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Evaluation of in vitro activity of Calvatia craniiformis extract against bacteria isolated from pregnant women with asymptomatic bacteriuria

Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common disease associated with pregnant women due to several anatomical and hormonal changes in pregnant women lead to ureteral dilatation and urinary infection, many of microorganisms such as fungi, viruses, and bacteria have numerous virulence factors that enhance their ability to colonize in pregnant women. Some bacteria have resistance toward many antimicrobial agents for treatment has led to therapeutic difficulties worldwide, in order that many investigators try to test fungal extract to reduce bacterial infection.

Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of extract of Calvatia craniiformis on different types of bacteria which was isolated from pregnant women with asymptomatic bacteriuria.

Materials and methods: One hundred five vaginal swabs were collected from pregnant women with asymptomatic bacteriuria attending to Al-Batool hospital for maternity and children in Diyala Governorate during the period from 1st /April /2012 till 1st/ July/2012.

All specimens were streak on blood agar and MacConke ager, then identified according to standard bacteriology and biochemical criteria. The susceptibility patterns toward 6 antimicrobial agents were done by disc diffusion methods, 40% Calvatia craniiformis extract used for study the effect of this extract against different types of bacteria .

Results: Fifty fife out of 105 samples (52.38%) were demonstrated negative bacteria growth while 50 out of 105 samples (47.61%) demonstrated positive bacteria culture. The isolated revealed that 22 Escherichia coli, 15 Klebsiella, 11 Proteus, and 2 Staphylococcus saprophetec. The majority of bacterial isolates were sensitive to 40% concentration of extract of Calvatia craniiformis.

Conclusion: Extract of Calvatia craniiformis was effective as antibacterial against antibiotic resistant strain.

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Publication Date
Sun Jan 01 2023
Journal Name
Ssrn Electronic Journal
The Concept of Urbanization in Developing Countries

The population density witnessed by the capital, Baghdad, due to successive wars and unemployment, is linked to the phenomenon of urbanization, which is a global phenomenon that means the increasing tendency of the rural population to reside in cities (urban), especially concentration in the capital, Baghdad. Therefore, the phenomenon of urbanization is associated with 3 terms: migration, countryside, and city. Migration is when a person or a group leaves their place of residence to move to live in another place with the intention of staying in the new place for a long time. As for the countryside: they are the areas surrounding cities usually, and the countryside is characterized by natural and agricultural areas and is considered an outle

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Publication Date
Mon Mar 29 2021
Journal Name
Journal Of Engineering
Behavior of Defective Cast in Place Piles

This paper deals with testing defected model piles in the soil in order to study their behavior. In this respect, the results of model pile tests are discussed either geotechnically or structurally according to the type of failure.

 

Two parameters were studied in order to evaluate the general behavior of defective piles. These parameters include the defect location and the defect type for floating and end bearing pile. The results of the experimental work indicated that the critical case for floating pile is seen to be when the defect of (5%) at the first third of the pile length at which the decrease in the bearing capacity is about (21%), while the decrease in the bearing capacity is found to be (

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Publication Date
Fri Dec 15 2023
Journal Name
Al-academy
Manifestations of femininity in Mahmoud Fahmy's drawings

This tagged research deals with the manifestations of femininity in Mahmoud Fahmy's drawings by studying and monitoring the presence and how women were represented in the drawings of the artist Mahmoud Fahmy. Through the drawings of the expatriate Iraqi artist, Mahmoud Fahmy, in highlighting the manifestations of beauty for women, which constitute a formal characteristic that appears through the body, and Fahmy depicts it in an atmosphere of realism at times and magical realism at other times, as the research consists of four chapters. Through the following question: Did femininity appear in the drawings of the artist Mahmoud Fahmy? The importance of the research is that it sheds light on the manifestations of femininity in the drawings

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Publication Date
Mon Feb 19 2018
Journal Name
Al-academy
Performance of the comedian in Moliere plays

This research aims to study the performance of comedian in the plays of writer Moliere . The problem of research is to answer the following question:      How does comedian Moliere's techniques in a number of his plays and funny acts?   The    research aims at revealing the means used by the comedian in his performance of a comedic character in the number of Moliere plays.                                                 

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Publication Date
Sun Apr 02 2006
Journal Name
Journal Of The Faculty Of Medicine Baghdad
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Sun Mar 04 2012
Journal Name
Baghdad Science Journal
Levels of Elements in Milk and Yoghurt

This study aimed to know the concentration of elements content in dairy products. Nine samples collected from the local market in Baghdad, two samples of milk and seven of yoghurt.The results were followed: The ratio of Aluminum In Aluminum cans That is used for storage milk and industrialize yoghurt is about 95.5% ,this ratio is against [1] which said that pureness of Aluminum used in Aluminum cans should not be less than 98-99% . and the ratio of Cadmium reached to 0.001% which is also against [1] which assure that the Aluminum cans should be clean from that element, mean while the concentration of Iron, Copper and Zinc were within the standard level. The highest concentration of Iron was in treatment B2(canon yoghurt)it was 9.95 m

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Publication Date
Fri Jan 05 2024
Journal Name
Al-academy
Mechanisms of visual attraction in interior spaces

The visual attraction of the fundamentals that require the availability in the design business, to achieve the needs of different social interactive and the need for recreation or entertainment as well as financial need and as such has considered the importance of a researcher studying the mechanics of visual attractions in the interior spaces have been identified according to the research problem the following question:
What are the mechanisms of visual attractions in the interior spaces and the current research aims to Recruitment mechanisms of visual attractions in the design of interior spaces as determined by three research limits are:
• Reduce the objective: the mechanics of visual attraction.
• Reducing the spatial: S

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Publication Date
Wed Dec 07 2011
Journal Name
Journal Of Planner And Development
Change in the centers of historical cities

The historical center cities were exposed to change, which included its social and economical structures, Which led to sweeping changes in land use, causing a change in the result, in urban fabric and the physical structure and therefore to see visual. We have attracted these centers as a result of pressure from urban development and contemporary reflection of the agents of change which have been hit during the late period a development residential newly not sympathize mostly with the content of the historical and at the expense of removing large parts of the urban fabric and replace it with patterns of structural and styles of architecture has not been connected with reality. Which led to the loss of some historical and architec

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Publication Date
Tue Aug 15 2023
Journal Name
Al-academy
Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Graphic Design

If the Industrial Revolution has enabled the replacement of humans with machines, the digital revolution is moving towards replacing our brains with artificial intelligence, so it is necessary to consider how this radical transformation affects the graphic design ecosystem. Hence, the research problem emerged (what are the effects of artificial intelligence on graphic design) and the research aimed to know the capabilities and effects of artificial intelligence applications in graphic design, and the study dealt in its theoretical framework with two main axes, the first is the concept of artificial intelligence, and the second is artificial intelligence applications in graphic design. The descriptive approach adopted a method of content

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Publication Date
Tue Jul 01 2014
Journal Name
Journal Of The Faculty Of Medicine Baghdad
Assessment of Inhaler Misuse in Asthmatic Patients.

Back ground: Metered dose inhalers (MDIs) are important devices used in treatment of asthma. It has got lots of benefits and some drawbacks depending on usage technique, with proper technique and training the drawbacks can be minimized.

Objectives:  Estimate the percentage of asthmatic patients using the metered dose inhalers improperly both in technique and dose, and detect the main factors associated with its improper use.

J Fac Med Baghdad

2014; Vol.56, No .2

Received Dec .2013

Accepted Mar. 2014

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