Publications by authors named "N Paker"
Unlabelled: Ongoing research in biosensor technologies has led to advanced functional materials for healthcare diagnostics, and bacteriophages (phages), demonstrating exceptional utility due to their high specificity, accuracy, rapid, label-free, and wireless detection capabilities with minimal false-positive results. Phage-based-pathogen-detecting biosensors (PBPDBs) include surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensors, magnetoelastic (ME), electrochemical, and quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) biosensors. Commonly used substrates for PBPDBs are gold, silicon, glass, carbon-based materials, magnetic particles, and quantum dots.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: This study aimed to investigate the validity and reliability of the 2-Minute Step Test (2MST) in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS).
Method: This cross-sectional study involved 55 volunteers, aged 18-80, diagnosed with lumbar spinal stenosis. The participants were assessed using the 2MST, the 2-Minute Walk Test (2MWT), the 6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT), the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), and the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI).
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- The study aimed to assess how aware community-dwelling women aged 60 and over are of their pelvic floor muscles and related exercises, and how this awareness relates to urinary incontinence.
- It included a survey of 500 women, revealing that both knowledge and awareness of pelvic floor muscles and exercises were generally low, especially among those with urinary incontinence.
- The findings suggest that educational programs are needed to improve understanding and proper practice of pelvic floor muscle exercises in this age group.
Plants have an impact on the economy because they are used in the food and medical industries. Plants are a source of macro- and micronutrients for the health of humans and animals; however, the rise in microbial diseases has put plant health and yield at risk. Because there are insufficient controls, microbial infections annually impact approximately 25 % of the world's plant crops.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the drug-resistance era, phage therapy has received considerable attention from worldwide researchers. Phage therapy has been given much attention in public health but is rarely applied to control plant diseases. Herein, we discuss phage therapy as a biocontrol approach against several plant diseases.
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