Pub Date : 2020-12-12DOI: 10.24017/science.2020.ichms2020.9
Kamal Jalal Rashid
The gram-negative, especially rod shapes vary in the frequencies that they cause the most frequent types of hospital-acquired infection: pneumonia, surgical site infection, urinary tract infection, diabetic infection, burn and bloodstream infection. The presented study determined the microbial spectrum and antimicrobial susceptibility of gram-negative bacteria isolated from various infection sites in hospitalized patients in Sulaimani city. This study included 735 patients who underwent surgical and wound treatment admitted to the hospital. A microbiological standard technique was used for Identification, isolation and antimicrobial susceptibility. The data in this job were scaled into excel sheets and transferred to SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) version 24.0 software. The significance of associations between variables and predictor done by Chi-square (χ2). P-value of <0.05 was regarded significant. Male was the most common cases 52.5%. Patients less than 18 years-old were the most frequently affected 54.3%. Gram negative infection is the most common and most serious complication of burn injuries and it is the majority suspected clinical finding nearly to 60%. The most common bacteria separatedd from wound and sepsis were Pseudomonas aeruginosa 91.91%. Individual pathogens’ incidence differ significantly between location of infection p<0.001. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, only resistant stabled at the lowest rates for Colistine and Imepenim (0.1% and 7.8%) and significant finding was confirmed p<0.001. But highly resistance to Ticarcillin/Clavulanic Acid, Cefepime, Tobramycin, and Gentamicin (85.6%, 80.8%, 79.3%, 79.2%) .In conclusion, these population-based study gram-negative infections predominate in burn wounds. Microbial resistance to the confirmed drugs leads to repeated antimicrobial treatment modifications and long-time of treatments.
革兰氏阴性菌，特别是杆状菌的频率各不相同，它们引起最常见的医院获得性感染类型:肺炎、手术部位感染、尿路感染、糖尿病感染、烧伤和血液感染。本研究测定了从苏莱曼尼市住院患者不同感染部位分离的革兰氏阴性菌的微生物谱和抗菌药物敏感性。本研究包括735名接受手术和伤口治疗的住院患者。采用微生物标准技术进行鉴定、分离和药敏试验。本作业中的数据被缩放成excel表格，并转移到SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) 24.0版软件中。变量与预测因子之间相关性的显著性采用χ2表示。p值<0.05为显著性。男性为最常见的病例，占52.5%。18岁以下的患者最常见，占54.3%。革兰氏阴性感染是烧伤最常见和最严重的并发症，是临床上最常见的疑似病例，约占60%。伤口和脓毒症中最常见的细菌为铜绿假单胞菌(91.91%)。不同感染部位的病原菌发病率差异有统计学意义(p<0.001)。铜绿假单胞菌仅对粘菌素和伊美培宁的耐药率最低(分别为0.1%和7.8%)，显著性发现p<0.001。但对替卡西林/克拉维酸、头孢吡肟、妥布霉素和庆大霉素高度耐药(85.6%、80.8%、79.3%、79.2%)。结论:革兰氏阴性感染主要发生在烧伤创面。微生物对已确认的药物产生耐药性，导致反复修改抗微生物治疗方案和延长治疗时间。
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Pub Date : 2020-12-12DOI: 10.24017/science.2020.ichms2020.13
Paywast Jamal Jalal
The Pathogen Recognition Receptors (PRRs) is an active protein in the immune system. The PRRs that secreted in the liver and we addressed were L-ficolin, MBL and H-ficolin. Previous studies revealed that both MBL and L-ficolin were hampered the HCV entry and infectivity. However, H-ficolin impact still needs to be addressed more so as determining their role during HCV infection. For these purposes, we aimed to determine the effect of different level in the serum of these proteins on the HCV infection and treatment outcome. Initially, we selected (25) HCV positive patients and (25) HCV negative control patients from the Trent Cohort and Regional Haemophiliac Study and to present the differences in serum concentrations of MBL, H- and L-ficolin. The level of these proteins was measured by ELISA method and compared with each other based on the detected SNPs by PCR and sequencing methods in the responsible genes. Our results showed that the polymorphism at position -221 in the MBL2 promoter significantly reduce the level of MBL protein more than the SNP at position -551. Interestingly, a new deletion of six nucleotides [AGGAAG] detected in the promoter at position -319 to -324 that succeeded by four other mutations at position -328, -336, -349 and -427 in most of the analyzed sequences. The 6bp deletion was statistically decreasing the concentration of MBL below 1µg.mL-1, precisely among non-responder patients. In conclusion, the existence of the new deletion in the promoter region of MBL2 gene and the additional newly detected polymorphisms, reduce the level of MBL protein and as a result impacts on the response to treatment among HCV-infected patients.
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Pub Date : 2020-10-18DOI: 10.24017/science.2020.2.2
Gulala Ali Hama Amin, K. Sharif
In this era, technology has a great impact on the educational system as they have on the other different areas of today’s life, for instance, smartphone devices are the best examples. Software technology vendors moving toward developing tremendous applications in the education field. However, the lack of applications that satisfy the ambition of those wishing to learn the Kurdish language is still an obstacle in this field, specifically the field of smartphone devices technology and gaming industry. Hence smartphone devices become user-friendly and necessary tools in every individuals’ life, as it is a multi-function device. In this paper we designed and implemented a smartphone application to learn the Kurdish language and improve vocabulary via a serious game. The application designed for android devices, enables users to learn and improve the Kurdish language. The application is also suitable for foreign people who desire to learn the Kurdish language. The system proposed in this paper introduces a smartphone application with an acceptable user interface for an exciting, interesting and challenging puzzle game at a time. The main goal is to learn Kurdish vocabulary using crossword puzzle, solving hidden words, find and circle the crossword in the puzzle solution in the context of a serious game.
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Pub Date : 2020-06-14DOI: 10.24017/science.2020.1.13
Roza Abdullatif Radha, R. Mohammed-Amin, Alan Faraydoon Ali
Walkability within urban design and planning context refers to urban environments that are friendly and supportive for the pedestrian. Walkable environments offer many economic, social, health, and environmental benefits and contribute to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In public places, including city centers, walkability is a major asset for making them vibrant by attracting and maintaining pedestrians, including tourists. It is no coincidence that the top tourist destinations and livable cities as well as popular city centers and streets all share walkability character. Walkability quality in city center streets and any urban environment require planning. Good planning needs to be informed by measuring and assessing the state of walkability in existing streets and environments. While the literature presents systematic walkability assessment studies from different city centers of developed and developing countries, such studies are rare in the context of many other developing regions and countries like the Kurdistan Region and the rest of Iraq. Since walkability character can be contextual and affected by different socio-economic and environmental factors and dynamics, systematic and comprehensive assessment of under-researched environments and city centers are essential. To address this gap in the literature, this study systematically assesses the state of walkability in the city center of Sulaimani, the cultural capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and a UNESCO creative city in literature. This paper report results from assessing and comparing the physical characters of the six major interconnecting streets (Mawlawy, Kawa, Sabunkaran, Peramerd, Goran, and Bekas streets) in the center of Sulaimani city. The assessment considers the five main walkability factors of function, safety, destination, aesthetic, and comfort identified from the literature.
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Pub Date : 2020-06-08DOI: 10.24017/science.2020.1.10
Roza Fuad Majeed, Soran Saeed, Dana Abdulmajeed Abdilkarim, H. M. sidqi
Skin cancer is considered as the most type of cancer that happens in humans. Three basic types of cancer occur which are basal cell carcinoma (BCC), Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Skin cancer leads to death if it is not diagnosed in an early stage. Fortunately, early diagnosis of skin cancer raises the survival rate of victims. Computer-aided has a great role to detect skin cancer which leads to saving human life. Based on that, this study proposes a computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) system that detects skin cancer using digital images, techniques of image processing, by using the case-based reasoning and expert system. The main goal for designing this system is to create a cheap, easy-to-use, and relatively accurate system for detecting skin cancer in an early stage to save human life, raises the survival rate, and decreases the cost of the dermoscopy test.
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Pub Date : 2020-06-08DOI: 10.24017/science.2020.1.11
M. A. Salih, Dlivan Fatah Aziz, S. Ali
In the current investigation, a number of chromatographic methods with the accurate, precise and specific criteria have been developed and validated for diclofenac sodium and lidocaine hydrochloride Commitment of their large quantities ampule of pharmaceutical dosage form. The High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) system was performed at 25 ° C; with appropriate chromatographic isolation accomplished through the use of Waters Symmetry SB-C7 column with a mobile phase containing 0.1 M sodium acetate and methanol (40:60) (v/v). During development the portable stage was delivered at a stream rate of 1 mL/min, the wavelength was adjusted at 254 nm. First of all, the retention times for diclofenac sodium and lidocaine HCl were about 4.1 and 10.8 min accordingly. A performance and technical demonstration of the suggested Revers phase-HPLC method has been numerically challenged with support to process appropriateness, verticality, scales, simplicity, repeatability, sensitivity, stability, discovery and limits of quantification. In addition, the calibration curves for diclofenac sodium active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) with linear regressions > 0,999895 obtained linear in the distances 1870-5600 μg / mL. Moreover, for determining of lidocaine HCl drug, a range of 500 - 1500 μg/mL of working standard was used, the result showed for lidocain HCl that a linear curve with correlation coefficients of > 0.99980. Finally, the both drugs were isolated and resolute with selective and stable characteristics by the proposed technique. In the conclusion, successful validation of the HPLC approach has been demonstrated with high precision and accuracy for the assessment of both the mixed dosage form type of both diclofenac sodium and lidocaine HCl.
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Globally school closure is one of the social distancing strategies used to mitigate transmission of pandemic novel corona virus (COVID-19) among school populations. However, there are uncertainties around when, how and for how long schools need to be closed. There is limited evidence for the impact of school closure on the number of cases and spread of COVID-19 to inform management of future outbreaks. Several databases were searched using an adapted search strategy to obtain studies that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. A large number of studies were found and they were quality appraised. Eight good quality studies were identified and these were reviewed. The studies that contained the desired outcomes were three epidemiological studies, and five modeling studies using actual data that making assumptions about changes in transmission dynamics after school closure is applied. The results show that schools were closed for different timings related to the peak epidemics. School closure almost reduced the transmission of the COVID-19. Delay in closing schools and combinations with other control and management measures may affect the likelihood of drawing consistent conclusions about the effectiveness of school closure on COVID-19.
{"title":"Effects of school closure on transmission of COVID-19. A rapid systematic review","authors":"Zana Faris Muhammed","doi":"10.24017/covid.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24017/covid.12","url":null,"abstract":"Globally school closure is one of the social distancing strategies used to mitigate transmission of pandemic novel corona virus (COVID-19) among school populations. However, there are uncertainties around when, how and for how long schools need to be closed. There is limited evidence for the impact of school closure on the number of cases and spread of COVID-19 to inform management of future outbreaks. Several databases were searched using an adapted search strategy to obtain studies that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. A large number of studies were found and they were quality appraised. Eight good quality studies were identified and these were reviewed. The studies that contained the desired outcomes were three epidemiological studies, and five modeling studies using actual data that making assumptions about changes in transmission dynamics after school closure is applied. The results show that schools were closed for different timings related to the peak epidemics. School closure almost reduced the transmission of the COVID-19. Delay in closing schools and combinations with other control and management measures may affect the likelihood of drawing consistent conclusions about the effectiveness of school closure on COVID-19. ","PeriodicalId":17866,"journal":{"name":"Kurdistan Journal of Applied Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46215238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-12-31DOI: 10.24017/science.2019.2.20
D. R. Arif, Nzar Abdulqadir Ali
Real-time monitoring systems utilize two types of database, they are relational databases such as MySQL and non-relational databases such as MongoDB. A relational database management system (RDBMS) stores data in a structured format using rows and columns. It is relational because the values of the tables are connected. A non-relational database is a database that does not adopt the relational structure given by traditional. In recent years, this class of databases has also been referred to as Not only SQL (NoSQL). This paper discusses many comparisons that have been conducted on the execution time performance of types of databases (SQL and NoSQL). In SQL (Structured Query Language) databases different algorithms are used for inserting and updating data, such as indexing, bulk insert and multiple updating. However, in NoSQL different algorithms are used for inserting and updating operations such as default-indexing, batch insert, multiple updating and pipeline aggregation. As a result, firstly compared with related papers, this paper shows that the performance of both SQL and NoSQL can be improved. Secondly, performance can be dramatically improved for inserting and updating operations in the NoSQL database compared to the SQL database. To demonstrate the performance of the different algorithms for entering and updating data in SQL and NoSQL, this paper focuses on a different number of data sets and different performance results. The SQL part of the paper is conducted on 50,000 records to 3,000,000 records, while the NoSQL part of the paper is conducted on 50,000 to 16,000,000 documents (2GB) for NoSQL. In SQL, three million records are inserted within 606.53 seconds, while in NoSQL this number of documents is inserted within 67.87 seconds. For updating data, in SQL 300,000 records are updated within 271.17 seconds, while for NoSQL this number of documents is updated within just 46.02 seconds.
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Pub Date : 2019-11-17DOI: 10.24017/science.2019.ichms.24
A. Salih, A. Hamawandi
A prospective study was conducted on 60 thalassemia major patients (33 males and 27 females ) in whom the LV function and its parameters where assessed by echocardiography in relation to serum ferritin during the period from 2nd October 2007 to 2nd February 2008, in Sulaimani pediatric teaching hospital. Patient and method: The age ranges of patients were ranged between 3 – 18 years old. The diastolic function of LV was assessed by (M-mode, D-mode, and pulse dopplar study of mitral and pulmonary vein) done. Among 60 patients seen, 25% shows normal LV diastolic function, the rest is 13% relaxation dysfunction, 27% shows Psuedonormal diastolic dysfunction and 35% shows restrictive pattern of LV diastolic dysfunction. Mean serum ferritin in normal and abnormal diastolic LV dysfunction was not so different. In addition nearly all LV parameters as ( LVEDD , LVESD , LA diameter , aortic root diameter , IVC , E ,A ,E/A ratio , A-E time , DT time , S,D,R waves ) where non significantly related to serum ferritin level , this means that P value is less than 0.05 . This means that the level of serum ferritin has no relation with the above parameters in which 75% of those parameters were already abnormal in comparison to the age of the child. Another finding shows that 25% of normal diastolic function is seen in serum levels above 1500 ng/l, in addition, 50% of diastolic dysfunction will associate serum ferritin of less than 500ng/l . P value is more than 0,05 this means that its non-significant. In conclusion, there is a non-significant correlation between serum ferritin and LV diastolic function, so serum ferritin is not a dependant indicator for myocardial iron deposition.
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Pub Date : 2019-11-05DOI: 10.24017/science.2019.2.10
Lehat Yousif M. Noori, Dler Amin Sabir
The most interesting component of wheat is the wheat germ that is recognized as a secondary product in the industry of wheat milling; it has fascinating nutritional values that cannot be ignored. However, it has slender usage due to its significant chance of rancidity and the negative effect it causes the dough quality. Investigation in this study showed that how wheat germ affects the rheological quality of dough and the influences on the final product by its addition to bread, also to find out the best and most amount of wheat germ addition with the best bread quality that is unrecognizable by customers. For this intention, divergent quantities of the mille draw germ of wheat (5%, 10%, 15%, and 20%) were added to the flour used for making bread dough. Afterward, the dough’s rheological characteristics and the endmost quality characteristics of the bread were analyzed and compared to the control sample from both the Sensory evaluation and physical evaluation sentiments. Wheat germ insertion to dough flour caused an increase browning of the dough but decreased dough firmness, stretch-ability, and dough strength. The more the amount of the additional wheat germ to the wheat dough, the more the changes appeared, including decreasing extensibility and strength in addition to taste the difference. The bread made from dough with the highest amount of inserted wheat germ dispensed the smaller volume, less elasticity, and cohesiveness, while more firm and darker in color of both crust and crumb of the product. All bread acquired allowable outcomes in the sensory examination, yet inserting of wheat germ with a rate of (20% to flour) decreased appearance, texture, and overall acceptability outcomes of bread. Consequently, the addition of the germ worsens the rheology attribution of dough, lessen gelatinization temperature and qualification of bread, so it has to be added in a particular amount to keep both nutritional value and the quality of the bread as high as possible.
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