years, the demand for air travel has increased and many people have traveled by plane. Most passengers, however, feel stressed due to the limited cabin space. In order to make these passengers more comfortable, a personal air-conditioning system for the entire chair is needed. This is because the human body experiences discomfort from localized heating or cooling, and thus, it is necessary to provide appropriate airflow to each part of the body. In this paper, a personal air-conditioning system, which consists of six vertically installed air-conditioning vents, will be proposed. To clarify the setting temperature of each vent, the airflow around the passenger and the operative temperature of each part of the body is investigate

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Publication Date
Sun Dec 01 2013
Journal Name
Political Sciences Journal
Mr. Hassan Ezzedine al-Ulum The social contract and popular power when Imam Ali
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حسن السيد عز الدين بحر العلوم العقد الاجتماعي والسلطة الشعبية عند الإمام علي (عليه السلام )

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