Five new ostracod species belonging to the subfamily Trachyleberidinae have been described. They are Paragrenocythere monilis and Peloriops levisulcata from the Maastrichtian of Iraq; Oertliella petraensis from the early Palaeocene (middle – late Danian) of Jordan; Reticulina syriaensis from the Palaeocene of Syria and Reticulina ninurta from the middle – late Eocene of Iraq.

The genera Clivinopsis Bedel 1895 and Torretassoa Schatzmayr & Koch 1933 have been recorded in Iraq for the first time. New records of several species of Dyschirius Bonelli 1810 Dyschiriodes Jeannel 1941 (Dyschiriini W. Kolbe 1880) and Clivina Latreille 1802 (Clivinini Rafinesque 1815) are given. The identification key to the species of Dyschiriini from Iraq is provided.

There are a few studies that discuss the medical causes for diabetic foot (DF) ulcerations in Iraq, one of them in Wasit province. The aim of our study was to analyze the medical, therapeutic, and patient risk factors for developing DF ulcerations among diabetic patients in Baghdad, Iraq.

Introduction: Every year a large number of Muslims, especially from Iran, travel to holy places in Iraq for pilgrimage. Like Hajj and other mass gatherings, the health of pilgrims in Iraq is a major issue. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of diseases in pilgrims referring to Iranian clinics in Iraq. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted...

Since June 4, 2004, asthma diagnosed and symptomatic after the age of 12 years has been an exclusion criterion for military enlistment unless exempted via medical waiver. The Department of Defense determined that 13% of U.S. Army Medic visits in Iraq are for new-onset acute respiratory illness; case reports of veterans with asthma that began in Iraq and Afghanistan War zones have surfaced. This...

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INTRODUCTION Medical information systems during past military deployments had limited injury surveillance capability as data were not accessible during deployments and did not capture causes of injury. This paper describes nonbattle injury (NBI) results from an ongoing surveillance program that identifies injury occurrences and causes during deployments for Operations Iraqi Freedom (Iraq) and E...

Asmhan Flieh Hassan, Dong Cai-lin and Zahir M. Hussain PhD Candidate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, HuaZhong Normal University, 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430079, China Department of Mathematics University of Kufa, Najaf, Iraq School of Mathematics and Statistics, HuaZhong Normal University, 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430079, China Department of Computer Science, University of Kufa, Najaf, Iraq...

International Journal of Control Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713393989 Dahlin minimum variance self-tuning controller Lamya A. Al-Chalabi a; Fouad F. Khalil b a Department of Control and Systems Engineering, University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq b Department of Electrical Engineering, Uni...