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Zeeshan M, Tufail I, Khan S, Khan I, Ayuob S, Mohamed A, Chauhdary ST. Novel design and performance evaluation of an indirectly forced convection desiccant integrated solar dryer for drying tomatoes in Pakistan. Heliyon 2024; 10:e29284. [PMID: 38655325 PMCID: PMC11036014 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 04/02/2024] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024] Open
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The process of drying agricultural products for food preservation is a difficult task that requires a significant amount of energy. The increasing cost and depletion of fossil fuels have led to the development of a food dryer that utilizes renewable energy sources. This research paper proposes the design and performance evaluation of an indirectly forced convection desiccant integrated solar dryer (IFCDISD) at the Solar Energy Research Lab at USPCAS-E, NUST Pakistan. Tomatoes were chosen as the test product due to their importance and widespread consumption. The drying process involves slicing the tomatoes and placing them on the IFCDISD rack, where a desiccant called calcium chloride (CaCl2) is integrated into the dryer. The experiments were conducted during both sunshine (SS) hours and Off-sunshine (OSS) hours. The IFCDISD operates using sunlight during SS hours and utilizes the absorbed heat of CaCl2 in OSS hours via a forced DC brushless fan powered by battery charged thro solar panel. The tomatoes were weighed before and after each drying mode, and the moisture removal was calculated. The results show that the dryer efficiency was 50.14 % on day 1, 66 % on day 2, and an overall efficiency of 58.07 %. The moisture content removal was 42.858 % on day 1, 22.9979 % on day 2, and an overall moisture content removal of 58.07 %. Moreover, the payback period is 5.1396 and the carbon mitigation was recorded as 2.0335, and the earned carbon credit was recorded as 11559.6.
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- Muhammad Zeeshan
- USPCAS-E, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), 44000, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Estonia, Turkey
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- Department of Mechatronics Engineering, UET Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Department of Mathematics, Saveetha School of Engineering, SIMATS, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Department of Mathematics, College of Science Al-Zulfi, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah, 11952, Saudi Arabia
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- USPCAS-E, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), 44000, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Abdullah Mohamed Research Centre, Future University in Egypt, New Cairo 11835, Egypt
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Dhofar University, Salalah, 211, Sultanate of Oman
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Rafieezadeh A, Zangbar B, Zeeshan M, Gandhi C, Al-Mufti F, Jehan F, Kirsch J, Rodriguez G, Samson D, Prabhakaran K. Predictors of mortality after craniotomy for geriatric traumatic brain injury. Injury 2024:111585. [PMID: 38704345 DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2024.111585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Revised: 04/02/2024] [Accepted: 04/19/2024] [Indexed: 05/06/2024]
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BACKGROUND With a sustained increase in the proportion of elderly trauma patients, geriatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant source of morbidity, mortality and resource utilization. The aim of our study was to assess the predictors of mortality in geriatric TBI patients who underwent craniotomy. METHODS We performed a 4-year analysis of ACS-TQIP database (2016-2019) and included all geriatric trauma patients (≥65y) with isolated severe TBI who underwent craniotomy. We calculated 11- point modified frailty index (mFI) for patients. Our primary and secondary outcomes were mortality and unfavorable outcome, respectively. Multivariate regression analysis was performed to identify the predictors of outcomes. Patients with mFI ≥ 0.25 were defined as Frail, whereas patient with mFI of 0.08 or higher (<0.25) were identified as pre-frail; Non-frail patients were identified as mFI of <0.08. RESULTS We analyzed data from 20,303 patients. The mortality rate was 17.7 % (3,587 patients). Having ≥ 2 concomitant types of intra-cranial hemorrhage (OR = 2.251, p < 0.001), and pre-hospital anticoagulant use (OR = 1.306, p < 0.001) increased the risks of mortality. Frailty, as a continuous variable, was not considered as a risk factor for mortality (p = 0.058) but after categorization, it was shown that compared to non-frails, patients with pre-frailty (OR = 1.946, p = 0.011) and frailty (OR = 1.786, p = 0.026) had increased risks of mortality. Higher mFI (OR = 4.841), age (OR = 1.034), ISS (OR = 1.052), having ≥ 2 concomitant types of intra-cranial hemorrhage (OR = 1.758), and use of anticoagulants (OR = 1.117) were significant risk factors for unfavorable outcomes (p < 0.001, for all). CONCLUSIONS Having more than two types of intra-cranial hemorrhage and pre-hospital anticoagulant use were significant risk factors for mortality. The study's findings also suggest that frailty may not be a sufficient predictor of mortality after craniotomy in geriatric patients with TBI. However, frailty still affects the discharge disposition and favorable outcome. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Level III retrospective study.
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- Aryan Rafieezadeh
- Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, United States
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- Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, United States.
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- Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, United States
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- Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, United States
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- Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, United States
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- Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, United States
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- Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, United States
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- Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, United States
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- Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, United States
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- Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, United States
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Zeeshan M, Khan A, Amanullah M, Bakr M, Alshangiti AM, Balogun OS, Yusuf M. A new modified biased estimator for Zero inflated Poisson regression model. Heliyon 2024; 10:e24225. [PMID: 38322953 PMCID: PMC10843999 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024] Open
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Zero-inflated Poisson (ZIP) model is widely used for counting data with excessive zeroes. The multicollinearity is the common factor in the explanatory variables of the count data. In this context, typically, maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) generates unsatisfactory results due to inflation of mean square error (MSE). In the solution of this problem usually, ridge parameters are used. In this study, we proposed a new modified zero-inflated Poisson ridge regression model to reduce the problem of multicollinearity. We experimented within the context of a specified simulation strategy and recorded the behavior of proposed estimators. We also apply our proposed estimator to the real-life data set and explore how our proposed estimators perform well in the presence of multicollinearity with the help of ZIP model for count data.
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- Muhammad Zeeshan
- Department of Statistics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
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- Department of Statistics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
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- Department of Statistics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
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- Department of Statistics and Operations Research, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Statistics and Operations Research, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Computing, Faculty of Forestry and Technology, University of Eastern Finland, FI-70211, Kuopio, Finland
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- Helwan University, Faculty of Science, Departement of Mathematics, Cairo, Egypt
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Siddiqua A, Ahmad S, Nawaz I, Zeeshan M, Rao A. The smoldering pandemic: Prevalence of prolonged grief disorder. A cross-sectional study of bereaving adults during the COVID pandemic in Pakistan. Asian J Psychiatr 2024; 91:103870. [PMID: 38154352 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2023] [Revised: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/30/2023]
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The world continues to face unprecedented psycho-social challenges after the COVID-19 pandemic. Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) is a young psychiatric condition describing grief exceeding standard cultural, social, and religious norms. We assessed the prevalence of PGD in Pakistan along with its correlation to anxiety, depression, and psychological distress. The prevalence of PGD was estimated to be 15 % with grief intensity correlating with depression, anxiety, and serious mental illness. People who were closely related to the deceased were more likely to experience severe PGD symptoms. Discussions about grief and measures to curb its psychological effects are crucial in the post-pandemic world.
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- University College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
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- Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
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Zeeshan M, Ali O, Tabraiz S, Ruhl AS. Seasonal variations in dissolved organic matter concentration and composition in an outdoor system for bank filtration simulation. J Environ Sci (China) 2024; 135:252-261. [PMID: 37778800 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2023.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2022] [Revised: 01/04/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
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Dissolved organic matter (DOM) in surface waters can vary markedly in character depending on seasonal variations such as rainfall intensity, UV radiations and temperature. Changes in DOM as well as temperature and rainfall intensity over the year can affect the biochemical processes occurring in bank filtration (BF). Identification and characterization of DOM in the surface water could help to optimize the water treatment and provide stable and safe drinking water. This study investigated year-long variations of DOM concentrations and compositions in a surface water of a circulated outdoor pond (research facility) connected to a BF passage. DOM was dominated by humic substances and a changing pattern of DOM in surface water was observed throughout the year. A significant increase of DOM (∼ 38%) in surface water was noted in August compared to November. The fluorescent DOM showed that DOM in summer was enriched with the degradable fraction whilst non-degradable fraction was dominated in winter. A constant (1.7 ± 0.1 mg/L) effluent DOM was recirculated in the system throughout the year. DOM removal through BF varied between 4% to 39% and was achieved within a few meters after infiltration and significantly correlated with influent DOM concentration (R2 = 0.82, p < 0.05). However, no significant (p > 0.05) change in the removal of DOM was observed in two subsurface layers (upper and lower). This study highlights the presence of a constant non-degradable DOM in the bank filtrate, which was not affected by temperature, redox conditions and UV radiations.
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- Muhammad Zeeshan
- German Environment Agency, Section II 3.3, Schichauweg 58, 12307, Berlin, Germany; Technische Universität Berlin, Water Treatment, KF4, Str. des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany.
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- German Environment Agency, Section II 3.3, Schichauweg 58, 12307, Berlin, Germany; Technische Universität Berlin, Water Treatment, KF4, Str. des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Natural and Applied Sciences Section, School of Psychology and Life Sciences, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, CT1 1QU, UK
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- German Environment Agency, Section II 3.3, Schichauweg 58, 12307, Berlin, Germany; Technische Universität Berlin, Water Treatment, KF4, Str. des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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Williams OC, Prasad S, Khan AA, Ayisire OE, Naseer H, Abdullah M, Nadeem M, Ashraf N, Zeeshan M. Tailoring parenting styles and family-based interventions cross-culturally as an effective prevention strategy for youth substance use: a scoping review. Ann Med Surg (Lond) 2024; 86:257-270. [PMID: 38222691 PMCID: PMC10783303 DOI: 10.1097/ms9.0000000000001387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/16/2024] Open
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Background The challenge of substance use among youth continues to be a highly concerning public health issue across the globe. The notion that parenting lifestyles and family-based intervention can help in the prevention of adolescent substance use have received robust attention from policy makers, researchers' clinicians and general public, nonetheless, there is scarcity of high quality evidence to support these concepts. Objective To review available literature which assessed the effects of parenting styles and family-based interventions on the prevention of adolescent substance use. Methods A scoping review of literature to identify studies published in English between 2012 and 2022 was conducted searching Scopus, MEDLINE, PsychInfo, and CINAHL databases focused on effects of parenting styles and family-based interventions in the prevention of adolescent substance use.Keywords of family-based intervention strategies and possible outcomes of parenting styles on youth substance use were coded from the results, discussion, or conclusion. Strategies were inductively categorized into themes according to the focus of the strategy. Results A total of 47 studies, published between 2012 and 2022 in English language included. Narrative synthesis illustrated that parental involvement, restriction of mature-rated content, parental monitoring, authoritative parenting styles, and parental support and knowledge can help in the prevention of adolescent substance use. On the contrary, poor parent-child bonding, overprotection, permissive parenting, parental frustrations, authoritarian and harsh parenting styles promoted adolescent substance use disorders. Proximal risk factors like peer influence, previous use of other substances, and risky behaviours had more effect than just parenting styles. Culturally tailored family-based intervention strategies such as "Preventive Parenting", "Parent Training", and "Parent Involvement", with focus on "Technology Assisted Intervention", particularly "SMART "(Substance Misuse among Adolescents in Residential Treatment) are found as effective family-based intervention strategies to mitigate substance use in youth. Conclusion Culturally tailored family-based behavioural strategies psychosocial intervention strategies can be considered of the most effective strategies to prevent substance use disorders in youth.
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- Department of Psychiatry National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsya, Ukraine
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- Department of Psychiatry, Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad
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- Department of Psychiatry, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
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Gul Z, Iqbal A, Shoukat J, Anila A, Rahman R, Ullah S, Zeeshan M, Ashiq MS, Altaf AA. Nanoparticles Based Sensors for Cyanide Ion Sensing, Basic Principle, Mechanism and Applications. Crit Rev Anal Chem 2023:1-15. [PMID: 38117472 DOI: 10.1080/10408347.2023.2295511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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Rapidly detecting potentially toxic ions such as cyanide is paramount to maintaining a sustainable and environmentally friendly ecosystem for living organisms. In recent years, molecular sensors have been developed to detect cyanide ions, which provide a naked-eye or fluorometric response, making them an ideal choice for cyanide sensing. Nanosensors, on the other hand, have become increasingly popular over the last two decades due water solubility, quick reaction times, environmental friendliness, and straightforward synthesis. Researchers have designed many nanosensors and successfully utilized them for the detection of cyanide ions in various environmental samples. The majority of these sensors use gold and silver-based nanosensors because cyanide ions have a high affinity for these metals ions and coordinate through covalent bonds. These metal nanoparticles are typically combined or coated with fluorescent materials, which quench their fluorescence. However, adding cyanide ions etches out the metal nanoparticles, restoring their fluorescence/color. This principle has been followed by most nanosensors used for cyanide ion sensing. In this review, different nanosensors and their sensing mechanisms are discussed in relation to cyanide ions. The primary purpose is to compare the sensing abilities of these sensors, mainly their sensitivity, advantages, application and to find out research gaps for future work. In this review paper, the development made in nanosensors in the last thirteen years (2010-2023) was discussed and the nanosensors for cyanide ions were compared with molecular sensors while the nanosensors with the excellent limit of detection were highlighted.
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- Zarif Gul
- Departments of Chemistry, Government Degree College Gulabad, Gulabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Okara, Okara, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Okara, Okara, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Okara, Okara, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Biological sciences, National University of Medical Science, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, Kohsar University, Murree, Punjab, Pakistan
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Okara, Okara, Punjab, Pakistan
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Han J, Sun R, Zeeshan M, Rehman A, Ullah I. The impact of digital transformation on green total factor productivity of heavily polluting enterprises. Front Psychol 2023; 14:1265391. [PMID: 38022923 PMCID: PMC10655087 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1265391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2023] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Introduction Digital transformation has become an important engine for economic high-quality development and environment high-level protection. However, green total factor productivity (GTFP), as an indicator that comprehensively reflects economic and environmental benefits, there is a lack of studies that analyze the effect of digital transformation on heavily polluting enterprises' GTFP from a micro perspective, and its impact mechanism is still unclear. Therefore, we aim to study the impact of digital transformation on heavily polluting enterprises' GTFP and its mechanism, and explore the heterogeneity of its impact. Methods We use Chinese A-share listed enterprises in the heavily polluting industry data from 2007 to 2019, measure enterprise digital transformation indicator using text analysis, and measure enterprise GTFP indicator using the GML index based on SBM directional distance function, to investigate the impact of digital transformation on heavily polluting enterprises' GTFP. Results Digital transformation can significantly enhance heavily polluting enterprises' GTFP, and this finding still holds after considering the endogenous problem and conducting robustness tests. Digital transformation can enhance heavily polluting enterprises' GTFP by promoting green innovation, improving management efficiency, and reducing external transaction costs. The improvement role of digital transformation on heavily polluting enterprises' GTFP is more obvious in the samples of non-state-owned enterprises, non-high-tech industries, and the eastern region. Compared with blockchain technology, artificial intelligence technology, cloud computing technology, big data technology, and digital technology application can significantly improve heavily polluting enterprises' GTFP. Discussion Our paper breaks through the limitations of existing research, which not only theoretically enriches the literature related to digital transformation and GTFP, but also practically provides policy implications for continuously promoting heavily polluting enterprises' digital transformation and facilitating their high-quality development.
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- Jiabin Han
- School of Business Administration, Liaoning Technical University, Huludao, China
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- School of Business Administration, Liaoning Technical University, Huludao, China
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- School of Business Administration, Liaoning Technical University, Huludao, China
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- Faculty of Management Sciences, National University of Modern Language, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Reading Academy, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
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Zeeshan M, Ruhl AS. Fates of potentially persistent and mobile organic substances in embedded outdoor columns for artificial groundwater recharge simulation. Water Res 2023; 245:120615. [PMID: 37713798 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Revised: 08/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/09/2023] [Indexed: 09/17/2023]
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Persistent and mobile organic micropollutants (OMP) are ubiquitously found in the aquatic environment and have a high propensity to distribute in water resources and are difficult to remediate. Managed aquifer recharge systems such as artificial groundwater recharge, produce high-quality drinking water by removing numerous OMP from the source water. In this study, the fates of selected emerging and potentially persistent and mobile OMP were investigated in outdoor columns for artificial groundwater recharge simulation. Breakthrough curves of OMP were modeled to differentiate between sorption and bio-transformation. The study showed that selected OMP were persistent in the surface water and no photo-degradation was observed, except for diclofenac. The trends of dissolved organic carbon concentrations and UV light absorption at 254 nm wavelength suggest elevated biological activity in the first 0.3 m of the columns. The study revealed that the bio-transformation of cyanoguanidine, valsartan acid and diclofenac correlated with the biological activity in the sand columns. Benzyltrimethylammonium, n-(3-(dimethylamino)-propyl)methacrylamide, 1,3-di-o-tolylguanidine, 1,3-diphenylguanidine and melamine were completely eliminated within the first 0.3 m, likely due to sorption. Less mobile compounds such as carbamazepine and adamantan-1-amine also showed sorption. Sorption was also observed for diclofenac, likely due to decreased pH along the column depth. Retardation factors of several OMP were higher in the first 0.3 m of the columns, likely due to higher organic carbon contents compared to the remaining depth. Six organic substances (for example 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonate and dimethylbenzene sulfonate) were persistent and mobile throughout the experiment. Overall, this study reveals the vital role of pH and sand organic carbon for sorption and residence time and biological activity for OMP elimination.
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- Muhammad Zeeshan
- German Environment Agency, Section II 3.3, Schichauweg 58, 12307, Berlin, Germany; Technische Universität Berlin, Water Treatment, KF4, Str. des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany.
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- German Environment Agency, Section II 3.3, Schichauweg 58, 12307, Berlin, Germany; Technische Universität Berlin, Water Treatment, KF4, Str. des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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Rao H, Rao I, Saeed L, Aati HY, Aati S, Zeeshan M, ur Rehman Khan K. Phytochemical analysis and bioactivity assessment of five medicinal plants from Pakistan: Exploring polyphenol contents, antioxidant potential, and antibacterial activities. Saudi J Biol Sci 2023; 30:103783. [PMID: 37680976 PMCID: PMC10480623 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2023.103783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Revised: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023] Open
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Plants have always been the prime focus in medicine industries due to their enormous ethnobotanical uses and multitude of biological and therapeutic properties. In the current study, preliminary phytochemical composition, Total phenolic content (TPC), and total flavonoid content (TFC) with the antioxidant and antibacterial activity of hydroalcoholic extract and n-hexane, chloroform and n-butanol fractions of five selected medicinal plants [Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers., Lavandula stoechas L., Aesculus indica (Wall. ex Cambess.) Hook, Iris ensata Thunb., and Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers.] from Pakistan, have been evaluated. TPC and TFC were determined by Folin-Ciocalteu's and AlCl3 methods respectively. The antioxidant activity was performed by DPPH, ABTS, FRAP, and CUPRAC while the antibacterial potential of these plants was determined by agar well diffusion assay. K. pinnata (Lam.) Pers. exhibited the highest TPC (695 ± 13.2 mg.GA.Eq.g-1DE ± SD) in n-butanol fraction and the highest TFC in its chloroform faction (615 ± 6.31 mg Q.Eq.g-1 DE ± SD). The n-butanol fraction and hydroalcoholic extract of I. ensata Thunb. exhibited strong antioxidant potential by DPPH and CUPRAC assays respectively, whereas K. pinnata (Lam.) Pers. n-butanol fraction exhibited the strongest reducing potential. The hydroalcoholic extract of all tested plants exhibited significant antibacterial activity against tested bacterial strains with ZI (12-18 mm). Conclusively, K. pinnata (Lam.) Pers. (Family: Crassulaceae) and I. ensataThunb. (Family: Iridaceae) exhibited the highest antioxidant and antibacterial potential. They can be explored for the isolation of phytoconstituents responsible for this potential and serve as a lead for the production of new natural antioxidants and antibacterial agents that can be used to cure various diseases.
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- Huma Rao
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
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- King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11495, Saudi Arabia
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- UWA, University of Western Australia, Nedland, WA 6009, Australia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
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Abid S, Mustafa Zaidi SH, Hunde MZ, Bai J, Batool A, Zeeshan M, Mumtaz H, Ahad SA, Eqbal F, Anees M, Rehan R. Usefulness of electrocardiography QT interval for prediction of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction: a cross-sectional study. Ann Med Surg (Lond) 2023; 85:2459-2463. [PMID: 37363577 PMCID: PMC10289506 DOI: 10.1097/ms9.0000000000000667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023] Open
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Heart failure (HF) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with projections showing a further rise in incidence, impacting a decline in quality of life and the costs incurred in its diagnosis and treatment. The authors aim to establish the correlation between the prediction of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction based on a change in QT wave intervals. Methods A cross-sectional at Holy-family Hospital, Rawalpindi Medical University, Pakistan. One thousand five hundred patients were referred for electrocardiography (ECG) for clinical suspicion of HF between May and July 2022. Ejection fraction (EF), lateral mitral annulus velocity (e'), mitral inflow early (E) and late (A) velocities, left ventricular filling pressure (E/e' ratio), and QT interval (QTc) was calculated. Odds ratios with a 95% CI (odds) were obtained by comparing QTc with all variables. Results The patients were mostly middle-aged adults with a mean age of 30.27 (±7.64). Male to female ratio was nearly balanced, with 771 (51.4%) males included in the clinical survey. The ECG parameters were; QT interval-494.07 (±63.61), EF-57.11 (±11.96), early to atrial filling velocity ratio-0.71 (±0.20), and lateral mitral annulus velocity-8.29 (±1.64). Conclusion The promising results for correlation between QT interval and ECG parameters, particularly EF and lateral mitral annulus velocity, should not be considered as the alternative in diagnosing left ventricular diastolic dysfunction thus far. Prolonged electrocardiographic QTc interval in patients with HF is useful in predicting diastolic dysfunction.
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- Maroof International Hospital, Public Health Scholar, Health Services Academy, Islamabad
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Zeeshan M, Scheurer M, Förster C, Kuebeck C, Ruhl AS, Klitzke S. The fate of nitrification and urease inhibitors in simulated bank filtration. J Environ Manage 2023; 335:117485. [PMID: 36827803 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Revised: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The application of nitrification and urease inhibitors (NUI) in conjunction with nitrogen (N) fertilizers improves the efficiency of N fertilizers. However, NUI are frequently found in surface waters through leaching or surface runoff. Bank filtration (BF) is considered as a low-cost water treatment system providing high quality water by efficiently removing large amounts of organic micropollutants from surface water. The fate of NUI in managed aquifer recharge systems such as BF is poorly known. The aim of this work was to investigate sorption and degradation of NUI in simulated BF under near-natural conditions. Besides, the effect of NUI on the microbial biomass of slowly growing microorganisms and the role of microbial biomass on NUI removal was investigated. Duplicate sand columns (length 1.7 m) fed with surface water were spiked with a pulse consisting of four nitrification (1,2,4-triazole, dicyanodiamide, 3,4-dimethylpyrazole and 3-methylpyrazole) and two urease inhibitors (n-butyl-thiophosphoric acid triamide and n-(2-nitrophenyl) phosphoric triamide). The average spiking concentration of each NUI was 5 μg/L. Experimental and modeled breakthrough curves of NUI indicated no retardation for any of the inhibitors. Therefore, biodegradation was identified as the main elimination pathway for all substances and was highest in zones of high microbial biomass. Removal of 1,2,4-triazole was 50% and n-butyl-thiophosphoric acid triamide proved to be highly degradable and was completely removed after a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 24 h. 50% of the mass recovery for nitrification inhibitors except for 3,4-dimethylpyrazole was observed at the effluent (4 days HRT). In addition, a mild effect of NUI on microbial biomass was noted. This study highlights that the degradation of NUI in BF depends on HRT and microbial biomass.
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- Muhammad Zeeshan
- German Environment Agency, Section II 3.3, Schichauweg 58, 12307, Berlin, Germany; Technische Universität Berlin, Water Treatment, KF4, Str. des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany.
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- TZW: DVGW-Technologiezentrum Wasser, Karlsruher Str. 84, 76139 Karlsruhe, Germany; Landesanstalt für Umwelt Baden-Württemberg, Griesbachstr. 1-3, 76185 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- German Environment Agency, Section II 3.5, Heinrich-Heine-Straße 12, 08645 Bad Elster, Germany
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- IWW Water Centre, Water Resources Management, Justus-von-Liebig-Str. 10, 64584 Biebesheim am Rhein, Germany
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- German Environment Agency, Section II 3.3, Schichauweg 58, 12307, Berlin, Germany; Technische Universität Berlin, Water Treatment, KF4, Str. des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- German Environment Agency, Section II 3.1, Schichauweg 58, 12307, Berlin, Germany
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Zeeshan M, Pabst S, Sandyk E, Ruhl AS. Fates of selected pharmaceuticals in a large recirculated mesocosm with a pond and bank filtration. Sci Total Environ 2023:164575. [PMID: 37270001 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Revised: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 05/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Pharmaceuticals such as carbamazepine (CBZ), sulfamethoxazole (SMX) and diclofenac (DCF) are detected at a high frequency in the aquatic environment. The fates of these compounds in bank filtration (BF), a nature-based water treatment system, have been extensively studied, mainly in batch and laboratory columns studies. This study, for the first time, investigated the fates of CBZ, SMX and DCF in a large recirculated mesocosm with a pond and subsequent BF. Changes in dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in the pond and bank filtrate were also observed. The averaged spiking concentration of CBZ, SMX and DCF was 1 μg/L at the pond influent and the hydraulic retention time of surface water in the pond was 15 days to reach at the bank. The infiltrated surface water travelled through two parallel subsurface layers and a combined effluent (from both layers) was collected (35 m from the bank) and recirculated as influent of pond. The redox conditions in both layers were significantly different (p < 0.05) and correlated with temperature (R2 = 0.91, p < 0.05). The results revealed that CBZ was persistent in the surface water and groundwater passage, SMX was persistent in surface water and removed entirely through BF within 50 days of operation. DCF was completely removed after infiltration and groundwater passage (within 2 m). The DOC in the surface water showed insignificant variations between influent and the bank. A significant reduction of DOC was observed within the first 5 m of BF, and the reduction was associated with the removal of biopolymers. This work shows that the selected organic micropollutants in surface water were not affected by sunlight intensity, water chemistry and water depth. In addition, recirculation mesocosm BF confirms the potential environmental risk and predictive concentrations of organic micropollutants in the aquatic environment.
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- Muhammad Zeeshan
- German Environment Agency, Section II 3.3, Schichauweg 58, 12307 Berlin, Germany; Technische Universität Berlin, Water Treatment, KF4, Str. des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany.
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- German Environment Agency, Section II 3.1, Schichauweg 58, 12307 Berlin, Germany
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- German Environment Agency, Section II 3.3, Schichauweg 58, 12307 Berlin, Germany
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- German Environment Agency, Section II 3.3, Schichauweg 58, 12307 Berlin, Germany; Technische Universität Berlin, Water Treatment, KF4, Str. des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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Zhang X, Saleem U, Waheed M, Jamil MK, Zeeshan M. Comparative study of five topological invariants of supramolecular chain of different complexes of N-salicylidene-L-valine. Math Biosci Eng 2023; 20:11528-11544. [PMID: 37501407 DOI: 10.3934/mbe.2023511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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L-valine is a crucial amino acid that has rising market demand and numerous uses. It can be used to make specific nutrients, animal feed additives, cosmetic ingredients, and other things in the medical and agricultural fields. N-salicylidene-L-valine (NsLv) is attracting a lot of attention due to its unusual structure and enhanced catalytic and cytotoxic activities. Topological index is a numerical value which is associated with the molecular structure. It is very helpful to predict physio-chemical properties and Quantitative structure-activity relationship and Quantitative structure-property relationship modeling. We study the supramolecular chain (Sc) in the dialkyl tin of complexes 2, 3 and 4 of NsLv to better understand this structure and its topological index-related characteristics. Additionally, we compare topological indices and analyze how these structures relate to one another using concrete examples.
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- Xiujun Zhang
- School of Computer Science, Chengdu University, Chengdu, China
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- Muslim Model Girls Higher Secondary School Zafarwal, Narowal, Pakistan
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- Punjab School Education Department, Govt Higher Secondary School Nangal Sahdan Muridke, Sheikhupura, Pakistan
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- Punjab School Education Department, Govt Higher Secondary School Nangal Sahdan Muridke, Sheikhupura, Pakistan
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Zeeshan M, Schumann P, Pabst S, Ruhl AS. Transformation of potentially persistent and mobile organic micropollutants in column experiments. Heliyon 2023; 9:e15822. [PMID: 37159681 PMCID: PMC10163653 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2023] [Revised: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/11/2023] Open
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The occurrence of potentially persistent and mobile (PM) organic micropollutants (OMP) in the aquatic environment is recognized as a severe threat to water resources and drinking water suppliers. The current study investigated long-term fate (persistency and bio-transformation) of several emerging contaminants in a simulated bank filtration (BF) for the first time. In parallel, four sand column systems were operated with groundwater and continuously spiked with an average concentration of 1 μg/L for 24 OMP. Each column system consisted of two sand columns connected in series. Presumably, biological activities in the first column were higher than in the second column, as dissolved oxygen utilization, dissolved organic matter (DOM) and UV absorbance at 254 nm (UV254) reduction rates were high in the first column. This study revealed that 9 out of 24 OMP were persistent and mobile throughout the study under oxic conditions and within a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 12 days. However, 2 (out of 9) OMP were persistent but showed sorption behavior. 15 (out of 24) OMP displayed bio-transformation, 4 were eliminated entirely within 4.5 days of HRT. Others showed constant or improved degradation with the adaptation (or operation) time. Improved degradation with adaption was high in the bioactive sand columns. However, 8 OMP showed improved elimination at high HRT, even in low biologically active columns. In addition, no significant effect of the DOM on the eliminations of OMP was found except for 4-hydroxy-1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2,2,6,6,-tetramethylpiperidine (HHTMP), 2-methyl-2-propene-1-sulfonic acid (MPSA) and sulfamethoxazole (SMX). The eliminations of HHTMP (Pearson's r > 0.80, p < 0.05), MPSA (Pearson's r > 0.70) and SMX (Pearson's r > 0.80) correlated with the removals of humic substances in the sand columns. Overall, adaptation time and HRT play a crucial role in the elimination of emerging OMP through BF, yet at the same time several OMP exhibit persistent behavior.
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- Muhammad Zeeshan
- German Environment Agency, Section II 3.3, Schichauweg 58, 12307, Berlin, Germany
- Technische Universität Berlin, Water Treatment, KF4, Str. des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany
- Corresponding author. German Environment Agency, Section II 3.3, Schichauweg 58, 12307, Berlin, Germany.
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- German Environment Agency, Section II 3.3, Schichauweg 58, 12307, Berlin, Germany
- Technische Universität Berlin, Water Treatment, KF4, Str. des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- German Environment Agency, Section II 3.1, Schichauweg 58, 12307, Berlin, Germany
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- German Environment Agency, Section II 3.3, Schichauweg 58, 12307, Berlin, Germany
- Technische Universität Berlin, Water Treatment, KF4, Str. des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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Sharif S, Rehman SU, Ahmad Z, Albadry OM, Zeeshan M. Consumer quality management for beverage food products: analyzing consumer’ perceptions toward repurchase intention. TQM 2023. [DOI: 10.1108/tqm-01-2022-0012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/07/2023]
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PurposeThe research on consumerism has been dramatically rising in recent decades. However, in the food industry, little research has been empirically conducted in the beverage industry. This research empirically tests the consequences of consumer perceptions: perceived price (PPR), perceived quality (PQ), perceived packaging (PPG) and perceived taste (PT) on repurchase intention (RI) particularly; it unveils the consumer attributes, e.g. gender, age and ethnicity between consumer perceptions and RI of the consumers.Design/methodology/approachThe data were collected from 403 consumers of the beverage industry (e.g. Nestle, Mitchell's Fruit Farms, Murree Brewery and OMORE) in Pakistan. The researchers used online survey questionnaires followed by a cross-sectional approach because data collection physically was not possible due to COVID-19.FindingsData were analyzed by Smart partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) 3.3.3, and the results supported the significant influence of consumer perceptions separately, e.g. PPR, PQ, PPG and PT on RI. Additionally, gender, age and ethnicity were found to have a moderating role between consumer perceptions and RI, so, the truth of having consumer attributes has been revealed.Practical implicationsThe managers of beverage industries should provide ethical and operational strategies to tackle consumer's problems based on cultural norms. Furthermore, they should make sensible measures for the quality branding of the beverage products. In this way, the consumers will have a better experience of quality, price, taste and packaging, in turn, to RI.Originality/valueThis research targeted the beverage industry that needs facts and figures based on consumer attributes, e.g. age, gender and ethnicity. This research also disclosed the behaviors of consumers according to their gender, age and area of residence.
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Minghua W, Tao Y, Zeeshan M, Rehman A. Supplier transaction, TMT characteristics, and the persistence of earnings: do their relationship contribute towards sustainable performance of Chinese listed manufacturing sector firms? Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2023; 30:53847-53861. [PMID: 36867336 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-25742-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 02/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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The construction of supplier transaction is one of the strategic choices of many firms. However, the impact of business strategies on the persistence of earnings remains to be further investigated. The innovation of this paper lies in interpreting the impact of supplier transaction on earnings persistence from the perspective of characteristics of the top management team (TMT). We consider Chinese listed manufacturing firms from 2012 to 2019 to examine the relationship between the supplier transaction and the persistence of earnings. Statistical results show that supplier transaction characteristics of the TMT have a significant moderating effect on the relationship between the supplier transaction and the persistence of earnings. This implies that the behavior of TMT can be vital to the firm in maintaining sustainable performance. The higher age level or longer average tenure of TMT can significantly improve the positive effect of the supplier transaction tenure heterogeneity of TMT that will significantly improve the negative effect. This paper expands the literature on supplier relationship, and corporate earnings from a new perspective that improves the empirical evidence of the upper echelons theory, and also provides evidence support for the construction of supplier relationship and TMT.
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- Wang Minghua
- College of Business Administration, Liaoning Technical University, Xingcheng, 125105, Liaoning, China
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- College of Business Administration, Liaoning Technical University, Xingcheng, 125105, Liaoning, China
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- College of Business Administration, Liaoning Technical University, Xingcheng, 125105, Liaoning, China.
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- Faculty of Management Sciences, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Khan AH, Min L, Ma Y, Zeeshan M, Jin S, Zhang X. High-temperature stress in crops: male sterility, yield loss and potential remedy approaches. Plant Biotechnol J 2023; 21:680-697. [PMID: 36221230 PMCID: PMC10037161 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2022] [Revised: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Global food security is one of the utmost essential challenges in the 21st century in providing enough food for the growing population while coping with the already stressed environment. High temperature (HT) is one of the main factors affecting plant growth, development and reproduction and causes male sterility in plants. In male reproductive tissues, metabolic changes induced by HT involve carbohydrates, lipids, hormones, epigenetics and reactive oxygen species, leading to male sterility and ultimately reducing yield. Understanding the mechanism and genes involved in these pathways during the HT stress response will provide a new path to improve crops by using molecular breeding and biotechnological approaches. Moreover, this review provides insight into male sterility and integrates this with suggested strategies to enhance crop tolerance under HT stress conditions at the reproductive stage.
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- Aamir Hamid Khan
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement & Hubei Hongshan LaboratoryHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement & Hubei Hongshan LaboratoryHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement & Hubei Hongshan LaboratoryHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory for Agro‐Environment and Agro‐Product Safety, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, College of AgricultureGuanxi UniversityNanningChina
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement & Hubei Hongshan LaboratoryHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement & Hubei Hongshan LaboratoryHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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Zeshan M, Zeeshan M, Sherif ESM, Ansari MZ, Farid HMT. Synergistic enhancement of electromagnetic wave absorbance in spinel ferrite–polypyrrole composites. Appl Nanosci 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s13204-023-02827-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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Gul Z, Salman M, Khan S, Shehzad A, Ullah H, Irshad M, Zeeshan M, Batool S, Ahmed M, Altaf AA. Single Organic Ligands Act as a Bifunctional Sensor for Subsequent Detection of Metal and Cyanide Ions, a Statistical Approach toward Coordination and Sensitivity. Crit Rev Anal Chem 2023:1-17. [PMID: 36913240 DOI: 10.1080/10408347.2023.2186165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/14/2023]
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The detection of key ions in environmental samples has garnered significant attention in recent years in the pursuit of a cleaner environment for living organisms. Bifunctional and multifunctional sensors, as opposed to single-species sensors, have emerged as a rapidly developing field. Many reports in the literature have documented the use of bifunctional sensors for the subsequent detection of metal and cyanide ions. These sensors, consisting of simple organic ligands, form coordination compounds with transition metal ions, resulting in clear visible or fluorescent changes that facilitate detection. In some cases, a single polymeric material can act as a ligand and coordinate with metal ions, forming a complex that serves as a sensor for cyanide ion detection in biological and environmental samples through various mechanisms. Nitrogen is the most dominant coordinating site in these bifunctional sensors, with the sensitivity of the sensors being directly proportional to the denticities of ligands for metal ions, while for cyanide ions the sensitivity was found independent of the denticity of the ligands. This review covers the progress made in the field over the past fifteen years (2007-2022), with most ligands detecting copper (II) and cyanide ions, but with the capability to detect other metals such as iron, mercury, and cobalt as well.
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- Zarif Gul
- Department of Chemistry, University of Okara, Okara, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Malakand, Chakdara, Pakistan
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- Center for Chemistry, University of Swat, KPK, Charbagh, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Okara, Okara, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Okara, Okara, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Okara, Okara, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Okara, Okara, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Okara, Okara, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Okara, Okara, Punjab, Pakistan.,Department of Food Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
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Zeeshan M, Hu H, Etemadi E. Geometric Analysis of Three-Dimensional Woven Fabric with in-Plane Auxetic Behavior. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:polym15051326. [PMID: 36904567 PMCID: PMC10007303 DOI: 10.3390/polym15051326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2023] [Revised: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 03/09/2023] Open
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Auxetic textiles are emerging as an enticing option for many advanced applications due to their unique deformation behavior under tensile loading. This study reports the geometrical analysis of three-dimensional (3D) auxetic woven structures based on semi-empirical equations. The 3D woven fabric was developed with a special geometrical arrangement of warp (multi-filament polyester), binding (polyester-wrapped polyurethane), and weft yarns (polyester-wrapped polyurethane) to achieve an auxetic effect. The auxetic geometry, the unit cell resembling a re-entrant hexagon, was modeled at the micro-level in terms of the yarn's parameters. The geometrical model was used to establish a relationship between the Poisson's ratio (PR) and the tensile strain when it was stretched along the warp direction. For validation of the model, the experimental results of the developed woven fabrics were correlated with the calculated results from the geometrical analysis. It was found that the calculated results were in good agreement with the experimental results. After experimental validation, the model was used to calculate and discuss critical parameters that affect the auxetic behavior of the structure. Thus, geometrical analysis is believed to be helpful in predicting the auxetic behavior of 3D woven fabrics with different structural parameters.
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- Muhammad Zeeshan
- School of Fashion and Textiles, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Fashion and Textiles, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
- Research Institute for Intelligent Wearable Systems, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Fashion and Textiles, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar 9617976487, Iran
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Khan M, Anis S, Ahmad S, Zeeshan M. Computational bipolar fuzzy soft matrices with applications in decision making problems. IFS 2023. [DOI: 10.3233/jifs-221569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/07/2023]
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A fuzzy soft matrix is a type of mathematical matrix that combines the principles of fuzzy set theory and soft set theory. It is used to handle uncertainty and vagueness in decision-making problems. Fuzzy soft matrix theory cannot handle negative information. To overcome this difficulty, we define the notion of bipolar fuzzy soft (BFS) matrices and study their fundamental properties. We define products of BFS matrices and investigate some useful properties and results. We also give an application of bipolar fuzzy soft matrices to decision-making problems. We propose a decision-making algorithm based on computer programs under the environment of the bipolar fuzzy soft sets.
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- Madad Khan
- Department of Mathematics, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan
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- Department of Mathematics, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan
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- Department of Mathematics, Abbottabad University of Science and Technology, Havelian, Pakistan
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- Department of Mathematics, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan
- Department of Mathematics, The University of Agriculture, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
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Pandit V, Brown T, Bhogadi SK, Kempe K, Zeeshan M, Bikk A, Tan TW, Nelson P. The association of racial and ethnic disparities and frailty in geriatric patients undergoing revascularization for peripheral artery disease. Semin Vasc Surg 2023; 36:78-83. [PMID: 36958901 DOI: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2023.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2022] [Revised: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Frailty is defined as a state of decreased physiologic reserve contributing to functional decline and adverse outcomes. Racial disparities in frail patients have been described sparsely in the literature. We aimed to assess whether race influences frailty status in geriatric patients undergoing revascularization for peripheral artery disease (PAD) with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI). A 5-year analysis of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database included all geriatric (65 years and older) patients who underwent revascularization for lower extremity PAD with CLTI. The frailty index was calculated using a 11-variable modified frailty index and a cutoff of 0.27 indicated frail status. The primary outcome was an association of race or ethnicity with frailty status. We included 7,837 geriatric patients who underwent a surgical procedure (open: 55.2%) for PAD with CLTI. Mean age of patients was 75.4 years, 63.8% were male, 24.1% (n = 1,889) were frail, and 21.8% (n = 1,710) were African American (AA). Overall complication rate was 11.2% (n = 909) and overall mortality rate was 1.9% (n = 148). AA patients were more likely to be frail than White patients (29.6% v 23.9%; P = .03). AA and Hispanic patients were more likely to have complications (P = .03 and P = .001) and require readmission (P = .015 and P = .001) compared with White and non-Hispanic patients, respectively. Frail AA and frail Hispanic patients were more likely to have 30-day complications and readmission compared with frail White and frail non-Hispanic patients, respectively. Race and ethnicity influence frailty status in geriatric patients with PAD and CLTI. These disparities exist regardless of age, sex, comorbid conditions, and type of operative procedure. Additional studies are needed to highlight disparities by race and ethnicity to identify potentially modifiable risk factors to improve outcomes.
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- Viraj Pandit
- Department of Surgery, Central California Veterans Health Care System, Fresno, Surgical Service 112, 2615 E Clinton Avenue, Fresno, CA, 93703.
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- Division of Trauma, Critical Care, Burns, and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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- Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine, Tulsa, OK
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- Department of Surgery, Central California Veterans Health Care System, Fresno, Surgical Service 112, 2615 E Clinton Avenue, Fresno, CA, 93703
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine, Tulsa, OK
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Hameed A, Ishtiaq F, Zeeshan M, Akhtar S, Ismail T, Ahmad RS, Amir M, Anwar MJ. Combined antidiabetic potential of camel milk yogurt with Cinnamomum verum and Stevia rebaudiana by using rodent modelling. J Food Sci Technol 2023; 60:1175-1184. [PMID: 36908342 PMCID: PMC9998783 DOI: 10.1007/s13197-023-05671-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 01/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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This study aimed to evaluate anti-diabetic potential of functional camel milk yogurt enriched with Cinnamomum verum and Stevia rebaudiana that not only mask its peculiar flavour rather have an antidiabetic effect as well. Sixty-three pathogen free STZ-induced albino Wistar rats were categorized into 7 groups on the basis of treatments. From each treatment group three animals were dissected periodically at 0, 7 and 21 days of study to determine the effect of all treatments on physicochemical parameters, serum glucose, serum chemistry and haematology. The study revealed that the mean blood glucose level in the untreated control group was within normal range (100-108 mg/dl) while there was noticeable decrease in mean blood glucose level of all the treated groups during three weeks' trial. Decline in blood glucose level (46%) was higher in animal group containing functional camel milk yogurt (T4) at 3rd week of trial as compared to other treatments.
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- Aneela Hameed
- Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60,800 Pakistan
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- Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60,800 Pakistan
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- Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60,800 Pakistan
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- Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60,800 Pakistan
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- Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60,800 Pakistan
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- Institute of Home and Food Science, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60,800 Pakistan
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- Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60,800 Pakistan
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Ullah A, Zhao C, Zhang M, Sun C, Liu X, Hu J, Zeeshan M, Zaid A, Dai T, Tian Z. Nitrogen enhances the effect of pre-drought priming against post-anthesis drought stress by regulating starch and protein formation in wheat. Physiol Plant 2023; 175:e13907. [PMID: 37039612 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2022] [Revised: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Drought stress is one of the most serious environmental stress factor constraining crop production across the globe. Among cereals, wheat grains are very sensitive to drought as a small degree of stress can affect the enzymatic system. This study aimed to investigate whether nitrogen and pre-anthesis drought priming could enhance the action of major regulatory enzymes involved in starch accumulation and protein synthesis in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). For this purpose, cultivars YM-158 (medium gluten) and YM-22 (low gluten) were grown in rain-controlled conditions under two nitrogen levels, that is, N180 (N1) and N300 (N2). Drought priming was applied at the jointing stage and drought stress was applied 7 days after anthesis. Drought stress reduced starch content but enhanced protein content in grains. N2 and primed plants kept higher contents of nonstructural carbohydrates, fructans, and sucrose; with higher activity of sucrose-phosphate synthase in flag leaves. Furthermore, N2 and priming treatments showed higher sink ability to develop grains by showing higher sucrose-to-starch conversion activities of adenosine diphosphate-glucose pyrophosphorylase, uridine diphosphate glucose pyrophosphorylase, sucrose-synthase, soluble-starch synthase, starch branching enzyme, and granule-bound starch synthase as compared to N1 and non-primed treatments. The application of N2 and primed treatment showed a greater ability to maintain grain filling in both cultivars as compared to N1 and non-primed crops. Our study suggested that high nitrogen has the potential to enhance the effect of pre-drought priming to change source-sink relationships and grain yield of wheat under drought stress during the filling process.
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- Attiq Ullah
- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Production Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Production Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Production Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Production Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Production Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Production Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology of the Ministry of Education, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- Henry Fork School of Biology and Agriculture, Shaoguan University, Shaoguan, China
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- Department of Botany, Government Gandhi Memorial Science College, Cluster University, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Production Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Production Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Rao H, Ahmad S, Y.Aati H, Basit A, Ahmad I, Ahmad Ghalloo B, Nadeem Shehzad M, Nazar R, Zeeshan M, Nasim J, ur Rehman Khan K. Phytochemical screening, biological evaluation, and molecular docking studies of aerial parts of Trigonella hamosa (branched Fenugreek). ARAB J CHEM 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2023.104795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/17/2023] Open
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Zeeshan M, Hu YX, Guo XH, Sun CY, Salam A, Ahmad S, Muhammad I, Nasar J, Jahan MS, Fahad S, Zhou XB. Physiological and transcriptomic study reveal SeNPs-mediated AsIII stress detoxification mechanisms involved modulation of antioxidants, metal transporters, and transcription factors in Glycine max L. (Merr.) roots. Environ Pollut 2023; 317:120637. [PMID: 36400144 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2022] [Revised: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Physiological changes and genome-wide alteration in gene expression were performed in soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) roots exposed to AsⅢ (25 μmol/L) alone and supplemented with selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) at the concentration of 10 and 25 μmol/L at the V2 growth stage. Excessive arsenic in the root zone poses a potential threat to soybean yield, particularly to roots, due to the limited translocation of AsIII from root to shoot in the case of soybean. We hypothesized that SeNPs can relieve AsⅢ toxicity to soybean root by reducing the AsⅢ uptake and regulating the internal tolerance mechanism of the plants. Results accomplished that SeNPs had positive impact on soybean dry weight and roots parameters under AsⅢ stress. Then, we further evaluated physiological indexes, whole genome transcriptomic analysis and quantitative real-time PCR to elucidate the underlying mechanism of AsⅢ tolerance under SeNPs supplementation. Under the condition of AsⅢ-stress, SeNPs exposure significantly reduced the electrolyte leakage, O2-•, H2O2 and MDA accumulation while increasing the antioxidants level. The RNA-seq dataset revealed total of 5819 up and 7231 down expressed DEGs across all libraries. The number of exclusively regulated genes were higher under As + SeNP10 (4909) treatment than in the AsⅢ-alone (4830) and As + SeNP25 (3311) treatments. The KEGG and GO analyses revealed that stress responsive DEGs such as glutathione S-transferase, glutathione peroxidase, ascorbate, glutaredoxin, thioredoxin, and phytochelatins synthase are responsible for AsⅢ tolerance under the SeNPs supplementation. Similarly, sulfate transporter, and ABC transporters (ATP-binding cassettes) expression were induced, and aquaporin channels related DEGs expression were reduced under SeNPs application in AsⅢ exposure condition. Furthermore, the expression of molecular chaperones (HSP) and transcription factors (MYB, bZIP, bHLH, and HSFs) were increased in SeNPs treatment groups. These results provide vital information of AsⅢ tolerance mechanism in response to SeNPs in soybean. We suggest that functional characterization of these genes will help us learn more about the SeNPs responsive arsenic tolerance mechanism in soybean.
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- Muhammad Zeeshan
- Guangxi Key Laboratory for Agro-Environment and Agro-Product Safety, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China; Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology of the Ministry of Education, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; Henry Fok School of Biology and Agriculture, Shaoguan University, Shaoguan 512005, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory for Agro-Environment and Agro-Product Safety, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- Cash Crops Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory for Agro-Environment and Agro-Product Safety, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- Zhejiang Key Lab of Crop Germplasm, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory for Agro-Environment and Agro-Product Safety, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory for Agro-Environment and Agro-Product Safety, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory for Agro-Environment and Agro-Product Safety, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory for Agro-Environment and Agro-Product Safety, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- Department of Agronomy, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 23200, Pakistan
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory for Agro-Environment and Agro-Product Safety, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China.
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Chang H, Veith FJ, Laskowski I, Maldonado TS, Butler JR, Jacobowitz GR, Rockman CB, Zeeshan M, Ventarola DJ, Cayne NS, Lui A, Mateo R, Babu S, Goyal A, Garg K. Renal transplant recipients undergoing endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair have increased risk of perioperative acute kidney injury but no difference in late mortality. J Vasc Surg 2023; 77:1396-1404.e3. [PMID: 36626957 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2022.12.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Revised: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 12/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Renal transplant is associated with substantial survival advantage in patients with end-stage renal disease. However, little is known about the outcomes of renal transplant recipients (RTRs) after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR). This study aimed to study the effect of renal transplant on perioperative outcomes and long-term survival after elective infrarenal EVAR. METHODS The Vascular Quality Initiative database was queried for all patients undergoing elective EVAR from 2003 to 2021. Functioning RTRs were compared with non-renal transplant recipients without a diagnosis of end-stage renal disease (non-RTRs). The outcomes included 30-day mortality, acute kidney injury (AKI), new renal failure requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT), endoleak, aortic-related reintervention, major adverse cardiac events, and 5-year survival. A logistic regression analysis was used to assess the association between RTRs and perioperative outcomes. RESULTS Of 60,522 patients undergoing elective EVAR, 180 (0.3%) were RTRs. RTRs were younger (median, 71 years vs 74.5 years; P < .001), with higher incidence of hypertension (92% vs 84%; P = .004) and diabetes (29% vs 21%; P = .005). RTRs had higher median preoperative serum creatinine (1.3 mg/dL vs 1.0 mg/dL; P < .001) and lower estimated glomerular filtration rate (51.6 mL/min vs 69.4 mL/min; P < .001). There was no difference in the abdominal aortic aneurysm diameter and incidence of concurrent iliac aneurysms. Procedurally, RTRs were more likely to undergo general anesthesia with lower amount of contrast used (median, 68.6 mL vs 94.8 ml; P < .001) and higher crystalloid infusion (median, 1700 mL vs 1500 mL; P = .039), but no difference was observed in the incidence of open conversion, endoleak, operative time, and blood loss. Postoperatively, RTRs experienced a higher rate of AKI (9.4% vs 2.7%; P < .001), but the need for new RRT was similar (1.1% vs 0.4%; P = .15). There was no difference in the rates of postoperative mortality, aortic-related reintervention, and major adverse cardiac events. After adjustment for potential confounders, RTRs remained associated with increased odds of postoperative AKI (odds ratio, 3.33; 95% confidence interval, 1.93-5.76; P < .001) but had no association with other postoperative complications. A subgroup analysis identified that diabetes (odds ratio, 4.21; 95% confidence interval, 1.17-15.14; P = .02) is associated with increased odds of postoperative AKI among RTRs. At 5 years, the overall survival rates were similar (83.4% vs 80%; log-rank P = .235). CONCLUSIONS Among patients undergoing elective infrarenal EVAR, RTRs were independently associated with increased odds of postoperative AKI, without increased postoperative renal failure requiring RRT, mortality, endoleak, aortic-related reintervention, or major adverse cardiac events. Furthermore, 5-year survival was similar. As such, while EVAR may confer comparable benefits and technical success perioperatively, RTRs should have aggressive and maximally optimized renal protection to mitigate the risk of postoperative AKI.
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- Heepeel Chang
- Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY.
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- Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
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- Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
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- Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
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- Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
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- Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY
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- New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
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- Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
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- Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
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- Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
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- Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY
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Noman SM, Zeeshan M, Arshad J, Deressa Amentie M, Shafiq M, Yuan Y, Zeng M, Li X, Xie Q, Jiao X. Machine Learning Techniques for Antimicrobial Resistance Prediction of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa from Whole Genome Sequence Data. Comput Intell Neurosci 2023; 2023:5236168. [PMID: 36909968 PMCID: PMC9995192 DOI: 10.1155/2023/5236168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Revised: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2023]
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AIM Due to the growing availability of genomic datasets, machine learning models have shown impressive diagnostic potential in identifying emerging and reemerging pathogens. This study aims to use machine learning techniques to develop and compare a model for predicting bacterial resistance to a panel of 12 classes of antibiotics using whole genome sequence (WGS) data of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. METHOD A machine learning technique called Random Forest (RF) and BioWeka was used for classification accuracy assessment and logistic regression (LR) for statistical analysis. RESULTS Our results show 44.66% of isolates were resistant to twelve antimicrobial agents and 55.33% were sensitive. The mean classification accuracy was obtained ≥98% for BioWeka and ≥96 for RF on these families of antimicrobials. Where ampicillin was 99.31% and 94.00%, amoxicillin was 99.02% and 95.21%, meropenem was 98.27% and 96.63%, cefepime was 99.73% and 98.34%, fosfomycin was 96.44% and 99.23%, ceftazidime was 98.63% and 94.31%, chloramphenicol was 98.71% and 96.00%, erythromycin was 95.76% and 97.63%, tetracycline was 99.27% and 98.25%, gentamycin was 98.00% and 97.30%, butirosin was 99.57% and 98.03%, and ciprofloxacin was 96.17% and 98.97% with 10-fold-cross validation. In addition, out of twelve, eight drugs have found no false-positive and false-negative bacterial strains. CONCLUSION The ability to accurately detect antibiotic resistance could help clinicians make educated decisions about empiric therapy based on the local antibiotic resistance pattern. Moreover, infection prevention may have major consequences if such prescribing practices become widespread for human health.
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- Sohail M. Noman
- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, China
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Al-Nafees Medical College and Hospital, Isra University, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Comsats University Islamabad, Lahore Campus 44000, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, China
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, China
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, China
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, China
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, China
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, China
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Sun C, Guo Q, Zeeshan M, Milham P, Qin S, Ma J, Yang Y, Lai H, Huang J. Dual RNA and 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing reveal arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-mediated mitigation of selenate stress in Zea mays L. and reshaping of soil microbiota. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2022; 247:114217. [PMID: 36306613 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.114217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2022] [Revised: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Excessively high concentrations of selenium (Se) in soil are toxic to crop plants, and inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can reverse Se stress in maize (Zea mays L.). To investigate the underlying mechanisms, maize seedlings were treated with sodium selenate (5 mg Se[VI] kg-1) and/or AMF (Funneliformis mosseae and Claroideoglomus etunicatum). Dual RNA sequencing in mycorrhiza and 16 S ribosomal DNA sequencing in soil were performed. The results showed that Se(VI) application alone decreased plant dry weight, but increased plant Se concentration, total Se content (mainly selenocysteine), and root superoxide content. Inoculation with either F. mosseae or C. etunicatum increased plant dry weight, decreased Se accumulation and selenocysteine proportion, enhanced root peroxidase activity, and alleviated oxidative stress in Se(VI)-treated plants. Inoculation also downregulated the expression of genes encoding Se transporters, assimilation enzymes, and cysteine-rich receptor-like kinases in Se(VI)-stressed plants, similar to plant-pathogen interaction and glutathione metabolism related genes. Conversely, genes encoding selenium-binding proteins and those related to phenylpropanoid biosynthesis were upregulated in inoculated plants under Se(VI) stress. Compared with Se(VI)-free plants, Se tolerance index, symbiotic feedback percentage on plant dry weight, and root colonization rate were all increased in inoculated plants under Se(VI) stress, corresponding to upregulated expression of 'key genes' in symbiosis. AMF inoculation increased bacterial diversity, decreased the relative abundances of selenobacteria related to plant Se absorption (e.g., Proteobacteria and Firmicutes), and improved bacterial network complexity in Se(VI)-stressed soils. We suggest that stress-mediated enhancement of mycorrhizal symbiosis contributed to plant Se(VI) tolerance, whereas AMF-mediated reshaping of soil bacterial community structure prevented excessive Se accumulation in maize.
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- Chenyu Sun
- Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China; College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; National Demonstration Center for Experimental Plant Science Education, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China; National Demonstration Center for Experimental Plant Science Education, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Penrith, New South Wales 2751, Australia
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- Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China; National Demonstration Center for Experimental Plant Science Education, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
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- Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China; National Demonstration Center for Experimental Plant Science Education, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
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- Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China; National Demonstration Center for Experimental Plant Science Education, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China; National Demonstration Center for Experimental Plant Science Education, College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, China.
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Nasiruddin, Chen G, Li X, Minghui J, Masood T, Safir W, Khan MA, Numan M, Khan A, Zeeshan M, Zeb S. Comparison of Phytochemical Constituents and Pharmacological Activities of Various Solvent Extracts Obtained from Millettia speciosa Stem Powder. Biomed Res Int 2022; 2022:2486979. [PMID: 36440354 PMCID: PMC9683946 DOI: 10.1155/2022/2486979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Revised: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 07/27/2023]
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Millettia speciosa is a plant extensively used as an important component in Chinese herbal medicine and food-based medicines. The present study was carried out to determine the total flavonoid content (TFC), volatile phytoconstituents, and pharmacological activities, i.e., antityrosinase, sunscreen, and anticancer activity, of different fractions of M. speciosa stem. Different organic solvents of increasing polarity, i.e., petroleum ether (PE), ethyl acetate (EtOAc), and methanol (MeOH), were used for extraction. The highest total flavonoid content, i.e., 48.30 ± 0.90%, was reported for PE extract. Various important phytocomponents were revealed by gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS) analysis. Based on abundance, the major compounds were n-hexadecanoic acid (16.654%), n-hexadecanoic acid (14.808%), and beta-sitosterol (6.298%) for PE, EtOAc, and MeOH extract, respectively. The significant antityrosinase activity, i.e., 70.97 ± 0.66%, with an IC50 value of 4.58 mg/mL was noted for PE extract followed by EtOAc extract, i.e., 59.84 ± 0.67%, with IC50 value of 6.10 mg/mL. The maximum sunscreen activity was reported for PE extract exhibiting the maximum absorbance value (0.633 ± 0.06) in the ultraviolet (UV) region, i.e., UVC, while EtOAc extract showed the second highest level of absorbance in the UVB range, i.e., 0.632 ± 0.07. The strongest anticancer activity (49.73 ± 0.49% cell viability) towards MCF-7 breast cancer cell line was reported for PE extract with IC50 197.51 μg/mL. Our results confirmed the presence of potential therapeutic components for each extract with significant biological functions, showing the importance of the M. speciosa stem as a source of biomedicine. To our knowledge, this is the first report on M. speciosa stem extending comprehensive research about its phytochemical profile and various significant pharmacological activities.
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- Nasiruddin
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Plant Chemistry of Hainan Province, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571127, China
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571158, China
- Agriculture Research Institute, Tarnab, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Plant Chemistry of Hainan Province, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571127, China
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571158, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Plant Chemistry of Hainan Province, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571127, China
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571158, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Plant Chemistry of Hainan Province, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571127, China
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Medicinal Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571158, China
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- Department of Agriculture Chemistry, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Xinjiang University, China
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- Department of Horticulture, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Pakistan
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- Agriculture Research Institute, Tarnab, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Agriculture Research Institute, Tarnab, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Agriculture Research Institute, Tarnab, Peshawar, Pakistan
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Fida S, Haydar S, Zeeshan M. Fouling reduction in nanofiltration membranes in the treatment of municipal sewage - effect of coagulant type used for prior chemically enhanced primary treatment. Water Sci Technol 2022; 86:2375-2384. [PMID: 36378186 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2022.340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The limiting factor in wide-scale application of membranes for wastewater treatment is membrane fouling. Coagulation has emerged as an effective technique for fouling control. In this research, municipal wastewater was treated using a two-stage treatment. In stage-1, chemically enhanced primary treatment (CEPT) was rendered using an optimum dose of two coagulants, i.e. alum, ferric chloride and a 1:1 mix of both. The optimum doses for coagulants were determined using a jar test. In stage-2, a nanofiltration (NF) membrane was used to further treat the effluent from stage-1. In CEPT, the 1:1 mixture of coagulants showed maximum removals, i.e. 75-77% for the total suspended solids and 73-75% for the chemical oxygen demand (COD). Stage-2 provided 85-95% removals for turbidity (0.88 nephelometric turbidity units), COD (41 mg/L), total dissolved solids (101 mg/L), hardness (11 mg/L as CaCO3), chlorides (80 mg/L), and heavy metals (copper [0.03 mg/L] and lead [0.02 mg/L]). The operational time of the NF membrane was 46 min, 55 min and 70 min using alum, ferric chloride, and mix (1:1), respectively. Significant reduction was observed in membrane fouling for 1:1 mixture of coagulants. The effluent met the US Environmental Protection Agency guidelines for non-potable reuse.
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- Sadia Fida
- Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila 47080, Pakistan E-mail:
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering and Research, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
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- German Environment Agency, Section II 3.3, Schichauweg 58, Berlin 12307, Germany; Technische Universität Berlin, Water Treatment, KF4, Str. des 17. Juni 135, Berlin 10623, Germany
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Rehman HFU, Zaneb H, Masood S, Yousaf MS, Hayat K, Majeed KA, Zeeshan M, Ashraf S, Khan I, Khan A, Rehman H. Effect of Selenium Nanoparticles and Mannan Oligosaccharide Supplementation on Growth Performance, Stress Indicators, and Intestinal Microarchitecture of Broilers Reared under High Stocking Density. Animals (Basel) 2022; 12:ani12212910. [PMID: 36359034 PMCID: PMC9654113 DOI: 10.3390/ani12212910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2022] [Revised: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The current study investigated the potential of selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) and mannan-oligosaccharide (MOS) supplementation in ameliorating high stocking density (HSD) stress in broilers. A total of 392 day-old male chicks were divided into seven groups with eight replicates (n = 7): NSD [basal diet (BD) + normal stocking density: 10 bird/m2], HSD [BD + high stocking density: 16 bird/m2], Se−HSD [BD + Selenium (Se) 0.15 mg/kg], MOS−HSD (BD + MOS 5 gm/kg), Se−MOS−HSD (BD + Se 0.15 mg/kg and MOS 5 gm/kg), SeNPs−HSD (BD + SeNPs 0.15 mg/kg) and SeNPs−MOS−HSD (BD + SeNPs 0.15 mg/kg and MOS-5 gm/kg). HSD stress decreased (p < 0.05) weekly body weight and body weight gain and increased (p < 0.05) FCR compared to the NSD group. Supplementation with SeNPs and the SeNPs−MOS combination improved (p < 0.05) the weekly body weight and FCR in HSD-stressed broilers during the 5th and 6th weeks. On day 21, HSD stress decreased (p < 0.05) duodenal villus height (VH) and villus surface area (VSA) and increased (p < 0.05) serum corticosterone and cholesterol compared to the NSD group. Supplementation with the SeNPs−MOS combination increased (p < 0.05) duodenal VH and VH:CD, and jejunal total goblet cell (TGC) density and decreased (p < 0.05) serum corticosterone and cholesterol and ileal intra-epithelial lymphocyte (IEL) density in HSD-stressed broilers. On day 42, HSD stress decreased (p < 0.05) duodenal and jejunal VH, VSA, VH:CD, PCNA positive cell density and TGC density, Ileal VSA and TGC density, and increased (p < 0.05) serum cholesterol and ileal IEL density compared to the NSD group. Supplementation with the SeNPs−MOS combination increased (p < 0.05) spleen and bursa absolute weights, duodenal VH, VSA, VH:CD, PCNA positive cell density and jejunal VH, VH:CD, and decreased (p < 0.05) serum cholesterol and ileal IEL density in HSD-stressed broilers. Our findings signify that HSD is stressful for broilers particularly during the finishing phase. Supplementation with the SeNPs−MOS combination mitigated HSD stress by partially improving the gut microarchitecture, gut barrier function and performance indicators.
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- Hafiz Faseeh ur Rehman
- Department of Anatomy and Histology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
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- Department of Anatomy and Histology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
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- Department of Anatomy and Histology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
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- Department of Physiology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
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- Department of Anatomy and Histology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
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- Department of Physiology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
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- Department of Anatomy and Histology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
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- Department of Anatomy and Histology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
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- College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan 23200, Pakistan
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- Institute of Chemical Sciences, University of Peshawar, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan
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- Department of Physiology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
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Liu Y, Xiao Q, Han X, Zeeshan M, Fang Z, Dou Z. Effect of aerial application of adjuvants on pepper defoliant droplet deposition and efficacy of defoliation sprayed by unmanned aerial vehicles. Front Plant Sci 2022; 13:917462. [PMID: 36160975 PMCID: PMC9493439 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.917462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Defoliant spraying is an important aspect of the mechanized processing of pepper harvesting. Complete and uniform spraying of defoliant could improve the quality of defoliation and reduce the impurity content in processing pepper. In this study, we assessed the effect of aerial spraying of adjuvants on physicochemical properties of defoliant solution and droplet deposition when using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for defoliation spraying. The results showed that Puliwang was a better aerial spray adjuvant suitable for spraying defoliants for processing pepper using UAVs, with a higher defoliation rate and better droplet deposition. Although the YS-20 adjuvant had a higher droplet deposition amount (0.72 μg/cm2) in the middle layer, its performance was poor in droplet size, density, and coverage. The size and density of the droplets added with the Manniu were basically the same as the Puliwang, even the distribution uniformity was better (the CV of the upper canopy layer was only 33.6%), but the coverage rate was poor. In the treatment with AS-901N, there was no marked increase in droplet size, so evaporation and drift were not improved, eventually resulting in a lower defoliation rate. Puliwang had the highest comprehensive score, followed by AS-910N, YS-20, and Manniu.
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Nasar J, Wang GY, Ahmad S, Muhammad I, Zeeshan M, Gitari H, Adnan M, Fahad S, Khalid MHB, Zhou XB, Abdelsalam NR, Ahmed GA, Hasan ME. Nitrogen fertilization coupled with iron foliar application improves the photosynthetic characteristics, photosynthetic nitrogen use efficiency, and the related enzymes of maize crops under different planting patterns. Front Plant Sci 2022; 13:988055. [PMID: 36119633 PMCID: PMC9478416 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.988055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 08/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Photosynthetic rate (Pn) and photosynthetic nitrogen use efficiency (PNUE) are the two important factors affecting the photosynthesis and nutrient utilization of plant leaves. However, the effect of N fertilization combined with foliar application of Fe on the Pn and PNUE of the maize crops under different planting patterns (i.e., monocropping and intercropping) is elusive. Therefore, this experiment was conducted to determine the effect of N fertilization combined with foliar application of Fe on the photosynthetic characteristics, PNUE, and the associated enzymes of the maize crops under different planting patterns. The results of this study showed that under intercropping, maize treated with N fertilizer combined with foliar application of Fe had not only significantly (p < 0.05) improved physio-agronomic indices but also higher chlorophyll content, better photosynthetic characteristics, and related leaf traits. In addition, the same crops under such treatments had increased photosynthetic enzyme activity (i.e., rubisco activity) and nitrogen metabolism enzymes activities, such as nitrate reductase (NR activity), nitrite reductase (NiR activity), and glutamate synthase (GOGAT activity). Consequently, intercropping enhanced the PNUE and soluble sugar content of the maize crops, thus increasing its yield compared with monocropping. Thus, these findings suggest that intercropping under optimal N fertilizer application combined with Fe foliation can improve the chlorophyll content and photosynthetic characteristics of maize crops by regulating the associated enzymatic activities. Consequently, this results in enhanced PNUE, which eventually leads to better growth and higher yield in the intercropping system. Thus, practicing intercropping under optimal nutrient management (i.e., N and Fe) could be crucial for better growth and yield, and efficient nitrogen use efficiency of maize crops.
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- Jamal Nasar
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment and Agro-Products Safety, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, Agricultural College of Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment and Agro-Products Safety, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, Agricultural College of Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment and Agro-Products Safety, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, Agricultural College of Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment and Agro-Products Safety, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, Agricultural College of Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment and Agro-Products Safety, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, Agricultural College of Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Department of Agriculture, University of Swabi, Swabi, Pakistan
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- Department of Agronomy, The University of Haripur, Haripur, Pakistan
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment and Agro-Products Safety, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, Agricultural College of Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- Agricultural Botany Department, Faculty of Agriculture (Saba Basha), Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Plant Pathology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Moshtohor, Benha University, Benha, Egypt
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- Bioinformitics Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute, University of Sadat City, Sadat City, Egypt
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Ullah A, Tian Z, Xu L, Abid M, Lei K, Khanzada A, Zeeshan M, Sun C, Yu J, Dai T. Improving the effects of drought priming against post-anthesis drought stress in wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) using nitrogen. Front Plant Sci 2022; 13:965996. [PMID: 36035683 PMCID: PMC9400543 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.965996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Water and nitrogen (N) deficiencies are the major limitations to crop production, particularly when they occur simultaneously. By supporting metabolism, even when tissue water capacity is lower, nitrogen and priming may reduce drought pressure on plants. Therefore, the current study investigates the impact of nitrogen and priming on wheat to minimize post-anthesis drought stress. Plant morphology, physiology, and biochemical changes were observed before, during, and after stress at the post-anthesis stage. The plants were exposed to three water levels, i.e., well watering (WW), water deficit (WD), and priming at jointing and water deficit (PJWD) at the post-anthesis stage, and two different nitrogen levels, i.e., N180 (N1) and N300 (N2). Nitrogen was applied in three splits, namely, sowing, jointing, and booting stages. The results showed that the photosynthesis of plants with N1 was significantly reduced under drought stress. Moreover, drought stress affected chlorophyll (Chl) fluorescence and water-related parameters (osmotic potential, leaf water potential, and relative water content), grain filling duration (GFD), and grain yield. In contrast, PJWD couple with high nitrogen treatment (N300 kg ha-1) induced the antioxidant activity of peroxidase (37.5%), superoxide dismutase (29.64%), and catalase (65.66%) in flag leaves, whereas the levels of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and superoxide anion radical (O2 -) declined by 58.56 and 66.64%, respectively. However, during the drought period, the primed plants under high nitrogen treatment (N300 kg ha-1) maintained higher Chl content, leaf water potential, and lowered lipid peroxidation (61%) (related to higher activities of ascorbate peroxidase and superoxide dismutase). Plants under high nitrogen treatment (N300 kg ha-1) showed deferred senescence, improved GFD, and grain yield. Consequently, the research showed that high nitrogen dose (N300 kg ha-1) played a synergistic role in enhancing the drought tolerance effects of priming under post-anthesis drought stress in wheat.
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- Attiq Ullah
- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Production Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Production Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Production Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Production Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Production Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, Agricultural College of Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Production Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Production Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Production Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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Zeeshan M, Muhammad N, Intisar A, Aamir A, Qaisar U, Yaseen M, Hussain N, ul-Haq I, Bilal M. Volatile chemical profiling and potent antibacterial activity of senna occidentalis stem oil against various pathogens. Chem Pap 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11696-022-02365-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Khan M, Anis S, Zuev S, Ullah H, Zeeshan M. An algorithm for identifying reference signals under the environment of complex fuzzy sets. IFS 2022. [DOI: 10.3233/jifs-220517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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In this paper, we have discussed some new operations and results of set theory for complex fuzzy sets (CFSs). Moreover, we developed the basic results of CFSs under the basic operations such as complex fuzzy simple difference, bounded sum, bounded difference, dot product, bounded product, union, intersection, and Cartesian product. We explored the CFSs and discussed the related properties with examples such as complex fuzzy bounded sum over the intersection, complex fuzzy dot product over the union, etc. Identifying the reference signals under the environment of CFSs have always been a challenging. Many algorithms based on set theoretic operations and distance measures have been proposed for identifying a reference signal using any common system. But linear time invariant (LTI) system is considered easy to analyze the linear and time-varying signals. We used CFSs in signals and systems. We developed an algorithm based on convolution product and LTI system under the complex fuzzy environment. We identified a high degree of resemblance (reference signal) of the received signals to the reference signal in a linear time-invariant (LTI) system that receives an input signal and produces an output signal.
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- Madad Khan
- Department of Mathematics, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan
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- Department of Mathematics, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan
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- Department of Computer Science and Automated Systems, Belgorod Shoukhov State University of Technology, Belgorod, Russia
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- Department of Mathematics, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan
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- Department of Mathematics, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islmabad Campus, Pakistan; Department of Mathematics, The University of Agriculture, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
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Zeeshan M, Chang H, Hanna K, Mateo RB, Khan M, Goyal A, Ventarola D, Laskowski IA, Babu SC. Carotid Endarterectomy Versus Carotid Artery Stenting for Carotid Disease in Octogenarians: A Nationwide Analysis of 6-Month Outcomes. J Vasc Surg 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2022.03.572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Zeeshan M, Khan M, Chang H, Bikk A, Jehan F, Babu SC, Laskowski IA, Mateo RB, Pandit V. Optimal Timing of Operative Intervention for High-grade Carotid Injuries in Patients with Blunt Trauma: A Nationwide Analysis of Trauma Quality Improvement Program. J Vasc Surg 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2022.03.781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Zeeshan M, Khan M, Iqbal S. Amplitude interval-valued complex Pythagorean fuzzy sets with applications in signals processing. IFS 2022. [DOI: 10.3233/jifs-212615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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In this paper, we introduce the notion of amplitude interval-valued complex Pythagorean fuzzy sets (AIVCPFSs). The motivation for this extension is the utility of interval-valued complex fuzzy sets in membership and non-membership degree which can express the two dimensional ambiguous information as well as the interaction among any set of parameters when they are in the form of interval-valued. The principle of AIVCPFS is a mixture of the two separated theories such as interval-valued complex fuzzy set and complex Pythagorean fuzzy set which covers the truth grade (TG) and falsity grade (FG) in the form of the complex number whose real part is the sub-interval of the unit interval. We discuss some set-theoretic operations and laws of the AIVCPFSs. We study some particular examples and basic results of these operations and laws. We use AIVCPFSs in signals and systems because its behavior is similar to a Fourier transform in certain cases. Moreover, we develop a new algorithm using AIVCPFSs for applications in signals and systems by which we identify a reference signal out of the large number of signals detected by a digital receiver. We use the inverse discrete Fourier transform for the membership and non-membership functions of AIVCPFSs for incoming signals and a reference signal. Thus a method for measuring the resembling values of two signals is provided by which we can identify the reference signal.
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- Muhammad Zeeshan
- Department of Mathematics, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan
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- Department of Mathematics, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan
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- Department of Mathematics, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan
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Laskowski IA, Garg K, Maldonado TS, Siracuse JJ, Babu SC, Mateo RB, Zeeshan M, Butler J, Ventarola D, Fulton J, Kwon J, Chang H. Preoperative Anemia Is Not Associated With Major Perioperative Adverse Events but Increased Length of Postoperative Stay in Patients Undergoing Transcarotid Artery Revascularization. J Vasc Surg 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2022.03.336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Han J, Zeeshan M, Ullah I, Rehman A, Afridi FEA. Trade openness and urbanization impact on renewable and non-renewable energy consumption in China. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2022; 29:41653-41668. [PMID: 35094269 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-18353-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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China has witnessed significant growth in trade through vide range trade liberalization strategies and urbanization has also been entered in advanced stage. Based on these dynamics, how much energy consumption of both renewable and none renewable account for energy consumption in whole system is a point of higher attention for the researchers. To understand this salient emerging debatable concern, we investigate the impact of trade openness and urbanization effect on renewable and non-renewable energy consumption in China for the period 1990-2018. We apply the quantile regression technique for the analysis; our results show that trade significantly increases the non-renewable energy consumption in all quintiles while partially increasing renewable energy consumption. This shows that trade activities in production and export commodities heavily rely on non-renewable energy inputs instead of renewable energy inputs. Urbanization affects non-renewable energy consumption only in three quintiles, while its effect is insignificant in most of the quintiles. Similarly, urbanization does not affect renewable energy consumption as in almost all quantiles the coefficients are statistically insignificant. This implies that urbanization is one of the determinants of energy consumption in China. The empirical findings of this study suggest some policy recommendations; first, the government needs to implement certain regulations while expanding trade to minimize the negative effect of non-renewable energy consumption; besides government should provide incentives to industrial units and traders for using renewable energy which may help to attain long term sustainable development goals. The government should also put certain limitations on population moving from rural to urban destinations.
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- Jiabin Han
- College of Business Administration, Liaoning Technical University, Liaoning province, XingCheng, 125105, China
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- College of Business Administration, Liaoning Technical University, Liaoning province, XingCheng, 125105, China.
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- Reading Academy, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
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- Faculty of Management Sciences, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Maqbool M, Sajid MS, Saqib M, Anjum FR, Tayyab MH, Rizwan HM, Rashid MI, Rashid I, Iqbal A, Siddique RM, Shamim A, Hassan MA, Atif FA, Razzaq A, Zeeshan M, Hussain K, Nisar RHA, Tanveer A, Younas S, Kamran K, Rahman SU. Potential Mechanisms of Transmission of Tick-Borne Viruses at the Virus-Tick Interface. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:846884. [PMID: 35602013 PMCID: PMC9121816 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.846884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2021] [Accepted: 03/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Ticks (Acari; Ixodidae) are the second most important vector for transmission of pathogens to humans, livestock, and wildlife. Ticks as vectors for viruses have been reported many times over the last 100 years. Tick-borne viruses (TBVs) belong to two orders (Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales) containing nine families (Bunyaviridae, Rhabdoviridae, Asfarviridae, Orthomyxovirida, Reoviridae, Flaviviridae, Phenuviridae, Nyamiviridae, and Nairoviridae). Among these TBVs, some are very pathogenic, causing huge mortality, and hence, deserve to be covered under the umbrella of one health. About 38 viral species are being transmitted by <10% of the tick species of the families Ixodidae and Argasidae. All TBVs are RNA viruses except for the African swine fever virus from the family Asfarviridae. Tick-borne viral diseases have also been classified as an emerging threat to public health and animals, especially in resource-poor communities of the developing world. Tick-host interaction plays an important role in the successful transmission of pathogens. The ticks' salivary glands are the main cellular machinery involved in the uptake, settlement, and multiplication of viruses, which are required for successful transmission into the final host. Furthermore, tick saliva also participates as an augmenting tool during the physiological process of transmission. Tick saliva is an important key element in the successful transmission of pathogens and contains different antimicrobial proteins, e.g., defensin, serine, proteases, and cement protein, which are key players in tick-virus interaction. While tick-virus interaction is a crucial factor in the propagation of tick-borne viral diseases, other factors (physiological, immunological, and gut flora) are also involved. Some immunological factors, e.g., toll-like receptors, scavenger receptors, Janus-kinase (JAK-STAT) pathway, and immunodeficiency (IMD) pathway are involved in tick-virus interaction by helping in virus assembly and acting to increase transmission. Ticks also harbor some endogenous viruses as internal microbial faunas, which also play a significant role in tick-virus interaction. Studies focusing on tick saliva and its role in pathogen transmission, tick feeding, and control of ticks using functional genomics all point toward solutions to this emerging threat. Information regarding tick-virus interaction is somewhat lacking; however, this information is necessary for a complete understanding of transmission TBVs and their persistence in nature. This review encompasses insight into the ecology and vectorial capacity of tick vectors, as well as our current understanding of the predisposing, enabling, precipitating, and reinforcing factors that influence TBV epidemics. The review explores the cellular, biochemical, and immunological tools which ensure and augment successful evading of the ticks' defense systems and transmission of the viruses to the final hosts at the virus-vector interface. The role of functional genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics in profiling tick-virus interaction is also discussed. This review is an initial attempt to comprehensively elaborate on the epidemiological determinants of TBVs with a focus on intra-vector physiological processes involved in the successful execution of the docking, uptake, settlement, replication, and transmission processes of arboviruses. This adds valuable data to the existing bank of knowledge for global stakeholders, policymakers, and the scientific community working to devise appropriate strategies to control ticks and TBVs.
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- Mahvish Maqbool
- Department of Parasitology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Parasitology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Institute of Microbiology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Section of Parasitology, Department of Pathobiology, KBCMA College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Narowal, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Parasitology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Section of Parasitology, Department of Pathobiology, Riphah College of Veterinary Sciences, Riphah International University, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Section of Parasitology, Department of Pathobiology, Riphah College of Veterinary Sciences, Riphah International University, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Pathobiology, University of the Poonch Rawalakot, Rawalakot, Pakistan
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- Department of Parasitology, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Medicine Section, Department of Clinical Sciences, Collège of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Jhang, Pakistan
- University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Agricultural Linkages Program, Pakistan Agriculture Research Council, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Parasitology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Parasitology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Parasitology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Parasitology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Zoology, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Ashraf M, Zeeshan M, Ahmad N, Javed K, Riaz A, Riaz H. Changes in the testicular histomorphometry and their association with genes expression pattern of testes from birth to puberty in Beetal goat kids. Small Rumin Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2022.106666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Shah MH, Salem S, Ahmed B, Ullah I, Rehman A, Zeeshan M, Fareed Z. Nexus Between Foreign Direct Investment Inflow, Renewable Energy Consumption, Ambient Air Pollution, and Human Mortality: A Public Health Perspective From Non-linear ARDL Approach. Front Public Health 2022; 9:814208. [PMID: 35096757 PMCID: PMC8793008 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.814208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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A huge foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow has been witnessed in China, though on the one hand, it brings a significant contribution to economic growth. On the other hand, it adversely affects the ambient air pollution that may affect human mortality in the country. Renewable energy (RE) usage meets the country's energy needs with no adverse effect on the environment. Therefore, this study is trying to empirically analyze the effect of FDI inflow on human morality and RE consumption in China. We used time-series data for 1998–2020 and applied a non-linear ARDL approach for the estimations. The empirical outcomes suggest that FDI inflow positively affects mortality and RE. There is also unidirectional causality running from RE and pollution to mortality. In addition, the relationship among the variable verifies the existence of a non-linear relationship. The government needs policy guidelines to further boost FDI inflow due to its positive aspects. However, to reduce the negative effect on the environment and human morality, the extensive usage of RE should be adopted. Indeed, proper legislation for foreign firms might be a good step toward quality environmental and longevity of human health in society.
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- Department of Economics, Birmingham Business School, College of Social Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- School of Management, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- Reading Academy, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
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- Faculty of Management Sciences, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- College of Business Administration, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Huzhou University, Huzhou, China
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Zeeshan M, Yousaf S, Ahmed A, Bahadar H, Ali U, Jabeen S, Hussain HU, Mumtaz H, Hasan M. Co-relation of Monocyte Count in High vs. Low Thrombus Burden ST-Segment Elevated Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Cureus 2022; 14:e24344. [PMID: 35607551 PMCID: PMC9123895 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.24344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Muhammad I, Lv JZ, Yang L, Ahmad S, Farooq S, Zeeshan M, Zhou XB. Low irrigation water minimizes the nitrate nitrogen losses without compromising the soil fertility, enzymatic activities and maize growth. BMC Plant Biol 2022; 22:159. [PMID: 35361113 PMCID: PMC8974212 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-022-03548-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2021] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Nitrate nitrogen (NO3-_N) leaching increased with nitrogen (N) fertilization under high water supply to the field negatively affected the maize growth and performance. This study aimed to understand the mechanisms of NO3-_N leaching on a biochemical basis and its relationship with plant performance with 5 different doses (0, 200, 250, 300, 350 kg N ha- 1) of N fertilizers under low (60%; LW) and high (80%; HW) water holding capacity. Soil and plant enzymes were observed at different growth stages (V9, R1, R3, and R6) of the maize, whereas the leachates were collected at 10-days intervals from the sowing date. The LW had 10.15% lower NO3-_N leachate than HW, with correspondence increases in grain yield (25.57%), shoot (17.57%) and root (28.67%) dry matter. Irrespective of the irrigation water, RubisCo, glutamine synthase (GS), nitrate reductase (NR), nitrite reductase (NiR), and glutamate synthase (GOGAT) activities increased with increasing N fertilizer up to the V9 growth stage and decreased with approaching the maturity stage (R6) in maize. In HW irrigation, soil total N, GOGAT, soil nitrate (NO3-_N), leached nitrate (LNO3-_N), root N (RN), leaf N (LN) were positively correlated with N factors suggesting the higher losses of N through leaching (11.3%) compared to LW irrigation. However, the malondialdehyde (MDA), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), superoxide (O2-), and proline were negatively correlated with the other enzymatic activities both under LW and HW irrigation. Thus, minimizing the NO3-_N leaching is possibly correlated with the LW and N300 combination without compromising the yield benefit and improving enzyme activities.
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- Ihsan Muhammad
- Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, Agricultural College, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- Maize Research Institute of Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, 530007, China
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- Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, Agricultural College, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, Agricultural College, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, Agricultural College, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, Agricultural College, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, Agricultural College, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China.
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Mushtaq M, Zeeshan M, Nawaz I, Hassan M. Effect of low levels of oxytetracycline on anaerobic digestion of cattle manure. Bioresour Technol 2022; 349:126894. [PMID: 35217155 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.126894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Revised: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 02/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Cattle manure is rich in organic matter and nutrients, but it may also contain harmful substances such as residual antibiotics and other toxic compounds. Oxytetracycline (OTC) is a widely used veterinary antibiotic and its presence in manure can affect the subsequent anaerobic digestion process. This study evaluated the effect of OTC concentrations viz. 0.12, 0.3, 0.6, 1.2, 3, 6 and 12 mg L-1 on batch mesophilic anaerobic digestion of cattle manure. The results showed that cumulative biogas yield decreased by 25, 29 and 55% at 3, 6 and 12 mg OTC L-1 in contrast to control. Volatile solids removal was 39% for control which reduced to 13% in 12 mg L-1 OTC spiked reactor. Effect on stability parameters was significant at OTC concentrations from 1.2 to 12 mg L-1. Two different kinetic models were used for biogas data validation and the modified Gompertz model best fitted to the experimental data.
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- Moniba Mushtaq
- Institute of Environmental Sciences and Engineering (IESE), School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (SCEE), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences and Engineering (IESE), School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (SCEE), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
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- Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad Campus, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences and Engineering (IESE), School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (SCEE), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
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