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{"title":"Effect of Type of Support on The Responce of Offshore Sructure Under Seismic Load","authors":"Ahmed H. Ahemer, A. Ali","doi":"10.32792/utq/utj/vol14/2/7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32792/utq/utj/vol14/2/7","url":null,"abstract":"The seismic force has very important effects in the response of offshore structures and it is considered as applied dynamic forces. The seismic must be taken in consideration in designing stage due to their high effects on the safety of platform under earthquake. In this paper a comparison in response between offshore structures with fixed support at sea bed and with embedded piling support. AL-Basrah oil port (ABOP) is taken in consideration as a case study where   two models are used, in the first model the pile –soil interaction (PSI) is neglected and the fixed support is used in the level of sea bed however in the second model, the effect of pile –soil interaction is considered. For two models the finite element analysis was performed in linear behavior for piles and deck while the soil is treated as nonlinear. The results are shown that the natural frequency for fixed support is more than for structure with piling support and the responses are more influenced by the near in frequency between structure and seismic action","PeriodicalId":23465,"journal":{"name":"University of Thi-Qar Journal","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73941382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessment of the Performance of Stone Columns through the Seismic Wave Test: A Review","authors":"N. Al-obaidy, A. Al-Shueli, H. Shaia","doi":"10.32792/utq/utj/vol14/2/6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32792/utq/utj/vol14/2/6","url":null,"abstract":"The geophysical testing is increasingly being employed in many geotechnical applications. It is preferred in monitoring the mechanical characteristics of the ground because of its economy, not time consuming and non-destructive nature. Seismic wave test is one of the geophysical methods which showed a potential in observing the general behaviour of the reinforced soil with stone columns. Findings in most cases showed that the seismic wave measurements was integrated with or compared to the conventional tests such as standard penetration test or cone penetration test. There was a noticeable success in identifying the enhancement achieved to the ground upon the strengthening with the column, specifically when the associated surveys can produce a clear image of the underground which interprets the variation in the soil  properties not  prior to the soil treatment only, but even after the treatment occurring. However, from practical point of view, there were still some restrictions with applying such a method, specifically relating to the extent of data gathered, technical concerns and the difficulty of measuring the waves or interpreting results with the presence of ground water. This paper summarizes the recent publication work concerning this technique with a key focus on advantages and limitations within this type of ground improvement.","PeriodicalId":23465,"journal":{"name":"University of Thi-Qar Journal","volume":"69 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84173681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The impact of adopting an Activity-Based Cost System to maximize profitability (Applied Study in private hospitals in Basrah governorate)","authors":"A. Sahi","doi":"10.32792/utq/utj/vol/2/10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32792/utq/utj/vol/2/10","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this study is concerned with clarification of the impact of the adoption of the activity-based costing system in private hospitals in Basrah Governorate because the Activity-based costing system, if adopted, will contribute to reduce the cost of health services. It will also facilitate the measurement of the cost health services and the identification of obstacles that may arise and impede its application in these hospitals. For the purpose of the study, six private hospitals were chosen as study samples; they are (Al-Nour, Ibn Al-Bitar, Saadi, Rahma, Mowasat and Moussawi) for the period from April to July 2018. The researcher conducted a questionnaire survey in the aforesaid hospitals to collect data and information, adopting the descriptive approach in his study to fathom the impact of the adoption of the cost-based system of activity in maximizing profitability of private hospitals. He also used the inductive method to test the hypotheses of the study, distributing (96) forms of questionnaire and (16) regular forms among the study members, who responded to the questions in the questionnaire and the returned forms represented (100%) of distributed forms. He also used the statistical package program (SPSS) to analyze the results that the study reached at, where frequency, percentages, computations, standard deviations, simple regression testing and analysis of mono-variance were also used. The researcher concluded that reduction of expenses and costs of services would positively contribute to the maximization of profitability as considered one of the most important indicators of the measurement of success. The study also came out with the fact that senior management of the private hospitals in question did not believe in the feasibility of implementing the cost-based accounting system because it is very costing or because the management did not have the wish to apply it. However, all participants in the study agreed on the importance of an active cost accounting system in pricing of health services, which in turn leads to maximize profitability because the traditional cost system is unable to address the allocation of indirect costs of various activities in the performance of private hospitals, and to make proper decisions such as pricing decisions for health services.","PeriodicalId":23465,"journal":{"name":"University of Thi-Qar Journal","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88908719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Electro-Optic Designing and Construction to test the Tilting and the Decentering","authors":"M. S. Shuker, A. Al-Hamdani, Mohammed S. Mahdi","doi":"10.32792/utq/utj/vol14/2/5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32792/utq/utj/vol14/2/5","url":null,"abstract":"As a result of existence of optical defects at the center of radius of curvature such as tilting and decentering because of non accuracy of processing after polishing and cementing operations. Theoretical and analytical studies depending on Liou and Brennan model (LBME) was done in addition to design and construct a system to test the effect of tilting and decentering on the MTF of the system with pupil diameter of 3 and 4.5 measured in (mm). Decentration and Tilt findings demonstrated high imaging quality corruption in the  aberration corrective lens","PeriodicalId":23465,"journal":{"name":"University of Thi-Qar Journal","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88986846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Association Between BRCA1/2 Polymorphism and HPV in Breast Cancer Patients in Thi-Qar/South Iraq","authors":"B. J. Hamad, M. Saleh","doi":"10.32792/utq/utj/vol14/2/2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32792/utq/utj/vol14/2/2","url":null,"abstract":"Breast cancer is presently the greatest common malignant disease detected in women worldwide. The breast cancer occurs as a result of transformations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 when the cells injured, by chemicals in tobacco, exposure to radiation and infected with oncogenic viruses such as a Human papilloma virus, BRCA1 and BRCA2 are human genes which make tumor silencer proteins. This study was carried out to investigate the presence of mutation (5382insC and 6174delT) in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, respectively (to determent the effect of HPV of human genes) by gene polymorphism amplification-refractory mutation system-PCR (ARMS-PCR) technique. The ARMS-PCR assay was performed for detection BRCA1 (185delAG) and BRCA2 (6174delT) gene mutation in breast cancer blood patients infected with HPV. The ARMS technique which revealed that out of 32 malignant breast tumors 5 (15.6%) cases carry a 5382insC mutation in BRCA1 gene, and no 6174delT mutation was recorded in BRCA2 gene. The 5382insC polymorphisms recorded in BRCA1 gene, and the HPV may induce it, while no evidence of the BRCA2 6174delT polymorphism, This may indicate that there is no correlation between this mutation and HPV.","PeriodicalId":23465,"journal":{"name":"University of Thi-Qar Journal","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86321904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"InVitro Antimicrobial Activity of Conocarpus spp Leaf Crude Extract","authors":"Dhurgham A. Alhasan, Ahmed. Q. Dawood, A. D. Muter","doi":"10.32792/utq/utj/vol14/2/9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32792/utq/utj/vol14/2/9","url":null,"abstract":"The plants represent one of the important sources that can produce antimicrobial agents. So, this study was designed to evaluate the ability of the local Conocarpus spp leaves to detect their bioactivity against some microbial pathogens. The filtrate produced by soaking the dried methanol pulverized leaves in the distilled water revealed a bioactivity against three clinical pathogenic isolates were Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Candida albicans recorded  25, 15 and 31 mm of the inhibitory zones respectively. The isolates besides Streptococcus mutans were inhibited by the crude chloroform extract of the filtrate in which the inhibitory zones were 16, 19, 28 and 15 mm respectively. The GC-MS analysis revealed that the crude chloroform extract contains seven compounds besides DMSO as solvent were [ethanone,1,1'-(1,4-phenylene)bis-], [benzene, 4-methoxy-1-nitro-2-( trifluoromethyl)-], [cholan-24-oic acid, 3,6-bis(acetyloxy)- methyl ester (3,alpha., 5.beta., and 6.alpha)], [terephthalic acid, isobutyl 2-phenylethyl ester], [1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-amine, 5-(4-bromophenyl)-], [1H-indole, 5-methyl-2-phenyl-], and [benzo [h]quinolone, 2,4-dimethyl-].","PeriodicalId":23465,"journal":{"name":"University of Thi-Qar Journal","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86655333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Study of Some Histological Properties of Skeletal Muscles in a Fish Gymnura micrura","authors":"Y. W. Ouda","doi":"10.32792/utq/utj/vol14/2/4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32792/utq/utj/vol14/2/4","url":null,"abstract":"The present study showed some histological properties of skeletal muscles in Gymnura micrura belong to the family Dasyatidae, specimens of fish collected from the AL-Fao area in Iraqi territorial waters with assistance from a fisherman. The results declare two types of cartilage that can be distinguished: hyaline cartilage, which constitutes a large percentage of the cartilage mass, in addition to the presence of another type, the elastic cartilage. The results showed that the diameter of red muscle fibers alternated between (22.30 - 37.17 microns), while it alternated between (44.61 – 104.09 microns) of the white muscle fibers diameter in studied fish, this difference possibly attributed to the functional role of white and red muscle fibers and their effect in the mechanics of movement.","PeriodicalId":23465,"journal":{"name":"University of Thi-Qar Journal","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74349455","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The frequency of Chlamydia trachomatis colonization among infertile women in Al-Nasiriyah city–south of Iraq","authors":"Saad A Atiyah, E. Jawad, T. Ali, Allyaa Abdul Hussein Hafedh, Yonus Atiyah Kamel","doi":"10.32792/utq/utj/vol14/1/1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32792/utq/utj/vol14/1/1","url":null,"abstract":"Chlamydia trachomatis one of the main causes of pelvic inflammatory diseases which leading to infertility condition especially in women. In this study, 63 vaginal swab specimens from infertile women in Nasiriyah city (south of Iraq) were collected and analyzed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) by using specific bacterial DNA primer and the positive results correlate in relation to age and types of infertility (primary and secondary). The current study showed that only 9.5% of the samples had the DNA of bacteria. The bacterial infection rate was similar between the primary and secondary types of infertile women. Also, this study found that there were no significant differences between the age of patients and infection and not in the age of infected women between primary and secondary type under (P > 0.05). In conclusion, the C. trachomatis may represent an important cause of infertility in samples of Iraqi women with no significant correlation between the infection, age and types of infertility.","PeriodicalId":23465,"journal":{"name":"University of Thi-Qar Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86923682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Theoretical Study of Sensitivity of Slab-Sensor with Metamaterial","authors":"Sarah A. Shaddod","doi":"10.32792/utq/utj/vol14/1/8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32792/utq/utj/vol14/1/8","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a plane waveguide consisting of three layers was studied, where the metamaterial was placed in the middle region. The dispersion relation equations, field distribution, power flux, and sensitivity were derived, by Maxwell’s equations. The results showed that the waveguide contains only the transverse modes TE and TM, while the fundamental mode is absent compared of normal materials. The study of dispersion curves showed that all modes contain a backward orientation in a certain range of V . This amount of backward orientation decreases with increasing the mode order. Also the study showed that the sensitivity increases by increasing the middle width of waveguide or mode order.","PeriodicalId":23465,"journal":{"name":"University of Thi-Qar Journal","volume":"167 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80527858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Synthesis and Characterization of Schiffbases Andcr (Ii), Fe (Ii) and Cd(Ii) Complexes Derived From Ethelene Diammine With 1-Phenyl-1, 3-Butanedion and 4-Aminoantipyrine","authors":"Israa Jirjees","doi":"10.32792/utq/utj/vol14/1/7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32792/utq/utj/vol14/1/7","url":null,"abstract":"Schiff base ligand [ (4Z,11aE,15E) -2,3,59,10 - pentamethyl -1,7,11-triphenyl-2,6,10,11,13,14-hexahydro -1H dipyrazol [4,3-b:3',4'-h][1,4,7,10] tetraazacyclotridecine ] was synthesized by reacting 1-Phenyl,1,3-butanedion and 4-aminoantipyrin with Ethylenediamine.Its complexes with Cr (II),Fe (II) and Cd (II) reaction of the metal salt with the ligand characterization ligands and its complexes were characterized by elements analyses , FT-IR , Mass techniques and 1 H-NMR","PeriodicalId":23465,"journal":{"name":"University of Thi-Qar Journal","volume":"49 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86512846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}