Characteristics of oxyhemoglobin during the verbal fluency task in subthreshold depression: A multi-channel near-infrared spectroscopy study.

Objective: Subthreshold depression is an essential precursor and risk factor for major depressive disorder, and its accurate identification and timely intervention are important for reducing the prevalence of major depressive disorder. Therefore, we used functional near-infrared spectroscopic imaging (fNIRS) to explore the characteristics of the brain neural activity of college students with subthreshold depression in the verbal fluency task.

Methods: A total of 72 subthreshold depressed college students (SDs) and 67 healthy college students (HCs) were recruited, and all subjects were subjected to a verbal fluency task (VFT) while a 53-channel fNIRS device was used to collect the subjects' cerebral blood oxygenation signals.

Impact of administrative state capacity determinants on sustainable healthcare.

Public administration implements government policies through prudent administrative practices and state capacity. Based on Asia's political and administrative proficiency and paradox, this study explores the administrative state capacity determinants-bureaucratic quality (BQ) and military in politics (MP)-and their interaction with sustainable public health quality (PHQ) in Asia from 2006 to 2020. With its focus on the scenario and Asian state administrative issues, Goal 04: Health and Well-being of Sustainable Development Goals has been the core aspect of state capacity and sustainable development.

Health Risk Factors among Doctors, Psychologists and Nurses of Pakistan during COVID-19 Pandemic.

The present study aimed to find out differences in health risk factors of COVID-19 among doctors, nurses and psychologists by determining the relationship of cognitive appraisal, coping styles, stress and fear among health professionals. Cross-sectional research design was used. Sample comprised of 3 groups; doctors, nurses and psychologists ( = 145 in each group) working in tertiary care hospitals.

Helping babies breathe: assessing the effectiveness of simulation-based high-frequency recurring training in a community-based setting of Pakistan.

Background: Birth asphyxia is one of the significant causes of neonatal deaths in Pakistan. Poor newborn resuscitation skills of birth attendants are a major cause of neonatal mortality in low resource settings across the globe. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Simulation-Based High-Frequency training of the Helping Babies Breathe for Community Midwives (CMW), in district Gujrat, Pakistan.

Cognitive appraisal, Coping, Stress and Fear Contracting Covid-19 in Working People in Pakistan.

The present study aimed to examine the relationship and prediction of cognitive appraisal and coping with Stress and Fear contracting COVID-19 among the working population of Pakistan. Cross-sectional research design was employed. The data was collected from 980 participants of almost 39 different professions using the purposive sampling technique.

Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of thiadiazole amide derivatives as nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolases (NTPDases) inhibitors.

Importance of extracellular nucleotides is widely understood. These nucleotides act as ligand for P2X and P2Y receptors and modulate a variety of biological functions. However, their extracellular concentration is maintained by a chain of enzymes termed as ecto-nucleotidases.

Difference in stress-related indicators between employees experiencing partial and complete lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan.

Objectives: The present study aimed to compare the stress experience of employees facing to differentiated types of lockdown situations: total vs. partial. It also aimed to identify the cognitive appraisal, coping, stress, and fear of contracting COVID-19 associated with lock down situations among employees.

Evaluation of larvicidal efficacy of (Castor) and synthesized green silver nanoparticles against L.

mosquitoes are the most important group of vectors that transmit pathogens, including arboviruses, and cause human diseases such as dengue fever, yellow fever, Zika virus, and Chikungunya. Biosynthesis and the use of green silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) is a vital step to identify reliable and eco-friendly controls for these vectors. In this study, (.

Clinical Outcome of Laminoplasty in Cervical Myelopathy.

Objective: The objective of the study was to assess the effectiveness of laminoplasty in terms of improvement in the Japanese Orthopedics Association (JOA) score in cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM).

Study Design: Descriptive study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Neurosurgery, Lahore General Hospital, Lahore, from June 2014 to October 2016.

Effect of Climatic Conditions and Water Bodies on Population Dynamics of the Dengue Vector, (Diptera: Culicidae).

Background: The population of mosquitoes is mainly influenced by the biotic and abiotic factors. Although was reported until 1960's in the Punjab, Pakistan, the population has increased dramatically since 2009 and caused severe epidemics in 2011 due to heavy floods and rains. Thus, this study was carried out to know the effect of biotic and abiotic factors on the population of .

Intra-cranial Toxoplasmosis in an Immunocompetent Female.

Intra-cranial toxoplasmosis is a rare entity occurring mostly in immunosuppressed individuals. It is extremely rare in an immune competent patient. Toxoplasmosis is the third leading cause of food borne illness.