Academic Articles & Research Papers

Clinicopathological Comparison of Colorectal Cancer in Young and Old Patients

Background & Objectives: Colorectal cancer is the commonest malignancy in the gastrointestinal tract third and the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide. The advanced stages and poor tumor grade of colorectal cancer are likely to b...

Simultaneous analysis of creatinine and uric acid in human urine samples using mean centering, ratio subtraction, and derivative spectrophotometric techniques as a green analytical protocol

Four rapid, accurate, and straightforward derivative spectrophotometric methods were developed to quantify a binary mixture of creatinine (CRT) and uric acid (UA) in human urine samples. The first technique was based on a zero-crossing tech...

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Influence of Different Disinfectants on Surface Hardness of Heat-Polymerized Acrylic Resins utilized for Orthodontic Appliance

Heat-polymerized resins are common substances utilized for construction of removable dental prostheses (i.e. Orthodontic appliances). Such materials should have appropriate physical properties. The use of disinfectant solutions might influe...

A survey dataset on determinants of administrative corruption

This data article describes a survey dataset on administrative corruption and its main determinants (culture, organizational culture, political instability, and institutional weakness) in addition to social class. Prior research was consult...

Public administration: Concepts and cases

Public Administration: Concepts and Cases offers a unique and highly regarded framework in which conceptual readings are paired with contemporary case studies that reflect real-world examples of administrative work, as well as new thinking ...

The International Relations of the Persian Gulf

Gregory Gause's masterful book is the first to offer a comprehensive account of the international politics in the Persian Gulf across nearly four decades. The story begins in 1971 when Great Britain ended its protectorate relations with the...

Islamist Terrorist Activity in 2000-2020: A Scoring Methodology

The relevance of the study of Islamist terrorism is due to its destructive impact on national and global security, as well as on the dialogue between Western and Eastern, particularly Muslim, nations since the early 2000s. Islamist terroris...

Water Diplomacy and Non-Traditional Security

The water scarcity crisis in Iraq has become a non-traditional security issue that threatens the country's social, political and economic stability. According to international data, water scarcity is predicted to worsen by 2030, affecting m...

Human Rights in International Relations

This new edition of David Forsythe's successful textbook provides an authoritative overview of the place of human rights in international politics in an age of terrorism. The book focuses on four central themes: the resilience of human righ...

International Law and International Relations

Events such as the legal arguments surrounding the 2003 Iraq War and the creation of the International Criminal Court highlight the significance of international law in the contemporary world. This new textbook provides an introduction to t...

A Cultural Theory of International Relations

In this volume, Richard Ned Lebow introduces his own constructivist theory of political order and international relations based on theories of motives and identity formation drawn from the ancient Greeks. His theory stresses the human need ...

Operation Olive Branch

The empirical goal of this paper is to conduct an in-depth analysis of Operation Olive Branch, with special attention to its underlying circumstances, timeline, and impacts. In order to tackle these aspects of the topic, I formulate the fol...

Decolonising International Relations

Introduction: International Relations, Eurocentrism, and Imperialism Part I: Eurocentric Origins and Limits Chapter 1: International Relations as the Imperial Illusion or, the Need to Decolonize IR Chapter 2: International Relations Theory ...

Hierarchy in International Relations

International relations are generally understood as a realm of anarchy in which countries lack any superior authority and interact within a Hobbesian state of nature. In Hierarchy in International Relations , David A. Lake challenges this t...

A review of photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) incorporation in the hydrogen production process

Integrating the photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) system in green hydrogen production is an improvement in sustainable energy technologies. In PV/T systems, solar energy is converted into electricity and thermal energy simultaneously using hot wa...

Evaluation of the performance of several cultivars of bean (Vicia faba L.) for yield and its components under three different cultivation distances

This study was conducted in the center of Kirkuk governorate in the farms of a farmer for the agricultural season 2020/2021. The study included two factors, the first is the distance between the meadows, where the following distances were u...

A novel sandwich ELISA method for quantifying CHI3L1 in blood serum and cerebrospinal fluid multiple sclerosis patients using sustainable photo-irradiated zero-valence gold nanoparticles

The widespread occurrence of chronic demyelinating MS presents a significant challenge for ongoing research aimed at comprehending its progression, diagnosis, and treatment. In our research, we have devised a novel approach to quantify CHI3...

Transoral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy via Vestibular Approach: A series of the first ten cases in Iraq

Transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy was first described as an experimental sublingual approach. This approach was modified to a vestibular approach to avoid complications. In this report, we describe the results of the first ten cases of a t...

Quantum Key Distribution Protocols for Enhancing Cryptographic Resilience in Next-Generation 5G Network Infrastructures

ABSTRACTBackground: Quantum computing has posed a profound threat to the classical cryptographic systems as it is advancing at an exponential rate with the help of quantum algorithms like Shor’s and Grover’s which can easily decipher the Ri...