Search Results - "Qamar, Huma"
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Quantifying climate-induced drought risk to livelihood and mitigation actions in Balochistan
Published in Natural hazards (Dordrecht) (01-12-2021)“…Climate change-induced disasters show the highest risk for agriculture and livelihoods in rural areas of developing countries. Due to changing rainfall…”
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Growth delay: an alternative measure of population health based on child height distributions
Published in Annals of human biology (17-02-2022)“…Indicators of child height, such as mean height-for-age Z-scores (HAZ), height-for-age difference (HAD) and stunting prevalence, do not account for differences…”
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Studying Salt-Induced Shifts in Gene Expression Patterns of Glucosinolate Transporters and Glucosinolate Accumulation in Two Contrasting Brassica Species
Published in Metabolites (22-03-2024)“…crops are well known for the accumulation of glucosinolates-secondary metabolites crucial for plants' adaptation to various stresses. Glucosinolates also…”
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Toxicity of selected organophosphate and pyrethroid insecticides against larval and adult stages of Culex quinquefasciatus
Published in International journal of tropical insect science (01-08-2022)“…Culex quinquefasciatus are amongst the most commonly found mosquitoes in Pakistan. Besides biting and annoying, these mosquitoes have the potential to transmit…”
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Prenatal but not continued postpartum vitamin D supplementation reduces maternal bone resorption as measured by C-terminal telopeptide of type 1 collagen without effects on other biomarkers of bone metabolism
Published in Endocrine and metabolic science (31-03-2024)“…Vitamin D is a key regulator of bone mineral homeostasis and may modulate maternal bone health during pregnancy and postpartum. Using previously-collected data…”
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Detection and absolute quantification of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum ATCC 202195 by quantitative real-time PCR
Published in Microbiology spectrum (11-01-2024)“…When administered for seven consecutive days shortly after birth, the probiotic bacterium ATCC 202195 plus fructooligosaccharide (FOS) was reported to reduce…”
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Maternal prenatal, with or without postpartum, vitamin D3 supplementation does not improve maternal iron status at delivery or infant iron status at 6 months of age: secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial
Published in BMJ nutrition, prevention & health (01-12-2023)“…BackgroundVitamin D may modify iron status through regulation of hepcidin and inflammatory pathways. This study aimed to investigate effects of maternal…”
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Higher maternal parathyroid hormone concentration at delivery is not associated with smaller newborn size
Published in Endocrine Connections (01-03-2021)“…Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) reflects inadequate growth in-utero and is prevalent in low resource settings. This study aimed to assess the…”
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Complementary and alternative metrics for tracking population-level trends in child linear growth
Published in PLOS global public health (2023)“…Stunting prevalence is commonly used to track population-level child nutritional status. However, other metrics derived from anthropometric datasets may be…”
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A novel development indicator based on population-average height trajectories of children aged 0–5 years modelled using 145 surveys in 64 countries, 2000–2018
Published in BMJ global health (01-03-2021)“…IntroductionChildren’s growth status is an important measure commonly used as a proxy indicator of advancements in a country’s health, human capital and…”
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Prenatal vitamin D and cord blood insulin-like growth factors in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Published in Endocrine Connections (01-06-2019)“…Fetal growth restriction is linked to adverse health outcomes and is prevalent in low- and middle-income countries; however, determinants of fetal growth are…”
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Vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy: state of the evidence from a systematic review of randomised trials
Published in BMJ (Online) (29-11-2017)“…Objectives To estimate the effects of vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy on 11 maternal and 27 neonatal/infant outcomes; to determine frequencies at…”
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Anthropometric data quality assessment in multisurvey studies of child growth
Published in The American journal of clinical nutrition (01-09-2020)“…Population-based surveys collect crucial data on anthropometric measures to track trends in stunting [height-for-age z score (HAZ) < −2SD] and wasting…”
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Vitamin D Supplementation in Pregnancy and Lactation and Infant Growth
Published in The New England journal of medicine (09-08-2018)“…In this double-blind, randomized trial in Bangladesh, maternal vitamin D supplementation from midpregnancy until birth or 6 months post partum did not improve…”
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Vulnerability assessment of urban expansion and modelling green spaces to build heat waves risk resiliency in Karachi
Published in International journal of disaster risk reduction (01-06-2020)“…Current growth simulations indicate that by 2050, nearly 6.3 billion people out of an estimated global population of 9.1 billion will live in urban…”
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Associations between human milk oligosaccharides and infant growth in a Bangladeshi mother–infant cohort
Published in Pediatric research (01-07-2024)“…Background We aimed to estimate associations between human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) and infant growth (length-for-age (LAZ) and weight-for-length (WLZ) z…”
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Basal Vitamin D Status and Supplement Dose Are Primary Contributors to Maternal 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Response to Prenatal and Postpartum Cholecalciferol Supplementation
Published in The Journal of nutrition (01-11-2021)“…Variability in the 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] response to prenatal and postpartum vitamin D supplementation is an important consideration for establishing…”
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Vitamin D Treatment during Pregnancy and Maternal and Neonatal Cord Blood Metal Concentrations at Delivery: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial in Bangladesh
Published in Environmental health perspectives (01-11-2020)“…Vitamin D improves absorption of calcium; however, in animal studies vitamin D also increases the absorption of toxic metals, such as lead and cadmium. We…”
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Studying Salt-Induced Shifts in Gene Expression Patterns of Glucosinolate Transporters and Glucosinolate Accumulation in Two Contrasting IBrassica/I Species
Published in Metabolites (01-04-2024)“…Brassica crops are well known for the accumulation of glucosinolates—secondary metabolites crucial for plants’ adaptation to various stresses. Glucosinolates…”
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