Gyrodactylus aff. mugili Zhukov, 1970 (Monogenoidea: gyrodactylidae) is recorded and described from the gill lamellae of 11 of 35 greenback mullet, Chelon subviridis (Valenciennes) (minimum prevalence 31%), from the brackish waters of the shatt Al-Arab Estuary in southern iraq. the gyrodactylid was also found on the gill lamellae of one of eight speigler’s mullet, Valamugil speigleri (Bleeker),...

BACKGROUND The aim of the present study was to evaluate the influence of water storage on micro tensile strength (µTS) and mass changes (MC) of two universal adhesives. MATERIAL AND METHODS 10 disk-shaped specimens were prepared for each adhesive; Scotchbond Universal (SCU) All-Bond Universal (ABU) and Adper Single Bond 2 (SB2). At the baseline and after 1 day and 28 days of water storage, th...

Developments in computer and communication technologies have enabled unmatched integration of a wide range of substation functions within a computer control system. This new class of application has gone through a great deal of effort into achieveing cost-effective, efficient, secure and high performance of the utility power grid substation operations. The integrated Substation Control System (...

Selective population chemotherapy using a single dose of praziquantel (40 mg per kg body weight), which was offered to 29,365 schoolchildren in Abu El Matameer and 40,241 in Abo Homos districts, Beheira governorate in the Nile delta, reduced the prevalence of schistosomiasis from 75.4% to 40.9% (reduction of 45.8%) and from 80.5% to 30.8% (reduction of 61.7%), respectively. Of those with only S...

A cross-sectional survey of ticks infesting sheep was conducted in Sennar State, Sudan. A total body collection of ticks was carried out at five localities Sennar town, Singa, Dinder, Abu Naama and Um Banein on two types of Desert sheep (Watish and Ashgar) on two farms at each locality at two monthly intervals for one year starting July 2002 to May 2003. Four tick genera and eight species were ...

The knowledge of the natural characteristics of the mosquito breeding habitats is important for implementing effective larval control program. For this, the association of six mosquito species (Culex pipiens, Cx. perexiguus, Cx. pusillus, Ochlerotatus caspius, Anopheles multicolor and Culiseta longiareolata) with the physical characteristics of their breeding habitats was examined in El-Muqatta...

Statistics Centre-Abu Dhabi (SCAD) conducted a comprehensive population census for the emirate of Abu Dhabi in 2011 and released the results using online dissemination tools which allow the public to create frequency tables from census data down to small geographic areas having as few as 500 individuals. While increasing data availability, the flexibility of these tools introduced new risks of ...

The first two papers address issues surrounding learner inspection of peer models, and the availability of learner models to course instructors. Bull, Mabbott and Abu Issa present the UMPTEEN system which allows students to open their learner models to others in named and/or anonymous form. The CosyQTI system presented by Lazarinis and Retalis provides anonymous access to models of peers and re...

Padi merupakan salah satu tanaman budidaya yang paling utama bagi masyarakat. Budidaya padi berisiko terserang hama dan penyakit, sehingga tidak lepas dari ancaman dapat mengakibatkan gagal panen. Oleh karena itu, pengenalan jenis penyakit sangat diperlukan agar menerapkan tindakan pengendalian tepat, cepat, akurat. Metode digunakan untuk aplikasi deteksi adalah metode certainty factor ini meng...

Given the long roots of bay‘a (pledge of allegiance) in Islamic tradition and the controversial claim by the Islamic State (IS) to be a caliphate, the application of bay‘a to the group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and his project is a contested issue among radical Islamists. Based on secondary literature and IS ideologues’ own writings, this paper analyses IS’s claims of validity in their ca...