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Islam, modernity, and the human sciences
\"This book discloses a largely unnoticed dialogue between Muslim and Western social thought on the search for meaning and transcendence in the human sciences. The disclosure is accomplished by a comparative reading of contemporary Muslim debates on secular knowledge on the one hand, and of a foundational Western debate on the demise of metaphysics in the human sciences on the other hand. The comparative reading is grounded in a dialogical hermeneutic approach; that is, a hermeneutic approach to texts and cultural traditions that draws upon the work of Hans Georg Gadamer and also upon the insights of inter-religious dialogue\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Orbital actinomadura madurae actinomycetoma: Case report and literature review
The reported patient is a middle-aged farmer from West Sudan who presented with a painless mass in the right upper eyelid that progressively enlarged over time. His medical treatment journey was prolonged and difficult. The mass was initially misdiagnosed as lacrimal gland pleomorphic adenoma. The patient was later referred to a specialised center, where wide local excision confirmed the diagnosis of Actinomadura madurae actinomycetoma. Although orbital mycetoma is uncommon, it is a serious condition that should be considered in the differential diagnosis in endemic areas.
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A Secure IoT-Based Irrigation System for Precision Agriculture Using the Expeditious Cipher
Due to the recent advances in the domain of smart agriculture as a result of integrating traditional agriculture and the latest information technologies including the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, and artificial intelligence (AI), there is an urgent need to address the information security-related issues and challenges in this field. In this article, we propose the integration of lightweight cryptography techniques into the IoT ecosystem for smart agriculture to meet the requirements of resource-constrained IoT devices. Moreover, we investigate the adoption of a lightweight encryption protocol, namely, the Expeditious Cipher (X-cipher), to create a secure channel between the sensing layer and the broker in the Message Queue Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol as well as a secure channel between the broker and its subscribers. Our case study focuses on smart irrigation systems, and the MQTT protocol is deployed as the application messaging protocol in these systems. Smart irrigation strives to decrease the misuse of natural resources by enhancing the efficiency of agricultural irrigation. This secure channel is utilized to eliminate the main security threat in precision agriculture by protecting sensors’ published data from eavesdropping and theft, as well as from unauthorized changes to sensitive data that can negatively impact crops’ development. In addition, the secure channel protects the irrigation decisions made by the data analytics (DA) entity regarding the irrigation time and the quantity of water that is returned to actuators from any alteration. Performance evaluation of our chosen lightweight encryption protocol revealed an improvement in terms of power consumption, execution time, and required memory usage when compared with the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). Moreover, the selected lightweight encryption protocol outperforms the PRESENT lightweight encryption protocol in terms of throughput and memory usage.
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Mapping the evidence on post-intensive care syndrome in paediatric populations: A scoping review protocol
This scoping review aims to comprehensively map the primary literature on post-intensive care syndrome in paediatric populations (PICS-p), across all recognised PICS-p domains, with a focus on diagnostic methodologies, preventive and therapeutic interventions, and reported post-ICU outcomes among children aged 1 month-18 years.
Post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) encompasses new or worsening physical, cognitive, psychological, or social impairments emerging after critical illness. While extensively studied in adults, its paediatric counterpart, PICS-p, remains under-recognised and inconsistently characterised. Children surviving paediatric intensive care may face long-term functional limitations, developmental challenges, and psychosocial difficulties, with substantial implications for families and caregivers. Existing evidence is fragmented across diverse clinical contexts, age groups, and outcome measures, and no comprehensive synthesis has mapped how PICS-p is assessed, managed, or monitored. A structured overview is needed to clarify current practice, highlight gaps, and inform future research and clinical pathways.
We will include primary clinical studies involving paediatric patients aged 1 month-18 years who have survived admission to a paediatric or specialised intensive care unit. Eligible studies may evaluate diagnostic or screening tools, preventive or therapeutic interventions, or longitudinal outcomes related to PICS-p. Studies including mixed-age populations will be incorporated only when paediatric data are reported separately or can be disaggregated. Grey literature reporting primary clinical data will be included. Exclusions apply to neonatal-only cohorts, adult-only studies, abstract-only publications, non-clinical reports, and studies focusing solely on in-ICU outcomes without post-discharge assessment. Only English-language studies published from 1 January 2000 onward will be considered.
Following PRISMA-ScR and Joanna Briggs Institute guidance, this scoping review will conduct systematic searches across PubMed, Scopus, the Cochrane Library, ProQuest, CINAHL, medRxiv, and major clinical trial registries. Searches will be limited to English-language studies published from 1 January 2000 to the date of search. All records will be deduplicated in Zotero, and title/abstract and full-text screening will be performed independently by two reviewers using Rayyan, with discrepancies resolved by consensus or adjudication by a third independent reviewer. Data will be charted using a structured Microsoft Excel form and synthesised descriptively in tables and narrative summaries.
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Treasures of the earth : need, greed, and a sustainable future
Would the world be a better place if human societies were somehow able to curb their desires for material goods? Saleem Ali's pioneering book links human wants and needs by providing a natural history of consumption and materialism with scientific detail and humanistic nuance.
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Contemporary clinical applications of venous excess ultrasound: A scoping review protocol
This scoping review aims to synthesise the primary literature on the current and emerging clinical applications of venous excess ultrasound, with a particular interest in its use beyond acute and critical care contexts.
Venous excess ultrasound is a novel point-of-care ultrasound tool designed to assess systemic venous congestion. While it has been widely adopted in critical and acute care settings, increasing clinical interest suggests broader diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic utility beyond these contexts. Despite this, no comprehensive synthesis has yet mapped the full range of its clinical applications.
We will include primary studies involving patients of any age or clinical indication in which venous excess ultrasound has been applied in clinical care. Only studies published in English from 1 January 2020 onward will be considered. Inclusion is limited to studies reporting on the clinical utility of venous excess ultrasound. Non-human studies, abstract-only publications, secondary reviews, and purely technical imaging studies without clinical application will be excluded.
Following PRISMA-ScR guidelines, this scoping review will conduct systematic searches of both peer-reviewed and grey literature sources, including PubMed, Scopus, the Cochrane Library, ProQuest, Google Scholar, preprint servers, and clinical trial registries. Where literature sources allow, searches will be limited to studies written in English and published from 1 January 2020 onward. References will be managed and deduplicated using Zotero. Full-text screening and data extraction will be performed independently by two reviewers using Rayyan and standardised Microsoft Excel forms. Disagreements will be resolved through discussion or, if necessary, by a third reviewer. Results will be summarised in tables and narratively.
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Development of dual function polyamine-functionalized carbon dots derived from one step green synthesis for quantitation of Cu2+ and S2− ions in complicated matrices with high selectivity
The study of biologically important Cu2+ and S2− ions has drawn great attention in the recent years since an abnormal level of these ions is an indication for health impairment. Therefore, a reliable strategy for effective fluorescence determination of Cu2+ and S2− ions was developed. Simply, the method based on economical plant-dependent thermolysis procedure for efficient green synthesis of water dispersible luminescent polyamine-based carbon dots (PA@C-dots) utilizes Vitis vinifera juice as precursor with a high quantum yield (32.1%) and good photo-stability. The fluorescent PA@C-dots were characterized by different spectroscopical, physical, and structural techniques. Furthermore, the synthesized PA@C-dots can be used as an efficient dual functional fluorescent probe for the sensitive and selective estimation of Cu2+ and S2− ions. The incorporation of Cu2+ ions and their adsorption on the surface of PA@C-dot skeleton leads to the respectable fluorescence quenching of C-dots (turn-off mode). The Cu2+-PA@C-dot was found to be sensitive to S2− ions. The addition of S2− recovers the fluorescence (turn-on mode) of Cu2+-PA@C-dots, thanks to its capacity for withdrawing Cu2+ from the shell of PA@C-dots. Fluorescence quenching in the range of 0.07–60 μM Cu2+ was obtained with LOD and LOQ of 0.02 and 0.066 μM, respectively. Sulfide detection provides linearity in the range of 0.8 to 95 μM with LOD and LOQ of 0.24 and 0.79 μM, respectively. The optimal excitation and emission wavelengths for all experiments are 435 nm and 498 nm, respectively. Experiment results elucidate that the proposed method is suitable for Cu2+and S2− ion detection in environmental water samples.
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