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Osteoarthritis, COVID-19 Social Isolation-Impacts, and Counter Solutions

Dec 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-20-3682
Ray MarksCorresponding author

Background to the Issue Many older adults, including those already suffering from chronically painful disabling osteoarthritis of one or more joints remain more susceptible than healthy age and gender matched adults to the COVID-19 corona virus. Aims This report sought to examine what has been publi…

A Systematic Review of the Antimony Content of the Normal Human Prostate Gland

Dec 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2372-6601.jhor-20-3673
Vladimir ZaichickCorresponding author

The prostate gland is subject to various disorders. The etiology and pathogenesis of these diseases remain not well understood. Moreover, despite technological advancements, the differential diagnosis of prostate disorders has become progressively more complex and controversial. It was suggested tha…

COVID-19, and Vitamin D, and Air Pollution Global Epidemics Impact on Older Adults

Dec 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-20-3662
Ray MarksCorresponding author

Background Most current Corona virus or COVID-19 pandemic deaths have been found to occur among populations older than 65 years of age, who often suffer from the presence of an array of chronic diseases that may be related to a co-occurring vitamin D deficiency. Another factor affecting older adults…

Can Vitamin D Positively Impact COVID-19 Risk and Severity Among Older Adults: A Review of the Evidence

Dec 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-20-3650
Ray MarksCorresponding author

Background The coronavirus Covid-19 strain that emerged in December 2019, continues to produce a widespread and seemingly intractable negative impact on health and longevity in all parts of the world, especially, among older adults, and those with chronic health conditions. Aim The first aim of this…

Analysis of Isotopic Abundance Ratio of Consciousness Energy Healing Treated Metronidazole Using LC-MS and GC-MS Spectrometry

Nov 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2328-0182.japst-20-3618
Snehasis JanaCorresponding author

Metronidazole is an antibiotic and useful for the antibacterial and antiprotozoal medication. This study was performed to investigate the impact of the Trivedi Effect®-Biofield Energy Healing Treatment on the structural properties and the isotopic abundance ratio of metronidazole using LC-MS and GC-…

Preparation of Microwave Multi-Adsorbent Nanocomposites Based on Copper, Iron Carbonyl, Carbon Nanofiber, Graphite Nanoflake and Polypyrrole

Nov 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2689-2855.jan-20-3616
Seyed Hossien HosseiniCorresponding author

The composites of Cu, Carbonyl iron (CI), carbon nanofiber (CNF), graphite nanoflake (GNF)/polypyrrole (PPy) and [(Cu-CI-CNF-GNF) 0.5-PAA]-PPy0.5 were synthesized via different methods by in-situ polymerization on the surface of nanoparticles (NPs) with core-shell structure. This paper describes a m…

Use of Photovoice Methods in Research on Informal Caring: A Scoping Review of the Literature

Oct 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2576-9383.jhhr-20-3573
Allison WilliamsCorresponding author

The purpose of this scoping review was to examine the use of Photovoice in caring research. The review assessed the existing literature using the Arksey and O’Malley scoping review methodology. Database searches of relevant literature published worldwide between 1997–2019 yielded 25 articles in the…

Sleep Disturbances and Hip Fractures

Aug 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-20-3495
Ray MarksCorresponding author

Hip fractures, which remain highly prevalent among the elderly and produce enormous social and economic costs, have not truly abated in prevalence despite years of research that outlines a multitude of preventable risk factors and intervention programs. This review aimed to examine if sleep disturba…

Review on 3D Printed Bone Scaffold and Biocompatible Material

Jul 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2831-8846.j3dpa-20-3438
Nimisha ShirbhateCorresponding author

Bone Scaffold is a three-dimensional porous construction which provides support to promote natural cell growth in damaged or broken section of bone. In recent years researchers from various departments like biomedical, mechanical, orthopedics, have shown significant interest in adopting ‘Bone Scaffo…

The Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19): A Narrative Review

May 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3373
Baratali RezapourCorresponding author

One of the key steps in determining how to prevent the viral disease is to identify the virus. The virus lives in different ways and in different environments. It lives in the air, in the sea, on plants, animals and objects and humans. Some people put humans on the path of developing zoonotic diseas…

RETRACTED: Recent New Results and Achievements of California South University (CSU) BioSpectroscopy Core Research Laboratory for COVID-19 or 2019-nCoV Treatment: Diagnosis and Treatment Methodologies of “Coronavirus”

Mar 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2691-8862.jvat-20-3275
Heidari AlirezaCorresponding author Faculty of Chemistry, California South University, 14731 Comet St. Irvine, CA 92604, USA. 

Coronavirus nanoparticles show a strong peak of Plasmon absorption in ultraviolet–visible zone. A strong interaction exists between the surface of Coronavirus nanoparticles and Bcr–Abl tyrosine–kinase inhibitors (TKI) such as Imatinib (STI571), Nilotinib (AMN107), Dasatinib (BMS–345825), Bosutinib (…

Monitoring Mast Cell Populations in Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia: A Xenotransplantation Study

Dec 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2372-6601.jhor-19-3092
Anastasia S. TsingotjidouCorresponding author

Waldenström Macroglobulinemia (WM) is a B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder characterized mainly by uncontrolled accrual of M- immunoglobulin, secreted by malignant lymphoplasmatic cells. Mast cells interacting with malignant B-cells play an important role at the manifestation of the disease. Utiliz…

Molecular and Metabolic Pathogenesis of Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia and Association with Metabolic Syndrome

Sep 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2572-5424.jgm-19-3024
Sikandar Hayat KhanCorresponding author

Background The objective of this review is to unify the various genetic defects along with elaborating metabolic pathways in Familial Combined Hyperlipidemia(FCHL) and also to differentiate the phenotype of FCHL from metabolic syndrome. Methods PubMed and Cochrane’s library was searched for keyword…

“Prevention of Death Anxiety by Familiarity with the Concept of Death”

Jul 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-3585.jpmc-19-2947
Minoo AsadzandiCorresponding author

Objectives Death is the only definitive phenomenon in life, and everyone is sure that it will happen in the future. Based on the philosophical perspective, the concept of death differs in different cultures. The purpose of this study was “explaining the difference between the concept of death from t…

Marangoni Effect in Second Grade Forced Convective Flow of Water Based Nanofluid

Apr 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2689-2855.jan-19-2716
Ghulam RasoolCorresponding author

Advances in nanotechnology especially in nanofluids comprising of a typical base fluid saturated with nano-size metallic particles with enhanced thermophysical properties is one of the hot topics in industrial as well as engineering applications of applied mathematics. This article explores the impa…

Influence of Chemical Reaction on Marangoni Convective Flow of Nanoliquid in the Presence of Lorentz Forces and Thermal Radiation: A Numerical Investigation

Feb 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2689-2855.jan-19-2598
Ghulam RasoolCorresponding author

This study aims to numerically investigate the Marangoni convective flow of nanoliquid initiated by surface tension and heading towards a radiative Riga surface. The surface tension appears in the problem due to the gradients of temperature and concentration at the interface. The influence of first…

Self Determination and Quality of Life: a Comparison of the Measurement Scales for Students with Intellectual Disabilities

Feb 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2643-6655.jcap-18-2570
Emanuela ZappellaCorresponding author Department of Human and Social Sciences, University of Bergamo, Italy

Self-determination is a key concept to promote greater self-awareness in the subjects with disability, to build appropriate educational or professional projects and to evaluate the already active programs. Using PRISMA checklist, I selected articles from different databases (CINAHL, Medline, Psych I…

Environmental and Health Risk Assessment of Particulate Matter Associated with Dusty Football Field

Feb 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-7669.ject-19-2595
Tariwari C.N AngayeCorresponding author

Over the decades there have been problems associated with Particulate Matter (PM) arising from anthropogenic activities. Evaluation and health risk assessment of PM associated with football field was carried out in 5 sampling locations, including the control station. Digital portable AEROCET 513 (Me…

First Geographical Record of Corymorpha bigelowi (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa, Corymorphidae) in the Northern Red Sea Coast of Egypt, Based on Morphological Description

Jan 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2643-0282.imsj-18-2514
Fedekar Fadel MadkourCorresponding author

The Anthomedusae species, Corymorpha bigelowi Maas, 1905 (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa, Corymorphidae), was recorded in the northern Red Sea fauna, representing it "first invasion" in Egypt. A fact proven by past studies that this species is endemic in the Indo-Pacific region, which is mainly located in south…

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