Publications by authors named "Humaira Ashraf"

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  • Arsenic (As) is a harmful environmental pollutant that negatively affects plants by disrupting their growth, nutrient absorption, and overall health, leading to stunted growth and low yields.
  • The study explores using a combination of rhizobacteria (specifically Bacillus faecalis) and composted biochar (ECB) to enhance maize growth under varying levels of arsenic contamination.
  • Results indicate that the treatment combining 0.5% composted biochar with B. faecalis significantly improved various growth metrics of maize, including plant height and nutrient concentration, suggesting it could be an effective strategy for alleviating arsenic stress in agricultural settings.
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The study addresses global fruit waste concerns in the food industry by extracting pectin from both ripe and unripe banana peels at varying pH levels and time intervals using hydrochloric acid. The best results were observed for unripe banana peel pectin at pH 1.5 and 250 min exhibiting a yield of 16.

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Programmable Object Interfaces are increasingly intriguing researchers because of their broader applications, especially in the medical field. In a Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN), for example, patients' health can be monitored using clinical nano sensors. Exchanging such sensitive data requires a high level of security and protection against attacks.

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The Internet of vehicles (IoVs) is an innovative paradigm which ensures a safe journey by communicating with other vehicles. It involves a basic safety message (BSM) that contains sensitive information in a plain text that can be subverted by an adversary. To reduce such attacks, a pool of pseudonyms is allotted which are changed regularly in different zones or contexts.

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The Internet of Things (IoT) uses wireless networks without infrastructure to install a huge number of wireless sensors that track system, physical, and environmental factors. There are a variety of WSN uses, and some well-known application factors include energy consumption and lifespan duration for routing purposes. The sensors have detecting, processing, and communication capabilities.

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Hypercholesterolemia is one of the major causes of cardiovascular ailments. The study has been conducted on the hypothesis that hypercholesterolemia can be modulated by microencapsulated curcumin due to its enhanced bioavailability. In this context, curcumin obtained from fresh rhizomes of by conventional (CSE) and supercritical fluid (SFE) extractions, has been successfully microencapsulated using a mixture of gelatin and maltodextrin.

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  • * A study analyzed injury data from 2015 to 2020, finding a notable increase in injuries among pitchers during the first 30 days of the 2020 season, specifically soft tissue injuries affecting the trunk and upper extremities.
  • * The research revealed that injuries among relief pitchers increased over the first month of play, with comparable rates of short-term and long-term injured list placements.
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Advances in remote interchanges, the internet of nano things have empowered the wireless body area networks (WBAN) to end up a promising systems of networking standard. It involves interconnected tiny sensors to gather ongoing biomedical data and transmit over the network for further analysis. Due to possibility of active and passive number of attacks, the healthcare data security is quite essential and challenging.

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  • The study aimed to investigate the prevalence of lumbosacral transitional vertebrae (LSTVs) in patients suffering from femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) who underwent hip arthroscopy, along with examining the relationship between LSTV anatomy and patient-reported outcomes.
  • A total of 1,880 patients aged 18 to 45 were evaluated, revealing that 262 patients (13.9%) had LSTVs, with various types identified but no significant differences in symptom laterality.
  • The findings concluded that while a notable percentage of patients had LSTVs, there was no correlation between the presence of these anatomical variations and the outcomes reported by the patients post-surgery.
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Background: Higher body mass index (BMI) is associated with difficulty in obtaining imaging studies. While there is a small body of literature regarding the relationship between fluoroscopy time and BMI during injections for pain management, this has not been studied for intraarticular (IA) hip injections. Further, in academic training centers, trainee involvement may affect this relationship.

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A set of 24 of SSR markers were used to estimate the genetic diversity in 16 rice genotypes found in Western Himalayas of Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, India. The level of polymorphism among the genotypes of rice was evaluated from the number of alleles and PIC value for each of the 24 SSR loci. A total of 68 alleles were detected across the 16 genotypes through the use of these 24 SSR markers The number of alleles per locus generated varied from 2 (RM 338, RM 452, RM 171) to 6 (RM 585, RM 249, RM 481, RM 162).

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  • The study aimed to investigate the link between Body Mass Index (BMI) and the time taken for fluoroscopy during sacroiliac joint injections used for pain relief.
  • Conducted across three pain treatment centers, the research analyzed data from 459 injections involving 350 patients, focusing on factors like median age, gender distribution, and BMI categories (normal, overweight, obese).
  • Results revealed no significant difference in fluoroscopy time among different BMI groups or procedural factors, suggesting that weight does not affect the duration of fluoroscopy during these injections.
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