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The Impact of Corporate Culture on Education and Training Environment Success
This article tries to counter this gap and to treat the relation which is established between the organizational performance and the corporate culture in the case of the universities of Saudi Arabia through a quantitative survey...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
A common protocol for the simultaneous processing of multiple clinically relevant bacterial species for whole genome sequencing
Kathy E. Raven, Sophia T. Girgis, Asha Akram, Beth Blane, Danielle Leek, Nicholas Brown, Sharon J. Peacock
Jan 08, 2021
Abstract: Whole-genome sequencing is likely to become increasingly used by local clinical microbiology laboratories, where sequencing volume is low compared with national reference laboratories. Here, we describe a universal...
Effects of nitro-butoxyl- and butyl-esters of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs compared with parent compounds on the contractility of digital arterial smooth muscle from the fallow deer (Dama dama).
A common protocol for the simultaneous processing of multiple clinically relevant bacterial species for whole genome sequencing.
Kathy E Raven, Sophia T Girgis, Asha Akram, Beth Blane, Danielle Leek, Nicholas Brown, Sharon J Peacock
Dec 10, 2020
Whole-genome sequencing is likely to become increasingly used by local clinical microbiology laboratories, where sequencing volume is low compared with national reference laboratories. Here, we describe a universal protocol for...
Online Learning System in Higher Education Institutions in Pakistan
Novel COVID‐19 caused turmoil in every domain of life around the globe. To halt the further spread of virus, preventive measures such as social and physical distancing has led the temporal cessation of all education institutions...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Circulating extracellular vesicles during pregnancy in women with type 1 diabetes
Abstract: Background: Extracellular vesicles are membrane vesicles that are released into the extracellular environment and accumulate in the circulation in vascular disease. We aimed to quantify circulating extracellular...
Life, health, and safety of industrial workers in bangladesh
Recent disasters caused by human negligence have gained widespread global attention. The devastating Savar building collapse in Bangladesh in April 2013 has been described as the deadliest industrial accident and worst...
Comparison and Transition of Research Focus on Application of IT in Education
The application of Information Technology (IT) in education has opened new scenarios for this ancient process. With rapidly changing field of IT, the adoption of IT in education has been changed drastically. It is quite...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Enhancing Critical Thinking through STEM Education
Naila Siddiqua, Inam ur Rehman, Muhammad Sadiq Ali Khan, Saira Shahab, M. Akram Mankash
Jun 30, 2023
This study aimed to find out the need of integrated STEM education program in learning enhancement, promoting critical thinking and promoting real-life application of the content knowledge. For getting deeper insights to...
Published by: Department of History, University of Karachi
Circulating extracellular vesicles during pregnancy in women with type 1 diabetes
Akram Abolbaghaei, Marc-André Langlois, Helen R Murphy, Denice S Feig, Dylan Burger, CONCEPTT Collaborative Group
Oct 08, 2021
BACKGROUND: Extracellular vesicles are membrane vesicles that are released into the extracellular environment and accumulate in the circulation in vascular disease. We aimed to quantify circulating extracellular vesicles in...
Are Satisfied Customers Willing to Pay More for Extra Services?
5G service refers to the mobile services built on the 5th generation telecommunication technology. It enhances end user experience of mobile internet surfing significantly. The high bandwidth of 5G technologies offers vendors...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Transformational Leadership and Organizational Change Examining the Mediational Approach of Knowledge Sharing
This study examines the transformational leadership behavior for organizational change by creating the environment of sharing knowledge in organizational and individual level of the organization for a sample of 300 employees and...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Computational Fluorescence Suppression in Shifted Excitation Raman Spectroscopy
Nia C. Jenkins, Katjana Ehrlich, Andras Kufcsak, Stephanos Yerolatsitis, Susan Fernandes, Irene Young, Katie Hamilton, Harry A.C. Wood, Tom Quinn, Vikki Young, Ahsan R. Akram, James M. Stone, Robert R. Thomson, Keith Finlayson, Kevin Dhaliwal, Sohan Seth
Aug 31, 2023
Fiber-based Raman spectroscopy in the context of <italic>in vivo</italic> biomedical application suffers from the presence of background fluorescence from the surrounding tissue that might mask the crucial but...
Determinants of gastroesophageal reflux disease, including hookah smoking and opium use- a cross-sectional analysis of 50,000 individuals.
Farhad Islami, Siavosh Nasseri-Moghaddam, Akram Pourshams, Hossein Poustchi, Shahryar Semnani, Farin Kamangar, Arash Etemadi, Shahin Merat, Masoud Khoshnia, Sanford M Dawsey, Paul D Pharoah, Paul Brennan, Christian C Abnet, Paolo Boffetta, Reza Malekzadeh
Sep 21, 2018
BACKGROUND: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common cause of discomfort and morbidity worldwide. However, information on determinants of GERD from large-scale studies in low- to medium-income countries is limited. We...
A Randomized Trial Directly Comparing Ventral Capsule and Anteromedial Subthalamic Nucleus Stimulation in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Himanshu Tyagi, Annemieke M Apergis-Schoute, Harith Akram, Tom Foltynie, Patricia Limousin, Lynne M Drummond, Naomi A Fineberg, Keith Matthews, Marjan Jahanshahi, Trevor W Robbins, Barbara J Sahakian, Ludvic Zrinzo, Marwan Hariz, Eileen M Joyce
May 07, 2019
BACKGROUND: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an emerging treatment for severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). We compared the efficacy of ventral capsule/ventral striatal (VC/VS) and anteromedial subthalamic nucleus (amSTN)...
Anteromedial subthalamic nucleus DBS Deep Brain Stimulation OCD Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Ventral internal capsule Adult Deep Brain Stimulation Double-Blind Method Female Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Middle Aged Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Subthalamic nucleus Treatment Outcome Ventral Striatum
Computational Fluorescence Suppression in Shifted Excitation Raman Spectroscopy
Nia C. Jenkins, Katjana Ehrlich, Andras Kufcsak, Stephanos Yerolatsitis, Susan Fernandes, Irene Young, Katie Hamilton, Harry A.C. Wood, Tom Quinn, Vikki Young, Ahsan R. Akram, James M. Stone, Robert R. Thomson, Keith Finlayson, Kevin Dhaliwal, Sohan Seth
Aug 31, 2023
Fiber-based Raman spectroscopy in the context of <italic>in vivo</italic> biomedical application suffers from the presence of background fluorescence from the surrounding tissue that might mask the crucial but...
Intravenous immunoglobulin and rituximab versus placebo treatment of antibody-associated psychosis
Belinda Lennox, Ksenija Yeeles, Peter B Jones, Michael Zandi, Eileen Joyce, Ly-Mee Yu, Giuliano Tomei, Rebecca Pollard, Sally-Anne Vincent, Mio Shimazaki, Iona Cairns, Francis Dowling, Thomas Kabir, Thomas RE Barnes, Anne Lingford Hughes, Akram A Hosseini, Timothy Harrower, Camilla Buckley, Alasdair Coles
Aug 30, 2019
BACKGROUND: Evidence is conflicting about a causal role of inflammation in psychosis and, specifically, regarding antibodies binding to neuronal membrane targets, especially N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors. NMDAR, LGI1 and GABA-A...
Adolescent Adult Aged Antipsychotic Agents Clinical Trials Phase II as Topic Double-Blind Method Female Humans Immunoglobulins Intravenous Infusions Intravenous Male Middle Aged Multicenter Studies as Topic Psychotic Disorders Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Risk Factors Rituximab Time Factors Treatment Outcome United Kingdom Young Adult
Intravenous immunoglobulin and rituximab versus placebo treatment of antibody-associated psychosis
Belinda Lennox, Ksenija Yeeles, Peter B. Jones, Michael Zandi, Eileen Joyce, Ly-Mee Yu, Giuliano Tomei, Rebecca Pollard, Sally-Anne Vincent, Mio Shimazaki, Iona Cairns, Francis Dowling, Thomas Kabir, Thomas R. E. Barnes, Anne Lingford Hughes, Akram A. Hosseini, Timothy Harrower, Camilla Buckley, Alasdair Coles
Jun 06, 2020
Abstract: Background: Evidence is conflicting about a causal role of inflammation in psychosis and, specifically, regarding antibodies binding to neuronal membrane targets, especially N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors. NMDAR, LGI1...
A brain precursor atlas reveals the acquisition of developmental-like states in adult cerebral tumours.
Identifying and correcting epigenetics measurements for systematic sources of variation.
Flavie Perrier, Alexei Novoloaca, Srikant Ambatipudi, Laura Baglietto, Akram Ghantous, Vittorio Perduca, Myrto Barrdahl, Sophia Harlid, Ken K Ong, Alexia Cardona, Silvia Polidoro, Therese Haugdahl Nøst, Kim Overvad, Hanane Omichessan, Martijn Dollé, Christina Bamia, José Marìa Huerta, Paolo Vineis, Zdenko Herceg, Isabelle Romieu, Pietro Ferrari
Jul 23, 2018
BACKGROUND: Methylation measures quantified by microarray techniques can be affected by systematic variation due to the technical processing of samples, which may compromise the accuracy of the measurement process and contribute...
A brain precursor atlas reveals the acquisition of developmental-like states in adult cerebral tumours.
Akram A Hamed, Daniel J Kunz, Ibrahim El-Hamamy, Quang M Trinh, Omar D Subedar, Laura M Richards, Warren Foltz, Garrett Bullivant, Matthaeus Ware, Maria C Vladoiu, Jiao Zhang, Antony M Raj, Trevor J Pugh, Michael D Taylor, Sarah A Teichmann, Lincoln D Stein, Benjamin D Simons, Peter B Dirks
Aug 19, 2022
Human cerebral cancers are known to contain cell types resembling the varying stages of neural development. However, the basis of this association remains unclear. Here, we map the development of mouse cerebrum across the...
Household Fuel Use and the Risk of Gastrointestinal Cancers
Mahdi Sheikh, Hossein Poustchi, Akram Pourshams, Masoud Khoshnia, Abdolsamad Gharavi, Mahdi Zahedi, Gholamreza Roshandel, Sadaf G Sepanlou, Abdolreza Fazel, Maryam Hashemian, Behrooz Abaei, Masoud Sotoudeh, Arash Nikmanesh, Shahin Merat, Arash Etemadi, Siavosh Nasseri Moghaddam, Farhad Islami, Farin Kamangar, Paul D Pharoah, Sanford M Dawsey, Christian C Abnet, Paolo Boffetta, Paul Brennan, Reza Malekzadeh
Dec 15, 2020
BACKGROUND: Three billion people burn nonclean fuels for household purposes. Limited evidence suggests a link between household fuel use and gastrointestinal (GI) cancers. OBJECTIVES: We investigated the relationship between...
Comparison of smoking-related DNA methylation between newborns from prenatal exposure and adults from personal smoking.
Sinjini Sikdar, Roby Joehanes, Bonnie R Joubert, Cheng-Jian Xu, Marta Vives-Usano, Faisal I Rezwan, Janine F Felix, James M Ward, Weihua Guan, Rebecca C Richmond, Jennifer A Brody, Leanne K Küpers, Nour Baïz, Siri E Håberg, Jennifer A Smith, Sarah E Reese, Stella Aslibekyan, Cathrine Hoyo, Radhika Dhingra, Christina A Markunas, Tao Xu, Lindsay M Reynolds, Allan C Just, Pooja R Mandaviya, Akram Ghantous, Brian D Bennett, Tianyuan Wang, The Bios Consortium, Kelly M Bakulski, Erik Melen, Shanshan Zhao, Jianping Jin, Zdenko Herceg, Joyce van Meurs, Jack A Taylor, Andrea A Baccarelli, Susan K Murphy, Yongmei Liu, Monica Cheng Munthe-Kaas, Ian J Deary, Wenche Nystad, Melanie Waldenberger, Isabella Annesi-Maesano, Karen Conneely, Vincent WV Jaddoe, Donna Arnett, Harold Snieder, Sharon LR Kardia, Caroline L Relton, Ken K Ong, Susan Ewart, Hortensia Moreno-Macias, Isabelle Romieu, Nona Sotoodehnia, Myriam Fornage, Alison Motsinger-Reif, Gerard H Koppelman, Mariona Bustamante, Daniel Levy, Stephanie J London
Oct 08, 2019
Aim: Cigarette smoking influences DNA methylation genome wide, in newborns from pregnancy exposure and in adults from personal smoking. Whether a unique methylation signature exists for in utero exposure in newborns is unknown....
Novel loci for childhood body mass index and shared heritability with adult cardiometabolic traits
Suzanne Vogelezang, Jonathan P. Bradfield, Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia, John A. Curtin, Timo A. Lakka, Niels Grarup, Markus Scholz, Peter J. van der Most, Claire Monnereau, Evie Stergiakouli, Anni Heiskala, Momoko Horikoshi, Iryna O. Fedko, Natalia Vilor-Tejedor, Diana L. Cousminer, Marie Standl, Carol A. Wang, Jorma Viikari, Frank Geller, Carmen Íñiguez, Niina Pitkänen, Alessandra Chesi, Jonas Bacelis, Loic Yengo, Maties Torrent, Ioanna Ntalla, Øyvind Helgeland, Saskia Selzam, Judith M. Vonk, Mohammed H. Zafarmand, Barbara Heude, Ismaa Sadaf Farooqi, Akram Alyass, Robin N. Beaumont, Christian T. Have, Peter Rzehak, Jose Ramon Bilbao, Theresia M. Schnurr, Inês Barroso, Klaus Bønnelykke, Lawrence J. Beilin, Lisbeth Carstensen, Marie-Aline Charles, Bo Chawes, Karine Clément, Ricardo Closa-Monasterolo, Adnan Custovic, Johan G. Eriksson, Joaquin Escribano, Maria Groen-Blokhuis, Veit Grote, Dariusz Gruszfeld, Hakon Hakonarson, Torben Hansen, Andrew T. Hattersley, Mette Hollensted, Jouke-Jan Hottenga, Elina Hyppönen, Stefan Johansson, Raimo Joro, Mika Kähönen, Ville Karhunen, Wieland Kiess, Bridget A. Knight, Berthold Koletzko, Andreas Kühnapfel, Kathrin Landgraf, Jean-Paul Langhendries, Terho Lehtimäki, Jaakko T. Leinonen, Aihuali Li, Virpi Lindi, Estelle Lowry, Mariona Bustamante, Carolina Medina-Gomez, Mads Melbye, Kim F. Michaelsen, Camilla S. Morgen, Trevor A. Mori, Tenna R. H. Nielsen, Harri Niinikoski, Albertine J. Oldehinkel, Katja Pahkala, Kalliope Panoutsopoulou, Oluf Pedersen, Craig E. Pennell, Christine Power, Sijmen A. Reijneveld, Fernando Rivadeneira, Angela Simpson, Peter D. Sly, Jakob Stokholm, Kook K. Teo, Elisabeth Thiering, Nicholas J. Timpson, André G. Uitterlinden, Catharina E. M. van Beijsterveldt, Barbera D. C. van Schaik, Marc Vaudel, Elvira Verduci, Rebecca K. Vinding, Mandy Vogel, Eleftheria Zeggini, Sylvain Sebert, Mads V. Lind, Christopher D. Brown, Loreto Santa-Marina, Eva Reischl, Christine Frithioff-Bøjsøe, David Meyre, Eleanor Wheeler, Ken Ong, Ellen A. Nohr, Tanja G. M. Vrijkotte, Gerard H. Koppelman, Robert Plomin, Pål R. Njølstad, George D. Dedoussis, Philippe Froguel, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, Bo Jacobsson, Rachel M. Freathy, Babette S. Zemel, Olli Raitakari, Martine Vrijheid, Bjarke Feenstra, Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen, Harold Snieder, Holger Kirsten, Patrick G. Holt, Joachim Heinrich, Elisabeth Widén, Jordi Sunyer, Dorret I. Boomsma, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Antje Körner, George Davey Smith, Jens-Christian Holm, Mustafa Atalay, Clare Murray, Hans Bisgaard, Mark I. McCarthy, Early Growth Genetics Consortium, Vincent W. V. Jaddoe, Struan F. A. Grant, Janine F. Felix
Oct 22, 2020
The genetic background of childhood body mass index (BMI), and the extent to which the well-known associations of childhood BMI with adult diseases are explained by shared genetic factors, are largely unknown. We performed a...
Novel loci for childhood body mass index and shared heritability with adult cardiometabolic traits.
Suzanne Vogelezang, Jonathan P Bradfield, Tarunveer S Ahluwalia, John A Curtin, Timo A Lakka, Niels Grarup, Markus Scholz, Peter J van der Most, Claire Monnereau, Evie Stergiakouli, Anni Heiskala, Momoko Horikoshi, Iryna O Fedko, Natalia Vilor-Tejedor, Diana L Cousminer, Marie Standl, Carol A Wang, Jorma Viikari, Frank Geller, Carmen Íñiguez, Niina Pitkänen, Alessandra Chesi, Jonas Bacelis, Loic Yengo, Maties Torrent, Ioanna Ntalla, Øyvind Helgeland, Saskia Selzam, Judith M Vonk, Mohammed H Zafarmand, Barbara Heude, Ismaa Sadaf Farooqi, Akram Alyass, Robin N Beaumont, Christian T Have, Peter Rzehak, Jose Ramon Bilbao, Theresia M Schnurr, Inês Barroso, Klaus Bønnelykke, Lawrence J Beilin, Lisbeth Carstensen, Marie-Aline Charles, Bo Chawes, Karine Clément, Ricardo Closa-Monasterolo, Adnan Custovic, Johan G Eriksson, Joaquin Escribano, Maria Groen-Blokhuis, Veit Grote, Dariusz Gruszfeld, Hakon Hakonarson, Torben Hansen, Andrew T Hattersley, Mette Hollensted, Jouke-Jan Hottenga, Elina Hyppönen, Stefan Johansson, Raimo Joro, Mika Kähönen, Ville Karhunen, Wieland Kiess, Bridget A Knight, Berthold Koletzko, Andreas Kühnapfel, Kathrin Landgraf, Jean-Paul Langhendries, Terho Lehtimäki, Jaakko T Leinonen, Aihuali Li, Virpi Lindi, Estelle Lowry, Mariona Bustamante, Carolina Medina-Gomez, Mads Melbye, Kim F Michaelsen, Camilla S Morgen, Trevor A Mori, Tenna RH Nielsen, Harri Niinikoski, Albertine J Oldehinkel, Katja Pahkala, Kalliope Panoutsopoulou, Oluf Pedersen, Craig E Pennell, Christine Power, Sijmen A Reijneveld, Fernando Rivadeneira, Angela Simpson, Peter D Sly, Jakob Stokholm, Kook K Teo, Elisabeth Thiering, Nicholas J Timpson, André G Uitterlinden, Catharina EM van Beijsterveldt, Barbera DC van Schaik, Marc Vaudel, Elvira Verduci, Rebecca K Vinding, Mandy Vogel, Eleftheria Zeggini, Sylvain Sebert, Mads V Lind, Christopher D Brown, Loreto Santa-Marina, Eva Reischl, Christine Frithioff-Bøjsøe, David Meyre, Eleanor Wheeler, Ken Ong, Ellen A Nohr, Tanja GM Vrijkotte, Gerard H Koppelman, Robert Plomin, Pål R Njølstad, George D Dedoussis, Philippe Froguel, Thorkild IA Sørensen, Bo Jacobsson, Rachel M Freathy, Babette S Zemel, Olli Raitakari, Martine Vrijheid, Bjarke Feenstra, Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen, Harold Snieder, Holger Kirsten, Patrick G Holt, Joachim Heinrich, Elisabeth Widén, Jordi Sunyer, Dorret I Boomsma, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Antje Körner, George Davey Smith, Jens-Christian Holm, Mustafa Atalay, Clare Murray, Hans Bisgaard, Mark I McCarthy, Early Growth Genetics Consortium, Vincent WV Jaddoe, Struan FA Grant, Janine F Felix
Nov 12, 2020
The genetic background of childhood body mass index (BMI), and the extent to which the well-known associations of childhood BMI with adult diseases are explained by shared genetic factors, are largely unknown. We performed a...
Adolescent Adult blood pressure Body Mass Index cardiometabolic risk factors Cardiovascular Diseases Child Child Preschool Diabetes mellitus Type 2 Female Genetic Predisposition to Disease Genome-Wide Association Study Humans Male Menarche Mendelian Randomization Analysis Monosaccharide Transport Proteins Nedd4 Ubiquitin Protein Ligases Waist-Hip Ratio
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