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The Effect of Amoxicillin-Clavulanate and Actifed Versus Actived Only in treatment of Otitis Media with Effusion

Background: Otitis media with effusion(OME)is a common cause of deafness in children with subsequent impairment of speech development and scholastic difficulties.Treatment
remains controversial.
Aim: To study the effect of amoxicillin-clavulanate in treatment of OME
Patients and methods: A prospective study of a target sample consisting of sixty children under the age of 12 years presented with chief complaints duration for at least 6 weeks and
on examination there were bilateral red and retracted tympanic membranes without oversized adenoids and no underlying causes require surgical correction e.g cleft palate.The
patients were divided into two groups;group A which received Actifed for 4 weeks and group B which received Actifed +Amoxicillin-clavulanate for 4 weeks treatment
course.After complete history and otolaryngological examination,all the patients were sent to x-ray of postnasal space( to exclude oversized adenoids),audiometry and tympanometry.Assessment was repeated at the end of 2 and 4 weeks of treatment course including audiometry and tympanometry.The response to treatment in group B was
compared to that in group A at the end of 4 weeks treatment course.In this study,we refered to improvement in otoscopic findings and tympanometry results to show the response to 4
weeks treatment course.
Results: Eight patients(25.81%)in group A have shown response to treatment at the end of 4 weeks treatment course,while the response in group B was seen in 15 patients( 51.72%).
Conclusion: Amoxicillin-clavulanate has statistically significant effect in treatment of otitis media with effusion(OME)in short term follow-up and the clearance of middle ear efussion
in response to amoxicillin-clavulanate indicates that bacterial infection may play a role in the aetiology of OME.

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Publication Date
Mon Jun 05 2023
Journal Name
Journal Of Engineering
Compressive Behavior of Fiber Reinforced Concrete Columns Rehabilitated with CFRP Warps

Over the last few years, there has been a worldwide increase in the use of composite materials for rehabilitation of deficient reinforced concrete structures. One important application of this technology is the use of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) jacket to provide external confinement of reinforced concrete columns. Square concrete column specimens 100×100×1000 mm with concrete
compressive strength of about 30 and 50 MPa, steel fiber volume fraction 0%, 0.5%, 0.75%, and percentage of longitudinal reinforcement 2.01%, 3.14% and 4.52% were tested until failure in previous research. In this research seven tested columns were repaired and rehabilitated using one layer of CFRP flexible wraps and tested to determine their ultim

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Publication Date
Fri Jun 24 2022
Journal Name
Iraqi Journal Of Science
Comparison of Various Gradient Types for Biological Image with Morphological Operations

Biological image edge detection preserving the important structural properties in an image. Detecting accurate edges are very important for analyzing the basic properties associated with a biological image. Gradient operator plays very important role in edge detection. In this paper the images had been using are color biological images taken from microbiology laboratory at the biological department college of science Al-MustansiriyhUniversity and the effect of gradient operation have applied on around 10 different biological color images but view only two. In our proposed approach comparative of various gradient of biological image include (gradient of image, gradient of image using first order derivative edge detection (Soble,Prewitt,Ro

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Publication Date
Thu Nov 29 2018
Journal Name
Iraqi Journal Of Science
Application of WDR Technique with different Wavelet Codecs for Image Compression

FG Mohammed, HM Al-Dabbas, Iraqi journal of science, 2018 - Cited by 6

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Publication Date
Wed Dec 30 2020
Journal Name
Iraqi Journal Of Pharmaceutical Sciences ( P-issn 1683 - 3597 E-issn 2521 - 3512)
Docking Study of Naringin Binding with COVID-19 Main Protease Enzyme

The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) has recently emerged as a human pathogen caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus was first reported from Wuhan, China, on 31 December 2019. Upon study, it has been used molecular docking to binding affinity between COVID-19 protease enzyme and flavonoids with evaluations based on docking scores calculated by AutoDock Vina. Results showed that naringin suppressed COVID-19 protease, as it has the highest binding value than other flavonoids including quercetin, hesperetin, garcina and naringenin. An important finding in this study is that naringin with neighboring poly hydroxyl groups can serve as inhibitors of COVID-19 protease bind to the S pocket of protein, it is shown that residues His163, Glu166, Asn142, His41and

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Publication Date
Thu Nov 01 2018
Journal Name
Iraqi National Journal Of Nursing Specialties
Assessment of Postoperative Follow-up for Patients with Recurrent Kidney Stone

Abstract Kidney stones are one of the most common and most painful medical problems known (1). Nurses assess and monitor patients through diagnosis and treatment and teach patients how to avoid recurrence of stones (2). A descriptive study was conducted on 150 patients diagnosed with recurrent kidney stones, who were attending the out patients consultation urology disease clinics at surgical specialties, Al-Kadhimia, Al-Yarmook, and Al-Karama Teaching Hospital and Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) departments for the period from the 1st of Feb. 2002 through to the end of May 2004. The aim of

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Tue Jan 01 2019
Journal Name
Technologies And Materials For Renewable Energy, Environment And Sustainability: Tmrees19gr
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Wed Nov 28 2018
Journal Name
Iraqi Journal Of Science
Molecular detection of Chlamydia trachomatis infection among males with abnormal semen

Many studies revealed that Chlamydia trachomatis is the most prevalent bacteria “that cause sexually transmitted infections in the world.. Most of these infections are asymptomatic and there is a remarkable relationship between CT infections and male infertility. Therefore, “the present study is established to determine the effect of Chlamydia trachomatis infection on seminal fluid quality in males suffering from infertility compared with fertile males.. “Semen samples were collected from 63 infertile male and 13 fertile male as control group, attending the clinical laboratory for routine seminal fluid analysis. Seminal fluid was analyzed according to World Health Organization guidelines, the whole geno

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Publication Date
Wed Jan 25 2023
Journal Name
International Journal Of Biomaterials
Surface Characterization of Stainless Steel 316L Coated with Various Nanoparticle Types

Background. Material tribology has widely expanded in scope and depth and is extended from the mechanical field to the biomedical field. The present study aimed to characterize the nanocoating of highly pure (99.9%) niobium (Nb), tantalum (Ta), and vanadium (V) deposited on 316L stainless steel (SS) substrates which considered the most widely used alloys in the manufacturing of SS orthodontic components. To date, the coating of SS orthodontic archwires with Nb, Ta, and V using a plasma sputtering method has never been reported. Nanodeposition was performed using a DC plasma sputtering system with three different sputtering times (1, 2, and 3 hours). Results. Structural and elemental analyses were conducted on the deposited coating

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Publication Date
Fri Nov 25 2022
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Tem Journal
Preparing of ECG Dataset for Biometric ID Identification with Creative Techniques

The Electrocardiogram records the heart's electrical signals. It is a practice; a painless diagnostic procedure used to rapidly diagnose and monitor heart problems. The ECG is an easy, noninvasive method for diagnosing various common heart conditions. Due to its unique advantages that other humans do not share, in addition to the fact that the heart's electrical activity may be easily detected from the body's surface, security is another area of concern. On this basis, it has become apparent that there are essential steps of pre-processing to deal with data of an electrical nature, signals, and prepare them for use in Biometric systems. Since it depends on the structure and function of the heart, it can be utilized as a biometric attribute

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Publication Date
Sat Jan 01 2022
Journal Name
Journal Of The Mechanical Behavior Of Materials
Analysis of concrete beams reinforced by GFRP bars with varying parameters
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