Publications by authors named "M al-Hindawi"

Aim: Given cofounders, this retrospective study investigates the correlation between hyponatremia status and hematocrit (Hct) changes, as well as the clinical utility of these two prognosticators in relation to overall health status.

Methods: The study was retrospectively conducted on adult hemodialysis (HD) patients at the King Hussein Medical Center in Amman, Jordan, from 2015 to 2022. It looked at how sodium (Na) levels, the hematocrit-to-hemoglobin ratio (HHR), and outcomes of interest were related.

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  • The study aimed to evaluate how demographic and clinical characteristics of women relate to abnormal Pap smear results at Al-Elwiya Maternity Teaching Hospital in Baghdad over a year-long period.
  • Out of 560 women, most were not attending for routine checks, with 72% showing no abnormalities, while 24.3% had cervical epithelial issues, linked significantly to age and clinical findings.
  • The findings highlight the need for increased public awareness regarding cervical cancer screening, as less than 5% of women came in for routine screenings.
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Protein kinases (PKs) including RAF, perform a principal role in regulating countless cellular events such as cell growth, differentiation, and angiogenesis. Overexpression and mutation of RAF kinases are significant contributors to the development and spread of cancer. Therefore, RAF kinase inhibitors show promising outcomes as anti-cancer small molecules by suppressing the expression of RAF protein, blocking RAS/RAF interaction, or inhibiting RAF enzymes.

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Background: Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19), an infectious disease resulting from a virus known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2), was discovered in China in 2019 and causes several mild to moderate respiratory conditions. This study aimed to reveal the changes in serum interleukin-10 (IL-10) and other parameters in Iraqi COVID-19 patients compared with healthy controls by studying the effects of enoxaparin and evaluating the potential of IL-10 as a disease activity marker.

Methods: This was a case-control study that included 180 samples: 90 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 from November 2022 to 20 April 2023 (40 patients had never used enoxaparin, whereas 50 patients had taken enoxaparin) and 90 healthy, age- and sex-matched control.

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Herein, we report a facile process for the preparation of styrene and methyl-methacrylate copolymer nanocomposites containing reduced graphene oxide and silver nanoparticles ((R-(GO-(PS-PMMA))/AgNPs)) by using (i) microwave irradiation (MWI) to obtain R-(GO-(PS-PMMA))/AgNPs and (ii) the in situ bulk polymerization technique to produce RGO/AgNPs-(PS-PMMA). Various characterization techniques, including FT-IR, XPS, Raman spectroscopy, XRD, SEM, HR-TEM, DSC, and TGA analysis, were used to characterize the prepared nanocomposites. The Berkovich nanoindentation method was employed to determine the hardness and elastic modulus of the nanocomposites.

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