Volume 18 Number 1 -Dhu- Al-Qa'dah 1426 January 2006

Contents

PHYSICS

Flux Pinning and Activation Energy in Polycrystalline BiSrCaCuO(2223) Superconductor

Abdalla A El-Abbar..........................................................................................116-130

Expert System Application to Evaluating and Selecting the Solution

for Informal settlements

Attia et al........................................................................................................131-14

CIVIL ENGINEERING

The Effect of Basement Floors on Foundation Uplift Design of High-Rise Buildings Under Lateral Loading

Ali A. Almasmoum............................................................................................149-161

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Single Phase Converter With Improved Power Factor and Reduced Electrical Stresses on Electronic Switching Devices

Mohammed Jameel Alawi.....................................................................163-178

Electronic and Crystalline Structure of Carbon Monoxide Adsorbed on MgO(001) Surface

Alwadie, A. and Sidoumou, M...............................................................................179-190

A Modified Sum-of-Product Neural Network Using Locally Weighted Basis Functions

Khalid Abdulhameed Al-Hindi..............................................................................191-206

MEDICINE AND MEDICAL SCIENCES

Expression of p53 and Risk of Prostate Cancer in Men with Benign Prostate Hyperplasia.

Mohammed T. Tayeb..........................................................................207-215

Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma Gondii Among Pregnant Women in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Al-Harthi et al ................................................................................................217-227

ARABIC SECTION

PHYSICS

Dose in the Buildup Region for a High-energy Medical Linear Accelerator X-Ray Photon Beam(Measurements and Calculations)

Sameer S. A. Natto...............................................................................................31-40

MEDICINE AND MEDICAL SCIENCES

The International Preventive Measurements of Using Chemical Precursors in Building up the Drugs of Abuse

S. Alghamdi......................................................................................................41-67