Short Abstract of the Seminar

Date and Time of the Seminar

lajan.othman@charmouniversity.org

Lajan Muhammad Amin Othman

Ethical Online Behavior: Creating a respectful, inclusive online class

Sample Classroom Etiquette
As we move into an online classroom, remember it is different than in a face-to-face setting. We want to provide opportunity for social interactions, but the difference is that most communication is via written text in an online environment. Because this means you are missing body language cues and immediate feedback from your “listener,” it is very important to understand some common rules for good online etiquette. This ensures that the message you intend to convey is received correctly.
1. Be respectful. While it is easier to say hurtful or disrespectful things without standing face-to-face with someone, it is important to remember that your classmates and teachers are real people who are affected by the words you say and write. It is essential to keep in mind the feelings and opinions of others, even if they differ from your own. If you wouldn’t say it to someone’s face, don’t say it online either.
2. Be aware of strong language, all caps, and exclamation points. It is easy for written text to be misread and misunderstood. Have you ever sent a text message with good intent but your recipient thought you were being rude? If so, then you’ve experienced this firsthand. By being cognizant of strong language, you can identify potential confusions before sending messages. Tip: Read everything out loud before you send it.
3. Be careful with humor and sarcasm. Certainly you shouldn’t avoid being funny. We love to see your personality shine through in online classes. Many of our teachers are exceptionally funny too. But like mentioned in Rule #2, make sure that it is clear you are being funny and not being rude. Emoticons and smileys can be helpful when conveying humor or sarcasm so that it is read correctly. Just remember to keep the smiley faces away from academic papers. 😉
4. Yes, grammar and spelling matter. While texting, textspeak can b gr8 4 ur friends. In an educational setting (even online) however, keep it formal. Your written communication should be professional and reflect proper writing style. Save written shortcuts and less than stellar grammar for Snapchat if you must, but follow grammar rules for school.
5. Cite your sources. Whenever you are sharing an idea that originated from someone else (even if it is not word for word), it is good practice to cite that source. This applies to discussion forums too. If you read a great thought in your text, share it, but be sure you let your audience know where you saw it first.
6. Don’t post or share (even privately) inappropriate material. Enough said there. Nothing is truly private online.
7. Be forgiving. Remember that not everyone will know these rules before posting. Try to be understanding of others when they struggle with written communication. It is very different than simply talking to a person face-to-face.

Creating a respectful, inclusive online class

aziz.abdullah@charmouniversity.org

Applied Physics Department

Fourier Transformation study of blended PVA:MC polymer doped with Sodium Iodide.

FTIR spectroscopy is a power full technique to investigate the compositional, structural and the possible interactions between the functional groups of polymers in blended films, through the observed changes in the position, shape, and intensity of the IR absorption.

FTIR spectroscopy, Polymer, Blending.

karzan.sidiq@charmouniversity.org

Medical Laboratory Science Department

Prevalence of COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 in Kurdistan region

The COVID-19 is an on-going viral pandemic that has been affecting the public health, routine life and global economy. The disease is caused by a novel strain of coronavirus, called SARS-CoV-2 virus. The COVID-19 outbreak has been reporting in Kurdistan region of Iraq since March 2020. It is worth mentioning that this study for first time investigated the epidemiological situation of COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 variants in Kurdistan region over a year of the pandemic. The results revealed that the prevalence of COVID-19 is 1.9% in the region and is still in parallel to the neighbouring countries and the entire world. However, the mortality rate seems higher by 1-2%. This may be related to age, as 25 % of the patients are older than 50 years old and underlying health conditions of the patients might be another reason. While the recovery rate is high (90.5%), suggesting a standard medical management of COVID-19 in the region. It was observed that males comprise the greater number of COVID-19 patients, which is consistence with the published data in China, Italy and South Korea. Like other countries, Kurdistan region is currently tackling the third wave (spike) of COVID-19, On the other hand, the investigated spike proteins of two Kurdistan isolates of SARS-CoV-2 showed multiple amino acid substitutions, which are mostly in the RBD. Interestingly, both the Kurdistan isolates contained D614G mutation that makes the SARS-CoV-2 virus more infectious and transmissible. Such virulent D614G strain is currently circulating and might be the cause of third wave of COVID-19 in Kurdistan region. Moreover, the results showed that the altered amino acids in the RBD of spike protein are located in the predicted B-cell epitopes. This could possibly reduce the sensitivity of some neutralizing antibodies, produced after infection with the previous variants or after vaccination. This and future investigations of SARS-CoV-2 definitely provides insights to the Kurdistan health officials to evaluate, control and predict the course of COVID-19 pandemic and to order the right version of vaccine.

COVID--19, SARS-CoV-2, spike protein , prevalence, Mortality rate

Seminar Hall, Bani maqan compus

karzan.sidiq@charmouniversity.org

Medical Laboratory Science Department

Understanding of peptidoglycan biosynthesis in bacteria

Peptidoglycan is the main component of bacterial cell wall. It is important for bacterial cell shape and strength. there are several suggestions about the dynamic of bacterial peptidoglycan synthesis, in this semiar I want to express my PhD study data about how bacteria sysnthesize peptidoglycan.

Bacteria, Cell wall, peptidoglycan, flourescent microscopy.

Seminar Hall, Bani magan compus

dana.sabir@charmouniversity.org

Medical Laboratory Science Department

Factors Contributing to the Containment of the COVID-19 in Kurdistan Region of Iraq

A highly contagious coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which was first identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019. The virus primarily affects the respiratory system of human beings and results in the symptoms of headache, fever, dry cough, sore throat, shortness of breath and fatigue with abnormal chest computed tomography (CT) scan. Here, I am going to highlight the factors that might contribute to control the disease in this region.

SARS-COV-2, BCG, COVID-19

dana.sabir@charmouniversity.org

Medical Laboratory Science Department

My experience with COVID-19

A highly contagious coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which was first identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Here, I am going to share my experience with COVID-19 and hopefully this help people to be aware of the sign and the symptoms of the disease

SARS-COV-2, COVID-19, D-dimer test, CRP

shelanah.salih@charmouniversity.org

Shelanah Mohammed Raoof Salih

Medical Laboratory Science Department

Possible neurological effects of COVID-19

Originally identified as a respiratory disease, some COVID-19 patients exhibit neurologic symptoms including stroke, loss of consciousness, headache, and even the loss of taste and smell.

shelanah.salih@charmouniversity.org

Shelanah Mohammed Raoof Salih

Medical Laboratory Science Department

While many COVID-19 patients have reported a loss in their ability to smell, it is unclear how this virus mediates smell loss. Is there SARS-CoV-2 activity in olfactory tissue or could loss in smell simply be a byproduct of an overactive host immune response to the virus? Ample recent evidence supports the idea that viral mechanisms play a role in olfactory tissue.

Loss of smell and taste, covid-19, olfactory tissue

naktal.abdulhafedh@charmouniversity.org

Naktal Abdulhafedh Hussein

Applied Chemistry Department

The importance of stupidity in scientific research

We need to solve any problem that we will face it in our research; because its our problem. And being your research problem, it is up to you to solve. From learning what other people once discovered to making your own discoveries. The more comfortable we become with being stupid, the deeper we will wade into the unknown and the more likely we are to make big discoveries

stupidity in scientific research; relative stupidity; absolute stupidity

entedhar.hussain@charmouniversity.org

Entedhar Kadhum Hussain

Medical Laboratory Science Department

Chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairments

Chemotherapy has been highly successful in treating many forms of cancer; however there are increasing reports that this treatment causes cognitive declines in cancer survivors. These effects have been called “chemobrain” and while not affecting all patients, can persist for many years after the completion of treatment. The symptoms of chemobrain include a decline in concentration, memory and attention which are associated with a lower quality of life and in ability to return to work

Chemotherapy, Chemobrain

entedhar.hussain@charmouniversity.org

Entedhar Kadhum Hussain

Medical Laboratory Science Department

Biological and clinical interest in stem cells has risen dramatically over the last two decades, due to the ability of stem cell of self-renewal indefinitely and can, under appropriate conditions, give rise to a wide range of mature cell types. Thus, the use of stem cells and their progenitor is a promising strategy in cellular and genetic therapies for multiple degenerative disorder such as: Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases, muscular degenerative disorder.

karzan.sidiq@charmouniversity.org

Medical Laboratory Science Department

Alanine metabolism in Bacillus subtilis

Both isomeric forms of alanine play a crucial role in bacterial growth and viability; the L-isomer of this amino acid is one of the building blocks for protein synthesis, and the D-isomer is incorporated into the bacterial cell wall. Despite a long history of genetic manipulation of Bacillus subtilis using auxotrophic markers, the genes involved in alanine metabolism have not been characterized fully. In this work, we genetically characterized the major enzymes involved in B. subtilis alanine biosynthesis and identified an alanine permease, AlaP (YtnA), which we show has a major role in the assimilation of D-alanine from the environment. Our results provide explanations for the puzzling fact that growth of B. subtilis does not result in the significant accumulation of extracellular D-alanine. Interestingly, we find that in B. subtilis, unlike E. coli where multiple enzymes have a biochemical activity that can generate alanine, the primary synthetic enzyme for alanine is encoded by alaT, although a second gene, dat, can support slow growth of an L-alanine auxotroph. However, our results also show that Dat mediates the synthesis of D-alanine and its activity is influenced by the abundance of L-alanine. This work provides valuable insights into alanine metabolism that suggests that the relative abundance of D- and L-alanine might be linked with cytosolic pool of D and L-glutamate, thereby coupling protein and cell envelope synthesis with the metabolic status of the cell. The results also suggest that, although some of the purified enzymes involved in alanine biosynthesis have been shown to catalyze reversible reactions in vitro, most of them function unidirectionally in vivo.

Cell wall, Peptidoglycan, Alanine, metabolosm

dana.sabir@charmouniversity.org

Medical Laboratory Science Department

Nosocomial infections also referred to as healthcare-associated infections (HAI), are infection(s) acquired during the process of receiving health care that was not present during the time of admission. They may occur in different areas of healthcare delivery, such as in hospitals, long-term care facilities, and ambulatory settings, and may also appear after discharge. HAIs also include occupational infections that may affect staff.

Bacteria, toxin, hospital, disease

dana.sabir@charmouniversity.org

Medical Laboratory Science Department

MicroRNA: A signature for cancer progression

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a group of small non-coding RNAs that post-transcriptionally control expression of genes by targeting mRNAs. miRNA alterations partake in the establishment and progression of different types of human cancer. Consequently, expression profiling of miRNA in human cancers has correlations with cancer detection, staging, progression, and response to therapies. Particularly, amplification, deletion, abnormal pattern of epigenetic factors and the transcriptional factors that mediate regulation of primary miRNA frequently change the landscape of miRNA expression in cancer. Indeed, changes in the quantity and quality of miRNAs are associated with the initiation of cancer, its progression and metastasis.

shakhawan.hares@charmouniversity.org

Applied Computer Department

An Intelligent CAD System for Brain Tumor Diagnosis

Discrete wavelet transform (DWT) is often implemented by an iterative filter bank; hence, a lake of optimization of a discrete time basis is observed with respect to time localization for a constant number of zero moments. This paper discusses and presents an improved form of DWT for feature extraction, called Slantlet transform (SLT) along with neutrosophy, a generalization of fuzzy logic, which is a relatively new logic. Thus, a novel composite NS-SLT model has been suggested as a source to derive statistical texture features that used to identify the malignancy of brain tumor.

Slantlet transform, Neutrosophic logic, Brain tumor

hayman.abdoul@charmouniversity.org

Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department

Incineration is a heat treatment technology that usually treats solid wastes that involves the combustion of organic substances contained in waste materials, this technology is described as "thermal treatment, in this process the waste converts into ash, flue gas and heat (energy).

Incineration, treatment, solid waste, ash, flue gas and energy.

Seminar Hall, 3rd Floor, Bani Maqan Building-Charmo University