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Review Of Key Derivation Functions In Cryptographic Systems, Hasan Kadhim A. Alsuwaiedi, Abdul Monem S. Rahma

Al-Qadisiyah Journal of Pure Science

Because of its significance in the formation of the core of encryption/decryption algorithms, the key derivation function (KDF) or pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) plays a major part in the cryptographic system. Random numbers are required for the usage of encryption and decryption techniques in a variety of network security applications. In this research we Focus on key generation functions, which are an important aspect of symmetric and asymmetric algorithms. Disgusting the background of PRNG basics and attempting to characterize and evaluate several publications that offer proposals for key generators.

The Refractive Index Of Photonic Crystal Fibers As A Function Of Some Parameters And Temperature, Mohammed Salim Jasim, Nadia Al-Aboody

Al-Qadisiyah Journal of Pure Science

Photonic crystal fibers in the late period occupied a wide range of studies and research because of the ease of dealing with them in terms of design and installation, as there is a group of parameters used in them that can affect the refractive index of the pulse propagation through it, including the diameter of the air holes, the distance between the air holes and their number, as this study showed in addition to the aforementioned parameters The effect of temperature on the refractive index was also studied. It has been observed that with an increase in the diameter of …

Common Fixed Point Theorems By Using Two Mappings In B-Rectangular Metric Space, Qasim K. Kadhim

Al-Qadisiyah Journal of Pure Science

In this paper, the aim to obtain the existence and uniqueness of some common fixed point theorem on b-rectangular metric space by using new conditions including rational, maximum, minimum and combination for two mappings.

Environmental And Diagnostic Study Of Some Parasites In River Diwaniyah-Fish Of Al Xanthopterus, Abtisam Jasim Abbas

Al-Qadisiyah Journal of Pure Science

The current study was concerned with investigating parasitic infections in Barbus Xanthopterus fish in Al-Diwaniyah River, for the period (July 2020-December 2020). (218) fish were collected from three different locations along the Al-Diwaniyah River. The results of the laboratory examination indicated that the fish were infected with the parasite Chilodonella Cyprinid and Eimiria sinenis. The current study recorded changes in the physical and chemical properties of Al-Diwaniyah River water, as the water temperature values, measured turbidity values, pH, electrical conductivity, hardness and TDS recorded a clear variation during the months of the study. The results of the statistical analysis indicated …

Some Properties Of Almost Periodic Points In A Random Dynamical System, Qays Arif Wali, Ihsan Jabbar

Al-Qadisiyah Journal of Pure Science

No abstract provided.

Preparation And Study Of Tin And Gallium Thin Films On Silicon Substrates, Maher Nadher Abdullah

Al-Qadisiyah Journal of Pure Science

In this research, the ideal procedures were obtained for growth epitaxial layers of tin and gallium solutions which are solid solutions, and the two solutions of the molten material were dissolved on a silicon substrate. The results were to obtain the lowest dislocation density of thin films. The relationship between the dislocation densities of thin films and the thickness of the thin film was an exponential relationship between its variable values. Thin films with a compound containing a smooth structure varied in order were obtained by smoothly changing the lattice parameters of the gradient gap solid solution, and an ideal …

Correlation And Comparison Of Some Trace Elements And Their Related Proteins In Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus In Kalars City/ Kurdistan-Iraq, Hero Helal Muhammed Saed, Zeyan Abdullah Ali

Al-Qadisiyah Journal of Pure Science

No abstract provided.

Antibiotic Susceptibility Of Proteus Mirabillis That Isolates Of Diabetic Foot Ulcers In Al- Diwaniyah Hospital, Aseel Hussein Jaber, Suaad A. Fazaa Almiyah

Al-Qadisiyah Journal of Pure Science

The current study have been included 250 samples diabetic foot ulcer patients attending in Al-Diwaniyah Teaching Hospital and private clinics at a period of study from beginning October 2021 to February 2022, Isolates were identified by morphological form on blood agar and macConkey agar, traditional biochemical tests and then confirmed by Vitek 2 system. The result of bacterial culture have been recorded that only 80 samples had positive result to P. mirabilis formed (32%) of this result. Prevalence of P. mirabilis isolates in male more than female (34.78%) and (28.57%) respectively, after then were determination of antibiotics susceptibility pattern of …

Supra-Approximation Spaces Using Combined Edges Systems, Hussein R. Jaffer, Khalid Sh. Al’Dzhabri

Al-Qadisiyah Journal of Pure Science

The primary in this paper's notion, the i-space using incident edges system (resp. n-space using non-incidental edges system), is what this study is responsible for generating and investigating. Additionally, we used c-interior to define the c-lower approximations in generalized rough set theory (resp. i-interior and n-interior) Additionally, the c-upper approximations are defined using c-closure (as opposed to i-closure and n-closure), and some of its characteristics are studied.

Study Of Transitive Random Dynamical Systems, Salam T. Abbas, Ihsan J. Kadhim

Al-Qadisiyah Journal of Pure Science

No abstract provided.

Candida Spp. Associated With Covid-19 And Its Susceptibility To Some Antifungals, Mohammed Mudhafar Alkhuzaie, Neeran Obied Jasim

Al-Qadisiyah Journal of Pure Science

The aim of this study was to conduct a survey of the Candida species associated with COVID-19 viral infection in 150 patients who were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) in Al-Diwaniyah Teaching Hospital in Al-Diwaniyah City, Iraq, for a five-month period from October 2021 to February 2022. The results indicated the dominance of Candida spp. over the rest of the isolated fungal species, with 97 isolates (64.66%). C. albicans was shown to be the most abundant species with a percentage of 55.67 percent (P 0.05), compared to the other Candida species that were isolated (Candida tropicalis 13.4 percent, …

Fungal And Trichothecenes (Tct) Contamination Of Poultry Feed From Duhok Province, Kurdistan Of Iraq, L. F. Hussei A. A. M. Saadullah

Al-Qadisiyah Journal of Pure Science

Fungi are capable of reducing the nutritional value of food for human and animals and producing many mycotoxins. Mycotoxins-contaminated animal feed has adverse effects on productivity and animal health. As well, mycotoxins may be carried over into meat and eggs when poultry are fed with contaminated feed. Data on the occurrence of T-2 and HT-2 toxins in poultry feed from Kurdistan region of Iraq are very limited. T-2 toxin is the most toxic type A trichothecene mycotoxin. It is the secondary metabolite of the Fusarium fungi, and is common in grains and animal feed. Toxic effects have been shown both …

Omitted - Value Transformation For A Complex Differential Equations, Shatha S. Alhily, Fatima Ah. Mazloum

Al-Qadisiyah Journal of Pure Science

No abstract provided.

Comparative Physiology Study Of Side Effect Between Xenical And Lipo-6 Supplements Which Treated Obese Rabbets, Hayder Ghazib Abdulshaheed

Al-Qadisiyah Journal of Pure Science

Obesity is rapidly becoming a health problem, and it is considered a metabolic disease of epidemic proportions. Obesity is also associated with many comorbidities such as hyperlipidemia, fatty liver, atherosclerosis, cancer. Use of over-the-counter weight-loss supplements has become more common in the world; Xenical and Lipo-6 are two examples of nutritional supplements that do not pass safety research before being sold to the consumer. The ability of Xenical and lipo-6 supplements on DNA fragmentation in human lymphocytes was studied, where these cells represent important defense line of the body. On other hand, thirty white rabbits Iraqis in this experiment, weighing …

Steganography Using Syntactic Method, Saad Nasser Al.Azzam, Fahad Ali Al-Qarni

Al-Qadisiyah Journal of Pure Science

Information security, which is becoming more crucial as information sharing plays an increasingly significant part in the day-to-day activities of today's people, is one of the methods that may be used for information security. For the sake of information security, we present a method to linguistic steganography that is based on syntactic banks.

While the unprocessed input a phrase structure of the sentence is produced by parsing the sentence using the Stanford parser, which can create a phrase structure of the sentence.

They create the grammatical structure of the sentence. The input secret message is encoded using Shannon-Fano coding in …

Water Quality Evaluation Of The Main Drain In Dhi-Qar Governorate, South Iraq, Ali H. Nomas, Ayser Al-Shamma

Al-Qadisiyah Journal of Pure Science

The Main Drain is one of the largest irrigation projects which is used to collect drainage water from the lands extended on both sides of the water channel and diverts it to Shatt Al-Arab and from there to the Arabian Gulf. The Main Drain passed in Dhi-Qar Governorate to the northeast of Nasiriyah oil field in the Kati’a area, which is about 38 km from the center of the city of Nasiriyah. The objective of the present research is to evaluate the water quality, and its temporal change of the Main Drain, and if there is an impact of the …

The Kappa Opioid Receptor: Candidate Pharmacotherapeutic Target For Multiple Sclerosis, Brian Reed, Surya Dutta

Faculty Works: Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Studies

Multiple sclerosis (MS) afflicts millions of people worldwide. While multiple therapeutics have recently been developed and approved as treatment agents, they are not 100% effective. Recent developments investigating the endogenous opioid system involvement in MS has revealed that agonists of the kappa opioid receptor (KOR) have beneficial effects in both animal models of MS (and demyelinating disorders more generally) as well as in vitro models of remyelination. Several groups have contributed to this development. We summarize here the findings of these published studies, with comparisons of the effects and discussion of similarities and differences. The effects of KOR agonists involve …

Systemic Analyses Of Radiocarbon Ages Of Coexisting Planktonic Foraminifera, Jörg Lippold, Julia Gottschalk, Jean Lynch-Stieglitz, Matthew W. Schmidt, Sönke Szidat, Andre Bahr

OES Faculty Publications

We compare radiocarbon (¹⁴C) ages of coexisting planktonic foraminifera species from sediment cores VM12-107 and KNR166-2-26JPC from the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean for three time periods (Holocene, Heinrich Stadial 1, last glacial maximum). We find a maximum inter-species difference of 1200 ¹⁴C yr. On average, the ¹⁴C ages deviate by ∼300 yr between Globigerinoides ruber and other species. In most cases, this exceeds the analytical uncertainty range of the measurements and thus renders the choice of species for generating age models as important as sample weight. While modern stratified water-column profiles imply an increase in ¹⁴C …

Authigenic Iron Is A Significant Component Of Oceanic Labile Particulate Iron Inventories, Laura E. Sofen, Olga A. Antipova, Kristen N. Buck, Salvatore Caprara, Lauren Chacho, Rodney J. Johnson, Gabriella Kim, Peter Morton, Daniel C. Ohnemus, Sara Rauschenberg, Peter N. Sedwick, Alessandro Tagliabue, Benjamin S. Twining

OES Faculty Publications

Particulate phases transport trace metals (TM) and thereby exert a major control on TM distribution in the ocean. Particulate TMs can be classified by their origin as lithogenic (crustal material), biogenic (cellular), or authigenic (formed in situ), but distinguishing these fractions analytically in field samples is a challenge often addressed using operational definitions and assumptions. These different phases require accurate characterization because they have distinct roles in the biogeochemical iron cycle. Particles collected from the upper 2,000 m of the northwest subtropical Atlantic Ocean over four seasonal cruises throughout 2019 were digested with a chemical leach to operationally distinguish labile …

Interactions Of Bioactive Trace Metals In Shipboard Southern Ocean Incubation Experiments, Shannon M. Burns, Randelle M. Bundy, William Abbott, Zuzanna Abdala, Alexa R. Sterling, P. Dreux Chappell, Bethany D. Jenkins, Kristen N. Buck

OES Faculty Publications

In the Southern Ocean, it is well‐known that iron (Fe) limits phytoplankton growth. Yet, other trace metals can also affect phytoplankton physiology. This study investigated feedbacks between phytoplankton growth and dissolved Fe, manganese (Mn), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), and cadmium (Cd) concentrations in Southern Ocean shipboard incubations. Three experiments were conducted in September–October 2016 near the West Antarctic Peninsula: Incubations 1 and 3 offshore in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, and Incubation 2 inshore in Bransfield Strait. Additions of Fe and/or vitamin B₁₂ to inshore and offshore waters were employed and allowed assessment of metal (M) …

Abiotic Stress Mitigation: A Case Study From 21 Trials Using A Natural Organic Matter Based Biostimulant Across Multiple Geographies, Rachel L. Sleighter, Terry Hanson, David Holden, Kristen M. Richards

Chemistry & Biochemistry Faculty Publications

Crop productivity and yields can be greatly diminished by abiotic stress events including drought, extreme temperatures, excess moisture, and saline irrigation water. Multiple stressors occurring simultaneously can further exacerbate the strain on plants. Various types of biostimulants have been shown to mitigate abiotic stress and here, the results of 21 trials on corn, wheat, soybean, and various high-value crops are discussed in the context of the abiotic stress that either occurred naturally or was experimentally induced. Treatments in these trials included stressed and non-stressed plants, as well as either an untreated control or grower standard fertilizer applications alone and in …

Phosphorus Release And Recovery From Simulated Ferric Wastewater Sludge, Aseel Alnimer

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Phosphorus (P) is a fundamental element necessary for all life forms and a key component in the fertilizer industry. Meanwhile, the excessive load of P to water bodies due to human activities has the potential to promote eutrophication. Wastewater treatment plants remove P either biologically or chemically and produce P rich sludge which could be a potential renewable source for P. At present, commercial technologies exist for P recovery from biological wastewater sludge. However, P recovery from chemical sludge particularly iron(III)-phosphate (Fe-P) sludge generated in chemical P removal plants that use iron(III) salts remains a challenge.

This study explored, in …

College Of Natural Sciences 2022 Year-End Publication, College Of Natural Sciences

College of Natural Sciences Newsletters and Reports

This is the 2022 issue of the annual College of Natural Sciences year-end publication.

Contents:
[Page] 2 Dean's message
[Page] 3 Department highlights
[Page] 4 Overview of Bold & Blue Campaign
[Page] 5 Dr. Edward Hogan recognition & endowment
[Page] 6 Career milestones
[Page] 7 Student travel and research
[Page] 8 $11 million COBRE grant
[Page] 9 Professional Science Masters & Research highlights
[Page]10 Outreach highlights throughout the state
[Page] 11 2022 events recap – join us in 2023!
[Page] 12 Updates on our VR initiative
[Page] 14 Overview of awards and recognitions from 2022

How Akron Affects The Water Quality Of The Cuyahoga River, Allyson Darst

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

The purpose of this study was to analyze whether the city of Akron had negative effects on the Cuyahoga river, and determine if the Cuyahoga River was naturally able to remediate these effects downstream. The pollutants measured in this study include hardness, bromine, residual chlorine, iron, copper, lead, nitrate, nitrite, ammonium chloride, total chlorine, fluoride, carbonate, pH, total alkalinity and cyanuric acid. This study was done using water testing strips (JNW Direct) to test the water at four different locations along the Cuyahoga River downstream (North) of Akron. This study found that the city of Akron does have a negative …

Food Waste Storage Gaseous Emissions Detection And Quantification Using Infrared Spectroscopy, Ryley A. Burton-Tauzer

Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects

A growing interest in sustainable waste management and the implementation of new policies have prompted a shift towards alternative resource recovery methods for organic waste, including food waste. To effectively assess alternative food waste treatment scenarios, it is important to evaluate the life cycle impacts associated with each scenario. The storage phase of food waste, encompassing its accumulation in kitchens, and storage in bins for collection and transportation, has been overlooked as a source of greenhouse gases in previous studies. This investigation aimed to identify the greenhouse gases emitted during the initial five-day period of low-oxygen storage. An open dynamic …

Computational And Experimental Investigations Of Alkali Cation Interactions At The Rutile – Water Interface, Isaac Johnston

All Dissertations

Overall, the objective of this dissertation was to investigate the degree of sorption for the alkali cations on rutile to ascertain the impact of different cation properties, such as ion size and charge density, on sorption mechanics as well as probe how the ion may alter the surface – aqueous interface. Initial molecular dynamic simulations and batch experiments showed minimal surface sorption for any alkali cation at relatively low concentrations while simultaneously suggesting the enthalpy of deprotonation shifts slightly in the presence of the alkali cations at different ionic strengths. The cations are likely causing small reorientations of the near-surface …

Carbon Cycling And Critical Zone Dynamics In An Urbanized Karst Groundwater System, Amy Hourigan

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Increasing atmospheric CO₂ concentrations are correlated to rising global temperatures. Investigating the cumulative global carbon cycling processes is important to understand and quantify the global carbon cycle. By investigating basic geochemical parameters, EpCO₂, DIC, and δ¹³C_DIC, at four sites along Lost River Cave (LRC), in Bowling Green, Kentucky, concentrations, fluxes and sources of C dissolved in groundwater were determined. Urban karst groundwater systems, compared to more natural karst landscapes, typically exhibit widespread impervious, heat-absorbing surfaces, urban heat island effects, and increased anthropogenic groundwater inputs and localized CO₂ emissions. Carbonate hydrogeochemical …

The Binding Of The Micronutrient Transition Metals To The Alkylation Products Of Chemical Warfare Agent, Sulfur Mustard, And Thiols, Potentially Giving New Understanding To Physiological Effects Of Exposure And Increased Toxicity, Colin O'Donnell

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Model compounds, 3,6,9-trithaiundecane-1,11-dicarboxylic acid (TTDPA), 2,5,8-trithianonane-1,9-dicarboxylic acid (TTDAA), and 1,11-diamide-3,6,9-trithiaundecane (TTDAce), closely related to the adducts formed by cysteine alkylation of the chemical weapon, sulfur mustard, were synthesized. It is shown that TTDPA forms complexes with key metal micronutrients: copper, nickel, cobalt, manganese, and zinc. Though the strength of binding to TTDPA varies, the complexes in many cases precipitate from solution. All metals produced a visible precipitate upon interaction with TTDPA under the conditions tested, however only Cu2+, Mn2+, and Zn2+ produced enough to be measured. The mass of formed precipitate seemed to peak at an equimolar ratio of TTDPA …

Technical Note: On Uncertainties In Plant Water Isotopic Composition Following Extraction By Cryogenic Vacuum Distillation, Haoyu Diao, Philipp Schuler, Gregory R. Goldsmith, Rolf T. W. Siegwolf, Matthias Saurer, Marco M. Lehmann

Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research

Recent studies have challenged the interpretation of plant water isotopes obtained through cryogenic vacuum distillation (CVD) based on observations of a large 2H fractionation. These studies have hypothesized the existence of an H-atom exchange between water and organic tissue during CVD extraction with the magnitude of H exchange related to relative water content of the sample; however, clear evidence is lacking. Here, we systematically tested the uncertainties in the isotopic composition of CVD-extracted water by conducting a series of incubation and rehydration experiments using isotopically depleted water, water at natural isotope abundance, woody materials with exchangeable H, and organic materials …

College Of Natural Sciences Newsletter, September & October 2022, College Of Natural Sciences

College of Natural Sciences Newsletters and Reports

Volume 3, Issue 6

Page 1 Dean's Message
Page 2 Awards & Recognition
Page 3 Midwest Regional ACS Meeting
Page 4 North Central ASM Meeting
Page 5 Geography Department Travel
Page 6-7 Media Coverage of CNS
Page 7 REMAST Program at SDState receives national spotlight
Page 8 Celebrating the lives of those who touched the College
Page 9 Innovative Learning Spaces
Page 10 Open PRAIRIE Data
Page 11 2022 CNS Scholarship Brunch
Page 12-14 Fall 2022 Outreach Events