Background. The comparative effect of economic abuse and other forms of abuse in predicting depression and other mental health disorders has not been previously investigated despite its relevance for mental illness prevention. Objective. To determine the differential association of economic abuse on psychological distress and suicide attempts. Study Design. We used cross-sectional data from wom...

Almost half of all marriages in Pakistan are consanguineous. Despite its high prevalence, little is known about the change over time consanguineous unions Pakistan. Examining patterns cousin particularly important given substantial improvement women’s education which often associated with decline across world. Our analysis, based on four waves nationally representative Demographic and Health Su...

Introduction: Despite government efforts, the contraceptive prevalence rate is low in Pakistan. UMNFP still exists Pakistan like other low-middle income countries. Our study aims to determine and factors affecting unmet need for family planning Methods: The analysis was performed using PDHS 2017-18 data set. In our study, 11847 women of reproductive age were included out 14498. Result: binary l...

Pyranose dehydrogenase (PDH) is a flavin-dependent sugar oxidoreductase that is limited to a rather small group of litter-degrading basidiomycetes. The enzyme is unable to utilize oxygen as an electron acceptor, using substituted benzoquinones and (organo) metal ions instead. PDH displays a broad substrate specificity and intriguing variations in regioselectivity, depending on substrate, enzyme...

Breast feeding has a great impact on the infant morbidity and mortality. According to Pakistan Demographic and Health survey (PDHS) infant mortality rate is 78 deaths per 1,000 live births. World Health Organization recommends that exclusive breast feeding for six months can decrease infant mortality rate by one-third. The objective of the study was to find out how the mode of delivery had impa...

Purpose of the study: This research aims to investigate impact mass media exposure and women's autonomy on use contraceptives, along with other potential determinants at individual level community among women in Pakistan.
 Methodology: Data was extracted from Pakistan Demographic & Health Surveys 2017-18. The sample size included 10,461 non-pregnant married a total 15,068 ever-married ...

Abstract Background Early initiation of antenatal care (ANC) is a key component care, as suggested by the World Health Organisation (WHO). It helps in early identification and mitigation adverse pregnancy-related complications. Despite this, greater proportion women worldwide still do not adhere to this recommendation. This study, therefore, sought assess prevalence factors associated with ANC ...

BACKGROUND CKD, an independent risk factor for CV disease, increases mortality in T2DM. Treating modifiable CV risk factors decreases mortality in diabetics with microalbuminuria, but the role of early CV prevention in diabetics with mild CKD by GFR criteria alone remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to probe whether T2DM patients with mild GFR impairment have atherogenic lipid profil...

Saccharomyces cerevisiae has increasingly been engineered as a cell factory for efficient and economic production of fuels and chemicals from renewable resources. Notably, a wide variety of industrially important products are derived from the same precursor metabolite, acetyl-CoA. However, the limited supply of acetyl-CoA in the cytosol, where biosynthesis generally happens, often leads to low ...