Background: A role for vitamin D deficiency in Parkinson disease (PD) has recently been suggested.

Objective:: To estimate the state of vitamin D in PD with an age-matched healthy control.

Type of the study: A case control study.

Method: The study randomly comparison of plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH] D) concentrations of collected samples in a clinical neurology department ward / Baghdad teaching hospital / Medical City and Parkinson disease movement disorder clinic. Participants were registered into the study from October 2015 to October 2016. We was study   serum vitamin D level in 40 consecutive patients with

Shrinkage and Creep, especially in light-weight concrete, are recognized as complicated phenomena that significantly impact the serviceability of concrete. This may be attributed to the significant influence of the surface layer's behavior at the interfacial transition zone (ITZ) between the aggregate and the surrounding cement paste on shrinkage and creep phenomena. In this article, the short-term creep and shrinkage of structural lightweight aggregate (LWA) concrete up to 90 days were studied. The concrete was made with a combined coarse and fine perlite aggregate, and the water cement ratio (W/C) was 0.4. Two types of fibers were used: polypropylene and recycled copper wire. Additionally, metakaolin was used as a pozz

Sustainable cell tower design is essential for minimizing the environmental footprint of expanding telecommunication networks, which traditionally prioritize signal coverage over sustainability. This study addresses this gap by proposing a holistic framework that integrates standardized sustainability metrics, advanced energy management systems, and modular design principles. The research aims to minimize environmental footprint while ensuring scalability and cost-effectiveness. A multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) model is developed to evaluate designs based on energy consumption, carbon emissions, lifecycle costs, and adaptability. The model was validated against operational tower data with a 5.4% Mean Absolute Perc

Previous studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of microbially stimulated calcite precipitation (MICP), produced by specific bacterial species such as Bacillus spp. , as a crack repair agent in cementitious materials. To explore its potential applications, this research investigated the effect of a bacteria-based self-healing agent on concrete containing recycled brick aggregate. The study involved isolating and culturing bacteria, identifying their species, inducing cracks, adding the bacteria, and measuring the repair efficacy of Bacillus spp.  Specifically, isolated bacteria were added to samples of solid pavement composed of recycled brick aggregate, and cracks of varying sizes were created. Using 16S RNA seque

Basketball is one of the sports that requires high mastery of motor skills, the use of electronic devices can stand for a qualitative leap in the methods of teaching its basic skills. Therefore, the importance of the research was to study the effect of exercises using an electronic device designed specifically to teach the performance of the skill of shooting from constancy. The research focuses on exploring the effectiveness of these devices in improving skill acquisition and increasing performance accuracy among physical education and sports science students, in line with modern developments in educational curricula. The two researchers used the experimental approach in the study, as it is the optimal option, The research community inc

Time and cost overruns are problems that persist in projects involving transportation infrastructure, especially in developing regions. This research examines the empirical relationship between time inflation (TI), which is defined as the percentage increase in project duration from the original schedule, and financial inflation (FI), which is defined as the percentage increase in project cost from the original budget for road and bridge projects in Iraq. The problem that the research aims to cover is the escalation in project costs associated with time inflation, with the aim of quantifying this relationship to aid in project planning and risk management. Using a quantitative method, data from 18 completed projects were

هدفت الدراسة التعرف على الضوابط القانونية للحبس الانفرادي للنزلاء وتأثيره النفسي والصحي والاجتماعي عليهم، كما تهدف الدراسة تحديد ضوابط الحبس الانفرادي ولإقاً لأبرز المعايير الدولية وهي قواعد نيلسون مانديلا لسنة 2015، بالإضافة إلى التشريعات الوطنية، وهي الفلسطيني، والأردني، والقطري، كما هدفت الدراسة التعرف على التأثيرات النفسية والصحية والاجتماعية للحبس الانفرادي على النزلاء، وقد استخدم الباحثون في هذ

The research aims to characterize the strategic plan of the Educational Professional Development Center, to reveal the most important training needs for teachers from this center, to reveal the extent to which this center meets those needs, and to identify the differences between teacher responses about the degree of importance, availability of those needs according to variables of sex, specialization, and years of experience. This descriptive study adopted a questionnaire applied to (256) teachers in the K.S.A. The results of the study showed that all training needs ranged in the degree of importance from large to very large and that the most important were the skills associated with communicating with members of the learning community.

الانتخابات هي أحد دعامات الديمقراطية، عليه لابد أن تتوافر الضمانات القانونية الوافية لصون الديمقراطية ومن أهم أوجه ذلك توفير قواعد خاصة تحكم الدعاية الانتخابية لما لها من بالغ التأثير على خيار الفئة الناخبة وبالتالي تشكيل المجلس النيابي والتشريعات وسياسة الدولة لعدد من السنوات.  بالتالي فهذه الدراسة تركز على ما قد يضلل الناخبين ويؤثر في اختياراتهم من سلوك المرشحين من ضمن ذلك ما يمكن تصنيفه كوعد انتخاب

This study aimed to analyze the scientific and practical role played by the Polar device in its contribution to improving the training process at Joya Sports Club in Southern Lebanon, especially with regard to keeping pace with modern technology achievements in sports training. The research is contributive and fills a gap between traditional flying work and the adequacy of data-driven training, as well as encourages other new Arab clubs to adopt it in an easy-to-implement model. The research method was descriptive-analytical, with the data being collected through semi-structured interviews with a sample of technical staff, players, and club management. It showed a drastic change in the training methods where device data was used to perso

يهدف هذا البحث إلى الكشف عن أثر الغرض في إنتاج المعنى في شعر الطبيعة الصقلي الذي اتسم في مظاهره الصامتة بالخلود لآثار الطبيعة الصقلية أنموذجاً واعياً لإنتاج المعنى عبر ذلكم الخلود الإبداعي بالتوثيق الجغرافي المكان الذي لن يُمحى أبداً. ووصف شعر الطبيعة الصقلي في مظاهرها الحية بالتنوع والشمول لأغلب مظاهرها في الشعر الطبيعي الصقلي، وكان ذاك التنوع شاملاً لتنوع المظاهر واتساعها المبين في إنتاج المعنى. شغلت ا

يتناول هذا البحث تجليات القيم القرآنية في بناء مجتمع متسامح، من خلال إبراز الأسس الأخلاقية والإنسانية التي أرساها القرآن الكريم لترسيخ ثقافة التسامح والتعايش السلمي بين أفراد المجتمع. ويسلّط البحث الضوء على مفاهيم قرآنية محورية، مثل العفو، والصفح، والإحسان، والعدل، واحترام كرامة الإنسان، ودورها في الحد من النزاعات وتعزيز الانسجام الاجتماعي. كما يستعرض البحث نماذج قرآنية وتوجيهات تربوية تؤكد أهمية الحو

Light naphtha treatment was achieved over 0.3wt%Pt loaded-alumina, HY-zeolite and Zr/W/HY-zeolite catalysts at temperature rang of 240-370°C, hydrogen to hydrocarbon mole ratio of 1-4 0.75-3 wt/wt/hr, liquid hourly space velocity (LHSV) and at atmospheric pressure.
The hydroconversion of light naphtha over Pt loaded catalyst shows two main reactions; hydrocracking and hydroisomerization reactions. The catalytic conversion of a light naphtha is greatly influenced by reaction temperature, LHSV, and catalyst function. Naphtha transformation (hyroisomerization, cracking and aromatization) increases with decreasing LHSV and increasing temperature except hydroisomerization activity increases with increasing of temperature till 300°C then

      Faces of the individual in his life many stressful events, which includes expertise undesirable, and events may involve a lot of sources of tension and the risk factors and threats in all areas of life, and this would make the stressful events play a role in the genesis of many diseases physical.            

The high blood pressure is one of the most Actual manifestations of mental stress in the present scale physical disorders which may frequently in men relative to women, which may be caused by spasms in the blood vessels.      

Drastic threat to the natural system is caused by the uncontrolled release of synthetic pollutants, including azo dyes. This study centered on the decolorization and biodegradation of water soluble azo dye reactive blue (RB) in a batch mode sequential anaerobic-aerobic processes. A local sewage treatment plant was the source where activated sludge was collected to be used as non-adapted mixed culture with both free and the alginate immobilized cells for RB biodegradation. Under anaerobic conditions, the free and immobilized mixed cells were proved to completely decolorize 10 mg/ L of RB within 20 and 30 h, respectively. Alginate- immobilized mixed cells, resulted in 88%, 87%, and 87% maximum COD removals with samples con

Parasitological investigation of piscivorous birds in Al-Hammar marsh south of Iraq during December-February 2004 and December 2005 were revealed that water birds infected with five nematode species, which belong to three different superfamilies, Desmidocercella numidica (Seurat, 1920) (Superfamily: Aproctoidea) from three piscivorous birds including Grey heron Ardea cinerea, Bittern Botaurusstellaris, and small white heron Ardeola ralloides; Avioserpens sp. 1 and Avioserpens sp. 2 (Superfamily: Dracunculoidea) from small bittern Ixobrychus minutus and black glossy ibis Plegadisfalcinellus respectively; Baruscapillaria sp. and Baruscapillarinae gen. sp. (Sup

الأهداف: تهدف هذه الدراسة إلى التعرّف على منصات التواصل الاجتماعي ودورها في المساهمة في معالجة السلوكيات المنحرفة من وجهة نظر الشباب الجامعي.
المنهجية: تُصنف هذه الدراسة ضمن البحوث الوصفية، وقد اعتمدت على المنهج المسحي، وتكوّن مجتمع البحث من طلبة كلية العلوم السياسية في جامعة بغداد للعام الدراسي 2024-2025، أما عيّنة البحث فقد بلغت 10‎‎%، إذ تم اختيار (100) طالبٍ منهم باستخدام أسلوب العيّنة ا

     فُحصت 100 عينة براز لبط بشكل عشوائي من خمسة مناطق مختلفة في محافظة بابل لكلا الجنسين و بأعمار مابين ستة شهور إلى سنة لتشخيص طفيلي الأبواغ الخبيئة (Cryptosporidium) وقد أظهرت النتائج إن نسبة الإصابة الكلية 8%. استعملت ثلاثة تقنيات تشخيصية مختلفة في هذه الدراسة لتشخيص أكياس بيض الطفيلي وهي الصبغة الصامدة للحامض المحورة (Modified Ziehl Neelsen) وتقنية التصبيغ بالأيودين وتقنية التطويف بالمحلول السكري المشبع. قيس

This study was aimed to determining a fitted forecasting method for the forecasting of crude palm oil prices at international and domestic market as well as fresh fruit bunch prices at collecting merchant and farmer level in Bengkulu Province market by considering three models, namely, double exponential smoothing, autoregressive integrated moving average, and classical decomposition.  The data used were monthly data of crude palm oil prices at domestic and world markets from January 2012 – October 2016 and January 2012 – April 2017, whi

Moina  macrocopa is a natural feed that can be cultured to producing ephippia as a bioproduct for fish and shrimp larvae feed. The number of males in the population affects the quality and quantity of ephippia produced.  This study was conducted with the purpose of examining the female age in M. macrocopa mating and examining the ratio male-female M. macrocopa in the mating on the quantity and quality of ephippia produced.  The treatment

The problem of present study is determined by answering the following questions:                                                                   

1) What is the effect of using the oral open- ended questions on Students' achievement in the third-stage of Arabic department in the college of Education? 2) What is the effect of the oral open-ended questions on developing the creative thinking of students in

    The main goal of the current research is to know -Environmental problems included in the content of the two science books (chemistry units) for intermediate stage

A list of environmental problems had been prepared  and  consisting of (8) main areas which are (air and atmosphere pollution, water pollution, soil pollution, energy, disturbance of biodiversity and environmental balance, waste management, food and medicinal pollution, investment of mineral wealth). Of which (60) sub-problems,  at that time the researcher analyzed the two science books (two chemistry units) for the intermediate stage of the academic year (2020-2021) in light of the list that was prepared, and the validity and consisten

Background: Penetrating neck injuries are common problem in our country due to increasing violence, terrorist bombing and military operations.
These injuries are potentially life threating and need great attention and proper management.
Objective: The aim of this study is to focus on the importance of anatomical zonal classification of the neck in the management of penetrating injuries of the visceral compartment of the Neck.
Methods :70 patients with various injuries who were managed at causality unit and Otolaryngology department in Al-Kindy Teaching Hospital during aperiod from January 1st 2015 to October 31st 2015.
The study carried on those patient depending on proper clinical examination and their urgent management.

Oil recovery could be impacted by the relation between vertical permeability (K_v) and horizontal permeability (K_h) (K_v/K_h). 4816 plugs that have been getting hold of 18 wells of Mishrif formation in the West Qurna oilfield were used. K_v/K_h data provided some scatter, but the mean is ~1. K_v/K_h =1 was used for the Petrel model before upscaling according to the heterogeneity of each layer.

K_v/K_h values for Mishrif Formation in West Qurna Oilfield are 0.8 for relatively homogeneous, 0.4 for heterogeneous rock, and 0.1 for cap rocks (CRII).

   Eclipse ^TM was used for reservoir simulation. PVT and SCAL data e

This study was aimed to investigate the potential adsorptive behavior of mixed algae for decolorization of methylene blue dye from aqueous solution in the form of free and immobilized. Effects of initial pH value (3-9), biosorbent dosage (0.02-0.5)g/L, and initial concentration (10-50) mg/L for different contact time (0-180) min at 200 rpm shaking speed were investigated. In addition, experimental data were analyzed using adsorption (Langmuir and Freundlich) isotherms as well as kinetic models. The results demonstrated that the maximum decolorization percentage was 93% and 91% by free and immobilized algae, respectively for pH 6, 10 initial concentration, 0.3g/10

This study was  investigated the P transformation in three soils gathered from different locations (Agricultural researches center in Tel Afar, Ain-Talawi and Sinu in Singar) in north of Iraq representing different gypsum content and land use [wheat (W), vegetable (V), uncultivated (Un)] after incubation period of (0, 5, 10, 30, 60, and 90) days. The soils were treated with 200 mg P kg^-1 as superphosphate (S) or 30 g kg^-1 soil manure as a cattle manure (A) or compost (p). The appropriate amounts of water were added to bring soil to estimated field capacity. After the specified time of each incubation period, sub-sample of soil analyzed

Disposal of plastic waste causes serious environmental problems, including landfills and water bodies degradation, greenhouse gas emission, soil contamination and so on. This study investigates the use of recycled plastic aggregate (RPA), as a partial replacement for conventional coarse aggregates by weight in lightweight concrete production. Concrete mixtures with different concentrations of RPA at (0, 15, 30, and 45%) were prepared and cured for 7, 14, 28, and 56 days. Including RPA into concrete reduced both density and compressive strength as the replacement level increased. Density decreased from 2,347 kg/m³ at 0% RPA to 1,895 kg/m³ at 45% replacement. Similarly, 28 days compressive strength decreased from 30.43 N

هدفت الدراسة للتعرف على تأثير القدرات الهوائية القصوى على بعض المؤشرات البيكوميائية وايضاً على بروتين mTOR المسؤول عن التضخم العضلي في الالياف العضلية لدى لاعبي كرة القدم وذلك من اجل معرفة فائدة التدريبات الهوائية القصوية في تطوير اللياقة البدنية بصورة عامة ودعم المؤشرات البيوكيميائية الخاصة بالنظام اللاهوائي وايضاً معرفة مدى تأثيرها سواء بالسلب او الايجاب على عمل بروتين mTOR المسؤول عن التضخم العضلي في دا

إن أهتمام الدول بالرياضة بشكل عام وبرياضة المعاقين بشكل خاص في تطور وتزايد مستمرين, لما له من أهمية بالغة ومؤثرة في المجتمع، ومن خلال أطلاع الباحث بصفته مدربا للمنتخبات الوطنية للشباب والمتقدمين بكرة السلة على الكراسي المتحركة للمعاقين, لاحظ القصور في إيجاد بحوث تعنى بالتحليل, للكشف عن المتغيرات المؤثرة في طبيعة اللعبة, وما لها من دور فاعل في تحقيق نتائج إيجابية، وعليه برزت لدى الباحث تساؤلان هما:×ماهي الم

The Messengers and the Imam of the God-fearing, Muhammad is God, his family, and all of his companions. As for what comes after... Fainting is one of the involuntary symptoms and states that occur to a person when carrying out his life’s tasks suddenly due to his loss of sense and movement, so he loses consciousness for a period of time that is short or may be long, and the person is held accountable and responsible for every moment of his life. He is required to perform duties specified by Sharia law, such as prayer, fasting, and Hajj...and fainting prevents him from performing these actions. We must consider the opinions of jurists and know the legal implications resulting from it. It was said that a person has a capacity that enable