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Multiband, polarization-insensitive absorber operating in the terahertz range
In this study, we analyze a thin-size metasurface-based multiband terahertz (THz) absorber with a top layer comprised of nickel-made circled plus-shaped resonators. The geometric structure of the proposed abso...
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Open AccessKnowledge, attitude, and perceptions of healthcare professionals towards complementary and alternative medicine: a cross-sectional survey from twin cities of Pakistan
The growing popularity and use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) products among the general public worldwide has been well documented. This study aimed to investigate the knowledge, attitude, and...
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Polarization-insensitive and wide-angle MXene-TiN-based wideband absorber operating in the visible and near-infrared regime
This study proposes a simple design of a wideband metamaterial absorber (MMA) that functions in the visible and near-infrared range. The proposed absorber is composed of a multilayer structure with two-dimensi...
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Reutilization of Eggshell Powder for Improvement of Expansive Clayey Soil
The use of chemical admixtures such as lime, cement, and bitumen in soil stabilization is incredibly expensive. As a result, it is advisable to replace these admixtures with economical alternative to reduce th...
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Cubic Bipolar Fuzzy-VIKOR Method Using New Distance and Entropy Measures and Einstein Averaging Aggregation Operators with Application to Renewable Energy
A cubic bipolar fuzzy set (CBFS) is a robust model which has the ability to simultaneously deal with bipolarity and vagueness by taking into account both interval-valued bipolar fuzzy sets (IVBFSs) and bipolar...
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Mitigation of Plant Abiotic Stress by Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria, Hormones, and Plant Extracts
Abiotic stress derives through rapid increase in the frequency and intensity of climate change causing hazardous problems. These environmental constraints induce different changes in the plants. The most commo...
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Evaluation of unconventional hydrocarbon reserves using petrophysical analysis to characterize the Yageliemu Formation in the Yakela gas condensate field, Tarim Basin, China
The current findings emphasize interpreting wireline logs to assess the hydrocarbon prospect of the Lower Cretaceous Yageliemu Formation in the Yakela (YKL) gas condensate field, Tarim Basin, China. The presen...
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Fuzzy Logic Controller for Aviation Parking with 5G Communication Technology
The fourth industrial revolution is the current trend of automation. Devices that are connected with multiple networks are still unable to connect fastly, and the world is looking for the application of the ma...
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Multi-Person 3D Pose and Shape Estimation via Inverse Kinematics and Refinement
Estimating 3D poses and shapes in the form of meshes from monocular RGB images is challenging. Obviously, it is more difficult than estimating 3D poses only in the form of skeletons or heatmaps. When interacti...
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Open AccessPopulation preferences and attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination: a cross-sectional study from Pakistan
While vaccine development is itself a challenge; ensuring optimal vaccine uptake at population level can present an even more significant challenge. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the Pakistani populati...
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Open AccessThe impact of clinical pharmacist services on patient health outcomes in Pakistan: a systematic review
The pharmacist’s role shifts from dispensing to bedside care, resulting in better patient health outcomes. Pharmacists in developed countries ensure rational drug use, improve clinical outcomes, and promote he...
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Open AccessHealth-related quality of life and its predictors among adults living with HIV/AIDS and receiving antiretroviral therapy in Pakistan
Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is considered to be the fourth 90 of UNAIDS 90-90-90 target to monitor the effects of combination antiretroviral therapy (ART). ART has significantly increased the life e...
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Open AccessTranslation and cross-cultural adaptation of WHOQOL-HIV Bref among people living with HIV/AIDS in Pakistan
Reliable Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) assessment will be useful in identifying health issues and in identifying health care actions. Due to the lack of a psychometrically valid tool in Urdu, we aim t...
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Open AccessKnowledge, attitude and perceptions about Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) among occupationally high-risk healthcare professionals of Pakistan
Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), a tropically neglected infectious disease caused by Nairovirus, is endemic in low middle-income countries like Pakistan. Emergency health care professionals (HCPs) are at ...
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Prescribing Patterns of Antihypertensive Drugs in Patients Attending Tertiary Care Hospitals in Pakistan
The current study was aimed at examining the prescribing patterns of antihypertensive medications, dispensing time, generic prescribing, drug-drug interactions and to determining whether or not prescriptions a...
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Prevalence of musculoskeletal complications of type-2 diabetes mellitus in population of southern Punjab, Pakistan
Diabetes mellitus is a major public health issue globally, and type-2 diabetes mellitus is the most prevalent form of this disease. Due to multiple factors, most diabetic patients develop functional disabiliti...
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Application of Generalized Aggregate Operators on Neutrosophic Hypersoft Set in Decision-Making
Multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) is concerned about coordinating as well as looking after selection as well as planning problems which included multi-criteria. The neutrosophic soft set cannot handle the ...
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Neutrosophic Hypersoft Matrix Theory: Its Definition, Operators, and Application in Decision-Making of Personnel Selection Problem
In the previous paper, the concept of TOPSIS for neutrosophic hypersoft sets was proposed to solve the decision-making problem, and it was used for finding best alternative routes (Saqlain et al.) However, the...
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Aggregate, Arithmetic, and Geometric Operators of Octagonal Neutrosophic Numbers and Its Application in Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Problems
The validity and soundness of any theory cannot be proved without the fundamentals. The theory of octagonal neutrosophic numbers (ONNs) was proposed by Saqlain, Hamza, & Farooq (<author>, International Journal of...
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Potentially inappropriate medications use and its association with health-related quality of life among elderly cardiac patients
Previous studies identified alarming use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in Pakistani population but its effect on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is still largely unknown.
