Hepatitis E (HE) is an inflammation of the liver caused by hepatitis E virus
(HEV) infection. Iraq is one of the Asian countries with high incidence and
prevalence of hepatitis. In this paper, HE prevalence will be determined in Al-
Muthanna province /Iraq. Commercially available Micro-ELISA for marker of
hepatitis E (HEV IgM, Foresight, USA) kit was used to test (270) patients for HEV
IgMantibodies. Also (10) blood samples from normal healthy individuals were used
as normal control in this study. Among the (270) analyzed serum samples, a total of
(72) samples (26.66 %) were found to be positive for anti-HEV IgM antibodies, and
all these patients were tested for confirmatory test at central public health
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In this study it was found that a significant decrease in the level of leptin in young
Iraqi smokers (16+ 0.7ng/mL) compared to non smokers(24.2+ 4.5ng/mL) while, B2
microglobulin and CRPwas significantly increased in the smokers (1.2 + 0.3μg/mL),
(4.07+ 0.02mg/L) respectively, compared to non smokers (0.6 + 0.9μg/mL) ,( 2.88+
0.002mg/L) respectively, the presented data indicates the effect of smoking on these
immunological markers.

There are large numbers of weakness in the generated keys of security algorithms. This paper includes a new algorithm to generate key of 5120 bits for a new proposed cryptography algorithm for 10 rounds that combine neural networks and chaos theory (1D logistic map). Two methods of neural networks (NN) are employed as Adaline and Hopfield and the results are combined through several sequential operation. Carefully integrating high quality random number generators from neural networks and chaos theory to obtain suitable key for randomness and complexity.

In this paper, we study the concepts of generalized reverse derivation, Jordan
generalized reverse derivation and Jordan generalized triple reverse derivation on -
ring M. The aim of this paper is to prove that every Jordan generalized reverse
derivation of -ring M is generalized reverse derivation of M.

In this paper a measure of linear local dependence has been used between two
random variables and a study is conducted for the properties of this measure where
two examples of bivariate probability distributions has been considered, which are
bivariate Gumbel distribution and bivariate Beta-Stacy distribution, and applied on
data collected by using a questionnaire conducted to study the reasons for the
increase of application in private collages in Iraq. Five elements has been considered
as random variables and the dependence has been measured between every two
elements to estimate how correlated these elements are and their effect on the
application in private collages of Iraq generally and Baghdad specifically.<

A simple, fast, and sensitive batch and flow injection spectrophotometric
methods have been developed for the determination of clonazepam(CZP) in pure
form and in pharmaceutical preparations. The proposed methods are based on the
oxidative coupling reaction of the reduced clonazepam using Zn powders and conc.
HCl with payrocatechol and in the presence of ferric sulphate. The resulting reddish
colored product had a maximum absorbance at 515 nm. The optimum reaction
conditions and other analytical parameters have been evaluated . The linear ranges
for the batch and FI methods determination of CZP were 0.5-32, 50-400 μg mL-1
and the detection limits were 0.193, 22.60 μg mL-1 for both methods respectively.
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Seventy-six urine specimens were collected from of patients suffering from recurrent
urinary tract infections (UTIs). Specimens were bacteriologically analyzed, fifty
(65.8%) of isolated bacterial strains were belonged to E.coli. 100% of isolated
uropathogenic E.coli (UPEC)strains displayed a biofilm positive phenotype under
optimized condition using microtiter plate assay. 21 of E.coli strains classified as highly
positive biofilm producers (42%), and 29 (58%) as weakly positive biofilm producers.

Hydrogeochemical analyses were done for UmErduhuma aquifer in S-W Iraq which have got cation and anion concentrations . This study shows the origin of the water is rainfall except well No.2 where is marine . the chemical of the water type of the wells No. 3,4,5,6, and 7 are calisum-sulfate while the wells No. 1 and 2 are sodium- sulfate . They are useful to irrigation jobs but they are not use in a human activity without biological and chemical treatment . The hydrodynamic study shows that the hydrodynamic activity is high so that hydro carbonic accumulation is a little , except well No.(2).

The present study was conducted to determine the effect of hot pepper Capsicum spp. on the cysts and trophozoites stages of Entamoeba histolytica in albino mice. The previosly infected mice with E. histolytica were administered with two doses (0.01 and 0.03 ml) of aqueous extract of hot pepper three times daily at(morning, afternoon and evening) for a period of 7 days. The results showed that the aqueous extract of hot pepper was very effective in decreasing the numbers of cysts and trophozoites of E. histolytica in mice. The highest percentage was recorded with the dose of 0.03 ml which was100 % for trophozoites and 90.1 % for cysts. The histological study of small and large intestine and liver revealed that the low concentration was mo

Ultraviolet radiation dosimetry was determined by using CN-85 , CR-39 ,LR-115 nuclear track detectors – NTD with measuring of ; number of track-NT , etching time-TB , nuclear track diameter - DT and etching velocity -VD . By this study appear the increasing in etching time-TB of NTD samples which irradiated by UV-radiation do not pure effect on the number of track - NT , comparing with un-irradiated samples . The increasing in UV-irradiation make decreasing in etching time- Topt for CR-39 , CN-85 , LR-115 nuclear track detectors with percent of 20% , 25% , 50% respectively , comparing with un– irradiated sample at the radiation dose 3.77x103 erg /mm2 . . The increasing of irradiation dose make increasing in nuclear track diameter-DT

The area which located along the road between the Karbalaa and Najaf cities is one of
the important areas in terms of hydrogeological view due to containing the groundwater
reservoirs of sandy Debdebba and Dammam limestone formations. The exposed part of
the Sandy Debdibba formation helps to renew its water and maintenance of groundwater
storage through the infiltration of rainfall and surface floods. The groundwater
movement in this reservoir flows from west towards east and south-east direction, while
the quality of groundwater in this reservoir is characterized to be highly concentrated
with dissolved salts which are generally ranged between (2000) to (4700) PPM. The Dammam Formation is consider as an aquifer in t

The influence of solar activity on the predicted ionospheric temperature parameters (electron Te, Ion Ti and neutral particle Tn) have been investigated over ionospheric Iraqi region by data generated using International Reference Ionosphere (IRI) and Madrigal models, the models result have been compared during the minimum and the maximum of solar cycle 24 for the years 2009 and 2016 respectively and for an altitudes ranged from 200-1000 km. The region under consideration spans over (latitude 29.1-37.2oN; longitude 38.9-47.7oE) within Iraq territory, the purpose of this paper is to determine the affection of the solar activity represented by the (sunspot number and solar flux) on the annual behavio

Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL) is an endemic disease and one of the major
health problems in Iraq. Leishmania major is confirmed as the causative agent of CL
in this region. In Al- Qadessia province alone, the recorded total cases of CL were
618 from 2005-2007. We aimed to determine the effectiveness of a polymerase
chain reaction (PCR) technique for identification and differentiation of the
Leishmania parasite in clinical samples. The lesion exudates were collected from 27
suspected patients (12 males and 15 females) and used for smear slide preparations,
culture on NNN medium then DNA isolation. The isolated DNA was amplified by
PCR, including primers selected on repetitive kDNA for identification

Simple methods were proposed for the spectrophotometric determination of amoxicillin (AMX) in pharmaceutical formulations . The methods are based on the reaction of AMX with 4-aminoantipyrine (4AAP)) in the presence of potassium persulphate in alkaline medium .The reaction water soluble red colour product is measured at λmax 510 nm using both batch and flow injection analysis (FIA) approach .The effect of chemical and physical parameters were investigated by univariate method. Under the optimum conditions ,calibration graphs were observed linear from 1-60 and 1-120 μg mL-1 AMX with detection limits of 0.173 and 0.395 μg mL-1 AMX by batch and FIA procedure respectively. The relative standard deviations of the proposed methods were less

The Specific activity of extracellular superoxide dismutase (EC-SOD) was measured in healthy persons and in patients with benign and malignant brain tumors. The results show decrease of the EC-SOD specific activity in sera of patients with benign and malignant brain tumors in comparison to that of control group.
This study concentrated on studying the changes that occur in sera EC-SOD activity of patients with benign and malignant brain tumors, in comparison to that of normal individuals. The result also revealed that this isoenzyme is present in many different molecular weights forms (as judged by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis), some of these with no enzymatic activity. Conversion among these forms occurs in the malignant sera

This study aims to isolate the bacterial pathogens and mixed infections with
yeasts which cause vaginitis in Iraqi women and it’s relationship with the age .The
result revealed that the bacterial pathogens which isolated from genital tract
identified as: Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Gardnerella viginals
,Klebsiella oxytoca ,Staphylococcus aureus and Proteus mirabilis. The results of
bacterial susceptibility tests showed that all isolates were resistant to Cefalexin,
Tetracycline, Streptomycin and Rifampicin, as well as, all isolates were sensitive to
Chloramphenicol, but these were different in sensitivity for other antibiotics. The
results of mixed infection of bacteria with yeasts

This paper is directed toward the task of embedding a robust invisible watermark in the found sprite object (survive object) in each Group of Video (GOV). The proposed system is designed to provide authentication and protection to video by embedding invisible watermark. Three different watermark data embedding methods have been developed and used; they are: (i) Blocks average modulation applied on RGB domain, (ii) Blocks average modulation applied on Y-band only, and (iii) Haar wavelet approximation modulation. Uniform quantization is used as part of hiding step for modulating the block mean value of one or more of the color bands. The conducted tests indicated that the proposed block mean modulation method in the Y-subband of sprite blo

     Age is a predominant parameter for arbitrating an individual, for security and access concerns of the data that exist in cyber space. Nowadays we find a rapid growth in unethical practices from youngsters as well as skilled cyber users. Facial image renders a variety of information that can be used, when processed to ascertain the age of individuals. In this paper, local facial features are considered to predict the age group, where local Binary Pattern (LBP) is extracted from four regions of facial images. The prominent areas where wrinkles are developed naturally in human as age increases are taken for feature extraction. Further these feature vectors are subjected to  ensemble techniques that increases th

     In this work, the methods (Moments, Modified Moments, L-Moments, Percentile, Rank Set sampling and Maximum Likelihood) were used to estimate the reliability function and the two parameters of the Transmuted Pareto (TP) distribution. We use simulation to generate the required data from three cases this indicates  sample size , and it replicates  for the real value for parameters, for reliability times values  we take .

Results were compared by using mean square error (MSE), the result appears as follows :

The best methods are Modified Moments, Maximum likelihood and L-Moments in first case, second case and third case respectively.

This study was done to find the effect of Tigris-Therthar channel on the water quality of Tigris River to face the climate change which causes decreasing in water resources, in addition to decreasing in its quality. Nine stations were chosen located on Tigris River, Tigris-Therthar channel, Groundwater, and Therthar lake. The results indicated that the TDS increased in summer season, and the effect of Tigris-Therthar cannel was limited, also the effect of groundwater was limited, but there was an indication refers of possibility of increasing these effects on the quality of water. The study recommends observing the Tigris River through a programme to identify any change in water in future.

Bedsore (pressure ulcers)is a major nurse-careoutcome. There are many influences that can contribute to the progress of pressure ulcers, but the final common pathway to ulceration is tissue ischemia. This study aimed to detect some etiological factors that predispose to bedsore. The study was conducted on patients attending intensive care departments. Out of 82 inpatients who suffered from pressure ulcer, 54were males and 28were females. Specimens were collected during the period of September, 2019 –February, 2020 from different Hospitals (Alkadhimiya Teaching Hospital, General Hospital of AlshaheedAl-Sadr, and Medical City/ Ghazi Al-Hariri hospital) in Baghdad, Iraq. Simultaneously, other 20 specimens were collected as control fromin

     Euphorbia lateriflora is a popular traditional medicinal plant whose leaves are used in Africa, especially Nigeria, to treat wounds and many diseases. This study investigated the preliminary phytochemical constituents, secondary metabolites by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography “HPLC” technique, and antimicrobial potentials (Minimum Inhibitory Concentration “MIC”, Minimum Fungicidal Concentration “MFC” and disc diffusion assay) of various concentrations (100 mg/mL, 50 mg/ml, and 25 mg/mL) of the solvents (ethyl acetate and n-hexane) extracts of E. lateriflora against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Candida albicans. The phytochemical screening revealed that

      In this paper, a modified three-step iteration algorithm for approximating a joint fixed point of non-expansive and contraction mapping is studied. Under appropriate conditions, several strong convergence theorems and Δ-convergence theorems are established in a complete CAT (0) space. a numerical example is introduced to show that this modified iteration algorithm is faster than other iteration algorithms. Finally, we prove that the modified iteration algorithm is stable. Therefore these results are extended and improved to a novel results that are stated by other researchers. Our results are also complement to many well-known theorems in the literature. This type of research can be played a vital role in computer programming

This paper aims to investigate the exponential and Gaussian density profiles of the gaseous halo of the Milky Way galaxy for scale heights of |z| ≤ 1000 pc. The density profile of the neutral hydrogen HI and that of the ionized iron Fe II is considered. The data of different values of scale heights and central number density from the literature have been used in order to determine the density profiles. More specifically, six density profiles of HI and two density profiles of Fe II have been determined. In addition, the average of both cases has been calculated and the results showed that the density of neutral hydrogen is significantly higher than that of the ionized iron.   

Al-Salhubia, area is located within the arid region in southern Iraq. Although no surface water is available in this area, the groundwater is considered the basis in the area, it is available in both good quality and quantity. For that reason, it is of prime importance to examine water type in the unconfined aquifer to determine suitability of groundwater for irrigation purposes. The groundwater type in the studied area is Ca-Mg dominant SO4 facies according to Piper and Stiff diagrams. Based on SAR, Na%, RSC, EC, and PI, the groundwater quality in the study area is suitable for irrigation in general.

Cracking of soils affects their geotechnical properties and behavior such as soil strength and stability. In this paper, 2D Electrical Resistivity Imaging Method, as a non-invasive technique, was adopted to investigate the effect of soil cracks of a centemetric scale on resistivity of sandy soil. The electrical resistivity measurements were carried out using ABEM SAS 300C Terrameter system at a laboratory scale using Wenner array. The measurements were interpreted using horizontal profiles, forward modeling and 2D inverse resistivity sections. The results showed that soil cracks cause significant changes in soil resistivity. These changes can be attributed to the high resistivity contrast between the highly resistive air-filled cracks an

The aim of the research is to make a simulation to the photon counting system for Crimean astrophysical observatory and south Africa astronomical observatory by arranged a theoretical tables of photon counting of each system which produced from the luminous flux arrived to the detector from different stars have various magnitudes using UBVRI filters system by take into account the limits of smallest magnitude for the systems.
This tables can be used to indicates the precisions of data that registered by the observational system by compare the practical values with the theoretical simultaneously during the observation to determine the failure in order to be avoided

The aim of this study was to detect the cytogenetic effect of sodium sulphate through using cytogenetic analysis ( mitotic index and chromosomal aberrations on somatia and germ cells ) and sperm head abnormalities on white mice .
Ninety eight male mice were used in this study . To test the effect on each indicator , these animals were divided into two groups . The first one was the control group while the second was treated with sodium sulphate . The result refer that the sodium sulphate cause an inhibition of the mitotic index in somatic and sex cells and the inhibition increased by augmenting the concentration . Such difference were significant (P<0.01) . The influence of the doses was significant in the case of the somatic cel

The study was aimed to Detection of microbial and chemical qualtiy for 16 samples of carbonated drinks and juices locally prepared and imported that are available in local markets, the results shows that the canned samples were free from microbial contamination, while the microbial contamination limit of uncanned juices samples P17, P18, P19, P20 were do not fit Iraqi standard specifications and contains coliform bacteria, but did not contains Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella Spp, Mold and yeast for the anothers samples P5, P6, P7, P8, P9, P10, P11, P12, P13, P14, P15, P16. The results of thin layer Chromatography by silica gel shows no compatible Rf value of the samples P9, P10, P17, P18, P19, P20 with the standard samples that were us