Publications by authors named "S B Ismail"
Background: In Asian countries, discussing sex-related issues remains a taboo. Sexual dysfunction is not even considered a serious disorder in Pakistan.
Aim: To explore sexual dysfunction and marital satisfaction within the Pakistani context to develop supportive intervention programs.
In response to increased focus on the issue of Assisted Dying (AD) in the UK due to the presentation of The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-25 [1] and bills before parliaments in the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Scotland, the British Geriatric Society (BGS) recently developed a position statement opposing legalisation of AD in the UK [2]. We set out our key reasoning behind this position, namely the current adverse health and social care context and significant concern about whether effective safeguards can be created to protect older people with complex needs from undue harms. The BGS asks for improved, personalised, multidisciplinary care for older people at the end of their lives, including high-quality palliative and end-of-life care.
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- The study explored modifying polyvinyl alcohol/chitosan (PVA/CS) membranes with a deep eutectic solvent (DES) to improve their strength and ability to adsorb brilliant green dye.
- Incorporating 5% DES significantly increased the mechanical properties, with elongation at break rising from 8.176% to 22.817%, and the DES-modified membranes showed much higher dye adsorption capacity (124.63 mg/g) compared to the unmodified ones (23.15 mg/g).
- Machine learning models revealed that the random forest model had better predictive accuracy for the adsorption process than the artificial neural network, while density functional theory calculations supported the improvements in adsorption energy with the use of DES.
Limited breast cancer screening uptake among women may lead to late-stage diagnosis and reduce the survival rate. Hence, this study was conducted to determine breast cancer screening (BCS) uptake and its association with knowledge, beliefs, and socio-demographic factors among female Yemeni school teachers in Malaysia. A cross-sectional study was conducted as part of a large cluster-randomized controlled trial (CRT) among 180 Yemeni female teachers aged 20 years and above.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGenetic counseling is a dynamic and rapidly growing field. In Qatar, the significance of genetic counseling is underscored by the distinctive demographic characteristics of the population, including elevated rates of consanguinity and larger family sizes, contributing to the increased incidence of many genetic conditions. This emphasizes the crucial role of genetic counseling in addressing the specific needs of the community.
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