Estimation of Serum Malondialdehyde (a Marker of Oxidative Stress) as a Predictive Biomarker for the Severity of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) and Cardiovascular Outcomes.

Background Coronary artery disease (CAD) is influenced by oxidative stress, which is a critical yet often overlooked factor in disease progression. While traditional biomarkers such as cholesterol levels and blood pressure are commonly used, they do not fully capture oxidative damage. Malondialdehyde (MDA), a byproduct of lipid peroxidation, offers additional insights into oxidative stress and CAD severity.

Intuitive Data Visualization for Enhanced Patient Comprehension.

The pilot study explores how data visualization influences patient comprehension and engagement in understanding hyperlipidemia test results across diverse patient groups. Employing Gestalt theory and the Relational Information Display (RID) framework, intuitive visual tools were developed using Google Sheets, QlikView®, and Microsoft® Excel®. The survey conducted with patients used a Likert scale to evaluate six different line and bar graphs, each presenting the same LDL cholesterol data.

Thermoelectric Performance Enhancement in SnS Polycrystals Owing to Hole Doping Combined with Textured Microstructures.

Recently, the earth-abundant tin sulfide (SnS) has emerged as a promising thermoelectric material due to its phonon and electron structure similar to that of tin selenide (SnSe). However, compared with SnSe, limited progress has been achieved in the thermoelectric property enhancement of SnS. Textured SnS polycrystals with an enhanced thermoelectric performance have been developed in this work.

Double Cystic Ducts Encountered During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in a Male Patient With Cholelithiasis: A Case Report.

One of the most uncommon cystic duct abnormalities is double cystic ducts exiting a single gallbladder. Adequate knowledge of this anomaly should be kept in mind to avoid any surgical complications. We present a case of a 49-year-old Asian Pakistani male patient who had an elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy and was discovered to have two distinct cystic ducts leaving the gallbladder.

Practical High-Performance (Bi,Sb)Te-Based Thermoelectric Nanocomposites Fabricated by Nanoparticle Mixing and Scrap Recycling.

BiTe-based compounds are the most mature and widely used thermoelectric materials. However, industrial device fabrication will inevitably produce a lot of BiTe scraps, which results in wastes of expensive material resources. In this work, we recycled -type (Bi,Sb)Te scraps and reprocessed them by making nanocomposites with nano-SiC.

MnS Incorporation into Higher Manganese Silicide Yields a Green Thermoelectric Composite with High Performance/Price Ratio.

Thermoelectric materials that can directly convert heat to electrical energy offer a viable solution for reducing the usage of fossil energy by harvesting waste heat resources. Higher manganese silicide (HMS) is a naturally abundant, eco-friendly, and low-cost p-type thermoelectric semiconductor with high power factor (PF); however, its figure of merit () is limited by intrinsically high thermal conductivity (κ). For effectively enhancing the thermoelectric performance of HMS and avoiding the use of expensive or toxic elements, such as Re, Te, or Pb, a green p-type MnS with high Seebeck coefficient () and low κ is incorporated into the HMS matrix to form MnS/HMS composites.

Thermoelectric SnS and SnS-SnSe solid solutions prepared by mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering: Anisotropic thermoelectric properties.

P-type SnS compound and SnSSe solid solutions were prepared by mechanical alloying followed by spark plasma sintering (SPS) and their thermoelectric properties were then studied in different compositions (x = 0.0, 0.2, 0.

The Gadolinium (Gd) and Tin (Sn) Co-doped BiFeO Nanoparticles as New Solar Light Active Photocatalyst.

The process of photocatalysis is appealing to huge interest motivated by the great promise of addressing current energy and environmental issues through converting solar light directly into chemical energy. However, an efficient solar energy harvesting for photocatalysis remains a critical challenge. Here, we reported a new full solar spectrum driven photocatalyst by co-doping of Gd and Sn into A and B-sites of BiFeO simultaneously.

Frequency of modifiable risk factors in stroke patients.

Background: Stroke is one of the common causes of admission in medical and neurology units in hospitals. The aim of this study was to find out the frequency of modifiable risk factors, and association of ischaemic stroke with these risk factors in stroke patients admitted in Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad.

Methods: This a cross-sectional descriptive hospital based study, carried out in medical units of Ayub Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad on 150 patients with stroke.

Influence of hepatitis C on renal function after liver transplantation.

Liver transplantation (OLT) is often complicated by renal failure. Hepatitis C (HCV) is said to be a risk factor for renal failure after OLT, but few studies have analyzed this directly. We evaluated all patients who received a liver transplant from 1995 through 2003.