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Studying Association Between Thyroid Disorders And Helicobacter Pylori Infection In Iraqi Patients, Abdulwahid B. Al-Shaibani, Sanad B. Al-A’Araji, Sarah T. Al-Mofarji

Baghdad Science Journal

This study was aimed to investigate the association between thyroid disorder and Helicobacter pylori infection in 122 patients (100 females and 22 males )and for comparison, 60 healthy individuals (31females and 29 males),who had no thyroid disorder, were also included in the study. Blood samples were collected from both patients and the healthier individuals. Enzyme Linked Fluorescent Assay (ELFA) technique through using Vitek Immuno Diagnostic Assay System (VIDAS) was applied to measure levels of the thyroid hormones (tri-iodothyronine T3, tetra-iodothyroxine T4) and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH). From the results obtained, patients were classified into three groups: 40 were considered as …

Estimation Of Serum Osteocalcin Levels In Osteoporotic Postmenopausal Iraqi Women With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Kadhim K. Ghudhaib, Kismat M Turaki, Sabreen A. Muzal

Baghdad Science Journal

Background: Osteoporosis (OP) is a systemic disease characterized by low bone mass and micro architectural deterioration of bone tissue, resulting in an increased risk of fractures and has touched rampant proportions. Osteocalcin, one of the osteoblast-specific proteins, showed that its functions as a hormone improves glucose metabolism and reduces fat mass ratio. This study is aimed to estimate the osteocalcin and glucose level in blood serum of osteoporotic postmenopausal Women with and without Type 2 Diabetes.Materials and methods: 60 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis divided into two groups depending on with or without T2DM, 30 patients for each. Serum samples of …

Corrosion Behavior Of Copper And Carbon Steel In Acidic Media, Ekhlas A. Salman Al-Zubidy, Rana A. Hummza

Baghdad Science Journal

The corrosion behavior of copper and carbon steel in 1M concentration of hydrochloric acid (HCl) and sulphuric acid (H2SO4) has been studied. The corrosion inhibition of copper and carbon steel in 1M concentration of hydrochloric acid (HCl) and sulphuric acid (H2SO4) by Ciprofloxacin has been investigated. Specimens were exposed in the acidic media for 7 hours and corrosion rates evaluated by using the weight loss method. The effect of temperature (from 283 ºK to 333 ºK), pH (from 1 to 6), inhibitor concentration (10-4 to 10-2) has been studied. It was observed that sulphuric acid environment was most corrosive to …

Is Serum Amylase Normal In Women With Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome?, Jwan A. Zainulabdeen

Baghdad Science Journal

Background :Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common cause of infertilityin reproductive-age women , it is an important harbinger of metabolic disorders. It has been reported that hyperamylasemia can be used as marker of ovarian cancer patients.The current study was conductedto evaluate amylaseactivity and to estimate the correlation of this enzyme with insulin and insulin resistance in PCOS patients.Methods:This study was conducted on forty five patients with PCOS in comparison to twenty five women as control. Fasting blood sample was taken from each subject and analyzed for amylase activity , FSH,LH, Insulin , proteins, and blood sugar , meanwhile …

Synthesis, Characterization And Stability Study Of V(Iv), Zr(Iv), Rh(Iii), Pd(Ii), Cd(Ii) And Hg(Ii) Complexes With Pyrazol Derivative, Sinan M. Al-Bayati, Enaam M. Rasheed, Maysoon A Al-Soodani, Sarab M Salah

Baghdad Science Journal

In this work lactone (1) was prepared from the reaction of p-nitro phenyl hydrazine with ethylacetoacetate, which upon treatment with benzoyl chloride afforded the lactame (2). The reaction of (2) with 2-amino phenol produced a new Schiff base (L) in good yield. Complexes of V(IV), Zr(IV), Rh(III), Pd(II), Cd(II) and Hg(II) with the new Schiff base (L) have been prepared. The compounds (1, 2) were characterized by FT-IR and UV spectroscopy, as well as characterizing ligand (L) by the same techniques with elemental analysis (C.H.N) and (1H-NMR). The prepared complexes were identified and their structural geometries were suggested by using …

Adsorption Of Some Metal Ions From Aqueous Solution On Iraqi Rice Bran And Its Relation To The Physical Properties Of These Metal Ions, Samir Mahmood Jasim

Baghdad Science Journal

Adsorption studies were carried out to test the ability of the Iraqi rice bran (Amber type) to adsorb some metals divalent cations (Cd2+, Co2+, Cu2+, Fe2+, Ni2+, Pb2+, and Zn2+) as an alternative tool to remove these pollutants from water. The Concentrations of these ions in water were measured using flame and flamless atomic absorption spectrophotometry techniques. The applicability of the adsorption isotherm on Langmuir or Freundlisch equation were tested and found to be dependent on the type of ions. The results showed different adsorptive behavior and different capacities of the adsorption of the ions on the surface of the …

The Modified Quadrature Method For Solving Volterra Linear Integral Equations, Mahmood A. Shamran, Sami Abdulla Abid

Baghdad Science Journal

In this paper the modified trapezoidal rule is presented for solving Volterra linear Integral Equations (V.I.E) of the second kind and we noticed that this procedure is effective in solving the equations. Two examples are given with their comparison tables to answer the validity of the procedure.

Convergence Of The Generalized Homotopy Perturbation Method For Solving Fractional Order Integro-Differential Equations, Sameer Qasim Hasan, Ali Adnan Abdul Sahib

Baghdad Science Journal

In this paper,the homtopy perturbation method (HPM) was applied to obtain the approximate solutions of the fractional order integro-differential equations . The fractional order derivatives and fractional order integral are described in the Caputo and Riemann-Liouville sense respectively. We can easily obtain the solution from convergent the infinite series of HPM . A theorem for convergence and error estimates of the HPM for solving fractional order integro-differential equations was given. Moreover, numerical results show that our theoretical analysis are accurate and the HPM can be considered as a powerful method for solving fractional order integro-diffrential equations.

New Iterative Method For Solving Nonlinear Equations, Rasha J. Mitlif

Baghdad Science Journal

The aim of this paper is to propose an efficient three steps iterative method for finding the zeros of the nonlinear equation f(x)=0 . Starting with a suitably chosen X0 , the method generates a sequence of iterates converging to the root. The convergence analysis is proved to establish its five order of convergence. Several examples are given to illustrate the efficiency of the proposed new method and its comparison with other methods.

Vawa @ 20: Hiv, Violence Against Women, And Criminal Law Interventions, Aziza Ahmed

City University of New York Law Review

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Genotypic Study Of Two Virulence Factors Fimh And Kpsmtii In Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli Isolates From Children Patients With Urinary Tract Infections, Zahraa A. Abed, Khalid A. Habib, Zaid N. Abass

Baghdad Science Journal

Adhesion (type 1 fimbriae) and host defense avoidance mechanisms (capsule or lipopolysaccharide) have been shown to be prevalent in Escherichia coli isolates associated with urinary tract infections. In this work, 50 uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) isolated from children with urinary tract infections were genotypically characterized by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay. We used two genes; fimH and kpsMTII, both of them previously identified in uropathogenic E.coli (UPEC) isolates. The PCR assay results identified fimH (90.0)% and kpsMTII (72.0)% isolates. In the present study, was also demonstrated that these genes may be included in both or one of them within a …

Synthesis And Spectral Analysis Of Mn (Ii), Cu (Ii) ,Ni (Ii) And Cd (Ii) Complexes With Mixed Ligands Containing 1,10-Phenanthroline And Schiff Base Derived Of 4-Aminoantipyrine, Waleed Ali Mahmoud, Israa Hmood Ibraheem

Baghdad Science Journal

The complexes of Schiff base of 4-aminoantipyrine and 1,10-phenanthroline with metal ions Mn (II), Cu (II), Ni (II) and Cd (II) were prepared in ethanolic solution, these complexes were characterized by Infrared , electronic spectra, molar conductance, Atomic Absorption ,microanalysis elemental and magnetic moment measurements. From these studies the tetrahedral geometry structure for the prepared complexes were suggested.The prepared ligand of 4-aminoantipyrine was characterized by using Gc-mass spectrometer .

Baysian And Nonbaysian Methods To Estimate The Two Parameters Of Logistic Distribution, Iden H. Alkanani, Sara S. Taher

Baghdad Science Journal

In this paper ,the problem of point estimation for the two parameters of logistic distribution has been investigated using simulation technique. The rank sampling set estimator method which is one of the Non_Baysian procedure and Lindley approximation estimator method which is one of the Baysian method were used to estimate the parameters of logistic distribution. Comparing between these two mentioned methods by employing mean square error measure and mean absolute percentage error measure .At last simulation technique used to generate many number of samples sizes to compare between these methods.

Oscillations Of First Order Neutral Differential Equations With Positive And Negative Coefficients, Hussain Ali Mohamad, Muntaha Yousif Abdullah

Baghdad Science Journal

Oscillation criterion is investigated for all solutions of the first-order linear neutral differential equations with positive and negative coefficients. Some sufficient conditions are established so that every solution of eq.(1.1) oscillate. Generalizing of some results in [4] and [5] are given. Examples are given to illustrated our main results.

Data Visualization For Network Simulations, Luiz Felipe Perrone, Greg L. Shrock, Christopher S. Main

Faculty Journal Articles

As many other kinds of simulation experiments, simulations of computer networks tend to generate high volumes of output data. While the collection and the statistical processing of these data are challenges in and of themselves, creating meaningful visualizations from them is as much an art as it is a science. A sophisticated body of knowledge in information design and data visualization has been developed and continues to evolve. However, many of the visualizations created by the network simulation community tend to be less than optimal at creating compelling, informative narratives from experimental output data. The primary contribution of this paper …

Determinants Of The Irish Bail System Before And After 1997., Adrian Berski

Reports

Bail can be defined as:

The setting at liberty of an accused person upon others becoming sureties for the accused at his trail. The decision to admit a person to bail is judicial matter and, consequently, the court cannot delegate the exercise of this judicial power to an administrative official^[1].

According to the above definition it should be emphasized that an accused person has to ensure the State that he/she will return to the court proceedings or Garda Síochána Station at the particular time. It is imperative that bail is established on the fact that a criminal is …

Study The Changes Of Thyroid Hormones Levels Following Major Urological Surgery, Fayhaa M. Khaleel, Ihsan A. Al-Shammari, Noor N. Oda

Baghdad Science Journal

This study was designed to evaluatethe effect of major surgery on thyroid hormones and thyrotropin in patient undergoing major lower abdominal surgery. The study included fifty patients scheduled for elective major lower abdominal surgery, the serum levels of T3, T4 and TSH were determined one day preoperatively, intraoperative, one day postoperatively, two days postoperatively, and rT3 was determined one day preoperatively, and one day postoperatively. We observed that the levels of (T3, T4, TSH) increased significantly (P<0.05) intraoperatively, one day postoperatively the levels of T3 and T4 reduced significantly (P<0.05), while TSH reduced not significantly (P>0.05), and two days postoperatively T4 and TSH returned to increase significantly but T3 not significantly (P>0.05). rT3 increased not significant (P …

Synthesis Of N –Sulfamethoxazolederivative Imide On Polymeric Chain, Sameaa J. Khammas Al-Bayati, Amal S. Sadiq, Tamador A. Mahmood

Baghdad Science Journal

The present work involved synthesis of several new N-Sulfamethoxazol derivatives imide on Polymeric chain by two steps. The first stip involved preparation of N- (sub.orunsub benzoyl and sub unsub acetyl) amidyl sub sulfamethoxazole (1-5) by condensation of sulfamethoxazole drug with many substituted acid chloride, then the second step include, preparation new five N-(acrly-N–sub or unsub benzoyl) imidyl substituted sulfamethoxazol(6-10) by reaction of poly acryloyl chloride with the prepared compound (1-5) in first stepin asuitable solvent in the presenceamount triethylamine (Et3N) with heating. The structure confirmations of all polymers wereconfirmed using FT-IR,1H-NMR,13C-NMR and UV spectroscopy. Other physical properties including softeningpoint's, melting …

Careers In Quality Panel, Joseph M. Montella, Md, Ms, Cpe (Moderator And Panel Speaker), Lawrence D. Ward, Md, Mph, Facp, Robert M. Dressler, Md, Mba, Marina V. Zeltser, Md, Mba

Future Leaders in Quality and Safety

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Engaging In Quality Panel, David B. Nash, Md, Mba (Moderator), Rebecca C. Jaffe, Md, Bracken Babula, Md, Martin Wegman, Maria Montano

Future Leaders in Quality and Safety

No abstract provided.

Lunch And Small Group Discussions, Bracken P. Babula, Md, Samara Ginzburg, Md, Brian Glynn, Bs, Rrt, Rabecca C. Jaffe, Md, Jennifer Myers, Md, Fhm, Facp, Elisabeth J.S. Kunkel, Md, Monika Pogorzelska-Maziarz, Phd, Mph, Mark Lyles, Md, Mba, Facmq, Martin Wegman

Future Leaders in Quality and Safety

No abstract provided.

Quality And Safety In The Urban Environment, Susan L. Freeman, Md, Ms, Facpe, Face

Future Leaders in Quality and Safety

No abstract provided.

Keynote Presentation: Future Leaders In Quality And Safety, Peter Angood, Md, Frcs(C), Facs, Mccm

Future Leaders in Quality and Safety

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Welcome And Opening Remarks, David B. Nash, Md, Mba, Diana Huang

Future Leaders in Quality and Safety

No abstract provided.

Physical Therapy Management Of A Patient With Guillain-Barre Syndrome During And After Pregnancy: A Case Report, Sarah Kou

Case Report Posters

Background: Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) is a disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks part of the peripheral nervous system. The cause of GBS is still unknown, with suspicions of viral or bacterial infection preceding diagnosis. It can affect people of all ages, gender, or ethnic background, with equal incidence rates in both men and women. The incidence rate for GBS is rare, affecting 1-2 persons in 100,000 annually. Usually begins with distal, symmetrical, onset of paraesthesia, followed by progressive limb weakness. Pain is a common symptom, typically described as a deep ache or cramp in the buttocks, thighs, …

Volume 7 - Issue 1: La Créole - A Journal Of Creole History & Genealogy, Gina Colin Greenlee, Madeline Aubert Gex, Elizabeth Blandin, Ronald Dorris, Alvin Aubert, Hephzibah Roskelly

La Créole - A Journal of Creole History & Genealogy

The Louisiana Creole Research Association, Inc., known as LA Creole, was founded on August 21, 2004 as a New Orleans-based, non-profit family research and educational organization. Its purpose is to assist Creoles of Color in researching their ancestry, to educate the general public about Creole history and culture, and to celebrate the contributions and legacy of a unique, sometimes forgotten people. La Créole, the Association’s journal is published annually.

Antimicrobial Properties Of Nano-Silver: A Cautionary Approach To Ionic Interference, Kate Sheehy, Alan Casey, Anna Murphy, Gordon Chambers

Articles

Hypothesis: Metallic nanoparticles such as nano-silver have found many applications as alternative antimicrobials in recent years. However methods for determining their proposed antimicrobial activity have received little attention to date. The disk diffusion assay is commonly used as a demonstration of antimicrobial properties and is a regular feature in synthetic nanoparticle papers. The aim of this study was to assess its effectiveness in demonstrating the ‘‘nanoparticle specific’’ antimicrobial properties in the absence of ionic contributions from unreacted reducing agents and or impurities. Experiments: The disk diffusion assay was carried out on a range of silver nanoparticles, both in-house synthesised and …

Differences In The Diversity Of Frogspecies Between Sierra Lloronaand El Valle, Panama, Kei Okabe Thurber

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Panama is home to the greatest diversity of species in all of Central America. It is home to 174 species of frogs, 35 of which are endemic to Panama. Frogs are a vital part of many ecosystems. They maintain insect populations and act as food sources for larger predators. Their job of maintaining insect populations is essential to curbing the spread of diseases. Additionally, scientists have found chemical compounds in the skin of frogs that can be used to treat pain and prevent infections. The main threat to the majority of frogs is the deadly fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), or …

The Murray Ledger And Times, December 6-7, 2014, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Effectiveness Of Tailored Lifestyle Interventions, Using Web-Based And Print-Mail, For Reducing Blood Pressure Among Rural Women With Prehypertension: Main Results Of The Wellness For Women: Dashing Towards Health Clinical Trial., Patricia A. Hageman, Carol H. Pullen, Melody A. Hertzog, Linda Boeckner

Journal Articles: Physical Therapy

Background Lifestyle modification is recommended for management of prehypertension, yet finding effective interventions to reach rural women is a public health challenge. This community-based clinical trial compared the effectiveness of standard advice to two multi-component theory-based tailored interventions, using web-based or print-mailed delivery, in reducing blood pressure among rural women, ages 40–69, with prehypertension.

Methods 289 women with prehypertension enrolled in the Wellness for Women: DASHing towards Health trial, a 12-month intervention with 12-month follow-up. Women were randomly assigned to groups using a 1:2:2 ratio, comparing standard advice (30-minute counseling session) to two interventions (two 2-hour counseling sessions, 5 phone …