Nickel (Ni) is considered a toxic heavy metal that causes serious diseases in humans and animals. Therefore, this study was conducted on common carp, which is considered an essential food item for humans. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of nickel exposure on the gene expression of glutathione peroxidase and metallothionein in common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.1785 (Common carp)), focusing on the effects observed after 3 and 6 weeks of exposure. The experimental fish's morphometric features were noted. All fish were stocked, regardless of gender.  Fish were subjected to varying concentrations of 20, 40, 68, 80, and 100 mg/L to obtain the LC50 for Ni during 96 hours which was 80 mg/L through 96 hours.  Additionally, the fi

The estimation of the stress–strength model is perhaps one of the most challenging concepts in reliability analysis. Therefore, in this paper, a new metaheuristic algorithm (BAT algorithm) is used to estimate the Stress strength reliability system for the generalized inverse Pareto distribution. Furthermore, some  statistical properties for generalized inverse Pareto distribution are derived. In a 
simulation study, the BAT algorithm and the classical Maximum Likelihood (MLE) method are compared using the Relative efficiency criterion. The results show that the BAT variant estimates the parameters more accurately than the MLE.

This study examined the fnbA gene, which plays a role in biofilm formation, in Staphylococcus aureus bacteria that were exposed to copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) produced using an aqueous extract from the leaves of Myrtus communis and Nerium oleander plants. A total of 54 S. aureus bacteria were isolated from wastewater samples. Gene expression analysis was conducted using a quantitative RT-PCR readyMix apparatus with a classical conventional PCR model of BIOER – Germany. The cDNA samples from S. aureus bacteria and fnbA gene were quantified using quantitative real-time PCR by applying SYBR green using a two-step RT-PCR method to determine the effect of CuNP

Workers in automotive repair shops are at risk of exposure to hazardous chemicals, which can have varying health consequences depending on the duration and intensity of exposure, and may ultimately contribute to environmental pollution. The objective of this study is to identify variations in the biochemical levels, including liver enzymes alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), lipid profile, and atherogenic indices (AIP) between workers in car mechanics workshops and occupationally unexposed participants in Baghdad. Blood samples were taken from 70 workers aged 18–50 at car mechanics workshops. The occupations included car maintenance (WI, n = 35), vehicle painting (WII, n = 35), and healthy males (C, n = 25

A novel benzothiazole derivative compound, [M1], was synthesized by reacting 4-aminoacetophenone with 2-aminobenzothiazole in the presence of glacial acetic acid as a catalyst, enabling the efficient formation of the target compound. Amic acid compounds [M2-M4] were synthesized from the reaction of compound [M1] with various cyclic anhydrides in dry acetone. Cyclic imides derivatives were synthesized by a dehydrated reaction of the prepared amic acid [M2-M4] with acetic anhydride and sodium acetate to produce the corresponding cyclic imides [M5-M7]. The synthesized compounds [M5-M7] reacted with Acetyl chloride to produce the corresponding acetamide derivatives compounds [M8-M10]. The polyether derivatives [M11-M13] were synthesized from

Image denoising is a computer vision task that mainly aims to remove unwanted noise from a given image while preserving all necessary details and related information. Detection of edges and smooth image generation are required criteria for measuring the quality of the image denoiser. This paper introduces a new model for image denoising based on total variation (TV). The unprecedented novelty total variation (NTV) model combines norm-based total variation (TV) and  norm-based TV regularization. This paper uses the implicit finite difference method to solve the NTV model numerically. The statistical measurements are used to compare the results obtained using the NTV model with those obtained using other models, which show the superiority

This study examines the problems with the assessment of river water quality, which is affected by multiple water quality parameters (WQPs) that have inherent uncertainties and uneven decision-maker judgments. To cope with these uncertainties, we use soft sets, fuzzy sets, and fuzzy soft sets. In particular, we first present the square root mean square (SQRTMS) and a water pollution score (WPS) for fuzzy soft sets and propose a novel water pollution assessment framework, i.e., the fuzzy soft multi-criteria group decision-making model (Ω-model). This model produces Ω score, a weighted water pollution score, to classify pollution levels. The proposed methodology is made on water quality indices of Haora River in Tripura India, which ser

Assessing landslide susceptibility is paramount in planning, implementing management plans, and mitigating risks in areas vulnerable to this hazard. The present study, based on the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Frequency Ratio (FR) in conjunction with Geographic Information Systems (GIS), aims to evaluate landslide susceptibility in the Oued Lebene watershed. Eleven causal factors determining landslides were considered, including elevation, slope, aspect, curvature, relative relief, lithology, precipitation, and distance to drainage, distance to road, NDVI, land use, and vegetation cover. By applying AHP and FR methods, a correlation between previous landslides and triggering factors was established to assess their influence on

In this study, nickel oxide nanoparticles (NiO-NPs) were synthesized using 
nickel nitrate hexahydrate and licorice leaves extract, which served as both a 
reducing agent and a capping agent. The optical, structural, and microscopic 
properties of the NiO-NPs were characterized using a range of techniques, including 
UV-visible spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, energy
dispersive X-ray analysis, field emission scanning electron microscopy, and atomic 
force microscopy. The bio-reducing potential of Licorice leaves was examined 
using gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy for phytochemical analysis of plant 
extract. Furthermore, cell cytotoxicity investigation was conducte

     Stable isotopes of water have many environmental benefits and applications, including water management to determine the origin of water, the age of ground waters, and the main pollution sources. An analysis was conducted on stable isotopes δ¹⁸O and δ ²H in rain samples obtained from a single location in Baghdad between 2013 and 2023. A statistical study was employed to determine the factors that affect the spatial and temporal isotopic fluctuations in rainfall. This work aimed to examine the impact of temperature, humidity levels, and precipitation rates on the isotopic composition of precipitation in Baghdad. The results showed that the MWL of Baghdad city, with a d- excess value of 12.69 , was higher th

In this paper we prove the following result. Let R be a non-commutative prime*-
ring of characteristic different from 2, then R is normal *-ring if and only if there
exists a nonzero Jordan*-derivation d: R→R be which satisfies [d(x), x] ∈ Z(R) for
all x ∈ R, and [d(h),s] ∈ Z(R) or [d(s), h] ∈ Z(R) for all h ∈ H(R), s ∈ S(R).

The ongoing changes in computer performance are affecting the efficiency of
string searching algorithms. The size of main memory in typical computers
continues to grow, but memory accesses require increasing numbers of instruction
cycles.
One of the most important data structure which is used to improve the string
searching is the Trie tree.
The name Trie comes from the word “retrieval”. This data structure dose not store
the data as specific elements, but rather as a path through the tree.
This research aims to improve the performance of the Trie tree by using a proposed
sample function in trie algorithm which improve space utilization and decrease the
number of the search levels in

Homologues series of some derivatives of 3, 5-(4-substituted phenyl)-l, 2, 4-
oxadiazole were synthesized and their phase behavior was studied. Introduction of
the pentagonal hetero aromatic ring leads to significant changes in mesomorphic
behavior. The synthesized compounds exhibit nematic phase.

In this paper a mathematical model that analytically as well as numerically
the flow of infection disease in a population is proposed and studied. It is
assumed that the disease divided the population into five classes: immature
susceptible individuals (S1) , mature individuals (S2 ) , infectious individual
(I ), removal individuals (R) and vaccine population (V) . The existence,
uniqueness and boundedness of the solution of the model are discussed. The
local and global stability of the model is studied. Finally the global dynamics of
the proposed model is studied numerically.

     The work in this paper focuses on solving numerically and analytically a  nonlinear social epidemic model that represents an initial value problem  of ordinary differential equations. A recent moking habit model from Spain is applied and studied here. The accuracy and convergence of the numerical and approximation results are investigated for various methods; for example, Adomian decomposition, variation iteration, Finite difference and Runge-Kutta. The discussion of the present results has been tabulated and graphed. Finally, the comparison between the analytic and numerical solutions from the period 2006-2009 has been obtained by absolute and difference measure error.

     Diabetes mellitus is a form of metabolic disorder where patients are incapable to organize glucose metabolism. The most common types are Type I and Type II, constituting about 10% and 90% of cases, respectively. The cause of type I diabetes, which usually spreads in children and adolescents, is the disability of the endocrine system to produce insulin. On the other hand, The most common type of diabetes,  type II diabetes, is often presented in adults. It is usually presented as a collection of insulin deficiency and insulin resistance. This work was done to estimate the count of microbiota in diabetics to find an appraoch for detection and follow-up treatment. The count of two types of bacteria Lactobac

The protective effect of vitamin E against acetaminophen (paracetamol) induced
hyperlipidemia in female rabbits was tested. Twenty female rabbits were randomly
divided into four groups (five animals in each group). The first group was dosed
with acetaminophen at 200 mg/kg (BW). The second group was dosed with 50
mg/kg. BW of vitamin E and the third group was treated with 200 mg/kg (BW) of
acetaminophen and 50 mg/kg (BW) of vitamin E, while the last was administered
with distilled water and considered as a control group. These animals were orally
dosed using a micropipette for 14 days.
The results showed that there was a significant (P<0.05) increase in serum
cholesterol, triglycerides, low-

Adult and nymph stages of German cockroaches Blatilla germanica were infested with two entomopathogenic nematodes, Steinernema carpocapsae and Heterorhabditis bacteriophora in vitro at 15, 20, 25o C. Results showed that S. carpocapsae was more virulent than H. bacteriophora at all temperatures over the exposure times of 24, 48 and 72 h. Infection of nymphs by S. carpocapsae at 20o C caused 100% mortality after 72h and 100% mortality of adults at 25 o C after 72h. Reproduction of S. carpocapsae significantly increased at 25o C after 72 h compared to H. bacteriophora.

The prevalence and the incidence trichomoniasis and other sexually transmitted
infections (STIs) correlated with risk factors among women attending family
planning unit in AL-Liqa'a Hospital are determined. Two hundred and fifty (250)
women complaining vaginal discharge were examined for the period from October
2010 till September 2011. From each women full history was taken including age,
duration of marriage, residence, occupation, previous history of vaginal discharge
and any history of STIs. Vaginal swabs tested microscopically and cultured on
appropriate media. Trichomoniasis was detected in 18 (7.2%) out of 250 women
included in this study. STIs were estimated in 58 (23.2%) women, and
tr

The effect of low level laser radiation on Staphylococcus aureus with different
exposure times has been studied. Thirty skin samples [swabs] were collected from
patients with burn and wound infections of Al-yarmouk teaching hospital, during the
period from November 2010 to March 2011. Ten isolates of S. aureus were identified by
their cultural characteristics, microscopic examination, and biochemical tests. The ten
isolates were exposed to diode laser [805nm] at different exposure times [1min., 3min.
and 5min.]. The activity of bacteria to produce alpha toxin and its sensitivity to
antibiotics were determined before and after irradiation. The result of alpha toxin
production of ten irradiated isola

A number of Lnx Oy rare-earth oxides where Ln = La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb,
Dy and Er, x=1, 2, 4, 6 and y=2, 3, 7, 11 have been studied by powder
diffractometry and pycnometry coupled with the simulation of their lattice
dimensions by empirically derived pair potentials using the GULP code.
Crystallographic analysis showed the oxides exist in the tri, tetra and mixed tri-tetra
valency with Bravias lattices: hexagonal- P, cubic- I and cubic- F as a result of the
oxidation state assumed by the Ln element that may be caused by the nature of the
oxide or preparation process involved. Unit cell volumes of the oxides that exhibit
identical Bravias lattices reflect a behavior that can be correlated with the atomic
num

A digital elevation model (DEM) is a digital file of terrain elevations for ground positions. It is a raster representation of the elevation of the ground and objects, such as buildings and trees, with pixel values in the images, as well as the wide range of uses and applications. In this research, the Easting, Northing, and Elevation, data set had been gathered, they collected by performing field survey using global Positioning system (GPS). Modified an interpolation method had been presented it depends on Quadrant and Octant methods to produce a DEM surface. Some classic techniques such as Nearest neighbor and universal Kriging, have been used for comparison purpose with the results of the new technique. A new technique has been used i

In this paper, an modify minimum eigen values technique is introduced to detect
edge points and outline the boundaries of objects within an image. The presented
edge method is performed by utilizing 3×3 and 5×5 windows, and counting the
eigenvalues within each. The minimum eigen value then adopted to replace the
window's center which finally produces an image. Two types of image samples were
used to test the propused method. Sobel type of edge detection then was applied and
the results were better in edge detection obviously.

An algorithm to recognize distorted Machine and handwritten characters is proposed. It uses a feature point extraction-based recognition approach. A new verification scheme, which deals with this problem, is presented. A new feature extractor set is introduced. This research explores best sets of feature extraction techniques and studies the accuracy and speed of the suggested procedures. Finally, experimental results on one database are presented, their results showing the robustness of the algorithm using small database.

Image registration plays a significant role in the medical image processing field. This paper proposes a development on the accuracy and performance of the Speeded-Up Robust Surf (SURF) algorithm to create Extended Field of View (EFoV) Ultrasound (US) images through applying different matching measures. These measures include Euclidean distance, cityblock distance, variation, and correlation in the matching stage that was built in the SURF algorithm. The US image registration (fusion) was implemented depending on the control points obtained from the used matching measures. The matched points with higher frequency algorithm were proposed in this work to perform and enhance the EFoV for the US images, since the maximum accurate matching po

In this study, four sampling stations were selected from two locates on the
Tigris river (Baghdad region) and others on the Euphrates river (Al-Anbar
Governorate) in order to determine concentrations, seasonal variation and pollution
intensity assessment of heavy metals (Ni, Cu, Pb, Mn and Cd) in the two rivers
sediments. Distribution of studied metals showed that stations in the Tigris river
generally had higher concentrations than stations in Euphrates river. Manganese was
found at high concentrations in all studied stations and ranged between 200 - 500
ppm, while Cd was found at the lowest concentrations and ranged between not
detected to 1.8 ppm during study period. Based on index of geoaccumul

In this paper, we characterize the unitary composition operator pC on the Hardy space 2H where p is a special automorphism of a unit open disk U such that. In addition to we study the compactness and essential normality of and give some other partial results.

Results of laboratory investigation in larvae of common carp fish , Cyprinus carpio exposed to Sumicidin ,Fenvalerate, and its residue, normally used as air sprays to control insects, that this insecticide was toxic to fish larvae. After exposure to the insecticide, some larvae were immediately killed ; others showed abnormal behavior and eventually either died or recovered depending on sumicidin dose received.The LC50 of Sumicidin to fish larvae exposed to insecticide during a period of 96 hour was 0.024 mg/L for fish 4-6 gm

Automatic features extraction remains an open research area in the satellite
images classification. While many algorithms had proposed for features extraction,
none of them solved the problem completely. This paper presented a new technique
for increasing the accuracy of the classification depending on color extraction from
selected band combination image and an acceptable classification results obtained
by comparing with traditional classification technique (parallelepiped technique).

Computer network technologies have grown rapidly in the last few decades. With the increased use of networked computers for critical applications, computer intrusions have been increased and became a significant threat to these systems and, thus Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) have become essential addition to security infrastructure of most organizations. This paper presents the design and implementation of a Network Node Intrusion Detection System (NNIDS) that support IPv4 protocol. It detects a variety of attacks which are directed to the resources of filing system. The implied detection rules are based on matching the predefined normal behavior of the system with the characteristics of the detected user’s events.
Several sim