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Approach to and Management of a Adynamic Bone Disease in Hemodialysis Patients-A Review
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is now a global public health epidemic with increasing rates reported all over the world. Currently, more than 850 million people are estimated to live with CKD worldwide. Bone and mineral disorders (CKD-MBD) form an
integral part of the management of CKD patients. CKD-MBD encompasses distinct abnormal pathology within the spectrum of
Renal Osteodystrophy (ROD), including osteitis fibrosa cystica, osteomalacia, adynamic bone disease (ABD), mixed lesions, and
osteoporosis. ABD is primarily characterized by decreased or absent bone formations along with low cellularity of both osteoblasts and osteoclasts as well as thin osteoid seams and minimal or absent peri trabecular/marrow fibrosis. ADB is also associated with a greater risk of vascular calcification and fractures negatively affecting patient outcomes. It is unclear if all forms of
ABD are truly pathological or milder forms of ADB could be a compensatory mechanism to guard against bone loss. In this article, we describe a hemodialysis patient profile of ADB with a review of this entity
Type1 Heavy-Tailed Mixture Cure Rate Survival Model Based on a Variant of T-X Family of Distribution as Baseline
In this research work, a new class of heavy-tailed mixture cure rate models; Type 1 Heavy-Tailed Gamma (T1HT-G) mixture
cure rate model was introduced using a new class of heavy-tailed distributions; Type 1 Heavy-Tailed Gamma (T1HT-G) distribution as baseline. The maximum likelihood parameters estimation approach was adopted for estimating the model parameters. Also, the Monte Carlo simulation approach was adopted to assess the performance of the maximum likelihood parameter estimation. Deviance information criteria such as AIC, BIC and CAIC were adopted to measure the models’ performance. The simulation studies were conducted using three different sample sizes and 50 replications. Results from the model applications using real
life biological and biomedical data. Comparative measures from the models TI-HTG mixture cure rate (AIC=51.60, BIC=61.55,
CAIC=52.08) were smaller which showed the adequacy of the models to provide better fit for heavy-tailed data than the well--
known standard distributions. These results have supported the fact that heavy tailed models provide better fits than the usual
standard distributions when analyzing heavy-tailed data.
Assessment of Lebanese Private Schools’ Preparedness for Medical Emergencies, with a Focus on School Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study
School students and staff can encounter a wide range of health-related emergencies, which, without proper management, can result in life-threatening consequences. Nurses, being the first health providers, should be well-prepared and
equipped to handle these emergencies before emergency medical services arrive
A Case of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Associated with Wolf Parkison White Syndrome
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the house of THE youth of less 40 years old . The association with A syndrome of Wolff - Parkinson -W hite (WPW) was describe but stay However rare . We let's report A case of a cardiomyopathy hypertrophic associated has A syndrome of Wolf
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Journey of a Beginner for Transradial Approach of Coronary Angiography; First One Year Personal Experience
Background: Percutaneous coronary artery angiography (CAG) is commonly performed all over the world through the transfemoral approach (TFA) but now a days the transradial approach (TRA) for CAG is becoming popular in the world. And recently
has gained acceptance among Bangladeshi interventional cardiologists. The aim of this study was to document novice single operator experience of the trans-radial approach to CAG and to examine the utility of dual hand circulation assessment prior to the
TRA for assessing the procedural outcomes among the patients in a tertiary care hospital in Bangladesh.
Marsupialization Technique in Sublingual Ranula Treatment: Clinical Case Report
Ranula is a pocket of mucus that forms under the tongue due to blockage of the salivary glands, usually causing swelling and discomfort. Treatment can range from conservative measures, such as hot compresses, to surgical interventions to drain or remove
the affected gland. This article reports the case of a ranula in an 11-year-old patient, which was clinically diagnosed and confirmed after the marsupialization technique. The histopathological examination revealed typical characteristics, such as thin
epithelial lining and the presence of mucin, proving the diagnostic hypothesis. The treatment was effective, contributing to the
clinical and histopathological understanding of this condition. This case report contributes to the existing literature by providing
clinical and histopathological insights that can guide healthcare professionals in effectively managing this condition
Characterizations of Cu2FeSnSe4 Thin Films Synthesized from Nanoparticles Powder
Cu2FeSnSe4
(CFTSe) thin film were synthesized on glass substrate by thermal evaporation method at Ts=400° C, starting
from elemental powders mixed by a mechanical alloying process. The structural, morphological, compositional, optical and
electrical properties of CFTSe semiconductor have been investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDAX), spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE) and Van Der Pauw technique, respectiv
The role of homologous serum eye drops in the management of scleral melting after proton beam therapy, a case report
To describe a case of a 39-years-old man with marked scleral thinning secondary to proton beam therapy for choroidal melanoma. Observations: The patient underwent multiple unsuccessful reconstructive surgical procedures complicated by failure and enucleation was finally suggested. However, he started improving following homologous serum drops administration
Prevalence and Determinants of Stunting and Wasting Among Under-Five-Aged Children in North Gondar Zone, Northern Ethiopia
Undernutrition is a leading cause of disease susceptibility, morbidity, and mortality in children. It is manifested in the form
of stunting and wasting. Wasting is an acute form of undernutrition that indicates a recent food shortage and/or infectious
diseases that lead to rapid and severe weight loss. The current study aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors of
stunting and wasting among under-five-aged children of displaced families in the North Gondar Zone. A cross-sectional
study design was conducted from January to March 2022 among the under-five-aged children of the displaced family. A total of 205 randomly selected under-five-aged children from the displaced families were included in the study. A structured
questionnaire was used to collect data, and the instrument was adopted from a previous study. Anthropometric measurements were carried out to determine the status of stunting and wasting. A bivariable and multivariable logistic regression
analysis was used to find the factors associated with stunting and wasting. The prevalence of stunting and wasting among under-five-aged children was 26.2% and 18.7%, respectively. Out of the risk factors considered in the present study, age (AOR
= 3.54; 95% CI: 0.2–3.54), family monthly income (AOR = 3.6; 95% CI: 1.3–7.5), eating only two meals per day (AOR = 2.8;
95% CI: 1.0–6.2), and not eating farm animal products (AOR = 2.2; 95% CI: 0.5–1.61) were important risk factors associated
with stunting. In the other way, age, family monthly income, and eating only two meals per day were significant predictors
of wasting. The result showed that the prevalence is severe in the study area. Therefore, the government should work on children under two years of age, take action to solve the nutritional issues, and encourage families with low monthly incomes to
eat animal products at least once a week and nutritious food at least three times a day
Determinants of Informal Recycling Behavior among Urban Dwellers in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Recycling is an important tool to cope with and sustainably manage rapidly increasing waste generation, and promoting local practices such as informal recycling is vital in developing countries. is study identi es determinants of informal recycling that residents of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal practice by selling the recyclable waste to scrap dealers. e data comes
from a households survey conducted with around 1200 households in the Valley in 2012. Informal recycling is important because it complements ine cient and expensive waste collection services, diverts waste from the land ll site, and helps the city to develop sustainably. We found that people who compost are 11.8 to 12.8 percent more likely to recycle in comp
Ecological Risk Assessment of Desalination Plants Discharges on the Marine Environment Red Sea, Egypt
Desalination has become one of the main alternatives to compensate for water shortages. Although seawater desalination is
expensive and has many environmental risks, it is still an important option to compensate for water shortages in Egypt.
The discharge of liquid waste (especially heavy metals) from the station into the sea has a negative impact on the water, so
the spatial distribution of heavy metals (lead, cadmium, and copper) shows high concentrations near the outlets of both AlQusayr and the port of Al-Qusayr. Hamata desalination plants in the southern Red Sea. As for higher quantities of heavy metals - higher than the standard values - such as (Cu, Pb, Cd), they are classified as seawater pollutants, whether they show evidence of toxicity or not. The study demonstrated that seaweed has bio-absorption properties and can effectively absorb
heavy metals from the surrounding water, and thus it can serve as a bio-indicator in tools for monitoring the degree of pollution, as well as evaluating water desalination activities
Comprehensive Study of Various Chemical Samples in Forensic Toxicology: Focus on Urine Sample
Toxicology deals with the measurement and analysis of toxins. It is itself a vast branch of science, though it has several
branches and one of these is forensic toxicology. Forensic toxicology is a branch of toxicology that lines up with other disciplines, namely clinical chemistry, postmortem forensic toxicology, human performance toxicology and forensic drug testing,
providing medical jurisprudence of adverse effects such as drug abuse, poisoning and death. The key role of forensic toxicology is to identify and analyse the toxin compounds found during adverse events. This review paper aims to draw an idea
about the toxin, in the collected biological chemical samples such as urine samples and their effects on their day-to-day life
Entomological Observations on a Decomposing Pig (Sus scrofa) in Nebraska: Late Spring to Early Summer
The determination of the postmortem interval (PMI) towards assisting in medicolegal investigations is a frequent requirement in any developed jurisdiction. Each of the latter has prevailing peculiarities, especially with many operating variables
that include seasonal changes. There is a dearth of information about the decompositional pattern and progress of cadavers
deposited on the ground in Nebraska, a jurisdiction lying within the Central Great Plains of North America. The present
study, using an experimental pig was designed to consider the entomological peculiarities within a geographical area exhibiting taphonomic characteristics, and during a defined season.
Transboundary Water Pollution in Ghana: Addressing the Environmental Footprint of Illegal Mining through Legal and Policy Solutions
In Ghana, where pristine waters once flowed freely, a dark tide of transboundary pollution casts a shadow. Illegal mining, a
hydra-headed monster, spews its venom into rivers and streams, poisoning ecosystems and threatening communities across
borders. This qualitative study, based on a meticulous analysis of 45 key papers, dives deep into the causes and consequences of this environmental scourge.
On the Self-Organization of Dielectric Barrier Discharges
The present paper contains experimental analysis of the spatiotemporal structure of atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier
discharge (DBD) in a packet-pulse excitation mode widely used as an effective tool for plasma modification of various media. The motivation is the need to optimize the conditions for DBD plasma obtaining with a homogeneous diffuse structure.
It is shown that for a discharge gap of the millimeter range (1–3 mm) in atmospheric air, under certain conditions, a number of new plasma phenomena are possible - the effects of an increase in the density (total number) of filamentary
discharges over time, both unchanged and with a decrease in the area of the filaments, as well as the formation of complex
space-time structures. An interpretation of this phenomenon is proposed. Homogeneous diffuse discharges are obtained in
a standard electrode configuration with a single dielectric
Ordered Growth of Anodic Aluminum Oxide in Galvanostatic and Galvanostatic-Potentiostatic Modes
The results are presented of obtaining anodic aluminum oxide with an ordered pore arrangement by employing two anodizing modes - galvanostatic mode and combined (galvanostatic + potentiostatic) mode, at high values of the current density and voltage. Use has been made of an oxalate electrolyte and a complex electrolyte comprising oxalic acid and phosphoric acid. Scanning electron microscopy has been used to investigate the surface morphology of the barrier and porous layers and to determine pore sizes and inter-pore distance.
Anodic Porous Alumina Array for Cyanine Fluorophore Cy3 Confinement
Self-organized anodic porous alumina films with hexagonal pore lattice have attracted a considerable attention for biological arrays and confinement of various organic probes dyes in solutions. A molecular structure with axial symmetry in bis-heterocyclic indole chains and conjugate system, such as cyanine fluorophore Cy3 dye, was investigated here with respect to its fluorescence when loaded in the anodic alumina pores.
Electronic-nose Applications in Forensic Science and for Analysis of Volatile Biomarkers in the Human Breath
The application of electronic-nose (E-nose) technologies in forensic science is a recent new development following a long history of progress in the development of diverse applications in the related biomedical and pharmaceutical fields. Data from forensic analyses must satisfy the needs and requirements of both the scientific and legal communities. The type of data collected from electronic-nose devices provides a means of identifying specific types of information about the chemical nature of evidentiary objects and samples under investigation using aroma signature profiles of complex gaseous mixtures containing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released from manufactured products and parts of the human body. E-nose analyses also provide useful qualitative information about the physicochemical characteristics and metabolic conditions of human subjects without the need for time-consuming analyses to identify all chemical components in human-derived volatile mixtures.
Analysis of Sweat Simulant Mixtures using Multiplexed Arrays of DNA-Carbon Nanotube Vapor Sensors
Carbon nanotube (NT) based electronic vapor sensors were tested against synthetic sweat solutions, consisting of 13 volatile organic
compounds (VOCs) in saline, in order to probe the device ability to analyze and differentiate vapors derived from complex biological
samples.
Characteristic Human Scent Compounds Trapped on Natural and Synthetic Fabrics as analyzed by SPME-GC/MS
The collection of human odor volatiles is of interest to forensic applications as a path to investigate canine scent discriminations in
legal investigations. A study using a selected array of previously identified human odor compounds has been conducted to determine
the retention and release capabilities of five (5) natural and synthetic fabric types, cotton (mercerized fabric and gauze matrix),
polyester, rayon and wool.
The Effects of the Film Thickness and Roughness in the Anodization Process of Very Thin Aluminum Films
The anodization of aluminum foils having micrometer thickness is a common process and results in hexagonally self-ordered alumina membranes. However, anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) membranes fabricated from nanometer-thin films present new challenges to the anodization process, since aluminum films adheres poorly on supporting substrates and the smoothness of the film is highly related to the kind of substrate.
Anodic Oxidation of Titanium in Sulphuric Acid and Phosphoric Acid Electrolytes
Anodisation of pure titanium has been carried out in sulphuric and in phosphoric acid solutions at potentials ranging from 50 to 150V. The SEM and AFM morphological analysis indicates that, within this potential range, oxidation in sulphuric acid solution produces better developed mesoporous oxide layers.
Fabrication of Ordered Arrays of Anodic Aluminum Oxide Pores with Interpore Distance Smaller than the Pitch of Nano-pits formed by Ion Beam Etching
We investigated a method for preparation of ordered nanopore arrays with the interpore distance of 60 nm by guided self-organization of anodic aluminum oxide with a prepatterned array of pits in the starting Al film.
Preparation of Large Area Anodic Alumina Membranes and their Application to Thin Film Fuel Cell
The design of an electrochemical reactor for the preparation of self-supported comparatively thin (up to 10 μm) and large area (up to 50 cm2) anodic alumina membranes is described allowing growth of porous alumina at high applied potential (up to 150 V) without burning.
Fabrication of Vertical Cu2ZnSnS4 Nanowire Arrays by Two-Step Electroplating Method into Anodic Aluminum Oxide Template
Vertical Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) nanowire arrays have been synthesized via two-step electroplating method into anodized aluminum oxide template. For deposition of CZTS nanowires, anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) was used as the growth mask for the growth of the nanowires. AAO templates with hole sizes of 70 nm in diameter were used in the experiments.
Fabrication and Luminescence of Anodic Alumina with Incorporated Vanadyl Citrate Chelate Anions
Anodic aluminum oxide doped with vanadyl citrate chelate complex anions was formed by a two-step self-organized anodization in 2 wt. % sulfuric acid containing 0.04 M V2O5 and 0.08 M citric acid at voltage range 13-23 V, and at 0 and 15 oC. The combination of two temperatures and at least four voltages (depending on the applied temperature) was applied as the operating conditions of anodization.
Synthesis of BaTiO3 Nanowires via Anodic Aluminum Oxide Template Method Assisted by Vacuum-and-Drop Loading
In this paper, we report on the synthesis of BaTiO3 nanowires via the anodic aluminum oxide template method. To fill in the precursors of BaTiO3 into anodic aluminum oxide templates, the vacuum and drop loading method developed in our previous study was used. Ba(CH3COO)2 (barium acetate) and C12H28O4Ti (tetraisopropyl orthotitanate) were used as Ba and Ti sources, respectively. Anodic aluminum oxide membranes with the through-hole diameter of ~200 nm were used as the template for BaTiO3 nanowires.
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Fa-Yun Che
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
United States
Department of Pathology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
United States
Deeptha Sukumar
Assistant Professor
Department of Nutrition Sciences
Drexel University
United States
Department of Nutrition Sciences
Drexel University
United States
Asaad Ahmed Ibrahiem Ghanem
Professor of Ophthalmology
Mansoura Ophthalmic Center
Mansoura University
Egypt
Mansoura Ophthalmic Center
Mansoura University
Egypt
Gregory H. Taylor
Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
United States
Department of Family Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
United States
Kang Ning
Professor
Qingdao Institute of BioEnergy and Bioprocess Technology
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
China
Qingdao Institute of BioEnergy and Bioprocess Technology
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
China
Huda Faleh Gharaibeh
Associate Professor
Maternal Child Health Department
Faculty of Nursing
Jordan University of Science and Technology
Jordan
Maternal Child Health Department
Faculty of Nursing
Jordan University of Science and Technology
Jordan