Caregiver strain and its predictors among parents of autistic children: a cross-sectional study.

This study estimates the frequency and predictors of caregiver strain (CGS) among parents of autistic children. Demographic details and CGS were collected through a validated tool from 403 parents of autistic children in Karachi, Pakistan. Regression modelling was performed to report associations between social, behavioural, and communication problems and socioeconomic predictors of CGS.

Diabetic Pneumopathy- A Novel Diabetes-associated Complication: Pathophysiology, the Underlying Mechanism and Combination Medication.

Background: The "diabetic lung" has been identified as a possible target organ in diabetes, with abnormalities in ventilation control, bronchomotor tone, lung volume, pulmonary diffusing capacity, and neuroadrenergic bronchial innervation.

Objective: This review summarizes studies related to diabetic pneumopathy, pathophysiology and a number of pulmonary disorders including type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Methods: Electronic searches were conducted on databases such as Pub Med, Wiley Online Library (WOL), Scopus, Elsevier, ScienceDirect, and Google Scholar using standard keywords "diabetes," "diabetes Pneumopathy," "Pathophysiology," "Lung diseases," "lung infection" for review articles published between 1978 to 2023 very few previous review articles based their focus on diabetic pneumopathy and its pathophysiology.

Evidence for presence of GABA-ergic receptor mediated dispersion in isolated scale melanophores of a carp, Cirrhinus mrigala Ham.

Effects of GABA-ergic agonists and antagonists were examined on the melanophores of a carp C. mrigala in vitro. GABA and baclofen both induced concentration - related dispersion in fish melanophores.