Publications by authors named "M K Abass"
Background: Attentional engagement, the ability to maintain focus on relevant tasks, plays a crucial role in optimizing human performance. Studies have shown that athletes exhibit superior attentional engagement compared to non-athletes; however, it remains unclear if these benefits persist in non-sport-related tasks or differ across types of sports expertise, such as open-skill versus closed-skill sports.
Methods: Ninety-three young adults, divided into open-skill athletes ( = 31), closed-skill athletes ( = 31), and a control group ( = 31), completed an auditory oddball task while the P3 component of event-related potentials was measured to assess attentional processing.
Tuberculosis (TB) is characterized by immunopathology in the blood and monocytes have been shown to be highly sensitive to plasma environment changes in TB patients. Here, we investigated TB plasma effects on 'reference monocytes' using RNA sequencing to characterize a potential immunomodulatory role of monocytes in TB. Candidate pathways induced by plasma samples from TB patients (n=99) compared to healthy controls (n=62) were analyzed for changes in signal transduction, phenotype and secreted cytokines by flow cytometry.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Wound healing is a complex procedure that requires the coordination of several factors, so this study aimed to assess the zinc oxide nanoparticles' regenerated effect and stem cell exosomes on full-thickness wounds in rats.
Methods: Seventy-two Wistar male rats were subjected to a full-thickness skin defect (20 mm2) on the dorsal surface of each rat between two shoulder joints. The rats were randomized into four groups (18/group) according to wound treatments.
Immunopathology of human tuberculosis (TB) in a subgroup of patients is characterized by aberrantly high concentrations of inflammatory cytokines, for example Interleukin (IL)-6. Concomitant (co-)infections by parasites can affect host immunity, but the impact on immunopathology in TB patients is poorly defined. Here we characterized a group of patients with TB ( n = 76) from Ghana with different protozoan and helminth co-infections.
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- The study investigates the sorption of strontium (Sr(II)) and europium (Eu(III)) ions from water using a synthesized tin molybdate talc sorbent made through a precipitation method.
- Various analytical techniques (e.g., FT-IR, SEM, XRD) were used to characterize the sorbent and the sorption process was influenced by factors like pH, shaking time, and concentration of the ions.
- Results indicate that the sorption process is efficient, being endothermic and spontaneous, with 0.1 M HCl found to be the most effective for recovering the ions from the sorbent, suggesting its potential for practical applications in removing these contaminants from water.