Ihsan A. Mkashaf, Kamel H. Al-Sowdani, Abdulla J. Y. Aldarwish
{"title":"Use of full automated microfluidic technique for determination of Zinc (II) in pharmaceutical preparations with 8-Hydroxyquinoline","authors":"Ihsan A. Mkashaf, Kamel H. Al-Sowdani, Abdulla J. Y. Aldarwish","doi":"10.56714/bjrs.48.2.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56714/bjrs.48.2.2","url":null,"abstract":"The full automated microfluidic system has been designed for the determination of zinc (II) ion in pharmaceutical samples home-made. Two-channel microchips (30 μl×4 cm) was designed in this study. The proposed system was controlled by using Arduino UNO and Mega microcontrollers. The first type was utilized to control the homemade micro-peristaltic pump to withdraw samples and chemical reagents in the microchip and then to the spectrophotometer equipment with 7-microliter flow cell. The other one type is Mega, was used as a data-logger to manipulate and recording the results as peak height corresponding the concentration by using Microsoft Excel 2016 program. The linearity was ranged 1-7 µg/ml, the correlation coefficient (R2) was 0.9998. The relative standard deviation for ten measurements of Zn(II) ion 4 µg/ml was (0.982%), as well as the detection limit was 0.125 µg/ml. The dilution factor of this system was 1.07.","PeriodicalId":377834,"journal":{"name":"Basrah Researches Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125021950","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":"Generating High-Resolution Chest X-ray Images Using CGAN","authors":"Haneen M. Mohammed, Khawla H. Ali","doi":"10.56714/bjrs.48.2.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56714/bjrs.48.2.9","url":null,"abstract":"Deep Learning (DL) models have outperformed remarkably and effectively on several Computers Vision applications. However, these models require large amounts of data to avoid overfitting problems. Overfitting happens when a network trains a function with an incredibly high variance to represent the training data perfectly. Consequently, medical images lack to availability of large labeled datasets, and the annotation of medical images is expensive and time-consuming for experts, as the COVID-19 virus is an infectious disease, these datasets are scarce and it is difficult to get large datasets. The limited amount of the COVID-19 class compared to any other classes, for example (healthy). To solve the scarcity data problem, we adjust a Conditional Generative Adversarial Network (CGAN) as a solution to the problems of scarcity and limited data. CGAN contains two neural networks: a generator that creates synthetic (fake) images, and a discriminator that recognizes a real sample of training and a generated sample from the generator. The adjusted CGAN is able to Generate synthetic images with high resolution and close to the original images which aid in expanding the limited dataset specific to a new pandemic. In addition to CGAN augmenting strategies, this research also briefly explores additional aspects of data augmentation like time augmentation and total dataset size. Frechet inception distance metric (FID) has been used for evaluating synthetic images generated by CGAN. The adjusted CGAN obtains better FID results for the high-resolution synthetic X-rays images it achieves 2.349%.","PeriodicalId":377834,"journal":{"name":"Basrah Researches Sciences","volume":"310 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124403139","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}
Mariam F. Albidhani, Ahmed Mohsen Athbi, H. T. Al-Saad
{"title":"Presence and distribution of N - alkanes in the waters of some areas of the Shatt Al-Arab River, southern Iraq","authors":"Mariam F. Albidhani, Ahmed Mohsen Athbi, H. T. Al-Saad","doi":"10.56714/bjrs.48.2.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56714/bjrs.48.2.1","url":null,"abstract":"The study dealt with (4) stations distributed along the Shatt Al-Arab, namely Al-Mashab, Al-Ashar, Abu Al-Khasib and Al-Faw. Samples were collected monthly over a whole year, starting from January 2012 until December of the same year to estimate and diagnose the n - alkanes in them using Gas Chromatography (GC) . The highest recorded concentrations were (154.92 , 167.34 , 104.56 , 191.00 ) µg/l in the stations ( Al - Mshab , Al - Ashar , Abu Al - Khasib and Al - Faw ) respectively during the month of December . The lowest recorded concentrations were (4.79, 5.46, 3.34, 5.00) µg/l in the same stations, respectively. In terms of seasonal changes, the results showed that the highest rate of normal alkanes was recorded during the winter months and the lowest during the summer months. As for the results of the evidence of the Carbon Preference Index (CPI )and the ratio of Pr/Ph compounds (Pristan / Phytan) it was more than one in some months and less than one in other months, which indicates the common sources of hydrocarbons in the water.","PeriodicalId":377834,"journal":{"name":"Basrah Researches Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134231190","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":"Defending a wireless LAN against ARP spoofing attacks using a Raspberry Pi","authors":"H. Nasser, M. Hussain","doi":"10.56714/bjrs.48.2.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56714/bjrs.48.2.12","url":null,"abstract":"The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a protocol that converts Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to Media Access Control (MAC) addresses. Due to a security issue known as \"Man in the Middle,\" identity theft is feasible using the ARP protocol. ARP spoofing is one of the weaknesses in wireless networks when an attacker effectively masquerades as a legitimate one. Spoofing attacks will reduce network performance and break several security measures. In networks that use MAC address-based filtering to verify clients, all a spoofer needs is an actual MAC address from an authorised client to gain an unfair advantage. The research recommends developing a security system recognising and preventing ARP spoofing attacks. This system detects ARP spoofing attempts by comparing the static MAC address of the original router to the router's MAC address in the ARP cache table. After detecting the attack using information collected from the router's MAC address in the ARP cache table, the system will conduct a de-authentication attack against the attacker's MAC address. If the attacker is disconnected from the WLAN, they cannot perform ARP spoofing attacks. This system is operated using a Raspberry Pi Model B. Most ARP spoofing attacks can be detected in 0.93 seconds, and responding takes 3.05 seconds.","PeriodicalId":377834,"journal":{"name":"Basrah Researches Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129548689","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":"Molecular study of Toxoplasma gondii infection in normal delivery women with previous abortion history at Basrah Province","authors":"Sahar M. A. Al-Mothafer Al-Mothafer, A. Awad","doi":"10.56714/bjrs.48.2.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.56714/bjrs.48.2.14","url":null,"abstract":"Toxoplasma gondii is the causative agent of toxoplasmosis, one of the most common parasitic infections of humans and pets. T. gondii was serologically investigated for newborn women who had previous abortion by ELISA and included (70) women with a history of single or recurrent abortion and (30) women with normal delivery without previous abortion as a control group. The study included women attending Basrah Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Al-Moanaa General Hospital, Al-Fayhaa General Hospital, Zubair General Hospital and Dar Al Shifa investment Hospital. The percentage of seroprevalence of T. gondii IgG was (41.4%). No percentage was recorded for IgM antibodies. Significant differences were found between age groups of these antibodies. The examination showed that 7 (23.3%) of (30) in the control group were positive for IgG antibodies, compared to 0 (0%) of IgM. The highest percentage (50%) of IgG antibody was in the age group 20 years or less according to the number of previous miscarriages. The highest percentage of IgG antibody infection was (46.2%) in women who had two previous abortions and no infection rates were recorded for IgM antibody. The highest infection rates (43.8%) were in Zubair district compared to the city center for IgG antibody, and no infection with IgM antibody was recorded. Infection rate (70%) was recorded for the PCR-positive samples using Nested PCR technique. Toxoplasma DNA sequences according to the isolated hosts was carried out. The reading of the genetic tree showed that the sample of women born naturally is identical with the main branch of the kinship tree that carries the sequence MZ717187, MZ717188, MZ717189, MZ717190, MZ717191 in the global gene bank.","PeriodicalId":377834,"journal":{"name":"Basrah Researches Sciences","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133313796","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}