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Evaluation of the Potential Role of Serum Selenium in Diabetic Patients

Background: The altered status of some essential trace elements observed in diabetes could have deleterious influences on the health of the diabetics. Objectives: To estimate and study the potential role of serum Selenium in type 1, type 2 diabetics and healthy subjects; and its relation with lipid profile and glycemic index. Methods: A case control designed study was carried out at the National Diabetes Center (NDC) / Al-Mustansiria University; on a total of 94 participants formed of 32 type 1 diabetics, 32 type 2 diabetics and 30 healthy control participants. Data collected about age, sex and BMI; also, blood samples examined for FPG, HbA1C, serum total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, non-HDL cholesterol, serum triglyceride and sera were examined for Selenium by using atomic absorption technique. Results: Type 1 and type 2 diabetic groups show respectively 75% and 65% decrement in S. Selenium, <70 µg/L. The mean of S. Selenium, age, BMI, waist/hip ratio, FPG, HbA1c, total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL, Non-HDL and atherogenic index (total cholesterol/HDL cholesterol) for the type 1 and type 2 diabetics shows statistically significant differences from control group. Type 1 diabetics versus type 2 diabetics shows statistically insignificant differences between mean of the S.Selenium, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and atherogenic index (t-test, P > 0.05) while the mean of FPG, HbA1c and triglyceride show highly statistical significant differences (t-test, < 0.001).Simple linear correlation and regression analysis of FPG, HbA1c, total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL, Non-HDL and atherogenic index of the studied groups shows weak to moderate correlation with their serum Selenium levels. Conclusions: The inverse relationship between Selenium status and glucose tolerance suggest the potential role of Selenium in diabetics. Serum Selenium levels show high statistically significant differences from healthy subjects; while the differences between type1 and type 2 diabetic groups’ shows no statistically significant differences. Inverse correlations and regression were noticed between S.Selenium levels of all studied groups with their FPG, HbA1c, total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL, Non-HDL and atherogenic index. Low S.Selenium and HDL-cholesterol plus an increase in total cholesterol, non-HDL and atherogenic index enhance risk of cardiovascular diseases progression among the diabetics.

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Publication Date
Fri Mar 01 2024
Journal Name
Journal Of Engineering
The Effect of Nano-Hydrated Lime on the Durability of Hot Mix Asphalt

Recently, some of Iraq's newly constructed asphalt concrete pavements showed premature failures with significant negative impacts on roadway safety and the economy. Using Nano hydrated lime (NHL) in pavement construction could be one of the possible steps to improve pavement durability. This article discusses how NHL affects the durability of hot mix asphalt. NHL was added in two methods to the asphalt concrete mixture for the wearing course. The first is the dry method, i.e., on the aggregate, whereas the second is the wet addition method, i.e., to the bitumen. The percentages were tried for each additional method; 1, 2, and 3% by weight of aggregate for the dry method and 0.5, 1, and 1.5% by weight of asphalt concrete for the wet

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Publication Date
Wed Dec 30 2020
Journal Name
Iraqi Journal Of Science
On the Characteristic Properties for Subclasses of the Higher Derivative of Analytic Functions

In the present paper, we introduce two subclasses, S*C(,,g,s,d) and  TS*C(, ,g, s,d), of analytic functions . Coefficients bounds for these subclasses are calculated.

The main purpose of this article is to originate characteristic properties of the functions in the above subclasses.

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Publication Date
Wed Sep 29 2021
Journal Name
College Of Islamic Sciences
Methodology of the Holy Quran Immunizing the minds of intellectuals against intellectual invasion

 

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The Holy Quran is the greatest motivator for the mind to keep pace with life. The doctrine of faith is a requirement of logic and wisdom, and it cannot be reached by the hand of superstition. The Qur’an destroyed the principle of superstition in the verses of the creation of the universe. The principle of inactivity of the Qur’an is a false accusation that collision with the texts of the Qur’an. The secret of scientific development is to harness the laws of nature, benefit from them, and walk according to its requirements, on which the manifestations of civilization and the Qur’an are based

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Publication Date
Sun Nov 01 2020
Journal Name
Iraqi Journal Of Laser
The Effect of the Concentration of Colloidal Silver Nanoparticles on Optical Limiting Reliability

The effect of the concentration of the colloidal nanomaterial on their optical limiting behavior is reported in this paper. The colloids of sliver nanoparticles in deionized water were chemically prepared for the two concentrations (31 ppm and 11ppm). Two cw lasers (473 nm Blue DPSS laser and 532 nm Nd:YAG laser) are used to compare the optical limiting performance for the samples. UV–visible spectrophotometer, transmission electron microscope (TEM) and Fourier Transformation Infrared Spectrometer (FTIR) were used to obtain the characteristics of the sample. The nonlinear refractive index was calculated to be in the order of 10-9 cm2/W. The results demonstrate that the observed limiting response is significant for 532nm. In addition, t

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Publication Date
Thu Jun 15 2023
Journal Name
Journal Of Legal Sciences
The Right of the Head of State to Veto Bills : A Comparative Study

The legislative authority's approval of a project is not enough, as the state president's approval is crucial. If the president doesn’t approve the project within the period determined by the constitutions, it shall be returned to the parliament for further discussion and voting, Either by an ordinary or strict majority, according to the provisions of the constitutions of the countries. To explain the right of objection, we explained, in the First Topic, the definition and distinction, and we explained, in the Second Topic, the legal nature of the right of objection, its kinds, and its constitutional base. In the Third Topic, we discussed the conditions of the right of objection, its procedures, and its effects. Then, the conclusion th

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Publication Date
Thu Mar 30 2023
Journal Name
Iraqi Journal Of Science
Determination of the Mathematical Model for Plasma Electronic Coefficients of the Earth's Ionosphere

In this research, electron coefficients such as total collision frequency (colt/N), total ionization frequency (viz/N), and Power (P/N) for different gases such as (Ar, He, N2 and O2 (in Earth’s ionosphere have been calculated by applying the Boltzmann equation utilizing BOLSIG +, and it has been discovered that there is a significant impact of reducing the electric field (E/N) on electronic coefficients under which (E/N) increases. In addition, influence of (E/N) on electronic coefficients was studied. Reducing the electric field was chosen in the restricted range (1-100) Td, and the electronic coefficients for gases in the limited range (50-2000) km of the Earth's ionosphere. A positive correlation has been explained between all the

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Publication Date
Wed Apr 01 2020
Journal Name
Civil Engineering Journal
Model Development for the Prediction of the Resilient Modulus of Warm Mix Asphalt

Increasing material prices coupled with the emission of hazardous gases through the production and construction of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) has driven a strong movement toward the adoption of sustainable construction technology. Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) is considered relatively a new technology, which enables the production and compaction of asphalt concrete mixtures at temperatures 15-40 °C lower than that of traditional hot mix asphalt. The Resilient modulus (Mr) which can be defined as the ratio of axial pulsating stress to the corresponding recoverable strain, is used to evaluate the relative quality of materials as well as to generate input for pavement design or pavement evaluation and analysis. Based on the aforementioned preface, it is

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Publication Date
Sun Oct 02 2016
Journal Name
Journal Of The Faculty Of Medicine Baghdad
The significance of incidental breast findings on routine computed tomography of the chest

Background: with the dramatic increase in the use of chest computed tomography (CT) for diagnostic or screening purposes, incidental breast lesions faced more frequently; while most of these incidental breast findings are benign; nevertheless, breast cancer be existing.
Objectives: to determine the imaging characteristic of incidentally detected breast lesions in routine chest computed tomography and to review the outcome of further assessment of these abnormalities.
Patients and methods: a prospective study performed on (33 patients) during the period from October 2014 to November 2015 in AL Shaheed Ghazi Al Hariri hospital, Baghdad teaching hospital, and Radiology Institute at Medical city complex, Baghdad. All patients were fema

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Sun Mar 02 2008
Journal Name
Baghdad Science Journal
The influence of prey density on the numerical response of Chrysoperla mutata MacLachlan

The numerical response of Chrysoperla mutata MacLachlan was achieved by exposing the larvae of the predators to various densities of dubas nymphs Ommatissus lybicus DeBerg. Survival rate of predators’ larvae and adults emergence increased with increasing consumption . Repriductive response of predator was highly correlated with the amount of food consumed (+0.996).

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Publication Date
Tue Jan 18 2022
Journal Name
Materials Science Forum
The Crystallite Size Dependence of the Transmittance Property of Vanadium Dioxide Nano Films

Bruggeman's symmetric effective-medium model of vanadium oxide is introduced, in which the transmittance was studied because of its importance in the subject of smart windows, it was studied from ( 5 nm-1000 nm) for each of the regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, the ultraviolet and visible region, and the near and medium sub-regions of the infrared and the results showed that the importance of studying the transmittance of vanadium oxide as a good candidate For this kind of industries. Our results showed that the small sizes of the material guarantee an almost constant and high transmittance to the visible region; this is due to the agreement of the direction of the dipoles in the material with the direction of the internal el

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