Demodex spp. mites are external obligate parasites; they are transmitted between hosts through direct contact, and may induce several dermatological symptoms when found in large numbers. However, these symptoms may be similar to other commonly known diseases; this often leads dermatologists to neglect the pathogenic role of these mites. Therefore, a better diagnosis is recommended in order to avoid mistreatment. The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between Demodex mites and dermatological diseases. Infestation rates in patients suffering from acne, rosacea, folliculitis, and psoriasis were compared with asymptomatic patients, along with the mites’ relation to gender, age, personal hygiene, tim

Let M be a n-dimensional manifold. A C1- map f : M  M is called transversal if for all m N the graph of fm intersect transversally the diagonal of MM at each point (x,x) such that x is fixed point of fm. We study the minimal set of periods of f(M per (f)), where M has the same homology of the complex projective space and the real projective space. For maps of degree one we study the more general case of (M per (f)) for the class of continuous self-maps, where M has the same homology of the n-dimensional sphere.

Unsaturated polyester toughened Epoxy was developed. Epoxy resin had toughened by weight fraction of 10, 20, 30, and 40 wt. % unsaturated polyester. FTIR spectroscopy has been used to investigating the intermolecular hydrogen bonding. Unsaturated polyester–epoxy matrices were characterized for their thermal properties. The FTIR test detected a peak shift of the functional groups which can explain cross-linking occurs between the two resins. The crosslinking between epoxy and unsaturated polyester confirmed via the existence of the stretching asymmetrical C-C band and contraction of the  C-O band. The DSC test demonstrated that glass transition temperature value decreases with epoxy strengthening. The specific heat capacity and the

The Cretaceous Balambo Formation from three sections in Kurdistan Region of Northern Iraq was studied. The selected sections are located in the Zagros Fold -Thrust Belt. Eleven rock samples were analyzed by means of the organic geochemical method, Bitumen extraction method, and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry to determine the bitumen and hydrocarbon content, kerogen types, origin of organic matter, thermal maturity level, and depositional environment. The analyzed samples are considered to have an excellent potential in Baranan-1.G1 and Sazan sections, with poor to fair potential in Baraw section. The Baranan-1.G1 source rocks are of type II kerogen (oil prone), whereas Sazan and Baraw samples are of type II/III (oil/ gas prone). De

Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder that is highly prevalent, leading to gradual cartilage distraction, and therefore is important to diagnose in the early stage. This study aimed to estimate the level of rheumatoid factor (RF) and Anti-citrullinated protein (Anti-ccp) in the serum of female patients. We also investigated several female reproductive hormones in the patients and compared their levels in the premenopausal and postmenopausal phases. The study included 88 female subjects, 50 suffering from signs of rheumatoid arthritis who were attending AL-Yarmouk teaching hospital, Baghdad, Iraq, and 38 without clinical signs of RA as a control group. The ELISA technique was used to estimate all the studied parameters. The resul

     For hydrochemical assessment of water resources at Baquba City, Diyala Governorate, four surface water samples were collected from the Diyala River and eight groundwater samples inside the city of Baquba. The samples were collected in the two periods, the dry period in October 2018 and the wet period in February 2019. The pH, EC, TH, turbidity, the major ions and trace elements (Fe, Cu, Co, Cd, Pb, Zn and Ni) were investigated. The results showed that the surface and groundwater are turbid, very hard and slightly brackish to moderately saltine in the groundwater, while it is hard to very hard and fresh in surface water. Heavy element analyzes revealed contamination of surface water samples and groundwater with the elements Cadmi

In this study, a new series of 1,2,4-triazine and 1,2-diazine derivatives was prepared in four and three steps, respectively. In the preparation of 1,2,4-triazine derivatives. The first step included a reaction between 2-phenyl-3-aminoquinazoline-4-(3H)-one and chloroacetyl chloride in the presence of Et3N as a base to produce (1) in 83% yield. Compound (1) was then reacted in the second step with hydrazine hydrate to yield the corresponding hydrazide (2) in 80% yield. The third step of our work included a reaction of compound (2) with different compounds: α-Naphthan isocyanate to give compound (3) (90% yield); phenyl isocyanate to afford compound (4) (80% yield); phenyl isothiocyanate to yield compound (5) (85% yield); and CS2 in basic

Face recognition is a type of biometric software application that can identify a specific
individual in a digital image by analyzing and comparing patterns. It is the process of
identifying an individual using their facial features and expressions.
In this paper we proposed a face recognition system using Stationary Wavelet Transform
(SWT) with Neural Network, the SWT are applied into five levels for feature facial
extraction with probabilistic Neural Network (PNN) , the system produced good results
and then we improved the system by using two manner in Neural Network (PNN) and
Support Vector Machine(SVM) so we find that the system performance is more better
after using SVM where the result shows the performance o

Tuning a PID controller is a crucial task in control engineering to achieve optimal performance of the system. However, manual tuning of PID parameters can be inaccurate and difficult without extensive experience. One approach to tuning the PID controller is by utilizing heuristic algorithms. These algorithms are based on natural phenomena and can efficiently search for the optimal set of PID parameters. Therefore, utilizing met heuristic algorithms for tuning PID controllers can significantly improve the system's performance and reduce costs associated with manual tuning. In this paper, a new method for tuning parameters of the PID controller of DC motors using a hybrid adaptive PID_GTO predictive model based on the artificial gorilla t

Accurately predicting customer churn is considered crucial by businesses in order to take proactive measures to retain their customers and avoid financial losses. In this paper, a customer churn prediction model is proposed that incorporates deep neural networks and imbalanced data techniques. The approach involves applying oversampling and undersampling methods to address class imbalances in the dataset. The model's performance is evaluated using various evaluation metrics and compared to other methods. The results demonstrate that superior performance in predicting customer churn is achieved by the proposed model compared to traditional statistical methods and deep neural networks without imbalanced data techniques. Important implicati

The degree of genetic divergence was estimated in six Iraqi soft wheat genotypes,
four exotic genotypes, one produced by hybridization and one produced by gamma
irradiation, through random amplified polymorphic DNA methodology. A total of
42 DNA fragments were generated by the 3 random primers, with an average of
about 7.4 bands per primer. The 42 fragments showed polymorphism among the six
wheat genotypes. Jaccard similarity matrix ranged from 25 to 66.7%, which
indicated a high genetic diversity among the genotypes. We conclude that random
amplified polymorphic DNA analysis can be used for the characterization and
grouping of wheat genotypes; these results will be helpful in our wheat breeding

The Garagu Formation represents a part of the Late Tethonian-Middle Valanginian sequence, which was deposited during the Early Cretaceous period within the main carbonate open marine environment. The studied area covers three oil fields; Jambur (Ja-46), Khabaz (Kz-1), and Qara Chauq (Qc-2) oil fields which are located in the north part of Iraq within the Low Folded Zone.
Eight major microfacies were recognized in Garagu Formation within the area of study to determination and recognition the paleoenvironments. The major microfacies for this carbonate succession are; Lime mudstone microfacies, Orbitolinid and Nezzazata wackestone with bioclast microfacies, Foraminifera wackestone-packstone microfacies, Bioclast wackestone – packston

The aim of this paper is to compare between classical and fuzzy filters for removing different types of noise in gray scale images. The processing used consists of three steps. First, different types of noise are added to the original image to produce a noisy image (with different noise ratios). Second, classical and fuzzy filters are used to filter the noisy image. Finally, comparing between resulting images depending on a quantitative measure called Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PSNR) to determine the best filter in each case.
The image used in this paper is a 512 * 512 pixel and the size of all filters is a square window of size 3*3. Results indicate that fuzzy filters achieve varying successes in noise reduction in image compared to

This study aims to analyze spectra in real-time for λ Draconids, σ Hydrids, μ Virginid, and one sporadic meteor using spectroscopic chemical analysis and diagnose plasma parameters. Good-resolution spectroscopy and a CCD camera for meteor observation were used concurrently to examine the ablation spectra of these meteorites in situ. The Boltzmann and Lorentz methods were then used to determine the temperature and density of electrons, the length of Debye, and the frequency of plasma. Furthermore, spectra data can be analyzed and compared to data from other sources. Spectrum tests can be utilized to identify the chemical structure of meteorites' plasma.

Non-homogeneous Poisson process with power law intensity function has often been used as a model for describing the failure pattern of repairable systems. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian estimation are used to estimate model parameters. Simulation and realistic application are used and represented by shutting down the gas power plant in Mosul. Stops in hours are designed with the power law random process model in order to obtain a model that represents the average stop time of the units throughout the study period in the best way. The results of the application on the data of the three concerned stations show that the Bayes estimate is better than the maximum likelihood estimate. This proves that the Bayes methods are very accurate and e

In this paper, we will create a new stream key cipher generator (KG) that is based on the LFSR unit and a chaotic map. The created KG can be used for a variety of purposes, including cryptography and steganography. The suggested KG is called Efficient Stream KG, and it demonstrates its efficiency when it passes all of the basic efficiency criteria tests, namely the periodicity, linear complexity, correlation immunity, and randomness.

A watermarking scheme based on slantlet transform, an orthogonal discrete
wavelet transform with two zero moments and with improved time localization, is
presented in this paper. The watermark is embedded into mid band frequencies of
slantlet coefficients in the transform domain, which leads to very small distortion
and guarantees the visual quality of the watermarked image. The performance of the
proposed algorithm is compared with embedding watermarking system using
wavelet transformation the result show promising performance of the proposed
system where the increasing in PSNR is approximately 20 dB.

Primary amenorrhea is one of common gynecological diseases among adolescent girls in community which is characterized by absence of menstrual cycles and normal sexual characteristics. Chromosomal abnormalities and hormonal disturbance play a crucial role in developing this disease. However, due to social stigma, many people with sex-related abnormalities even in certain provincial regions of Iraq do not ask for medical help resulting in an unclear true incidence of sex abnormalities among amenorrhea patients. Thirty-four patients were referred to Genetic Consultation Clinic in the Medical city of Baghdad to determine the possible causes of primary amenorrhea. Ultrasound findings of the current study revealed that 5 (14.72%) patients had

This research shows the design and implementation of a small and simple Arabic word-puzzle game to test the effect of electronic games in enhancing and supporting the traditional learning system. The system based on from the real needs of classrooms in the Iraqi primary schools so the game is designed for primary school students (first and second grade) and this required the exploration of how schools use and teach information. The system is built by using Visual Basic version 6 programming language in conjunction with the Microsoft Office Access 2007, Results show our game based educational program is effective. 14 children (6-7 years old) played the game. The children played through multiple sessions. For each child; this game is usefu

        Let R be a ring. JS-injective right R-modules are introduced and studied in  this paper as a generalization of small-injective right R-modules. Let  N and  M be right R-modules. A module  M is said to be JS-N-injective if every  R-homomorphism from a submodule of J(N) J(R)  into  M extends to N. If a module M is JS-R-injective, then  M is called JS-injective. Many characterizations and properties of JS-injective right R-modules are obtained. Rings over which every right module is JS-injective are characterized. We study quotients of JS-injective right modules. Then we

In this paper the elevation angle of Jupiter at Baghdad location according to its coordinate for the period (2005-2020) has been studied. The Radio Jove pro. Edition program is used to achieve the Jupiter elevation angle at this time period. In 2007, 2008 the path of Jupiter is appeared near the horizon when the monitor trying to observe it. While in 2013, 2014 it's reached its maximum value then its return to reached its minimum value at 2019, 2020 according to the position of Jupiter in Baghdad for this period.

The work is a method of an improving "Qaiyara" crude oil recovery using a
mixture of hot water with surfactant. Laboratory system was designed. Using this
system, four tests of hot water with surfactant under various condition were
conducted. The first three tests are conducted under temperatures 50, 60, 80oC
respectively with mixture of hot water + 2% wt. surfactant. The fourth test is done
under 80oC and mixture of hot water +4% surf. The result obtained show the
efficiency of hot water with surfactant in improving the recovery. The results show
proportioned relation between temperature and surfactant concentration with oil
recovery.

In this paper, we introduce and study the notion of the maximal ideal graph of a commutative ring with identity. Let R be a commutative ring with identity. The maximal ideal graph of R, denoted by MG(R), is the undirected graph with vertex set, the set of non-trivial ideals of R, where two vertices I₁ and I₂ are adjacent if I₁ I₂ and I₁+I₂ is a maximal ideal of R. We explore some of the properties and characterizations of the graph.

The present study was conducted to determine the optimum conditions required for lipase enzyme activity extracted from germinated sunflower seeds, including temperature, pH, agitation, time of incubation, enzyme concentration, substrate type, and concentrations of mineral salts and EDTA. Optimum pH, temperature and time of incubation required for lipase stability were also determined. The results showede optimum lipase activity (3.251U/ml) wasund at 30 ÌŠC and pH 7 after 20 minutes of incubation when using 1 ml lipase enzyme with 0.02 ml of CaCl₂ (10 mM) at 100 rpm of agitation and in the presence of olive oil as the substrate for enzyme reaction. EDTA appeared to have inhibitory effects, while Ca⁺² and Mg^+2<

Diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a multifactorial syndrome that israpidly rising in all the continents ofthe globe, causing elevated blood sugar levels in affected people. A sample of 81 Iraqi T2DM patients was investigated based on several parameters. Glycemic control parameters includedlevels of fasting blood glucose (FBG),
glycated hemoglobin (HbA1C), and insulin, along with insulin resistance (IR) and insulin sensitivity (IS). Renal function tests includedmeasuring the blood levels of urea and creatinine. Oxidative stress parameters included total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and thelevel of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The results of the present
study showed a highly significant (P˂0.01) increase in FBG, HbA1c, insulin and IR leve

     The current study aimed to adopt a method for inducing callus cells and regenerating the important common red bean using different types of growth regulators such as N⁶-benzylaminopurine (BAP), Naphthalene acetic acid (NAA), and Thidiazuron (TDZ). Different types of common bean pinto cultivar explants, such as  internodes, cotyledons and roots,  were inoculated on Murashige and Skoog medium (MS) provided with different combinations of plant growth regulators, including 1- BAP (5 mg/l) 2-BAP (4.5 mg/l) NAA (0.5 mg/l), 3- BAP (4.5 mg/l), and TDZ (0.1mg/l). Callus was initiated on MS culture medium supplied with 5 mg/l BAP for all explants (internodes, cotyledons, and roots) at 50, 20, and 10% r

      Many neuroscience applications, including understanding the evolution of the brain, rely on neural cell instance segmentation, which seeks to integrate the identification and segmentation of neuronal cells in microscopic imagery. However, the task is complicated by cell adhesion, deformation, vague cell outlines, low-contrast cell protrusion structures, and background imperfections. On the other hand, existing segmentation approaches frequently produce inaccurate findings. As a result, an effective strategy for using the residual network with attention to segment cells is suggested in this paper. The segmentation mask of neural cells may be accurately predicted. This method is built on U-net, with EfficientNet serving as the e

In this study a new strain of mesophilic Bacillus subtilis AIK, recorded for the first time in Iraq, was used to remove nickel (Ni) from aqueous solutions. The factors that affect bioremediation include temperature, pH value and metal concentrations. The results showed that the highest removal efficiency (R%) was 54, 52 and 48% at 25⁰C and pH of 5, 7 and 9, and with 10 ppm Ni concentration respectively. Whereas the highest R% recorded was 47, 45 and 52% at 30⁰C and of pH 5, 7, and 9 with 1 ppm Ni concentration respectively. On the other hand, the highest R% at 40⁰C was 49, 46, 42 % at pH 5, 7 and 9, with 5, 10 and 10 ppm Ni concentrations respectively. The results also showed that the optimum pH value for Ni removal at bot

    Manufacturing high-efficiency polymeric materials to moderate fast neutrons by converting them into slow or thermal neutrons. These materials absorb thermal neutrons as well as gamma rays associated with neutrons. Materials of small mass number are used to slow down fast neutrons because neutrons have a high cross-section when they interact with these materials. Materials of high mass number absorb gamma rays. Polyurethane and epoxy were mixed in various ratios to create a blend to serve as neutrons shield, lead (Pb) was then added to the blend at weight percentages of 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, and 70% to produce a polymer composite.

    Polymeric materials reinforced with lead in various ratios were tested to select the best

      The experiment was carried out with the aim of studying the effect of biological stress on some morphological parameters of ten varieties of potatoes grown in vitro. Biological stress was applied by adding different concentrations of fusaric acid (0, 0.0125, 0.025, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2 mM), to the growth medium MS, and some growth parameters were measured, such as plant height (cm), number of leaves (leaf/plant¹), leaf area (mm²), number of roots (root.plant¹) and length it (cm), wet and dry weight of the plant (g). The results showed that the studied varieties were different in the response to biological stress according to the studied parameters. The addition of fusaric acid led to reduce all growth parameters compared with the