The spectrum of giant cell arteritis through a rheumatology lens.

Treatment of giant cell arteritis (GCA) aims initially to prevent acute visual loss, and subsequently to optimise long-term quality of life. Initial prevention of acute visual loss in GCA is well-standardised with high-dose glucocorticoid therapy but in the longer term optimising quality of life requires tailoring of treatment to the individual. The licensing of the IL-6 receptor inhibitor tocilizumab combined with advances in vascular imaging have resulted in many changes to diagnostic and therapeutic practice.

Targeting Women's vulnerable employment through social protection: A quasi-experimental regression discontinuity design.

In Pakistan, women face economic and social vulnerability, which keeps them underpaid even without social barriers. Government micro and macroeconomic policies are aimed at income generation rather than making women part of the economic mainstream. The cash transfer program is an essential component of social protection policy in the developing world, with one of its key objectives of raising women's financial autonomy.

Impact of Substantive Staging and Communicative Staging of Sustainable Servicescape on Behavioral Intentions of Hotel Customers through Overall Perceived Image: A Case of Boutique Hotels.

Customers have become very sensitive regarding the innovative evaluation of services. Due to competition in the hospitality industry, it is a challenge for hotel marketers to understand customers' behavior. There is scant research in the hotel industry of Pakistan and especially on boutique hotels.

Optimization of DNA extraction from human urinary samples for mycobiome community profiling.

Introduction: Recent data suggest the urinary tract hosts a microbial community of varying composition, even in the absence of infection. Culture-independent methodologies, such as next-generation sequencing of conserved ribosomal DNA sequences, provide an expansive look at these communities, identifying both common commensals and fastidious organisms. A fundamental challenge has been the isolation of DNA representative of the entire resident microbial community, including fungi.