8 results on '"Abbas, Samia"'
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2. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome associated with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study
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Luyt, Charles-Edouard, Hekimian, Guillaume, Brechot, Nicolas, Pineton de Chambrun, Marc, Desnos, Cyrielle, Arzoine, Jeremy, Guerin, Emmanuelle, Schoell, Thibaut, Demondion, Pierre, Juvin, Charles, Nardonne, Nathalie, Marin, Sofica, D'Alessandro, Cossimo, Nguyen, Bao-Long, Quemeneur, Cyril, James, Arthur, Assefi, Mona, Lepere, Victoria, Savary, Guillaume, Gibelin, Aude, Turpin, Matthieu, Elabbadi, Alexandre, Berti, Enora, Vezinet, Corinne, Bonvallot, Harold, Delmotte, Pierre-Romain, De Sarcus, Martin, Du Fayet De La Tour, Charlotte, Abbas, Samia, Maury, Eric, Baudel, Jean-Luc, Lavillegrand, Jean-Remi, Ait Oufella, Hafid, Abdelkrim, Abdelmalek, Urbina, Thomas, Virolle, Sara, Deleris, Robin, Bonny, Vincent, Le Marec, Julien, Mayaux, Julien, Morawiec, Elise, Schmidt, Matthieu, Hajage, David, Lebreton, Guillaume, Monsel, Antoine, Voiriot, Guillaume, Levy, David, Baron, Elodie, Beurton, Alexandra, Chommeloux, Juliette, Meng, Paris, Nemlaghi, Safaa, Bay, Pierre, Leprince, Pascal, Demoule, Alexandre, Guidet, Bertrand, Constantin, Jean Michel, Fartoukh, Muriel, Dres, Martin, and Combes, Alain
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- 2020
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3. Estimation of Uranium Concentration in Urine Samples of Three Age Groups of Healthy Individuals in Najaf Governorate Using CR-39 and LR115 Solid State Detectors.
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Abbas, Samia K., Hussain, Hayder S., and Saleh, Dhuha S.
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SOLID state detectors , *AGE groups , *NUCLEAR track detectors , *URANIUM , *URINE - Abstract
Uranium concentration was estimated in urine samples of three age groups, G1≤ 30 years, n=28, G2 age range of 31-40 years, n=28, and G3 of age > 40 years, n=32, using two types of detectors CR-39 and LR-115 solid-state nuclear track detector (SSNTD) for results comparison. Results showed that uranium mean level values for CR-39 were 1.961 ±0.08 µg/L, 1.810 ±0.09 µg/L and 1.814 ±0.076 µg/L for G1, G2 and G3 respectively, while the mean values of uranium concentration using LR-115 were 0.972 ±0.07 µg/L, 0.922 ±0.07 µg/L and 1.018 ±0.08 µg/L in G1, G2 and G3 respectively, with significant statistical difference between the results of CR-39 and LR-115 for each age group. Mean level values for females was 2.023± 0.09 µg/L and 1.813± 0.05 µg/L for males using CR-39 and it was 1.105± 0.09 µg/L for females and 0.933± 0.04 µg/L for males using LR-115, with significant statistical difference between results for each gender. It was concluded that G1 ≤ 30 years have the highest uranium pollution, noting that females were more polluted with uranium than males. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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4. Investigation of uranium pollution for healthy adult's blood for some area in Najaf Governorate using CR-39 SSNTD technique.
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Abbas, Samia Kareem, Saleh, Dhuha Saad, and Hussain, Hayder Saleem
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URANIUM , *RADIOACTIVE contamination , *URANIUM mining , *BACKGROUND radiation , *POLLUTION , *AGE groups , *SERUM - Abstract
In Iraq, Depleted Uranium (DU) was and still an environmental pollution problem since its levels raised after misuse of weapons forbidden in Gulf war I and II, caused environmental pollution with uranium in limited areas of Iraq, which lead to different diseases, children malformations, leukemia, and cancers till now, the contaminated places have not been limited or isolated to stop and avoid the spreading of this radioactive contamination. There is a natural source of radiation in Najaf governorate the uranium mine of Al-Heera, the present study aimed to investigate uranium pollution in regions nearly the mine and other far away regions in the governorate using blood samples healthy people for this investigation.The present study is the first in this field for Najaf population, no previous such studies has been done for comparison purpose. The presence of uranium contamination was investigated in samples taken from 88 healthy adult individuals distributed in three groups, the first group G1 number =29 exposed to environmental pollution with uranium (contaminated areas), the second group G2 number =27 exposed to functional uranium pollution and the third group G3 number =32 (non-exposed to pollution according to their areas of residence) in Najaf governorate. Three millimeters (3ml) of venous blood were taken by venipuncture. The serum was separated by centrifugation for 10 min at 2500 r.p.m. The serum samples were placed in a tube with a detector CR-39, and stored at -80°C in the deep freezer for 90 days to measure serum uranium concentration by natural exposure procedure. The CR-39 SSNTD was used to calculate the uranium concentrations in blood serum. The results showed that the average uranium concentrations were 1.872±0.06µg/l, 1.947±0.05µg/l and 1.804±0.09µg/l in the first, second and third groups, respectively. The presence of contamination was approved after comparing the results to the WHO standard value of 0.5µg/l. The results also showed that the highest levels of uranium concentration in the blood were recorded in the areas farthest from the uranium mine in Al-Heera. The results also recorded that the group of youth less than 30 years was the highest contamination of the other age groups, with a rate of 1.953±0.07 µg/l. Depending on the results, the uranium mine in Al-Heera is not a major source of pollution, and there may be another source of radioactive contamination in Najaf governorate. It may be a relic of the wars that Iraq has been subjected to during the previous years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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5. Plasma Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin in Kidney Transplantation and Early Renal Function Prediction.
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Bataille, Aurélien, Abbas, Samia, Semoun, Oren, Bourgeois, Éric, Marie, Olivier, Bonnet, Francine, Resche-Rigon, Matthieu, Abboud, Imad, Losser, Marie-Reine, and Jacob, Laurent
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- 2011
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6. Veiling the face, not the spirit.
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Abbas, Samia
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WOMEN & religion , *SOCIAL history - Abstract
Features Nahed Saleh, a middle woman working woman in Cairo, Egypt an her belief in freedom of choice in religion; Social conditions in Egypt; Problems on demographic growth; Views on the subject of excision.
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- 1995
7. Serum Level Alteration of IL-6, IL-1 β , and IFN- γ in Groups of Healthy Adults with Oxidative DNA Damage in Najaf Governorate.
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Saleh DS, Hussain HS, Al-Haidari HN, Abbas SK, Zgair AK, and Ali SM
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- Humans, Adult, Male, Female, Iraq, Oxidative Stress, Middle Aged, Biomarkers blood, Biomarkers urine, Uranium urine, Uranium blood, DNA Damage, Interleukin-1beta blood, Interleukin-6 blood, Interferon-gamma blood
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Background: Najaf governorate was recorded as one of the most polluted Iraqi governorates with increased cancer, autoimmune, and abortion cases. Study Groups . A total of 88 adult volunteers from three test groups were divided based on their inhabitance in different geographical regions in Najaf governorate. Group 1 (G1; n , 29) inhabitants of Al-Ansar, Al-Abbaseyeh, and Al-Manathera districts, Group 2 (G2; n , 27) inhabitants of 22 different scattered districts of the governorate, Group 3 (G3; n , 32) inhabitants of Kufa city and center districts in the old Najaf city. According to previous authors' findings, all participants had uranium contamination in their urine and blood samples, and also, they had DNA damage according to the level of urinary 8-OHdG compound. The control group 4 (G4; n , 25) were adult healthy Iraqi volunteers who were residents of the Sulaimaniyah governorate, which has low-level uranium pollution. The present study aims to determine the effect of uranium pollution and DNA damage on the immune system function in terms of estimating the levels of serum interleukin (IL)-6, interferon-gamma (IFN- γ ), and IL-1 beta ( β )., Method: Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) (Sandwich method technique) was used for estimating the serum cytokines levels in test and control groups., Results: A significant elevation of cytokines levels was reported as compared with the control groups ( p ≤ 0.01). The level of IL-6 was 764.64 ± 24.12 pg/ml, 768.87 ± 19.64 pg/ml, and 735.62 ± 18.47 in G1, G2, and G3, respectively. The level of IFN- γ was 264.55 ± 19.17 pg/ml, 259 ± 18.76 pg/ml, and 261.20 ± 12.99 pg/ml for G1, G2, and G3, respectively. The level of IL-1 β was 99.85 ± 10.81 pg/ml, 116.8 ± 10.71 pg/ml, and 83 ± 19.24 pg/ml in G1, G2, and G3, respectively. The levels of IL-6, IFN- γ , and IL-1 β were 86.5 ± 22.9 pg/ml, 19.4 ± 2.8 pg/ml, and 16.1 ± 3.2 pg/ml in the sera of control (G4). The results showed significant statistical elevation with the corresponding p value cut-off p ≤ 0.01 in IL-6, IFN- γ , and IL-1 β in the sera of three test groups as compared with the results of the control group., Conclusion: The change in the proinflammatory cytokines (IL-6, IFN- γ , and IL-1 β ) levels indicates a persistent inflammatory response in the participants and may reflect immune system impairment as a consequence of exposure to long-term low-dose ionizing radiation., Competing Interests: The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this paper., (Copyright © 2024 Dhuha S. Saleh et al.)
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- 2024
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8. Genetic and Biochemical Characterization of FRI-1, a Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing Class A β-Lactamase from Enterobacter cloacae.
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Dortet L, Poirel L, Abbas S, Oueslati S, and Nordmann P
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Anti-Bacterial Agents pharmacology, Bacterial Proteins genetics, Bacterial Proteins metabolism, Carbapenems pharmacology, Clavulanic Acid pharmacology, Cloning, Molecular, Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial drug effects, Enterobacter cloacae drug effects, Enterobacter cloacae isolation & purification, Humans, Inhibitory Concentration 50, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Molecular Sequence Data, Penicillanic Acid analogs & derivatives, Penicillanic Acid pharmacology, Plasmids, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Tazobactam, beta-Lactamase Inhibitors pharmacology, beta-Lactamases metabolism, Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial genetics, Enterobacter cloacae genetics, beta-Lactamases genetics
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An Enterobacter cloacae isolate was recovered from a rectal swab from a patient hospitalized in France with previous travel to Switzerland. It was resistant to penicillins, narrow- and broad-spectrum cephalosporins, aztreonam, and carbapenems but remained susceptible to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins. Whereas PCR-based identification of the most common carbapenemase genes failed, the biochemical Carba NP test II identified an Ambler class A carbapenemase. Cloning experiments followed by sequencing identified a gene encoding a totally novel class A carbapenemase, FRI-1, sharing 51 to 55% amino acid sequence identity with the closest carbapenemase sequences. However, it shared conserved residues as a source of carbapenemase activity. Purified β-lactamase FRI-1 hydrolyzed penicillins, aztreonam, and carbapenems but spared expanded-spectrum cephalosporins. The 50% inhibitory concentrations (IC50s) of clavulanic acid and tazobactam were 10-fold higher than those found for Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC), IMI, and SME, leading to lower sensitivity of FRI-1 activity to β-lactamase inhibitors. The blaFRI-1 gene was located on a ca. 110-kb untypeable, transferable, and non-self-conjugative plasmid. A putative LysR family regulator-encoding gene at the 5' end of the β-lactamase gene was identified, leading to inducible expression of the blaFRI-1 gene., (Copyright © 2015, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.)
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- 2015
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