The water salinity of the Euphrates River as it enters Iraq, expressed as total dissolved solids (TDS), has more than doubled compared to that of 1973. Downstream of Al Hindia Barrage, south of Baghdad, the salinity has increased gradually over the last 30 years. The annual average TDS at Al Nassiriah, in the lower reaches of the Euphrates, has increased from 1,080 ppm in 1979 to more than 4,50...

Abstract This study used shell noun as the starting point to analyze language activities that word shì shí shàng ‘in fact’ by Internet users on PTT , understand truth event this empty signifies; and identify characteristics of pragmatic practice in texts screened noun. Through Tool, posts with more than 100 comments Gossip board during level 3 alert were first out, after which “in fact” identif...

extended abstract 1. introduction after 11thseptemberand providing background for thoughts of new conservative strategists, doctrine of changing regimes for omitting governments which were against hegemony of the usa, was focused by national security of america. new conservative decision makers with focusing on strategy of changing regime omitting contestant and bankrupt governments and creatin...

adopting a unilateral policy, the united states attacked iraq without permission from the united nations' security council in march 2003. the first intervention of the united states took place in iraq in 1991 with permission from the security council, accompanied by a coalition of the us allies. as a result of this military intervention, the united states managed to liberate kuwait at that...

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.

Background Pediatric cardiac services in Iraq are poorly developed. Only two centers in the country provided pediatric cardiac services at any significant level prior to an assistance development plan. Prior to 2010 approximately 400 children/ year received surgical care in Iraq. Occasional children were sent out of the country for surgery. We instituted a multi-city assistance program in 2010 ...

The article focuses on the study of situation Christian communities in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Egypt. In Middle East, where Christianity was born more than two thousand years ago, representatives this faith witnessed a number socio-political, economic demographic changes faced not only oppression from Muslim community, but also internal confessional contradictions. Egypt have long been fundam...

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...