Dyslipidemia is basically a condition of abnormality of lipid levels measured in the blood, which... more Dyslipidemia is basically a condition of abnormality of lipid levels measured in the blood, which includes either overproduction or deficiency of lipoproteins or both. It is a major health problem all over the world as it plays a pivotal role in development of atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease (CAD), stroke and peripheral vascular disease (PVD) and is responsible for more than four million deaths annually. In view of high burden possess by dyslipidemia on community and non-availability of safe and effective treatment, medical fraternity is looking for more efficient and alternate management of it. In order to provide safe and more effective medicine for Dyslipidemia,a conscientious attempt has been made in this review study to explore the utility of this age old Unani formulation in the management of Dyslipidemia.
Vitamin D deficiency is being recognized as a global issue and has been implicated in many health... more Vitamin D deficiency is being recognized as a global issue and has been implicated in many health issues. Hence, there is an increased interest in developing sensitive, reproducible, and non-invasive assays to measure Vitamin D levels. This study aimed to apply a sensitive liquid chromatography-mass spectrometric assay to hair samples to develop and validate a clinical assay to provide a quarterly average level of vitamin D in one test. Hair samples were collected from 70 male university students/young adults and pulverized/sonicated in methanol/water for 2 h to extract Vitamin D metabolites. A sensitive liquid chromatographic-mass spectrometric assay was employed to quantitate vitamin D and metabolites. Of the eight Vitamin D and metabolites screened, only the primary, clinically significant form of vitamin D (25OHD3) was detected and quantified in hair samples in the range of 17–1541 pg/mg. One-third of the hair samples (21 out of 70) had Vitamin D levels below the LLOD of the ass...
In the world of today’s market, most emerging sector is mobile financial services (MFS) which pla... more In the world of today’s market, most emerging sector is mobile financial services (MFS) which played a significant role in increasing GDP in many developing countries. Like other developing and developed countries, service sectors in Bangladesh are much more conscious about women’s existence in mobile financial services. The main purpose of this study is to identify the factors that influence women’s access in mobile financial services. For conducting this study, a quantitative research methodology was followed, whilst; structured questionnaire used as main data collection instrument with survey techniques and convenience sampling procedures used for selecting respondents of this study. Collected data were analyzed by using SPSS 20.0. Data analysis performed using through descriptive statistics, reliability test, factor analysis and regression analysis. Study found that there exist strong associative relationship between women’s access and selected factors. It also found that mobil...
This paper presents settlement data over a period of 12 years for two portions of a highway emban... more This paper presents settlement data over a period of 12 years for two portions of a highway embankment constructed over landfill material. Construction was completed in 1989 and included dynamic compaction to limit post construction settlement. A preload / surcharge was used over a separate portion of one of the highway embankments as an alternative foundation improvement technique for the purpose of comparison and evaluation of the effectiveness of the two methods. Elevation measurements taken over a period of 12 years are presented for comparison of post construction settlement of both dynamically compacted and surcharged sections of the highway embankments.
Liberal Arts and Social Sciences International Journal (LASSIJ), 2021
This study examines power misuse in global news production by focusing on the role of “fixer.” Fi... more This study examines power misuse in global news production by focusing on the role of “fixer.” Fixer is a local journalist who reports for global media on conflict-riddled areas or crisis situations. By interviewing forty fixers in Pakistan’s war-hit Pashtun Belt along the Afghanistan border, I examine the challenges they face in working with the global media’s visiting journalists before the start of the war on terror. Using Marx’s concept of proletarianization which is a process in which capital transforms a great mass of society into daily wage workers, I reveal how the local journalist, who works as fixer, is not only de-professionalized, but his precarity, due to living in a war zone, also forces him to misuse his local news traditions in working for the global media. I argue that fixers are far more than just assistants to global media outlets. Not only are they all practicing journalists in their own right, but, as locals, they also are geographically better placed to use the...
In the present study, soybean peroxidase (SBP) was covalently immobilized onto two functionalized... more In the present study, soybean peroxidase (SBP) was covalently immobilized onto two functionalized photocatalytic supports (TiO2 and ZnO) to create novel hybrid biocatalysts (TiO2-SBP and ZnO-SBP). Immobilization caused a slight shift in the pH optima of SBP activity (pH 5.0 to 4.0), whereas the free and TiO2-immobilized SBP showed similar thermal stability profiles. The newly developed hybrid biocatalysts were used for the degradation of 21 emerging pollutants in the presence and absence of 1-hydroxy benzotriazole (HOBT) as a redox mediator. Notably, all the tested pollutants were not equally degraded by the SBP treatment and some of the tested pollutants were either partially degraded or appeared to be recalcitrant to enzymatic degradation. The presence of HOBT enhanced the degradation of the pollutants, while it also inhibited the degradation of some contaminants. Interestingly, TiO2 and ZnO-immobilized SBP displayed better degradation efficiency of a few emerging pollutants than ...
Water-soluble vitamins like B3 (nicotinamide), B6 (pyridoxine), and B9 (folic acid) are of utmost... more Water-soluble vitamins like B3 (nicotinamide), B6 (pyridoxine), and B9 (folic acid) are of utmost importance in human health and disease, as they are involved in numerous critical metabolic reactions. Not surprisingly, deficiencies of these vitamins have been linked to various disease states. Unfortunately, not much is known about the physiological levels of B6 vitamers and vitamin B3 in an ethnically isolated group (such as an Emirati population), as well as their relationship with obesity. The aim of the present study was to quantify various B6 vitamers, as well as B3, in the plasma of obese and healthy Emirati populations and to examine their correlation with obesity. A sensitive and robust HPLC-MS/MS-based method was developed for the simultaneous quantitation of five physiologically relevant forms of vitamin B6, namely pyridoxal, pyridoxine, pyridoxamine, pyridoxamine phosphate, and pyridoxal phosphate, as well as nicotinamide, in human plasma. This method was used to quantify ...
Epidermal fish mucus comprises of diverse bioactive metabolites which plays an immense role in de... more Epidermal fish mucus comprises of diverse bioactive metabolites which plays an immense role in defense mechanisms and other important cellular activities. Primarily, this study aims to screen the unexplored mucus extract of Puntius sophore (P. sophore) for its antagonistic potential against common pathogens, which are commonly implicated in foodborne and healthcare associated infections, with effects on their adhesion and biofilm formation. Profiling of the skin mucus was carried out by High Resolution-Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (HR-LCMS), followed by antibacterial activity and assessment of antibiofilm potency and efficacy on the development, formation, and texture of biofilms. Furthermore, bacterial cell damage, viability within the biofilm, checkerboard test, and cytotoxicity were also evaluated. As a result, P. sophore mucus extract was found to be effective against all tested strains. It also impedes the architecture of biofilm matrix by affecting the viability and...
Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, D. Histology & Histochemistry, 2015
Histology& Histochemistry Journal include various morphological, anatomical, histological, histoc... more Histology& Histochemistry Journal include various morphological, anatomical, histological, histochemical, toxicological , physiological changes associated with individuals, and populations. In addition, the journal promotes research on biochemical and molecularbiological or environmental, toxicological and occupational aspects of pathology are requested as well as developmental and histological studies on light and electron microscopical level, or case reports.. www.eajbs.eg.net Provided for non-commercial research and education use. Not for reproduction, distribution or commercial use.
Background The presence of a wide range of bioactive organic pollutants in wastewater and municip... more Background The presence of a wide range of bioactive organic pollutants in wastewater and municipal water sources is raising concerns about their potential effects on humans. Not surprisingly, various approaches are being explored that can efficiently degrade these persistent organic pollutants. Use of peroxidases has recently been recognized as a novel remediation approach that may have potential advantages over conventional degradation techniques. However, testing the abilities of different peroxidases to degrade diverse emerging pollutants is tedious and cumbersome. Results In the present study, we present a rapid and robust approach to easily test the degradability of 21 different emerging pollutants by five different peroxidases (soybean peroxidase, chloroperoxidase, lactoperoxidase, manganese peroxidase, and horseradish peroxidase) using an LC-MSMS approach. Furthermore, this approach was also used to examine the role of a redox mediator in these enzymatic degradation assays. ...
The Third Pole: Journal of Geography Education, 2018
In the present paper an attempt has been made to assess the spatial variation in the level of agr... more In the present paper an attempt has been made to assess the spatial variation in the level of agriculture development in the Western Development Region of Nepal. Nine variables are used in determining the level of agricultural development. Those are net sown area, cropping intensity, crops productivity, irrigated area, use of High Yield Variety (HYV) seeds, chemical fertilizer (NPK) consumption, agricultural implements, agricultural labours and support from commercial and development banks. Besides, districts are classified as their respective categories viz. high, medium and low on the basis of scores (like mean and SD) of these variables. These analyses have been carried out by transforming and combining the data related to nine variables, using ‘Z’ score to get the composite ‘Z’ score. On the basis of composite score, developments of districts have been again categorized into three categories i.e. high, medium and low. On an aggregate four districts range their composite Z-score ...
A cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate the effect of some socioeconomic factors and... more A cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate the effect of some socioeconomic factors and lifestyle habits on the prevalence of obesity among adolescent male students in the Hail region, Saudi Arabia. A questionnaire was filled by 1495 male adolescents distributed among 12 schools in the Hail region. Body weight and height were taken, and the-score of students was measured using Anthroplus software with a cutoff 1-2 and +2 standard deviations to determine overweight and obesity, respectively. The study revealed that 21.3% of students were overweight and 27% were obese, respectively. There was a negative association between family size of >8 and obesity (OR: 0.68, CI: 0.48-0.92,= 0.05). Family income of <5000 SR was negatively associated with obesity (OR: 0.59, CI: 0.36-0.97,= 0.03). Whether a subject's mother worked (odds ratio (OR): 1.43, confidence interval CI: 1.03-1.99,= 0.03) as well as the subject's mother's education-whether she can read and write, h...
International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, 2017
This paper presents network reduction based methodologies to monitor voltage stability of power s... more This paper presents network reduction based methodologies to monitor voltage stability of power systems using limited number of measurements. In a multi-area power system, artificial neural networks (ANNs) are used to estimate the loading margin of the overall system, based on measurements from the internal area only. Information regarding the important measurements from the external areas is considered in measurement transformation through the network reduction process, to enhance the estimation accuracy of the ANNs. A Z-score based bad or missing data processing algorithm is implemented to make the methodologies robust. To account for changing operating conditions, adaptive training of the ANNs is also suggested. The proposed methods are successfully implemented on IEEE 14-bus and 118bus test systems.
Nutraceuticals is a broad umbrella term used to describe any product derived from food sources th... more Nutraceuticals is a broad umbrella term used to describe any product derived from food sources that provides further health benefits in addition to the essential nutritional value found in foods intense interest the public towards worth full effect not only for medicinal but also as a nutraceutical products. This research aimed to maximize production of Menaquinone-7(MK-7) by solid state fermentation process. Menaquinone-7 (MK-7) was produced by solid state fermentation process of Glycine max and Phaseolus vulgaris in presence of a co-cultured by Bacillus subtilis. Three separate nutritional parameters were screened by each experiment for the production of MK-7 using Plackett–Burman experimental design. Parameters were optimized by Box–Behnken design of response surface methodology for the production of menaquinone-7 (MK-7). In present study, 16.39 µg g־ 1 MK-7 produced of Glycine max in optimised formula in the medium contains sorbitol 51.22g kg־ 1 , urea-3.40g kg־ 1 and MnCl...
The most commonly used method to tune the colour transition states of an ECD is to modify the che... more The most commonly used method to tune the colour transition states of an ECD is to modify the chemical structure of the electrochromic polymers to achieve the desired transparent to dark state switching colours. However, this approach can present significant synthetic challenges that typically result in a compromise in device performance parameters such as contrast range or stability as well as solvent processability. In this study we have investigated tuning the dark-state colour of an ECD (at +0.8 V) by solution mixing poly(3,3-dihexyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-thieno[3,4-b][1,4]dioxepine) (PProDOT-(Hx)2), which has an excellent contrast performance but with an esthetically undesirable purple colour transition, with poly(3,3-bis(2-ethylhexyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-thieno [3,4-b][1,4]dioxepine) (PProDOT-(EtHx)2), a material with a poorer contrast range but with more esthetic blue colour transition. The influence of mixtures of two cathodically colouring materials, PProDOT-(Hx)2 and PProDOT-(EtHx)2, on the spectroelectrochemistry and assembled ECDs was explored. Photopic contrast, electrochemical properties and the influence of the type of ionic liquid electrolyte employed in the device assembly were also investigated to determine how the dark-state colour of ECDs can be tuned while maintaining device contrast over 55%.
Polypyrrole is a promising electrode material for flexible/bendable energy storage devices due to... more Polypyrrole is a promising electrode material for flexible/bendable energy storage devices due to its inherent fast redox switching, mechanical flexibility, easy processability and being environmentally benign. However, its low attainable capacity limits its practical applications. Here, we synthesise a polypyrrole/ poly(2-methoxyaniline-5-sulfonic acid) (PPy/PMAS) composite by incorporating redox-active PMAS into a PPy matrix via an electropolymerization method. For comparison, polypyrrole containing the electrochemically inert dopant p-toluenesulfonate (PPy-pTS) was prepared under the same conditions. The resultant PPy/PMAS film shows greatly improved electrochemical properties by harnessing the contribution from PMAS, i.e. higher specific capacity, better rate capability and improved cycling stability when used as a cathode material in a lithium secondary battery. It delivers a high specific capacity of 120.6 mAh g-1 at a current density of 0.1 A g-1, and retains about 88.5% of the capacity (106.7 mAh g-1) over 800 consecutive cycles at a high current density of 1 A g-1.
In this paper we present a simple and straightforward route to prepare conducting textiles by inc... more In this paper we present a simple and straightforward route to prepare conducting textiles by incorporating carbon nanotubes through a dyeing approach. This process consists of immersing textiles in an aqueous sulfonated polyaniline-carbon nanotube dispersion acting as a dye. Incorporating carbon nanotubes into textiles increased the conductivity by four orders of magnitude and doubled the capacitance compared to textiles dyed with sulfonated polyaniline. Textile durability and their applicability as strain gauges were also demonstrated.
A 14-year-old female patient presented to us with complaints of shortness of breath, swelling ove... more A 14-year-old female patient presented to us with complaints of shortness of breath, swelling over upper body and dysphagia, prominent veins were visible on upper body. CT scan of chest revealed a large mediastinal mass compressing surrounding structures. Histopathology and immunohistochemistry confi rmed it to be Hodgkin's lymphoma. The patient was given a course of chemotherapy (doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine and dacarabazine) and local radiotherapy. Presently she is doing well. Become a Fellow of BMJ Case Reports today and you can: Submit as many cases as you like ▶ Enjoy fast sympathetic peer review and rapid publication of accepted articles ▶ Access all the published articles ▶ Re-use any of the published material for personal use and teaching without further permission ▶
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in elderly has different clinical presentation and higher mort... more Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in elderly has different clinical presentation and higher mortality than CAP in other age group. Clinical presentation may vary from mere presence of fever to altered sensorium. The incomplete clinical picture of CAP in the elderly may be associated with a delay in establishing the diagnosis and, consequently, in starting adequate antibiotic therapy. Delay in diagnosis and treatment may contribute to the higher observed death rate in the elderly population with CAP. Hence the following study was undertaken to study the clinical, radiological, and bacteriological profile of community-acquired pneumonia in elderly. A total of 50 patients were studied. Age group varied from 66 years to 88 years. Presentation varied from typical symptoms to altered sensorium. Smoking and COPD were most common predisposing conditions. Most common organisms responsible wereStreptococcus pneumonia,Klebsiella pneumonia,Pseudomonas,H. influenza, andStaphylococcus aureus. Et...
Dyslipidemia is basically a condition of abnormality of lipid levels measured in the blood, which... more Dyslipidemia is basically a condition of abnormality of lipid levels measured in the blood, which includes either overproduction or deficiency of lipoproteins or both. It is a major health problem all over the world as it plays a pivotal role in development of atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease (CAD), stroke and peripheral vascular disease (PVD) and is responsible for more than four million deaths annually. In view of high burden possess by dyslipidemia on community and non-availability of safe and effective treatment, medical fraternity is looking for more efficient and alternate management of it. In order to provide safe and more effective medicine for Dyslipidemia,a conscientious attempt has been made in this review study to explore the utility of this age old Unani formulation in the management of Dyslipidemia.
Vitamin D deficiency is being recognized as a global issue and has been implicated in many health... more Vitamin D deficiency is being recognized as a global issue and has been implicated in many health issues. Hence, there is an increased interest in developing sensitive, reproducible, and non-invasive assays to measure Vitamin D levels. This study aimed to apply a sensitive liquid chromatography-mass spectrometric assay to hair samples to develop and validate a clinical assay to provide a quarterly average level of vitamin D in one test. Hair samples were collected from 70 male university students/young adults and pulverized/sonicated in methanol/water for 2 h to extract Vitamin D metabolites. A sensitive liquid chromatographic-mass spectrometric assay was employed to quantitate vitamin D and metabolites. Of the eight Vitamin D and metabolites screened, only the primary, clinically significant form of vitamin D (25OHD3) was detected and quantified in hair samples in the range of 17–1541 pg/mg. One-third of the hair samples (21 out of 70) had Vitamin D levels below the LLOD of the ass...
In the world of today’s market, most emerging sector is mobile financial services (MFS) which pla... more In the world of today’s market, most emerging sector is mobile financial services (MFS) which played a significant role in increasing GDP in many developing countries. Like other developing and developed countries, service sectors in Bangladesh are much more conscious about women’s existence in mobile financial services. The main purpose of this study is to identify the factors that influence women’s access in mobile financial services. For conducting this study, a quantitative research methodology was followed, whilst; structured questionnaire used as main data collection instrument with survey techniques and convenience sampling procedures used for selecting respondents of this study. Collected data were analyzed by using SPSS 20.0. Data analysis performed using through descriptive statistics, reliability test, factor analysis and regression analysis. Study found that there exist strong associative relationship between women’s access and selected factors. It also found that mobil...
This paper presents settlement data over a period of 12 years for two portions of a highway emban... more This paper presents settlement data over a period of 12 years for two portions of a highway embankment constructed over landfill material. Construction was completed in 1989 and included dynamic compaction to limit post construction settlement. A preload / surcharge was used over a separate portion of one of the highway embankments as an alternative foundation improvement technique for the purpose of comparison and evaluation of the effectiveness of the two methods. Elevation measurements taken over a period of 12 years are presented for comparison of post construction settlement of both dynamically compacted and surcharged sections of the highway embankments.
Liberal Arts and Social Sciences International Journal (LASSIJ), 2021
This study examines power misuse in global news production by focusing on the role of “fixer.” Fi... more This study examines power misuse in global news production by focusing on the role of “fixer.” Fixer is a local journalist who reports for global media on conflict-riddled areas or crisis situations. By interviewing forty fixers in Pakistan’s war-hit Pashtun Belt along the Afghanistan border, I examine the challenges they face in working with the global media’s visiting journalists before the start of the war on terror. Using Marx’s concept of proletarianization which is a process in which capital transforms a great mass of society into daily wage workers, I reveal how the local journalist, who works as fixer, is not only de-professionalized, but his precarity, due to living in a war zone, also forces him to misuse his local news traditions in working for the global media. I argue that fixers are far more than just assistants to global media outlets. Not only are they all practicing journalists in their own right, but, as locals, they also are geographically better placed to use the...
In the present study, soybean peroxidase (SBP) was covalently immobilized onto two functionalized... more In the present study, soybean peroxidase (SBP) was covalently immobilized onto two functionalized photocatalytic supports (TiO2 and ZnO) to create novel hybrid biocatalysts (TiO2-SBP and ZnO-SBP). Immobilization caused a slight shift in the pH optima of SBP activity (pH 5.0 to 4.0), whereas the free and TiO2-immobilized SBP showed similar thermal stability profiles. The newly developed hybrid biocatalysts were used for the degradation of 21 emerging pollutants in the presence and absence of 1-hydroxy benzotriazole (HOBT) as a redox mediator. Notably, all the tested pollutants were not equally degraded by the SBP treatment and some of the tested pollutants were either partially degraded or appeared to be recalcitrant to enzymatic degradation. The presence of HOBT enhanced the degradation of the pollutants, while it also inhibited the degradation of some contaminants. Interestingly, TiO2 and ZnO-immobilized SBP displayed better degradation efficiency of a few emerging pollutants than ...
Water-soluble vitamins like B3 (nicotinamide), B6 (pyridoxine), and B9 (folic acid) are of utmost... more Water-soluble vitamins like B3 (nicotinamide), B6 (pyridoxine), and B9 (folic acid) are of utmost importance in human health and disease, as they are involved in numerous critical metabolic reactions. Not surprisingly, deficiencies of these vitamins have been linked to various disease states. Unfortunately, not much is known about the physiological levels of B6 vitamers and vitamin B3 in an ethnically isolated group (such as an Emirati population), as well as their relationship with obesity. The aim of the present study was to quantify various B6 vitamers, as well as B3, in the plasma of obese and healthy Emirati populations and to examine their correlation with obesity. A sensitive and robust HPLC-MS/MS-based method was developed for the simultaneous quantitation of five physiologically relevant forms of vitamin B6, namely pyridoxal, pyridoxine, pyridoxamine, pyridoxamine phosphate, and pyridoxal phosphate, as well as nicotinamide, in human plasma. This method was used to quantify ...
Epidermal fish mucus comprises of diverse bioactive metabolites which plays an immense role in de... more Epidermal fish mucus comprises of diverse bioactive metabolites which plays an immense role in defense mechanisms and other important cellular activities. Primarily, this study aims to screen the unexplored mucus extract of Puntius sophore (P. sophore) for its antagonistic potential against common pathogens, which are commonly implicated in foodborne and healthcare associated infections, with effects on their adhesion and biofilm formation. Profiling of the skin mucus was carried out by High Resolution-Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (HR-LCMS), followed by antibacterial activity and assessment of antibiofilm potency and efficacy on the development, formation, and texture of biofilms. Furthermore, bacterial cell damage, viability within the biofilm, checkerboard test, and cytotoxicity were also evaluated. As a result, P. sophore mucus extract was found to be effective against all tested strains. It also impedes the architecture of biofilm matrix by affecting the viability and...
Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, D. Histology & Histochemistry, 2015
Histology& Histochemistry Journal include various morphological, anatomical, histological, histoc... more Histology& Histochemistry Journal include various morphological, anatomical, histological, histochemical, toxicological , physiological changes associated with individuals, and populations. In addition, the journal promotes research on biochemical and molecularbiological or environmental, toxicological and occupational aspects of pathology are requested as well as developmental and histological studies on light and electron microscopical level, or case reports.. www.eajbs.eg.net Provided for non-commercial research and education use. Not for reproduction, distribution or commercial use.
Background The presence of a wide range of bioactive organic pollutants in wastewater and municip... more Background The presence of a wide range of bioactive organic pollutants in wastewater and municipal water sources is raising concerns about their potential effects on humans. Not surprisingly, various approaches are being explored that can efficiently degrade these persistent organic pollutants. Use of peroxidases has recently been recognized as a novel remediation approach that may have potential advantages over conventional degradation techniques. However, testing the abilities of different peroxidases to degrade diverse emerging pollutants is tedious and cumbersome. Results In the present study, we present a rapid and robust approach to easily test the degradability of 21 different emerging pollutants by five different peroxidases (soybean peroxidase, chloroperoxidase, lactoperoxidase, manganese peroxidase, and horseradish peroxidase) using an LC-MSMS approach. Furthermore, this approach was also used to examine the role of a redox mediator in these enzymatic degradation assays. ...
The Third Pole: Journal of Geography Education, 2018
In the present paper an attempt has been made to assess the spatial variation in the level of agr... more In the present paper an attempt has been made to assess the spatial variation in the level of agriculture development in the Western Development Region of Nepal. Nine variables are used in determining the level of agricultural development. Those are net sown area, cropping intensity, crops productivity, irrigated area, use of High Yield Variety (HYV) seeds, chemical fertilizer (NPK) consumption, agricultural implements, agricultural labours and support from commercial and development banks. Besides, districts are classified as their respective categories viz. high, medium and low on the basis of scores (like mean and SD) of these variables. These analyses have been carried out by transforming and combining the data related to nine variables, using ‘Z’ score to get the composite ‘Z’ score. On the basis of composite score, developments of districts have been again categorized into three categories i.e. high, medium and low. On an aggregate four districts range their composite Z-score ...
A cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate the effect of some socioeconomic factors and... more A cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate the effect of some socioeconomic factors and lifestyle habits on the prevalence of obesity among adolescent male students in the Hail region, Saudi Arabia. A questionnaire was filled by 1495 male adolescents distributed among 12 schools in the Hail region. Body weight and height were taken, and the-score of students was measured using Anthroplus software with a cutoff 1-2 and +2 standard deviations to determine overweight and obesity, respectively. The study revealed that 21.3% of students were overweight and 27% were obese, respectively. There was a negative association between family size of >8 and obesity (OR: 0.68, CI: 0.48-0.92,= 0.05). Family income of <5000 SR was negatively associated with obesity (OR: 0.59, CI: 0.36-0.97,= 0.03). Whether a subject's mother worked (odds ratio (OR): 1.43, confidence interval CI: 1.03-1.99,= 0.03) as well as the subject's mother's education-whether she can read and write, h...
International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, 2017
This paper presents network reduction based methodologies to monitor voltage stability of power s... more This paper presents network reduction based methodologies to monitor voltage stability of power systems using limited number of measurements. In a multi-area power system, artificial neural networks (ANNs) are used to estimate the loading margin of the overall system, based on measurements from the internal area only. Information regarding the important measurements from the external areas is considered in measurement transformation through the network reduction process, to enhance the estimation accuracy of the ANNs. A Z-score based bad or missing data processing algorithm is implemented to make the methodologies robust. To account for changing operating conditions, adaptive training of the ANNs is also suggested. The proposed methods are successfully implemented on IEEE 14-bus and 118bus test systems.
Nutraceuticals is a broad umbrella term used to describe any product derived from food sources th... more Nutraceuticals is a broad umbrella term used to describe any product derived from food sources that provides further health benefits in addition to the essential nutritional value found in foods intense interest the public towards worth full effect not only for medicinal but also as a nutraceutical products. This research aimed to maximize production of Menaquinone-7(MK-7) by solid state fermentation process. Menaquinone-7 (MK-7) was produced by solid state fermentation process of Glycine max and Phaseolus vulgaris in presence of a co-cultured by Bacillus subtilis. Three separate nutritional parameters were screened by each experiment for the production of MK-7 using Plackett–Burman experimental design. Parameters were optimized by Box–Behnken design of response surface methodology for the production of menaquinone-7 (MK-7). In present study, 16.39 µg g־ 1 MK-7 produced of Glycine max in optimised formula in the medium contains sorbitol 51.22g kg־ 1 , urea-3.40g kg־ 1 and MnCl...
The most commonly used method to tune the colour transition states of an ECD is to modify the che... more The most commonly used method to tune the colour transition states of an ECD is to modify the chemical structure of the electrochromic polymers to achieve the desired transparent to dark state switching colours. However, this approach can present significant synthetic challenges that typically result in a compromise in device performance parameters such as contrast range or stability as well as solvent processability. In this study we have investigated tuning the dark-state colour of an ECD (at +0.8 V) by solution mixing poly(3,3-dihexyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-thieno[3,4-b][1,4]dioxepine) (PProDOT-(Hx)2), which has an excellent contrast performance but with an esthetically undesirable purple colour transition, with poly(3,3-bis(2-ethylhexyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-thieno [3,4-b][1,4]dioxepine) (PProDOT-(EtHx)2), a material with a poorer contrast range but with more esthetic blue colour transition. The influence of mixtures of two cathodically colouring materials, PProDOT-(Hx)2 and PProDOT-(EtHx)2, on the spectroelectrochemistry and assembled ECDs was explored. Photopic contrast, electrochemical properties and the influence of the type of ionic liquid electrolyte employed in the device assembly were also investigated to determine how the dark-state colour of ECDs can be tuned while maintaining device contrast over 55%.
Polypyrrole is a promising electrode material for flexible/bendable energy storage devices due to... more Polypyrrole is a promising electrode material for flexible/bendable energy storage devices due to its inherent fast redox switching, mechanical flexibility, easy processability and being environmentally benign. However, its low attainable capacity limits its practical applications. Here, we synthesise a polypyrrole/ poly(2-methoxyaniline-5-sulfonic acid) (PPy/PMAS) composite by incorporating redox-active PMAS into a PPy matrix via an electropolymerization method. For comparison, polypyrrole containing the electrochemically inert dopant p-toluenesulfonate (PPy-pTS) was prepared under the same conditions. The resultant PPy/PMAS film shows greatly improved electrochemical properties by harnessing the contribution from PMAS, i.e. higher specific capacity, better rate capability and improved cycling stability when used as a cathode material in a lithium secondary battery. It delivers a high specific capacity of 120.6 mAh g-1 at a current density of 0.1 A g-1, and retains about 88.5% of the capacity (106.7 mAh g-1) over 800 consecutive cycles at a high current density of 1 A g-1.
In this paper we present a simple and straightforward route to prepare conducting textiles by inc... more In this paper we present a simple and straightforward route to prepare conducting textiles by incorporating carbon nanotubes through a dyeing approach. This process consists of immersing textiles in an aqueous sulfonated polyaniline-carbon nanotube dispersion acting as a dye. Incorporating carbon nanotubes into textiles increased the conductivity by four orders of magnitude and doubled the capacitance compared to textiles dyed with sulfonated polyaniline. Textile durability and their applicability as strain gauges were also demonstrated.
A 14-year-old female patient presented to us with complaints of shortness of breath, swelling ove... more A 14-year-old female patient presented to us with complaints of shortness of breath, swelling over upper body and dysphagia, prominent veins were visible on upper body. CT scan of chest revealed a large mediastinal mass compressing surrounding structures. Histopathology and immunohistochemistry confi rmed it to be Hodgkin's lymphoma. The patient was given a course of chemotherapy (doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine and dacarabazine) and local radiotherapy. Presently she is doing well. Become a Fellow of BMJ Case Reports today and you can: Submit as many cases as you like ▶ Enjoy fast sympathetic peer review and rapid publication of accepted articles ▶ Access all the published articles ▶ Re-use any of the published material for personal use and teaching without further permission ▶
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in elderly has different clinical presentation and higher mort... more Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in elderly has different clinical presentation and higher mortality than CAP in other age group. Clinical presentation may vary from mere presence of fever to altered sensorium. The incomplete clinical picture of CAP in the elderly may be associated with a delay in establishing the diagnosis and, consequently, in starting adequate antibiotic therapy. Delay in diagnosis and treatment may contribute to the higher observed death rate in the elderly population with CAP. Hence the following study was undertaken to study the clinical, radiological, and bacteriological profile of community-acquired pneumonia in elderly. A total of 50 patients were studied. Age group varied from 66 years to 88 years. Presentation varied from typical symptoms to altered sensorium. Smoking and COPD were most common predisposing conditions. Most common organisms responsible wereStreptococcus pneumonia,Klebsiella pneumonia,Pseudomonas,H. influenza, andStaphylococcus aureus. Et...
As a young scholar, Eric Voegelin wanted to prove whether the 'race idea' could function as a mea... more As a young scholar, Eric Voegelin wanted to prove whether the 'race idea' could function as a means of political integration. He published two books on race that, after his flight to the USA, were eventually passed off as an early critique of racism. This is a complete misinterpretation and inversion of his endeavor. In his tracts, Voegelin only criticized a certain direction of race thinking that he identified as a materialistic biological approach to the problem. At the same time, he advocated another spiritual and metaphysical attempt, represented by the examples of Carl Gustav Carus, Othmar Spann, and Ludwig Ferdinand Clauß. Both versions of race thinking were abundant in different types of fascism and also in Nazi Germany. That is why Voegelin could publish his books in Germany-and one of them even at the recommendation of a Nazi philosopher, with a publisher close to völkisch and fascist ideology. The revaluation of his racist texts was only possible on the basis of their affirmative or superficial and uncritical reading against the backdrop of the development of a one-dimensional conception of racism.
''Deutschland schafft sich ab'' ("Germany is abrogating itself") is the title of an in Germany pr... more ''Deutschland schafft sich ab'' ("Germany is abrogating itself") is the title of an in Germany presently highly popular and controversially discussed volume of the former Finance Senator of Berlin and Social Democrat Thilo Sarrazin.
The commission submitted its report in December, 1948, and recommended the reorganisation of stat... more The commission submitted its report in December, 1948, and recommended the reorganisation of states on the basis of administrative convenience rather than linguistic factor.
is the earliest of the Vedas. It is a collection of 1,028 hymns in Vedic Sanskrit. ▪ Many of thes... more is the earliest of the Vedas. It is a collection of 1,028 hymns in Vedic Sanskrit. ▪ Many of these are beautiful descriptions of the nature. The prayers are largely for seeking worldly prosperity. ▪ It is believed that these recitations are the natural outpouring of the Vedic Rishis, experiencing a mentally transcendental stage.
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