Publications by authors named "M M Kassab"
A novel Zinc-Tellurite borosilicate (ZTBS) glass system was successfully synthesized via the melt quench process. Its chemical composition is represented by the formula (44SiO-25BO-18NaO-6CaO-1ZrO-(6-x)ZnO-xTeO), and its weight fraction (x = 0, 2, 4, 6 wt%). The shielding properties, there is perfect agreement between the results of the theoretical calculation of the mass attenuation coefficient using the Phy-X/PSD and the compatible values derived from the WinXCom databases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThere is insufficient information about the migratory Eurasian teal, Anas crecca. The study provides the first anatomical description of lingual adaptations and their relationship with the species-specific feeding behavior of A. crecca collected near Egyptian Lake Nasser.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aim: This study aimed to compare the determinants and impact of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) surveillance rates for people with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) versus other chronic liver diseases.
Methods: A dataset of HCC patients from a UK hospital (2007-2022) was analyzed. The Mann-Whitney U-test compared continuous variables.
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- * During CSR, R-loops at the immunoglobulin heavy chain undergo ribose 2'-O-methylation, a modification facilitated by the interaction between fibrillarin (FBL), activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID), and snoRNA aSNORD1C.
- * The study suggests that 2'-O-methylation stabilizes R-loops at the IgH locus, which is crucial for effective CSR, thus providing insights into the mechanisms linking AID function and R
Background: Compared with thin-strut durable-polymer drug-eluting stents (DP-DES), ultrathin-strut biodegradable-polymer sirolimus-eluting stents (BP-SES) improve stent-related clinical outcomes in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Reduced stent strut thickness is hypothesised to underlie these benefits, but this conjecture remains unproven.
Aims: We aimed to assess the impact of strut thickness on stent healing and clinical outcomes between ultrathin-strut and thin-strut BP-SES.