Publications by authors named "Massoud M"

Objective: To use a pre-COVID-19 birth cohort database to describe the clinical heterogeneity of severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) cases of the past seasons as a basis to investigate further distribution of clinical phenotypes in the era of immunization for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

Study Design: Infants with RSV-SARI were identified from a 2014 through 2019 birth cohort in a tertiary care center in Lyon, France, and their medical records extensively reviewed. Using the criteria of the World Health Organization severity definitions, we classified SARI as having nutritional (inability to feed), respiratory (SpO<93%), or neurological (failure to respond, apneas) impairments.

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  • - Effective solid waste management is a major environmental issue in rapidly growing areas like Nigeria, where problems like open dumping and insufficient regulation lead to soil and water contamination, posing health risks.
  • - A study in Lagos showed that while soil quality is significantly affected by dumpsites—evidenced by high levels of certain pollutants—water quality remains largely acceptable for drinking and cleaning, with most samples meeting WHO standards.
  • - To tackle the challenges posed by these dumpsites, recommendations include implementing waste segregation and recycling, controlled landfilling, and investing in waste treatment technologies, although financial and land constraints may hinder these efforts.
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Objectives: Accurate assessment of gestational age (GA) is important at both individual and population levels. The most accurate way to estimate GA in women who book late in pregnancy is unknown. The aim of this study was to externally validate the accuracy of equations for GA estimation in late pregnancy and to identify the best equation for estimating GA in women who do not receive an ultrasound scan until the second or third trimester.

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Introduction: Congenital microgastria (CM) is a rare condition due to early interruption of stomach development between the 4th and 8th week of gestation, leading to a small midline tubular stomach. Prenatal diagnosis of CM is a challenge with important implications. This study explores the value of biochemical amniotic fluid (AF) analysis and fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the prenatal diagnosis of CM in case of nonvisible stomach on fetal ultrasound.

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Sciatica, characterized by leg or back symptoms along the sciatic nerve pathway, often manifests as a chronic condition lasting over 12 weeks. Decision-making between nonoperative treatment and immediate microdiscectomy for chronic sciatica remains challenging, due to the complex relationship between symptom duration, severity, and lumbar discectomy outcomes. In this systematic review, we conducted a comprehensive search across Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library, identifying relevant two-arm clinical trials up to September 2023.

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New thiazole-clubbed piperazine derivatives were designed, synthesized, evaluated for their inhibitory capabilities against human acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase (hAChE and/or hBuChE) and β-amyloid (Aβ) aggregation, and investigated for their metal chelating potential as multitarget agents for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Compounds 10, 19-21, and 24 showed the highest hAChE inhibitory activity at submicromolar concentrations, of which compound 10 was the most potent with a half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC) value of 0.151 μM.

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Unlabelled: Introduction-Aim: The third cycle of medical studies (TCMS) lasts 3 years for the specialty of family medicine (FM) in Tunisia. The members of the FM committee of the Faculty of Medicine of Monastir (FMM) aimed to detail the learning objectives (LO) of residents in FM.

Method: We used the Delphi method in 2 rounds including a group of experts called FM Learning Objectives Writing Group (FMLOWG) at the FMM.

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  • * Variants of UNC93B1 (E92G and R336L) were found in patients with early-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), correlating with heightened inflammatory responses when stimulated by TLR7/TLR8 agonists.
  • * The E92G variant destabilizes the UNC93B1 protein, leading to increased TLR7 activity and type I interferon signaling, pointing to a potential therapeutic target for managing SLE by focusing on TLR7.
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We present a pediatric case of the antiplatelet effect of melatonin taken through breast milk in an 18-month-old child. The child was referred to our hematology outpatient clinic because of bleeding episodes that she presented since birth. Blood tests excluded the presence of blood coagulation diseases.

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Objectives: To assess the use of molecular genotyping to accurately diagnose and treat human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)-producing tumors and to evaluate the discriminating capacity of molecular testing on prognosis and overall survival.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective descriptive study of patients registered with the French Reference Center for Trophoblastic Disease between 1999 and 2021. We included all patients with hCG-producing tumors for whom results of molecular genotyping were available.

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  • Oxytocin can shorten labor but may cause complications, leading researchers to investigate if stopping the drug during labor affects neonatal outcomes.
  • The STOPOXY trial, conducted in 21 French maternity units, randomly assigned participants to either stop or continue oxytocin infusion after reaching 6 cm dilation, measuring neonatal morbidity based on specific health indicators at birth.
  • The study included 2,170 eligible participants, finding no significant difference in neonatal morbidity between the two groups, suggesting that discontinuing oxytocin may not increase risks for newborns.
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Introduction: The fetal biometrics charts recommended in France for ultrasound screening include measurements of head circumference (HC), biparietal diameter (BIP), abdominal circumference (AC) and femur length (FL). New international growth standards have been recommended since 2022. The aim of this work is to quantitatively describe the differences between these biometric curves.

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  • The study investigates outcomes and risks for women experiencing a multiple pregnancy where one fetus has a complete hydatidiform mole (a type of abnormal pregnancy) alongside a normal fetus, acknowledging the potential for serious complications and cancer transformation following birth.* -
  • From a review of 11,411 pregnancies between 2001 and 2022, only 141 represented this dual-condition, with 23% opting to terminate, while a significant portion faced complications, miscarriages, or premature delivery, indicating high risks associated with such pregnancies.* -
  • Notably, the study found that lower levels of a specific hormone (free beta human chorionic gonadotropin) in pregnant women correlated with better chances of reaching 24 weeks gestation and
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Microcephaly with simplified gyral pattern (MSG) is an intrinsic genetic central nervous system disorder, characterized by microcephaly (a reduction of brain volume) and a simplified gyral pattern (a reduced number of gyri and shallow sulci associated with normal cortical thickness and neuroanatomical architecture), related to a reduced number of neuronal progenitors in the germinal matrix. We report the first prenatal series of MSG and define the prenatal imaging pattern, which should inform diagnosis and guide prenatal counseling in cases of fetal microcephaly. In this single-center retrospective study of fetuses with MSG, we assessed features on ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), as well as genetic and neuropathological/postnatal data.

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The root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) are considered one of the most destructive diseases in the world. In Egypt, farmers primarily rely on chemical nematicides, which have become costly to control.

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To develop multitarget-directed ligands (MTDLs) as potential treatments for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and to shed light on the effect of the chromene group in designing these ligands, 35 new tacrine-chromene derivatives were designed, synthesized, and biologically evaluated. Compounds and exhibited the most desirable multiple functions for AD; they were strong AChE inhibitors with IC values of 0.44 and 0.

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The situation of limited data concerning the response to COVID-19 mRNA vaccinations in immunocom-promised children hinders evidence-based recommendations. This prospective observational study investigated humoral and T cell responses after primary BNT162b2 vaccination in secondary immunocompromised and healthy children aged 5-11 years. Participants were categorized as: children after kidney transplantation (KTx, = 9), proteinuric glomerulonephritis (GN, = 4) and healthy children (controls, = 8).

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Objective: Monochorionic (MC) triplet pregnancies are extremely rare and information on these pregnancies and their complications is limited. We aimed to investigate the risk of early and late pregnancy complications, perinatal outcome and the timing and methods of fetal intervention in these pregnancies.

Methods: This was a multicenter retrospective cohort study of MC triamniotic (TA) triplet pregnancies managed in 21 participating centers around the world from 2007 onwards.

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Several phytoremediation strategies have been undertaken to alleviate cadmium (Cd)-mediated injury to crop yield resulting from agricultural land pollution. In the present study, the potentially beneficial effect of melatonin (Me) was appraised. Therefore, chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.

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Hemophilia A is the most common severe innate bleeding disorder. It is an X-linked recessive inherited bleeding disorder characterized by a qualitative and/or quantitative deficiency of factor VIII. The clinical manifestation of this disease is hemorrhaging that can affect every organ, in particular joints (hemarthrosis) and muscles (hematoma).

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Shifting the production and disposal of renewable energy as well as energy storage systems toward recycling is vital for the future of society and the environment. The materials that make up the systems have an adverse effect on the environment. If no changes are made, the CO emissions will continue to increase while also impacting vital resources such as contaminating water sources and wildlife, manifesting in rising sea levels, and air pollution.

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Background And Objectives: Fungi communities are important soil components as decomposers and plant symbionts, and they play an important part in natural ecological and biogeochemical processes. In this study, isolation and identification of terrestrial and zoosporic fungi were detected.

Materials And Methods: Sixty-seven fungal species from thirty-four genera were isolated from 45 soil samples obtained randomly from nurseries in Al-Qurayyat, Jouf reagon, Saudi Arabia using the soil dilution technique on glucose-Czapek's agar medium, cellulose-Czapek's agar, and Potato dextrose agar medium.

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causes severe diseases in many plant species, particularly root rot in tomato plants. For the first time, effectively controls in vitro and in vivo. strain R11 was identified using the ITS region (OP456527); meanwhile, strain Tp21 was characterized by the ITS region (OP456528) and two genes ( and ).

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