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Review ArticleOpen accessPhrase in the titleRecent Advances in Point of Care Diagnostic Tools: A ReviewLaura Wessels, Haider RaadGlobally, there is a great need for portable, inexpensive diagnostic tools that can provide quick, accurate results using relatively small sample volumes. Point-Of-Care (POC) measurements of human saliva, sweat and/or blood capable of detecting glucose levels, foreign pathogens such as bacteria, fungi and many different viruses (HIV, Ebola, Influenza, etc.) that use microfluidics and optofluidics are close to commercial availability. … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 4 · 28 Nov 2016 · 8,234 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractHospital-Based Antibiotic Therapy in Benin: A Point Prevalence Survey at the Departmental and Teaching Hospital of Borgou-Alibori in 2022Cossi Angelo Attinsounon, Aldin Gnaha, Carine Laurence Yehouenou et al.Antimicrobial resistance is a public health problem. The main factor favoring the development of antibiotic resistance is the abusive or inappropriate use of antibiotics. This study is the first to take all services into account and aims to describe antibiotic therapy practices in the Departmental and Teaching Hospital of Borgou-Alibori (DTH-BA). Patients and methods: This was a cross-sectional, descriptive survey … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 19, Issue 4 · 10 Feb 2024 · 6,095 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAlpha Thalassemia Carrier Detection a Diagnostic ApproachH. R. Samruddhi, Anupama Hegde, Harsha Prasada L et al.Alpha-thalassemia is one of the most common single-gene disorders, and its carrier state often remains undetected due to nonspecific hematological findings. This study aimed to identify alpha-thalassemia carrier status among people being investigated for hemoglobinopathy in a tertiary care setting. A cross-sectional laboratory-based study was conducted from January 2023 to January 2024. Hemoglobin variant analysis reports by High Performance Liquid … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 26, Issue 3 · 22 Sep 2026 · 481 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMMP-9 is a Potential Prognostic Marker of Left Ventricular Remodeling in Patients with Coronary Artery DiseaseMikhail Aleksandrovich Popov, Anastasia Vladimirovna Poznyak, Dmitry Valerievich Shumakov et al.Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) emerges as a promising prognostic marker for assessing left ventricular remodeling in patients with coronary artery disease, particularly in the context of Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) complicated by left ventricular aneurysm. In this study, we conducted two parallel investigations to explore the prognostic significance of MMP-9 in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease undergoing left ventricular reconstruction … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 24, Issue 4 · 11 Jul 2024 · 4,310 accessesView PDF Cite

Case ReportOpen accessIn the abstractLessons Learned: Barriers to Hemoglobin A1c Monitoring in Rural Northern TanzaniaAndrea Fortson Knopp, Erika Metzler SawinIn sub-Saharan countries, Non-communicable Chronic Diseases (NCDs), including diabetes, are on the rise. Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) is a Point Of Care (POC) diagnostic tool for diabetic monitoring that is unavailable in many resource-constrained environments worldwide. Theoretically, HbA1c measurement is practical in these settings because fasting is not required, the test is not generally repeated before 120 days and travel time … …International Journal of Research in Nursing, Vol. 11, Issue 1 · 8 Jan 2021 · 6,228 accessesView PDF Cite

Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractBig Data and its Future in Computational Biology: A Literature ReviewIman Ahmed ElSayed, Kamal ElDahshan, Hesham Hefny, Eman Karam ElSayedBig data technologies are used majorly for computational biology research nowadays due to the emerge of massive amounts of biological data that have been generated and collected at an unprecedented speed and scale and with different structures. As an example, the processing of billions of DNA sequence data per day represents the new generation of sequencing technologies. It is expected … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 17, Issue 12 · 31 Dec 2021 · 6,598 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractChronic Mental Stress Induces Reversible Reduction of Natural Killer Cells and CD56dim SubpopulationManar M. IsmailGenerally, studying to be a health care provider is a stressful and demanding field and the students have to face many stressors that may affect their general health status including the immune system. This work aimed at studying the effect of prolonged naturalistic life-stress exposure on the percentage of peripheral blood T-lymphocytes and Natural Killer (NK) cells in female laboratory … …American Journal of Immunology, Vol. 13, Issue 3 · 30 Aug 2017 · 7,792 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractStationarity and Cointegration between Health Care Expenditure and GDP for JordanRasha M.S. Istaiteyeh, Mohd Tahir IsmailThis paper explores the Granger-causality relationship between real GDP per capita and real health care expenditure per capita for Jordan during 1995 through 2013. The findings point out that the dominant type of Granger-causality is unidirectional. Furthermore, income elasticity of health expenditure is less than 1, which means that health care is a necessary good in Jordan. To this end, … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 7 · 22 Jun 2017 · 7,820 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPsychological Adaptation and Rehabilitation Treatment of Women with Non-Cancerous Diseases of the Female Genital SphereLarisa Valerianovna Kochorova, Boris Lvovich Tsivyan, Nikolay Ivanovich Vishnyakov et al.Treatment of non-cancerous gynecological oncomas is often accompanied by development of problems of psychological nature in patients. According to the data of previous studies, the anxiety-depressive syndrome is observed in 67% of patients. The important point is that a provoked anxiety-depressive syndrome leads to the development of psychosomatic pathology and the deterioration of the physical status of patients. In this … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 17, Issue 2 · 10 Jun 2017 · 7,161 accessesView PDF Cite

Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Survey of Data Anonymization Techniques for Privacy-Preserving Mining in BigdataHelen Wilfred Raj, Santhi BalachandranBigdata era is seeing the data burst occurring in a multitude of angles that are better expressed in terms of the 4Vs (Volume, Velocity, Velocity, Veracity). While trying to infer information from data, care should be exercised as not to reveal the identity of the data owner, which breaches the privacy rights. Leakage of information can happen right from the … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 16, Issue 2 · 31 Dec 2019 · 8,060 accessesView PDF Cite