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Heavy Metal Pollution and Men Infertility in Al-Falluja City
Get PDFInfertilityis oneuof the most problemsathatufacingaadvancedunations. In the general, about halfof allacasesaof the infertility are causedby factors thaturelated toathe male partner. Propos educausesvofumalev infertility include evgeneticuand environmental factors. Blood samples from 64 infertileumen allawere living in urban its al-Fallujah city (30 azospermeiauand 34 oligospermeia) and 32 fertile men (asuthe control group) were collected. Heavy metal concentrations inusera of infertile and fertile groupswereumeasured by using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer. Y- chromosomemicrodeletions were detected by using PCR techniques. Significantdifferences (P?0.05)uin the concentration ofucopper (0.0267±0.0147 and 0.0278±0.0273, for infertileuand fertile group respectively), cadmium (0.0477± 0.0038 and 0.0446±0.0059, respectively) and zinc (1.08 ± 0.16) in fertile groupamoreover wereadetected, no deletionsawere recorded in Y Chromosome in peopleuwho exposed to heavy metals in each a azospermiavor severe oligospermia groups. Spermatogenesis disruption in theamale at any phase of cell differentiationamay be increased the abnormaluof sperm count also decrease theutotalspermucount, impair the stability of sperm chromatinuordamageain the sperm DNA
Meiobenthic Invertebrates Community Associated with Aquatic plant Ceratophyllum demersum Salamiyat irrigation canal / north Baghdad
No full textThe aim of the present study is to study the meiobenthic invertebrate's community associated with the aquatic plant Ceratophyllum demersum in Al-Salamiyat irrigation canal / north Baghdad, with the chemical and physical parameters of the canal water, during the study period from September 2015 to May 2016. Two sites were chosen for sample collection, the first site (S1) at the beginning of the canal near it's connection with Tigris river, and the second site (S2) after 10 km from the first site.
The chemico-physical analysis results revealed that the water temperature ranged from 10-30oC, and pH values ranged between 6.9-7.8, and the dissolved oxygen concentration and the BOD values from 7.2-9.2 mg/l, and 1.2-5.4 mg/l, respectively. The salinity values were ranged between 0.45 and 0.86 ‰, and the total suspended solids were changed 357-674mg/l.
A total of 9089 individuals of meiobethic invertebrates were sorted out from C. demersum during the study perid , representing 34 species including Hydra oligactis (Hydrozoa , Cnidaria); two species of Turbellaria ( Platyhelminthes); five species of Nematoda; seven species of Rotifera; 14 species of aquatic Oligochaeta (Annelida); four Crustacea, and one species of chironomid larva species, in addition to recording one individual of Tardigrada from (S2). The highest total number of meiobenthic invertebrates of 5600 individuals were recorded at (S2), while at (S1) less number of (3489) individuals were reported.
Four species were recognized as a new records for Iraqi fauna, including Hydra oligactis (Hydrozoa:Cnidaria); Macrostomum tuba (Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria(, Dero cooperi (Annelida:Oligochaeta,) and Stenocypris hislopi )Crustacea: Otracoda(
A study of some physical, chemical and biological properties of Slabiaat River waters in Al-Muthanna province, Iraq
No full textPresent study was conducted in order to assess Slabiaat water quality by measuring some physical and chemical factors of river water, the study included a choice of three stations along of Slabiaat River in Samawa city, water samples collected a monthly during the period from September 2013 August 2014. The study involved measuring the Air & water temperatures, pH, Electrical conductivity, Total dissolved solids, Dissolved oxygen, Total hardness, calcium hardness, magnesium, turbidity, and some types of bacteria in River water.
The study results showed that the values of air & water temperatures have ranged between (20.1-36.6)?C , (10-21.8) in Slabiaat River, respectively . pH values ranged between (6.6-8.7). Electrical conductivity in study sites record values ranged between (2625-9775) µs? cm. Total dissolved solids showed values are changing through months of study and between stations was highest (5500 mg/L) in S3. Dissolved oxygen values ranged between (4-7 mg/L) in Slabiaat River. Total hardness, calcium and magnesium were (690-2100), (500-1020) and (12.15-325.62) mg CaCO3/L, respectively, either turbidity values were the highest value in the river is (98) NTU, and the lowest was (12) NTU. Also,It has been identified Staphylococcus, E. coli, Vibrio, Proteus & Pseudomonas in river waters. Statistically, significant differences have emerged in all physical and chemical characteristics between months at probability (P? 0.05), while did not show between stations, except for calcium hardness
Spectrophotometric determination of Metronidazole and Metronidazole benzoate via first and Second Derivative order spectroscopy
No full textA New Spectrophotometric Methods are improved for determination Metronidazole (MTZ) and Metronidazolebenzoate (MTZB) depending on1STand 2nd derivative spectrum of the two drugs by using ethanol as a solvent. Many techniques were proportionated with concentration (peak high to base line, peak to peak and peak area). The linearity of the methodsranged between(1-25µg.ml-1) is obtained. The results were precise and accurate throw RSD% were between (0.041-0.751%) and (0.0331-0.452%), Rec% values between (97.78, 101.87%) and (98.033-102.39%) while the LOD between (0.051-0.231 µg.ml-1) and (0.074-1.04 µg.ml-1) and LOQ between (0.170-0.770µg.ml-1) and (0.074-0.313 µg.ml-1) of (MTZ) and of (MTZB) respectively. These Methods were successfully applied to determination of (MTZ) and (MTZB) in the pharmaceutical preparatio; n
Improvement of the technique for the solution method of Gauss Seidel
No full textIn this paper, a new approach was suggested to the method of Gauss Seidel through the controlling of equations installation before the beginning of the method in the traditional way. New structure of equations occur after the diagnosis of the variable that causes the fluctuation and the slow extract of the results, then eradicating this variable.
This procedure leads to a higher accuracy and less number of steps than the old method.
By using the this proposed method, there will be a possibility of solving many of divergent values equations which cannot be solved by the old style
Texture Analysis of smear of Leukemia Blood Cells after Exposing to Cold Plasma
Get PDFPlasma physics and digital image processing technique (DIPT) were utilized in this research to show the effect of the cold plasma (plasma needle) on blood cells. The second order statistical features were used to study this effect. Different samples were used to reach the aim of this paper; the patients have leukemia and their leukocytes number was abnormal. By studying the results of statistical features (mean, variance, energy and entropy), it is concluded that the blood cells of the sample showed a good response to the cold plasma
The Efficiency of Using Ozone Gas and Heat to Control Larvae and Adult Stage of Red Flour Beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
No full textThe 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) in the same treatment when the three heat degrees had given ratios the total mortality reached 100% of both males at exposure time to 7.0 ,3.0, 1.0 hour respectively and females at exposure time 9.0 ,7.0 ,1.0 hour respectively, While completely failed under the effect of a heat treatment at temperatures of 35 Celsius for both stages respectively, while the effect was clear when the temperature is 45 Celsius where the of total mortality of 100% when the heat treatment of the stage of the larval and adult at the time 7.0, 3.1, 1.0 hour respectively. This means that the combined effect of ozone gas with temperatures has resulted in the reduction of the time needed to get the total mortality in both insect stages and significantly influential and that mortality rates in the two stages were increasingly higher degree of exposure used heat and high heat was the lead in reducing the time of exposure and even access to the total mortality
Study the effect of position on the time of astronomical twilight
Get PDFالشفق (Twilight) هو الإضاءة التي تظهر في الأفق قبل شروق الشمس وبعد غروبها، من المعروف فلكياً أن شروق الشمس وغروبها يتأثران بالارتفاع عن مستوى سطح البحر، لكن تأثر مدة الشفق بالارتفاع عن مستوى سطح البحر مازال غير محسوم ومتار جدل ما بين الفلكيين، تم في هذا البحث دراسة تأثير الارتفاع عن مستوى سطح البحر على مدة الشفق الفلكي، وذلك بإضافة معادلة تصحيح الارتفاع عن سطح البحر إلى معادلة حساب الشفق ومن ثم حساب تغير مدة الشفق لارتفاعات مختلفة(0ـ10000) متر عن سطح البحر، وان نسبة الزيادة في الزمن مع الارتفاع تتراوح ما بين (20.5-15.45)دقيقة. كما وجد أن هناك زيادة في مدة للشفق على طول السنة عند زيادة الارتفاع عن مستوى سطح البحر والدي يؤكد على تأثر مدة الشفق الفلكي بالارتفاع عن مستوى سطح البحر، لكن هذا التأثر يكون قويا في الارتفاعات إلى 2000 متر ثم بعد ذلك يقل تأثير الارتفاع ذلك على زيادة مدة الشفق.Twilight is that light appear on the horizon before sunrise and after sunset, Astronomically it is known that sunrise and sunset are effected by high above sea level, but the effect of high above sea level on the time of astronomical twilight still not decided and controversy among astronomers, in This research we studies the effect of high above sea level on the time of astronomical twilight, through adding the equation correct high above sea level to equation computation of twilight and then calculate of changing in the time of twilight for different highest (0-10000) meters above sea level , and the ratio of increase for time with high between (15.45-20.5) minutes. It was found that there was an increase in the time of the twilight along the year when increasing high above sea level and that surely effected time of astronomical twilight with high above sea level, but this effect is strong for high to 2000 meters and then high effect will be less to increasing the time of twilight
Extraction of raw cellular wall of Enterobacter cloacae and study of its toxicity
No full textحضر مستخلص الجدار الخلوي الخام لبكتريا Enterobacter cloacae باستعمال انزيم الـ Lysozyme الذي استعمل لتحليل الخلايا فضلاً عن اضافة انزيمي الـ DNase ، والـ RNase وكانت نسبة البروتينات ونسبة الكربوهيدرات فيه 24 % و 1.44 % على التوالي.
درست امراضية البكتريا وذلك بدراسة تأثيرها القاتل فقد تم تحديد الجرعة المميتة النصفية (LD50) لكل من عالق البكتريا ومستخلص جدارها الخلوي الخام باستعمال اناث الفئران السويسرية البيض ، وكانت قيمة LD50 للعالق البكتيري مساوية لـ 3.16 × 109 وحدة مكونة للمستعمرة / مليليتر. اما مستخلص الجدار فلم يكن له أي تاثير قاتل للفئران الا انه اثر في الحالة الفسلجية لها وبشكل كبير ؛ مما ادى الى نقصان اوزانها بمعدل 8 غرامات. The crude cell wall of E.cloacae was extracted by using Lysozyme , DNase and RNase enzymes, the contents of the proteins and carbohydrates were 24% and 1.44% respectively .
The pathogenicity of the bacteria was studied by testing its lethality, in which the LD50 was identified to both bacterial suspension and the extract of the crude cell wall of bacteria by using white swiss female mice. The value of the LD50 of bacterial suspension was 3.16x109 CFU / ml . The cell wall extract didn’t have any lethal effect on the mice, but it had a great effect on their physiological state which led to a deficit in their weight by an average of 8 grams
The effect of NPK fertilizer on some physiological characters of Petroselinum hortense
No full textأجريت تجربة لدراسة تأثير سماد NPK بالتركيزين 0.25 ,0.50 غم/ كغم تربة في بعض الصفات الفسيولوجية لنبات المعدنوس Petroselinum hortense .
أظهرت النتائج بأن التسميد بالتركيزين أعلاه أدى إلى زيادة الوزن الجاف للنبات ومعدل النمو المطلق ومعدل النمو النسبي للنبات , كذلك النسبة المئوية لعناصر النتروجين والفسفور والبوتاسيوم في النبات فقد كانت الفروق في صفات النبات قيد الدراسة مختلفة معنوياً بالتركيز الأول مقارنة بالثاني .The experiment was carried out to study the effect of two concentrations of NPK 0.25 and 0.50g/kg soil on some physiological characters of Petroselinum hortense.
The results showed increased dry weight, absolute growth rate (AGR) relative growth rate (RGR) and percentage of N,P and K in the plant.
The differences in studied plant characters were significant in the case of the first concentration compared with the second one.