Background: New data suggests that joint damage in Knee Osteoarthritis (KOA) may be caused by systemic factors like adipose tissue products; Adipokines, which may provide a
metabolic link between obesity & KOA. Recently, one of the known adipokines named LEPTIN has been linked to KOA because it can be detected in serum & synovial fluid of
patients with KOA.
Objective: To evaluate the contribution of Leptin & serum lipids to the pathophysiology of Osteoarthritis in Iraqi patients with Knee OA.
Subjects& Methods: The study was carried on 90 subjects divided into four groups: Knee Osteoarthritis cases group (n=60). Control group (n=30). Obese subjects group (n=60).
Non-obese subje

Background: Problem-based learning is becoming increasingly adopted in universities of higher education throughout the world.
Objective: This study is carried out to evaluate the application of this innovative approach in teaching in Hadramout University College of Medicine (HUCOM) in Yemen.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was designed to collect data from students through a well structured questionnaire. Students were classified into two groups: students in preclinical
phase (1-3 levels) and students in clinical phase (4-6 level). 
Results: Out of 372 students participated in the study; 19% in the preclinical phase know about PBL before joining the college while only 16% of students in clinical phas

هدفت الدراسة للتعرف على درجة مساهمة منصات التعليم عن بعد في الحد من التنمر الإلكتروني من وجهة نظر معلمات المرحلة الابتدائية، ولتحقيق أهداف الدراسة فقد اعتمد الباحثان المنهج الوصفي التحليلي، فيما تم استخدام الاستبانة كأداة رئيسة لجمع البيانات من عينة الدراسة والتي تكونت من (116) معلمة من معلمات المرحلة الابتدائية في منطقة عسير، تم اختيارها بطريقة عشوائية بسيطة، وقد توصلت الدراسة لعدة نتائج كان من أهمها: أن د

يسعى البحث إلى تقديم قراءةٍ للجهود اللسانيَّة التي بثَّها الدكتور عادل فاخوري 1939-2017في مؤلَّفاته وأبحاثه التي اشتغل عليها لما يُقارب الأربعين عامًا، ومراقبة الكيفيَّة التي نظر بها إلى التراث العربيِّ، في ضوء الرؤى اللسانية الحديثة.  وعلى الرغم من أنَّ فاخوري متخصصٌ بالفلسفة والمنطق الرياضيِّ إنَّنا نجد له كتاباتٍ وأبحاثًا لسانيَّة مهمَّةً، لم يُسلَّط الضوء عليها من قريبٍ أو بعيدٍ، فقد سطَّر الباحثُ في مص

The present study aims at scrutinizing the impoliteness types, causes, and purposes utilized by Iraqi English language learners when refusing marriage proposals. Thus, it attempts to answer the questions: (1) what are the impoliteness formulas used by the Iraqi learners of English in refusing marriage proposals?, and (2) What are their impoliteness triggers/causes and the purposes? The study is significant in bridging the gap that few linguistic types of research concentrate on studying intentionality and emotions allied with impoliteness. Data were collected from 35 Iraqi learners of English responding to 6 situations of marriage. The data were analyzed using Culpeper’s (2011) formulas of impoliteness and Bousfield’s (2007) impolite

It is often needed in demographic research to modern statistical tools are flexible and convenient to keep up with the type of data available in Iraq in terms of the passage of the country far from periods of war and economic sanctions and instability of the security for a period of time . So, This research aims to propose the use of style nonparametric splines as a substitute for some of the compounds of analysis within the model Lee-Carter your appreciation rate for fertility detailed variable response in Iraq than the period (1977 - 2011) , and then predict for the period (2012-2031). This goal was achieved using a style nonparametric decomposition of singular value vehicles using the main deltoid , and then estimate the effect of time-s

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يهدف هذا البحث الموسوم بـ (استـراتيجيات التناص في ديوان (زنابق برية) للشاعر يحيى السماوي) إلى دراسة استـراتيجية مفهوم التناص عند القدماء والمحدثين، وبيان مصادره، وأشكاله، واستـراتيجية ألوان التناص: كاستـراتيجية التناص المباشر وتضم هذه الاستـراتيجية استـراتيجيتين هما: استـراتيجية التناص المباشر الداخلي، واستـراتيجية التناص المباشر الخارجي. ويقصد بالداخلي تناص العبارات والتـراكيب من الرباعيات

This research aims to determine the extent of the contribution of organizational downsizing strategies to enhance the health of the researched organization represented by the Directorate of Education in Nineveh, and to achieve this goal, the study provided a simplified intellectual framework for the most important topics covered by writers and researchers for search variables, reinforced by an applied analytical framework for the opinions of (79) individuals responsible for the researched organization. The research adopted organizational downsizing as an independent variable that includes three dimensions represented by (reduction of human resources, job redesign, systemic strategy), while the organizational health represented th

The subject of the listen to the voice of the customer of topics relatively new in management thought, as it won the attention of many organizations of different types, because it is important to achieve success and to continue and superiority to them, so there is a need to study this term in the Iraqi organizations and try to diagnose the implementation of the study sample to listen voice of the Customer and its

Bacteria strain H7, which produces flocculating substances, was isolated from the soil of corn field at the College of Agriculture in Abu-Ghrib/Iraq, and identified as Bacillus subtilis by its biochemical /physiological characteristics. The biochemical analysis of the partially purified bioflocculant revealed that it was a proteoglycan composed of 93.2 % carbohydrate and 6.1 % protein. The effects of bioflocculant dosage, temperature, pH, and different salts on the flocculation activity were evaluated. The maximum flocculation activity was observed at an optimum bioflocculant dosage of 0.2 mL /10 mL (49.6%). The bioflocculant had strong thermal stability within the range of 30-80 °C, and the flocculating activity was over 50 %. The biofloc

This study was aimed to investigate the response of two types of ornamental herbaceous plants (Wedelia trilobata and Jacobaea maritima 'Cirrus') to different agricultural environments and the application of potassium silicates to the living walls system LWS (Felt layer system) under the climate conditions of Baghdad city. Each experiment involved the cultivation of a different plant species, and the study duration was from September 15, 2021, to August 1, 2022. A Strip-Plot Design experiment was conducted using two factors: factor M with four levels of substrates (50% peatmoss and perlite (M1), 50% Vermicompost and perlite (M2), 50% Water hyacinth compost and perlite (M3), 50% wheat straw compost and perlite (M4)) and factor S with

The aim of this investigation is to study and analysis the role of governance in the evaluation of the and social performance of the economic units to be addressed through the concept of corporate governance and then to the social performance and its relationship to corporate governance.

The most important obtained results from this research is that the corporate governance of extreme importance, and derive their importance from being an essential tool to contribute to the transparency and fair disclosure of the financial results of economic units in the fight against financial and administrative corruption in economic units, thus providing protection and confidence of all parties, and the evaluating soci

The research aims to identify the magnitude of the impact of external debt on the gross domestic product in Morocco, and the importance of research lies in the role that external debt plays in addressing structural imbalances, if it is best disposed of according to well-studied economic plans by specialists in this regard, especially if these debts are directed with Other resources, as it helps pay the costs of these debts (debt servicing) that the external debt also raises the level of gross domestic product, and the research starts from the hypothesis that: There is an effect of foreign debt on the GDP in Morocco, has contributed in one way or another to The exacerbation of the external debt, which affected the m

Tests were performed on Marshall samples and were implemented for permanent deformation and resilient modulus (Mr) under indirect tensile repeated loading (ITRL), with constant stress level. Two types of liquid asphalt (cutback and emulsion) were tried as recycling agents, aged materials that were reclaimed from field (100% RAP), samples were prepared from the aged mixture, and two types of liquid asphalt (cutback and emulsion) with a weight content of 0.5% were utilized to prepare a recycled mixture. A group of twelve samples was prepared for each mixture; six samples were tested directly for ITRL test (three samples at 25˚C and three samples at 40˚C), an average value for ITRL for every three samples was calculated (

The study aimed to reveal the level of knowledge and tendencies of high- study students specializing in curriculum and teaching methods at King Khalid University towards harmonious strategies with brain-based learning (BBL). And Then, putting a proposed concept to develop knowledge and tendencies of high-study students specializing in curriculum and teaching methods at King Khalid University towards harmonious strategies with Brain-based learning (BBL). For achieving this goal, a cognitive test and a scale of tendency were prepared to apply harmonious strategies with brain-based learning. The descriptive approach was used because it suits the goals of the study. The study sample consisted of (70) male and female students of postgraduate

The study aims to evaluate the removal of sulfur content from Iraqi light naphtha produced in Al-Dora refinery by adsorption desulfurization DS technique using modified activated carbon MAC loaded with nickel Ni and copper Cu as single binary metals. The experiments were carried in a batch unit with various operating parameters;  MAC dosage, agitation speed, and a contact time of 300 min at constant initial sulfur concentration 155 ppm and temperature. The results showed higher DS% by AC/Ni-Cu (66.45)% at 500 rpm and 1 g dosage than DS (29.03)% by activated carbon AC, increasing MAC dosage, agitation speed, and contact time led to increasing DS% values.  The adsorption capacity of MAC results was recorded (16,

Eighty one bacterial isolates were obtained from 53 soil samples of different plants rhizosphere. All the isolated bacterial were screened for antifungal effect against Fusarium oxysporum. Three isolates gave antifungal activity with inhibition zone ranged between (0.5-2.5 cm). Two isolates (Bd1 and Bd2) were Brevundimonas diminuta, while the third(Pf1) was Pseudomonas fluorescence .B.diminuta(Bd1) which used in this study isolated from Raphanus sativus gave the highest inhibitionzone against F. oxysporum.In green house experiment , seedling of tomato cultivar Lycopersicon esculentum . var. commune were treated with two concentration 1012 cell/ml(B12 ) ,1014 cell/ml (B14) of B.diminuta (Bd1) and planted in soil mixed with106 spores/gm(F)

In this work, L-Triptophan was coupled with diazotized 4-aminoantipyrine to give novel Mono azo ligand 2-(4-aminoantipyren)-L-Tryptophane (AAT). This prepared ligand was coordinated with chloride salts of [Ln=La(III), Ce(III), Nd(III), Eu(III) and Gd(III)] ions. The structural feature of the ligand and it's metal complexes were identified by elemental analysis FTIR, HMMR, UV-Vis spectroscopy, magnetic susceptibility and molar conductivity. Chloride ion content was also appointed by Mohr method. The spectral data and physicochemical studies declares that the ligand act as neutral N,O-bidentat Pentagonal bipyramidal structure has been suggested for all prepared complexes which were exhibited (1:2) metal:ligand ratio at optimum condition as

Repeated blood transfusion in beta thalassemia major patients may lead to peroxidative tissue injury by secondary iron overload. In the present study, 100 patients(50 male+50 female) with beta thalassemia major patients with age (5-20) years and 60 healthy control were included during their attendance at Abin Al_Baladi hospital in Baghdad. Malondialdehyde ,Superoxide Dismutase and Vitamin E, were measured by using kits.The results showed A highly significant (p<0.01)increase in the levels of Malondialdehyde and Superoxide Dismutase, whereas, significant p(<0.01)decrease in the levels of vitamin-E, This suggest that oxidative stress and reduced antioxidant defense mechanism play an important role in pathogenesis of beta thalassemia

To investigate the prevalence of cryptosporidiosis among neonatal lambs and sheep in different areas
of Baghdad include (Alshaab, Alshoala ,Albayaa, Alalawy, Madenat alsader, Aldorah, Alhosaenea,
Algazalea, Alrashdea) ,also the study investigated effect of sex ,age, season on the infected rate from
December 2007 till August 2008.
The laboratory methods were used to identified the oocysts :Modifide Ziehl Neelsen stain and flotation
with Shether’s solution .
A total of 500 fecal samples were collected from animals at one day -two years old lambs and sheep,
males and females
All fecal samples obtained from three groups of animals state: diarrhea , pasty and normal.
The study recorded total rate of cryptosporidio

Background:

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of probiotic prepared from Lactobacillus acidophilus & used
as immunostimulator to improve the humeral &cellular immune response in lambs vaccinated with the Rev-1 vaccine.
Lactobacillus isolated from intestinal contents of sheep after culturing on specific media &study the morphological &
biochemical characteristic Lactobacillus acidophilus was selected as probiotic after definitive diagnosis and depending
on their higher adherence ability to epithelial cells of the intestine and have high tolerance to low pH and bile salts .then
sensitivity test of the strain against antibiotics was done The experimental study included 15 lambs (age 5-8 months)
were eq

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of body condition score (BCS) and supplementary feeding
on the reproductive performance of Awassi ewes.
One hundred sixty Awassi ewes aged 3-5 years (Average live weight 47.41±0.76) were used in a
completely randomized design. Six weeks before mating ewes were screened for their body condition
score (BCS) and divided into two groups, low BCS (<2.0) and high BCS (>2.0) and ewes in each group
were subdivided according to BCS and to non-supplemented and supplemented groups (n=40 ewes
).Therefore, the four groups were:
1. Group (LBCN) = Low Body Condition Non-supplemented.
2. Group (LBCS) = Low Body Condition Supplemented.
3. Group (HBCN) = High Body Condition

Since the end of World War II, the United States of America began to look at the Gulf States and Iraq due to the possession of huge quantities of oil, after taking the American oil depletion in order to tighten control over the oil of these countries, has pursued various means, political and military, in the framework of its strategy So that it could achieve this control, which focused on control of production and prices, for the conviction that those who control oil impose control over the political decision of the countries of the world.

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