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Al-Mansuriya gas field is considered one of the important gas fields in Iraq because of its good economic gas reserves, The major gas reserves of the Mansuriya field are situated in the Jeribe formation, The period of formation deposition dates back to the lower middle Miocene. The present study aims to build the three-dimensional geological model for Jeribe Formation in Mansuriya Gas Field using (Petrel) software. Drawing on well logs exported from Techlog software in LAS format. Four wells have been chosen in the mansuriya gas field (MN_1, MN_2, MN_3, MN_4) to construct Structural and petrophysical (effective porosity, water saturation and lithology) models. After creating zones for Jeribe Formation, which was divided into 7 zones J1, J2, J3, J4, J5, J6 and J7 zone, Based on the final results of computer processing interpretation CPI was imported from techlog software. The three-dimensional grid of the Jeribe Formation model that was built consists of (10494848) cell and each cell have dimensions I =272 * J = 371 * K =104. Petrophysical models (effective porosity, water saturation and lithology) had been constructed for each zone of the Jeribe Formation showing the J2, J3, J4 and J5 are important reservoir units in terms of their good properties (high effective porosity, low water saturation) and Two types of lithology appear (dolomite and limestone) in different proportions to each unit. The results showed that Units J1 and J6 are non-reservoir units that do not contain gas because they consist of layers of anhydrite with very low porosity. The mn-4 well showed different results from the rest of the wells, and none of its units can’t be considered a reservoir due to the large water saturation volume.

Background: Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) has become a real threat to hospitals worldwide with significant morbidity and mortality. Aim: to determine the rate of CRKP in ICUs of Zagazig University hospitals (ZUHs) by confirmatory phenotypic and molecular methods Subjects and Methods: This prospective cross-sectional study included 86 K. pneumoniae isolates from hospitalized patients in ICUs. Carbapenem resistance was identified by VITEK2 COMPACT system and Carbapenemase activities were identified by Modified Hodge Test, (MHT), modified Carbapenem Inactivation Method (mCIM) and KPC/MBL and OXA-48 Confirm Kit (KMOC test). Carbapenemase-encoding genes (blaKPC, blaNDM, blaVIM, blaIMP, and blaOXA-48) were detected by Multiplex PCR. Results: 66.3% (57/86) of K. pneumoniae isolates were CRKP. Hospital acquired infection (HAI) accounts for 84.2% among CRKP isolates. The rate of resistance by MHT, mCIM and KMOC test for carbapenems was 49.1%, 86% and 80.7% for CRKP isolates respectively. The blaNDM-1, blaOXA-48 and blaKPC genes were detected at a rate of 31.6%, 24.6%, and 12.3% by PCR respectively. Coexistence of carbapenemases was detected in 15.7% of isolates. Resistance pattern of Eravacycline, Cefiderocol, Ceftazidime/avibactam and Ceftolozane/tazobactam was 52%, 65%, 82.2% and 98% respectively. Conclusion: CRKP was responsible for a significant number of HAI cases in the ICUs of ZUHs. Antibiotic resistance was shown to be widespread in our study. The identification of carbapenemases classes will be useful for the improvement of patient’s treatment and prognosis and for infections control measures in ICUs.

Background: Focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) has a role in the rapid screening of hemodynamically unstable patients to decide on management, however, its role in hemodynamically stable patients remains equivocal. Objectives: This study aimed to determine the sensitivity and specificity rate of FAST for intra-abdominal injury (IAI) in hemodynamically stable blunt abdominal trauma patients. Secondary outcomes like Glasgow coma score, length of hospital stays (LOS), head injury, and mortality were also examined for their association with FAST scan results. Settings and Design: A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted in level-one trauma center in Bahrain. Methods: This study was conducted from January 2019 to October 2020. A total of 191 trauma codes were activated during this period, however, only 112 patients were included based on the inclusion criteria. Results: FAST scan in hemodynamically stable patients was found to have a higher specificity (96.7%) than sensitivity (30%) in this study. A higher negative predictive value (NPV) (86.4%) compared to a positive predictive value (66.6%) and a high accuracy rate (84.8%) was observed. LOS showed significant association only with FAST diagnostic accuracy. Conclusion: In hemodynamically stable patients; FAST is better at ruling in intra IAI when compared to ruling out and its high NPV supports it being a good screening tool. The results do not support the use of FAST as the sole diagnostic tool without performing computed tomography scan. [SJEMed 2023; 4(2.000): 120-127]

ETV6-ABL1 gene fusion is a rare genetic rearrangement in a variety of malignancies, including myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN), acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Here, we report the case of a 16-year-old male diagnosed with a MPN, 7 months post-completion of treatment for Burkitt leukaemia. RNA sequencing analysis confirmed the presence of an ETV6-ABL1 fusion transcript, with an intact, in-frame ABL tyrosine–kinase domain. Of note, secondary ETV6-ABL1-rearranged neoplastic diseases have not been reported to date. The patient was started on a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI; imatinib) and, subsequently, underwent a 10/10 matched unrelated haematopoietic stem cell transplant. He is disease-free five years post-transplant. Definitive evidence of the prognostic influence of the ETV6-ABL1 fusion in haematological neoplasms is lacking; however, overall data suggest that it is a poor prognostic factor, particularly in patients with ALL and AML. The presence of this ETV6-ABL1 fusion should be more routinely investigated, especially in patients with a CML-like picture. More routine use of whole-genome and RNA sequencing analyses in clinical diagnostic care, in conjunction with conventional cytogenetics, will facilitate these investigations.

Khasib Formation was studied in East Baghdad oilfield, Al-Rashdiya area in Baghdad Governorate. The lithology of the formation is limestone throughout the whole sequence in all studied wells (EB-83, EB-87, EB-92, and B94). It is bounded conformably from the top with Tanuma Formation and lower contact with Kifl Formation. The petrographic study shows three main microfacies (lime mudstone, non-laminated peloidal pack-grainstone, and laminated peloidal grainstone) and two submicrofacies (homogeneous non-fossiliferous lime mudstone, bioclast lime mudstone) the study shows the abundance of non-skeletal agains skeletal grains. All microfacies indicate facies zone (7, 8, and 9A) which reflect the platform interior between the open marine to the restricted and evaporitic or brackish water depositional environment. Several diagenesis processes have been distinguished that affected the texture and porosity of Khasib Formation, the most important of which were dissolution, cementation, dolomitization, compaction, micritization, and the porosity of a non-fabric selective type.

Background: Estimation of the thyroid gland volume is generally considered important in several pathologic situations. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the thyroid uptake (TU) of 99mTcO4- in Sudanese people, using gamma camera and dose calibrator methods and comparing the results with international TU levels. Methods and Results: The study was conducted in 2020 at the National Cancer Institute (Wad Madani state, University of Gezira, Sudan). This study included 64 patients (58 females and 6 males) aged 13-81 years (37.25±14.58 years) with normal TU. Most patients (43.8%) were in the age subgroup of 31-48 years, followed by 39.1% in the age subgroup of 13-30 years.Two calibration methods were used to calculate full and empty syringes before and after radiopharmaceutical injection: a) using a dose calibrator measuring in MBq; b) with gamma camera images of the full and empty syringes for 1 minute (counts). In the dose calibrator, the activity and time of a 99mTc point source in a syringe were monitored, the point source was precisely aligned with the center of the camera, and a static image was obtained with static parameters at a distance of 5cm and 7cm between source and pinhole collimator (265×265 matrix). The study showed that the TU values using the dose calibrator method were more consistent with radiation protection principles of minimizing the exposure to radiation for staff. The method also had higher values than those measured with a gamma camera due to the scatter radiation. The relationship between TU of 99mTcO4- with syringe measured by dose calibrator and gamma camera at a distance of 5cm and 7cm, given a coefficient of determination (R2) of 0.9937 and 0.9591, respectively Conclusion: There was no big change in the TU between the two methods, especially at 5cm object-to-pinhole distance, where it gave the best result for optimum imaging in the 99mTcO4- TU test.

Abstract Background Body packers use different methods and materials to pack drugs inside their bodies. These could be simple or sophisticated to ensure a successful transfer or concealment of the drug with minimal risk to the packer. Different drugs were reported with cocaine and heroin being the most common. The packer presents to health facilities whenever they develop complications like drug leakage or intestinal obstruction, or they can be detected after a fatal event as an incidental finding in autopsy. Case presentation A body packer who was in detention suffered pain and died shortly after that. The autopsy not only revealed severe coronary atherosclerosis but also unveiled 10 rubber packages filled with methamphetamine and cannabis, and one package was found ruptured in the mouth. Toxicological analysis showed a blood level of methamphetamine 3.66 mg/L which was considered a cause of death. While methamphetamine was reported in cases of body packers, cannabis is rarely concealed by body packers for several reasons including its cost compared to the risk of packing. Conclusions This is the first reported case of fatality in body packers in Saudi Arabia and Arab countries. This should put into consideration the need for screening suspicious cases who are involved or suspected to be involved with drugs. Effective screening in specific facilities is needed to reduce fatalities and at the same time lowering drug smuggling.

The main objective of this study is to empirically investigate whether the audit committee (AC) attributes and the quality of external auditor are associated with financial reporting quality (FRQ) of companies listed on the gulf cooperation council (GCC) countries’ stock markets. To achieve the study’s objectives, data was collected from a sample of 115 companies from four GCC countries during the period from 2017-2019 that represents 345 firm-year observations. Five hypotheses were tested, FRQ as dependent variable was regressed with five independent variables. For measuring the FRQ, the author adopted the qualitative approach using checklist developed by Beest, et al. 2009 sponsored by Nijmegen Center for Economics (NiCE) with limited modification based on the new amendments of IASB conceptual framework in 2018. The study findings reveal that the level of FRQ on the study sample averaged 63% while the minimum and the maximum valued 40% and 86% respectively. The findings indicate that FRQ are positively and significantly associated with the four AC attributes and quality of external auditor so, all hypotheses are accepted, which infer that FRQ will be enhanced if a company formed AC having, bigger size, more independence, financial experience, meetings frequently, and hiring high quality external auditor. The findings of this study have wide implications to all stakeholders especially, investors, creditors, auditors, management, in addition to stock markets regulators and standard-sitting bodies for the role of AC attributes and external auditor on improving FRQ

Abstract Background A pediatric trauma registry for the Kingdom of Bahrain would be a novel public health tool for the Bahraini health system. The aim of this study was to explore the epidemiology of pediatric trauma at the national level by describing the distribution of pediatric injury in the Kingdom, and quantifying the burden of injury shouldered by the study population. Methods This multicenter observational cross-sectional study was conducted in Bahrain using data from the Pediatric Trauma Registry (PTR), which was a short-term paper-based prospective trauma registry that collected data over a three-month period in 2018. PTR was based in the pediatric emergency departments (ED) of the three national referral hospitals in the Kingdom. By simultaneously collecting data from all three trauma hospitals in the country, it was assumed that during the data collection period all major pediatric trauma patients in the country would be captured by the study, and that the data collected would provide national estimates of trauma. Inclusion criteria for the study was any individual under the age of 14, that arrived at the ED seeking care for intentional and unintentional injuries. Results A total of 1328 patients were included in the study. Sixty-nine percent of patients were treated and discharged from the ED, 30.5% were admitted to the hospital, admitted for surgery, or seen by a specialist, and 0.5% were declared deceased. The percentage of patients documented as unrestrained during Motor Vehicle Collisions (MVC) was 92.3%, and amongst those involved in MVC, 12% were ejected from the cabin of the vehicle. Conclusions There are significant implications that this study holds for policy implementation and practice surrounding injury prevention in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Low seatbelt utilization and the high proportion of ejection amongst MVC victims warrant immediate public health policy implementation, including enforcement of seat belt laws, strengthening of the traffic court system, and awareness campaigns for MVC prevention. Additionally, pediatric drowning prevention programs centered on constant adult supervision, pool isolation fencing, personal flotation devices, and swimming education should be created to address the mortality attributable to drowning in this study.

Background: Emergency physicians are exposed daily to many workplace stressors; hence, this study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of anxiety level amongst emergency physicians in comparison to physicians from other departments. Methods: This is a 1-year period cross-sectional study that determined the anxiety level of 140 physicians from different departments at Bahrain Defense Force (BDF) Hospital by using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale. This study was done from (May 2019 until April 2020). Results: Overall, almost half of the participants had minimal level of anxiety and only 5.7% had severe anxiety level. The radiologists showed the highest anxiety level (mean 7.80), while emergency physicians had scored a mean of 5.63. In addition, the anxiety level was seen more prevalent amongst junior physicians with a mean of 6.26 and amongst female residents with a mean of 6.38. Conclusion: This study concluded that the average of anxiety level amongst BDF physicians was not high and that some departments had higher anxiety level than emergency department physicians. [SJEMed 2020; 1(2.000): 63-69]

Photocatalysis is one of the most effective advanced oxidation processes to remove residual pharmaceuticals from the aquatic environment. β-Blockers are the group of pharmaceuticals commonly found in the environment and are showing potential risk to the aquatic and terrestrial organisms. This paper provides an overview of different photocatalytic procedures found in the literature for the abatement of β-blockers. Keywords: Photocatalysis, β-Blockers, Aquatic environment

Abstract Background Child sexual abuse, being most of the time a hidden crime that is kept lifelong undisclosed, was found to have strong influence on the victim. Unless a hard evidence (physical evidence, eyewitness, perpetrator confession) was present, decision on the case will depend solely on the child’s account. In spite of efforts to get accurate information, children tend to mix events they have experienced with those seen on TV, heard in a story or even introduced by others while questioning about the event. Source monitoring error is the error in tagging information to its source and is a problem faced when interviewing very young children and when repeatedly rehearsing a false event. In Saudi Arabia, awareness programs were initiated and were distributed widely to educate families about consequences of abuse and the available facilities to seek if needed. These programs took part in social campaigns at malls, schools and media. Parents became more aware of the problem and concerned parents even took part in educating their children about self protection. Knowing that formal sexual health education is deficient in Saudi Arabia and in other Arab countries can put such programs in challenge. Case presentation In this paper, two cases are presented of child sexual abuse allegations that raised the issue of source monitoring errors in children with over concerned mothers. The mothers admitted the fact that they are giving extensive detailed teaching to their girls about the sexual abuse. The possibilities of having source monitoring errors are discussed while highlighting the protocols of forensic interview and methods to minimize source monitoring errors. Conclusion Teaching self protection against sexual abuse could be the first introduction of sexual issues to children and hence could lead to source monitoring errors and false allegation of child sexual assault.

The present study aimed to investigate the intrinsic reaction of hydrodesulfurization (HDS) for a real Straight Run Heavy Naphtha (SRHN) over CoMo-S/Al2O3 catalyst in a fixed- bed reactor. Influence of the process parameters on sulfur removal was investigated by regulating the temperature (T = 320-380 oC), pressure (P = 20 to 35 bar), weight hour space velocity (WHSV = 2.5 to 5.0 h-1) and catalyst average particle size (dp =361 to 3950 μm). Mears and Weisz-Prater criteria were estimated and utilized to validate the intrinsic reaction condition. Operating variables were optimized at (T = 360 oC, P = 30 bars, WHSV = 2.5 h-1, dp= 361 μm) to obtain an optimum sulfur removal of 93.4% under intrinsic reaction conditions. Experimental results showed that % activity of sulfur removal increases to 93.4% as temperature increased to 360oC but it reduces to 90.3% as space velocity increased to 5.0 h-1. Kinetic parameters of the intrinsic reaction rate were estimated and compared with published data. Long-time test was performed on the sulfided catalyst to investigate its activity.

The current research deals with the specificity of the interior design of the classes of art education in the schools of excellence for the province of Muthanna and its center of the city of Samawah. In the first chapter، the problem of research was determined by the lack of internal spaces of the classes of art education to designs that meet the requirements and needs of students in these educational stages. The importance of the research in being an addition to knowledge in the field of interior design and engineering department of the general directorates of the Ministry of Education. The objectives of the research were determined through. Identifying the reality of the halls of art education for schools of excellence. Detecting design privacy in the classes of art education for the schools of excellence. The second chapter included the theoretical framework of the research by shedding light on the theoretical aspects that are directly related to the subject of the research. The first topic dealt with the concept of privacy، while the second topic dealt with internal space، elements، color، light، furniture، decorative elements، and indicators. The research and its procedures by defining the descriptive approach in the analysis of the samples and the research community. The sample of the research was for two schools in the city of Samawah for distinguished persons in order to arrive at the research objectives clearly. The most important results were reached: The nature of the interior space of the spaces The aesthetic design is not achieved due to its lack of bright colors that suit the age of the students and the extent of their interest، as well as the lack of safety and safety due to the lack of ground floor or other material which also helps to absorb noise، The conclusions are summarized as follows: The development of the construction technology in the materials has contributed to the effective realization of the privacy of the design of educational spaces through new forms different from the previous space.

Purpose: To calculate the frequencies of incidental extraspinal findings and incidentally detected congenital anomalies or anatomical differences in the lumbar spine on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of intervertebral discs. Materials and methods: A total of 379 lumbar spine MRI cases were prospectively investigated in the period spanning from August 2016 to January 2018. Both 1.5 and 0.35 Tesla MRI units (Toshiba and Siemens Medical Systems) were used to examine patients with clinically suspected intervertebral disc abnormalities at three MRI diagnostic centers in Khartoum State, Sudan. Results: Of the 379(100%) patients, 90(23.7%) patients were presented with incidental findings. Among the incidental findings, 39(10.3%) were renal cysts, 10(2.6%) were retroverted uteri, 5(1.3%) were Nabothian cysts, 4(1.1%) were ovarian cysts, 10(2.6%) were uterine fibroids, 3(0.8%) were endometrial thickening, 11(2.9%) were indicative of hydronephrosis, 4(1.1%) were uncovered prostatic enlargement, 2(0.5%) were atrophic kidney, and 1(0.3%) each was of an ectopic kidney and bladder wall thickening, respectively. Conclusions: A high percentage of extraspinal pathological findings were detected during MRI lumbar spine scans of intervertebral discs. Thus, it is important to be aware of the high percentage of patients who undergo further evaluation given the presence of unexpected findings, but for whom clinical confirmation of these abnormalities is not obtained.

Molecular analysis of breast cancer cells by niosomal encapsulated Withania somnifera (WS) extract is the focus of this investigation. Characterization of ASH-loaded niosomes produced by a thin film technique showed that they have an appropriate zeta potential, small particle size, and low polydispersity index. The concentration-dependent suppression of cell proliferation was seen in MCF-7 breast cancer cells treated with ASH-NIO, with an IC50 of 24.13 µM, and olaparib at values of 10.45 µM. Molecular investigation showed that ASH-NIO treated cells had lower levels of B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl2) mRNA expression compared to untreated cells, and upregulated levels of Tumor protein 53 (P53), Bcl-2-associated X protein (Bax), caspase-9, and caspase-3. These results provide more evidence that ASH-NIO has potential anti-cancer effects and may be useful as an adjunctive treatment for breast cancer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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