Experience of piloting BPaLM/BPaL for DR-TB care at selected sites in Pakistan by M.A. Khan, A. Ismail, A. Ghafoor, N. Khan, N. Muzaffar, F. Zafar, A. Gupta, S. Foraida, S. Juneja, R. Fatima, A.W. Khan, S. Shahid, M.A. Khan

“…METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study to pilot the BPaLM/BPaL regimen at four selected sites in two provinces of Pakistan, i.e. Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Data were extracted and analysed using electronic medical records from the program. …”
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Valorization of rice stubble through biodegradation using hydrolytic enzyme-producing Olivibacter oleidegradans CMB10 and Agrobacterium pusense SFMB9 by Milind Gajbhiye, Sushmita Patil, Sagar Awate, Supriya Kokare, Siddharth Terdale, Manish Kumar Dubey

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A liquid chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry method for separation and identification of hemoglobin variant subunits with mass shifts less than 1 Da by Ainslie Chen, Ryan M. Aquino, Hector A. Vidal, Carolyn V. Wong, Ruben Y. Luo

“…Results: Seven heterozygous Hb variant samples (Hb C with α-thalassemia trait, Hb E, Hb D-Punjab, Hb G-Accra, Hb G-Siriraj, Hb Tarrant, and Hb G-Waimanalo) were selected to demonstrate the LC separation of Hb variant and normal subunits with mass shifts of less than 1 Da. …”
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Diagnosis and detection of bone fracture in radiographic images using deep learning approaches by Theyazn Aldhyani, Zeyad A. T. Ahmed, Bayan M. Alsharbi, Sultan Ahmad, Sultan Ahmad, Mosleh Hmoud Al-Adhaileh, Ahmed Hassan Kamal, Mohammed Almaiah, Jabeen Nazeer

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Operativity of the Taunsa Barrage, Pakistan: Experimental Investigation on the Subsidiary Weir by Muhammad Zahid Ullah, Habib-Ur-Rehman Mughal, Noor Yaseen, Noor Muhammad Khan, Giada Varra, Luca Cozzolino, Renata Della Morte

“…The present study assesses the stilling basin performance of the Taunsa Barrage, a vital water resources infrastructure built in 1958 in Punjab, Pakistan, and rehabilitated between 2004 and 2008 through the construction of a subsidiary weir (SW) downstream of the main weir. …”
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Relationship between multiple morbidities and performance on the Timed Up and Go test in elderly patients: a cross-sectional study by Arsalan Tariq, Sayed Alireza Mousavi Zadeh, Muhammad Ammar, Nafisehsadat Mousavizadeh, Arash Hajary, Somayeh Mohamadi

“…Objective To investigate how various morbidities affect older patients’ performance on the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting The seven government hospitals of Lahore, Pakistan, included are major tertiary care centres, representing an older patient population of Punjab, Pakistan.Method 160 elderly participants completed the TUG test, frailty evaluations and Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) scoring to assess mobility, frailty and comorbidity burden. …”
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Association of sleep duration with overweight and obesity among school-aged children and adolescents in Pakistan—An empirical cross-sectional study by Moazzam Tanveer, Alexios Batrakoulis, Ejaz Asghar, Andreas Hohmann, Serge Brand, Matheus S. de Sousa Fernandes, Luca P. Ardigò, Georgian Badicu

“…Materials and Methods: A population-based cross-sectional study enrolled 4108 participants from 62 schools across randomly selected districts in central Punjab province. Overweight and obesity were determined using WHO references. …”
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Quantifying sustainable urbanization by predictive modeling for better agricultural management: A case study in the South Asiatic Region by Kashif Ali, Jawad Ali Shah, Saif Ullah, Syed Turab Raza

“…Land use and land cover (LULC) classification maps for 2002–2022 were analyzed using remote sensing (RS) and geographic information systems (GIS) in Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan. Idrisi's Cellular Automata (CA)–Markov model was used to predict future scenarios. …”
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Novel ionic liquid-infused PVA-based anion exchange membranes boosting bioelectricity yield from microbial fuel cells by Richa Tomar, Soumyajit Chandra, Soumya Pandit, Mudassar Shahid, Kuldeep Sharma, Swetha Raj, Geetha S.J, Sanket J. Joshi

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Solar Light-Driven Efficient Degradation of Organic Pollutants Mediated by S-Scheme MoS₂@TiO₂-Layered Structures by Wajeehah Shahid, Faryal Idrees, Ji-Jun Zou, Jeong Ryeol Choi, Lun Pan

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Electrocatalytic detection of Acetaminophen by sodium ferrite by Saima Perveen, Jameel Ahmed Baig, Mohammad Nur-e-Alam, Mohsin Kazi, Shahabuddin Memon, Tasneem Gul Kazi, Khalil Akhtar, Sajjad Hussain

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Trends and determinants of obesity among ever-married women aged 15–49 in India: insights from National Family Health Surveys (NFHS 1998–2021) by Aditya Singh, Sadanand Karun, Mahashweta Chakrabarty, Rakesh Chandra, Shivani Singh

“…Presently, two prominent regions in the country exhibit high obesity rates: the southern region, including Tamil Nadu (29%), Kerala (25%), Goa (25%), and Andhra Pradesh (23%), and the northwestern region, encompassing Delhi (33%), Punjab (31%), and Haryana (24%). Moreover, the disparity in obesity rates across states has widened over time, with states initially showing higher rates experiencing a faster growth rate compared to those with lower initial rates, as highlighted by the β- and σ-convergence analyses. …”
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Oral dydrogesterone versus oral micronized progesterone in threatened miscarriage: protocol paper for a randomized controlled trial by Alka Kriplani, Gouri Shankar Kamilya, T Ramani Devi, Ashima Taneja, Amol Pawar, Gayathri Karthik Nagesh, Tapan Pattanaik, Tanusree Gupta, Mahima Jain, Monjori Mitra

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Heat transportation of 3D chemically reactive flow of Jeffrey nanofluid over a porous frame with variable thermal conductivity by Nahid Fatima, Aaqib Majeed, Taoufik Saidani, Nouman Ijaz, Kamal Barghout, Nidal Abu-Libdeh

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Performance enhancement of organic single-flash cycles by eliminating the throttle valves: A comparative exergy-economic assessment by Aboulbaba Eladeb, Ali B.M. Ali, Pooya Ghodratallah, Kuwar Mausam, Rahul Thakur, Praney Madan, Lotfi Ben Said, Lioua Kolsi

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Crafting the Organic Mindset Through Attitude: A PLS-SEM Approach by Kalisri L. Aravindan, Aysa Siddika, T. Ramayah, Farheen S. Wani, Sanmugam Annamalah, N. Ilhavenil, Lylia Hamdan Sunita

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Green synthesis of biocompatible fluorescent carbon dots from bitter gourd for effective metal sensing and biological applications by V. Renuga, X. Vinoliya, A. Dinesh, S. Suthakaran, Manikandan Ayyar, V. Mohanavel, Lalitha Gnanasekaran, Prabhu Paramasivam, R. Bousbih, M. Khalid Hossain, A. Rajendran, S. Santhoshkumar

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Optimizing Subsurface Geotechnical Data Integration for Sustainable Building Infrastructure by Nauman Ijaz, Zain Ijaz, Nianqing Zhou, Zia ur Rehman, Hamdoon Ijaz, Aashan Ijaz, Muhammad Hamza

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Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Trichoderma Isolates from Vegetable Crop Rhizospheres in Nepal [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Arvind Kumar Keshari, Suraj Baidya, Aashaq Hussain Bhat, Ram B. Khadka, Puja Jaiswal

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Targeting Nrf2/KEAP1 signaling pathway using bioactive compounds to combat mastitis by Muhammad Zahoor Khan, Liangliang Li, Yandong Zhan, Huang Binjiang, Xiaotong Liu, Xiyan Kou, Adnan Khan, Abdul Qadeer, Qudrat Ullah, Khalid J. Alzahrani, Tongtong Wang, Changfa Wang, Muhammad Zahoor

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