Background and aim: Nurses’ awareness experiences about covid-19 are essential aspects to facilitate their clinical practice, communicate understand patients’ needs. Awareness refers the consciousness level of nurses that produces appropriate nursing implementation. Whilst helps adapt work in a critical environment. The aim study was assess nurses’ during pandemic. Methods: It is cross-sectiona...

Background : Diabetes mellitus is a chronic, progressive disorder that causes variety of health problems. Adherence to medication major factor in the treatment outcome. The goal this study translate and test psychometric features Kurdish version Morisky Medication Scale (MMAS-8) among type 2 diabetic patients. Methods research used cross-sectional approach. researchers looked at convenient samp...

The environmental impact was illustrated by rockslide and erosion on the Duhok Dam its reservoir. evaluation of geotechnical characteristics Gercus Formation conducted. research plan divided into three phases, field, laboratory, office works. fieldwork included studying all geological phenomena region related to impact. laboratory work focused properties various rock samples taken from Formatio...

This study was carried out to establish baseline data on lead exposure in a sample of the general population from Duhok governorate, Iraq in 2011. A cross-sectional study was made of blood lead levels of 820 individuals and of dust and of air lead levels in urban, suburban and rural residential areas. Mean blood lead (BPb) value in the overall sample was 7.3 (SD 2.8) microg/dL, range 1.6-17.0 m...

The study was carried out to determine soil organic matter content (SOM) using loss on ignition (LOI) and titrant methods. Eighty-four composite samples were collected from surface of randomly different locations in four governorates northern parts Iraq. percent mean values SOM recorded 2.34, 2.399 1.821, respectively for Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, Kirkuk, Duhok the LOI method, while lower obtained 1...

The present study was conducted at Collage of Agricultural Engineering Sciences University Duhok (Sumel) and Zakho Research Center (Zakho), Kurdistan Region, Iraq, during the growing season 2021-2022 to investigate effect different factors includes broad bean cultivars (Aguadulce & Lunga Delle Cascine), herbicide treatments (Control, Basagran 300mL.100L-1, Gallant super 375mL.100L-1, + Hand...

OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to compare the incidence of Pineal Gland Calcification (PGC) by age group and gender among the populations living in the Kurdistan Region-Iraq. METHODS This prospective study examined skull X-rays of 480 patients between the ages of 3 and 89 years who sought care at a large teaching public hospital in Duhok, Iraq from June 2014 to November 2014. Descriptiv...