Measurements of Radon-222 and its Daughters Concentrations in Buildings of Department Physics in College of Sciences of Baghdad University

The present work aims to investigate approaches, measures and detection of indoor radon level in buildings of the department of physics in college of science of Baghdad University. CR-39 solid state nuclear track detectors were used to measure the radon concentrations inside the rooms, including five laboratories and five workplace rooms in ground and first storey of the department. The average radon concentration at first storey was found to be 43.1±13.2 Bq/m3 and 40.1±13.4 Bq/m3 at the ground storey. The highest level of radon concentration at the first storey in the radioactive sources store was 87.5±29 Bq/m3 while at the ground storey in room(2) was 70.2±24 Bq/m3 which is due to the existence radioactive sources in some selected places at the buildings

Novel Framework for Hidden Data in the Image Page within Executable File Using Computation between Advanced Encryption Standard and Distortion Techniques

The hurried development of multimedia and internet allows for wide distribution of digital media data. It becomes much easier to edit, modify and duplicate digital information. In additional, digital document is also easy to copy and distribute, therefore it may face many threats. It became necessary to find an appropriate protection due to the significance, accuracy and sensitivity of the information. Furthermore, there is no formal method to be followed to discover a hidden data. In this paper, a new information hiding framework is presented.The proposed framework aim is implementation of framework computation between advance encryption standard (AES) and distortion technique (DT) which embeds information in image page within executable file (EXE file) to find a secure solution to cover file without change the size of cover file. The framework includes two main functions; first is the hiding of the information in the image page of EXE file, through the execution of four process (specify the cover file, specify the information file, encryption of the information, and hiding the information) and the second function is the extraction of the hiding information through three process (specify the stego file, extract the information, and decryption of the information).Comment: 6 Pages IEEE Format, International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, IJCSIS 2009, ISSN 1947 5500, Impact Factor 0.42

Wrapping Transition and Wrapping-Mediated Interactions for Discrete Binding along an Elastic Filament: An Exact Solution

The wrapping equilibria of one and two adsorbing cylinders are studied along a semi-flexible filament (polymer) due to the interplay between elastic rigidity and short-range adhesive energy between the cylinder and the filament. We show that statistical mechanics of the system can be solved exactly using a path integral formalism which gives access to the full effect of thermal fluctuations, going thus beyond the usual Gaussian approximations which take into account only the contributions from the minimal energy configuration and small fluctuations about this minimal energy solution. We obtain the free energy of the wrapping-unwrapping transition of the filament around the cylinders as well as the effective interaction between two wrapped cylinders due to thermal fluctuations of the elastic filament. A change of entropy due to wrapping of the filament around the adsorbing cylinders as they move closer together is identified as an additional source of interactions between them. Such entropic wrapping effects should be distinguished from the usual entropic configuration effects in semi-flexible polymers. Our results may be applicable to the problem of adsorption of proteins as well as synthetic nano-particles on semi-flexible polymers such as DNA.Comment: 24 pages, 12 figure

Comparative Study between Neopterin and Alvarado Score in the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis and Its Severity

BACKGROUND: Acute appendicitis (AA) remains a complex case even for experienced surgeons. Rate of negative appendectomy is 5–40% and delayed intervention result in perforated appendicitis in 5–30% of cases. AIM: The aim of the study was to evaluate NPT as a marker for the diagnosis of AA concerning its severity. And compare the diagnostic value of it with the ALV scoring system. METHODS: One hundred twenty patients presented with signs and symptoms of AA and underwent appendectomy, only 84 patients proved to be AA by histopathological examination, were included in the study. Blood samples for neopterin (NPT) estimation and Alvarado (ALV) score was calculated. Control group consists of 45 healthy individual. RESULTS: NPT levels were significantly higher in patients’ group than control with p = 0.001 at a cutoff point 5.3 nmol/L. The diagnostic accuracy of NPT was higher than ALV score. NPT sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value were 85.4%, 76.9%, 89%, and 70%, respectively. CONCLUSION: NPT significantly elevated in patient with AA and has a high diagnostic accuracy, with correlation to clinical features and severity of the inflammation

Metal-free visible-light-induced dithiol–ene clicking via carbon nitride to valorize 4-pentenoic acid as a functional monomer

The necessity for more bio-based building blocks and processes have led to utilizing new polymerization approaches with a lower carbon footprint. Here, we demonstrate the synthesis of a visible-light-induced dithiol–ene clicking reaction between lignocellulosic biomass-derivable 4-pentenoic acid (4-PEA) and different dithiols, i.e., 1,2-ethanedithiol (EDT), 2,2-(ethylenedioxy)diethanethiol (EDDT), and 1,4-benzenedimethanethiol (BDT), using graphitic carbon nitride (g-CN) as a metal-free photocatalyst. The formation of dicarboxylic acid functional monomers were confirmed using 1H NMR and FT-IR. Furthermore, polyamides were synthesized from the dicarboxylic acid functional monomers to demonstrate the applicability of the monomers yielding new polyamide end polymers

RANKL and OPG Serum Levels in Acute Coronary Syndrome

Background: Numerous inflammatory mediators seem to play a pathogenic role in coronary artery disease, promoting atherogenesis and plaque destabilization, leading to thrombus formation with development of this disease. The effects of the RANKL/OPG system, like modulation of cell survival and inflammation, make it an elect mediator in the progression of atherosclerotic lesions. Objectives: To estimate the role of RANKL and OPG and their relative ratio (RANKL\OPG) in pathogenesis of acute coronary syndrome. Subjects and Methods: Sixty patients with acute coronary syndrome were enrolled in this study, those patients were divided into two groups: 31 patients were with unstable angina (UA) and 29 patients were with myocardial infarction (MI), the latter group also subdivided into [18 with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and 11 with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI)], their ages range from 25-83 years. Twenty apparently healthy volunteers their ages and sexes were matched with the patients were also participated in the study. ELISA was carried out for estimation the serum levels of RANKL and OPG in the studied groups. Results: There was no significant difference (p>0.05) in median of serum levels of RANKL between patients and control. In addition the comparison among the three groups of patients (NSTEM1, STEM1 and UA) showed no significant differences (p>0.05) in RANKL level. Whereas the OPG level was significantly higher (p<0.001) in patients than that in healthy control, and there was significant increase in median serum level of OPG in the three patients groups as compared to control. On the other hand, there were no significant differences (p>0.05) in median serum levels of OPG among patients groups. The ratio of RANKL / OPG was significantly increase (P<0.001) in healthy control as compared to patients. The median of RANKL / OPG ratios in NSTEM1, STEM1 and UA patients groups were significantly lower (P<0.001) when compared to the ratio in healthy control. In contrast there were no significant differences in ratio among patients groups (p>0.05). Conclusion: These findings indicated that there was high significant elevation in serum level of OPG in acute coronary syndrome, so, it enforce the clinical utility of OPG in atherosclerosis and suggested that RANKL/OPG ratio could be a biomarker for acute coronary syndrome. Keywords: Acute coronary syndrome, RANKL, OPG

Novel approach for secure cover file of hidden data in the unused area within EXE file using computation between cryptography and steganography

The strength of the information hiding science is due to the non-existence of standard algorithms to be used in hiding secret messages. Also there is randomness in hiding methods such as combining several media (covers) with different methods to pass a secret message. In addition, there are no formal methods to be followed to discover the hidden data. For this reason, the task of this paper becomes difficult. In this paper a new method is implementing to hide a file of unused area 2 within .EXE file and to detect the hidden file. The aim of this paper is implementation of system computation between Cryptography and Steganography which embeds information in unused area 2 within EXE files to find a secure solution to cover file without change the size of cover file. The system includes two main functions; first is the hiding of the information in unused area 2 of PE-file (.EXE file), through the execution of four process (specify the cover file, specify the information file, encryption of the information, and hiding the information) and the second function is the extraction of the hiding information through three process (specify the steno file, extract the information, and decryption of the information) and The proposed system is implemented by using java

Scaling and Universality in the Counterion-Condensation Transition at Charged Cylinders

We address the critical and universal aspects of counterion-condensation transition at a single charged cylinder in both two and three spatial dimensions using numerical and analytical methods. By introducing a novel Monte-Carlo sampling method in logarithmic radial scale, we are able to numerically simulate the critical limit of infinite system size (corresponding to infinite-dilution limit) within tractable equilibration times. The critical exponents are determined for the inverse moments of the counterionic density profile (which play the role of the order parameters and represent the inverse localization length of counterions) both within mean-field theory and within Monte-Carlo simulations. In three dimensions (3D), correlation effects (neglected within mean-field theory) lead to an excessive accumulation of counterions near the charged cylinder below the critical temperature (condensation phase), while surprisingly, the critical region exhibits universal critical exponents in accord with the mean-field theory. In two dimensions (2D), we demonstrate, using both numerical and analytical approaches, that the mean-field theory becomes exact at all temperatures (Manning parameters), when number of counterions tends to infinity. For finite particle number, however, the 2D problem displays a series of peculiar singular points (with diverging heat capacity), which reflect successive de-localization events of individual counterions from the central cylinder. In both 2D and 3D, the heat capacity shows a universal jump at the critical point, and the energy develops a pronounced peak. The asymptotic behavior of the energy peak location is used to locate the critical temperature, which is also found to be universal and in accordance with the mean-field prediction.Comment: 31 pages, 16 figure