Publications by authors named "Aleem M"

Background: Magnesium (Mg) is essential for plant growth and development and plays critical roles in physiological and biochemical processes. Mg deficiency adversely affects growth of plants by limiting shoot and root development, disturbing the structure and membranes of the grana, reducing photosynthesis efficiency, and lowering net CO assimilation. The MGT (Magnesium transporter) family is responsible for the absorption and transportation of magnesium in plants.

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Malathion is an organophosphate compound widely used as an insecticide in the agriculture sector and is toxic to humans and other mammals. Although several studies have been conducted at different levels in different animal models. But there is no work has been conducted on the toxicological correlation from cellular to behavioral level in surviving species model.

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Head trauma from blast exposure is a growing health concern, particularly among active military personnel, and is considered the signature injury of the Gulf War. However, it remains elusive whether fundamental differences exist between blast-related Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) and TBI due to other mechanisms. Considering the importance of lipid metabolism associated with neuronal membrane integrity and its compromise during TBI, we sought to find changes in lipidomic profiling during blast or blunt (Stereotaxically Controlled Contusison-SCC)-mediated TBI.

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poses a global challenge as a parasite affecting small ruminants, yet the problem of absence of an effective vaccine against infection still exists. This investigation sought to appraise the immunological reaction induced by recombinant excretory/secretory-24 (rHcES-24) in combination with complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) and bio-polymeric nanoparticles (NPs) within a murine model. In this study, rHcES-24 was encapsulated in poly(d, l-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) and chitosan (CS) NPs, administered subcutaneously to mice.

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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, with closed head injury (CHI) being one of the most common forms of TBI. Preclinical modeling of TBI is challenging due to confounding factors like craniectomy and poorly controlled injury severity. This study proposes a non-invasive CHI model using directed shockwaves.

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  • AI is becoming crucial in thoracic surgery, improving outcomes through accurate diagnosis of conditions like non-small-cell lung cancer and lymph node metastasis.
  • Applications of AI, including machine learning and natural language processing, enhance robotic-assisted surgeries and perioperative management, boosting surgical precision and patient safety.
  • Despite its benefits, challenges like data privacy, biases, and ethical issues need to be addressed, with this manuscript reviewing the current state and future directions of AI in the field.
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Drought is one of the major environmental issues that reduce crop yield. Seed germination is a crucial stage of plant development in all crop plants, including soybean. In soybean breeding, information about genetic mechanism of drought tolerance has great importance.

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Around 20% of the human population is distressed. Previous studies have looked into the relationship between restraint immobilization stress (IS) and sexual behavior in male rats. The current study aimed to provide a brief explanation of the mechanisms that generated testicular injury with chronic IS and an attempt to evaluate the mechanisms and effects of vanillin as a novel protective agent.

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Background: Enhancing outcomes post-hospitalisation requires an understanding of predictive factors for adverse events. This study aimed to estimate post-discharge mortality rates among patients with severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) in Bangladesh, identify associated factors, and document reported causes of death.

Methods: From January 2012 to December 2019, we conducted follow-up calls to patients or their families 30 days after discharge to assess the status of patients with SARI.

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Background: Global influenza-associated acute respiratory infections contribute to 3-5 million severe illnesses requiring hospitalization annually, with 90% of hospitalizations occurring among children < 5 years in developing countries. In Bangladesh, the inadequate availability of nationally representative, robust estimates of influenza-associated hospitalizations limits allocation of resources for prevention and control measures.

Methods: This study used data from the hospital-based influenza surveillance (HBIS) system in Bangladesh from 2010 to 2019 and healthcare utilization surveys to determine hospital utilization patterns in the catchment area.

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  • The study examined the link between recent respiratory illnesses, particularly influenza, and acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in patients at a Dhaka hospital between May 2017 and October 2018.
  • Of the 744 AMI patients studied, 11.3% reported respiratory illnesses, primarily during the 2017 influenza season, with influenza confirmed in 1.5% of cases, all of whom had STEMI.
  • Despite higher rates of respiratory illness in STEMI patients and those with elevated troponin levels, the research found no significant relationship between these illnesses and the severity of AMI, highlighting the need for further investigation into potential preventive measures like vaccinations.
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Vaccines are used for the control of infectious diseases of animals. Over other types of vaccinations like live attenuated or killed vaccines, mRNA-based vaccines have significant advantages. As only a small portion of the pathogen's genetic material is employed and the dose rate of mRNA-based vaccines is low, there is the least possibility that the pathogen will reverse itself.

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Electrical load forecasting remains an ongoing challenge due to various factors, such as temperature and weather, which change day by day. In this age of Big Data, efficient handling of data and obtaining valuable information from raw data is crucial. Through the use of IoT devices and smart meters, we can capture data efficiently, whereas traditional methods may struggle with data management.

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General anesthesia is fundamental in pediatric medical interventions, but its potential neurodevelopmental impact on children has raised concerns, necessitating a thorough investigation. This systematic review aimed to assess the association between pediatric anesthesia exposure and neurodevelopmental outcomes, focusing on dosage effects and identifying high-risk groups. The study involved an extensive literature search across PubMed, Medline, and Google Scholar, selecting 40 relevant studies from an initial pool of 2,000, based on inclusion criteria that focused on children under 18 years exposed to anesthesia, excluding those with major comorbidities or perioperative physiological insults.

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Introduction: Pheochromocytomas are rare catecholamine-secreting tumors with a high potential for recurrence post-surgery, necessitating prolonged follow-up. This case highlights the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in managing recurrent pheochromocytoma.

Case Presentation: A 25-year-old female, with a history of left pheochromocytoma treated with adrenalectomy a decade earlier, presented with a right adrenal mass.

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To maintain a harmonious teacher-student relationship and enable educators to gain a more insightful understanding of students' learning progress, this study collects data from learners utilizing the software through a network platform. These data are mainly formed by the user's learning characteristics, combined with the screen lighting time, built-in inertial sensor attitude, signal strength, network strength and other multi-dimensional characteristics to form the learning observation value, so as to analyze the corresponding learning state, so that teachers can carry out targeted teaching improvement. The article introduces an intelligent classification approach for learning time series, leveraging long short-term memory (LSTM) as the foundation of a deep network model.

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With the emergence of technology and the usage of a large number of smart devices, cyber threats are increasing. Therefore, research studies have shifted their attention to detecting Android malware in recent years. As a result, a reliable and large-scale malware dataset is essential to build effective malware classifiers.

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Color centers in nanodiamonds (NDs) have been largely explored by coupling to a photonic structured matrix (PSM) to amplify visible range emission features, enhancing their use in quantum technologies. Here, we study the emission enhancement of dual near-infrared zero phonon line (ZPL) emission from silicon-boron (SiB) and silicon-vacancy (SiV) centers in NDs using a spontaneously emerged low index-contrast quasiperiodic PSM, having micron-scale air pores. An intensity enhancement factor of 6.

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The persistence of drug resistance poses a significant obstacle to the advancement of efficacious malaria treatments. The remarkable efficacy displayed by 1,2,3-triazole-based compounds against Plasmodium falciparum highlights the potential of triazole conjugates, with diverse pharmacologically active structures, as potential antimalarial agents. We aimed to synthesize 7-dichloroquinoline-triazole conjugates and their structure-activity relationship (SAR) derivatives to investigate their anti-plasmodial activity.

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Current evidence suggests that recent acute respiratory infections and seasonal influenza may precipitate acute myocardial infarction (AMI). This study examined the potential link between recent clinical respiratory illness (CRI) and influenza, and AMI in Bangladesh. Conducted during the 2018 influenza season at a Dhaka tertiary-level cardiovascular (CV) hospital, it included 150 AMI cases and two control groups: 44 hospitalized cardiac patients without AMI and 90 healthy individuals.

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  • Trichinellosis, caused by the nematode parasite, involves a protein called Ts-MAPRC2 that plays a role in reproductive health and can be targeted for infection control.
  • The study explored how antibodies against Ts-MAPRC2 and siRNA targeting the same protein can inhibit the growth of muscle and newborn larvae, showing significant reductions in infectivity and survival rates.
  • Findings support the potential of Ts-MAPRC2 as a new target for vaccine development against the nematode infection.
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  • Researchers studied if hospitals can spot serious lung infections (SARI) and if these cases lead to public health investigations.
  • They found 464 groups of patients with SARI over 11 years, mainly involving young boys. Most of these groups did not show the same virus infection.
  • Despite finding many clusters, none led to emergency responses, suggesting that better surveillance could focus on bigger groups of sick people.
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