Yassen Alfoteih

Brock University Visting Prof. / Associate Prof. CUA

Background: The profession of pharmacy has evolved significantly in recent years in terms of professional service delivery. The aim of this study was to explore the current views of pharmacists in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on pharmaceutical care services and the nature of barriers encountered in practice using qualitative and quantitative asse...

Objective The study aimed to identify the current practice carried out by community pharmacists to dispose of expired medications in their workplace and assess any practical steps utilized to reduce medication waste. Method A cross-sectional study was conducted among community pharmacists in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The participants were as...

Introduction: COVID-19 is considered the greatest health disaster affecting humans during the 21st century, which urged the need to develop an effective vaccine to acquire enough immunity against the virus. The main challenge faced during the development of such vaccines was the insufficiency of time, which raised the question about the vaccine saf...

Objectives: Pandemic diseases and the confinement measures due to COVID-19 infection have introduced acute and persistent psychosocial stressors for different individuals with a greater influence on females manifested through changes in the menstrual cycle. The objective of this study was to assess Lebanese female of reproductive age about their me...

CONTEXT: Asthma and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are prevalent respiratory disorders that frequently coexist. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy is the standard treatment for OSA. However, its effects on systemic inflammation and glucocorticoid responsiveness in OSA patients with asthma are largely unknown. AIMS: To examine the pot...

Background: The profession of pharmacy has evolved significantly in recent years in terms of professional service delivery. The aim of this study was to explore the current views of pharmacists in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on pharmaceutical care services and the nature of barriers encountered in practice using qualitative and quantitative asse...

Background: The profession of pharmacy has evolved significantly in recent years in terms of professional service delivery. The aim of this study was to explore the current views of pharmacists in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on pharmaceutical care services and the nature of barriers encountered in practice using qualitative and quantitative asse...

Objectives: The study aimed to investigate the impact of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the roles of hospital and community pharmacists in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and to assess how COVID-19 has affected their roles concerning medication dispensing and review, patient education, and telepharmacy services. Methods: This was a face-to-fac...

Background: Caffeine is widely consumed among students due to its cognitive and physical enhancing effects. However, little is known about the consumption pattern of different caffeinated products among university students in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Aim: To investigate the frequency of caffeine consumption among the young population of s...

Background: Electronic cigarette (E-cig) use has increased substantially among the young population, who adopt using E-cig for various reasons. Our present study aimed to explore vaping preferences and reasons for using E-cig among current users in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and to assess physical and psychological symptoms experienced while us...

Breast cancer (BC) is one of the most prevalent cancers and the leading cause of cancer related deaths among women worldwide with a steadily increasing global annual incidence. This study aims is to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practice of females in the UAE toward BC and Breast Self-Examination practice in the seven Emirates. This was a f...

Streptococcus pyogenes is a species of Gram-positive bacteria. It is also known as Group A Streptococcus (GAS) that causes pathogenesis to humans only. The GAS infection has several manifestations including invasive illness. Current research has linked the molecular modes of GAS virulence with substantial sequencing determinations for the isolation...

Testosterone is the major male hormone produced by testicles which are directly associated with man’s appearance and secondary sexual developments. Androgen deficiency starts when the male hormonal level falls from its normal range though, in youngsters, the deficiency occurs due to disruption of the normal functioning of pituitary, hypothalamus gl...

Since the male secondary sex characters, libido and fertility are attributed to their major androgen hormone testosterone, the sub-optimum levels of testosterone in young adults may cause infertility and irregularities in their sexual behaviour. Such deficiency is often secondary to maladies involving testes, pituitary or hypotha-lamus that could b...

Objective The objective of this study was to assess the influence of enzyme suppression on the values of various pharmacokinetic factors of orally-administered metoclopramide Method This study was conducted in two phases and a 4-week duration was adopted for drug wash out. This randomized study involved twelve healthy human volunteers who received...

Purpose: To evaluate the perception of nurses regarding pharmaceutical care services in the healthcare system of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Province of Pakistan.Methods: This qualitative study was implemented by conducting semi-structured interviews. For data collection, interviews (face-to-face) were conducted after developing an interview guide. Th...

How to design your epidemiological study: Research structure and design at a glance D esigning your epidemiological study through a proper research protocol appears to be an easy task, but in reality it is quite challenging. Numerous researchers-at entry level-start their researches in overexcitement. However, despite their enthusiasm and passion,...

This study aims to examine the risk of bacterial and fungal transmission through frequent or repeated usage of the same water pipe by different smokers in public café shops. A total of 110 samples were extracted from different parts of used shisha apparatuses. These samples were collected from different cafes in seven cities in the UAE in the time...

A study on phosphorus utilization of different organic and inorganic sources in Japanese quail: The availability of P of common feedstuffs has been studied in two experiments using Japanese quail. In experiment 1 monocalciumphosphat (MCP), dicalciumphosphat (DCP), monosodiumphosphat (MNP), wheat, barley and maize were used as P-sources and added to...

Previous experiments have shown that feed intake, growth rate and mortality in growing Japanese Quail were not influenced when P-levels below the recommendation were fed. It has also been reported that in practice the utilisation of inorganic P was lower than expected. In the present experiment the utilisation of inorganic P has been tested using a...

Obwohl über den Stoffwechsel und den Bedarf von Phosphor (P) beim Geflügel eine Vielzahl von Untersuchungen vorliegt, bestehen erhebliche Unsicherheiten über die Verwertung des P aus mineralischen und organischen Quellen. Fehlendes Wissen und ungenaue Angaben über die Verwertung von P hatten über lange Zeit keine Konsequenzen für die Praxis, da die...