Prevalence of Blood-Borne Viruses in Health Care Workers of a Northern District in Pakistan: Risk Factors and Preventive Behaviors by Muhammad Zuhaib Khan, Shahab Saqib, Sayed Irtiza Hussain Shah Gardyzi, Javaria Qazi

“…Blood-borne viral infections like viral hepatitis are highly prevalent in Pakistan. There is also a potential threat of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) spread in the country. …”
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Trends in the levels, causes, and risk factors of maternal mortality in Pakistan: A comparative analysis of national surveys of 2007 and 2019. by Farid Midhet, Samina Naeem Khalid, Shehla Baqai, Shahzad Ali Khan

“…This study highlights the trends in maternal mortality levels and risk factors in Pakistan between 2007 and 2019.<h4>Methods</h4>This study compares the results of secondary data analysis of the Pakistan Maternal Mortality Survey 2019 with the Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2007. …”
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Addressing Gender Disparities in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Scoping Review of Life Skills-Based Education in Pakistan by Bushra Anwar, Sayema Awais, Muhammad Moeed Azwar Bhatti, Sania Ahmed, Muhammad Bin Aslam Zahid, Hafsa Malik

“… Objective: Adolescents in Pakistan face significant health risks due to factors such as sexual violence, forced marriages, and limited access to reproductive health education. …”
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Biochemical Markers of Bone Turnover in Patients with β-Thalassemia Major: A Single Center Study from Southern Pakistan by Sadia Sultan, Syed Mohammed Irfan, Syed Ijlal Ahmed

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CORRELATION BETWEEN UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD VOLUME WITHGESTATIONAL AGE AND BIRTH WEIGHT: A BASELINE FOR CORD BLOODBANKS IN PAKISTAN by Muhammad Rizwan et al

“…Despite having a high fertility rate, no such facility is currently present in Pakistan. UCB is used as autologous blood and can also be used as a homologous source. …”
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Optimization and loss estimation in energy-deficient polygeneration systems: A case study of Pakistan's utilities with integrated renewable energy by Muhammad Shoaib Saleem, Naeem Abas

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Practice of standard Cross Infection Protocol in Private Dental Clinics of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: A cross-sectional study by Hassan Maqbool, Khadija Sajid, Zarnab Rizwan

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Successful Outpatient Management of Children at a Secondary Care Hospital in Pakistan in a Dengue Fever Epidemic and Their Clinical Outcomes by Ammara Farooq, Brekhna Aurangzeb, Taimur Khalil Sheikh, Huma Bashir, Maryam Ghuncha, Tehmina Mustafa

“…The inpatient group was admitted to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, a tertiary care hospital, and discharged on recovery. …”
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['STRATIGRAPHY, PETROLOGY AND FACIES ASSOCIATIONS OF THE QUATERNARY SPIN KAREZ GROUP, HANNA-SPIN KAREZ AREA, QUETTA DISTRICT, PAKISTAN'] by Muhammed Iqbal Kasi, Razzaq Abdul Manan, Akhtar Muhammad Kassi, Aimal Khan Kasi, Muhammed Naseer

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An integrated approach to predict genetic risk for Mosquito-Borne diseases in the local Population of Tehsil Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan by Rabea Basri, Muslim Bin Aqeel, Faryal Mehwish Awan, Sadiq Noor Khan, Ayesha Obaid, Rubina Parveen, Muhammad Mohsin, Wajeeha Akhtar, Abdal Hussain Shah, Tahira Sher Afghan, Amir Alam, Saira Khan, Anam Naz

Subjects: “…Allele frequency in Pakistan…”
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The impact of green HRM practices on green innovative work behaviour: empirical evidence from the hospitality sector of China and Pakistan by Karamat Khan, Eimad Hafeez Gogia, Zhen Shao, Mohd Ziaur Rehman, Assad Ullah

“…Interestingly, GTL did not significantly moderate the relationship between GHRM and GIWB in Pakistan’s sample, highlighting a regional contrast. …”
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Improving ROP management: insights from a comparative analysis of screening and treatment modalities in a tertiary hospital, Pakistan by Muhammad Moin, Aisha Azam, Lubna Siddiq Mian, Ashal Pal, Rutaab Kareem, Noor Us Sehar

“…Abstract Background The principal objective of our study is to evaluate the characteristics of babies with type 1 ROP, screening practices and treatment trends in a tertiary care centre in Pakistan. Methods This prospective study at Mayo Hospital, Lahore (July 2022–July 2024), included 89 preterm infants with type 1 ROP, selected using non-probability sampling. …”
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Spatiotemporal Assessment of Temperature Data Products for the Detection of Warming Trends and Abrupt Transitions over the Largest Irrigated Area of Pakistan by Zain Nawaz, Xin Li, Yingying Chen, Xufeng Wang, Kun Zhang, Naima Nawaz, Yanlong Guo, Akynbekkyzy Meerzhan

“…Here, we present spatial and temporal assessments of temperature indices (Tmax, Tmin, Tmean, and DTR) products against the reference data during the period of 1979–2015 over Punjab Province, Pakistan. This region is considered as a center for agriculture and irrigated farming. …”
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Assessment of Air Pollution Tolerance and Physicochemical Alterations of Alstonia scholaris (L.) R.Br. along Roadsides of Lahore, Pakistan by Zahid Mehmood, Ali Hasnain, Muhammad Luqman, Sohaib Muhammad, Narayan Babu Dhital, Arooba John, Maryam Iqbal, Amna Ejaz, Matiba Tufail, Harma, Hsi-Hsien Yang, Muhammad Umer Farooq Awan

“…Lahore is the second largest city in Pakistan facing tremendous stress of vehicle emission. …”
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An Update on National Consensus Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Hepatitis C & Literature Review in Epidemiology of Hepatitis C in Pakistan - 2022 by Sibt ul Hasnain Syed, Muhammad Umar, Hamama tul Bushra Khaar, Tayyab Saeed Akhter, Tassawar Hussain, Amjad Salamat, Syed Irfan Ahmad, Rai Muhammad Asghar, Muhammad Khurram, Anwar A. Khan, Fazl-e-Hadi, Aftab Mohsin, Waseem-Ud-Din, Saleem Qureshi, Sohail Iqbal Bhutta, Javeria Zahid Khan, Sadia Ahmad, Aqsa Naseer, Anum Abbas, Misbah Noreen, Faiza Aslam, Zahid Mahmood Minhas, Asif Abbas Naqvi, Atifa Shoaib, Saima Ambreen, Gul Nisar, Mohammad Mujeeb Khan, Talal Khursheed, Mohammad Osama

“…With the availability of Direct Acting Antivirals(DAAs), the whole paradigm of treatment of hepatitis C has changed not only globally but also in Pakistan. However, the patients in Pakistan are unable to gain access to the latest DAAs at the pace, as they are available globally. …”
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Kamila Shamsie’s Kartography and the Itinerary of Cultural Identity: Mapping Traumatic Experience within the “Canker” of History Keep moving, it’s not our destination, yet…♦ Faiz A... by David Waterman

Subjects: “…Pakistan…”
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Genomic Variation in Dengue Virus Non-Structural Protein 5 (NS5). by Saira Mushtaq, Malik Ihsan Ullah Khan, Muhammad Tahir Khan, Aneeqa Shahid, Rameesha Shafiq, Sarwat Jahan

Subjects: “…Dengue virus, Whole Genome Sequencing, mutation, NS5, Pakistan…”
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A Study On The Histopathological Analysis Of Nasal Masses Among Patients Attending The Ent Department Of Pakistan Institute Of Medical Sciences, Islamabad by Malik Jawad Faisal, Muhammad Arshad, Moniba Zafar, Ahmed Hasan Ashfaq, Syed Fahd Shah

“…This study was conducted in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology/ ENT and Histopathology department of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences and AFIP for a two-year duration from April 2019 to April 2021. …”
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Phylogenetic studies on the genus Candolleomyces (Psathyrellaceae, Basidiomycota) occurring in the bed of the Indus River, Punjab, Pakistan, reveal three new species by Qirui Li, Muhammad Haqnawaz, Abdul Rehman Niazi, Abdul Nasir Khalid

“…During macrofungal surveys in 2019–2024, several specimens belonging to the family Psathyrellaceae were collected from the bed of the Indus River, Punjab, Pakistan. Phylogenetic analyses, based on ITS, LSU, and tef-1α sequences and morpho-anatomical study, confirmed the novelty and placement of three taxa in the genus Candolleomyces. …”
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Socio-sexual norms and young people's sexual health in urban Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan: A qualitative scoping review. by Prima Alam, Leesa Lin, Nandan Thakkar, Abhi Thaker, Cicely Marston

“…In this article we focus on norms affecting young people's sexual health experiences in urban settings in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. We conducted a scoping review of peer reviewed empirical studies based on qualitative data pertaining to young people's experiences of sexuality and sexual health in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. …”
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