COMPARISON OF SOME DROUGHT INDICES IN IRAQ

Comparison of Some Drought Indices in Iraq

Drought in Iraq was assessed using three drought indices for two different time periods, past period from 1970 to 2015, and future period from 2016 to 2050 for Digital Anti Theft 4 stations in Iraq.These indices named: the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI), Percentage of Precipitation Anomaly (PPA), and Z-Score Index (ZSI).The main sources of

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Mechanisms and Consequences of Dopamine Depletion-Induced Attenuation of the Spinophilin/Neurofilament Medium Interaction

Signaling changes that occur in the striatum following the loss of dopamine neurons in the Parkinson disease (PD) are poorly understood.While increases in the activity of kinases and decreases in the activity of phosphatases have been observed, the specific consequences of these changes are less well understood.Phosphatases, such as protein phospha

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Effects of Material Constructions on Supersonic Flutter Characteristics for Composite Rectangular Plates Reinforced with Carbon Nano-structures

In this paper effects of material constructions on natural frequencies and critical aerodynamic pressures are investigated.It is assumed that the rectangular plate is made of a polymeric matrix reinforced with graphene nanoplatelets or carbon nanotubes.A general closed analytical Plastic Idler Pulley method of solution is presented.It is demonstrat

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The Conceptual Representations of the Jewish Personality in the International Cinema (Munich film as a model)

This study deals with the intellectual representations whose intellectual systems are incarnated in the Jewish personality, which is considered one of the complex intellectual systems that has caused controversy throughout the ages because of the ambiguity due to the religious and psychological factors that were reflected directly and strongly on t

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