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Hanif A, Saeed M, Rasheed F, Hussain S, Riaz S, Ahmad M, Ain N. Acinetobacter Spp: Resistance and therapeutic decisions at the turn of the novel millennium. Int J Infect Dis 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Suades R, Hussain S, Khan A, Costantino S, Paneni F, Cosentino F. miR-673/menin/JunD axis modulates hyperglycemia-induced oxidative stress and inflammation in the diabetic heart. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.3586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Hyperglycemia-induced reactive oxygen species generation in diabetic heart contributes to myocardial dysfunction. JunD, a member of the activated protein 1 (AP-1) family of transcription factors, is emerging as a major gatekeeper against oxidative stress. Previous studies have shown that downregulation of AP-1 transcription factor JunD is involved in vascular aging and heart failure. However, the role of JunD in diabetes-induced myocardial dysfunction is unknown.
Purpose
The present study was designed to investigate whether hyperglycemia-driven epigenetic regulation of JunD contributes to oxidative stress, inflammation and myocardial dysfunction in the diabetic heart.
Methods
Diabetes (DB) was induced in C57BL/6 wild-type (WT) mice by streptozotocin. After four weeks of DB, left ventricular (LV) function was assessed by standard and 2D speckle-tracking echocardiography in both groups (n=10). Then, the animals were euthanized and LV specimens were collected to determine JunD mRNA and protein expression as well as superoxide anion production by ESR spectroscopy. Chromatin modifications of JunD gene promoter were assessed by chromatin immunoprecipitation. Isolated DNA was analyzed for promoter methylation following Methylminer kit. Cardiac biopsies were collected from age-matched patients with and without diabetes.
Results
DB mice showed LV dysfunction with reduced ejection fraction and fractional shortening. JunD mRNA and protein expression were reduced in the myocardium of DB as compared to control mice. JunD downregulation was associated with oxidative stress, increased NF-kB binding activity and expression of inflammatory mediators. Accordingly, expression of free radical scavenger superoxide dismutase 1 and aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 was reduced, whereas nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase subunits NOX2 and NOX4 were upregulated in DB. A reduction of JunD mRNA and protein expression was confirmed in LV specimens obtained from patients with diabetes. The downregulation of JunD was epigenetically regulated by promoter hypermethylation and histone modifications. Post-translational repression by tumor suppressor menin also contributed to JunD downregulation. Indeed, menin was significantly upregulated in DB hearts and co-immunoprecipitation experiments confirmed the binding of menin to JunD. Furthermore, rat ventricular myocytes exposed to high glucose (HG) showed increased menin expression. We found that miR-673 targeting menin was downregulated in hearts of DB mice. Reprogramming miR-673 in HG-treated myocytes was able to restore both menin and JunD expression to control levels.
Conclusions
Our findings show that downregulation of AP-1 transcription factor JunD contributes to diabetes-induced myocardial dysfunction and miR-673/menin/JunD represents a novel molecular axis involved in hyperglycemia-induced ROS-driven cardiac damage.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: Foundation. Main funding source(s): European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Research Grant 2017
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Sridhar P, Roopesh K, Deputy M, Muttagi V, Bharathan A, Anuradha P, Senapati M, Hussain S, Gupta M, Mohamad B, Venkatachala K, Avinash K, Ram A, Mahesh K, Desai I, Prashanth G, Ajai kumar B. Comparison of Response and Survival in Patients of Metastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma Receiving SBRT and Concurrent Immunotherapy-SBRT. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.1946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Quittner AL, Abbott J, Hussain S, Ong T, Uluer A, Hempstead S, Lomas P, Smith B. Integration of mental health screening and treatment into cystic fibrosis clinics: Evaluation of initial implementation in 84 programs across the United States. Pediatr Pulmonol 2020; 55:2995-3004. [PMID: 32649006 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.24949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2020] [Revised: 06/05/2020] [Accepted: 06/16/2020] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND A large-scale epidemiological study of 6088 individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF) and 4102 caregivers in nine countries documented elevated symptoms of depression and anxiety, leading to international guidelines for annual screening and follow-up. To facilitate national implementation, 84 CF programs funded a mental health coordinators (MHC). Implementation was evaluated after 1 year using the consolidated framework for implementation research (CFIR) to identify facilitators and barriers. METHODS A 45-item internet survey was developed to assess relevant CFIR implementation steps. Surveys were completed in 2016. It assessed five domains tailored to study aims: (a) Intervention characteristics, (b) outer setting, (c) inner setting, (d) characteristics of individuals, and (e) process of implementation. RESULTS Response rate was 88%, with pediatric and adult programs equally represented. A majority of MHCs were social workers (54.1%) and psychologists (41.9%); 41% had joined the team in the past year. Facilitators across the five domains included universal uptake of screening tools, greater awareness and detection of psychological symptoms, reduced stigma, and positive feedback from patients and families. Barriers included limited staff time, space, and logistics. DISCUSSION This is the largest systematic effort to integrate mental health screening and treatment into the care of individuals with a serious, chronic illness and their caregivers. MHCs implementing screening, interpretation and follow-up reported positive results, and significant barriers. This national implementation effort demonstrated that depression and anxiety can be efficiently evaluated and treated in a complex, chronic disease. Future efforts include recommending the addition of screening scores to national CF Registries and examining their effects on health outcomes.
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Sridhar P, Roopesh K, Anuradha P, Deputy M, Bharathan A, Senapati M, Ram A, Gupta M, Muttagi V, Rao G, Patil S, Chirodoni Thungappa S, Hussain S, Ajai kumar B. Understanding the Immune Profile of SBRT – Could It Evolve Into Becoming A Surrogate Biomarkers To Treatment Response. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.1598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Naseer MU, Deeba F, Shah SIW, Hussain S, Qayyum A. Temporal Profiling of Electron Temperatures Using the H α–H β Line Emission and Triple Langmuir Probe Array in the Pre-Ionization Discharge of the MT-I Spherical Tokamak. FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/15361055.2020.1820748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Drexelius A, Hoellrich A, Jajack A, Gomez E, Brothers M, Hussain S, Kim S, Heikenfeld J. Analysis of pressure-driven membrane preconcentration for point-of-care assays. BIOMICROFLUIDICS 2020; 14:054101. [PMID: 32922588 PMCID: PMC7467750 DOI: 10.1063/5.0013987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 08/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Point-of-care diagnostic devices for both physicians and patients themselves are now ubiquitous, but often not sensitive enough for highly dilute analytes (e.g., pre-symptomatic viral detection). Two primary methods to address this challenge include (1) increasing the sensitivity of molecular recognition elements with greater binding affinity to the analyte or (2) increasing the concentration of the analyte being detected in the sample itself (preconcentration). The latter approach, preconcentration, is arguably more attractive if it can be made universally applicable to a wide range of analytes. In this study, pressure-driven membrane preconcentration devices were developed, and their performance was analyzed for detecting target analytes in biofluids in the form of point-of-care lateral-flow assays (LFAs). The demonstrated prototypes utilize negative or positive pressure gradients to move both water and small interferents (salt, pH) through a membrane filter, thereby concentrating the analyte of interest in the remaining sample fluid. Preconcentration up to 33× is demonstrated for influenza A nucleoprotein with a 5 kDa pore polyethersulfone membrane filter. LFA results are obtained within as short as several minutes and device operation is simple (very few user steps), suggesting that membrane preconcentration can be preferable to more complex and slow conventional preconcentration techniques used in laboratory practice.
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Alqah H, Alamri MS, Mohamed AA, Hussain S, Qasem AA, Ibraheem MA, Ababtain IA. The Effect of Germinated Sorghum Extract on the Pasting Properties and Swelling Power of Different Annealed Starches. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:polym12071602. [PMID: 32708502 PMCID: PMC7407095 DOI: 10.3390/polym12071602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Revised: 07/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Starches were extracted from chickpea (C.P.), corn (C.S.), Turkish bean (T.B.), sweet potato (S.P.S.), and wheat starches (W.S.). These starches exhibited different amylose contents. The extracted starches were annealed in excess water and in germinated sorghum extract (GSE) (1.0 g starch/9 mL water). The α-amylase concentration in the GSE was 5.0 mg/10 mL. Annealing was done at 40, 50, and 60 °C for 30 or 60 min. The pasting properties of annealed starches were studied using Rapid Visco-Analyzer (RVA), in addition to the swelling power. These starches exhibited diverse pasting properties as evidenced by increased peak viscosity with annealing, where native starches exhibited peak viscosity as: 2828, 2438, 1943, 2250, and 4601 cP for the C.P., C.S., T.B., W.S., and S.P.S., respectively, which increased to 3580, 2482, 2504, 2514, and 4787 cP, respectively. High amylose content did not play a major role on the pasting properties of the tested starches because sweet potato starch (S.P.S.) (22.4% amylose) exhibited the highest viscosity, whereas wheat starch (W.S.) (25% amylose) had the least. Therefore, the dual effects of granule structure and packing density, especially in the amorphous region, are determinant factors of the enzymatic digestion rate and product. Swelling power was found to be a valuable predictive tool of amylose content and pasting characteristics of the tested starches. The studied starches varied in their digestibility and displayed structural differences in the course of α-amylase digestion. Based on these findings, W.S. was designated the most susceptible among the starches and S.P.S. was the least. The most starch gel setback was observed for the legume starches, chickpeas, and Turkish beans (C.P. 2553 cP and T.B. 1172 cP). These results were discussed with regard to the underlying principles of swelling tests and pasting behavior of the tested starches. Therefore, GSE is an effortless economic technique that can be used for starch digestion (modification) at industrial scale.
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Jeon P, Lora M, Hussain S, Farge D, Hudson M, Colmegna I. In vitro pro-angiogenic effects of human adipose derived multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells: effect of donor's age. Cytotherapy 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2020.03.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Khan M, Saadi T, Adhikari S, Hussain S, Asghar M, Kamba K, Soltys M, Morreale C, Glowacki N, Joshi A, Pauwaa S, Sciamanna C, Dia M, Macaluso G, Andrade A, Cotts W. The Association of BMI and Diabetes Mellitus with Mortality in End Stage Heart Failure Patients on Inotropes. J Heart Lung Transplant 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.01.898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Saadi TA, Andrade A, Munro J, Khan M, Asghar M, Hussain S, Pauwaa S, Macaluso G, Joshi A, Sciamanna C, Dia M, Bresticker M, Tatooles A, Pappas P, Cotts W. Outcomes of Pre- Heart Transplantation Desensitization in Highly Sensitized Patients Bridged with Left Ventricular Assist Devices. J Heart Lung Transplant 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.01.606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Javed MA, Naveed M, Hussain A, Hussain S. Integrated data acquisition, storage and retrieval for glass spherical tokamak (GLAST). FUSION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2019.111424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Adukia V, Mangwani J, Issac R, Hussain S, Parker L. Current concepts in the management of ankle arthritis. J Clin Orthop Trauma 2020; 11:388-398. [PMID: 32405197 PMCID: PMC7211821 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcot.2020.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Ankle arthritis is a common condition. It causes a significant socioeconomic burden, and is associated with significant morbidity. Patients with ankle arthritis are either elderly with significant co-morbidities, or young adults who have previously suffered with ankle injuries, resulting in post-traumatic arthritis. There is a wide variation in the management of these patients with ankle arthritis. We therefore present an overview of the current evidence based management of patients with symptomatic ankle arthritis.
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Naseer S, Afzal M, Nisa A, Hussain S, Ahmad M, Parveen S, Anjum F, Riaz M. Extraction of brown dye from Eucalyptusbark and its applications in food storage. QUALITY ASSURANCE AND SAFETY OF CROPS & FOODS 2019. [DOI: 10.3920/qas2019.1569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Hussain S, Mohamed AA, Alamri MS, Ibraheem MA, Abdo Qasem AA, Serag El-Din MF, Almaiman SAM. Wheat-millet flour cookies: Physical, textural, sensory attributes and antioxidant potential. FOOD SCI TECHNOL INT 2019; 26:311-320. [PMID: 31818128 DOI: 10.1177/1082013219894127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Millet flour (water washed or alkali washed) was replaced with wheat flour (WF) at 0, 25, 50, 75, and 100% levels. Objectives of the research were to characterize the flour blends for their technical properties and to produce cookies with less or no gluten contents. All types of flour blends were evaluated for their pasting properties. The cookies were baked and evaluated for their textural and physical attributes. Inclusion of millet flour (both types) in wheat flour resulted in significant reduction in peak and final viscosities while setback viscosities were affected non-significantly. Pasting temperature was increased from 65 ℃ (100% wheat flour) to 91 ℃ (100% millet flour). The hardness of cookies was reduced in the presence of millet flour. Fracturability values of cookies with higher millet flour were higher as compared to control cookies (prepared from 100% wheat flour). Cookies prepared from blends having more that 50% millet flour were not much liked by sensory panelists. The phenolic contents of cookies containing higher levels of either water washed or alkali washed millet flour were found to be higher when compared to cookies prepared from plain WF (1.90 ± 0.14 mg gallic acid/g sample). The 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl activity (%) of cookies ranged from 16.39 ± 0.34 (100% water washed millet flour) to 10.39 ± 0.26 (100% WF; control). The study will help the non-coeliac people to consume low gluten (≈1.6-6.5%) or gluten intolerant people to consume gluten-free cookies (0%) from millet flour having abundant of antioxidants and health-promoting polyphenols.
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Altuna S, Trapani D, Lengyel C, Habeeb B, Hussain S, Mazher S, Elfaham E, Petrillo A, El Bairi K, Khan S. Accessibility and affordability to trastuzumab for breast cancer patients: Voices of the global oncology community from ONCOLLEGE 001 survey, part 2. Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz263.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Jozwiak BP, O'Sullivan A, Hussain S, John S, Navarro R, Zahra K, Kumar V, Samples S, Mifsud V. Cleveland clinic Abu Dhabi stroke registry (CCADSR) methodology. J Neurol Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2019.10.604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Jozwiak BP, Kumar V, Hussain S, John S, Navarro R, Zahra K, O'Sullivan A, Samples S, Mifsud V. Cleveland clinic Abu Dhabi stroke registry (CCADSR) young hemorrhagic strokes - Initial results. J Neurol Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2019.10.600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Jozwiak BP, Kumar V, Hussain S, John S, Navarro R, Zahra K, O'Sullivan A, Samples S, Mifsud V. Cleveland clinic Abu Dhabi stroke registry (CCADSR) young ischemic strokes - Initial results. J Neurol Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2019.10.586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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van der Heijden M, Powles T, Petrylak D, de Wit R, Chi K, Necchi A, Sternberg C, Matsubara N, Nishiyama H, Castellano D, Hussain S, Bamias A, Hozak R, Rhodes R, Xia M, Rasmussen E, Aggarwal A, Wijayawardana S, Bell-McGuinn K, Drakaki A. Biomarker analyses of ramucirumab in patients with platinum refractory urothelial cancer from RANGE, a global, randomized, double-blind, phase III study. Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz249.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Alkindi F, AlShehhi N, Khan A, Hussain S, Szolics M, Rahman MU. Pneumocephalus as a complication of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella Pneumoniae bacteremia in patient with acute myeloid leukemia. J Neurol Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2019.10.1089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hussain S, Tong W, Whitlock R, Belley-Côté E, McClure G, Sibilio S, Tarride J, Lamy A. IS THE ROSS PROCEDURE A COST-EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVE COMPARED TO MECHANICAL AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT IN NON-ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH AORTIC STENOSIS? Can J Cardiol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2019.07.321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Yasin I, Talha T, Hira H, Warisha W, Hussain S. A perspective on household dairy farming in district Naushahro Feroze, Sindh Pakistan. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF VETERINARY SCIENCE AND RESEARCH 2019; 5:071-075. [DOI: 10.17352/ijvsr.000044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Shaista R, Bilal M, Hussain S, Aneela K, Kanwal F, Shujah S. SnO2 Co-doped with Co and Ni: Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Properties in Reduction of 4-Nitrophenol. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A 2019. [DOI: 10.1134/s0036024419090255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Baur D, Hussain S, Cohen L, Ziemann U, Zrenner C. P17 The influence of ongoing μ-oscillation phase on the induction of LTD-like plasticity with 1 Hz rTMS. Clin Neurophysiol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2019.04.671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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