Vol. 8 No. 05 (2025)

Original Research

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  Effectiveness of Training Programs for Nurses’ Personal Attitudes towards Communicable Diseases

  Mohammed Saleh Mnawer, Nasir Muwfaq Younis

  Background : communicable disease is an illness caused by an infectious agent or its toxic product that is transmitted from an infected person, animal or inanimate source to a susceptible host. To determine the influence of training on nurses' attitudes towards infection prevention and control…

  4150-4157

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  Knowledge of Nurses on Facilitated Tucking Position during Venipuncture at Misan Child and Maternity Hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

  Qusay Hasan Mansi, Mohamed Abbar Sharhan

  Objectives: to determine how well nurses understand the assisted tucking posture for venipuncture. to ascertain the correlation between nurses' demographic variables and their knowledge scores. Methodology: From March 19 to December 9, 2024, a "descriptive (cross sectional) study" was…

  4197-4202

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  Efficacy of Educational Program Based on Protection Motivation Theory on Preventive Behavior of Radiation among Hospital Nurses

  Mohammed Ali Wahab, Nasir Muwfaq Younis

  Background: Radiological examinations for patients who are hospitalized at hospitals’ units are usually performed using portable radiography devices .However, they may require knowledge and safety precautions of nurses. Ionizing radiation has been increasingly used during the past decades for…

  4158-4165

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  Assessment of an Educational Program Aimed at Improving Nurses-Midwives’ Knowledge about the Benefits of Immediate Skin-to-Skin Contact Post-Delivery in Kirkuk City Hospitals

  Noor Raad Ridha, Rabab Hamody Hanon

  Background :  SSC is a professional practice by placing a newborn infant, wearing only in a diaper, directly onto the bare chest of the mother  after birth. The mother positions the newborn prone and upright between her breasts, enshrouding it in a heated blanket to promote direct skin-to-skin…

  4166-4179

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  Antioxidant Properties and Antimicrobial Activity of Pimpinella anisum against Pathogenic Bacteria in a Laboratory Setting

  Al-Zubaidi Sura, Huda Sabah Jabr, Younis Abdulridha Alkhafaji

  Anise, scientifically known as Pimpinella anisum, is a fragrant herbaceous flowering plant that is utilised for its aromatic and flavourful properties as well as its many culinary and cosmetic applications. Many traditional Arab dishes, especially those from Iraq, call for anise seeds or anise…

  4180-4191

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  Identification of Some Fungi in Local Frozen Chicken Meat Samples Obtained From Markets of Babylon Province, Iraq

  Ali Hadi Almamori, Abbas.K. Almansoori, Ahmed Obaid Hossain, Hider M. H. Al-Shirifi, Fatima ABD- AL-RADHIA, Hassan Jabr Lafta, Aya saad kadhim, Anwar Nasser Hussein; Amjad Mahdi Khadim; Youssif jabbar sharhan

  Frozen chicken meats are consumed by people everywhere. We aimed to look at major fungi in frozen chicken meat samples that were sourced from local markets in Babylon Province/Iraq. Three dozen chicken samples from the market were used to detect both kinds of bacteria and fungal organisms. First,…

  4192-4196

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  Diagnosing Corona Virus Using Chest X-Ray Images

  Eahab Ali Aboud, Hassan Qassim Hassan, Ali Kadhim Hatem, Nagham Abd AL-Amir Kazim, Mohammed Osama Hasan, Zainab Hashim Jafar, Rusul Fouad Abdul Amir

  Corona Virus continues to possess it effects on the people lives across the world. The screening of infected persons is vital step because it is a fast and low-cost way. Chest X-ray images plays a major crucial role and it is used for examination in detection of CORONA VIRUS (COVID-19). Here…

  4203-4210

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  Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Imbalance in Transfusion-Dependent β-Thalassemia Major: A Study from Holy Karbala, Iraq

  Saif Allawi Jawad Albotfeejah, Saif Sameer Shmto , Salah Hassan Al-Fatlawi , Azal Alaa Al-Rubaeaee

  Background: Iron overload and oxidative stress cause cellular damage and multiorgan failure in β-Thalassemia major, a severe hemoglobinopathy.  This research looks on the imbalances of oxidants and antioxidants in Iraqi patients with β-thalassemia who rely on blood transfusions. Methods: Fifty…

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