Objectives: Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are among the leading standalone causes of morbidity and hospitalisation and contribute substantially to an increase in healthcare expenditure. Repeat ADR events, although difficult to quantify, are a recognised problem that lead to preventable suffering for the patient. The current approaches for the prevention of ADR recurrence in low/middle-income countries range from inefficient to non-existent.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMedication-induced osteoporosis leads to substantial fracture morbidity. With polypharmacy and the aging population in the United States, significant increases in medication-associated fractures are predicted. The most common medication to cause osteoporosis and increase fractures is glucocorticoids.
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October 2023
Tumor budding is gaining importance as a prognostic factor in various carcinomas due to its association with epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and hence clinical outcome. Reporting tumor budding in breast cancer lacks homogeneity. We aim to systematically review the existing literature and conduct a meta-analysis to assess the prognostic implication of tumor budding in breast carcinoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe structural, electronic and optical properties of silicene and its derivatives are investigated in the present work by employing density functional theory (DFT). The Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof generalized gradient approximation (PBE-GGA) is used as the exchange-correlation potential. Our results provide helpful insight for tailoring the band gap of silicene functionalization of chlorine and fluorine.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe study aimed to identify quantitative parameters that increase the risk of rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis, and subsequently developed a machine learning model that can anticipate susceptibility to developing this condition. Clinicopathological data from 124 patients were used to quantify their association with COVID-19-associated mucormycosis (CAM) and subsequently develop a machine learning model to predict its likelihood. Diabetes mellitus, noninvasive ventilation and hypertension were found to have statistically significant associations with radiologically confirmed CAM cases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Ovate Family Proteins (OFPs) gene family houses a class of proteins that are involved in regulating plant growth and development. To date, there is no report of the simultaneous functional characterization of this gene family in all members of U's Triangle of Brassica. Here, we retrieved a combined total of 256 OFP protein sequences and analyzed their chromosomal localization, gene structure, conserved protein motif domains, and the pattern of cis-acting regulatory elements.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNumerous speculations have continually emerged, trying to explore the association between COVID-19 infection and a varied range of demographic and clinical factors. Frontline healthcare workers have been the primary group exposed to this infection, and there have been limited global research that examine this cohort. However, while there are a few large studies conducted on Indian healthcare professionals to investigate their potential risk and predisposing factors to COVID-19 infection, to our knowledge there are no studies evaluating the development of long COVID in this population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of different imaging modalities in patients with partial biliary obstruction with no obvious aetiology on initial imaging.
Methods: This is a prospective single-centre cohort study carried out at Pak Emirates Military Hospital, Rawalpindi from June 2019 to June 2021 with non-probability consecutive sampling. Patients with ages 16 to 75 years, presenting with partial biliary obstruction and undetermined aetiology on initial imaging (TUS and MRCP) were enrolled.
Nucleosomes are the repeating units of chromatin. The presence of nucleosomes poses a major impediment to all DNA-dependent processes. As a result, access to DNA in chromatin is dynamically regulated by many factors, including ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complexes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Infections forby spp. can lead to significant morbidity and mortality, particularly in immunocompromised patients with underlying co-morbidities. Recent reports have highlighted its intrinsic and acquired drug resistance, making it a particularly challenging infectious agent to combat.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Fatty acid desaturases (FADs) are involved in regulating plant fatty acid composition by adding double bonds to growing hydrocarbon chain. Apart from regulating fatty acid composition FADs are of great importance, and are involved in stress responsiveness, plant development, and defense mechanisms. FADs have been extensively studied in crop plants, and are broadly classed into soluble and non-soluble fatty acids.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the current analysis, we examine the heat transmission analysis of nanofluid (NF) movement impinging on a porous extending sheet. The influence of nonlinear thermal radiation (TR), buoyancy force, and slip at the boundary are also examined. The leading partial differential equations (PDEs) are altered to convectional differential equation (ODEs) by suitable transformation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVery long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs) possess more than twenty carbon atoms and are the major components of seed storage oil, wax, and lipids. FAE (Fatty Acid Elongation) like genes take part in the biosynthesis of VLCFAs, growth regulation, and stress responses, and are further comprised of KCS (Ketoacyl-CoA synthase) and ELO (Elongation Defective Elongase) sub-gene families. The comparative genome-wide analysis and mode of evolution of KCS and ELO gene families have not been investigated in tetraploid Brassica carinata and its diploid progenitors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe regeneration of the high-yielding multilocular types has not been attempted, although successful regeneration and transformation in brassica have been done. Here, we report efficient regeneration and transformation protocols for two genotypes; UAF11 and Toria. The cv UAF11 is a multilocular, non-shattering, and high-yielding genotype, while Toria is the bilocular type.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSensors (Basel)
November 2022
Renewable energy resources have gained considerable attention in recent years due to their efficiency and economic benefits. Their proportion of total energy use continues to grow over time. Photovoltaic (PV) cell and wind energy generation are the least-expensive new energy sources in most countries.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe proposed work uses fixed lag smoothing on the interactive multiple model-integrated probabilistic data association algorithm (IMM-IPDA) to enhance its performance. This approach makes use of the advantages of the fixed lag smoothing algorithm to track the motion of a maneuvering target while it is surrounded by clutter. The suggested method provides a new mathematical foundation in terms of smoothing for mode probabilities in addition to the target trajectory state and target existence state by including the smoothing advantages.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF(Black cottonwood) is a dominant timber-yielding tree that has become a notable model plant for genome-level insights in forest trees. The efficient transport and solubility of various glycoside-associated compounds is linked to Family-1 UDP-glycosyltransferase (EC 2.4.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImmunoglobulin A vasculitis (IgAV; formerly called Henoch-Schönlein purpura) is a disease commonly seen in children as an immune reaction after a viral infection. It is a small vessel vasculitis characterized by immune complex deposits in various organs throughout the body. It mainly affects the skin, joints, abdomen and kidneys.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground This retrospective study was conducted to analyze the temporal trends, predictors, and impact of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) on outcomes among septicemic patients using a nationally representative database. Methods We derived data from the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) for the years 2008-2017 for adult hospitalizations due to sepsis. The primary outcomes were in-hospital mortality and discharge to facility.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe main goal of this study is to investigate the relationship between female representation on board of directors and financial performance, using evidence from Chinese fintech companies, which are providing financial services using cutting-edge technologies. This research used fintech firms listed on the Shanghai and Shenzen Stock Exchange from 2010 to 2019 to test the research questions using regression analyses by SPSS v26. According to the data, the Blau index has a large and negative influence on Tobin's Q, which demonstrates that gender diversity harms the performance of Chinese enterprises.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAutomatic License Plate Detection (ALPD) is an integral component of using computer vision approaches in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). An accurate detection of vehicles' license plates in images is a critical step that has a substantial impact on any ALPD system's recognition rate. In this paper, we develop an efficient license plate detecting technique through the intelligent combination of Faster R-CNN along with digital image processing techniques.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Aortic coarctation (AoCoa) is a congenital stenosis of aorta, which often co-exists with other congenital heart defects. Many studies have shown the importance of regular follow-up in these patients however there is scarcity of knowledge relating to the impact of left ventricle inflow lesions (LVIT) and left ventricle outflow track lesions (LVOT). The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of isolated AoCoa with LVIT and/or LVOT on haemodynamic, morbidity and mortality.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCopper is an essential micronutrient required for a number of enzymatic activities. Deficiency is relatively rare as only trace amounts are needed to maintain homeostasis. Deficiencies however do occur and are most commonly seen in malabsorptive states such as after bariatric surgeries.
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