SURVEY: AUDIO READING SYSTEM FOR BLIND PERSONS

Audio Reading System is used to help blind people to read the text based on camera as input device and speaker as output device. The system used the OCR algorithm to extract the text from input image and Text-to-Speech algorithm to convert text into corresponding voice. In this paper, we review newest research of audio reading system. We discuss the hardware and software, which is used, on system for different types approach. Finally, the result of this paper that is: Raspberry pi, python and tesseract are best tools used in Audio reading system. Also the braille and finger print devices are not efficient and not easy to use

Heat Production Rate and Radiation Hazard Indices from Radioactive Elements in Different Types of Natural Water in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq.

                                                                   تلقي الدراسة الحالية الضوء على قياس وتقدير النشاط الإشعاعي للعناصر المشعة (238U, 226Ra, 232Th, and 40k)  في المياه الطبيعية لمناطق مختلفة من محافظة نينوى في العراق ، تم جمع 15 عينة من مصادر مختلفة من المياه الطبيعية. حيث  تم أستخدام التحليل الطيفي لأشعة كاما بأستخدام NaI(TI) لتحديد تراكيز النشاط الإشعاعي في العينات. وبحسب النتائج، تراوحت تراكيز النشاط الإشعاعي في عينة الماء المختبرة من 1.57±0.09-0.36±0.04 Bq/l  بمتوسط ​​قيمة 0.69±0.06 Bq/l   لـ 238U ، و Bq/l 0.88±0.03-2.9±0.02 بمتوسط ​​قيمة0.65±0.03 Bq/l  لـ 226Ra ، و Bq/l  0.48±0.04-1.36±0.06 بمتوسط ​​قيمة 0.88 ± 0.05 Bq/l  لـ 232Th ، بينما لـ K40 36.89 ± 1.12-13.00 ± 0.69 بمتوسط ​​قيمة   25.1±0.95 Bq/l على التوالي. النتائج التي تم الحصول عليها من عينات المياه أقل من الحدود الآمنة والمعيارية التي وضعتها لجنة UNSCEAR. بالإضافة إلى حساب مؤشرات الخطر الإشعاعي التي شملت مكافئ الراديوم (Raeq)، ومعدل الجرعة الممتصة في الهواء (Dγ) ، ومعدل الجرعة السنوية المكافئة الفعالة (AEDE)، ومؤشرات مخاطر الإشعاع الداخلي والخارجي (H)، ومخاطر الإصابة بالسرطان مدى الحياة (ELCR)، تم حساب الجرعة المكافئة للغدد التناسلية (AGDE)، ومؤشر المستوى المثالي لأشعة كاما (Iγ). للتحقق من طابعها الضار. من ناحية أخرى أظهرت النتائج أن معدل إنتاج الحرارة تتراوح بين (0.0015-0.006 µW/m3)   وبمعدل (0.010 µW/m3) مما يدل على انخفاض معدل إنتاج الحرارة ولا يؤثر على درجة حرارة القشرة الأرضية. أخيرًا ، بالإضافة إلى المعلمات الفيزيائية والكيميائية مثل PH والمواد الصلبة الذائبة TDS والموصلية الكهربائية Ec. جميع البيانات المختبرة ضمن الحد المسموح به لمعايير منظمة الصحة العالمية. يمكن استخدام نتائج الدراسة الحالية لتوفير بيانات أساسية أساسية للتحقيقات الوبائية المستقبلية وبرامج المراقبة في المناطق قيد الدراسة.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      تلقي الدراسة الحالية الضوء على قياس وتقدير النشاط الإشعاعي للنويدات المشعة ( 238U ، 226Ra ، 232Th ، 40k ) في أنواع مختلفة من المياه الطبيعية لمناطق مختلفة من محافظة نينوى في العراق. لتحقيق هدف الدراسة ، تم جمع 15 عينة من مصادر مختلفة من المياه الطبيعية  حيث استخدمت مطيافية اشعة كاما بأستخدام كاشف أيوديد الصوديوم  NaI(TI)لتحديد تركيز النشاط الإشعاعي في العينات. وفقًا للنتائج ، تراوحت قيم تركيز النشاط الإشعاعي بين ( 238U ، 226Ra ، 232Th ، 40 k ) في عينات المياه الطبيعية المختبرة (3.66 ± 0.04-1.57 ± 0.09) بمتوسط قيمة ​​(0.69 ± 0.06) بيكريل / لتر لـ 238U ، و ( 2.9 ± 0.21-0.88 ± 0.03) بمتوسط قيمة ​​(0.56 ± 0.03) بيكريل / لتر لـ 226 Ra  بيكريل /لتر ، و (0.48 ± 0.04-1.36 ± 0.06) بمتوسط قيمة ​​(0.88 ± 0.05) بيكريل / لتر لـ 232Th ، بينما لـ 40K (13.00 ± 0.69-36.89 ± 1.12) بمتوسط ​​قيمة (25.1 ± 0.95) بيكريل / لتر على التوالي. النتائج التي تم الحصول عليها من عينات المياه أقل من الحدود الآمنة والقياسية التي وضعتها UNSCEAR. تم حساب مكافئ الراديوم (Raeq) ومعدل الجرعة الممتصة في الهواء (Dγ) ومعدل الجرعة المكافئة السنوية الفعالة (AEDE) ومؤشرات خطر الإشعاع الداخلي والخارجي (H). ، وخطر الاصابة بالسرطان مدى الحياة (ELCR) ، والجرعة المكافئة للغدد التناسلية  (AGDE) ، ومؤشر المستوى المثالي لإشعة جاما (Iγ) للتحقق من طابعها الضار. وتبين أن مؤشرات الخطر الإشعاعي أقل من المعدل الدولي المسموح به ، حيث تشير القيم المتوسطة إلى أن عينات المياه قيد الدراسة لا تشكل مخاطر صحية على استهلاك الإنسان والحيوان للمياه. و من ناحية أخرى ، فإن المعدل الإجمالي المحسوب لإنتاج الحرارة (HPR) في المواقع أقل من 1 μWM-3 ، مما يشير إلى أن تركيزات 238U و 226Ra و 232Th و 40K تقع ضمن الحدود المسموح بها. بالإضافة إلى المعلمات الفيزوكيميائية مثل الأس الهيدروجيني PH والمواد الصلبة الذائبة   TDSوالتوصيلية الكهربائية Ec. جميع البيانات المختبرة ضمن الحد المسموح به لمعايير منظمة الصحة العالمية. يمكن استخدام نتائج الدراسة الحالية لتوفير بيانات أساسية أساسية للتحقيقات الوبائية المستقبلية وبرامج المراقبة في المناطق قيد الدراسة.   The current study sheds light on the measurement and estimation of the radioactivity of radionuclides (238U, 226Ra, 232Th, and 40k) in natural waters of different regions of Nineveh Governorate in Iraq.15 samples were collected from different sources of natural waters, where gamma-ray spectroscopy was used using NaI)TI) sodium iodide detector to determine the concentration of radioactivity in the samples. According to the results, the radioactivity concentration in the tested water sample were ​​ranged from 0.36 ± 0.04-1.57 ± 0.09with an average value of 0.69 ± 0.06 Bq/l for 238U, and 2.9 ± 0.02-0.88 ± 0.03 with an average value of 0.65 ± 0.03 Bq/l for 226Ra Bq/l, and 0.48 ± 0.04-1.36 ± 0.06 with an average value of 0.88 ± 0.05 Bq/l for 232Th, while for 40K 13.00 ± 0.69-36.89 ± 1.12 with an average value of 25.1 ± 0.95 Bq/l, respectively. The results obtained from the water samples are below the safe and standard limits established by UNSCEAR. In addition to calculating the radiological hazard indicators that included Radium equivalent (Raeq), air absorbed dose rate (Dγ), effective annual equivalent dose rate (AEDE), indoor and outdoor radiation hazard (H) indices, lifetime cancer risk (ELCR), gonadotropin equivalent dose (AGDE), and ideal level index of gamma rays (Iγ) has been calculated. To verify its deleterious character. On the other hand, the results showed that the rate of heat production values ranged between 0.006-0.0015 µW/m3, which indicates a low rate of heat production and does not affect the temperature of the Earth's crust. Finally, In addition to physicochemical parameters such as PH, dissolved solids TDS, and electrical conductivity Ec. All tested data are within the permissible limit of WHO standards. The results of the current study can be used to provide essential baseline data for future epidemiological investigations and surveillance programs in the areas under study

The Relationship between the Academic Procrastination and Self-Efficacy among Sample of King Saud University Students

The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between the academic procrastination and self-efficacy among students of King Saud University. It also aims to identify whether the level of Academic procrastination varies depending on variables such as type of the college, academic level, or the level of students’ achievement. Two instruments were developed: academic procrastination instrument, and self-efficacy instrument. The questionnaires were distributed to random sample of 195 students from Science and Arts colleges at King Saud University. The Findings indicate that the highest percentage of the distribution of the sample on of procrastination Academic scale is (83.6%), followed by the low percentage (9.7%) of procrastination while the lowest percentage of procrastination is (6.7%). The findings also showed that there were statistically significant differences at the level of academic procrastination due to level of achievement for favour of group who get (acceptable) in their achievement. It also found that there were no statistically significant differences due to the type of college and the academic achievement. In addition, the findings revealed that there were statistically significant differences between of the academic procrastination scale and the self-efficacy scale. Keywords: Academic procrastination, self-efficacy, university student

Knowledge, attitude, and practice towards COVID-19 among Syrian people resident in Turkey

Background: Measuring knowledge, attitude, and practice towards COVID-19 helps policymakers observe knowledge gaps and provide key messages to people to act better against the pandemic. This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice towards COVID-19 among Syrian people resident in Turkey.  Methods: A cross-sectional study designed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice towards COVID-19 among the Syrian people resident in Turkey. The data were collected via a web-based and self-administered questionnaire of 313 participants from 17-31 July 2020. SPSS version 16.0 was recruited to analyze the data using univariate and multivariable regression data analyses. Results: Our finding as the first study among Syrian people resident in Turkey found a high rate of good knowledge, attitude, and practice towards COVID-19 accordingly with 83.0%, 72.0%, 84.0%. Regression analysis showed that age-group of 45 years and more years, marital status of being married, female gender, living in urban area were significantly associated with upper knowledge score. Age-group of 45 years and more significantly associated with positive attitude score but inversely being married and unemployed statues significantly associated with a negative attitude. Regarding practice score, married and female people had better practice, but poor-rated health status was significantly associated with the weak practice. Conclusion: Although our finding showed a good rate for knowledge, attitude, and practice towards COVID-19, but it needs to improve cause of many barriers on Syrian people resident in Turkey, such as living in a crowded place, distant from health care services, losing whole or part of their income due to COVID-19 as an economic crisis, different language barriers. Some groups like men, people living in a rural area, and those unemployed or lost their job should be exposed by timely and accurate knowledge

مسح العمال في دول مجلس التعاون الخليجي ٢٠١٢

This report presents the results of the 2012 GCC survey of migrant workers residing in Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The study was conducted by the Social and Economic Survey Research Institute at Qatar University. All those connected with this project are grateful to the thousands of migrant workers who gave their valuable time to participate in this survey. The successful completion of this survey was made possible through the contributions of many dedicated individuals who work for SESRI at Qatar University and for the Pan Arab Research Center (PARC) which, in collaboration with SESRI, collected the data in Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. At SESRI, the 2012 GCC survey of migrant workers benefitted from a strong and dedicated leadership team. The project received enthusiastic support and valuable advice from Dr. Darwish Alemadi, Director of SESRI. Dr. Abdoulaye Diop, Head of Research at SESRI, was the Lead Principal Investigator and was involved in all phases of the project. Dr. Kien T. Le, Associate Research Professor at SESRI was the Co-Principal Investigator and was actively involved in the development, design, management, and data analysis of the project. Survey Operations Manager, Dr. Elmogiera Fadlallh Elsayed Elawad, was responsible for the recruitment and training of interviewers, as well as supervision of the data collection. Survey Research Technology Specialist, Anis Ben Ridha Miladi wrote the programming script for data collection in Qatar. Senior Research Assistants Semsia Al-Ali Mustafa, Mohammed Hassan M. T. AL-Subaey, Sara Ali Ahmed Zikri as well as Fatimah Ali A. Al-Fayyad Al-Khaldi, Policy Analyst, at SESRI, Qatar University, assisted the team throughout all the phases of the project including the writing of this report. John Lee Holmes, Head of CATI Operations and Catherine Samir Nasrallah, Research Assistant at SESRI, Qatar University, assisted in reviewing and editing this final manuscript. SESRI is also grateful to the Pan Arab Research Center (PARC) for conducting the data collection in Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. SESRI recognizes and greatly appreciates the excellent work done by Sami Raffoul, PARC General Manager, Khaled H. Cheaib, Senior Researcher at PARC in assisting with the questionnaire design and data collection.‏يعرض هذا التقرير نتائج مسح العمال في دول مجلس التعاون الخليجي 2012 ‏المقيمين في البحرين ، سلطنة عمان ، والكويت، وقطر والمملكة العربية السعودية. أجرى الدراسة معهد البحوث الاجتماعية الاقتصادية المسحية في جامعة قطر. وجميع العاملين على هذا المشروع يتقدمون بالشكر والتقدير لآلاف العمال الذين قاموا بالمشاركة في هذه الدراسة ‏تم الانتهاء بنجاح من هذه الدراسة بفضل مساهمة العديد من الأفراد العاملين في معهد البحوث الاجتماعية الاقتصادية في جامعة قطر وفى المركز العربي للبحوث والدراسات الاستشارية (PARC‏)، الذى قام بجمع البيانات في البحرين، وسلطنة عمان، والكويت، وقطر والمملكة العربية السعودية. في معهد البحوث الاجتماعية الاقتصادية المسحية، استفاد مسح العمال في دول مجلس التعاون الخليجي 2012 من الفريق القيادي القوي والمتخصص. وحصل المشروع على دعم ونصائح قيمة من الدكتور درويش العمادي، مدير معهد البحوث الاجتماعية الاقتصادية المسحية، والدكتور عبدالله ديوب، رئيس قسم البحوث بمعهد البحوث الاجتماعية الاقتصادية المسحية، الذي كان الباحث الرئيسي الأول، وشارك في جميع مراحل المشروع. وكان الدكتور كين تي لي، استاذ البحوث المشارك في معهد البحوث الاجتماعية الاقتصادية المسحية ، والباحث الرئيسي المشارك، والذي شارك بفاعلية في وضع، وتصميم وإدارة وتحليل بينات المشروع

Bladder Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report

Background: Bladder adenocarcinoma (AC) is a rare histological variant and research on the best ways to treat it is scant. Clinical Case: We present the case of a 70-year-old woman who has had hematuria for the past month with no history of serious illness. She visited a urologist, who performed a cystoscopy on her as a result. A urinary bladder adenocarcinoma was discovered in a biopsy. Complete investigations revealed no metastasis. The patient was considered for a partial cystectomy, according to the results of the MRI. She underwent the surgery, which was followed by concurrent chemo-radiotherapy. She underwent multiple reevaluations, and her case was stable after about a year of follow-up. Conclusions: With the best surgical outcomes, the choice to perform a partial cystectomy was appropriate given the tumor\u27s location. However, a lengthy follow-up is required

Early coronavirus disease detection using internet of things smart system

The internet of things (IoT) is quickly evolving, allowing for the connecting of a wide range of smart devices in a variety of applications including industry, military, education, and health. Coronavirus has recently expanded fast across the world, and there are no particular therapies available at this moment. As a result, it is critical to avoid infection and watch signs like fever and shortness of breath. This research work proposes a smart and robust system that assists patients with influenza symptoms in determining whether or not they are infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In addition to the diagnostic capabilities of the system, the system aids these patients in obtaining medical care quickly by informing medical authorities via Blynk IoT. Moreover, the global positioning system (GPS) module is used to track patient mobility in order to locate contaminated regions and analyze suspected patient behaviors. Finally, this idea might be useful in medical institutions, quarantine units, airports, and other relevant fields

Morphometric Analysis of the Corpus Callosum According to Age and Sex in Middle Eastern Arabs: Racial Comparisons and Clinical Correlations to Autism Spectrum Disorder

This study sought to examine the influence of age and sex on morphometric measurements of the corpus callosum (CC) within Middle Eastern Arab population, in order to obtain reference data and conduct racial comparisons with previously reported measurements from other ethnicities. Furthermore, it aimed to investigate CC variations that may occur in children with autism. To this end, magnetic resonance images of normal brains were acquired from three different age groups, consisting of children, younger adults, and older adults. Brain images were also acquired from boys with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The CC length, area, and thickness were measured. The CC length was smaller in children than in the other age groups, but no difference in CC length was found between younger and older adults. The CC area and thickness were greater in younger adults than in children and older adults, and greater in older adults than in children. With regard to sexual dimorphism, the CC area and forebrain volume were larger in male children than in female children. No sex-related differences in CC area or thickness were found in adults. However, the ratio of CC area to the forebrain volume was greater in adult females than in males, owing to the smaller forebrain volume in females. The absolute length of the CC was greater in older adult males than in their female counterparts. In addition, significant differences in CC measurements were found in comparison to measurements obtained from other ethnicities. Lastly, significant reductions in CC area and thickness were found in boys with ASD compared to their neurotypical peers. In conclusion, age and sex significantly influence morphometric measurements of CC in Middle Eastern Arab population. This study points to the presence of racial differences in CC size. Finally, it reveals that children with ASD display a distinct reduction in CC size compared to neurotypical children of the same ethnicity.Funds for the conduction of this study were provided by the Deanship of Research at Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan (Grant # 20160212). Publication fees were provided by a grant to MZA from the Office of Research at United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE (Grant # G00003289, Fund # 31M441)

Nexus between Intellectual Capital and Financial Performance Sustainability: Evidence from Listed Jordanian Firms

Purpose: The authors observe the effect of exploring the reality of Intellectual Capital (IC) and its impact on the financial performance of Jordanian industrial firms in Amman Stock Exchange. This empirical research explores the effect of intellectual capital on financial performance using data from 36 Jordanian industrial firms listed in Amman Stock Exchange for the period 2016-2020. The Value-Added Intellectual coefficient (VAIC) was adopted to measure the intellectual capital, while the return on assets (ROA), return on equity (ROE), and earnings per share (EPS) were adopted as measures of the companys financial performance. The effect of IC was tested by using statistical analysis, dependent on the data obtained from annual financial statements. The results showed that the IC has a significant and positive effect on profitability due to its significant effect on ROA and EPS. However, it has not been proven that IC affects the ROE. This research extends the research on IC and aims to enrich studies in this field, especially in the Jordanian market. It reflects the reality of Intellectual Capital and its impact on industrial firms’ performance in Jordan as an example of developing countrie