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  1. Article: Editorial: Autoimmunity and cardiovascular diseases.

    Khandker, Shahad Saif / Kotyla, Przemysław J / Musa, Kamarul Imran / Islam, Md Asiful

    Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine

    2023  Volume 10, Page(s) 1249525

    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-07-18
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Editorial
    ZDB-ID 2781496-8
    ISSN 2297-055X
    ISSN 2297-055X
    DOI 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1249525
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  2. Article ; Online: Validation of Doi's weighted average glucose as a measure of post-load glucose excursion for clinical use.

    Badran, Saif / Doi, Suhail / Hammouda, Atalla / Musa, Omran / Habib, Abdella

    Biomolecules & biomedicine

    2023  Volume 23, Issue 5, Page(s) 914–919

    Abstract: In this study, we examined the performance of a novel index of glucose excursion (Doi's weighted average glucose [dwAG]) in relation to the conventional measure of area under the oral glucose tolerance test (A-GTT) and the homeostatic model assessment ... ...

    Abstract In this study, we examined the performance of a novel index of glucose excursion (Doi's weighted average glucose [dwAG]) in relation to the conventional measure of area under the oral glucose tolerance test (A-GTT) and the homeostatic model assessment for insulin sensitivity (HOMA-S) and pancreatic beta cell function (HOMA-B). A cross-sectional comparison of the new index was conducted using 66 oral glucose tolerance tests (GTTs) performed at different follow-up times among 27 participants who had undergone surgical subcutaneous fat removal (SSFR). Comparisons across categories were made using box plots and the Kruskal-Wallis one-way ANOVA on ranks. Passing-Bablok regression was used to compare the dwAG against the conventional A-GTT. The Passing-Bablok regression model suggested a cutoff for normality for the A-GTT of 15.14 mmol/L·2h-1 compared to the dwAG's suggested threshold of 6.8 mmol/L. For every 1 mmol/L·2h-1 increase in A-GTT, the dwAG value increased by 0.473 mmol/L. The glucose area under the curve correlated well with the four defined dwAG categories, with at least one of the categories having a different median A-GTT value (KW Chi2 = 52.8 [df = 3], P < 0.001). The HOMA-S tertiles were also associated with significantly different levels of glucose excursion measured through both the dwAG value (KW Chi2 = 11.4 [df = 2], P = 0.003) and A-GTT measure (KW Chi2 = 13.1 [df = 2], P = 0.001). It is concluded that the dwAG value and categories serve as a simple and accurate tool that can be used for interpreting glucose homeostasis across clinical settings.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Glucose ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Insulin ; Glucose Tolerance Test ; Insulin Resistance
    Chemical Substances Glucose (IY9XDZ35W2) ; Insulin
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-09-04
    Publishing country Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2831-090X
    ISSN (online) 2831-090X
    DOI 10.17305/bb.2022.8807
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  3. Article ; Online: Quantitative and qualitative condylar changes following stabilization splint therapy in patients with temporomandibular joint disorders with and without skeletal lateral mandibular asymmetry: a cone beam computed tomographic study.

    Musa, Mazen / Awad, Riham / Izeldin, Salma / Zhao, Yunshan / Wu, Hao / Wang, Lu / Al-Hadad, Saba Ahmed / Saif, Bdr Sultan / Ahmed, Madiha Mohammed Saleh / Chen, Xi

    BMC oral health

    2024  Volume 24, Issue 1, Page(s) 363

    Abstract: Background: Temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) encompass pain and dysfunction in the jaw, muscles, and adjacent structures. This study aimed to explore the quantitative (condylar position, morphology) and qualitative (bone mineral density (BMD)) ... ...

    Abstract Background: Temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) encompass pain and dysfunction in the jaw, muscles, and adjacent structures. This study aimed to explore the quantitative (condylar position, morphology) and qualitative (bone mineral density (BMD)) therapeutic outcomes following a stabilization splint (S.S.) therapy in adult patients diagnosed with TMD (Arthralgia) with/without lateral mandibular asymmetry (MA) using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT).
    Methods: In this retrospective clinical study, 60 adult TMD patients who received S.S. therapy were enrolled and allocated into the TMD group (TMDG) and TMD with MA group (TMD + MAG). The diagnosis was made according to the Diagnostic Criteria for TMD (DC/TMD) AXIS I. MA was measured from the mid-sagittal plane to the Menton point. CBCT was used to scan the temporomandibular joints pre- (T0) and post- (T1)-treatment for three-dimensional analysis. Intra- and intergroup statistical comparisons were performed using the Wilcoxon signed ranks and the Kruskal‒Wallis test.
    Results: For quantitative comparisons, there was a statistically significant difference between T0 and T1 in the joint spaces of TMD + MAG (anterior, superior, posterior, and coronal lateral on the deviated side as well as in the superior, coronal medial joint space of the contralateral side). Morphologically, the deviated side had a narrower condylar width, reduced condylar height, and a steeper eminence angle. In contrast, the contralateral side tended to have a greater condylar length. For qualitative measurements, BMD also showed statistical significance between T0 and T1 in the majority of the condyle slopes (AS, SS, PS, and LS on the deviated side and in AS and MS on the contralateral side) of TMD + MAG. Additionally, only the AS and PS showed significance in TMDG.
    Conclusion: Multiple joint space widening (AJS and CMS) and narrowing (SJS, PJS, and CLS) could characterize the deviated side in TMD + MA. Factors like narrower condylar width, reduced condylar height, and steeper eminence angle on the deviated side can worsen TMD + MA. Proper alignment of the condyle-disc position is essential for optimal function and load distribution, potentially affecting bone mineral density (BMD). MA plays a prominent role in disturbing bone densities. S.S. therapy shows more evident outcomes in TMD + MAG (on the deviated side compared to the contralateral side) than the TMDG.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Humans ; Mandibular Condyle/diagnostic imaging ; Splints ; Retrospective Studies ; Temporomandibular Joint/diagnostic imaging ; Temporomandibular Joint Disorders/diagnostic imaging ; Temporomandibular Joint Disorders/therapy ; Cone-Beam Computed Tomography
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-21
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2091511-1
    ISSN 1472-6831 ; 1472-6831
    ISSN (online) 1472-6831
    ISSN 1472-6831
    DOI 10.1186/s12903-024-04119-7
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  4. Article ; Online: COVID-19: Defining an invisible enemy within healthcare and the community.

    Musa, Saif A / Sivaramakrishnan, Anand / Paget, Stephanie / El-Mugamar, Husam

    Infection control and hospital epidemiology

    2020  Volume 42, Issue 4, Page(s) 495–497

    MeSH term(s) COVID-19/diagnosis ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; COVID-19/virology ; COVID-19 Testing/methods ; COVID-19 Testing/statistics & numerical data ; Hospitalization/statistics & numerical data ; Humans ; London/epidemiology ; Retrospective Studies ; Time Factors
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-06-08
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Letter
    ZDB-ID 639378-0
    ISSN 1559-6834 ; 0195-9417 ; 0899-823X
    ISSN (online) 1559-6834
    ISSN 0195-9417 ; 0899-823X
    DOI 10.1017/ice.2020.283
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  5. Article ; Online: IoT network security using autoencoder deep neural network and channel access algorithm

    Ali Saif Mohammed / Elameer Amer S. / Jaber Mustafa Musa

    Journal of Intelligent Systems, Vol 31, Iss 1, Pp 95-

    2021  Volume 103

    Abstract: Internet-of-Things (IoT) creates a significant impact in spectrum sensing, information retrieval, medical analysis, traffic management, etc. These applications require continuous information to perform a specific task. At the time, various intermediate ... ...

    Abstract Internet-of-Things (IoT) creates a significant impact in spectrum sensing, information retrieval, medical analysis, traffic management, etc. These applications require continuous information to perform a specific task. At the time, various intermediate attacks such as jamming, priority violation attacks, and spectrum poisoning attacks affect communication because of the open nature of wireless communication. These attacks create security and privacy issues while making data communication. Therefore, a new method autoencoder deep neural network (AENN) is developed by considering exploratory, evasion, causative, and priority violation attack. The created method classifies the transmission outcomes used to predict the transmission state, whether it is jam data transmission or sensing data. After that, the sensing data is applied for network training that predicts the intermediate attacks. In addition to this, the channel access algorithm is used to validate the channel for every access that minimizes unauthorized access. After validating the channel according to the neural network, data have been transmitted over the network. The defined process is implemented, and the system minimizes different attacks on various levels of energy consumption. The effectiveness of the system is implemented using TensorFlow, and the system ensures the 99.02% of detection rate when compared with other techniques.
    Keywords internet of things ; attacks ; network security ; autoencoder deep neural network ; channel access algorithm ; Science ; Q ; Electronic computers. Computer science ; QA75.5-76.95
    Subject code 303
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher De Gruyter
    Document type Article ; Online
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  6. Article ; Online: COVID-19

    Musa, Saif A. / Sivaramakrishnan, Anand / Paget, Stephanie / El-Mugamar, Husam

    Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

    Defining an invisible enemy within healthcare and the community

    2020  , Page(s) 1–2

    Keywords Microbiology (medical) ; Epidemiology ; Infectious Diseases ; covid19
    Language English
    Publisher Cambridge University Press (CUP)
    Publishing country uk
    Document type Article ; Online
    ZDB-ID 639378-0
    ISSN 1559-6834 ; 0195-9417 ; 0899-823X
    ISSN (online) 1559-6834
    ISSN 0195-9417 ; 0899-823X
    DOI 10.1017/ice.2020.283
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  7. Article ; Online: Etomidate Shows Prospect as an Anti-Arrhythmic Drug Conferring Safe Sedation and Sinus Conversion Simultaneously

    Maryam Saif Al Ali / Anas Musa / Wael Hamadeh / Esam Seddik

    Dubai Medical Journal, Pp 1-

    2020  Volume 4

    Abstract: This case is of a 76-year-old man with a known history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and ischemic heart disease, who presented to our department with chest pain and palpitations. His electrocardiogram showed a ventricular tachycardia (VT), ... ...

    Abstract This case is of a 76-year-old man with a known history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and ischemic heart disease, who presented to our department with chest pain and palpitations. His electrocardiogram showed a ventricular tachycardia (VT), but fortunately our patient was hemodynamically stable. A trial of adenosine was given to convert the patient’s heart back to sinus rhythm, but was unsuccessful and the rhythm remained as VT. Soon after, the patient suddenly became hemodynamically unstable as his blood pressure acutely declined; thus, the decision to perform a direct current cardioversion was taken. Bearing in mind that the patient was still awake, he was given 10 mg of intravenous etomidate as a pre-procedural sedative. During the time it took to prepare for the procedure, the patient’s rhythm reverted from VT to a regular sinus rhythm, raising his blood pressure back to normal and achieving hemodynamic stablility, negating the need of any electrical or chemical cardioversion. Our patient was then handed over to the cardiology team for an emergency percutaneous coronary intervention procedure and an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator procedure, both of which were successful. Etomidate was used in this case for the purpose of sedation, and as luck would have it, it seems that it had also incidentally reverted the arrhythmia back to normal.
    Keywords etomidate ; anti-arrhythmic drug ; ventricular tachycardia ; supraventricular tachycardia ; Medicine ; R
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Karger Publishers
    Document type Article ; Online
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  8. Article ; Online: Metabolic aspects of surgical subcutaneous fat removal: An umbrella review and implications for future research.

    Badran, Saif / Doi, Suhail A / Hamdi, Moustapha / Hammouda, Atalla / Alharami, Sara / Clark, Justin / Musa, Omran A H / Abou-Samra, Abdul-Badi / Habib, Abdella M

    Biomolecules and biomedicine

    2023  Volume 23, Issue 2, Page(s) 235–247

    Abstract: Although obesity is a preventable disease, maintaining a normal body weight can be very challenging and difficult, which has led to a significant increase in the demand for surgical subcutaneous fat removal (SSFR) to improve physical appearance. The need ...

    Abstract Although obesity is a preventable disease, maintaining a normal body weight can be very challenging and difficult, which has led to a significant increase in the demand for surgical subcutaneous fat removal (SSFR) to improve physical appearance. The need for SSFR is further exacerbated because of the global rise in the number of bariatric surgeries, which is currently the single most durable intervention for mitigating obesity. Fat tissue is now recognized as a vital endocrine organ that produces several bioactive proteins. Thus, SSFR-mediated weight (fat) loss can potentially have significant metabolic effects; however, currently, there is no consensus on this issue. This review focuses on the metabolic sequelae after SSFR interventions for dealing with cosmetic body appearance. Data was extracted from existing systematic reviews and the diversity of possible metabolic changes after SSFR are reported along with gaps in the knowledge and future directions for research and practice. We conclude that there is a potential for metabolic sequelae after SSFR interventions and their clinical implications for the safety of the procedures as well as for our understanding of subcutaneous adipose tissue biology and insulin resistance are discussed.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Obesity/surgery ; Subcutaneous Fat/surgery ; Bariatric Surgery/adverse effects ; Adipose Tissue ; Insulin Resistance
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-16
    Publishing country Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ISSN 2831-090X
    ISSN (online) 2831-090X
    DOI 10.17305/bjbms.2022.8175
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  9. Article ; Online: Conjugated Polymers-Based Ternary Hybrid toward Unique Photophysical Properties.

    Al-Asbahi, Bandar Ali / AlSalhi, Mohamad S / Jumali, Mohammad Hafizuddin Hj / Fatehmulla, Amanullah / Qaid, Saif M H / Mujamammi, Wafa Musa / Ghaithan, Hamid M

    Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

    2022  Volume 27, Issue 20

    Abstract: The improvement of optical and optoelectronic properties of the individual poly [2-methoxy-5- (2-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] (MEH-PPV), poly[2-methoxy-5-(3,7-dimethyl-octyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene]-End capped with Dimethyl phenyl (OC1C10-PPV- ... ...

    Abstract The improvement of optical and optoelectronic properties of the individual poly [2-methoxy-5- (2-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] (MEH-PPV), poly[2-methoxy-5-(3,7-dimethyl-octyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene]-End capped with Dimethyl phenyl (OC1C10-PPV-DMP), and poly (9,9'-di- n -octylfluorenyl-2,7-diyl) (F8) was revealed by blending them in ternary hybrid with optimal ratio (F8/2 wt.% MEH-PPV/2 wt.% OC1C10-PPV-DMP). All individual and optimal ternary solutions were prepared via the solution-blending method followed by depositing them onto glass and ITO substrates using spin-coating technique. The semi-crystalline phase of the ternary hybrid and the strong mixing between the conjugated polymers were evidenced by observing the X-ray diffraction patterns that related to F8 into the hybrid diffractogram. The optical and optoelectronic properties of all prepared thin films were investigated in terms of absorption and emission spectra, Commission International d'Eclairage (CIE) coordinates, and current-voltage (I-V) characterizations. Emission peaks at the entire range of visible spectrum can be revealed from the ternary hybrid of the three individual conjugated polymers, producing white emission as evidenced from the emission spectrum and CIE coordinates of the hybrid. Among all fabricated organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) devices, the ternary hybrid-based-OLED revealed the best performance in terms of current and turn-on voltage.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-10-18
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1413402-0
    ISSN 1420-3049 ; 1431-5165 ; 1420-3049
    ISSN (online) 1420-3049
    ISSN 1431-5165 ; 1420-3049
    DOI 10.3390/molecules27207011
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