OBJECTIVE To investigate whether silibinin (SDH) could overcome chemoresistance of methotrexate (MTX)-resistant human rhabdomyosarcoma (hRD). METHODS This study was conducted at the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq from October 2012 to March 2013. In this in vitro study, resistance to MTX was induced in hRD cell line, the cel...

Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) is an economically important disease of cattle and buffaloes, and causes abortions, infertility, meningeal encephalitisو and keratoconjunctivitis. The aim of the study was to determine seroprevelence of the IBRantibodiesin two herds, 26buffaloes and 21 cow related agriculture research office and veterinarymedicine college respectively in Baghdad, these an...

In this paper we introduce SCARE the Spatio-Cultural Abductive Reasoning Engine which implements an algorithm that solves spatial abduction problems (Shakarian, Subrahmanian, and Sapino 2009). We review results of SCARE for activities by Iranian-sponsored “Special Groups” (Kagan, Kagan, and Pletka 2008) operating throughout the Baghdad urban area and compare these findings with experiments wher...

Background: To test effectiveness and safety of topical methotrexate 0.5%gel and to introduce new formula of methotrexate gel using suitable media for delivery. Patients and Methods: The clinical work was performed at the Department of Dermatology and Venereology in Baghdad Teaching Hospital during the period from January 2008 to October 2008. While preparation of formula was performed in the l...

1Department of Paediatrics; 2Department of Community Medicine, Iraqi College of Medicine, Baghdad, Iraq (Correspondence to W. Al-Kubaisy: [email protected]). Received: 03/03/03; accepted: 09/12/03 ABSTRACT To measure asthma prevalence and severity among children in Baghdad, we randomly sampled 3360 primary-school children and had their parents complete standardized questionnaires. The respo...

BACKGROUND In prior reports of active data collection, we demonstrated that early use of emergency tourniquets is associated with improved survival and only minor morbidity. To check these new and important results, we continued critical evaluation of tourniquet use for 6 more months in the current study to see if results were consistent. METHODS We continued a prospective survey of casualtie...

The research used the satellite image (Landsat 7 ETM ) within the thermal infrared sixth band (TIR6) and geographic information system (GIS) to determine the air pollution and its relationship with the land cover (LC) and land use (LU) of Baghdad city. Concentration of total suspended particles (TSP), lead (Pb), carbon oxides (CO, CO2), and sulphur dioxide (SO2) were obtained from 22 ground mea...

In this paper we introduce SCARE the Spatial Cultural Abductive Reasoning Engine which solves spatial abduction problems (Shakarian, Subrahmanian, and Sapino 2009). We review results of SCARE for activities by Iranian-sponsored “Special Groups” (Kagan, Kagan, and Pletka 2008) operating throughout the Baghdad urban area and compare these findings with new experiments where we predict IED cache s...

1Institute of Nano-Optoelectronics Research and Technology (INOR), School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia 2Department of Physics, College Of Education, Al-Mustansiriya University, Baghdad, Iraq 3Department of Electrical Engineering, College Of Engineering, Al-Mustansiriya, Baghdad, Iraq Abstract: in this work ZnO/Cu/ZnO transparent conductive multilayer films are p...

There is strong evidence to suggest that there is an association between ABO blood group and certain diseases. This study in Baghdad, Iraq investigated the possible association of diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolaemia and hypertension with ABO type. The data were derived from 920 patients with diabetes mellitus, hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia attending hospitals, clinics and laborato...