Publications by authors named "Alaaeldin Ahmed"

The interest in data-centric AI has been recently growing. As opposed to model-centric AI, data-centric approaches aim at iteratively and systematically improving the data throughout the model life cycle rather than in a single pre-processing step. The merits of such an approach have not been fully explored on NLP datasets.

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  • Moyamoya vasculopathy is a rare disease that leads to narrowing of brain vessels, which can result in strokes and other neurological issues, and has seen increased use of combined surgical bypass methods over the past decade.
  • The study reviewed the outcomes of 20 patients with moyamoya disease and syndrome who underwent this combined surgical approach from 2015 to 2022, finding notable improvements in patient conditions post-surgery.
  • Overall results indicated that the combined surgical technique is effective, but further high-quality studies are needed to solidify these findings.
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Introduction: Lung cancer is consistently the leading cause of cancer death among women in the United States, yet lung cancer screening (LCS) rates remain low. By contrast, screening mammography rates are reliably high, suggesting that screening mammography can be a "teachable moment" to increase LCS uptake among dual-eligible women.

Materials And Methods: This is a prospective survey study conducted at two academic institutions.

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Phoenix dactylifera L. and its wastes are known to be high in nutrients that are beneficial to human health. The study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial, antibiofilm, and antiviral properties of Phoenix dactylifera L.

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Purpose: AML accounts for 80% of acute leukemia in adults. While progress has been made in treating younger patients in the past 2 decades, there has been limited improvement for older patients until recently. This study examines the global and European Union (EU) 15+ trends in AML between 1990 and 2019.

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The combination of herbal drugs with a topical antibacterial for managing a chronic disease like acne vulgaris has emerged lately to settle side effects and bacterial multidrug resistance. Mixed micelles (MMs) incorporated into nanogel were explored for hybrid delivery of curcumin (Cur) and fusidic acid (FA) combination presenting a multi-strategic treatment. Curcumin-fusidic acid-loaded mixed micelles (Cur-FA-MMs) were assessed for size, surface charge, compatibility, in vitro release, and encapsulation.

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Background: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is an independent risk factor for morbidity and mortality. In the last two decades, significant advances have been made in management of World Health Organization (WHO) group 1 PH. However, there are no approved targeted pharmacotherapies for PH secondary to left-sided heart diseases or chronic hypoxic lung diseases which are thought to account for more than 70-80% of the disease burden.

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Introduction And Importance: Pituicytomas are extremely rare cancers of the sellar and suprasellar region that appear from the infundibulum or posterior pituitary. World Health Organization in 2007, described pituicytoma as a low-grade tumour (Grade I) in the taxonomy of CNS cancers. The tumour can frequently simulate a pituitary adenoma and is also linked with hormonal disorders.

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Introduction And Importance: Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare idiopathic disease that uncommonly affect the spine in adults.

Case Presentation: In this report, we presented a rare adult case of symptomatic spinal LCH with asymptomatic systemic involvement. She was a 46-year-old previously healthy lady who presented with subacute thoracic sensory level, urine retention, constipation, and pyramidal paraplegia.

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Background: Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is a major source of global morbidity and mortality. Latent infection has enabled it to spread to a quarter of the world's population. The late 1980s and early 1990s saw an increase in the number of TB cases related to the HIV epidemic, and the spread of multidrug-resistant TB.

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Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome (POS) is an underdiagnosed clinical syndrome characterized by dyspnea (platypnea) and hypoxemia (orthodeoxia) in the upright position that resolves when recumbent. POS is often due to an underlying right-to-left shunt. Four broad mechanisms for the shunt have been described: intracardiac shunts, intrapulmonary shunts, hepatopulmonary syndrome, and pulmonary ventilation-perfusion mismatch.

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Nanocapsules can be equated to other nanovesicular systems in which a drug is entrapped in a void containing liquid core surrounded by a coat. The objective of the present study was to investigate the potential of polymeric and lipid nanocapsules (LNCs) as innovative carrier systems for miconazole nitrate (MN) topical delivery. Polymeric nanocapsules and LNCs were prepared using emulsification/nanoprecipitation technique where the effect of poly(ε-caprolactone (PCL) and lipid matrix concentrations with respect to MN were assessed.

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Background: Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) remains a devastating disease with high morbidity and mortality. The mortality rate ranges from 40% at 1 month to 54% at 1 year, and only 12%-39% achieve good outcomes and functional independence. The current management guidelines for spontaneous supratentorial ICH are still controversial.

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Objective: The aim of the current study was to load fenticonazole nitrate, a slightly water-soluble antifungal agent, into terpene-enriched phospholipid vesicles (terpesomes) as a potential delivery system for the management of ocular fungal infection.

Methods: Thin film hydration method was used to prepare terpesomes according to a 3 full factorial design to inspect the effect of several variables on vesicles' features. The investigated factors were terpenes type (X) and terpenes amount (X) while the dependent responses were encapsulation efficiency percent (Y), particle size (Y) and polydispersity index (Y).

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In this investigation, we focused on ceramide IIIB, a skin component whose depletion tends to augment multiple skin disorders and fungal infections. Ceramide IIIB was included into PEGylated surfactant-based vesicular phospholipid system to formulate 'PEGylated cerosomes' (PCs) loaded with fenticonazole nitrate (FTN). FTN is a potent antifungal agent adopted in the treatment of mixed mycotic and bacterial infections.

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  • Fenticonazole nitrate (FTN) is an effective antifungal used to treat vaginal candidiasis, but it has low water solubility, which limits its effectiveness.
  • Novel ultra-deformable liposomes called 'Terpesomes' (TPs) were developed to improve FTN's solubility and enhance its ability to penetrate mucus barriers.
  • The optimal formulation of TPs showed good entrapment efficiency and improved permeability, resulting in better antifungal effects in rats compared to traditional FTN gel treatments.
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Purpose: The current work aimed to develop spray-dried silica xerogel nanoparticles (SXNs) as a gastroretentive carrier for the dual delivery of chlorambucil (CHL) and granisetron hydrochloride (GR). As a low-density system, it was proposed to float over gastric fluids; allowing for the retention of CHL in the acidic medium where it is more stable while ensuring the solubility of GR.

Methods: Silica xerogels were developed by sol-gel process, using Tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) water and acetic acid, followed by spray drying.

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Objectives: To evaluate the dentoskeletal effects of intrusion of the lower incisor teeth by mini-screws.

Material And Methods: Ten patients were selected from the outpatient clinic of the Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Mansoura University with Angle's Class II division I malocclusions. Age ranged from 15 to 18 years (15.

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Carvedilol (CVD) suffers from low absolute bioavailability (25%) due to its limited aqueous solubility and hepatic first-pass metabolism. Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) laminated buccal sponges loaded with CVD microemulsions (CVD-ME) were exploited to surmount such limitations. Six pseudoternary-phase diagrams were constructed using Capmul® MCM C8/Capmul® PG8, Tween® 80, propylene glycol and water.

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Etodolac is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug having an elimination half-life of 7 h; oral doses are given every 6-8 h. The aim of current work was the development of controlled-release etodolac lipid matrix tablets. The variables influencing design of these tablets (L1-L28) by the hot fusion method were investigated including; (1) lipid type (stearic acid, cetyl alcohol, cetostearyl alcohol, Imwitor® 900K, Precirol® ATO 5 and Compritol® ATO 888), (2) drug/lipid ratio (1:0.

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The aim of the current work was the design and evaluation of etodolac controlled porosity osmotic pump (CPOP) tablets exhibiting zero-order release kinetics. Variables influencing the design of (1) core tablets viz., (a) osmogent type (sodium chloride, potassium chloride, mannitol, and fructose) and (b) drug/osmogent ratio (1:0.

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