During the last decades there is low flow in the Euphrates River then consequently low flowin Hilla River which is branch of Euphrates River, Iraq. The Tyass Barrage constructed to lift thehydraulic head upstream in Hilla River raised the groundwater table above ground surface.Environmental problems have been occurred in Hashimyia Area, Babylon Governorate, causingflooding an ar...

The PROCLEIX West Nile virus assay (WNV assay) is a qualitative nucleic acid test based on transcription-mediated amplification (TMA). The assay was used under an investigational protocol in the United States to screen blood donations for West Nile virus (WNV) RNA starting in the summer of 2003, and was licensed by the FDA in December 2005 for use on the PROCLEIX System, also known as the enhan...

The articulation of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is composed of the temporal bone dorsally, the mandibular condyle ventrally and a fibrous articular disc. The TMJ disc plays an essential role in distributing load between the two articular surfaces. Degeneration of the disc in the presence of joint pathology has been shown in man; however, TMJ pathology has not been documented previously in...

A new nematode species, Rhabdochona (Globochona) kurdistanensis sp. n. (Rhabdochonidae), is decribed based on specimens collected from the intestine of the barbel Luciobarbus kersin (Heckel) (Cyprinidae) in the Greater Zab (type locality) and the Lesser Zab Rivers, Tigris River basin, Kurdistan Region, northern Iraq. It is mainly characterized by a prostom with 8 anterior teeth, the presence of...

Abstract Stable hydrogen and oxygen isotopes were used as natural tracers to identify spatial-temporal control on groundwater wells recharge basic physico-chemical parameters between lower Zab Tigris river South of AlShirqat city-Iraq. the search aimed study relationships in isotope compositions evaluate source recharge. Seven water samples analyzed for stable two periods, (dry wet), 2021. Ther...

The current study aimed at monitoring, exploring and identifying pollution levels in the Tigris River by studying seasonal variations of physical chemical characteristics river water Baghdad. Monthly samples were collected from four locations along Baghdad for 12 months period. studied included surface temperature, pH, turbidity, salinity, electrical conductivity, total suspended solids, dissol...

the iranian persian chub is an endemic species of the family cyprinidae known only from few localities in drainages of southern iran. it was originally described in the genus pseudophoxinus as (pseudophoxinus persidis) and then petroleuciscus (as petroleuciscus persidis). in this study, we examined phylogenetic relationships of the iranian persian chubwith other relatives in the family cyprinid...