استخدم تعدد الطرز الوراثية لمورث مستقبل فيتامين د عند الموقع FokI لتقييم تاثيرتعدد الطرزالرواثية على مستويات فيتامين د وهرمون الذكورة وهرمون الحليب في امصال مرضى سرطان البروستات وتضخم البروستات الحميد مقارنة بالأفراد الأصحاء. تم تضخيم موقع الحصر FOKI لمورث مستقبل فيتامين د باستخدام تقنية TaqMan RT-PCR وجد أن الطراز الوراثيTT له تأثير حماية من الاصابة بسرطان البروستات وتضخم البروستات الحميد بنسبة 70% و50 % على التوالي، في حين كان الطراز الوراثي CC مرتبطا 100% بكل من سرطان البروستات و تضخم البروستات الحميد و لم يكن توزيع الطرز الوراثية TT و TC و CC متسقًا مع معادلة هاردي واينبرغ في مرضى سرطان البروستات حيث ظهر فرق معنوي بين القيم الملاحظة والمتوقعة باختبارمربع كاي عند مستوى معنوية P ≥0.05. ، و لم تظهر هذه الاختلافات في المرضى الذين يعانون من تضخم البروستات الحميد أو مجموعة السيطرة. بينم اتأثر مستوى فيتامين د بالطراز الوراثي CC لـمستقبل فيتامين د - FOKI بشكل ملحوظ في مرضى سرطان البروستات مقارنة بمستوياته في الطرز الوراثية TT وTC . ولم يكن هناك اختلاف في مستوى فيتامين د بين الطرز الوراثية الثلاثة في مرضى BPH ومجموعة السيطرة الاصحاء. لم تظهر الطرز الوراثية تأثيرا على مستويات هرموني الذكورة والحليب بين المجموعات المدروسة. ويمكن الاستنتاج أن تأثيرتعدد الطرز الوراثية لمستقبل فيتامين د- FOKI مرتبط بمرضى سرطان البروستات العراقيين أكثر من تضخم البروستات الحميد مع نقص فيتامين د في مصل الدم.
Trickle irrigation is a system for supplying filtered water and fertilizer directly into the soil and water and it is allowed to dissipate under low pressure in an exact predetermined pattern. An equation to estimate the wetted area of unsaturated soil with water uptake by roots is simulated numerically using the HYDRUS-2D/3D software. In this paper, two soil types, which were different in saturated hydraulic conductivity were used with two types of crops tomato and corn, different values of emitter discharge and initial volumetric soil moisture content were assumed. It was assumed that the water uptake by roots was presented as a continuous sink function and it was introduced into Richard's equation in the unsaturated z
... Show MoreAdsorption of lead ions from wastewater by native agricultural waste, precisely tea waste. After the activation and carbonization of tea waste, there was a substantial improvement in surface area and other physical characteristics which include density, bulk density, and porosity. FTIR analysis indicates that the functional groups in tea waste adsorbent are aromatic and carboxylic. It can be concluded that the tea waste could be a good sorbent for the removal of Lead ions from wastewater. Different dosages of the adsorbents were used in the batch studies. A random series of experiments indicated a removal degree efficiency of lead reaching (95 %) at 5 ppm optimum concentration, with adsorbents R2 =97.75% for tea. Three mo
... Show MoreAn electrocoagulation process has been used to eliminate the chemical oxygen demand (COD) from wastewaters discharged from the Al-Muthanna petroleum refinery plant. In this process, a circular aluminum bar was used as a sacrificial anode, and hallow cylinder made from stainless steel was used as a cathode in a tubular batch electrochemical Reactor. Impacts of the operating factors like current density (5-25mAcm-2), NaCl addition at concentrations (0-2g/l), and pH at values (3-11) on the COD removal efficiency were studied.
Results revealed that the increase in current density increases the COD removal efficiency, whereas an increase
In this research, beam expander, BEX, is explained and designed for illuminating the
remote flying target. The BEX is optically designed to be suited for Nd:YAG laser of given
specifications. The BEX is modified to be zoom one to meet the conditions of preventing the
receiving unit; i.e the photodetector, from getting saturated at near and far laser tracking.
Decollimation could be achieved by automatic motor, which controls zoom lens of the BEX
according to the required expansion ratio of beam expander
In current study, the dye from flowers petals of Strelitzia reginae used for the first time to prepare natural photosensitizer for DSSC fabrication. Among five different solvents used to extract the natural dye from S. reginae flowers, the ethanol extract of anthocyanin dye revealed higher absorption spectrum of 0.757a.u. at wavelength of 454nm. A major effect of temperature was studied to increase the extraction yield. The results show that the optimal temperature was 70 °C and there was a sharp decrease of dye concentration from 0.827 at temperature of 70 °C to 0.521 at temperature of 90°C. The extract solution of flowers of S. reginae showed higher concentration in acidic media, especially at pH 4 (0.902). The
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