In this study, a geotechnical assessment of gravel and sand deposits were conducted on both sides the Lower Zab River in southwest Kirkuk Governorate/Northern Iraq. geologically sediment related to Quaternary age tectonically located at unstable zone. 5 samples collected from study area for purpose conducting various tests them their validity road works sub-base layer base asphalt works.
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A metal electrode is a significant component of zinc–air battery (ZAB), but the material usually not elastic, which severely restricts application flexible and stretchable ZABs in field wearable electronic devices. Herein, we report metal-coated textile prepared by dynamic stretching–electroplating based on wavy spandex substrate. Benefiting from unique woven structure, shows high stretchabilit...

Consider n players whose ‘‘scores’’ are independent and identically distributed values fXigi 1⁄4 1 from some discrete distribution F. We pay special attention to the cases where (i) F is geometric with parameter p-0 and (ii) F is uniform on f1;2; . . . ;Ng; the latter case clearly corresponds to the classical occupancy problem. The quantities of interest to us are, first, the U-statistic W whic...

Cholera is a contagious acute diarrheal disease due to ingestion of contaminated water and food with Vibrio cholera, Gram-negative bacterium that naturally inhabits coastal estuarine ecosystems. Millions cholera cases thousands deaths are annually reported worldwide. endemic in Iraq every 3-5 years interval. Meanwhile, outbreaks have been reporting Kurdistan region. However, the epidemiology ha...

Addressing environmental management problems at catchment scales requires an integrated modelling approach, in which key bio-physical and socio-economic drivers, processes and impacts are all considered. Development of Decision Support Systems (DSSs) for environmental management is rapidly progressing. This paper describes the integration of physical, ecological, and socio-economic components i...