BACKGROUND Improvised explosive devices have become the characteristic weapon of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. While little can be done to mitigate against the effects of blast in free-field explosions, scaled blast simulations have shown that the combat boot can attenuate the effects on the vehicle occupants of anti-vehicular mine blasts. Although the combat boot offers some protection to...

Chilopsis linearis 'Burgundy', "DESERT WILLOW" Calif. native, fast-growing small tree or large shrub w/ airy appearance; willow-like leaves & trumpet-shaped, burgundy-colored flowers over long spring/summer season; hummingbird favorite.. [30] (H*W*C*) Cupressus forbesii, "TECATE CYPRESS" Calif. native, drought tolerant, multi-trunked, evergreen tree to 25 ft. w/ cherry red bark & green-gray fol...

Chilopsis linearis 'Burgundy', "DESERT WILLOW" Calif. native, fast-growing small tree or large shrub w/ airy appearance; willow-like leaves & trumpet-shaped, burgundy-colored flowers over long spring/summer season; hummingbird favorite.. [30] (H*W*C*) Cupressus forbesii, "TECATE CYPRESS" Calif. native, drought tolerant, multi-trunked, evergreen tree to 25 ft. w/ cherry red bark & green-gray fol...

GARY W. CONRAD, DANIEL C . WILLIAMS, F. RUDOLF TURNER, KENNETH M. NEWROCK and RUDOLF A. RAFF. From the Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Salisbury Cove, Maine 04672, and Department of Zoology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47401 . Drs. Conrad and Williams are from Kansas State University and Mount Desert ...

1Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq. 2Department of Community Medicine, Saddam Medical College, Saddam University, Baghdad, Iraq (Correspondence to W. A. Al-Kubaisy: [email protected]). 3Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Al-Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq. Received: 13/09/01; accepted: 07/04/04 ABSTRACT To determin...

Abstract Aquifers offer a reliable supply of high-quality water, making groundwater significant in arid and semi-arid regions. Climate change is predicted to result decrease rainfall an increase droughts. The prolonged drought severely devastated Iraq the main reason for ongoing consumption over last decade. In this study, stresses depletion potentials Dammam confined aquifer, which extended al...

Abstract This study was conducted at the Agriculture College University of Karbala, Iraq to isolate and morphologically molecularly diagnose thirteen Cladosporium isolates collected from tomato plant residues present in desert regions Najaf Karbala provinces, Iraq. We diagnosed obtained by PCR amplification using ITS1 ITS4 universal primer pair followed sequencing. analysis nucleotide sequences...

W. T. Sulaiman Department of Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq Correspondence should be addressed to W. T. Sulaiman, [email protected] Received 5 November 2010; Accepted 19 January 2011 Academic Editor: Paolo E. Ricci Copyright q 2011 W. T. Sulaiman. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, whi...

W. T. Sulaiman Department of Mathematic, College of Computer Science and Mathematics, Mosul University, Mosul, Iraq Correspondence should be addressed to W. T. Sulaiman, [email protected] Received 14 October 2007; Accepted 21 April 2008 Recommended by Huseyin Bor New results concerning product summability of an infinite series are given. Some special cases are also deduced. Copyright q 2...