In this work, watershed transform method was implemented to detect and extract tumors and abnormalities in MRI brain skull stripped images. An adaptive technique has been proposed to improve the performance of this method.Watershed transform algorithm based on clustering techniques: K-Means and FCM were implemented to reduce the oversegmentation problem. The K-Means and FCM clustered images were utilized as input images to the watershed algorithm as well as of the original image. The relative surface area of the extracted tumor region was calculated for each application. The results showed that watershed trnsform algorithm succeedeed to detect and extract the brain tumor regions very well according to the consult of a specialist doctor a

Community detection is one of the most interesting issues nowadays, especially for complex networks. The main problem is to divide these networks into partitions called communities, which are characterized by dense connections inside each part but sparse connections between them. Most networks in the real world display a community structure that must be detected and recovered. There are many approaches (techniques) for detecting communities, which may be arranged in classes according to various bases, like the operational method or the adopted definition of community. However, just a few desired algorithms are applied and adopted for identifying communities, like optimization of quality functions. This review highlights the existing modu

In this paper, fuzzy single and multiobjective linear programming models are presented. Both the objective function and the constraints are considered fuzzyly.The coefficient of the decision variable in the objective functions and the constraints, as well as the right-hand side of the constraints are assumed to be fuzzy numbers with triangular membership functions. The possibility programming approach is utilized to transform the fuzzy model into its crisp equivalent form, and then a suitable method will be used to solve the crisp problem.

In this paper, we define two operators of summation and summation-integral of q-type in two dimensional spaces. Firstly, we study the convergence of these operators and then we prove Voronovskaya- type asymptotic formulas for these operators.

     Urotensin-II (UII), a pluripotent vasoactive cyclic peptide, exhibits the progression of cardiovascular diseases and the glucose metabolic disorder of insulin resistance. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is entirely associated with insulin resistance. This study aimed to demonstrate the association of UII with insulin resistance in diabetic and non-diabetic subjects. A total of 73 male and female subjects aged 40-60 years were recruited in this case-control study. They included 35 non- diabetic subjects with a body mass index of (BMI) ≤ 25 and 38 patients with Diabetes Mellitus and BMI ≥ 25. UII levels were assessed beside other vasoactive and clinical parameters.     The results re

Two isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were obtained from contact lenses weares with eye infection. P. aeruginosa isolates were able to produce gelatinase, elastase and protease. The P. aeruginosa isolates serotypes were A:p9 and F:P12 . The sensitivity of the isolates to the antibiotics was tested, the results showed that both isolates were resistant of the used antibiotics except Chloramphenicol and Ciprofloxacin. The ability of P. aeruginosa isolates to adhere to soft contact lenses was tested. The effect of the antibiotics )Chloramphenicol and Ciprofloxacin), soft contact lenses care solution, normal saline and sterilization solutions (drops) like Methadin and Nazordin and enzymes (Papain,Neuraminidase) on production of protease and

Let
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module, and let
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be a soft set over
. Then
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iff
,
is a fuzzy submodule of
. In this paper, we introduce the concept of fuzzy soft modules over fuzzy soft rings and some of its properties and we define the concepts of quotient module, product and coproduct operations in the category of
modules.

(10) Water samples were collected from Diyala River within Baqubah City, in
addition to two water samples, one sample from Diyala River before Baqubah city
and the other one after the city. (4) Sewage water samples were collected to the influence of sewage water on the quality of Diyala River which is discharged
directly to the river without treatment, sampling campaign achieved in February /
2011. Chemical analysis were conducted to measure the concentrations of major
contents & trace elements (Pb, Cd, Zn, Cu & Ni) to estimate the environmental
situation for Diyala River and its uses for different purposes. The results revealed
that the water samples have high concentration of some major contents especially<

In this work, semi-conducting ZnS compound was prepared as thin films onto glass
substrates at two different substrates temperature (673, 723) K using chemical spray
pyrolysis technique. X-ray diffraction was studied for the prepared films, the results
shows that the films was polycrystalline with a wurtzite (hexagonal) structure. The
optical properties of the films were studied by using VIS-UV spectrophotometer, the
absorbance and transmittance spectrum have been recorded at wavelength within the
range (300-900) nm. The optical characteristics were studied as a function of the
photon energy at the mentioned wavelength. The results appear that the transparency
of the films at visible region is rise from 70% to 90%

A series of new heterocyclic compounds of2-(5-substituted -Furfurylidene)-Indane-1,3-dione, were prepared and identified by their melting points, Infrared,Ultraviolate, and Nuclear magnetic resonance spectrua.

Our goal in this work is to describe the structure of a class of bimodal self maps on the compact real interval I with zero topological entropy and transitive.

In this study found treatment mice exposed to CCl4 with the alcoholic extract of Pleurotus ostreatus (P2) at (25) mg/ml appeared to exert a beneficial effect since the activities of catalase, was significantly (p<0.05) higher in liver treatment with alcoholic extract of P. ostreatus (P2) (37.290+2.638) μmol/mg than in aqueous extract for the same fungus (36.557+2.231) μmol/mg. Super oxide dismutase (SOD) was significantly (p<0.05) higher in liver treatment with alcoholic extract of P. ostreatus (P2) at (25) mg/ml (17.863+0.454)U/mg than in aqueous extract (17.863+0.454) U/mg for the same fungus and same concentration. Glutathione peroxidase (Gpx) was significantly (p<0.05) higher in liver treatment with alcoholic extract of P.

      The biostratigraphy of the Early Cretaceous Mauddud Formation was studied in the Ratawi Oilfield, Basra Governorate, southern Iraq, using integrated borehole data set (core and cutting samples and well logs) in two drilled wells to analyze the biostratigraphy of the formation.  One hundred eighty-three slides for both selected wells were investigated. The formation is composed of light grey dolomitized limestone and pseudo-oolitic creamy limestone with green to bluish shale. Three biozones were discriminated, these are: Orbitolina qatarica range zone; Orbitolina sefini range zone and Orbitolina concava range zone. The age of these biozones extends to include the Late Albian (Orbitolina qatarica<

     Brick factories distributed within the study area use fuel oil to complete the burning of the bricks, were high amounts of gases and suspended particles with different concentrations of heavy elements are produced and cause air and soil pollution. It is noted that the workers suffer from respiratory diseases and other health problems. This study is an attempt to detect the sources and concentrations of pollutants and to propose modalities for their treatment and reduction. Air and soil samples were collected from different sites in Abu Smeache brick factory in Al-Kifl area to the south of Babel city, Iraq, during two seasons (summer and winter). The process also included collecting and modelling of dust and soil

Most includeding techniques of digital watermark even now working through the direct inclusion in the pixel without taking into account the level of compression (attack) that can go wrong, which makes digital watermark can be discarded easily. In this research, a method was proposed to overcome this problem, which is based on DCT (after image partitioned into non overlapped blocks with size 8×8 pixel), accompanied by a quantization method. The watermark (digital image) is embedded in DCT frequency domain seeking the blocks have highest standard deviation (the checking is only on the AC coefficients) within a predetermined threshold value, then the covered image will compressed (attacked) varying degrees of compression. The suggested met

Quantum dots (QDs) of cadmium sulfide (CdS) was prepared by chemical
reaction method with different potential of hydrogen (pH) values. The
morphological and optical measurements of cadmium sulfide QDs were considered
by atomic force microscopy (AFM), ultraviolet-visible (UV-VIS.) and
photoluminescence (PL) spectrometer respectively. The energy gap (Eg) was
calculated from photoluminescence spectra were found to be about 2.7, 2.6 and 2.5
eV at pH values 8, 10 and 12 respectively for CdS QDs. The decreasing of energy
gaps is rises from the effect the pH solution increases, which in turn leads to the
shifted of the PL spectrum toward red shifted, which creates the energy bands at
surface states are shallow bands.

Polymer composites were prepared using epoxy resin (EP) and unsaturated polyester (UPE) as a blend matrices, which were mixed together in different percentages (starting from 90:10) of (epoxy/polyester) respectively, and ending with (50:50) of (epoxy/polyester). The optimum mixing ratio (OMR) of the components was decided upon the results of the impact strength value of these blending ratio, which showed the highest value of (16.3) KJ/m2 for the blending ratio (80:20) of (EP/UPE) respectively.
The blend with (OMR) was chosen to be reinforced with three different weight fractions of reinforcement; the 1st one was reinforced with nano titanium oxide (TiO2) with a weight fraction (2% wt.), the 2nd one was reinforced with both nano (TiO2)

This research aims to explore the potential of curcumin as an efflux pump inhibitor to potentiate the antibacterial activity of tobramycin against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. From a total of 175 samples, 93 isolates of P. aeruginosa were successfully isolated and identified through 16S rRNA confirmation. Disc-diffusion method was used to choose the most-resisted antibiotic. The minimum inhibitory concentration of antibiotic tobramycin alone and in combination with curcumin were evaluated by agar dilution method. The expression of mexZ was also analyzed using quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction in the presence of antibiotic and antibiotic with curcumin. The minimum inhibitory concentration of tobramycin

In vitro fertilization (IVF) program patients have elevated anxiety levels. Therefore, they immediately contact fertility doctors through existing communication media to get treatment. However, fertility doctors cannot respond quickly due to high workloads. The intelligent health system that implements the Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) model is widely used to assist doctors in handling patient complaints. However, the system provides opportunities for modification so that the performance of the CBR model increases and further assists fertility doctors in handling IVF patient anxiety. This study modified the CBR model by integrating several previous research results (CCBR similarity formula, combination of CBR with Rule-Based Reasoning, the

     The research deals with an evolutionary-based mutation with functional annotation to identify protein complexes within PPI networks. An important field of research in computational biology is the difficult and fundamental challenge of revealing complexes in protein interaction networks. The complex detection models that have been developed to tackle challenges are mostly dependent on topological properties and rarely use the biological  properties of PPI networks. This research aims to push the evolutionary algorithm to its maximum by employing gene ontology (GO) to communicate across proteins based on biological information similarity for direct genes. The outcomes show that the suggested method can be utilized to improve the

    In this paper, some new types of regularity axioms, namely pairwise quasi-regular, pairwise semi-regular, pairwise pseudo regular and pairwise regular are defined and studied in both ech fuzzy soft bi-closure spaces (  bicsp’s) and their induced fuzzy soft bitopological spaces. We also study the relationships between them. We show that in all these types of axioms, the hereditary property is satisfied under closed fs bi-csubsp of . Furthermore, we define some normality axioms, namely pairwise semi-normal, pairwise pseudo normal, pairwise normal and pairwise completely normal in both  bicsp’s and their induced fuzzy soft bitopological spaces, as well as their basic properties and the relationships between them are studied.

A computer program has been created to calculate the Roche Limit of the rings and satellites of Saturn, showing that many of the rings of the planet are located outside the Roche Limit and still intact and do not accumulate and clump since ancient times, and that many of Saturn satellites are located within the Roche Limit and have not been influenced and crumbled by the tidal forces of the planet. The change of the rings width was studied as a relative function of the mass with the distance from the planet, and the satellite diameters change as a relative function of the mass with the distance from the planet. The results were compared with the condition of the planets and the sun showing almost similar change in the two cases, which in

The Objective of the present work is to estimate the concentration levels of some
heavy metals (Cd, Co, Cr, Fe, Ni and Pb) in the soil of Basra city- south of Iraq and
indicating to the probable pollution resources with these heavy metals. To achieve
this aim (35) soil samples were collected from all over Basra city as well as
comparing the concentrations of the heavy metals in soil of Basra city with their
concentrations in soils taken from (6) rural regions (Diayla, Haditha, Sinjar, Kirkuk-
Musol road, Basra-Kut road, south of Emmara city) which are far away from the
sources of pollution. Soil samples includes( industrial, commercial, residential and
agricultural) areas (one sample for each area)

For a connected topological space M we define the homeomorphism and period noncoincidence indices of M, each of them is topological invariant reflecting the abundance of fixed point free self homeomorphisms and periodic point free self maps defined on M respectively.
We give some results for computing each of these indices and we give some examples and some results relating these indices with Hoffman index.

The aim of this study was intend to study the effect of rifampicin drug on the level of liver enzymes in rabbits. Eight rabbits were used in this experiment and they were divided into two groups. The first group (control group) was administrated with 15 mg /ml/day normal saline for 35 days, while the second group (treated group) was administrated with 15 mg/ml/day for 35 days of rifampicin capsule (300 mg/kg). This study examined the influences of rifampicin drug on the concentration of Aspartate aminotransferase (ALT), Alanine aminotransferase (AST), total bilirubine and alkaline phosphates in rabbit sera. The results showed that there were a significant increase (p<0.05) in ALT concentration in rifampicin treated group compared with

The algal species Secenedesmus quadricauda was used to remove nickel ions from contaminated water (under laboratory conditions). It was exposed to different concentrations of nickel (2, 4, 6 and 8) ppm in order to measure it capacity to remove and tolerate this metal.
The results showed that the alga was able to remove this metal with percentages of
98, 53.5, 55.33 and 43% for the concentrations 2, 4, 6 and 8 ppm, respectively, in
the eighth days of the experiment period, while this ability was decreased in the
fourteen days of the experiment period to: 80, 43.25, 36.83 and 26.62 % for the
concentrations 2, 4, 6, and 8, ppm respectively, as a result of death for some algal
cells. So, it was concluded that th

The spread of Coronavirus has forced populations around the globe to adopt strict measures such as lockdown, home quarantine, and home office. Moreover, in the current development of network communications, people can exploit internet and intranet features in many systems that need to be faster, more efficient, and available on time. Furthermore, with the benefits of using internet-of-things (IoT), through which things are generated, gained, discovered, and proposed without interference, the user could receive the last status without exertion and direct contact (i.e., in a contactless manner). These specifications can be used in a transaction system. This paper proposes an electronic transaction system (ETS) as a replacement for the curr

    Smishing is the delivery of phishing content to mobile users via a short message service (SMS). SMS allows cybercriminals to reach out to mobile end users in a new way, attempting to deliver phishing messages, mobile malware, and online scams that appear to be from a trusted brand. This paper proposes a new method for detecting smishing by combining two detection methods. The first method is uniform resource locators (URL) analysis, which employs a novel combination of the Google engine and VirusTotal. The second method involves examining SMS content to extract efficient features and classify messages as ham or smishing based on keywords contained within them using four well-known classifiers: support vector machine (SVM), random

     This study aims to figure out how to calculate water recharge using the soil conservation service method, one of the most widely used methods for calculating runoff volume following rainfall. The research is being conducted in Ameriat Al-Falluja City, Al-Anbar Governorate. The Iraqi meteorological organization's Baghdad Airport and Al-Ramadi stations provided data on the research area from 1989 to 2020 as total annual rainfall (123.1 mm), the RH% (43%), the mean monthly T (23.6 °C), total evaporation (3169.61 mm), the wind speed (3.1 m/s), and the sunshine duration (9 h/day). The climate of the study area is described as arid. The total evapotranspiration value quantity is 1137.38 mm for the 32-year comparison period, while the

     The most common artifacts in ultrasound (US) imaging are reverberation and comet-tail. These are multiple reflection echoing the interface that causing them, and result in ghost echoes in the ultrasound image. A method to reduce these unwanted artifacts using a Otsu thresholding to find region of interest (reflection echoes) and output applied to median filter to remove noise. The developed method significantly reduced the magnitude of the reverberation and comet-tail artifacts. Support Vector Machine (SVM) algorithm is most suitable for hyperplane differentiate. For that, we use image enhancement, extraction of feature, region of interest, Otsu thresholding, and finally classification image datasets to normal or abnormal image.