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Open AccessWhat’s important for recovery after a total knee replacement? A systematic review of mixed methods studies
Understanding how patients perceive and prioritise various aspects of recovery following total knee replacement, including pain, function and return to activity, will help clinicians in pre-operative consultat...
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Value of 3-D-Printed Swabs for Respiratory Sampling and Testing
Appropriate collection of respiratory samples is essential for diagnostic testing of respiratory pathogens such as, SARS-CoV-2. During the early pandemic period, there was a shortage of imports such as, nasoph...
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Identification of groundwater potential zones using integrated GIS-based analytical hierarchy process and multicriteria decision analysis methods in Jedeb watershed, Ethiopia
Groundwater potential and its recharge zone are still not done for this complex hydrogeological situation. The utilization of satellite and remote sensing data gives reliable results concerning the various imp...
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Open AccessAn integrated newborn care kit (iNCK) to save newborn lives and improve health outcomes in Gilgit Baltistan (GB), Pakistan: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
Ongoing high neonatal mortality rates (NMRs) represent a global challenge. In 2021, of the 5 million deaths reported worldwide for children under five years of age, 47% were newborns. Pakistan has one of the f...
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Rotation invariant person tracker using top view
Person tracking is considered an important application in the field of video surveillance. A top view camera provides a wide coverage of scene and better handling of occlusion as compared to frontal view. The ...
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Classification and Detection of Cancer in Histopathologic Scans of Lymph Node Sections Using Convolutional Neural Network
Cancer has been considered one of the major threats to the lives and health of people. The substantial clinical practices show that earlier diagnosis and detection of cancer can provide adaptable treatment met...
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Open AccessHermite–Hadamard and Fejér-type inequalities for strongly reciprocally (p, h)-convex functions of higher order
In this paper, we investigate the properties of a newly introduced class of functions, strongly reciprocally (p, h)-convex functions of higher order. We establish Hermite–Hadamard-type and Fejér-type inequalities...
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An IoT-enabled smart health care system for screening of COVID-19 with multi layers features fusion and selection
Advancement of smart medical sensors, devices, cloud computing, and health care technologies is getting remarkable attention from academia and the health care industry. As, Internet of things (IoT) has been re...
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Open AccessInfluence of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) analogues on healing and clinical outcomes following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructive surgery: a systematic review
To systematically review the effect of PRP on healing (vascularization, inflammation and ligamentization) and clinical outcomes (pain, knee function and stability) in patients undergoing ACL reconstruction and...
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Open AccessFractional version of Ostrowski-type inequalities for strongly p-convex stochastic processes via a k-fractional Hilfer–Katugampola derivative
In the present research, we introduce the notion of convex stochastic processes namely; strongly p-convex stochastic processes. We establish a generalized version of Ostrowski-type integral inequalities for stron...
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A sustainable advanced artificial intelligence-based framework for analysis of COVID-19 spread
The idea of sustainability aims to provide a protected operating environment that supports without risking the capacity of coming generations and to satisfy their demands in the future. With the advent of arti...
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Enabling Artificial Intelligence for Genome Sequence Analysis of COVID-19 and Alike Viruses
Recent pandemic of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been growing lethally with unusual speed. It has infected millions of people and continues a...
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Production of Pellets from Furfural Residue and Sawdust Biomass: Effect of Moisture Content, Particle Size and a Binder on Pellet Quality and Energy Consumption
Pelletization of low-value-added biomass materials such as furfural residue (FR) and sawdust was performed by using a lab-scale pelletizer. Effects of moisture content (MC), particle size, and a binder on qual...
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Open AccessPatient beliefs and perceptions play a crucial role in the decision-making process when managing a meniscal tear. A qualitative systematic review of the literature
There has been an increase in research on the effectiveness of treatment options for the management of meniscal tears. However, there is very little evidence about the patient experiences of meniscal tears.
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Open AccessAn analysis of the gender and social determinants of health in urban poor areas of the most populated cities of Pakistan
Recent surveys, studies and reviews in urban areas of Pakistan have highlighted the impacts of social inequities on access of women and children to health services for women and children in Pakistan.
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External quality assessment (EQA) combined with on-site technical evaluation for capacity building in clinical microbiology laboratories in Pakistan
Implementation of standard laboratory practices towards accurate antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) is challenging in resource-constrained settings. Efforts to improve AST are required to address knowl...
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Colonial Transformations, Postcolonial Afterlives: Extremism, Exclusion and Distrust in India and Pakistan
This chapter provides a brief discussion of the religious transformations which took place under British colonial rule and outlines some of the ongoing postcolonial political consequences of these transformati...
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Narcolepsy and Idiopathic Hypersomnia
Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is a common symptom that is part of many different medical, neurologic, psychiatric, and sleep disorders. The terms “excessive daytime sleepiness” and “hypersomnia” are often...
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Sleepiness, Fatigue, and Sleep Disorders
Sleepiness and fatigue are terms used interchangeably, but they are different concepts. For example, a person who runs up 15 flights of stairs may feel fatigued when reaching the top but would not inevitably f...
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Introduction
Religious extremism is among the most pertinent challenges to state and society in the contemporary world. While it is a global phenomenon and the subject of considerable academic scholarship and journalistic ...