Background: Organic fertilizers are safer and more eco-friendly than chemical fertilizers; hence, organic fertilizers can be used to support sustainable farming. The effects of PGPRs are manifold in agriculture, especially in monoculture crops, where the soil needs to be modified to increase germination, yield, and disease resistance. The objective of this study was to assess the effects of PGPRs combined with fertilizer on the yield and productivity of canola.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMineral scale formation reduces the heat transfer efficiency and clogs pipes and valves, increasing power consumption. To address the environmental concerns of conventional scale inhibitors, this paper explores biodegradable and eco-friendly alternatives. It examines the effects of organic additives on calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg) scaling in water vaporization.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To analyse the outcome of laparoscopic nephrectomy among children.
Study Design: An observational study. Place and Duration of the Study: Department of Paediatric Urology, Children's Hospital Lahore, from September 2021 to June 2023.
Extraction of proteins from the membrane using styrene maleic acid co-polymers (SMA), forming SMA lipid particles (SMALPs), has allowed for the first time the purification of membrane proteins with their lipid bilayer environment. To date, SMA2000 has been the most effective polymer used for this purpose, with a 2:1 ratio of styrene:maleic acid, and styrene and maleic acid moieties spread statistically throughout the chain. However, SMA2000 is a highly polydisperse polymer that contains an array of different polymer lengths and sequences.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGladiolus, a widely cultivated cut flower known for its aesthetically pleasing multicoloured spikes, has earned significant commercial popularity. A comprehensive understanding of the rhizosphere bacterial community associated with gladiolus is imperative for revealing its potential benefits. Molecular characterization is considered an effective method to gain insights into the structural and functional aspects of microbial populations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAutophagy is a preserved process in eukaryotes that allows large material degeneration and nutrient recovery via vacuoles or lysosomes in cytoplasm. Autophagy starts from the moment of induction during the formation of a phagophore. Degradation may occur in the autophagosomes even without fusion with lysosome or vacuole, particularly in microautophagosomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFα-Cyanostilbene represents one of the easily functionalized aggregation-induced emission (AIE) scaffolds. It has been widely adopted for the construction of fluorescent materials for broad applications. Here, we further expanded the utilization of α-cyanostilbene derivatives for the detection of hypoxia or proteostasis imbalance in live cells.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArsenic (As) toxicity is a serious hazard to agricultural land due to growing industrialization, which has a negative effect on wheat crop yields. To address this issue, using seaweed extract and has emerged as an effective strategy for improving yield under stress conditions. However, the combined application of and seaweed extract in wheat crops under As toxicity has not been fully explored.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBACKGROUND Periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome is an autoinflammatory fever syndrome primarily seen in children under age 5 years, and its etiology is unknown. Most cases are resolved by the age of 10 years, and it is rare in adults. PFAPA is characterized by recurrent episodes of fever associated with pharyngitis, stomatitis, and cervical adenitis, although not all clinical features are present at initial evaluation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (anti-MDA5) dermatomyositis (DM) is a subset of amyopathic myositis and is associated with unique cutaneous manifestations and rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease (RP-ILD). A rare complication associated with high mortality is the occurrence of pneumomediastinum. We present a case of a 58-year-old female with anti-MDA5 DM-associated interstitial lung disease (ILD) complicated by pneumomediastinum.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis work presents a comparative study on the structural, optical and electrochemical characteristics of visible light driven (VLD) reduced titanium dioxide (TiO ) nanocatalysts synthesized inorganic and organic synthetic routes. X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns, Raman spectra and X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) analyses reflected anatase phase titania. Whereas, the quantitative EXAFS fit and XANES analysis revealed structural distortion due to the presence of oxygen and titanium vacancies with low valent Ti states in anatase lattices of certain nanocatalysts, which subsequently leads to better electrochemical and photocatalytic activities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Despite the historical neurological use of Withania somnifera, limited evidence supports its efficacy for conditions like anxiety and insomnia. Given its known anti-stress properties, this review evaluated its safety and efficacy for anxiety and insomnia.
Methods: We searched Medline, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar until August 2023 for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing W.
Rheumatoid vasculitis (RV) is a rare extraarticular manifestation of severe seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA), affecting small and medium vessels and associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The incidence of RV has significantly decreased in the last three decades due to early diagnosis and better management of RA with biologics. Still, the mortality rate remains high and there are insufficient controlled studies guiding RV treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: When an injured patient arrives in the Emergency Department (ED), timely and appropriate care is crucial. Shock Index Pediatric Age-Adjusted (SIPA) has been shown to accurately identify pediatric patients in need of emergency interventions. However, no study has evaluated SIPA against age-adjusted tachycardia (AT).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPotato farming is a vital component of food security and the economic stability especially in the under developing countries but it faces many challenges in production, blackleg disease caused by () is one of the main reason for damaging crop yield of the potato. Effective management strategies are essential to control these losses and to get sustainable potato crop yield. This study was focused on characterizing the and the investigating new chemical options for its management.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRenowned for its agriculture, livestock, and mining, Zhob district, Pakistan, faces the urgent problem of declining groundwater quality due to natural and human-induced factors. This deterioration poses significant challenges for residents who rely on groundwater for drinking, domestic, and irrigation purposes. Therefore, this novel study aimed to carry out a comprehensive assessment of groundwater quality in Zhob district, considering various aspects such as hydrochemical characteristics, human health risks, and suitability for drinking and irrigation purposes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Scientific evidence indicates that HIV viral suppression to an undetectable level eliminates sexual transmission risk ("Undetectable=Untransmittable" or "U=U"). However, U=U messaging has been met with skepticism among sexual minority men (SMM) and others. In this survey-based experiment, we manipulated messaging about HIV risk and examined reactions and perceived message accuracy among US SMM.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn important component of the pathogenicity of potentially pathogenic bacteria in humans is the urease enzyme. In order to avoid the detrimental impact of ureolytic bacterial infections, the inhibition of urease enzyme appears to be an appealing approach. Therefore, in the current study, morpholine-thiophene hybrid thiosemicarbazone derivatives () were designed, synthesized and characterized through FTIR, H NMR, C NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRice (Oryza sativa ) faces challenges to yield and quality due to urbanisation, deforestation and climate change, which has exacerbated high night temperature (HNT). This review explores the impacts of HNT on the physiological, molecular and agronomic aspects of rice growth. Rise in minimum temperature threatens a potential 41% reduction in rice yield by 2100.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA serious environmental problem that threatens soil quality, agricultural productivity, and food safety is heavy metal pollution in water sources. Heavy metal pollution is the main problem in tehsil Pasrur, Sialkot, Pakistan. Present study was arranged to notice the heavy metals in water, soil, forages and buffalo milk.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCasimersen (AMONDYS 45) is an antisense oligonucleotide of the phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomer subclass developed by Sarepta therapeutics. It was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in February 2021 to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in patients whose gene mutation is amenable to exon 45 skipping. Administered intravenously, casimersen binds to the pre-mRNA of the gene to skip a mutated region of an exon, thereby producing an internally truncated yet functional dystrophin protein in DMD patients.
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