Epilepsy is a central nervous system disease which is characterized by a recurrent seizure that distinguishes it from other similar diseases. Epilepsy may occur due to defects in genes that encode some receptors in the brain. For this reason, this study aimed to understand the association between Synapsin-2 (SYN2) gene and susceptibility to epilepsy. Blood samples were collected from 40 volunteers, including 30 patients suffering epilepsy with an age range of 26-49 years old and 10 healthy individuals with an age range of 25-53 years old. The study sample involved 16 males and 14 females with epilepsy along with 6 males and 4 females healthy subjects.  DNA was isolated from the volunteers for PCR-RF

Apple vinegar has many uses that include burn and wound healing and as an antimicrobial agent against different microorganisms, but not as a solvent. Therefore, this study aimed to use commercial apple vinegar as solvent to the plants of  roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa), green tea (Camellia sinensis), and clove (Syzygium aromaticum). The effects of apple-vinegar extracts of these plants were compared with those of aqueous and ethanolic extracts against biofilm formation by Candida genus. Clove vinegar extract demonstrated antibiofilm activity against C. albicans, alone (2.4907± 0.382) or in combination with the antifungal agents fluconazole (1.689±0.33), nystati

The main goal of this work, is to study new classes of bornological semi group with respect to S-bounded maps, S*-bounded maps and S**-bounded maps. This manuscript would be useful to give the theoritical solution for problems in bounded and limatation by restrict the condition of boundedness. So, the motivation of this work is to require less restrictive condition on the semigroup operations neither of the operation is required to be bounded. The main important results, we prove that every bornological semigroup is an S-bornological semigroup, S*-bornological semigroup and S**-bornological semigroup. Furthermore, the certain condition for any codomain of S*-bornological semigroup to be S*-bornological semigroup was given. In addition, e

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a hematologic malignancy characterized by
progressive accumulation of lymphocytes. This study aimed to evaluate humoral
immunity in patients with CLL via estimation of serum levels of immunoglobulins IgG,
IgA, and IgM and two cytokines: interleukin-4 (IL-4) and interleukin-10 (IL-10). Blood
samples were collected from 48 patients with CLL (28 treated and 20 untreated). Other
20 blood samples were collected from healthy individuals as control group. Single radial
immune-diffusion assay was used to estimate the serum levels of immunoglobulins.
Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to estimate serum concentration
of IL-4 and IL-10. The study showed un

The main objectives of the present research are of two goals; first, to define and
locale the main cover types (components) of AL-Hawizeh Marshes, and second, to
track and detect the changes encountered in these cover types (components) during
the last three decades time episodes To fulfill these goals, LANDSAT and MODIS
images were applied. The LANDSAT images (MSS-1973, TM-1990 and ETM+
2002) were used to determine the Marshlands cover types before, during and after
the Marsh destruction (marshes dehydrations). One MODIS image was selected to
cover the main changes that have been happened in 2010. Programming; Supervised
classifications (minimum distance classification) were applied for monitoring

Digital tampering identification, which detects picture modification, is a significant area of image analysis studies. This area has grown with time with exceptional precision employing machine learning and deep learning-based strategies during the last five years. Synthesis and reinforcement-based learning techniques must now evolve to keep with the research. However, before doing any experimentation, a scientist must first comprehend the current state of the art in that domain. Diverse paths, associated outcomes, and analysis lay the groundwork for successful experimentation and superior results. Before starting with experiments, universal image forensics approaches must be thoroughly researched. As a result, this review of various met

Applying the finite difference method for the time discretization . We present a numerical method to approximate the inverse system of Burgers equations (ISBE) with the time-fractional . By using the finite difference formula and extended cubic B-splines collocation method (EXCBSM) , we determine the approximated solution of this inverse system problem . The convergence analysis is investigated and the order of convergence is obtained . The advantage of this study is comparing it with the other method such as the cubic B-spline collocation method . Also , to clarify the presented method , figures and comparisons of the approximate solutions with the exact value have been presented . Finally , the diagrams of errors for our methods are sh

We introduce a mode l to describe the evolution of bacterial meningitis epidemics in a non constant population. We derive the value of the basic reproduction number of our model. We analy z e the local and global stability of the disease free and endemic equilibria. We confirm the results by a numerical analysis of the model.

Several heterocyclic compounds bearing an imidazo(1,2a)pyridine moiety have been synthesized in this work, including triazole, thiazol, and thiazolone. This was done by condensation of 2-aminopyridine with 2-aminopyridine with 4-bromophencyl bromide or 4-phenylphencyl bromide to produce 2-substituted phenyl imidazo(1,2a)pyridine compounds 1 and 2. The Vilsmeier-Haak reaction was used to create the aldehyde group at position 3 of the 2-substituted phenyl imidazo(1,2a)pyridine ring (3 and 4). The reaction of compounds 3 and 4 with thiosemicarbazide afforded thiosemicarbazone derivatives 5 and 6 in 66 and 70% yields, respectively. These derivatives (5 and 6) were then subjected to three different cyclization reactions to obtain 1,3-thiazolo

In this paper, we introduce new concepts of pseudo- -closed -injective module, and quasi- pseudo- -closed- injective module. This work which is generalization of pseudo-injective modules and y-closed-injective modules. We have provided some characteristics and descriptions of those concepts. CLS-modules have been characterized in terms of pseudo- - closed-injective modules. We have shown the relationships of quasi-pseudo- -closed-injective with other concepts, including a Co-Hopfian, directly finite modules.

Dysregulation of matrix metalloproteinases-9 (MMP-9) and tissue inhibitors of
matrix metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP-1) may contribute to the development of
cardiovascular diseases in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients. The aim of this
study was to determine the effects of chronic hyperglycemia on serum
concentrations of MMP-9 and TIMP-1of T2DM patients without dyslipidemia (one
of atherosclerosis risk factors) and with duration less than 5 years in comparison
with T2DM patients with dyslipidemia and with duration more than 10 years and
controls. Also to investigate if serum levels of MMP-9 and TIMP-1 could be
potential markers for early detection of the development of cardiovascular
complications in T2DM pati

Two hundred and ten specimens include urine, blood and ear swab were collected from different hospitals in Baghdad city; 85 (40%) isolates were diagnosed as Proteus spp. with (82%), (11.7%) and (5.8%) represented in urine, blood and ear swab specimens respectively. PCR technique was shown 30 (35.3%) isolates were positive for specific Urease C gene that used in rapid detection of Proteus vulgaris. The ability for chondritinase production was checked invetro and invevo, 24 (80%) isolates of P. vulgaris were showed ablity to chondritinase production and the isolate (p17) has higher enzyme activity value to (175.2U/ml). The Chondroitinase was purified by three short steps only included precipitate with 60% saturated of ammonium sulfate, dia

Interleukin 37 (IL37) is an anti-inflammatory cytokine, secreted by monocytes, macrophages, and epithelial cells, which suppress the immune system through binding to one of the receptors and co-receptors of the IL-1R family. Different allergic disease phenotypes may be related to different biomarkers, and many mechanisms involve in the pathogenesis of allergic inflammations, so it is wealthy to study different cytokines to understand their effect on allergic diseases. Blood specimens were obtained from patients attending the Allergic Specialized Center/Baghdad-Resafa 74 patients with allergic diseases (rhinitis patients 24, asthma patients 26, urticaria patients 24 (37 men and 37 women) and 14 healthy control subjects (7 men and 7 women)

This study includes collection of 70 swabs samples of burns from patients were
admitted in three hospitals (Baghdad, Al- Numaan and burns injuries Hospital). All
swabs samples were cultured on blood and MacConkey agar media to isolate and
identify pathogenic bacteria according to their morphological , biochemical and
growth characters. Growth of bacteria on selective media showed the following
results: Pseudomonas aeroginosa 44.28% , Klebsiella pneumonia 30% ,
Staphylococcu saureus 8.57% , Escherichia coli 4.28% , Proteus vulgaris 4.28 % ,
Enterobacter spp. 5.71% , Acinetobacter baumanni 2.89 %. Different concentrations
were prepared from leaves ethanolic crude extract of Catharanthus roseus , then the
anti-bac

Tensile strength study of UPE/PVC composites reinforced with one and two layers of
random glass fibers has been investigated. Hand lay up method was used to prepare
sheets of UPE/PVC blends with different weight percentage of PVC(10%,20% and30%)
Results show increasing in the values of maximum stresses, yield stresses and modulus
of elasticity for UPE/PVC blends with increasing the weight percentage of the polyvinyl
chloride (PVC) . UPE/PVC blends reinforced with one layer of glass fiber results show
good mechanical properties for the composite which contain 20% PVC. Also the results
show that composites reinforced with two layers of glass fiber randomly increasing in
values of maximum stresses wit

Buddy system algorithm is dynamic memory control which is usually embedded in
the memory management unit, which is a part of the most widely use modern operating
systems. Dynamic memory management is an important and essential part of computer
systems design. Efficient memory allocation, garbage collection and compaction are
becoming increasingly more critical in parallel, distributed and real-time applications
using object-oriented languages like C++ and Java. In this paper we present a technique
that uses a Binary tree for the list of available memory blocks and show how this method
can manage memory more efficiently and facilitate easy implementation of well known
garbage collection techniques.<

This study is concerned with channel banks slopes in the middle sector of Al-Massab Al-Aam channel in the middle and south of Iraq. The geotechnical properties of soil in the channel banks including physical ,engineering, chemical and mineralogical characters in over (25) station have been studied.
The grain size distribution of the bank soils of channel showed that the clay percentage is higher than those of the silt and sand percentages.
The bank soils are classified according to the USCS standards. They are composed of clay with low plasticity (CL) that represents 88% of the soil and ,clay with high plasticity (CH)represents 12% of the soil. The saturated density values ranges between 1.679 and 1.953 g/cm3 with average value of

The reduction to pole of the aeromagnetic map of the western desert of Iraq has been used to outline the main basement structural features. Three selected magnetic anomalies are used to determine the depths of their magnetic sources. The estimated depths are obtained by using slope half slope method and have been corrected through the application of a published nomogram. These depths are compared with previous published depth values which provide a new look at the basement of the western desert in addition to the thickness map of the Paleozoic formations. The results shed light on the important of the great depths of the basement structures and in turn the sedimentary cover to be considered for future hydrocarbon exploration

This study has been focused on the detection of phenolic compound in aerial parts (stem and leaves)of the species belonging the genus Arabis L. A.Caucasica Willd, A.Sagittata (Bertol)DC, A.Aucheri Boiss, A.nova Vill of family cruciferou (Brassicaceae) which were collected during field trips of the districted of Iraq. Phenolic compounds have been identified by using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). Nine standard compounds used for comparison five of them flavonoids ( Rutin, Quercetin, kaempferol, Luteolin and Apigenin) and the other phenolic acid ( Chlorogenic acid, Caffeic acid, Ferulic acid and Rosmarinic acid) , results showed that species vary in containing phenolic compound which can be counted as a taxonomic evidence s

Dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is one of the photochemical electric cells, which consists of the photoelectrode, the dye, the electrolyte, and the counter electrode. The advantage of DSSC is the low cost of the solar energy conversion into electricity because of inexpensive materials and the relative ease of the fabrication processes. In this study was selected solvent dye resolve to know most efficient in terms of conversion efficiency. A dye solution of water or ethanol and maxing in which eosin – y dissolves behaves like a colloid and explores the effect of sintering temperature of TiO2 films on the efficiency of dye sensitized solar cells. A study conducted on several samples at different temperatures. Exemplary efficiency of the

In this paper we study the effect of magnetichydrodynamic upon the boundary
layer flow and heat transfer on a permeable unsteady stretching sheet with non –
uniform heat source / sink. It found that the momentum and energy equations are
controlled by many different dimensionless parameters such as prandtle number
pr , unsteadiness parameter A , constant pressure So , coefficient of the space
dependent  A , the temperature dependent  B , and the MHD parameter M . The
analytic solutions are obtained by using suitable similarity transformations and
homotopy analysis method (HAM).
Furthermore, we analysis the effects of all dimensionless number, there are
mentioned above, upon the velocity distribution and

The average concentrations of heavy metals (Pb, Co, Ni, Cr, Cd and Zn) in soil of North Refineries Company (NRC) at Baiji and around were determined in 29 selected locations using GPS. The pickings up of samples were carried out in three periods in 2012 in January, March and July. The concentration levels of determined heavy metals shows values within or lower than many researchers.
The model of cumulative effect of the heavy metals, which was determined by GIS for the triple sampling periods show distribution of concentration towards wind directions and away from the site of NRC e.g. SE direction. This indicates the meteorological conditions represented by the wind direction and the rainfall, which plays an important role in distribu

Nowadays laser in medicine is a rapidly growing field in both researches and applications and many studies have been done in bacteriology against different types of lasers. The effect of the laser depends on many factors, one of the laser factors was the wavelength. The red wavelength band has been considered as a stimulated wavelength for prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. In this study, three clinical species of Gram-negative bacteria (E. coli, Proteus mirabilis, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) were exposed to 650 nm band of red region wavelength by a diode laser. The effect of that wavelength appeared on the growth curves for each species along 3 days after laser treatment. The energy density (E.D.) 2.8 J/cm2 gave a positive effect on grow

Separation of uricase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa was done using (70%) satu-ration ammonium sulphate, and purification of this enzyme was done by ion ex-change chromatography on DEAE- cellulose column and eluted with linear NaCl (0-1M). Partial purified uricase gave an activity of (4.9 u/ml), protein concentration of (0.56 mg/ml), specific activity of (8.75 unit/mg) with purification folds (8.4) and a yield of (48%). The maximum purified uricase activity was detected at 35ºc and pH 8.5 with (0.12 mM.uric acid). The results shown that red cabbage extract (RCE) contain flavonoides which contain phenolic compounds and anthocyanines which glycoslated with mono or dimolecules of saccharides, while test for alkaloids, ster-oids, saponins and

     The study area is encompassed by the 33.59-34.93°N latitudes and 45.44-46.39°E longitudes and divided into four groups with respect to earthquake event locations. We determined fault plane solutions, moment magnitudes, focal depths, and trend of slip with the direction of the moment stress axes (P, N, and T) for 102 earthquakes. These earthquakes had a local magnitude in the range between 4.0 and 6.4 for the time period from January 2018 to the end of August 2019, with focal depths ranged between 6 and 17 km. Waveform moment tensor inversion technique was used to analyze the database constructed from seismic stations on local and neighboring country networks (Iraq, Iran, and Turkey). We separated the studie

The aim of the current  study is to determine the elastic properties  of carbonate rocks using ultrasonic method.  Forty rock samples of  Anah formation  were collected at  different depths from  four wells drilled at the study area . The relationship between wave velocities and elastic properties of rocks was defined. Regression analyses to define these relations were applied. The results indicate that the elastic properties of the rocks show a linear relationship with both P- and S-wave velocities. The best relationship was obtained between both Young's modulus and Shear modulus with Vs in the determination of the coefficient ( R²  ), with values of 0.91 and 0.94,  respectively.&n

The present study aimed to determine the impacts of Aspirin drug on the stomach of albino Swiss mice. The study sample included 10 male mice divided into 2 groups. The first group was orally administered with 0.1 mL of 0.75 mg/kg aspirin once daily, whereas the second group, the control, was treated with similar doses of distilled water. Following 60 days of successive treatment, a number of parameters was studied including difference in body weight and histopathological changes in the  stomach as diagnosed after histological preparation. The results showed a significant decrease (p<0.05) in body weight average of the treated mice compared with the control group. The results also revealed the occurrence of several histopathologic

In this paper, we introduce and study the essential and closed fuzzy submodules of a fuzzy module X as a generalization of the notions of essential and closed submodules. We prove many basic properties of both concepts.

The solar energy is the major source of power for the future and an important source of renewable energy in Iraq and the world. Suitable climate conditions for solar energy are available in Iraq, especially the high temperature in the summer season which extends for more than six months in the year. Hence, the global solar radiation is abundant with high intensity, which is very essential in applicable models for researchers and solar applications. Therefore, nine first-order regression empirical equations of Angstrom-type correlations were used to estimate the more appropriate global solar radiation model for Baghdad city. Two equations were developed empirically in this work, using the most available and easy to get meteorological data

     Disequilibrium compaction, sometimes referred to as under compaction, has been identified as a major mechanism of abnormal pore pressure buildup in sedimentary basins. This is attributed to the interplay between the rate at which sediments are deposited and the rate at which fluids associated with the sediments are expelled with respect to burial depth. The purpose of this research is to analyze the mechanisms associated with abnormal pore pressure regime in the sedimentary formation. The study area “Jay field” is an offshore Niger Delta susceptible to abnormal pore pressure regime in the Agbada –Akata formations of the basin. Well log analysis and cross plots were applied to determine the unde