Abdul Hameed

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Professor (Associate) at Iqra University

Ras-related Rap1A GTPase is implicated in pancreas β-cell insulin secretion and is stimulated by the cAMP sensor Epac2, a guanine exchange factor and activator of Rap1 GTPase. In this study, we examined the differential proteomic profiles of pancreata from C57BL/6 Rap1A-deficient (Null) and control wild-type (WT) mice with nanoLC-ESI-MS/MS to asses...

Routing protocols are an essential component of vehicular ad hoc networks. Software-defined networks and name data networks are new aspects of routing that are coming to the fore as Vehicular Ad Hoc Network technology evolves. Data Network-based VANET routing protocols and Software Defined Network-based VANET routing protocols have been developed i...

Bioinformatics is an active and important research discipline in which molecular data is exponentially growing in complex nature. Because of the substantial research in this field, researchers are faced with critical issues such as bandwidth, storage, and complexity in order to retrieve molecular data. It becomes very difficult to conduct research...

Skin cancer is a widespread disease associated with eight diagnostic classes. The diagnosis of multiple types of skin cancer is a challenging task for dermatologists due to the similarity of skin cancer classes in phenotype. The average accuracy of multiclass skin cancer diagnosis is 62% to 80%. Therefore, the classification of skin cancer using ma...

Bat algorithm (BA) is an eminent meta-heuristic algorithm that has been widely used to solve diverse kinds of optimization problems. BA leverages the echolocation feature of bats produced by imitating the bats' searching behavior. BA faces premature convergence due to its local search capability. Instead of using the standard uniform walk, the Toru...

Vascular malformation is a group of congenital anomalies of blood or lymphatic vessels that can be presented at any part of the body, each of which has specific morphology, characteristics, clinical presentation and management. This article review concentrated on the recent management of these anomalies especially in the craniomaxillofacial area in...

Particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm is a population-based intelligent stochastic search technique used to search for food with the intrinsic manner of bee swarming. PSO is widely used to solve the diverse problems of optimization. Initialization of population is a critical factor in the PSO algorithm, which considerably influences the diver...

In wireless sensor networks for the Internet of Things (WSN-IoT), the topology deviates very frequently because of the node mobility. The topology maintenance overhead is high in flat-based WSN-IoTs. WSN clustering is suggested to not only reduce the message overhead in WSN-IoT but also control the congestion and easy topology repairs. The partitio...

Bioinformatics is research intensive field where agents operate in highly dynamic environment. Due to extensive research in this domain leads to basic but important problems for the researchers that are (1) Bandwidth (2) storage and (3) computation. We are using agent migration approach to reduce the network load and resolve the resource problem fo...

The current investigation presents the synthesis, computational molecular-docking and biological activity studies of arylated thiazole coumarins. Aryl substituted thiazolyl coumarin derivatives were synthesized via Suzuki cross-coupling reaction. A detailed reaction condition optimization revealed that the Pd-PEPPSI-IPent precatalyst in only 2 mol%...

Clustering algorithms optimization can minimize topology maintenance overhead in large scale vehicular Ad hoc networks (VANETs) for smart transportation that results from dynamic topology, limited resources and non-centralized architecture. The performance of a clustering algorithm varies with the underlying mobility model to address the topology m...

In mobile adhoc networks for internet of things, the size of routing table can be reduced with the help of clustering structure. The dynamic nature of MANETs and its complexity make it a type of network with high topology changes. To reduce the topology maintenance overhead, the cluster based structure may be used. Hence, it is highly desirable to...

In mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), the topology differs very often due to mobile nodes (MNs). The flat network organization has high topology maintenance messages overload. To reduce this message overload in MANET, clustering organizations are recommended. Grouping MANET into MNs has the advantage of controlling congestion and easily repairing the...

We propose electronic voting authentication scheme, which is a key management mechanism for electronic voting system intended to limit the number of attacks on a polling station and strengthen the security control. The motivation is to diversify security requirements of messages exchanged between polling stations. There are different types of messa...

Although dropping need for apecoectomy as the modern endodontic therapy carry greatly promising outcomes but it is regularly done in dental clinics and may accompanied by some bothering points as ache, edema, so the main goal of this research is to evaluate the usefulness of dissimilar modalities in reducing edema and pain succeeding to the periapi...

Although dropping need for apecoectomy as the modern endodontic therapy carry greatly promising outcomes but it is regularly done in dental clinics and may accompanied by some bothering points as ache, edema, so the main goal of this research is to evaluate the usefulness of dissimilar modalities in reducing edema and pain succeeding to the periapi...

The current investigation presents the synthesis, computational molecular-docking and biological activity studies of arylated thiazole coumarins. Aryl substituted thiazolyl coumarin derivatives were synthesized via Suzuki cross-coupling reaction. A detailed reaction condition optimization revealed that the Pd-PEPPSI-IPent precatalyst in only 2 mol%...

The aim of the current research work was to develop a stable herbal cosmetic formulation and to study its rheological characteristic and their impact on solar protection factor (SPF). The formulations possess good antioxidant potential and virtuous sensory attributes. An accelerated stability study was performed under variant thermal conditions for...

User experience has become the most reliable and trustworthy source for service providers to assess system performance. To fulfill customer requirements, service providers require an efficient quality of experience (QoE) estimation model. QoE is a subjective metric that deals with user perception and can vary dramatically due to various factors suc...

Background Acanthamoeba is an opportunistic pathogen widely spread in the environment. Acanthamoeba causes excruciating keratitis which can lead to blindness. The lack of effective drugs and its ability to form highly resistant cyst are one of the foremost limitations against successful prognosis. Current treatment involves mixture of drugs at high...

Islam is a religion that guides its followers in every aspect of life including economic activities. Islamic banks provide services to their customers on the basis of Islamic principles (Sharia) and guided by Islamic economics. Many factors influence customer Purchase Intention towards Islamic banking services. This study investigates the influence...

It is proved that the Diophantine quadruples , set of positive integer number with the property that the product of any two of them plus 9 is a perfect square, than generalization of the result is obtained.

The original problem of quadruple was studied by the Since the Greek mathematician Diophantus of Alexandria 1/16 , 33 /16 ,17/ 4 and 105/16 was the first set of quadruples found in 3rd century (𝑏.𝑐) in which having any product of two terms increasing the set increased by 1 is a perfect square. Later Fermat obtained a set from integers as {1,3,8,120...

Objective The current research work was initiated to develop anti‐aging phytocosmetic formulation of phytoantioxidant, to evaluate their effect on human skin, and to link R parameters of skin with skin sebum and aging. Methods According to COLIPA, 10 healthy male volunteers, aged between 20 and 30 years, having no skin infection or other hypersens...

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a plasma cell disorder primarily involving bone marrow. Extramedullary involvement is less common, with central nervous system (CNS) myelomatosis being a rare entity and such presentation carries extremely dismal prognosis. We present case of a 40 years old male with MM who was initially treated with 6 cycles of Cyclophosph...

Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare, multisystemic, idiopathic disease often associated with BRAF V600E mutation. Its diagnosis is typically delayed and challenging due to its variable manifestations. Although it has an indolent course, advanced stages can manifest fulminant behavior with multiple vital organ involvement. It is a class 2a, non-...

Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs) are self-organized networks without any fixed infrastructure. The topology changes are very frequent in MANETs due to nodes mobility. The topology maintenance creates an extra overhead as the mobility information of a single node is shared to all nodes in the network. To address the topology maintenance overhead prob...

A 27-year-old male underwent total thyroidectomy for thyroid swelling. Histopathology showed papillary thyroid carcinoma [T3 - 6.0 cm] with extra-thyroidal extension. The patient was treated with 150 mCi radioactive iodine (RAI) as adjuvant ablative therapy. Radioiodine refractory disease was identified 1-year post-RAI therapy with elevated thyrogl...

The aim of the study was to determine the Sun Protection Factor (SPF) and compare it with labelled SPF values of commercially available sunscreen formulations in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. The SPF of twenty different commercially available sunscreen formulations of various manufacturers was determined by in vitro methodology using UV spectrophotometer....

Plants have been used as medicinal agents since the origin of mankind. High cost and severe side effects associated with conventional chemotherapy has limited their general acceptability and fuel up the search for alternate options. The alternative treatment options like phytochemicals have come up with ease of availability and cost effectiveness....

In the present study, berries of two different species of Solanaceae family, Withania somnifera (WS) and Solanum nigrum (SN), were extracted in methanol and then fractionated with solvents, ranging from non-polar to polar, for their phytochemical profiling and investigation of antioxidant and tyrosinase enzyme inhibition capacity. The methanolic ex...

Provenance has many applications in assessing the data quality, computational efficiency, security, and storage reliability. Provenance inference (PI) is the process of forming conclusions derived through any evidence or reasoning by static code analysis. However, despite its manifold applications, the subject of PI has not been thoroughly studied...

The aim of the study was to determine the Sun Protection Factor (SPF) and compare it with labelled SPF values of commercially available sunscreen formulations in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. The SPF of twenty different commercially available sunscreen formulations of various manufacturers was determined by in vitro methodology using UV spectrophotometer....

Data aggregation (DA) is the process of combining smart metering data so that it can be sent to a control center in package form rather than as individual data points. Smart metering data represents sensitive information that must be protected during the aggregation process. Traditional data aggregation schemes have addressed privacy issues based p...

Learning is a core concept of HRD. Learning is also an emerging topic of knowledge transferring and knowledge management for improving the organizational performance. Therefore, organizations are investing huge amount of money on employee learning and development. This paper analyzes the theoretical framework & models related to employee learning a...

During the last decade, processor architectures have emerged with hundreds and thousands of high speed processing cores in a single chip. These cores can work in parallel to share a work load for faster execution. This paper presents performance evaluations on such multicore and many-core devices by mapping a computationally expensive correlation k...

Increasing human population demands more fuel supply causing the release of hazardous greenhouse gases that could be compensated by supplementing with renewable and environment-friendly alternatives such as biofuels. The argument against the use of food crops for biofuel production that it may cause food shortages can be countered by using feedstoc...

Suaeda fruticosa Forssk is a leaf succulent obligate halophyte that produces numerous seeds under saline conditions. Seeds are a good source of high quality edible oil and leaves are capable of removing substantial amount of salt from the saline soil besides many other economic usages. Little is known about the biochemical basis of salt tolerance i...

This paper proposes six different CMOS-based temperature sensor topologies by exploiting temperature dependence of MOSFET's threshold voltage VT, the carrier's mobility μ and the resistivity of n-well resistors. The proposed temperature sensors are designed for a wide temperature range of −100 °C to +120 °C and exhibit resolutions in the range of 0...

This paper presents a low-noise and high dynamic-range CMOS readout-IC (ROIC) for a 64 × 64 array of opto-electrical sensors. The readout chain comprises a pixel preamplifier array, correlated-double-sampling based switched-capacitor gain blocks, class-AB output buffer for driving off-chip loads and a 12-bit pipeline ADC for on-chip digitization. T...

This paper presents a low-noise and high dynamic-range CMOS readout-IC (ROIC) for a 64 9 64 array of opto-electrical sensors. The readout chain com-prises a pixel preamplifier array, correlated-double-sam-pling based switched-capacitor gain blocks, class-AB output buffer for driving off-chip loads and a 12-bit pipeline ADC for on-chip digitization....

Background: Melasma is a commonly acquired hypermelanosis of facial skin due to various etiological factors including hormonal imbalance. Objectives: To find out the relationship between hormonal imbalance and melasma in females. Patients and methods: One hundred and fifty female patients suffering from melasma, between the ages of 17-45 years, wer...

Background Polycystic ovaries are considered to be the most frequent cause of hirsutism with its prevalence of 10% of woman of reproductive age group. Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) reflects multiple potential etiologies and variable clinical presentations Objectives To investigate the prevalence of polycystic ovaries among patients with hirsut...

Indices of Biological Integrity (IBIs) are being increasingly used as useful and direct tools for assessing general health of aquatic ecosystems. Although such ecosystems in Iraq, especially the southern marshes, underwent severe alterations during the last two decades, including extensive desiccation in the 1990s, such tools are largely lacking. P...

Indices of Biological Integrity (IBIs) are being increasingly used as useful and direct tools for assessing general health of aquatic ecosystems. Although such ecosystems in Iraq, especially the southern marshes, underwent severe alterations during the last two decades, including extensive desiccation in the 1990s, such tools are largely lacking. P...

Hirsutism may be defined as presence of terminal hairs in women with a male-like pattern of distribution. Hirsutism is related to serum androgen and cutaneous sensitivity to other hormones. The most prevalent causes of hirsutism are polycystic ovary syndrome and isolated hirsutism. Nonclassical congenital adrenal hyperplasia (21-hydroxylase deficie...

Water Quality Index (WQI) was applied in Dokan Lake, Kurdistan region, Iraq using ten water quality pa-rameters (pH, Dissolved Oxygen, Turbidity, Conductivity, Hardness, Alkalinity, Sodium, Biochemical Oxy-gen Demand, Nitrate and Nitrite). The relative weight assigned to each parameter ranged from 1 to 4 based on the importance of the parameter for...

Background Osteoporosis is a common side-effect seen with long term steroid therapy. Patients at increased risk are over 50 years of age, postmenopausal, or have restricted mobility. Objectives To assess the bone mineral density (BMD) in patients with pemphigus vulgaris (PV) on long term steroid therapy. Patients and methods All patients with pemph...

Vitiligo is an acquired depigmentary disorder characterized by a chronic and progressive loss of melanocytes from the epidermis. The etiopathogenesis of vitiligo is still not fully understood, and the major theories include melanocyte destruction (autoimmune, neural and impaired redox status) and melanocyte inhibition or defective adhesion. Recentl...

With the enhanced awareness about the importance of conducting outcome research, it has become apparent to the dermatologists that it is important to develop a quality of life scale that is reliable, sensitive and validated. However, in venturing into this new field, it is important to recognize that there are issues relatively unique to the assess...

Hirsutism may be defined as presence of terminal hairs in women with a male-like pattern of distribution. Hirsutism is related to serum androgen and cutaneous sensitivity to other hormones. The most prevalent causes of hirsutism are polycystic ovary syndrome and isolated hirsutism. Non-classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia (21-hydroxylase defici...