Review Article 10.5281/zenodo.22652857

Gender, Health, and Hidden Inequalities: A Feminist Political Economy Perspective from Urban Slums

Jayasree Das

Women living in urban slums face compounded vulnerabilities stemming from structural inequalities, gendered labor divisions, and limited access to health resources. This paper examines the interplay between gender, health, and hidden inequalities in three hypothetical slum communities in…...

Research Article 10.5281/zenodo.22646031

Emerging Food-Drying Technologies for Nutritional Quality Preservation and EnergyEfficient Processing: A Review

Manahil Altaf

Food drying is an essential preservation operation in the food industry and contributes to the development of shelf-stable ingredients and consumer products. Industrial food-drying technologies, including pretreatments, processing methods, equipment, and quality-control systems, have advanced…...

Research Article 10.5281/zenodo.22495252

Metabolic Spillover of Dysglycemia: Multiorgan Biochemical Signatures Across Kidney, Liver, and Lipid Pathways

Muhammad Rehan Uppal, Rizwan Uppal, Umar Saeed, et al.

Background: Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) is a widely used indicator of chronic glycemic exposure and is central to diabetes diagnosis, monitoring, and prevention of microvascular and macrovascular complications. Because diabetes affects multiple organ systems, interpretation of…...

Commentary 10.5281/zenodo.22541892

Beyond the Chernobyl Moment: Reflections on Artificial Intelligence Safety, Human Wisdom, and the Future of Academia

Chee Kong Yap

The rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has generated unprecedented opportunities in science, education, healthcare, industry, and everyday life. At the same time, concerns regarding AI safety, governance, misinformation, and human dependence on machine generated knowledge have…...

Perspective 10.5281/zenodo.22652645

When Less Becomes More: A Reflection on Cooking, Presentation, and the Meaning of Academic Life

Chee Kong Yap

Academic reflection does not always begin in laboratories, classrooms, or manuscripts. Sometimes it begins at the dining table, when the body is tired, the mind is quiet, and the hands are doing something ordinary without ambition. The objective of this reflective commentary is to examine how an…...

Narrative Review 10.5281/zenodo.22646518

Regenerative Nephrology: From Endogenous Kidney Repair to Bioengineered Organs — Current Evidence, Clinical Applications, and Future Perspectives

Antoine Jean Zgheib

The Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) (About 850 million patients globally, Global Burden of Disease CKD Collaboration 2020) and Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) (About 13 to 15 million cases yearly, KDIGO 2024) continue to be one of the most common causes of morbidity, mortality. Conventional therapies…...

Systematic Review 10.5281/zenodo.22646694

Pulmonary Talcosis Across Five Decades: A Route-Based Systematic Review of 40 Patient-Level Cases

Biplab Adhikari, Prekshya Parajuli, Alina Dhital, et al.

Objective: To synthesize patient-level evidence on pulmonary talcosis and compare demographic, exposure-related, clinical, radiologic, histopathologic, management, and outcome patterns across exposure routes.

Methods: PubMed, Google Scholar, and…...

Research Article 10.5281/zenodo.22645397

A Cross-Sectional Study of Gastro-Intestinal Tract (GIT) Nematode Infestation in Small Ruminants in Kamba District, Gamo Zone, South Ethiopia

Abenezer Mara, Abebayehu Labena

Small ruminant production is the integral part of livestock production with major economic significance in Kamba district. However, their productive and reproductive performance is very low which could be associated with parasitic infestations. The objective of this study was to determine the…...

Review Article 10.5281/zenodo.22510001

From Resurgence to Eradication: Reframing Pakistan’s Polio Landscape, 2020–April 2025

Umar Saeed, Zahra Zahid Piracha, Munir Akmal Lodhi, et al.

Pakistan, together with Afghanistan, remains one of the final reservoirs of endemic Wild Poliovirus type 1 (WPV1). This review synthesizes Pakistan's polio trajectory from 2020 through April 2025, focusing on case trends, environmental surveillance, programmatic responses, and persistent…...