The advancement of digital technology has increased the deployment of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) in our daily life. However, locating sensor nodes is a challenging task in WSNs. Sensing data without an accurate location is worthless, especially in critical applications. The pioneering technique in range-free localization schemes is a sequential Monte Carlo (SMC) method, which utilizes network connectivity to estimate sensor location without additional hardware. This study presents a comprehensive survey of state-of-the-art SMC localization schemes. We present the schemes as a thematic taxonomy of localization operation in SMC. Moreover, the critical characteristics of each existing scheme are analyzed to identify its advantages
... Show MoreCosts are considered the main factors in making pricing decisions in practical application for the availability of information related to these costs relatively to other factors in addition to the management direction toward covering costs in the long term , at least for the continuity of production .
Recently, the development occurred in the industry, the appearance of modern technology as a result of projects expansion and the use of automation in production that demands the increase of the activities for the purpose of productions engineering , and the concentration on examining and testing product before it is marketing , and the development of employees skil
... Show Moreنشط مسمىّ ( آية السيف ) مع الآية الخامسة من سورة براءة ( التوبة ) آخر السور نزولاً , وهو مسمّى شديد الصولة أفضى إلى إشكالية في فهم فلسفة الجهاد من منظور الشرع الإسلامي , إذ شكّلت الآية منطلقاً وركيزة لمقولات العنف التي تبنّتها الجماعات المتشدّدة بتوثيقات منبتها من التراث تلتقط صور الأحداث بإبتار وتقطيع , تقابلها توثيقات تربأ عمّا يقع في أوّل الخاطر، وتلك عرضتها في محورين , السياق المقامي الذي أظهر انضباط أحكام ال
... Show MoreWheat is rich in sources of fiber, oligosaccharides, and resistant starch, simple carbohydrates which may have a protective role against carcinoma. Additionally, Whole wheat/bran as well includes contains phytochemicals such as flavonoids, lignans, folate, phytosterols, phenolic acids, and tocols. The above phytochemicals suitable forms antioxidant and cholesterol-reducing activities. Phytoestrogens are regarded as especially essential in the preventative measures of hormonally dependent malignancies such as breast cancer (BC). In this study lowered BC risk has been associated with whole grain/bran consumption with an odds ratio (OR=0.24 and 95 %CI=0.10-0.56). Wheat/bran appears to have a reliable protective impact against BC. While intake
... Show Moreاستهل البحث مشكلته بدايةً من تشخيص الفجوة النظرية بين الطروحات الفكرية القائمة وصولاً الى إمكانية التطبيق، هادفاً التعرف على تأثير الادارة المرئية بأبعادها (الاظهار المرئي للمشكلات، استمرارية التواصل مع الواقع، تحديد الأهداف) في التسارع الاستراتيجي بأبعاده (وضوح الرؤيا، التركيز على الأهداف، التنفيذ) في الشركات النفطية العراقية. استند البحث في منهجه على وصف الظاهرة وتحليلها، مُختبراً فرضياتهِ في القط
... Show MoreOral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the most common malignant neoplasm of the oral mucosa. Human papillomavirus (HPV) virus cause a broad scope of diseases from benign to invasive tumors, types 16 and 18 classified as carcinogenic to humans. This study aimed to provide the first molecular characterization of HPV types in Iraq. Thirty-five unstimulated whole saliva samples were collected from histopathologically confirmed patients with oral cancer were enrolled in this study. Genomic DNA was extracted from exfoliating cells to amplify HPV-DNA using HPV-L1 gene sequence primers by polymerase chain reaction method (PCR), the viral genotyping was performed using direct sequencing method. HPV genotypes identified were deposited in Gen
... Show MoreThe paper purports to improve the accuracy of VARX (vector autoregressive with exogenous variables) models adopted for economic time series analysis through wavelet transform techniques applied for noise reduction. The research assessed various wavelet types, including Coiflets, Daubechies, Symlets, Biorthogonal, and Reverse Biorthogonal, for the most appropriate wavelet to be used for improving the performance of the models. Furthermore, it made use of the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) and Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC) for evaluating the efficacy of each wavelet in the dimension of noise reduction and predictive accuracy enhancement.
It is conclusively deduced that preprocessing through wavelet-based techniques marked
... Show MoreGiven the importance of increasing economic openness transport companies’ face various issues arising at present time, this required importing different types of goods with different means of transport. Therefore, these companies pay great attention to reducing total costs of transporting commodities by using numbers means of transport methods from their sources to the destinations. The majority of private companies do not acquire the knowledge of using operations research methods, especially transport models, through which the total costs can be reduced, resulting in the importance and need to solve such a problem. This research presents a proposed method for the sum of Total Costs (Tc) of rows and columns, in order to arrive at the init
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Basic Orientation and search path in determining the impact of creative thinking in cultural intelligence field research on the doctors competence, as is a theme of creative thinking great importance in spite of being a old , but his role at the individual level and / or organizational a sustainable effect toward developing a fact uncommon , any sense that one of the pillars of modernity and provide a unique future, as is the competitive weapon of the organizations in an environment dubbed fundamental change and provide all that is unfamiliar, and in the center of the field of research and objective measurement of creative thinking on doctors specialists at the construction of a state of the preference and
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Natural gas is characterized by features that made from it a fuel and a raw material for many industries. Deepening its position as a favorite fossil supplier between other types of fossil fuel is the efficiency, diversity of its uses, low costs and compatibility with the environment which leads to increasing of its uses then increased global demand. So, the natural gas must take its place as an important resource in Iraq and participate the oil in the economic development process of building and financing of the general budget.
Iraq is planning to continue of increasing the export capacity of raw oil to meet ambitious production targets emanating from the mai
... Show MoreThroughout this paper we introduce the concept of quasi closed submodules which is weaker than the concept of closed submodules. By using this concept we define the class of fully extending modules, where an R-module M is called fully extending if every quasi closed submodule of M is a direct summand.This class of modules is stronger than the class of extending modules. Many results about this concept are given, also many relationships with other related concepts are introduced.
إن المستحـدثات التقنية بوصفها أنشطة متمايزة تظهر وتؤثر ضـمن بنية اجتـماعية, تضيف أعباء ضاغطة تمـلي باستمرار تغييرا في الأشـكال والعلاقات الإنسانية وتعين على نشـوء أوضاع جديدة وغير متوقعة تنعكس على المعطيات الجمـالية والتجربة الفنية لتلك المجتمـعات, فقد أصبحت كل أوجه العلوم بما فيها المقاربات الإنسانية متأثرة بالتطور التكنولوجي, مما دفع الفنان الى البحث عن ماهية الفن وعن أنماطه المستـحدثة, التي تعتـمد عل
... Show MoreThe research aims to measure the impact of knowledge management processes individually and in total in the innovative marketing.
We depart search of a problem expressed in a number of intellectual and practical questions, the application of this research in the General Company for Vegetable Oil Industry, represented composed a sample of (63) (Director General and Deputy Director General and Director of the Department and the Division) in the company researched, it has been designed measuring instrument to collect the necessary data either statistical means they are the percentage and the arithmetic mean and standard deviation and coefficient of variation and the coefficient of simple correlation and model
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The paper aims to measure an aggregated banking stability index reflecting the degree of stability of the banking system to help policy makers to take the necessary actions to avoid financial crises facing banks and to achieve a banking system with high efficiency in terms of banking risk.
Therefore, the problem of paper is that the Central Bank of Iraq did not seek until 2016 to build a aggregated index for the purpose of identifying the stability of the banking situation in Iraq, but rather on the adoption of scattered indicators, which depend on the mechanism of relative changes in those indicators for the purpose of identifying the situation of b
... Show MoreThe organizational integration forms a necessity according to McKinsey model, especially for service organizations. In the context of various service sector developments, importance adoption of compact mechanisms by these organizations to upgrade their services has increased and senior management must be more aware of environmental, competitive and developmental requirements. It gets more important when it shows in an organization seeking at excellence of making services within its policies and strategies. Subject organizational integration dimensions (strategy, structure, systems, style, staff, shared values, and skills) are effective components in directing behaviors of employees and organization. This motivated both researcher
... Show MoreThe current research aims to find out the effect of strategic sensitivity in enhancing organizational immunity at the leadership levels in the Iraqi Ministry of Education, as the strategic sensitivity variable includes two dimensions (strategic foresight and strategic Insight), and the organizational immunity variable addresses three dimensions (organizational learning, organizational memory and organizational DNA). The main purpose of this research was related to the extent to which the Ministry’s immunity was achieved through the role played by strategic sensitivity. A sample of (349) individuals was selected . The questionnaire was relied upon to collect data, and the number of questionnaires suitable for analysis was (330). Respond
... Show MoreThe present study is an attempt to throw light on the nature of the US policy regarding the Middle East region as portrayed by AI-Sabah, Al-Mashriq and Tariq Al-Shaab papers over a period of three months from 1st of July to 30th of September 2013.
In writing this study, a number of goals have been set by the researcher. These goals may include but in no way limited to the nature of the US image as carried by the above three papers, the nature of the topics tackled by them and the nature of the Arab countries which received more and extensive coverage than others.
A qualitative research approach is proposed for the study. This approach has allowed the researcher to arrive at definite answers for the possible questions rais
... Show MoreThe popular art movement emerged in the mid-fifties in Britain in parallel with its appearance in America.. It was linked to contemporary social reality and what distinguishes this art is the most sophisticated and less aesthetic means and the most blatant in the field of media, ie back to the image used in the media, journalism, magazines, television and photo Which reflect the reality of the neutral artist. This research included the methodological framework represented by the research problem that emerged from pop art as a new experimental vision that emerged in the twentieth century and the importance of the research and its objectives and limits and the definition of terms. The theoretical framework dealt with evolution Technology,
... Show MoreThe prevalence of hydatidosis in sheep, goats and cattle, slaughtered at Baghdad Abattoir, was
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The study was conducted to measure diatom species diversity in the lotic ecosystem across the Wasit Province for 12 months. The quantitative study of diatoms (phytoplankton) was investigated in the Tigris river. The density of algae was ranged from 60989 cell×103/l to 112780.82 cell×103/l in the five sites. These algae were belonging to 39 genera. The richness index values ranged from 1.53 at site 5 in January 2016 to 6.34 at site 1 and June2015. Shannon-Weiner diversity index (H´) was 2.33 in February 2016 and 3.72 in June 2015 both values at site 3, whereas Evenness index was 0.54 at site 5 in March2016 and 0.98 at site 1 in both August2015 and May2016. The lack of homogeneity of the appearance of species indicates the dominance of a
... Show MoreReverse shoulder arthroplasty is an increasingly common surgical intervention. However there are concerns and known limitations in relation to such joint replacement, while novel designs of reverse shoulder prostheses continue to appear on the market. Many claim to offer improvements over older designs but such assertions are difficult to validate when there is no consensus as to how such implants should be tested in vitro or even if such testing is necessary. In order to permit appropriate in vitro testing of reverse shoulder prostheses a unique, multi-station test rig was designed which was capable of applying motion in three axes to test prostheses. The shoulder simulator can apply up to 110° of motion in the flexion–extension and abd
... Show MoreThis study was conducted in two phases included, production of high quality composts from Bio solids, and the enrichment of this compost through mixing the waste with buffalo, poultry and sewage sludge at ratios of 1: 3 of each and 1: 1: 1: 2 one of them the decomposition and curing process was completed during 14 weeks. Chemical, physical and biological characteristics of mature compost as well as its elemental component and its suitability as agriculture media were determined. The results showed that Coliform bacteria and Salmonella and Shigella did not appear at the end of maturation. Total fungi count continued to increase to end of maturation when temperature fell to
... Show MoreThe aim of this study is to investigate the effect of nano fertilizers and application method on growth and yield of date palm. The experiment was carried out at AL- Rabeaa date palms station - Department of Horticulture - Ministry of Agriculture on 10 years old of Khastawi date palm cultivar during 2016 - 2017. Factorial experiment (3×6) within randomized complete block design with three replications .carried out using two factors: the first was three application methods; foliar application, injection with trunk and soil fertilization (A1, A2, A3) respectively. The second factor was different types of fertilizer, seaweed extract of the
... Show MoreThe aim of this study is to measure the levels of heavy metals lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), chrome (Cr), nickel (Ni), arsenic (As), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu) and iron (Fe) in apple fruits with some selected rootstock from the Mitrovica region, Kosovo. The concentrations of heavy metals in soil and apple tissue plants were determined by using atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS). Compared with the reference site in contaminated areas, soil and plant contents of all analyzed metals are higher. The results of this study showed that different types of rootstock have different affinities for heavy metals. The average concentrations ranged from 1.85, 0.37, 6.88, 8.03, 0.05, 2.03, 4.36, 5.09 mg/kg for Pb, Cd, Cr, Ni, As, Zn, Cu and Fe wi
... Show MoreLaboratory and field experliments were conducted at the college of Agriculture, university of Baghdad during the spring season , 2012 to estimate the population density, seasonal abundance and the nature of damage of the corn leafhopper on 4 cultivars of corn . The results was showed that the infestation with the leafhopper Empoasca decedans ( paoli) begining after seedling emergence. Symptoms characterized by the presence of yellow lines on leaves which turn into brown and kill of seedlings in severe infestation . Two peaks of the leafhopper were observed during the growing season ,the first high peak of 16/leafhapper /trap occure during
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