Spatial Analysis of Human Health Risk Associated with Trihalomethanes in Drinking Water: A Case Study of Karachi, Pakistan by Zahida Karim, Bilal Aslam Qureshi, Ishtiaq Ghouri

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FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH DEPRESSION AMONG ADOLESCENTS, ENROLLED IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS (AGE 15-19 YEARS) FROM A LOCALITY OF KARACHI, PAKISTAN by Maria Kanwal, Raja Khetpal, Ramna Shafique, Saleha Haider, Perah Ali, Rafay Shahab Ansari

“…This study aims to investigate the various factors associated with depression among adolescents, enrolled in educational settings aged 15 to 19 in Karachi, Pakistan. Methods: A total of 250 participants were included in the study. …”
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Impact of home-based family planning counselling and referral on modern contraceptive use in Karachi, Pakistan: a retrospective, cross-sectional matched control study by Iqbal Shah, Sajid Soofi, Ryoko Sato, David Canning, Kristy Hackett, Elizabeth Henry, Imtiaz Hussain, Mirbaz Khan, Khalid Feroz, Navdep Kaur

“…Objectives To assess: (1) the impact of a reproductive health program on modern contraceptive use from baseline to program close; (2) the sustained impact from baseline to follow-up 36 months later; and (3) the exposure-adjusted impact at program close and follow-up.Design Retrospective, cross-sectional matched control study.Setting Karachi, Pakistan.Participants 2561 married women aged 16–49 years.Interventions The Willows Program, a community-based family planning counselling and referral program implemented from 2013 to 2015.Primary and secondary outcome measures The primary outcome was community-level modern contraceptive prevalence rate (mCPR), measured for January 2013 (baseline), June 2015 (program close) and at follow-up 36 months later. …”
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Regional insights on the prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of carbapenem and colistin-resistant gram-negative bacteria: an observational cross-sectional study from Karachi, Pakistan by Nazia Khursheed, Fareeha Adnan, Moiz Ahmed Khan, Ramlla Hatif

“…Methods An observational, cross-sectional study was conducted at the Microbiology laboratory of Indus Hospital & Health Network, Karachi, Pakistan from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023. …”
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Post-vaccination campaign evaluation of systemic and mucosal immunity of trivalent oral poliovirus vaccine in Karachi, Pakistan (2020–2021): a cross-sectional studyResearch in context by Ali Faisal Saleem, Visalakshi Jeyaseelan, Zaubina Kazi, Mahjabeen Zehra, Muhammad Masroor Alam, Grace Macklin, Rocio Lopez Cavestany, Sajid Muhammad, Najeeb Rehman, Ondrej Mach

“…We assessed the humoral and mucosal immune responses in children who received two doses of tOPV (during vaccination campaigns) in Karachi, Pakistan. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in four peri-urban sites (Cattle Colony, Ibrahim Hyderi, Ali Akber Shah, Rehri Goth) Karachi, Pakistan. …”
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Identification of differentially expressed non-coding RNAs in the plasma of women with preterm birth by Waqasuddin Khan, Samiah Kanwar, Mohammad Mohsin Mannan, Furqan Kabir, Naveed Iqbal, Mehdia Nadeem Rajab Ali, Syeda Rehana Zia, Sharmeen Mian, Fatima Aziz, Sahrish Muneer, Adil Kalam, Akram Hussain, Iqra Javed, Muhammad Farrukh Qazi, Javairia Khalid, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Fyezah Jehan

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['A STUDY OF LONG-TERM SUNSPOTS AND K-INDEX GEOMETRIC CYCLES USING PROBABILISTIC MODELING'] by Danish Hassan, Hamza Khan, Muhammad Fahim Akhter, Muhammad Danish Khan, Shaheen Abbas

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Doctors taking bribes from pharmaceutical companies is common and not substantially reduced by an educational intervention: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial in Pakistan by Afifah Rahman-Shepherd, Johanna Hanefeld, Mishal Khan, Charles Opondo, Sameen Siddiqi, Virginia Wiseman, Iqbal Azam, Wafa Aftab, Sadia Shakoor, Amna Rehana Siddiqui, Rumina Hasan, Zafar Mirza, Muhammad Naveed Noor, Sabeen Sharif Khan, Nina van der Mark, Afshan Khurshid Isani, Ahson Q Siddiqi, Faisal Ziauddin, Faiza Bhutto, Natasha Ali, Robyna Irshad Khan, Syed Ahmed Raza Kazmi, Zainab Hasan

“…We developed a novel method using data collectors posing as pharmaceutical company sales representatives to evaluate private doctors’ engagement in incentive-linked prescribing and the impact of a multifaceted educational intervention on reducing this practice in Karachi, Pakistan.Methods We made a sampling frame of all doctors running for-profit, primary-care clinics and randomly allocated participants to control and intervention groups (1:1). …”
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Pre-existing IgG antibodies to HCoVs NL63 and OC43 Spike increased during the pandemic and after COVID-19 vaccination by Zahra Hasan, Kiran Iqbal Masood, Marc Veldhoen, Shama Qaiser, Marta Alenquer, Mishgan Akhtar, Sadaf Balouch, Junaid Iqbal, Yaqub Wassan, Shahneel Hussain, Khalid Feroz, Sajid Muhammad, Atif Habib, Akbar Kanji, Erum Khan, Afsar Ali Mian, Rabia Hussain, Maria Joao Amorim, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta

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Triple-Parameter Optimization of Linezolid 600mg Tablets: Dissolution, HPLC, and UV Spectrophotometric Evaluation by Syed Akif uddin, Lubna Bashir, Shazia Naz, Humera Naz, Hira Akther, Saima Yasin Baig, Faiza Akhtar

“… Aims and Objectives: The current research’s target is to obtain the dissolution profile of various brands of Linezolid 600 mg tablets available in Karachi, Pakistan and the assay was also performed using both the UV Spectrophotometric Technique and High Performance Liquid Chromatographic Techniques. …”
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Efficacy and safety of cardiac myosin inhibitors for symptomatic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Anas Abunada, Madiha Shah, Ateesh Kumar, Syeda Lamiya Mir, Dinesh Kumar, Saboor Ahmed, Muhammad Tanzeel, Vikash Kumar, Aashish Meghjiani, Muhammad Basit Ali Siddiqui, Govinda Khatri, Aneesh Rai, Fnu Deepak, Ayush Kumar

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Salinity Stress Resilience in Sorghum bicolor through Pseudomonas-Mediated Modulation of Growth, Antioxidant System, and Eco-Physiological Adaptations by Muhammad Azeem, Robina Sultana, Naeem Ahmed, Muhammad Waseem Abbasi, Khwaja Ali Hasan, Renjie Dong, Saud Alamri, Alanoud T. Alfagham

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Transforming Education: Case-Based Integrated Learning Development and Implementation – A Mixed Methods Study at a Private Medical College by RAHILA ALI, AZAM AFZAL, SARA SHAKIL, AMBER SULTAN, SHAZIA BABAR, JAVERIA REHMAN, MARIB GHULAM RASOOL MALIK, MOHAMMAD SHAHZAIB QADIR, SADAF KHAN, SANA SAEED

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Incidence, Risk Factors and Outcomes of Urinary Tract Infections among Patients Undergoing Thyroidectomy: Insights from the ACS-NSQIP by Usama Waqar, Warda Ahmed, Zoha Zahid Fazal, Ahmad Areeb Chaudhry, Haissan Iftikhar, Afsheen Ziauddin, Syed Akbar Abbas

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Intervention to Improve Children’s Hygiene in Urban Squatter Settlement Schools in Pakistan: An Implementation Research by Nousheen Akber Pradhan, Muzna Hashmi, Laraib Mazhar, Muhammad Uzair, Laeba Hussain, Maleeha Naseem, Shagufta Iqbal, Tazeen Saeed Ali, Rozina Karmaliani, Fauzia Basaria Hasnani

“…Setting: Urban squatter settlement schools in Karachi, Pakistan, serving primary, and middle-grade students. …”
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Effectiveness of chain of survival for out-of-hospital-cardiac-arrest (OHCA) in resource limited countries: A systematic review by Mirza Noor Ali Baig, Zafar Fatmi, Nadeem Ullah Khan, Uzma Rahim Khan, Ahmed Raheem, Junaid Abdul Razzak

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Case Report: A case of transcatheter aortic valve replacement in a patient with a small aortic annulus using the Acurate Neo2 by Shahzil Abdur Rehman Malik, Jamshed Ali, Maleeha Javed, Kamran Hussain, Navaira Azeem, Nasir Rehman, Osman Faheem

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COVID-19: An Emerging Culprit of Inflammatory Arthritis by Muhammad Shariq Mukarram, Muhammad Ishaq Ghauri, Sehrish Sethar, Nasir Afsar, Amir Riaz, Khizra Ishaq

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Imetelstat as a novel therapeutic approach for myelodysplastic syndrome by Ammara Waheed Arain, Anushka Andani, Aayat Kashif, Radeyah Waseem

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Development and validation of a Non-INvaSive Pregnancy RIsk ScoRE (INSPIRE) for the screening of high-risk pregnant women for gestational diabetes mellitus in Pakistan by Romaina Iqbal, Iqbal Azam, Subhash Chandir, Rahat Qureshi, Ali Jaffar, Neelofur Babar, Sabahat Naz, Samreen Jamal, Aisha Syed Wali

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