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  1. A wound may define as an interruption within the continuity of the epithelial lining of the skin or mucosa that occurs as a result of physical or thermal damage. Wound healing is an intricate process that is h...

    Authors: Chetan M. Jain, Ravindra L. Bakal, Prashant J. Burange, Nitin I. Kochar, Jagdish V. Manwar, Rahul D. Jawarkar, Minal S. Jaiswal and Israa Lewaa

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2022 46:16

    Content type: Review

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  3. Mucormycosis, a severe fungal infection, is an emerging public health concern during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to investigate the perception of mucormycosis among Bangladeshi healthcare workers.

    Authors: Humayun Kabir, Md. Kamrul Hasan, Mamunur Rahman, Shimpi Akter, Golam Ishraque Chowdhury, Mohammad Toyabur Rahaman Bhuya and Dipak Kumar Mitra

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2022 46:11

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  4. The COVID-19 pandemic jeopardized the traditional academic learning calendars due to the closing of all educational institutions across the globe. To keep up with the flow of learning, most of the educational ...

    Authors: Humayun Kabir, Tajrin Tahrin Tonmon, Md. Kamrul Hasan, Lila Biswas, Md. Abul Hasnat Chowdhury, Muhammad Didarul Islam, Mamunur Rahman and Dipak Kumar Mitra

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2022 46:8

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  5. This overview aimed to synthesize existing systematic reviews to produce a draft framework of evidence-informed health priority setting that supports countries in identifying appropriate steps and methods when...

    Authors: Audrey Tan, Sumanth Kumbagere Nagraj, Mona Nasser, Tarang Sharma and Tanja Kuchenmüller

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2022 46:6

    Content type: Review

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  6. The incidence of antibacterial resistance and colon cancer is increasing in India. Antibacterial resistance and chemoresistance demand the need of developing herbal or natural chemotherapeutic agents. Our stud...

    Authors: Tamanna Sultana, Arup Kumar Mitra and Satadal Das

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:210

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  7. The human external ear is unique in every individual in terms of shape, size and dimension making it suitable in forensic anthropology for sex estimation and personal identification purposes. The study aimed t...

    Authors: Samson Taiwo Fakorede, Khalid Olajide Adekoya, Taiwo Peter Fasakin, Joshua Odubambo Odufisan and Bola Oboh

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:205

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  8. There are multiple strategies that have been suggested to attenuate delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS). Curcumin has been shown to reduce exercise-induced oxidative stress (OS) and inflammation. However, cur...

    Authors: Natthanichar Rattanaseth, Patteera Panyarapeepat, Janisa Andrea Muljadi, Kornkit Chaijenkij and Jatupon Kongtharvonskul

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:203

    Content type: Review

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  9. There are multiple strategies that have been suggested to attenuate delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS). Caffeine has been shown to assist with blocking pain associated with DOMS. However, currently there is ...

    Authors: Janisa Andrea Muljadi, Patsorn Kaewphongsri, Kornkit Chaijenkij and Jatupon Kongtharvonskul

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:197

    Content type: Review

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    The Correction to this article has been published in Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:202

  10. Cryptosporidium spp. is an intracellular zoonotic protozoan parasite that causes cryptosporidiosis, a diarrhoeal disease of humans and domestic animals. Transmission of Cryptosporidiosis to humans and other anima...

    Authors: Akinbode Ayekooto Olonisakin and Titus Adeniyi Olusi

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:174

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  11. Blood cleansing, purification, detoxification or strengthening is an ancient folkloric East African practice without any validated scientific underpinnings. This study was undertaken to retrieve ethnobotanical...

    Authors: Timothy Omara

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:171

    Content type: Review

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  12. Candida species is considered one of the normal inhabitant commensal microbiota of the human body. However, it can also act as an opportunistic pathogen especially in hospitals (nosocomial infection) and among im...

    Authors: Anas Salama Sayed Hemaid, Mohamed Mahmoud Effat Abdelghany and Tarek Mohamed Abdelghany

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:163

    Content type: Research

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    The Correction to this article has been published in Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:201

  13. High effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines is essential for the pandemic control. This study systematically reviewed available evidence on effectiveness of ChAdOx1 and BNT162b2 vaccines in the general population,...

    Authors: Chinonyerem O. Iheanacho, Uchenna I. H. Eze and Emmanuel A. Adida

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:150

    Content type: Review

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  14. The literature shows that ABO blood groups and demographic characteristics influence susceptibility to type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and may be used to stem the rising incidence of the disease. However, thes...

    Authors: Tajudeen O. Yahaya, Esther O. Oladele, Mari B. Mshelia, Mutiu O. Sifau, Oluwatosin D. Fashola, M. D. A. Bunza and Josephine Nathaniel

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:144

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  15. Previous studies on iron with folic acid supplementation and low birth weight indicated different findings. The aim of the current systemic review and meta-analysis was to examine the relationship between iron...

    Authors: Andualem Zenebe, Kaleab Tesfaye Tegegne, Berhanu Bifato and Abiyu Ayalew Assefa

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:135

    Content type: Review

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  16. Coronavirus Disease Pandemic 2019 has a pervasive effect on all health aspects include psychological and mental health. This study aimed to assess the hidden stressful impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Egyptian c...

    Authors: Amira Sayed El Refay, Shaimaa A. Hashem, Hend H. Mostafa, Iman H. Kamel and Lobna S. Sherif

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:134

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  17. The COVID-19 respiratory illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 has been a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide since the first reported case in Wuhan, China. A year has passed since pandemic began, and ...

    Authors: Emmanuel Kagning Tsinda and Gideon Sadikiel Mmbando

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:133

    Content type: Review

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  18. Women's pain satisfaction post-cesarean section remains a challenge. Accurate assessment of pain severity of post-cesarean section helps to choose the most appropriate anesthetic approach, drug, and dose, as w...

    Authors: Sondos M. Salem, Mazen Abdel-Rasheed, Mohammad A. Gouda and Sameh Salama

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:132

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  22. Interleukin-4 (IL-4) is a multifunctional cytokine; involved in the regulation of immune responses, as well as in the pathogenicity of many diseases, such as diabetes mellitus. Some researchers suggested that ...

    Authors: Eltayeb Mohamed Ahmed Tayrab, Gaafar Mahmoud Gaafar Mahmoud, Hisham Mohamed Abdelrahim, Samia Mahdi Ahmed and Abdelmonium Elmakki

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:98

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  23. This study evaluated the time course of computed tomography (CT) findings of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia who required mechanical ventilation and were treated with favipiravir and steroid therapy.

    Authors: Naoki Irizato, Hiroshi Matsuura, Atsuya Okada, Ken Ueda and Hitoshi Yamamura

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:92

    Content type: Research

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  24. The ongoing pandemic of COVID-19 viruses takes its sole origin from the Wuhan Huanan seafood market, China. The first case was recorded as viral pneumonia and later became a worldwide pandemic (officially decl...

    Authors: Ramakrishnan Veerabathiran, Barath Ragunath, Vaishak Kaviarasan, Vajagathali Mohammed and Shiek S. S. J. Ahmed

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:79

    Content type: Review

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  25. Authorship trends in medical journals were studied in many disciplines, mostly in western countries' journals. We aimed at studying the authorship trends in the Egyptian Orthopaedic Journal as an example of a ...

    Authors: Ahmed A. Khalifa, Ahmed S. El-Hawary and Ahmed E. Sadek

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:72

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  26. Much interest has not been placed on the role of chromosomal abnormalities in the pathogenesis and rising prevalence of infertility in recent times. This review was conducted to renew public interest on the ch...

    Authors: Tajudeen O. Yahaya, Esther O. Oladele, Daniel Anyebe, Chidiebere Obi, M. D. A. Bunza, Ridwan Sulaiman and Usman U. Liman

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:65

    Content type: Review

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  27. Nutrition and good health are two dependent parallel axes; female’s health at different ages in general and at the time of menopause in particular has received a lot of attention last several years. The object...

    Authors: Suzanne Fouad, Salwa Mostafa El Shebini, Nihad Hassan Ahmed, Ahmed Mohamed Saied Hussein, Hend Abbas Essa, Maha Abdel-Moaty and Salwa Tawfic Tapozada

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:59

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  29. COVID-19 (Corona Virus Disease 2019) is showing a wide global spread, and urgent joint international efforts is required to the control of this pandemic, the awareness of people towards infectious viruses stil...

    Authors: Manal A. Shehata, Ahmed Adel, Ayman F. Armaneous, Mohamed M. EL-Sonbaty, Mohamed Abdel Atti, Hazem Mohamed El-Hariri and Iman H. Kamel

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:39

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  30. Liposomes have the ability to enclose hydrophilic or lipophilic materials. Bioactive macromolecules become more stable when they are entrapped within liposomes resisting environmental changes, allowing mainten...

    Authors: Maha G. Haggag, Medhat W. Shafaa, Hossam S. Kareem, Amir M. El-Gamil and Hoda H. El-Hendawy

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:38

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  31. Neonatal sepsis is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in neonates. Frequency of bacterial sepsis is affected by seasonal variations. This study was done to rule out the effects of seasonal variation on...

    Authors: Mohamed A. Abdel Mawla, Eman A. Mostafa, Rasha M. Hasanin and Mohab M. Salah

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:29

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  32. At present, the entire world is in a war against COVID-19 pandemic which has gradually led us toward a more compromised “new normal” life. SARS-CoV-2, the pathogenic microorganism liable for the recent COVID-1...

    Authors: Mohammad Mahfuz Ali Khan Shawan, Sajal Kumar Halder and Md. Ashraful Hasan

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:27

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  33. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders, affects 5% of children worldwide and characterized by impaired inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity...

    Authors: Olweya Mohammed Abd El Baaki, Enas Raafat Abd El Hamid, Safaa Taha Zaki, Amani Salah El Din Alwakkad, Rania Nabil Sabry and Eman Mohamed Elsheikh

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2021 45:15

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  34. To test the antimicrobial potential of clove essential oil that has been less investigated on antimicrobial-resistant organisms (extended-spectrum β-lactamase-ESBL-producing Escherichia coli), we collected 135 ES...

    Authors: E. L. Mejía-Argueta, J. G. Santillán-Benítez, M. M. Canales-Martinez and A. Mendoza-Medellín

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2020 44:201

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  35. A disturbance in eating behaviour (EB) is the hallmark of patients with eating disorders, and depicts a complex interaction of environmental, psychological and biological factors. In the present study, we prop...

    Authors: Awoyemi Abayomi Awofala, Olusegun Emmanuel Ogundele and Khalid Olajide Adekoya

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2020 44:195

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  36. Breast cancer is the most common malignancy and one of the leading causes of cancer-linked deaths in women. The development of the mammary gland is regulated by oestrogen whose activities have also been linked...

    Authors: Ebidor Ufoumanefe Lawani-Luwaji and Tolulope Alade

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2020 44:191

    Content type: Review

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  37. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is reported in Algeria on February 25th, 2020. Since then, the number is still increasing leading to a total number of 36,699 cases and 1333 deaths on August 12th, 2020....

    Authors: Mohamed Lounis and Dilip Kumar Bagal

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2020 44:180

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  38. Helminthiasis infestation is one of the most widespread and severe public health problems in the world. These parasites cause several diseases like anemia, malnutrition, pneumonia, eosinophilia, and malaria. T...

    Authors: Kalpesh B. Ishnava and Karishma S. Patel

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2020 44:130

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  39. Kidney dysfunction is a major cause of morbidity and mortality whose prevalence, mainly because of population ageing, is rising worldwide. Also the epidemics of abnormalities clustering with insulin resistance...

    Authors: Ahmed Fayed, Ahmed Soliman, Mohamed Badr, Mohamed Abdelmoniem, Hesham Drwesh, Mohamed Fakher and Mahmoud Salem Soliman

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2020 44:64

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  40. Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the world with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) that is the most prevalent type. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a member of the neurotrophin ...

    Authors: Mona Fathy, Arwa M. Darweesh, Sahar Sharaf, Hadeel M. El-Hanafi, Fayek M. Ghaleb, Iman A. Fahmy and Shadia M. Hussein

    Citation: Bulletin of the National Research Centre 2020 44:45

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