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COMPARISON BETWEEN E-LEARNING APPLICATIONS DURING BLENDED LEARNING IN IRAQ
Get PDFBlended Learning (BL) is the use of both offline and online methods for teaching and learning; it allows for a planned and deliberate embeddedness of online learning into the education system and tests its applicability alongside offline learning, which ensures adaptability to emerging challenges and the upskilling of the digital capabilities of Iraqi youth. This approach was a serious try to improve the education and E-learning and it indeed had a dramatic effect as it worked to promote the general well-being of learners in Iraq. This paper investigates and presents a comparison between the E-learning applications during BLA (in term of their features, flexibility, ease of use, advantages and disadvantages, and privacy and security). The outcome of the study was relied on a questionnaire made in various Iraqi universities. A total of 100 people participated in the questionnaire, divided into two groups: students and lecturers. The results showed that most lecturers and students prefer Google Meet. Google classroom and Zoom were the second popular applications whereas Microsoft Teams was the least choice for both groups
A Grey Wolf Optimizer Feature Selection method and its Effect on the Performance of Document Classification Problem
Get PDFOptimization methods are considered as one of the highly developed areas in ArtificialIntelligence (AI). The success of the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and Genetic Algorithms (GA)has encouraged researchers to develop other methods that can obtain better performance outcomes and tobe more responding to the modern needs. The Grey Wolf Optimization (GWO), and the Krill Herd (KH)are some of those methods that showed a great success in different applications in the last few years. In thispaper, we propose a comparative study of using different optimization methods including KH and GWOin order to solve the problem of document feature selection for the classification problem. These methodsare used to model the feature selection problem as a typical optimization method. Due to the complexityand the non-linearity of this kind of problems, it becomes necessary to use some advanced techniques tomake the judgement of which features subset that is optimal to enhance the performance of classificationof text documents. The test results showed the superiority of GWO over the other counterparts using thespecified evaluation measures
إثر الافصاح المحاسبي للقوائم المالية في جذب الاستثمار المالي حالة دراسية لسوق الاوراق المالية في العراق وبعض المصارف
No full textThis research aims to measure the impact of the accounting disclosure of the financialstatements in attracting investment and its financial framework in Iraq, and the descriptive approach wasused and the results were analyzed based on the spss program) in the analysis. Financial nature, the mostimportant of which is the stock market, Rafidain Bank, as well as the Iraqi Trade Bank in Iraq. The researchshowed that there is a good level with regard to the research sample’s awareness of the questions containedin the questionnaire. The results of the research showed a relationship of statistical significance and at amoral level of 5% between the accounting disclosure for financial statements and attracting financialinvestment in institutions, the research also proved that the opinions of the research sample agreed positivelyon the paragraphs mentioned in the questionnaire, which confirms the validity of the alternative hypothesiscontained in the research. The research recommended the need for the stock market in Iraq, as well asinstitutions of a financial nature, to develop a curriculum that explains the nature of accounting disclosurefor companies listed on the stock exchange in general, and for commercial banks in particular, in a way thathelps provide beneficiaries with information and contributes to attracting investment in support of economicdevelopment in the country
FORENSIC BIOMETRICS IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR DNA PROFILE HUMAN BASED ON ASSOCIATION RULES
Get PDFIt should be noted that there is a joint work between biomedicine such as forensic medicine and information technology through the use of information technology technologies in all fields, including determining the of DNA profile. One of the leading biotechnologies in this field is data mining techniques. There are many ways to identify disaster victims, such as fingerprints, dental record and DNA profile matching. DNA matching is a highly accurate identification way that does not need specific parts of the victim\u27s body. Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid (DNA) is the basic elements that make up an entire section of a human. The core elements store unique information for each individual and will be passed on through generations. DNA also helps in identifying the father in paternity testing,. The limitation of applying DNA matching for disaster victim identification lies on expensive and time consuming process. To address this situation, in this paper, we performed a method to measure the confidence of matching of human DNA profiles identification using Association Rule Classification System is proposed. In this Classification system, DNA profile data is used as an input that stores human identity along with its DNA profile. advisable information or good patterns from present datasets for certain objective. The results were satisfactory and characterized by large percentage and high accuracy. Finally, performance of this system is evaluated and in turns the proposed system proves its capability in forensic human identification and scalability to handle huge amounts of data
Market risk management and its impact on financial performance in commercial banks
Get PDFThe research aims to study the impact of market risks on the financial performance ofprivate commercial banks, targeting a sample of Iraqi private banks for the period from 2004-2018. Thefinancial performance was measured using the camel’s model, while the market risk was measuredthrough the index of investment in securities Current assets. The cross-sectional data was adopted for thepurpose of including the data in the simple regression model that was adopted to study the effect of theindependent variable on the dependent variable. The results of the research indicated that there was astatistically significant effect of market risks on the financial performance of private commercial banks,which amounted to 25%
FREQUENCY OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTION AMONG BETA-THALASSEMIA PATIENTS IN BAGHDAD CITY, IRAQ
Get PDFPatients with thalassemia major are at high risk of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) due to the blood transfusion from donors infected by HCV. The purpose of this study was to study the correlation between some hematological parameters and liver function tests with viral hepatitis and to evaluate the ELISA and RT- PCR techniques for the diagnosis of HCV in thalassaemic patients. Blood samples from eighty patients with ß-thalassemia were subjected to the following tests: PCV, Hb concentration, liver function tests (GPT, GOT, Alkaline phosphatase). Serum samples from all patients were tested for antibodies to hepatitis C virus using ELISA test and for HCV RNA by the real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). It was shown that 67.5% of study patients were detected with a range of PCV 15-20%, whereas 100% of patients were detected with a range of Hb (5-9 g/dL). In addition, 98.8% of patients were detected with elevated liver enzymes. It was shown that 100% of patients revealed with positive ELISA anti-HCV antibodies in their serum specimens. Positive RT-PCR assay was detected in 86% of study patients. ELISA test was revealed with 14% false positive results. Thalassemia patients should be aware of the risks of viral infection during their blood transfusions, and those with chronic infections should beware of transmitting the infection to uninfected individuals.Thalassemi
The financial and cash stability and its role in financial sustainability in Iraq
Get PDFIn Iraq and during the last three years, it has appeared and develop of general budget deficitand increasing of general debt, accordingly most of the specialists in the financial and cash policies to studythe effect of the general debt in financial sustainability and evaluate the country ability to pursue the generalexpense trend and fulfill its financial obligations for their importance and effectiveness to design andimplement and validity of the total economic policy and considered them the key standard to assess theeconomic strength and the extent of its ability to assimilate the internal and external economic shocks,related with deficit of general budget and the state assessment to achieve the financial sustainabilityconsidered of structural nature, and its seriousness appeared in Iraq, when its oil exports, the main source tofinance the budget ,subjected to sharp decline in prices under non-existence of diversity of incomes, thematter led to fluctuation of its general incomes and practicing surprised pressure on its general expenses,due to this, analyzing the sound of the financial procedures and judgment on the quality of financial decisionand policies has become of great necessary, The research focuses on knowing the rate of financial resourcescontribution( non-oil) to finance the budget and it has become clear the contribution of non- oil resourcesweakness amount (4%) and the tax rate (1%) for the period from 2005-2015 considered very low ratebecause of the backwardness of the agricultural and industrial sectors and tax decrease resulted fromadministrative and financial corruption and tax evasion and weakness of tax content besides weakness oftax system, thus the research has recommended the necessity to reform tax system and economic reform.
Factors affecting employees’ salaries in Omani public sector
Get PDFThe study examines the effect of employees’ performance appraisal, gender, age and positionon salaries and extra amounts received by the employees during period of 2011–2017 based on the selectedsample from Ministry of Social Developments in Oman. To achieve the study’s objectives, the studyexamines the relationship among the mentioned variables using analyses of descriptive statistics, correlationanalysis and multiple regressions. The study finds that performance appraisal has positive and significanteffect on salary and extra. In presence of employees’ gender, age and position, this effect will be negativeand significant for employees’ salaries and negative and insignificant for extra amounts. As a starting pointfor future research, the study adds new empirical evidence to the research body on how to enhance theperformance of employees based on the annual appraisal with their salaries in the public sector
PRODUCING DIGITAL MAPS FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF MINERALS IN IRAQ USING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)
Get PDFConsidering the huge amount of information, it becomes so difficult to deal with and understand only in condition they were organized, classified and saved as data base that can be deal with automatically and to make use of it without interfering with its meaning and significance. Here comes the need to invent new methods and systems to save such information and deal with. An example of such systems is Management Information System and Geographic Information System. The ability of geographic information systems to prepare the geographic database and represent it as digital maps is verified by processing mineral data. This research aims to produce digital maps of mineral materials in Iraq by converting a paper map (geological map) at a scale (1:1000000) into a digital map using the survey process and modifying the coordinate system for this map using the georeferencing process. Then the layers are extracted from this map using the digitization process, and these layers are represented, and the proportion of these materials on these layers is represented as a circular sector. The purpose of a geodatabase is to create features in GIS datasets and to determine the relationship between features that are shown on maps as layers, where each layer represents a specific type of feature that was used for spatial analysis
USING TUNA MEAT AS A SUPPLEMENT TO INCREASE TESTOSTERONE HORMONE LEVEL IN MEN
Get PDFThis experiment was designed to investigate the effect of using tuna meat as a supplement to increase testosterone hormone level in men. The experiment based on 15 non married men aged (21 – 27) divided into two groups, group of ten men who ate 100 g of tuna daily for 15 days, the other group consists of 5 men were on a control diet . Testosterone levels of all men were examined before and after by blood tests using I-chroma test procedure. The results after 15 days showed significant variant in the T hormone. For example, the treated group results before eating tuna was ( 3.22 , 2.67 , 7.38 , 2.29 , 2.91 , 2.82 , 2.52 , 2.99 , 1 , 2.54 ) ng/ml and after eating tuna is ( 2.64 , 1.94 , 7.13 , 3.47 , 6.62 , 3.68 , 3.9 , 5.32 , 2.7 , 3.5 ) ng/ml respectively. While the control group were, before: ( 4.1 , 1.06 , 3.97 , 2.15 , 1.86 ) ng/ml and after: ( 1.5 , 2 , 2.3 , 3.34 ) ng/ml respectively. The percentage of hormonal variation before and after experiment in treated group were ( -18% , -27% , -3% ) decrease for samples no. ( 1, 2, 3 ) respectively and for samples no (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 ) were ( 51%, 127%, 30%, 54%, 77%, 170%, 37% ) increase. While the control group have decreased levels in samples no. ( 1, 3 ) with percentage of (-14%, -49% ) respectively, and increased levels in samples number ( 2, 4, 5 ) with percentage of ( 41%, 7%, 79% ). as we notice, not much difference in control group, but treatment group has certain increase in seven samples and decrease in only three samples, because of several factors that the samples was exhibited to leads to decrease the hormone in these samples after treatment. The study concluded that , continuous oral consumption of 100g as supplement of Tuna meat for at least 15 days can lead to increase and/or regulate blood levels of testosterone hormone in men