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The Innovative Method For Vaccine Preparation Against Multidrug Resistant And Virulence Acinetobacter Baumannii Iraqi Isolates, Hussam Sami Awayid, Rajwa Hasen Esaa, Eman N. Naji, Meroj A. Jasem

Baghdad Science Journal

The expanding of the medically important diseases created by multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii warrants the evolve a new methodology for prevention includes vaccination and treatment. Totally of forty-five clinical isolates identified as A.baumannii were obtained from hospitalized patients from three hospital in Baghdad City during the period from February 2016 to August 2016. Followed by diagnosing using different methods. Every strain was tested for susceptibility testing also some important virulence factorswere detected. Two isolates were chosen for the immunization and vaccine model, the first one remittent for most antibiotics except one are too virulence (strong) and the second is less virulent …

Inhibitory Effect Of Bacteriophages Isolated From Sewage Water In The City Of Kirkuk On Some Types Of Human Pathogenic Bacteria, Muhsin Hamad Edham, Firas Md Al-Tae, Alaa Ty Al-Hammadi

Baghdad Science Journal

Most approaches to combat antibiotic resistant bacteria concentrate on discovering new antibiotics or modifying existing ones. However, one of the most promising alternatives is the use of bacteriophages. This study was focused on the isolation of bacteriophages that are specific to some of commonly human pathogens namely E. coli, Streptococcus pyogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, Proteus mirabilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella spp. and Klebsiella pneumoniae. These bacteriophages were isolated from sewages that were collected from four different locations in Kirkuk City. Apart from S. pyogenes, bacteriophages specific to all tested bacteria were successfully isolated and tested for their effectiveness by spot test. The …

Energy Potentials Of Briquette Produced From Tannery Solid Waste, Olatunde Ajani Oyelaran, Faralu Muhammed Sani, Olawale Monsur Sanusi, Olusegun Balogun, Adeyinka Okeowo Fagbemigun

Makara Journal of Technology

The vast quantity of waste generated from industries is one of the serious outcomes of unplanned development, resulting into quantum of hazardous organic and inorganic waste generating daily. Proper waste management is a challenging issue that must be addressed adequately. This is, therefore, carried out with a view of assessing the energy and combustion quality of tannery solid waste with a view of converting them into briquettes for cooking, heating and small home industries and reducing the menace caused by tannery waste disposal. The results of the experiments showed that the combustion rate ranged between 0.171 and 0.217 g/min, the …

Indonesia’S Municipal Solid Waste 3r And Waste To Energy Programs, Farizal Farizal, Radityo Aji, Amar Rachman, Nasruddin Nasruddin, Teuku Meurah Indra Mahlia

Makara Journal of Technology

Like most cities in the world, population in Indonesia continues to grow every year. Problems that can arise from this are the increasing amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) production and the growing demand for electricity. To deal with the problems, Indonesian government runs 3R (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) and WTE (Waste to Energy) Programs simultaneously. 3R program aims to reduce the number of waste, while WTE program aims to generate electricity as an alternative energy source. This study aims to find out the optimal proportion of MSW treated through the 3R and WTE programs. For the purpose, a goal …

سحب البحث- دور وسائل الاتصال في حملات الانتخابات النيابية في مملكة البحرين لعام 2014 دراسة ميدانية", على احمد عبدالله, شعيب عبد المنعم الغباشي

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

وسائل الاتصال، الحملات الانتخابية، مجلس النواب، الإنستجرام، الوتساب.

Letter - Tax Changes Would Reduce Access To Higher Education, Pamela Eibeck

Presidential Communications

No abstract provided.

Hyperhomocysteinemia-Induced Gene Expression Changes In The Cell Types Of The Brain, Erica M. Weekman, Abigail E. Woolums, Tiffany L. Sudduth, Donna M. Wilcock

Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Faculty Publications

High plasma levels of homocysteine, termed hyperhomocysteinemia, are a risk factor for vascular cognitive impairment and dementia, which is the second leading cause of dementia. While hyperhomocysteinemia induces microhemorrhages and cognitive decline in mice, the specific effect of hyperhomocysteinemia on each cell type remains unknown. We took separate cultures of astrocytes, microglia, endothelial cells, and neuronal cells and treated each with moderate levels of homocysteine for 24, 48, 72, and 96 hr. We then determined the gene expression changes for cell-specific markers and neuroinflammatory markers including the matrix metalloproteinase 9 system. Astrocytes had decreased levels of several astrocytic end feet …

Gauging The Hospitality Industry’S Awareness And Commitment To Sustainability Practices: The Case Of The Hospitality Industry In Muscat, Robyn Byrne, Mohamed Abdul-Ghani

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

Oman is an emerging destination for green tourism, its slogan “beauty has an address”, illuminates its attempt to brand itself as a destination for unique, cultural and environmental attractions. Oman’s heritage is promoted along-side its natural beauty. As the hospitality sector in the capital city “Muscat” plans to expand and scale up its demographic to attract more high-end tourists as well as the overall volume of tourists it welcomes, this study aims (1) to explore to what degree hotels in the capital city “Muscat” recognizes the environmental impacts of their economic choices, (2) to determine which of the numerous environmental …

Tricks Of The Trade At Thanksgiving Point, Kjeisten Secretan

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

I was the setup manager, so in charge of setting up any event at thanksgiving point. We do anything from like a small business meetings to dinners receptions weddings concerts, festivals. We would have to setup all of our wedding chairs or metal chairs, 8 tops, 6 tops cabs linens, bring all the plates down, make sure there are cups and forks. New people would need to know the process of setting up the room all the legs of the tables have to be a certain way line have to be set out a certain way, where all the silverware …

Golden Nugget, Kjeisten Secretan

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

My neighbor who lived through the block from me. He was always in the scouting and my principal of my elementary school, he says he was with his friends as a teenager, well probably older than that. He said a lot of things. They were up hiking up American fork canyon and they found a golden nugget just sitting there that they couldn’t lift. So they went home to get a truck, and get stuff to lift it and they couldn’t find it again.

Haunted Warehouse, Kjeisten Secretan

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

It’s a long story, it started off, the year was 2009. I was working in a warehouse, and I was what was called the picker for the warehouse, so I would get the food from the warehouse and I would set it on the pallets so the truck drivers could take it in the morning. My aunt was helping me but she had to be back at like 4 in the morning so at like 10 she went home. And like at midnight I was coming out of this room and in the corner of my eye I see my …

Adsorption Of Cu(Ii) Ions In Aqueous Solution Onto Limonia Acidissima Shellbased Activated Carbon: Kinetic And Isotherm Studies, Abrar Muslim, Syahiddin Dahlan Said, Gita Suci Hariati, Siti Fajar Karina, Fauzi Muhammad Djuned, Rizka Mulyawan

Makara Journal of Technology

Adsorption of Cu(II) ions from aqueous solution using activated carbon prepared from Limonia acidissima fruit shell (LAFS-AC) was conducted in batch mode experiments at pH 5 (±0.15), 100 rpm and 1 atm. The effects of contact time, initial Cu(II) ions concentration, KOH concentration, and adsorption temperature on Cu(II) ions adsorption capacity were investigated. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy analyses were performed to investigate the active site and surface morphology of the LAFS-AC, respectively. The Cu(II) ions adsorption was fitted very well (R2 = 0.94 on average) to the pseudo second-order adsorption kinetic with the adsorption capacity and …

Biological Control Of Acaudalerodes Rachipora (Singh) (Hemiptera: Alerodidae) By The Entomopathogenic Fungi On In Field, Fayhaa Abbood Mahdi Al-Nadawi

Baghdad Science Journal

This study was conducted in the College of Agriculture fields /University of Baghdad, during Autumn 2013. This study was aimed to examine the mortality rate on the all black fly stages of Acaudalerodes rachipora Singh) by the biotic fungus Beuveria bassiana. The results of a preliminary survey showed that the samples of Ziziphus spaina christi were infested by blakflies in Agriculture collage during Autumn seasons of 2013 , the presence of species of black flies A. rachipora on the lower surface of the leaf, the study aimed to study and research the effects of fungus B. bassiana on black fly …

Community Structure Of Benthic Algae In A Lotic Ecosystem, Karbala Province-Iraq, F. M. Hassan, J. M Salman, S. Al-Nasrawi

Baghdad Science Journal

This study focused on benthic algae (epipelic and attached algae on concrete lining stream) in Bani-Hassan stream in Holly Karbala, Iraq. The qualitative and quantitative studies of benthic algae were done by collecting 240 samples from five sites in the study area for the period from December 2012 to November 2013. Also, the environmental variables of the stream were examined in term of temporary and spatial. The results showed that the stream was alkaline, hard, oligohaline and a well aerated. The total nitrogen to the total phosphorus (TN: TP) ratio indicates nitrogen limitation. 129 species of benthic algae belonging to …

The Effecting Factors In The Mass Media In The Sultanate Of Oman: A Field Study On Omani Journalists, Mohammed Al-Mashikhi

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

The Effecting Factors in The Mass Media in the Sultanate of Oman: A field study on Omani Journalists This study aimed to look into the most important factors that affect the media in Oman; such as the Press and Publications Law (1984), Finance and Advertising as well as social environments such as cultural aspects. In order to answer the study questions, the researcher applied a questionnaire to more than 200 media professionals to find out journalists’ attitudes towards obstacles affecting media content in newsrooms within media establishments in the country The study concluded that; the Press and Publications law control …

Morphology Of The Raised Shore Platforms Along The Coastline Between Daghmar And Dhabab, Sultanate Of Oman, Salim Mubarak Al Hatrushi

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

Raised shore platforms, are rocky surfaces formed by wave action and subaerial weathering during global high sea level stands. The present height of the raised shore platforms is attributed to several factors, mainly to eustatic sea level changes, isostatic changes in the relative level of land and sea, and vertical tectonic activities. The aim of this study is to investigate the detailed morphology of the raised shore platform along the rocky coastline between Daghmar and Dhabab, in the southeastern part of Muscat Governorate. The study also intends to establish a tentative chronology of the raised shore platforms development. The methodology …

Exploring Perceptions Of Key Events In A Qualitative Research Class: Applying Some Principles Of Collaborative Analytic Inquiry In Practice, Janet C. Richards, Steve Haberlin

The Qualitative Report

Little research portrays collaborative analytic inquiry in practice. Drawing on our dual lenses, we, a professor and a doctoral student in an advanced qualitative methods course, applied principles of collaborative analytic inquiry to construct new understandings about key events that occurred during an advanced qualitative research class. Using asynchronous e-mail communication, we shared, affirmed, and questioned each other’s and our own storied recollections of moments of joy and learning intertwined with some challenging issues. To begin our inquiry, we planned and negotiated our responsibilities, voiced our concerns and questions pertinent to the project, and avowed our willingness to risk emotional …

Effect Of A Newly Designed Observation, Response And Discharge Chart In The Post Anaesthesia Care Unit On Patient Outcomes: A Quasi-Experimental Study In Australia, Bridie Kent, Maryann Street, Nicole M. Phillips, Mohammadreza Mohebbi

School of Nursing and Midwifery

No abstract provided.

Rationalizing Rational Basis Review, Todd W. Shaw

Northwestern University Law Review

As a government attorney defending economic legislation from a constitutional challenge under the Fourteenth Amendment—How would you rate your chances of success? Surely excellent. After all, hornbook constitutional law requires only the assembly of a flimsy underlying factual record for economic legislation to pass rational basis review.

But the recent uptick in courts questioning the credibility of legislative records might give pause to your optimism. As a growing body of scholarship has identified, the Supreme Court and federal courts of appeals increasingly invalidate laws under rational basis review despite the presence of an otherwise constitutionally sufficient legislative record. Under this …

Experimental Study Of The Chimney Height Variation Against Double Pots Biomass Stove Performance, Faisal Faisal, Adi Setiawan, Wusnah Wusnah, Khairil Khairil, Luthfi Luthfi, Mona Fajriana

Makara Journal of Technology

This research aims to get optimal chimneys height of double pots biomass stove. Optimal chimneys height needs to provide best performance of the stove. Experimental study was done by varied the chimney heights. Water boiling test as the standard method was used to obtained stove performance for each chimney height variation. The results showed that best performance stove was the one with 1.65 cm chimney height, with thermal efficiency at 37.66%.

The Efficiency Of Using Ozone Gas And Heat To Control Larvae And Adult Stage Of Red Flour Beetle, Tribolium Castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), F. A. Sabeat

Baghdad Science Journal

The effect of ozone gas with temperatures 35. 40 and 45 Celsius to control on larval and adult stages of Tribolium castaneum was tested and at time of exposure 1.0, 3.0, 7.0, 9.0, 11.0, 13.0 hours and the level of relative humidity prevailing during the test 45 ± 1%. Results showed significant differences between the exposure times, when the percentage of mortality 100% between larvae (primary, intermediate and advanced) in the treatment effect at a temperature of 35 Celsius with ozone gas at exposure time to 9.0, 11.0, 11.0 hours for the three ages respectively, and adult (male and female) …

A Study Of Zooplankton Community In Dukan Lake, Kurdistan Region-Iraq, With A New Record Of Craspedacusta Sowerbii Lankester (1880) Medusa (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa), Sarah Fares Dhahir, Luay Abdul-Qader Ali

Baghdad Science Journal

A study of Zooplankton community has been carried out at four selected sites on Dukan Lake. Samples of water and zooplankton were collected monthly for the period from July 2015 to February 2016. Some physical and chemical properties of water were studied and the results showed that the air temperature were ranged from 0 to 36.16 °C, water temperature ranged from 2.83 to 34.66 °C, hydrogen ion concentration of studied sites were found to lie in alkaline side, it was ranged between 6.87 to 8.57, electrical conductivity ranged from 190.79 to 850.08 µs.cm­¹, turbidity ranged from 0.9-7.7 NTU, and dissolved …

Training Impact On Novice And Experienced Research Coordinators, Linda S. Behar-Horenstein, Jonell Efantis Potter Ph.D., Alena Prikhidko Phd, Candidate, Stephanie Swords Ma, Ccrp, Stephen Sonstein Phd, H Robert Kolb Rn Bs Ccrc

The Qualitative Report

Competency-based training and professional development is critical to the clinical research enterprise. Understanding research coordinators’ perspectives is important for establishing a common core curriculum. The purpose of this study was to describe participants’ perspectives regarding the impact of online and classroom training sessions. 27 participants among three institutions, completed a two-day classroom training session. 10 novice and seven experienced research coordinators participated in focus group interviews. Grounded theory revealed similarities in novice and experienced coordinator themes including Identifying Preferences for Instruction and Changing Self Perceptions. Differences, seen in experienced participants, focused on personal change, in the theme of Re-Assessing Skills. …

The Reality Of Quality Management In Jordanian Media Institutions, Basim.M. Tweissi, Raid Jameel Suleiman

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

The Counter-Effects Of The Application Of Imprisonment Alternatives On The Families Of The Imprisoned Individuals From The Point Of View Of The Prisoners In The Al-Qaseem Region – Sudia Arabia”, Khaled Alsaweel, Saleem Alquisi

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

The main objectives of this study is to identify the nature of the sequences resulted from replacing the imprisonment punishment on the social, economic and security structure of the families from the point of view of the imprisoned individuals in the Qaseem region of Saudi Arabia. The study sample is composed of 239 jailed individuals representing the Qaseem prisons. In order to answer the main questions, the study used standards of descriptive statistical, and T-Tests of independent samples. The study has concluded that the degree of the reflection of imprisonment alternatives, as punishments, on the social structure of the family …

Murtis Mayes

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

The Family History Of Sky Loving, Sky Loving

Your Family in History: HIST 550/700

No abstract provided.

December 2, 2017: The Criticism Of Mark Lilla They Don't Want You To See, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Criticism of Mark Lilla They Don't Want You to See“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

Truth Or Ultimate Truth, Mealii Enos

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

Mac: Kay, so basically. We only did it once this year, but usually every travel trip that we, um [every one?] my freshman year and my sophomore year we did it every single one. [wow] So we got everybody on the team like a couple times. Um, so we, usually its on the way home from wherever we are, and usually it’s hopefully after we win, cause it’s only usually after we win and everybody is in a good mood that we play this game. So, usually a senior gets everybody to the back of the bus and says ‘everybody …

Inim Presents The South Florida Premiere Of The Sundance Award Winning Film, Unrest, Nova Southeastern University

Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine Presentations

No abstract provided.