Publications by authors named "Adeeba"

The prevalence of cyberbullying has reached an alarming rate, affecting approximately 54% of teenagers who experience various forms of cyberbullying, including offensive hate speech, threats, and racism. This research introduces a comprehensive dataset and system for cyberbullying detection in Urdu tweets, leveraging a spectrum of machine learning approaches including traditional models and advanced deep learning techniques. The objectives of this study are threefold.

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Oral cancer is one of the major cancer types, which has increased sustainably in Southeast Asian countries due to the extensive use of a variety of tobacco and betel nut products. The current study is focused on developing an easy, efficient and cost-effective method for plasma profiling of oral cancer patients and tobacco users in order to have a progressive picture towards oral cancer. For this purpose, the profiling of 147 plasma samples including 67 oral cancer patients' samples, 60 "niswar" (a dipping tobacco product) user samples, and 20 healthy controls using attenuated total reflectance-fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), and chemometric analysis was carried out.

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We report a case of unusual cutaneous toxoplasmosis manifestation in a HIV-positive patient. He presented with hard and painful nodular lesions on the arms, hands and chest. Serology tests for anti-Toxoplasma antibody were negative.

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We report seven cases of naturally acquired human Plasmodium knowlesi infections which were admitted to our centre from July 2007 till June 2008. Diagnosis was confirmed by nested PCR. Cases of P.

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The purpose of this study was to determine if the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) risk-index score is able to predict the outcome of febrile neutropenia in patients with underlying hematological malignancy and to look at the other possible predictors of outcome. A retrospective study of 116 episodes of febrile neutropenia in patients who were admitted to the hematology ward of a local medical center in Malaysia between January 1st 2004 and January 31st 2005. Patient characteristics and the MASCC score were compared with outcome.

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Objectives: This study was initiated to determine the local profile of blood culture isolates and antibiotic sensitivities in febrile neutropenic patients following chemotherapy, and to establish if any modifications to treatment guidelines are necessary.

Design: A total of 116 episodes of febrile neutropenia admitted to the adult hematology ward at a university medical center in Malaysia were studied retrospectively from January 2004 to January 2005.

Results: The study showed 43.

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This study deals with the sequence of changes in platelet levels following a hypothalamic lesion. Observations indicate that the drop of cellularity on day I is followed by an abortive rise from day 2 to day 4. This suggests that the life span of the lacertilian platelet most probably appears to be as 3 days.

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This investigation reports observations on the growth of Rana cyanophlyctis tadpoles following a whole body gamma-ray exposure. The effect on the body and hind limb size is perhaps the most significant of the period of latency. A dose of 2,000 R serves as a stressor and activates ACTH secretion in the tadpoles.

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