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Open AccessPredictors for poor daily weight gain in preterm neonates exposed to different dose regimens of caffeine in ICU- a retrospective cohort study
With a wide therapeutic index, efficacy, ease of use, and other neuroprotective and respiratory benefits, caffeine citrate(CC) is currently the drug of choice for preterm neonates (PTNs). Caffeine-induced exce...
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Smartphone Motivated Highly Selective and Sensitive Colorimetric Detection of Hg2+ through Limonin Derived Silver Nanoparticles
Mercury (Hg2+) as environmental pollutant is a widespread concern due to its cytotoxic effect in humans and animals and needs to be monitored through cost effective methods based on naked-eye detection. Herein, i...
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Open AccessCharacterization and outlook of climatic hazards in an agricultural area of Pakistan
Many dimensions of human life and the environment are vulnerable to anthropogenic climate change and the hazards associated with it. There are several indices and metrics to quantify climate hazards that can i...
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Evaluation of haematological, serum biochemical and oxidative stress parameters in cattle naturally infected with lumpy skin disease virus
Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a vector-borne viral transboundary disease of cattle caused by the LSD virus (LSDV). Despite investigations on clinical and outbreak features of LSDV, information on disease pathog...
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Open AccessModified Lévy flight distribution algorithm for global optimization and parameters estimation of modified three-diode photovoltaic model
Many real-world problems demand optimization, minimization of costs and maximization of profits, and meta-heuristic algorithms have proficiently proved their ability to achieve optimum results. This study prop...
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Bioinspired Multi-material Polyjet-printed Frog Robot for Synchronous and Asynchronous Swimming
This paper proposes the bioinspired soft frog robot. All printing technology was used for the fabrication of the robot. Polyjet printing was used to print the front and back limbs, while ultrathin filament was...
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Nanomicrobiology: Emerging Trends in Microbial Synthesis of Nanomaterials and Their Applications
Blossoming advancements and implementation of technologies in nanosciences have thrown open avenues for the nano-revolution, which divulge the contribution of microorganisms in bio and green synthesis of nanom...
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Open AccessPractical approaches to improve vancomycin-related patient outcomes in pediatrics- an alternative strategy when AUC/MIC is not feasible
Anecdotal experience and studies have shown that most pediatric patients fail to reach target therapeutic vancomycin trough levels (VTLs) and required higher total daily doses (TDD). This retrospective study a...
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Open AccessRelationship of caffeine regimen with osteopenia of prematurity in preterm neonates: a cohort retrospective study
Caffeine is a routinely prescribed pharmacological active compound in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) for treating apnea of prematurity (AOP), which also decreases the risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia a...
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First report on molecular surveillance based on duplex detection of Anaplasma marginale and Theileria annulata in dairy cattle from Punjab, Pakistan
Theileriosis and anaplasmosis are important tick-borne hemoparasites of bovines. The first surveillance study aimed to assess the suitability of duplex PCR for simultaneous detection of Theileria annulata and Ana...
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Change Management in Cloud-Based Offshore Software Development: A Researchers Perspective
Cloud based Offshore Software Development Outsourcing (COSDO) concept is complex and comes with various challenges, specifically related to the Requirements Change Management (RCM) process. This study aims to ...
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Enhanced Antibacterial Potential of Naringin Loaded β Cyclodextrin Nanoparticles
β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) is biocompatible and biodegradable polymer having inherent hydrophobic cavities, thus is widely used as a drug nanocarrier for less water soluble drugs. Naringin is a pharmacologically ac...
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Fuzzy Density-Based Clustering for Medical Diagnosis
Clustering is an effective technique for identifying patterns and structures in labeled and unlabeled datasets in the medical sector. Density-based clustering is a sophisticated machine learning technique for ...
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Open AccessPharmacist-directed vancomycin therapeutic drug monitoring in pediatric patients: a collaborative-practice model
Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of Vancomycin (VCM) is required to prevent inappropriate dosage-associated bacterial resistance, therapeutic failure, and toxicities in pediatrics. Anecdotal experience and st...
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Role of nanotechnology in animal production and veterinary medicine
Nanotechnology is the discipline and technology of small and specific things that are < 100 nm in size. Because of their extremely miniscule size, any changes in their chemical and physical structure may show ...
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Assess deep learning models for Egyptian exchange prediction using nonlinear artificial neural networks
Financial analysis of the stock market using the historical data is the exigent demand in business and academia. This work explores the efficiency of three deep learning (Dl) techniques, namely Bayesian regula...
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Archimedes optimization algorithm: a new metaheuristic algorithm for solving optimization problems
The difficulty and complexity of the real-world numerical optimization problems has grown manifold, which demands efficient optimization methods. To date, various metaheuristic approaches have been introduced,...
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Open AccessMeropenem-induced pancytopenia in a preterm neonate: a case report
A post-marketing surveillance study has reported an association between meropenem use and the incidence of hematologic abnormalities, including leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, hemolysis, and neutropenia, but the...
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An Investigation Standardized Precipitation Index Trend in Arid and Semi-arid Region of Pakistan Applying the Innovative Trend Analysis (ITA) Technique
In the arid and Semi-arid regions of Pakistan uncertainties in rainfall, projections are high due to the large fluctuation of climate and lack of observed quality of rainfall data. An extremely dry and wet eve...
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Artificial Neural Networks for Stock Market Prediction: A Comprehensive Review
The forecasting of stock market is known to be a remarkable effort and a great deal of attention, as forecasting stock prices can effectively steer to desirable profits by making sound investment choices. It i...
