The objective of the present study was to assess the level of steroidal hormones in serum and saliva of females, as well as correlation between serum and salivary steroidal hormones including progesterone, estradiol, and cortisol were assessed. Ninety females were involved in the present study. The age of females was ranged (16-55) with mean age 35.5±1.8 years.
In this study 227 urine samples were collected from patients suffering from symptoms referred as urinary tract infection. The urine samples were obtained from different hospitals in Baghdad during the period from 1 / 12 / 2006 to 15 / 3 / 2007. 180 (64.98%) urine samples gave positive bacterial growth on MacConkey agar and / or blood agar. The obtained positive cultures showed that 34 (18.89%) were Gram positive bacteria and 146 (81.11%) samples were Gram negative.
In an attempt to enhance crude oil tolerance in tissue cultures and intact plants of Triticum aestivum L., several experiments were carried out. Callus was induced using embryos isolated from the seeds of the two wheat varieties (Abu Ghraib-3 and Dijila) which were used as explants. Callus was induced and maintained on Murashige and Skoog, 1962 medium (MS) supplemented with (0.5) mg/l kinetin and (2) mg/l 2,4-D. Crude oil was added to the culture medium at different concentrations as a contaminating agent.
