The present study focuses on how to assess the reality of soil pollution by heavy elements on the right bank of Mosul City after 2017. Seventy samples are collected from the right-bank soils ...depending on the random system. Chemical analysis is conducted using the ICP-MS technique to determine the concentrations of the heavy elements (As, Cd, Cr, Ni, Pb, Zn) in these samples, and then to calculate the pollution factors: Geoaccumulation Index, Enrichment Factor, and Contamination Factor. The average crust is adopted for the comparison and definition of the permissible limits for calculating the pollution factors. The results of the chemical analysis show that the concentrations of the elements (As, Cd, Cr, Ni, Pb, Zn) are higher than the average crust by a ratio of 100%, 85.3%, 44.29%, 100%, 37.14%, 24.28% respectively, which have an effect on the results of the pollution factors, and this refers to an addition of heavy elements to soil of the right bank of Mosul City as a result of human activity (anthropogenic). These activities are the military operations and the use of different types of weapons such as bombs, missiles, ammunition and the remnants thereof, which contain many heavy metals as well as fumes and gases emitted from burning waste, vehicle exhaust, electricity generators, liquid waste in urban and industrial areas, sewage water, fertilizers and pesticides. To know the role of physicochemical characteristics and their contribution to the distribution of heavy elements in the soil, pH and electrical conductivity are measured and the organic matter content is determined. The results show a rate of 7.8, 27.8, and 4.6, respectively.
The destruction of Mosul's Old Town has led to sudden and unmanaged displacements of different ethnic, cultural and professional communities who departed northern Iraq's medieval trade and cultural ...centre. While the reconstruction of historic monuments was prioritised for the post-ISIS recovery process, the disappearance of trade, culture, and communities had a more lasting impact on the erasure of memory, traditional practices and social interactions in the Historic Centre. Moving away from the conventions of planned and structured return in post-conflict cities, this paper investigates the growing and unstructured spontaneous processes of displacement, relocation, and rebuilding as an unmanaged process where the central government and the local authority had limited impact on the daily and active return of displaced communities and craftsmen. We argue that the active and interconnected networks of trade, craft communities and livelihoods in the Old City can be activated by individualistic efforts to trigger a spontaneous, yet effective and decentralised approach to post-conflict return in Iraq. This paper navigates local narratives, spaces of memory and spatial patterns of displacement and return, using the observations, spatial mapping, first-hand local narratives and flows of displacement.
•Cultural heritage practices in Mosul are spatial and locational.•Displacement of shop owners and artisans impacts the Old Town's cultural heritage•The practices and interactions in the markets are vital for Mosul's economy.
Located along the Tigris River in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, the Mosul Dam Reservoir is the second biggest dam of the Near East and represents an important water storage for local human ...activities. The dam was built between 1981 and 1988 north of the village of Eski Mosul, submerging the course of the Tigris River for c. 100 km. The analysis of historical images derived from declassified Corona satellite imagery acquired between December 1967 and August 1968 reveals the pristine pattern of the Tigris River, including the seasonal changes of its riverbed, shifting across the hydrological year from meandering to anastomosing patterns. Geomorphological mapping based on Corona images allowed us to estimate the seasonal modification of fluvial elements such as the floodplain and point, middle and longitudinal bars. The comparison with Landsat data collected since the 1990s showed the first phases of the basin filling and the control on the present‐day aspect of the lake inherited from the setting of the Tigris channel belt and, more in general, the litho‐structural control over the evolution of the local hydrographic network; we also document the influence of the original Tigris River course on its recent insertion into the lake. Our work allowed reconstruction of the ancient fluvial landscape below the Mosul Dam Lake and the evolution of its riverscape controlled by litho‐structural factors and seasonal variations of the river discharge. Finally, this contribution highlights the relevance of declassified intelligence satellite imagery in interpreting natural geomorphic processes and landforms, today altered by human agency.
Historical images derived from declassified Corona satellite imagery acquired between December 1967 and August 1968 reveal the pristine pattern of the Tigris River Geomorphological mapping based on Corona images allowed to estimate the seasonal modification of fluvial elements. Timelapse of Landsat imagery showed the first phases of the basin filling and the control on the present‐day aspect of the lake.
The aim of this study was to identify and diagnose of M. haemolytica strains as one of the most important causes of ovine clinical mastitis in Mosul city. One hundred and thirty-three milk samples ...were directly obtained from the udders of ewes infected by clinical mastitis from November 2020 to January 2021.Standard and conventional methods were followed for isolation and identification of M. haemolytica. Milk samples were cultured on blood agar 7% and MacConkey agar, then it was purified and was stained by Methylene blue. Later, different biochemical tests were Conducted. Molecular identification of M. haemolytica depending on 16srRNA gene, followed by sequencing, similarity and phylogenetic tree was generated. The results showed that 62(46.61%) of samples were positive for bacterial isolation, biochemical tests and conventional PCR technique. Sequencing results showed that the positive samples were belonged to M. haemolytica strains. The similarity within strain Ib001 and within strain 39433 were 100%, and 99.47% respectively. Poor management was associated with the high level of mastitis caused by M. haemolytica, so the application of prophylactic programs should be followed to limit the spread of the disease.
Although ongoing control strategies are attempting to minimize certain metabolic disorders such as hyperketonemia, factors such as genetics, management, environment, and geography still present a ...potential challenge to the achievement of the desired results. In light of this, this study was conducted (i) to determine the prevalence of subclinical and clinical ketosis based on the concentration of ketone bodies (BHB) using ELISA Kit, and (ii) to examine a number of epidemiological risk factors related to the conditions. From October, 2020 to the January, 2021. A 80 blood samples were collected in a cross-sectional survey in different areas of Mosul. Data included age, management systems, parity, and origin. At the cut-off point ≥1.2-≤ 1.4 mmol / L, the prevalence of subclinical ketosis was 27.5% and for clinical ketosis it was 5%. Results revealed that the animals aged > 3 years were more at risk for subclinical ketosis compared to animals aged ≤ 3 years RR = 2.6471. Multiparous animals were more at risk compared to the primiparous (two or less births) RR = 2.0652. No significant difference between the animals’ origins RR = 0.6863. Indoor and outdoor system animals were more at risk for subclinical ketosis compared to the indoor system only RR = 2.1389. In conclusion, hyperketonemia is prevalent in Mosul. Certain risk factors should be taking into account when planning control programs. Attention should be paid to diagnosis, management, and control of this disease during the risk stage to avert economic loss to the dairy farmers.
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