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Exploring the therapeutic potential of cannabinoids in cancer by modulating sig...
Faiz, Manal Bint; Naeem, Faiza; Irfan, Muhammad; Aslam, Muhammad Adeel; Estevinho, Leticia M.; Ateşşahin, Dilek Arslan; Alshahrani, Asma M.For centuries, cannabinoids have been utilized for their medicinal properties, particularly in Asian and South-Asian countries. Cannabis plants, known for their psychoactive and non-psychoactive potential, were historically used for spiritual and remedial healing. However, as cannabis became predominantly a recreational drug, it faced prohibition. Recently, the therapeutic potential of cannabinoids has sparked ...
Prevalence of chronic cough, its risk factors and population attributable risk ...
Abozid, Hazim; Patel, Jaymini; Burney, Peter; Hartl, Sylvia; Breyer-Kohansal, Robab; Mortimer, Kevin; Nafees, Asaad A.; Al Ghobain, MohammedBackground: Chronic cough is a common respiratory symptom with an impact on daily activities and quality of life. Global prevalence data are scarce and derive mainly from European and Asian countries and studies with outcomes other than chronic cough. In this study, we aimed to estimate the prevalence of chronic cough across a large number of study sites as well as to identify its main risk factors using a stan...
Prevalence of chronic cough, its risk factors and population attributable risk ...
Abozid, Hazim; Patel, Jaymini; Burney, Peter; Hartl, Sylvia; Breyer-Kohansal, Robab; Mortimer, Kevin; Nafees, Asaad A.; Al Ghobain, MohammedBackground: Chronic cough is a common respiratory symptom with an impact on daily activities and quality of life. Global prevalence data are scarce and derive mainly from European and Asian countries and studies with outcomes other than chronic cough. In this study, we aimed to estimate the prevalence of chronic cough across a large number of study sites as well as to identify its main risk factors using a stan...
Statistical optimization of amylase production using grape fruit peels in subme...
Iram, Nazia; Shakir, Hafiz Abdullah; Irfan, Muhammad; Khan, Muhammad; Ali, Shaukat; Anwar, Arfa; Saeed, Saba; Qazi, Javed IqbalAmylase production by Bacillus licheniformis isolated from fish gut was statistically optimized using grape fruit peels in submerged fermentation. Nutritional parameters were optimized through one factor at a time approach. The selected parameters were grape fruit peels as carbon source, ammonium nitrate as nitrogen source, magnesium sulphate as mineral salt. These parameters along with initial medium pH was op...
Bacterial etiology of community-acquired pneumonia in immunocompetent hospitali...
Carugati, Manuela; Aliberti, S.; Sotgiu, G.; Blasi, F.; Gori, A.; Menendez, R.; Encheva, M.; Gallego, M.; Leuschner, P.; Ruiz-Buitrago, S.An accurate knowledge of the epidemiology of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is key for selecting appropriate antimicrobial treatments. Very few etiological studies assessed the appropriateness of empiric guideline recommendations at a multinational level. This study aims at the following: (i) describing the bacterial etiologic distribution of CAP and (ii) assessing the appropriateness of the empirical treat...
Developing and testing of culturally adapted CBT (CaCBT) for common mental diso...
Irfan, MuhammadThis thesis carried out between January 2015 and July 2016, describes the process of adaptation of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for common mental disorders (CMDs) and evaluation of its effectiveness through a pilot project in Pashto-speaking Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA area of Pakistan and Afghanistan. This region has faced multiple traumas and difficulties including severe floods, earthquakes, Pak-Afghan-...
Knowledge and practices of general practitioners of district Peshawar about sch...
Irfan, MuhammadABSTRACT: Schizophrenia with its disabling features has been placed in the top ten of global burden of disease and is associated with long-term decline in functional ability. General Practitioners not only have an important role in treating patients with an established diagnosis of schizophrenia but they can also contribute significantly by identifying people in early stages of psychosis as they are the first h...