Mixed phase rutile/anatase of TiO2 was prepared and studied by a closed field DC magnetron sputtering configuration (CFDCMS). It was found that the contents of rutile increased from the ratio of 38% to 53% as the deposition time increased from 3.5 hours to 4.5 hours.
The photocatalytic activity of the mixed phase rutile/anatase TiO2 was measured by monitoring the degradation of the blue methylene dye in an aqueous solution, under exposure to UV-radiation, using UV-vis absorption spectroscopy. It was proven that the photocatalytic activity in the mixed phase (TiO2) is a function of rutile content reaching a maximum value at 53% rutile. Thus, the effect of synergy between anatase- TiO2 and rutile- TiO2 was observed. It was observed that

      Uranium concentration was estimated in urine samples of three age groups, G1≤ 30 years, n=28, G2 age range of 31-40 years, n=28, and G3 of age > 40 years, n=32, using two types of detectors CR-39 and LR-115 solid-state nuclear track detector (SSNTD) for results comparison.

     Results showed that uranium mean level values for CR-39 were 1.961 ±0.08 µg/L, 1.810 ±0.09 µg/L and 1.814 ±0.076 µg/L for G₁, G₂ and G₃ respectively, while the mean values of uranium concentration using LR-115 were 0.972 ±0.07 µg/L, 0.922 ±0.07 µg/L and 1.018 ±0.08 µg/L in G₁, G₂ and G₃ respectively, with significant statistical difference betw

     Three sites, selected on the Great Garraf Drain Channel (GGDC) demonstrated the first ever study dealing with rotifers biodiversity features from August 2019 till July 2020. Seventy-two taxonomic units were identified. The high densities of rotifera ranged from 733.32 - 32300 Ind./m³. Brachionus urceolaris, Keratella quadrata (long spin), Keratella quadrata (short spin) and Syncheta obloga were the most common relative abundance recorded in the index. In contrast the results of the constant index showed that there were nine constant taxonomic units. The species richness index was recorded from 1.489- 6.900. Jaccard presence similarity index revealed a strong link between stations 2

In the present study three classes of surfactants derivatives from benzillic acid were prepared. The prepared surfactants were characterized by FTIR-Infrared spectrophotometer and CHN analysis. The physical properties of the prepared surfactants were measured i.e. (pH, density, viscosity, color, freezing point and stability to hydrolysis). The efficiency of the prepared surfactants was studied with time and long side chain substituted. The hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) was calculated.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that causes a number of infections in immunocompromised patients. This organism appears to improve resistance  to many antimicrobial agents and a high percentage of clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa exhibit multidrug resistance (MDR) phenotype . The purpose of this study is to screen the antibiotic susceptibility patterns and the prevalence of qacE delta1 gene among bacterial isolates. Accordingly, 145 samples were collected from different clinical sources from patients who admitted to different hospitals in Baghdad city in a period ranged 23/8/2018-1/1/2019. The isolates were diagnosed as P. aeruginosa based on routine b

The fact that the signature is widely used as a means of personal verification
emphasizes the need for an automatic verification system. Verification can be
performed either Offline or Online based on the application. Offline systems work on
the scanned image of a signature. In this paper an Offline Verification of handwritten
signatures which use set of simple shape based geometric features. The features used
are Mean, Occupancy Ratio, Normalized Area, Center of Gravity, Pixel density,
Standard Deviation and the Density Ratio. Before extracting the features,
preprocessing of a scanned image is necessary to isolate the signature part and to
remove any spurious noise present. Features Extracted for whole signature

A study investigated the effects of abetacept (Orencia) drug on the level of liver enzyme and on liver histology in albino male mice. Fourty five adult male mice of 8 weeks age and weighting 25-35g divided into three groups (15 mice each). The second & third groups were treated with abetacept drug while the first group was used as a control.
Abetacept was intraperitoneally given twice every week at 125 mg/kg B.W. and 250 mg/kg B.W. to the second and third groups respectively for 6 weeks, whereas the control group was intraperitoneally injected with normal saline. The results showed a significant (p< 0.05) increase in the levels of liver enzymes [serum alanine aminotransaminase (ALT), serum aspartate aminotransaminase (AST) &amp

This work describes the inhibition effect of different concentration of an aqueous extract of Peganum harmala seed on the corrosion of carbon steel in 3.5 % sodium chloride solution using potentiostatic polarization techniques at the temperature range of 25°C to 55°C. The result show that inhibition efficiency increased with increasing concentration of the inhibitor extracts and temperature. The adsorption of inhibitor on carbon steel surface was fit into Langmuir adsorption isotherm. Kinetic and thermodynamic parameters governing the corrosion and adsorption process were calculated and discussed.

This study was aimed to investigate the effect of sperm parameters on the response to in vitro sperm activation (ISA) and to compare sperm parameters according to the age and type of infertility.
One hundred twenty-eight subjects employed in this study, with age range (18-49) years and duration of infertility (1-28) years. From each subjects semen sample was obtained and seminal fluid analysis (SFA) was done. Simple medium for assisted reproductive techniques; (SMART) was used for in vitro sperm activation by direct swim-up technique and centrifugation Swim-Up technique. Sperm concentration, sperm motility (%), sperm grade activity (%), normal sperm morphology (%) and sperm agglutination (%) were assessed. Crude data were statisticall

The present study conducted on 120 obese males and 50 healthy males, their age ranged from 20-50 years. The patients were divided into 3 groups based on Body Mass Index (BMI) and Central Obesity (CO), it has noticed that there is a significant relation between both indexes. The DNA was isolated from the blood of patients and applies for PCR by using designed primers for exons 1 and 3 of GCG gene. The results showed that there are mutants in exon 1 at locus 9573 (G/C) for 30 patients and locus 9864 (C/-) for 10 patients with X2 = 12.30, also it has fund mutants in exon 3 at locus 5397 (A/G) for 28 patients and locus 5434 (G/A) for 8 patients with X2 = 11.11. These mutants have a high significant effect P≤ 0.001 to cause pathogenicity.

Hepatitis A virus infection occurs globally and is causing a public health
concern, primarily in developing countries due to its persistent circulation in the
environment. A total of 120 individuals were included in this study, anti-HAV IgM
antibodies were detected in serum of 100 individuals of them (patients group) who
attended the Wasit central public health laboratory from different cities in Wasit
Province, Iraq, during the period from November 2013 to March 2014.While
another 20 individuals were considered as control group which anti – HAV IgM
antibody was negative in their serum.
Acute infection is confirmed by detection of IgM anti–hepatitis A virus (HAV),
which appears early in the course of infect

     This research is an attempt to solve the ambiguity associated with the stratigraphic setting of the main reservoir (late Cretaceous) of Mishrif Formation in Dujaila oil field. This was achieved by studying a 3D seismic reflection post-stack data for an area of ​​602.62 Km² in Maysan Governorate, southeast of Iraq. Seismic analysis of the true amplitude reflections, time maps, and 3D depositional models showed a sufficient seismic evidence that the Mishrif Formation produces oil from a stratigraphic trap of isolated reef carbonate buildups that were grown on the shelf edge of the carbonate platform, located in the area around the productive well Dujaila-1. The low-frequency attribute illustrated tha

The total -n reaction cross section for radioactive fission products have been
evaluated in the region of energy near the giant dipole resonance, from the threshold
energy up to around 30 MeV. The selected fission products lay in the range of
medium mass number, namely: 87Rb, 90Sr, 93Zr, 106Ru, 123Sn, 127Te, 129I and 137Cs.
These radioactive isotopes were chosen as part of the radioactive waste from 235U
fission. Total cross section results were used to calculate the number of incinerated
nuclei, and this method shows efficiency in reducing the radioactivity of these
isotopes. The obtained results show that the incineration rate of radioactive nuclei
increases with the flux of the incident -r

The core objective of this study was to investigate the physicochemical characteristics and fatty acid composition of the oils of sunflower, olive, virgin coconut and ginger oils, as well as the separation of their unsaturated fatty acids. The data indicated a significant variation in physicochemical properties (acid, saponification, ester, and iodine values) among oils. Transesterification process was carried out at a molar ratio of 1:7:0.1 of oil: methanol: KOH. Fatty acid methyl esters of oils were analyzed by infrared (IR) and gas chromatography–mass (GC-MS) spectrometry. Twelve fatty acids were identified, where the major fatty acid of  olive oil was found to be  oleic acid (89%), whereas those of sunflower and ging

     Carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) formed by one-step laser ablation in deionized water were carefully studied. Scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and U_V–V spectroscopy were used to obtain morphological, chemical, and optical properties of CNPs. SEM outcomes established that the synthesized nanoparticles are semi-spherical with a wide particle size distribution. Raman investigation showed two typical and expected peaks ~ (1300 - 2700) cm⁻¹, which are confirming to transverse and longitudinal modes of the carbon structure. The absorption spectra proved that the intensity of spectra increases as particle size and concentration increase.

The corrosion behaviour of carbon steel in 1M HCl solution containing various
concentration of methyl urea range (10-35×10-2)M at temperature range (285-
313)K was investigated. The corrosion inhibitive action of methyl urea on carbon
steel was studied using weight loss measurement and atomic absorption analysis to
find the amounts of dissolved metal in acidic solution in presence and absence of
methyl urea. The results showed that urea caused protection efficiency reached to
82% when (10-3)M methyl urea concentration was used. The coverage () of metal
surface by methyl urea could be obtained from the rate of corrosion in the presence
and absence of methyl urea in the acid solution. Results

     In this study the as-deposited and heat treated at 423K of conductive blende graphene oxide (GO) / poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) thin films was prepared with different PEDOT:PSS concentration (0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 and 1.0)wt% on pre-cleaned glass substrate by spin coating technique. The energy dispersive X-ray Analysis (EDX) show the existence of higher amount of carbon and oxygen related to hydroxyl and carbonyl  groups. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis of the as-deposited and annealed GO/PEDOT:PSS thin films blend indicated that the film prepared  show broad peak around 8.24 corresponding to the (001) level refers to GO, this peak shifted to the lower 2θ with increasing PEDOT:PSS concentr

The sewage water is the main sources of pollution for the Tigris river for that reason this study was done,The ability of nature treatment were examined along the path of alkarazi valley which was covered with reed plant also the phytoremidation were examined at the establish unit(surface flow system) which was vegetative with the plant Eichhornia crassipes .The result shows that elements which can be removed by precipitation efficiency removal like turbidity where its removal percentage at the unit of treatment reached 95.2 %where the percentage of removal through the Alkarazi was 50.4%.The removal percentage of E.coli at the unit was 90.2% where the percentage of removal through the Alkarazi was 52%.The biological oxygen demand removal

Suppose that  is a finite group and  is a non-empty subset of  such that  and . Suppose that  is the Cayley graph whose vertices are all elements of  and two vertices  and  are adjacent if and only if . In this paper, we introduce the generalized Cayley graph denoted by  that  is a graph with vertex set consists of all column matrices  which all components are in  and two vertices  and  are adjacent if and only if , where  is a column matrix that each entry is the inverse of similar entry of  and  is  matrix with all entries in  ,  is the transpose of  and . In this paper, we clarify some basic properties of the new graph and assign the structure of  when  is complete graph , complete bipartite graph  and complete

     The evaluation of the Nfayil limestones in Bahr Al-Najaf Depression as construction materials was done on 15 sites distributed over a region. The study included field and laboratory aspects. The field side included collecting information about the study area and samples. As for the laboratory side, laboratory tests were conducted to study the thermal conductivity of samples by a device called Lee’s disc in the Tikri University. The thermal conductivity results ranged between 2.34 and 0.27. The rocks are of high thermal insulation at low temperatures and low insulation at high temperatures according to the specifications of the suitability of limestone for thermal conductivity standards (ASTM C 1057-03-2010).

Two sensitive and fast spectrophotometric methods using batch and flow-injection procedures for the determination of paracetamol are proposed. The methods are based on the formation of a red dye between this drug and diazotized 4-nitroaniline in sodium carbonate medium. The reaction conditions are studied and optimized for both batch and flow injection procedures. The calibration graphs resulting from measuring the absorbance at 528 nm are linear over the ranges 0.5 – 20 and 1 – 150 μg mL-1 of paracetamol with relative standard deviations of 1.2420% and 1.5634% for batch and flow-injection methods, respectively. The methods are applied to the routine analysis of paracetamol in pharmaceutical preparations. The obtained results agree

Crud extracts of N. sativa seeds were prepared :Oil extract using soxhelt (OS), Oil extract using Reflux(OR),ethanol extract (EE), aqueous extract (AE )and buffer extract (BE).
The chemical tests indicated that N. sativa seeds have the active compounds include, alkaloids , tannins , glycosides, resins, saponins, coumorins and flavonoids The antimicrobial activity against 50 isolates (40 clinical isolates, 7 isolates from hospitals contamination and 3 standard strains )were studied by using disk diffusion and wells methods, the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and the minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) were determined by using agar dilution method . The results revealed that the most efficienty extracts were OR ,followed

Cretaceous stratigraphic water bearing units were evaluated hydrogeologically in combination with hydraulic parameters derived from single (productive) well test. The main recharge of water bearing units comes from percolation of precipitation. Generally all the tested wells taping water bearing units are productive wells and partially penetrating. The transmissivity values obtained by recovery test methods both by INFINITE EXTENT and AQTESOLVE 4.02 software programs reveal as high as double values calculated by constant pumping test methods, particularly for the Balambo aquifer, thus constant pumping test results were employed. While results for the Tanjero Formation are close and similar, therefore both methods were considered in calcu

Pseudomonas fluorescens isolate was isolated from soil. The antibacterial activity of crude extract of this isolate was determined against pathogenic bacteria (Klebsiella pneumonia, Staphylococcus aureus) which are isolated from patients with skin infections. The extraction of this substance was done and study it characterization after purified by silica gel chromatography, It was stable within range of pH (5-9) at 37 ºC for 24 hr. and inactivated by serum at concentration > 50%. The substance was soluble in methylene chloride, chloroform, acetone, sodium hydroxide and hydrochloric acid and it was insoluble in water, methanol, ethyl acetate and hexane.

Eight new binuclear metal complexes of pentaaza bimacrocyclic rings were prepared by condensation reactions of benzidine, formaldehyde, and o- phenylene diamine (o-p D) with one of the diketones: acetyl acetone (acac), dibenzoyl (DB), or dibenzoyl methane (DBM) in presence of Mn(II), Co(II), Cu(II), and Zn(II) chlorides, or with 1,2- dicyanobenzene (DCB) in presence of Zn(II) chloride in molar ratios of 1:4:4:2:2 respectively. Structures and bonding behaviour of complexes were characterized by elemental and thermal analyses, I.R and U.V-Visible spectra together with conductivity measurements and magnetic susceptibility. Octahedral geometries, were suggested for all prepared complexes. Five of the studied complexes exhibited fluorescence

This study showed that the flight ability index of the irradiated adult of
OWSWF, Chrysomya bezziana as 5 days old pupae with the doses ranged 15-90 Gy
was not significantly different from that of the control group during an experiment
carried out under laboratory conditions. But when the experiment was carried out
under field conditions, there was considerable decreases in the flight ability &
dispersal of the irradiated flies which irradiated as 5 days old pupae with the
following doses of gamma rays 45 & 75 Gy then released at the temperature of (18-
20)C, while an increases in the flight ability & dispersal were noticed if the flies
released at the temperature of (31-34)C &amp

The results of this study indicated that the the average number of 2nd and 3rd instars of dubas.
nymphs Ommatissus lybicus DeBerg. were consumed by Chrysoperla mutata MacL. larvae were 291.4 . The percentage of consumption were 9.13,29.34 and 61.53% for 1st ,2nd and 3rd instar larvae respectively.

This study was carried out for isolation of Pasteurella multocida from sheep and goat and identification by using biochemical and morphological characterization. On hundred eighty five samples included (nasal swabs blood and infected lungs) from animals with respiratory infection ,and from normal animals, were collected for this purpose. Twelve isolates of P.multocida were identified by using biochemical and morphological characterization total isolation was (7.6%) from sheep, and (3%) from goats .All isolates are susceptible for penicillin and chlormphenical , while other antibiotic like Cephalothin, Amigacin, Amoxicillin, Impicilin, Tetracycline,and Trimetheprium, show a different level of susceptibility consequently as well as this st

As a star explode as a supernova its ejecta will directly interact with relatively low density interstellar medium with high shock wave velocity, and due to this interaction many of forbidden emission lines will give a raise from both the excitation and ionization of the atom in the region. So, the study of these emission lines can reveal many physical properties of the region, in this case the remnant of the supernova, such as temperature, density, composition, and many other important physical processes. In this paper the optical spectrum of the young galactic supernova remnant which is the Crab Nebula has used, in order to calculate it’s electron temperature (Te) and electron density (ne) by using the [OIII] and [SII] forbidden line

Petrophysical data interpretation study has been done for ThiQar – Nasiriya oil field at the southwestern part of Iraq in order to build the 3-D lithofacies model of the Mishrif reservoir which currently is the main unit of bearing the oil in subsurface area covered about (447) km2. This study is achieved by using CMG, Petrel, Techlog, and other approval software. The study depended on the direct and indirect well logs data analysis supported with coring analysis, and drilling geological reports. The lithofacies of Mishrif Formation units detected form direct logs responses on behavior of SP, Resistivity, and GR logs, and from indirect analysis on behavior of (ØN-ρb) crossplots where the values of the both parameters projected in the