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Effect of flow-induced shear stress in nanomaterial uptake by cells: Focus on targeted anti-cancer therapy
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MDPI
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Recently, nanomedicines have gained a great deal of attention in diverse biomedical applications, including anti-cancer therapy. Being different from normal tissue, ...
The transcriptomic profiling of SARS-CoV-2 compared to SARS, MERS, EBOV, and H1N1
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Public Library of Science
, 2020 , Article)
The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic is a global crisis that threatens our way of life. As of November 18, 2020, SARS-CoV-2 has claimed more than 1,342,709 lives, with a global mortality rate of ~2.4% and a recovery rate of ...
Evaluating the impact of a brief Health at Every Size-informed health promotion activity on body positivity and internalized weight-based oppression
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Weight-based oppression, including negative attitudes about body weight, and harassment, stigma, and discrimination based on body weight, is a widespread phenomenon that leads to considerable distress and poor health and ...
Analytic comparison between three high-throughput commercial SARS-CoV-2 antibody assays reveals minor discrepancies in a high-incidence population
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Nature Research
, 2021 , Article)
Performance of three automated commercial serological IgG-based assays was investigated for assessing SARS-CoV-2 "ever" (past or current) infection in a population-based sample in a high exposure setting. PCR and serological ...
Obesity is associated with depression in Malaysian schoolchildren: A cross-sectional study
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Universitas Indonesia
, 2020 , Article)
Background: Overweight and obesity, which may lead to depression, have become prevalent among children worldwide. Hence, this study aimed to measure obesity and depression among schoolchildren in Kuantan. Methods: This ...
Verum- versus Sham-Acupuncture on Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) in Animal Models: A Preclinical Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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hindawi
, 2020 , Article)
Background. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a common health condition affecting senile people and leads to severe cognitive dysfunctions. Acupuncture has been shown to be a possible alternative natural remedy for AD in some ...
SARS-CoV-2 and immune-microbiome interactions: Lessons from respiratory viral infections
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
By the beginning of 2020, infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) had rapidly evolved into an emergent worldwide pandemic, an outbreak whose unprecedented consequences highlighted ...
Barriers of Appropriate Antibiotic Prescription at PHCC in Qatar: Perspective of Physicians and Pharmacists.
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article)
The Ministry of Public Health in Qatar developed the NAP (National Action Plan to
combat Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in collaboration with WHO Regional Office for the Eastern
Mediterranean (WHO/EMRO). Among the major ...
Brief interventions to prevent excessive alcohol use in adolescents at low-risk presenting to Emergency Departments: Three-arm, randomised trial of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Alcohol consumption and related harm increase rapidly from the age of 12 years. We evaluated whether alcohol screening and brief intervention is effective and cost-effective in delaying hazardous or harmful drinking amongst ...
Risk Management Assessments and Recommendations Among Students, Staffs, and Health Care Workers in Educational Biomedical Laboratories.
(2021 , Article)
Safety in laboratories is one of the most crucial topics for all educational institutes. All-hazards need to be identified, evaluated, and controlled whenever possible, following the risk management (RM) process. This study ...