In the present study, three different depth conversion methods have been used with varying equations at Mishrif Formation to determine the best method to produce better, more realistic and accurate interpretation results and to reduce the risk of future petroleum production wells drilling. Three horizons were picked (Tanuma, Mishrif and Rumaila) and converted into a two-way time grid surface. In addition, the velocity parameters (instantaneous velocity and rate of velocity change with depth) were computed and converted to the form grid surface from the well data, showing lateral velocity variation. Among the three models carried out, the Model 1 is considered the most accurate depth conversion method in this region according to
... Show MoreThe paper shows how to estimate the three parameters of the generalized exponential Rayleigh distribution by utilizing the three estimation methods, namely, the moment employing estimation method (MEM), ordinary least squares estimation method (OLSEM), and maximum entropy estimation method (MEEM). The simulation technique is used for all these estimation methods to find the parameters for the generalized exponential Rayleigh distribution. In order to find the best method, we use the mean squares error criterion. Finally, in order to extract the experimental results, one of object oriented programming languages visual basic. net was used
In this study, we investigate the performance improvement of titanium oxide (TiO2) nanocomposites as NO2 gas sensors for optimum sensitivity. The TiO2 nanocomposites were synthesized using a solvothermal method and were modified with different dopants and additives to enhance their sensing properties. The sensing performance of the TiO2 nanocomposites was evaluated in terms of sensitivity, selectivity, response time, and recovery time. The synthesized nanocomposites were successfully characterized using AFM, FTIR, SEM-EDX and XRD techniques. The results showed that the addition of additives such as TiO2/GO, TiO2-Ag/GO and TiO2- Al2O3
... Show MoreIn this paper, our purpose is to study the quaternary continuous classical boundary optimal control vector problem dominated by a quaternary linear parabolic boundary value problem. Under suitable assumptions and with a given quaternary continuous classical boundary control vector, the existence theorem for a unique quaternary state vector solution to the weak form is stated and demonstrated via the method of Galerkin. Furthermore, the continuity of the Lipschitz operator between the state vector solution to the weak form for the dominating equations and the corresponding are proved. The existence of a quaternary continuous classical boundary optimal control vector is stated and demonstrated under suitable Assumptions. The mathe
... Show MoreNanotechnology products such as titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2-NPs) can be used for viral infections because of their unique characteristics. The current study aimed to determine the impact of TiO2-NPs on HPV type 1 and 2 infections. The characterization of these NPs was performed using dynamic light scattering (DLS), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The MTT assay was used to determine the toxic impacts of TiO2-NPs on BHK-21 cells. The efficiency of TiO2-NPs was performed using several parameters, including TCID50 and RT-PCR assays. An indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA)
... Show MoreOne of the quasi-Newton update formulae, namely the Davidon-Fletcher-Powell method, is crucial for resolving nonlinear programming optimization problems. In order to achieve a Newton-like condition that depends on the function values and gradient vectors at each iteration, we construct an alternative positive-definite Hessian approximation in this study. The essential theorems are established to study algorithm convergence. The proposed approach is then tested on well-known test problems and then compared to the standard DFP method. The numerical outcomes demonstrate the effectiveness of the newly developed method.
The importance of a survey of Arabic root extraction algorithms is that it can provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of the field and the various approaches used for this task. This can be helpful for academics and professionals working on Arabic natural language processing projects, since it enables them to comprehend the advantages and disadvantages of several approaches and select the one that is best suited to the task at hand. A survey can also help to pinpoint areas that require more research and can serve as a springboard for fresh studies in this area. In general, a survey can enhance the study of Arabic root extraction and improve the quality of Arabic natural language processing tools. Researchers can
... Show MoreCredit card fraud has become an increasing problem due to the growing reliance on electronic payment systems and technological advances that have improved fraud techniques. Numerous financial institutions are looking for the best ways to leverage technological advancements to provide better services to their end users, and researchers used various protection methods to provide security and privacy for credit cards. Therefore, it is necessary to identify the challenges and the proposed solutions to address them. This review provides an overview of the most recent research on the detection of fraudulent credit card transactions to protect those transactions from tampering or improper use, which includes imbalance classes, concep
... Show MoreAn accumulation of aberrant cells called a brain tumor is the outcome of unregulated cell division. Brain cancers can be found using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The exponential growth of deep learning networks has allowed us to tackle complex tasks, even in fields as complicated as medicine. However, using these models requires a large corpus of data for the networks to be highly generalizable and have high performance. This dearth of training data makes it critical to explore methods such as data augmentation. In this sense, data augmentation methods are widely used in strategies to train networks, and with small data sets being vital in medicine due to the limited access to data, this work aims to identify the best class
... Show MoreEstimation for the reliability of a parallel redundant system with independent stress and strength Burr distribution (type ) probability density functions is considered. Estimation of the reliability parameters is conducted according to the non-Bayesian estimation methods, namely the maximum likelihood and shrinkage methods. The Bayesian estimation is also considered using the Jeffery and Gamma priors with squared error, quadratic and weighted loss functions. Finally, the reliability estimate is calculated and the best method for estimation for each case is given using the mean squared error criteria.
The Kumait oil field is located in the Maysan Governorate southeastern Iraq, which was studied and interpreted by using 2D and 3D seismic data provided by the Oil Exploration Company using Petrel software. The study concerned the Mishrif Formation belongs to the Cretaceous Age. The reflector was detected based on synthetic seismograms and well logs for Kt-1 well. Structural maps (two-way time, velocity, and depth) were derived from seismic reflection interpretations to show several structural features, such as four isolated irregular enclosures representing the Kumait structure plunging NW-SE and demonstrating that the Kumait oil field is influenced by the Najd fault system trending NW-SE. The stratigraphic interpretation used t
... Show MoreSpiro-isatin derivatives have been the subject of extensive research due to their diverse pharmacological properties and potential therapeutic applications. These molecules are characterized by a spirocyclic structure that includes an isatin moiety and one or more heterocyclic rings, resulting in a unique and versatile molecular architecture. In this work, a series of new spiro-isatin derivatives B1-12 were synthesized over two steps. The first step included a condensation reaction between isatin and various aromatic amines, affording the corresponding Schiff bases A1-12 in high yields (up to 96%). In the second step, A1-12 unde
... Show MoreThe primary objective of this study was to measure the expression profile of the signal transducer activator transcription 1 (STAT1) in the circulatory leukocytes of non-pregnant/pregnant ewes and test the possibility that it could be useful for detecting early pregnancy. Whole blood was collected from 20 ewes (control) and another 5 samples were taken on days (15, 25, 35, and 50). Also, blood was collected from 30 ewes on day 15 post insemination (PI) and another 10 samples were taken on days (25, 35, and 50) PI. Total RNA was isolated from peripheral blood leukocytes (PBLs), and STAT1 expression levels were determined by quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). Gene expression for STAT1 mRNA was 5.8-fold and 5.1
... Show MorePregnancy and delivery are physiological conditions that are marked by abrupt alterations to hormones, immunological and molecular characters. The current study aimed to evaluate oxytocin (OT), prolactin (PRL), cortisol and insulin growth factor-2 (IGF-2) levels as physiological biomarkers; programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1), programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1),interleukin-6 (IL-6) as immunological biomarkers, and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs; rs53576 and rs2254298) of oxytocin receptor gene OXTR as molecular factors in samples of Iraqi women undergoing caesarean section (CS) and normal delivery (ND). Blood samples were collected from 96 pregnant women at term with ages ranging between 16-43 years. Regar
... Show MoreThe risk of breast cancer development is believed to be attributed to the alterations of a number of key biological components. Within this context, elevated levels of some chemokines that act as growth factors and can promote cancer development. The current study was designed to evaluate CXCL3 (a chemokine C-X-C Motif Ligand 3) and leptin (a peptide hormone synthesized by adipose tissue with cytokine activity) serum of Iraqi breast cancer patients in comparison to healthy controls. A total of 90 participants consisted of 60 patients diagnosed with breast cancer and 30 healthy women as control group were enrolled into this case-control study. Venous blood samples were collected from all participants to evaluate CXCL3 and leptin
... Show MoreThe main aim of our study was to determine if the ACE2 rs2106809 and AGT rs699 polymorphisms increase the risk and severity of Covid-19 infection in Iraqi patients. This case-control study included 102 patients (mean age 52.66±18.82 years) and 92 healthy (mean age 37.88±14.19 years). The patients were grouped based on severity: hospitalized (n = 57) and non-hospitalized (n = 45). Demographic and comorbidity data was also collected. Genotype distribution of two selected SNPs ACE2 gene rs2106809 and AGT rs699 polymorphisms was performed by allele-specific PCR (AS-PCR) and sanger sequencing. The ACE2 rs2106809 C allele was associated to an increased risk of Covid-19 infection and the s
... Show MoreAn R-module M is called polyform if every essential submodule of M is rational. The main goal of this paper is to give a new class of modules named P-polyform modules. This class of modules are contained properly in the class of polyform modules. Several properties of this concept are introduced and compared with those which is known in the concept of polyform modules. Another characterization of the definition of P-polyform modules is given as an analogue to that in the concept of polyform modules. So we proved that a module M is P-polyform if and only if M)= 0, for each essential submodule N of M, which is pure in M, and a submodule K of M, with NÍKÍM. The relationships between this class of modules and some other rela
... Show MoreDoubts arise about the originality of a document when noticing a change in its writing style. This evidence to plagiarism has made the intrinsic approach for detecting plagiarism uncover the plagiarized passages through the analysis of the writing style for the suspicious document where a reference corpus to compare with is absent.
The proposed work aims at discovering the deviations in document writing style through applying several steps: Firstly, the entire document is segmented into disjointed segments wherein each corresponds to a paragraph in the original document. For the entire document and for each segment, center vectors comprising average weight of their word are constructed. Second, the degree of
... Show More Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most common infections caused mainly by Escherichia coli and the O-antigen and FimH & PapGII adhesion genes are among the most important virulence factors. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of some O-antigen in uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) and molecular characterization of the adhesion genes FimH & PapGII. 63 E. coli isolates (50.4% from total number of samples) were collected from urinary tract infection patients from July to October in 2021 and identified using molecular and biochemical tests. Seven antigenic types of uropathogenic E. coli were investigated, as well as the presence of
In this contribution, new derivatives of bicyclic fused rings with a bridgehead nitrogen atom were synthesized from the imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine derivatives C1 by reacting two moles of 2-aminopyridine and 4-aminoacetophenone with iodine in a one-pot reaction. This compound (C1) was then condensed with 2-nitrobenzaldehyde and 2,4-dichlorobenzaldehyde to form new derivatives of Schiff bases (C2 and C3). These Schiff bases were then cyclized to synthesize thiazolidin-4-one derivatives (C4 and C5), tetrazole derivatives (C6 and C7), and aza-β-lactam derivatives (C8 and C9
... Show MoreThis research aims to investigate the color distribution of a huge sample of 613654 galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Those galaxies are at a redshift of 0.001 - 0.5 and have magnitudes of g = 17 - 20. Five subsamples of galaxies at redshifts of (0.001 - 0.1), (0.1 - 0.2), (0.2 - 0.3), (0.3 - 0.4) and (0.4 - 0.5) have been extracted from the main sample. The color distributions (u-g), (g-r) and (u-r) have been produced and analysed using a Matlab code for the main sample as well as all five subsamples. Then a bimodal Gaussian fit to color distributions of data that have been carried out using minimum chi-square in Microsoft Office Excel. The results showed that the color distributions of the main sample and all
... Show MoreStaphylococcus haemolyticus is one of the most frequently isolated coagulase-negative staphylococci. The ability to form biofilm is considered as one of the most important virulence factors of coagulase negative staphylococci. There is only limited knowledge of the nature of S. haemolyticus biofilms. This study was aimed at evaluating the ability of S. haemolyticus strains to produce biofilm in the presence of copper oxide nanoparticles (CuONPs). The biological synthesis of nanoparticles is an environmentally friendly approach for large-scale production of nanoparticles. Copper oxide nanoparticles were produced in the current study from the S. haemolyticus viable cell filtrate
... Show MoreFemale reproductive aging is a normal phase of life that eventually leads to menopause and reproductive senescence. The current experimental investigation was intended to study zinc supplementation effects on early embryonic development and neonates in 26-28 weeks old female mice. In this investigation, 80 mature female mice were used that were divided into two groups of forty each. Two control groups received distilled water, while two Zn groups were given 0.115 mg/kg/day Zn orally daily during 2-3 estrous cycles. The female mice were all mated with adult males. Twenty female mice from both the control and Zn groups were euthanized by CO2 gas inhalation, and then a longitudinal incision in the abdomen of each female
... Show MoreGreen synthesis methods have emerged as favorable techniques for the synthesis of nano-oxides due to their simplicity, cost-effectiveness, eco-friendliness, and non-toxicity. In this study, Nickel oxide nanoparticles (NiO-NPs) were synthesized using the aqueous extract of Laurus nobilis leaves as a natural capping agent. The synthesized NiO-NPs were employed as an adsorbent for the removal of Biebrich Scarlet (BS) dye from aqueous solution using adsorption technique. Comprehensive characterization of NiO-NPs was performed using various techniques such as atomic force microscopy (AFM), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Brunauer-Emmett and Teller (BET) analysis, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Add
... Show MorePath planning is a challenging navigation problem that can be handled using multi-objective methods. This paper, present a thre
Path planning is a challenging navigation problem that can be handled using multi-objective methods. This paper presents a three-stage multi-objective path-planning method. The first stage is to locate the best or near-best solution path and avoid detected obstacles using a hybrid of the red fox–gray wolf optimizer (RFO–GWO), which finds a route from the start position to the target position. In the second step, a mutation operation using an evolutionary algorithm is utilized to enhance the length, integrity, and smoothness of the route generated by the RFO–GWO algorithm. The final step of
... Show MoreIn this work, the concept of the paracompact map has been generalized to other new types of maps, in addition to the fact that the paracompact map has been linked to these new maps. Accordingly, we will separate these new types of maps into two classes, the first class is called a strong form which implies a paracompact map under certain conditions. While the other class is called a weaker form of a paracompact map, whereas the paracompact map implies them. Finally, the composition operations of paracompact maps are studied.
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a blood cancer where high numbers of abnormal, immature lymphocytes called blasts start over-multiplying in the bone marrow. The lymphocyte cells and interleukins are crucial for controlling the immune response in tumor microenvironment. Many of the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of some interleukin genes may change protein synthesis or function and regulate the immune response. A lot of these changes have been connected to a high risk of developing cancer. Aim of this study was to investigate the potential association between IL-12 (+1188 A/C) (rs3212227) and IL-18 (–607 A/C) (rs1946518) polymorphism with serum levels of interferon-γ (IFN-γ) and tumor necrosis f
... Show MoreData generated from the internet and modern applications is extensive and rapidly expanding. So, all modern applications must successfully perform tasks using this massive data. Therefore, one of the significant factors for the success of any application is understanding and extracting meaningful information using digital analytics tools to positively impact the application's performance and deal with challenges that can be encountered. On the other hand, cloud computing is simply an environment comprising a collection of high-performance services from various vendors. These services can frequently access and process massive amounts of data faster than a traditional computer. One of these services is cloud analytics, which appli
... Show MoreNaturally occurring radioactivity was evaluated in the reservoir rock, surface soil samples, and oil production waste at the East Baghdad South (EBS) Oil Field. The radioactivity of uranium-238 (and radium-226), thorium-232, and potassium-40 were calculated in core samples from four geological formations: Al-Zubair, Al-Khasib, Tanuma, and Hartha Formations, which represent the oil reservoirs in the study area in addition to the natural GR and SGR logs for the oil well in EBS were calculated. The radioactivity of the above-mentioned nuclides was also measured for surface soil samples and waste samples from the site of the oil production industry at the EBS oilfield. The measurements included all the stages of oil production from
... Show MoreThis study aimed to evaluate the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP rs-9939609) of the fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene with body mass index (BMI) and some biochemical markers in obese patients. The fat and mass obesity (FTO) gene variant specific single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP rs-9939609) with the T to A missense mutation may have a powerful association with obesity. This case-control study included 106 obese patients (57 males and 49 females) and 80 healthy control (40 males and 40 females). DNA was extracted from whole blood, and then the tetra-primer amplification refractory mutation system - polymerase chain reactions (ARMS.PCR) technique was used to limit the single nucleot
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