Kurdistan Regional Government

Carbon Quantum Dots‐Decorated Mn 0.5 Cd 0.5 S/BiOBr S‐Scheme Heterojunction With Interfacial Bi─S Bonding as an Efficient Piezocatalyst for Aqueous Cr(VI) Reduction

ABSTRACT Hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] is a serious environmental problem that needs to be removed efficiently from water without the need for reagents. A two‐step hydrothermal/solvothermal method was employed to synthesize a ternary piezocatalyst of carbon quantum dots (CDs) coup...

English language instructors’ awareness, values and classroom practices towards Education for Sustainable Development in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

The aim of this study is to measure English language instructors’ awareness, values and practices of Education for Sustainable Development in higher education in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. It also aims to investigate whether instructors’ knowledge and values influence their cl...

Components of Psychosocial Treatments for Perinatal Mental Health Problems in Conflict and Post-Conflict Settings: A Scoping Review

Perinatal mental health problems (PMHP) are a critical public health concern, profoundly affecting mothers and their infants by impairing maternal well-being and mother-infant bonding. The burden is especially high in conflict-affected settings, where trauma, violence, and ongoin...

Clinical characteristics, management, and in-hospital outcomes of premature acute coronary syndrome at a tertiary cardiac center in Kurdistan, Iraq: a retrospective observational study

Abstract Background Premature acute coronary syndrome (ACS) causes substantial cardiovascular morbidity in younger adults, but data from Iraq and the Kurdistan Region remain limited. We describe the clinical characteristics, management, and in-hospital outcomes of premature ACS a...

Reconstructing institutional food practices in early Mesopotamia using multi-proxy biomolecular evidence

The world’s first public institutions developed in Mesopotamia during the fourth millennium BCE. There is broad consensus that food, its control, and (re-)distribution played a central role in these processes, but the composition of institutional meals remains poorly understood....

Sustainable Solar Cabinet Dryers: A Review of Design Innovations, Thermal Storage Integration, Hybrid Systems, and Techno‐Environmental Assessment

ABSTRACT Although solar cabinet dryers (SCDs) represent an alternative to open sun drying (OSD) in the preservation of agricultural products, there are still challenges for SCDs such as the solar intermittency, unequal drying, and poor thermal efficiency. This systematic review b...

Nano-enhanced PCM-assisted solar stills: A systematic review of performance, economics, and sustainability

Abstract Freshwater scarcity is an escalating global challenge, particularly in arid, remote, and off-grid regions where conventional desalination technologies remain energy-intensive and costly. Solar stills provide a simple and sustainable desalination option; however, their br...

The Right Key, the Wrong Lock: TIGIT Checkpoint Blockade and the Road to Precision Immunotherapy

T-cell immunoreceptor with immunoglobulin and immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif (ITIM) domains (TIGIT) emerged as one of the most promising next-generation immune checkpoint targets following the success of programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1), programmed death-lig...

Clear cell Paget disease with underlying malignancy: A case report and review of literature

Paget's disease of the breast (PDB) is a rare form of breast cancer, characterized by the existence of Paget cells. It accounts for nearly 1%-3% of all breast cancers. Glycogen-rich clear cell ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of the breast is an infrequent occurrence. The current...