Publications by authors named "Bazaz A"

Rainbow trout () is a promising cultivable fish species with significant potential for expansion. As a cold-water fish belonging to the Salmonidae family, it requires an optimal temperature range of 10-15°C for optimal growth. This study explores a method for producing sterile rainbow trout with maximum survival rates by using heat shock treatment to enhance growth characteristics and improve aquaculture practices.

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Polycythemia vera (PV) is a chronic myeloproliferative disorder characterized by increased red blood cell mass, leading to a heightened risk for thrombosis and hemorrhage. While thrombotic complications such as stroke, deep vein thrombosis, and pulmonary embolism are commonly associated with PV, coronary artery syndromes, as the initial presentation, are rare. Here, we present the case of a 73-year-old male who presented with severe chest pain and was diagnosed with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI).

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Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare hyperinflammatory state that leads to overactivation of the immune system due to underlying disease. It can lead to multiorgan failure and death if not treated properly. HLH after vaccination is rare but has been reported in a few cases.

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Lung ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI), characterized by inflammation, vascular permeability, and lung edema, is the major cause of primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation. Here, we investigated the cellular mechanisms underlying lung IR-induced activation of endothelial TRPV4 channels, which play a central role in lung edema and dysfunction after IR. In a left lung hilar-ligation model of IRI in mice, we found that lung IRI increased the efflux of ATP through pannexin 1 (Panx1) channels at the endothelial cell (EC) membrane.

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Lung ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI), characterized by inflammation, vascular permeability, and lung edema, is the major cause of primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation. We recently reported that endothelial cell (EC) TRPV4 channels play a central role in lung edema and dysfunction after IR. However, the cellular mechanisms for lung IR-induced activation of endothelial TRPV4 channels are unknown.

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Endothelial cells (ECs) from small pulmonary arteries (PAs) release nitric oxide (NO) and prostacyclin, which lower pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP). In pulmonary hypertension (PH), the levels of endothelium-derived NO and prostacyclin are reduced, contributing to elevated PAP. Small-and intermediate-conductance Ca-activated K channels (IK and SK)-additional crucial endothelial mediators of vasodilation-are also present in small PAs, but their function has not been investigated in PH.

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Studies on clean energy transition amongst low-income urban households in the Global South use an array of qualitative and quantitative methods. However, attempts to combine qualitative and quantitative methods are rare and there are a lack of systematic approaches to this. This paper demonstrates a two stage approach using clustering methods to analyse a mixed dataset containing quantitative household survey data and qualitative interview data.

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Article Synopsis
  • Fear extinction is crucial for treating psychiatric disorders, and oxytocin (OT) has been identified as a potential facilitator in this process.
  • The study found that endogenous OT levels significantly increase during fear extinction in the dorsal hippocampus (dHPC), suggesting it enhances the fear extinction process, especially when combined with BDNF.
  • OT's effects involve increased neural activity in critical brain regions, like the CA1-vHPC and the infralimbic cortex, underscoring the importance of the dHPC-mPFC pathway in fear extinction mechanisms.
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Using information contained in the eighteenth to twentieth century British administrative documents, preserved in the National Archives of India (NAI), we present a 218-year (1729-1947 AD) record of socioeconomic disruptions and human impacts (famines) associated with 'rain failures' that affected the semi-arid regions (SARs) of southern India. By mapping the southern Indian famine record onto long-term spatiotemporal measures of regional rainfall variability, we demonstrate that the SARs of southern India repeatedly experienced famines when annual rainfall reduced by ~ one standard deviation (1 SD), or more, from long-term averages. In other words, 'rain failures' listed in the colonial documents as causes of extreme socioeconomic disruptions, food shortages and human distress (famines) in the southern Indian SARs were fluctuations in precipitation well within the normal range of regional rainfall variability and not extreme rainfall deficits (≥ 3 SD).

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Background: Endothelial dysfunction is one of the many complications caused by diabetes mellitus. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of gallic acid (GA) on the mesenteric vascular bed (MVB) response to histamine in diabetic rats.

Methods: Forty male Wistar rats were randomly assigned to a control group, an untreated alloxan-induced diabetic group and three diabetic groups treated with different doses of GA.

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This paper presents a modeling comparison on how stabilization of global climate change at about 2 °C above the pre-industrial level could affect economic and energy systems development in China and India. Seven General Equilibrium (CGE) and energy system models on either the global or national scale are soft-linked and harmonized with respect to population and economic assumptions. We simulate a climate regime, based on long-term convergence of per capita carbon dioxide (CO) emissions, starting from the emission pledges presented in the Copenhagen Accord to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and allowing full emissions trading between countries.

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Background: Lithium has been shown to relieve mania and induce antinociception. In the present study, swim stress at 8C induced antinociception in both phases of the formalin test. Intraperitoneal administration of lithium chloride (LiCl) (0.

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