Vitiligo is a common depigmenting skin disorder classified as an autoimmune ailment. It is linked to immune mechanisms, oxidative stress, and disturbances in the cellular environment. Among the factors contributing to histological changes, proteolytic enzymes such as collagenase stand out, due to their role in degrading components of the extracellular matrix. Prolidase is a key enzyme in collagen metabolism, involved in the breakdown of proline-rich peptides. Objective: This study aims to investigate the mechanism of collagen decline in Iraqi vitiligo patients, prolidase activity and basic homeostasis to understand their roles in disease progression. This study was conducted as a cross-sectional comparative study, and 150 p

Background: The prevalence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients is rising in Iraq. Adherence to medications among SLE patients remains a significant problem, and nonadherence can lead to decreased quality of life (QoL) and poor disease outcomes. Objectives: To determine the efficacy of pharmacist interventions in enhancing medication adherence, QoL, and self-efficacy among SLE patients. In addition, to assess the influence of pharmacist intervention on the uptake and willingness to take the flu vaccine among patients with SLE. Methods: A pharmacist intervention study was conducted at the Rheumatology Unit in Baghdad Teaching Hospital. Participants obtained educational counseling and a self-assembled booklet. Each patient p

هدف البحث إلى التعرف على الانكسار النفسي فضلاً عن التعرف على الفروق في الانكسار النفسي بين الطلبة على وفق متغير الجنس (ذكر – انثى) والمرحلة الدراسية (أول- رابع)، تألفت عينة البحث من (120) طالبا وطالبة من طلبة الجامعة، وتم تطبيق مقياس البحث - مقياس (الانكسار النفسي) وهو (من إعداد الباحثة)، وقد اسفرت نتائج البحث عن: - إن طلبة الجامعة ليس لديهم انكسار نفسي. - عدم وجود فروق في الانكسار النفسي على وفق متغير الجنس أو متغير

هدف البحث إلى التعرف على مستوى الازدهار النفسي فضلاً عن التعرف على الفروق في مستوى الازدهار النفسي بين الطلبة على وفق الجنس (ذكر – انثى) والتخصص الدراسي (علمي – انساني) والمرحلة الدراسية (أول- رابع)، تألفت عينة البحث من (300) طالبا وطالبة من طلبة جامعة بغداد، وتم تطبيق مقياس البحث - مقياس (الازدهار النفسي) وهو (من إعداد الباحثة)، وقد اسفرت نتائج البحث عن: - إن طلبة الجامعة لديهم مستوى ازدهار نفسي عال. - عدم وجود فروق ف

This research aims to identify the effective role of self-managed teams in the quality of service performance in the directorate of Ramadi municipality. The problematic nature of our research involves this main question of the effective role of self-managed teams in the Municipality of Ramadi in improving the services of performance quality to the beneficiaries from the Directorate service. The importance of this study lies in the role played by the work teams in the organizations that excel in their field, the attendant of the changes in the leadership, administrative roles of the institutions, and teams leaders, will be achieved by the self-managed teams in improving the quality of the service provided by the institution to whi

BACKGROUND: COVID-19 is resulted from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, which initiated in China in December 2019. Parasites are efficient immune modulators because their ability to stimulate an immune response in infected persons. AIM: This study aims to detect if there is a probable relationship between intestinal parasitic infections and COVID-19. METHODS: Ninety patients consulted at Al-Kindy Teaching Hospital (Al-Shifa center) from October 2020 till April 2021, confirmed infection with COVID-19 by PCR. Stool examination was done for detecting intestinal parasites. RESULTS: From 90 patients, males were 63 (70%), with median age 32 years, while females were 27 (30%), with age 24–44 years. Asymptomatic pati

      In this paper, the researcher suggested using the Genetic algorithm method to estimate the parameters of the Wiener degradation process,  where it is based on the Wiener process in order to estimate the reliability of high-efficiency products, due to the difficulty of estimating the reliability of them using traditional techniques that depend only on the failure times of products. Monte Carlo simulation has been applied for the purpose of proving the efficiency of the proposed method in estimating parameters; it was compared with the method of the maximum likelihood estimation. The results were that the Genetic algorithm method is the best based on the AMSE comparison criterion, then the reliab