Evaluation of cervical cytological abnormalities in correlation with clinical findings in Iraqi patients by Zainab Abbas Hassooni, Wafaa Redha Mohammed Al-Sabbagh, Taqi Mohammed Jwad Taher

“…Abstract Objective: Many articles study the efficiency of pap smears in detecting cervical disease and precancerous lesions; however, in Iraq, only few researches study the clinic-pathological correlation in pap smear results. …”
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On-grid Photovoltaic Power System for Governmental Office Electrification by Ali Nasser Hussain, zuhair sameen shuker, Majid Khudair Abbas Al-Tamimi, Mimouna Abid

“…The current work evaluates the effectiveness of solar energy for supplying the police building located in Diyala, Iraq. The installed renewable power system consists of photovoltaic/ battery system set with grid connection installed on the roof of the building with a capacity of 5.52 kWp and battery unit (200 A, 48 Volt). …”
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The Comparison and Correlation of Serum Levels of Insulin and Na+/ K+ Atpase In Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) And Non-Diabetes Mellitus Individuals by Karar Kazem Mohammed, Ahmed Ghazi Sabbar, Haider Hafid Hmeash

“…Material and methods: A case-control study was carried out in the max cure diabetes center and Al-Zahra Teaching Hospital in the city of AL-Kut, Iraq. Including 114 patients divided into 54 patients of T2DM in addition to  60 individuals as control (male and female), ages ranging from (20-70 years) from November 2021 –to March 2022. …”
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Implementation of Genetic Algorithm Integrated with the Deep Neural Network for Estimating at Completion Simulation by Karrar Raoof Kareem Kamoona, Cenk Budayan

“…In order to demonstrate the capability of the model in the engineering applications, historical project information obtained from fifteen projects in Iraq region is inspected in this research. The second phase of this research is about the integration of two input algorithms hybridized with the proposed and the comparable predictive intelligent models. …”
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CONSEQUENCES OF THE REALIZATION OF NATO STRATEGY IN THE CONFLICTS OF "THE ARAB SPRING" FOR THE STATES OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA by E. A. Antyukhova

“…Some diffusion of the territorial activity of certain states (Iraq, Libya, Syria) is observed. In the course of the Arab crisis there appeared new ethnic (Kurdish) and territorial ("The Islamic State") enclaves. …”
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Military Interventions As Omitted Variable Of Inversed Democratic Peace: An Empirical Evidence by Srđan Korać, Nenad Stekić

“…To test this so-called “inversed democratic peace” thesis based on an argument that an ongoing war is likely to lead to democratisation, we focus our analysis on the US interventions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and FR Yugoslavia (Kosovo). We deploy three variables: 1) Foreign policy similarity, to determine whether the intervening actor (USA) had similar or different foreign policy goals at the beginning of interventions; 2) Political regime similarity, to indicate whether there were any deviations in the quality of political regime between the intervening state and the target country, as indicated by the democratic peace postulates; 3) military interventions (independent variable). …”
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Comparison of Growth Traits and Yields Components of five Chickpeas Genotypes (Cicer arietinum L.) at Bakrajo/ Sulaymaniyah Conditions by Jalal Omer Ahmed, Dara Yara Mohammad, Anwar Rashid Abdulla, Chnar Hama Noori Meerza

“…According to the environment conditions in winter season in the northern Iraq; crop meets slight heat and the acceptable moisture during reproductive growth and maturity. …”
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A Comparison Between the MEWMA and Mahalanobis Distance Control Chart by Kawa Rashid

“…This paper aims to compare the MEWMA and Mahalanobis distance chart for three compounds for water drinking production in the ALA -Factory in the Sulaimani-Iraq region. So, linguistic terms can be used instead of the exact value of the continuous random variable. …”
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The Effect of Solar Panels and Vegetation Strategy on the Sustainability of Open Spaces by Kareem Hajer Kamel, Mohammed Younis Mahmoud

“…The pilot study was conducted in residential complex in Iraq, Baghdad. Two different strategies and four separate scenarios were created using vegetation and photovoltaic panels. …”
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Iraqi Stock Market Prediction Using Artificial Neural Network and Long Short-Term Memory by Sama Hayder Abdulhussein AlHakeem, Nashaat Jasim Al-Anber, Hayfaa Abdulzahra Atee, Mahmod Muhamad Amrir

“…To obtain forecast models of stock market data that can accurately portray reality and obtain future forecasts, these models must take all data considerations from linear and none linear trends, different influences, and other data factors, hence the research problem of obtaining a method that gives predictions of Iraq's stock market indicators that are accurate and reliable in stock analysis. …”
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Challenging Our Assumptions: Listening to Refugee and Immigrant Women’s Voices About Career Aspirations by Angela Warner, Dahlia Herring, Lisa E. Baranik, Janice Coles

“…We conducted three focus groups and one interview with 26 immigrant and refugee women from Afghanistan, Congo-Brazzaville, the Dominican Republic, Iraq, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, and Ukraine. Participants expressed ambitious career goals such as becoming a lawyer, nurse, judge, police officer, doctor, tailor, and chef. …”
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Assessing the Impact of Modified Initial Abstraction Ratios and Slope Adjusted Curve Number on Runoff Prediction in the Watersheds of Sulaimani Province. by Farhan Ahmad Abdulrahman, Tarq Hama Karim

“…In this study, we analyzed daily rainfall data from seventeen watersheds in different physiographic locations in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, recorded between 2022 and 2023. Our aim was to assess the effect of slope adjusted curve number and modified the initial abstraction ratio (0.1) on estimation of direct runoff. …”
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Synergistic Effects of Nano-Silicon and IQ Combi on Yield Traits of Wheat under Saline Irrigation by Raghad S. Abbas, Ayyad W. Al-Shahwany, Leila Z. Miandoab, Nader Chaparzadeh

“…Methodology: two factorial plot experiments were conducted during Autumn 2022 and 2023 in Diyala, IRAQ. The plants were irrigated every 18 days from planting with three NaCl irrigation levels: 0 (distilled water), 50, and 75 mM. …”
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Adsorption Study and Removal of Basic Fuchsin Dye from Medical Laboratory Wastewater Using Local Natural Clay by Fuad Hama Sharif Radha, Dler M. S. Shwan, Stephan Kaufhold

“…Local natural clay from Sulaimani zone-Takiya (TKC), Kurdistan Region of Iraq, was characterized and used for the removal of basic fuchsin (BF) dye from laboratory bacterial wastewater. …”
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Soybean (Glycine max L.) Yield and Yield Component Under Different Planting Time and Foliar Application of Humic Acid by Shara Salih Ali, Chnar Hama Noori Mirza

“…A triplicate field experiment laid out in randomized complete block design was conducted to evaluate the effect of foliar application of humic acid rates (HAR) at Bakrajo, Sulaimani which is  (located at 35°32'52.8"N and 45°21'16.6"E) belongs to Kurdistan region of Iraq with the silty clay soil type. Five different Humic Acid rates (HAR) which were (0 (control), 2,4,6,8 g/L) and two cultivation period (CP) which were cultivation Period 1 (CP1) on 15 May 2022 and cultivation Period 2 (CP2) on 1st of June 2022. …”
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The incidence rate of caries on individual tooth surfaces and its distribution by age and gender in clinic patients of Hawler Medical University/College of Dentistry: a retrospecti... by Niaz Hamaghareeb Hamasaeed, Eman Kanabi Mohammed, Kazhin Mahmood Omer, Rayan Amir Bapir

“…Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among clinic patients of Hawler Medical University/College of Dentistry in Erbil Governorate, Kurdistan, Iraq, over a span of four months in 2021. Thousand carious teeth were recorded in the Conservative Department. …”
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Evaporation Rate Prediction Using Advanced Machine Learning Models: A Comparative Study by Zainab Abdulelah Al Sudani, Golam Saleh Ahmed Salem

“…In this study, four machine learning (ML) modeling approaches, extreme learning machine (ELM), gradient boosting machine (GBM), quantile random forest (QRF), and Gaussian process regression (GPR), have been developed to estimate the monthly evaporation loss over two stations located in Iraq. Monthly climatical parameters have been used as an input variable for simulating the evaporation rate. …”
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Awareness of Healthcare Providers About COVID-19 Vaccinations in Karbala City by Atta Ah. Mousa Al-Sarray, Rasha Haider Shareef

“…However, no study has been conducted on the awareness of the COVID-19 vaccine in Iraq. Therefore, there is a more prominent need to evaluate their knowledge and awareness among HCWs. …”
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Extraction of Nickel Oxide from Spent Catalyst for Environmentally Safe Disposal by Fakhri H. Ibraheem, Heavn E. Mahmood, Dunya I. Salih, Jafar M. Smil, Hawbash S. Ahamad, Fatin A. Salih

“…Tens of tons are disposed of annually from oil and gas companies in Iraq. The paper aims to determine the kinds and amounts of toxic materials carried by the nickel oxide sulfur bed spent catalyst and then submit the suitable treatment methods, such as leaching by water, base solution, and acid solution. …”
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COMPARATIVE STEM ANATOMY OF EIGHT SELECTED WILD PLANT SPECIES FROM PAPILIONACEAE FAMILY IN WESTERN DESERT DISTRICT (DWD) by M. O. Mousa, I. M. Ayyed, S. S. Shahatha, N. M. Abood, F. H. Mukhlif, S. A. Alkubaisy, A. M. A. AL-Kasiy

“…Eight selected wild plant species from the Papilionaceae family were collected and identified in the Western Desert District of Iraq. Which belongs to 5 genera, namely, the genus Astragalus L., represented by the species A. crispocarpus Nab., the genus Lotus L., represented by the species L. halophilus Boiss., and the genus Medicago L., which includes the species M. laciniata (L.) …”
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