Using Bubbles in the slab is a revolutionary method of eliminating concrete from the middle of conventional slab as this concrete does not perform any structural function, thereby dramatically reducing structural dead weight. This research presents experimental study to investigate the effect of construction type on the strength and behaviour of bubbled one-way slabs. The experimental program consists of testing four slabs with dimensions of 1850mm×460mm×110 mm. One1of the tested slabs was conventional slab (without bubbles), two bubbled slabs with different types of construction (simple and filigree bubbled slabs) and the remaining one is filigree bubbled slab strengthened with steel cage. The bubbles were made of recycled plastic balls. The experimental results show that the stiffness reduction factor for all the bubbled slabs was (0.87), this leads to decrease the ultimate strength of bubbled slabs and to be smaller than that of the solid slab by 4.4% 69% and 1.7% respectively. Also an increase in deflection at yield load (∆y) by about (10% to 12%), at the same time the crack load is found to be decreased by (13% to 40%). The simple bubbled slab is more efficient when compared with filigree bubbled slab. Also the results show that the use of steel cage in filigree bubbled slab gives an increase in the ultimate load by 69% and an increase in the ultimate deflection by about 77% when compared with filigree bubbled slab without steel cage.

The primary and secondary treated waste effluents were successfully used to grow the Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (L.). The growth rate of Iish reared in treated waste water was significantly higher than that offish reared in the natural habitat. Bacterial loads in fish organs were higher in the gills followed by the intestine and the skin and finally the edible muscles. The total aerobic bacterial count was very low (9.3 X 10^ g"^) in the edible muscles of fish grown in secondary-treated effluent and complied with the WHO guidelines (less than lO' g"^). Salmonella, Shigella and Staphylococcus were completely absent in all fish samples examined. The highest concentrations of heavy metals were found in liver tissues, followed by intestine and gills and then the muscles. Accumulation levels were within the acceptable limits when compared to the international legal standards for hazardous elements in fish and fishery products. In conclusion, chemical and bacterial analyses indicated that there is no evidence of any public health hazard associated with treated waste water reuse in aquaculture. However, the risks, if any. to the fish growers, processors and consumers should be evaluated, specially that related to viral pathogens.

The primary and secondary treated waste effluents were successfully used to grow the Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (L.). The growth rate of fish reared in treated waste water was significantly higher than that of fish reared in the natural habitat. Bacterial loads in fish organs were higher in the gills followed by the intestine and the skin and finally the edible muscles. The total aerobic bacterial count was very low (9.3 × 102 g−1) in the edible muscles of fish grown in secondary‐treated effluent and complied with the WHO guidelines (less than 105 g−1). Salmonella, Shigella and Staphylococcus were completely absent in all fish samples examined. The highest concentrations of heavy metals were found in liver tissues, followed by intestine and gills and then the muscles. Accumulation levels were within the acceptable limits when compared to the international legal standards for hazardous elements in fish and fishery products. In conclusion, chemical and bacterial analyses indicated that there is no evidence of any public health hazard associated with treated waste water reuse in aquaculture. However, the risks, if any, to the fish growers, processors and consumers should be evaluated, specially that related to viral pathogens.

This research was conducted to study the effect of Al-Betool hospital effluent on Diyala river and find the suitable methods to reduce its effect on river Samples from river water before and after the effluent of the hospital and from hospital it self were collected from January to December 2018 with rate of three samples monthly. Hydrogen ion concentration (PH), EC, PO4, NO3, TDS, TSS, and DO was determined. Results of this study indicated the possibility of establishing treatment plant to the waste water discharged from hospital in order to the conservation of river waters from pollution.

In many taxa, breeding success depends heavily on reliable vocal recognition between parents and offspring. Although the acoustic basis of this recognition has been explored in several species, few studies have examined the evolution of acoustic cues to identity across development. Here, in a captive breeding program, we investigated for the first time the acoustic signals produced by North African houbara bustard Chlamydotis undulata undulata chicks. Two call types (contact and distress) were recorded from 15 chicks in 4 age classes. Acoustic analyses showed that the acoustic parameters of the calls varied systematically with age in both contact and distress calls. However, both call types remained highly stereotyped and individualized between chicks at every tested age, indicating that calls encode reliable information about individual identity throughout development, thus potentially enabling the mother to distinguish her own chicks through their development up to fledging. Playback experiments are now needed to verify such parent-chick recognition in houbara bustards and its efficiency across chick ontogeny.