bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Fighting a Battle Alone: Experiences of COVID-19 Survivors of Mandatory Isolation
Authors: Ragpala Eric M.
Published: August 2022

This study determined the experiences of the COVID-19 survivors during their mandatory isolation. Descriptive phenomenology is the research design used in the study. Snowball sampling was utilized to determine the 24 participants of the study. The data was gathered through an online semi-structured interview conducted via Google Meet and Zoom, two video communication applications. Thematic analysis was utilized to develop themes based on the responses from the COVID-19 survivors who served as participants. The study generated four themes with twelve sub-themes. The study revealed that mental health impacts how the participants perceive, feel, behave, and perform, as well as how they plan, handle stress, and interact with others. The participants' mental health has been compromised because of the mandatory isolation, and they expressed a wide range of psychological emotions, including stress, fear, anxiety, and loneliness, that may impact their mental health. Daily communication and entertainment, an optimistic mindset, and praying regularly are the coping mechanisms identified in the study. Coping mechanisms were developed to determine the activities made by the participants to mitigate the impact of mandatory isolation on their mental health. Furthermore, the study also recommends that future researchers must explore the mental health of a larger group of isolated individuals.
Tackle Technique and Changes in Playerload™ During a Simulated Tackle: An Exploratory Study
Authors: Paul Lara , Davidow Demi , James Gwyneth , Ross Tayla , Lambert Mike , Burger Nicholas , Jones Ben , Rennie Gordon , Hendricks Sharief
Published: August 2022

In collision sports, the tackle has the highest injury incidence, and is key to a successful performance. Although the contact load of players has been measured using microtechnology, this has not been related to tackle technique. The aim of this study was to explore how PlayerLoad™ changes between different levels of tackling technique during a simulated tackle. Nineteen rugby union players performed twelve tackles on a tackle contact simulator (n = 228 tackles). Each tackle was recorded with a video-camera and each player wore a Catapult OptimEyeS5. Tackles were analysed using tackler proficiency criteria and split into three categories: Low scoring(≤5 Arbitrary units (AU), medium scoring(6 and 7AU) and high scoring tackles(≥8AU). High scoring tackles recorded a higher PlayerLoad™ at tackle completion. The PlayerLoad™ trace was also less variable in the high scoring tackles. The variability in the PlayerLoad™ trace may be a consequence of players not shortening their steps before contact. This reduced their ability to control their movement during the contact and post-contact phase of the tackle and increased the variability. Using the PlayerLoad™ trace in conjunction with subjective technique assessments offers coaches and practitioners insight into the physical-technical relationship of each tackle to optimise tackle skill training and match preparation.
Do Different Levels of Management Impact Employee Intrapreneurial Behavior Independently? A Multi-Mediation Analysis
Authors: Awan Wasim Abbas , Askari Mahrukh , Amin Hina
Published: August 2022

Emerging trends and economic growth have given managers possibilities while posing challenges to conventional management practices. Managers must develop innovative approaches to coping with these difficulties. They may be able to overcome new obstacles and foster a creative workplace where workers are inspired to come up with fresh ideas with the aid of these new ways of working. Thus, enabling intrapreneurial conduct. This study looks at the characteristics that new ways of working create to drive employees to engage in intrapreneurial conduct, as mediated through social interaction and transformational leadership. Collecting a sample of 300 respondents from the informational technology industry, this study tested a multi-mediation model using PLS-SEM. The study concluded that combined social interaction and transformational leadership partially mediates the relation between new ways of working and employee intrapreneurial behavior. The study also focused on the moderating role of each management level and found that middle-level management foster employee intrapreneurial behavior stronger than first and top level. This study further paves the way for practitioners and researchers by presenting implications and providing future directions.
RECLAMACIÓN DE CALIFICACIONES EN ENSEÑANZAS PROFESIONALES DE MÚSICA: APLICACIÓN DEL PROCEDIMIENTO ADMNISTRATIVO EN EL DERECHO A LA EVALUACIÓN OBJETIVA
Authors: Tendero Sánchez Jesús Ángel
Published: August 2022

En este supuesto práctico, con la actuación del inspector de educación, se pretende garantizar el derecho de los alumnos a la evaluación objetiva de su proceso de aprendizaje. Se presenta un caso, que afecta a las Enseñanzas Profesionales de Música, en el quea nivel de centro se puede haber incurrido en una serie de irregularidades en la tramitación y aplicación del procedimiento de reclamación a las calificaciones obtenidas por una discente en la evaluación final extraordinaria. Se plantean, además, otras disfunciones vinculadas con la práctica profesional de los actores implicados y que pueden haber repercutido en el rendimiento académico de la alumna reclamante. Se analiza cómo podría informar el inspector el recurso de alzada interpuesto, que a simple vista podría ser extemporáneo e inadmitido por falta de legitimidad del recurrente, y qué otras actuaciones se pueden derivar de los hechos denunciados.
REGULARIZACIÓN DE EXPEDIENTE ACADÉMICO EN ENSEÑANZAS ARTÍSTICAS SUPERIORES
Authors: Rodrigo del Blanco María José
Published: August 2022

El expediente académico en las enseñanzas artísticas superiores conducentes a títulos oficiales es el documento oficial que recoge la información relativa al proceso de evaluación de un alumno e incluye el conjunto de calificaciones e incidencias a lo largo de los estudios, en el contexto de la ordenación de la educación superior española en el marco europeo. Al finalizar estos, el expediente tiene que reflejar una trayectoria académica válida (de acceso, matrícula, permanencia y promoción) para acreditar que el alumno está en disposición de obtener uno de los Títulos (de Grado o Máster) en Enseñanzas Artísticas. Superiores, en cumplimiento de la normativa básica y autonómica de aplicación.

En esta publicación trataremos de exponer un caso práctico en el que se constata que el expediente de una alumna de un centro privado autorizado no ha cumplido alguna de las disposiciones establecidas para ser propuesta a titulación de Grado por el centro público de adscripción pero que esa circunstancia, por no deberse a un hecho imputable a la alumna ni a mala fe del centro sino a un error administrativo que ya no puede ser subsanado por los centros, sí puede ser resuelto por la autoridad competente en ordenación académica dando por válido con carácter excepcional dicho expediente académico.
ARTÍCULO TERCERO: ESTADO ACTUAL DE LA DIRECCIÓN ESCOLAR EN LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS
Authors: Samore David
Published: August 2022

Debido a las críticas condiciones actuales, los directores de centros educativos en los EE.UU. están nadando en aguas turbulentas. Aunque tengan mucho poder e infuencia, las expectativas son excesivamente altas y la disminución de candidatos para el puesto es una señal clara del desafío. Esta aportación, la última en una serie de tres artículos, relata un día de una directora ficticia de una escuela secundaria, Jéssica Morales-Smith. Esta larga mirada a la vida profesional de un director ejemplifca el compás de actividades e interacciones a lo largo de unas 12 horas – un día típico – durante el cual no hay descanso alguno. El director estadounidense siempre se encuentra en el centro del escenario, iluminado por el foco dondequiera. Aun durante el fn de semana, el que escoja perseguir la dirección escolar acepta que su trabajo extiende mucho más allá de la semana laboral.
Long-Term Outcomes in Heart Transplanted Patients with Anderson-Fabry Disease: Effectiveness of a Combined Medical and Surgical Therapy
Authors:   Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Cardio-Thoracic-Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, Tessari Chiara , Garufi Luigi ,   Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Cardio-Thoracic-Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, Gerosa Gino ,   Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Cardio-Thoracic-Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, Toscano Giuseppe ,   Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Cardio-Thoracic-Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Published: August 2022

Background: Transplantation in the management of end-stage organ failure in patients with Anderson- Fabry disease is still a matter of debate due to a lack of data regarding long-term outcomes and prognosis. Observations: Most of the cases in the literature did not receive enzyme-replacement therapy (ERT), or received it only years after transplantation. Based on our experience, we describe here the long-term results of heart transplant in combination with early ERT. Conclusions: Transplantation combined with lifelong ERT should be considered to offer patients a chance of good long-term outcomes and quality of life.
Audible Empire: Soundscapes, ‘Sonic Markers’ and Creation of Eastern Identity in the British Empire at Home and Abroad, 1830-1900
Authors: Garment Alexander
Published: August 2022

Sound is an integral aspect of life and how we interact with the world around us. As such, it is remiss to not have utilised it as an analytical tool and approach within scholarship until recently. Consequently, this thesis uses sound as an approach to understand how eastern identity was formed and manipulated by Victorians both at home and abroad to further doctrines of racial superiority. By constructing specific sonic markers through which specific cultural and racial identities could be sonically distinguished, the West, and more specifically the British metropole, was able to further establish and spread their self-imposed doctrine of racial superiority. This thesis demonstrates that many kinds of sources– Travelogues, Diaries, Theatre Productions– can be re-read and analysed as ‘Earwitness’ accounts, providing new and fresh insights into their authors and wider societies conception of, in this thesis specifically, ‘the East’. It becomes clear that there was a systematic erosion of both the geographical space and soundscapes, whereby the Orient was reduced to a singular space and identity adhering to a set number of stereotypes. Sonic markers and soundscapes are integral aspects to doctrines of otherization and constructing racial hierarchies and thus must be further explored and appreciated due to the new perspectives on offer to answer both new and established questions on identity construction, cultural imperialism and Victorian popular culture.
Cover Girls
Authors: Khasru Imaan
Published: August 2022

Existing studies show that exposure to appearance-based western media has a robust negative effect on women’s body esteem, eating practices, and self-image. This effect is mediated further by women’s individual characteristics, especially women’s pre-existing low body esteem, exposure to social comparison, and reliance on others’ approval for self-worth. A literature review reveals that (compared to white American women) South Asian American women have above-average exposure to objectification, social comparison, appearance-based commentary, and cultural conflict. Research suggests that all of these factors contribute to high body dissatisfaction and maladaptive eating in South Asian American women. Furthermore, American appearance-based media presents Asian women more infrequently and with more restrictions on physical features, compared to representation of white women. Therefore, appearance-based media may have a more salient (yet understudied) effect on the self-image and body esteem of South Asian American women than it does on white American women. This is but one example of a social phenomenon that has a more harmful effect on South Asian American women than their white American peers. The consequences of high vulnerability to body dissatisfaction include psychological distress and maladaptive eating.
Analyzing Barriers in Expanding Multilingual Indian Science Communication
Authors: Balusu Chinmayi
Published: August 2022

English’s status as the “lingua franca” of science has allowed for the expansion of science communication around the world. However, the remnants of the English educational system from British colonization have also furthered sociocultural disparities on the ground level in countries such as India, which is home to over a dozen national languages that are lost in the process of translating scientific concepts. Analyzing barriers in translating English-based science communication methods into vernacular Indian languages includes assessing linguistic feasibility, breaking down stigma apprehension surrounding topics such as HIV transmission and mental health, combatting the lack of institutional support, balancing time constraints, and understanding cultural context. In doing so, science professionals can embrace linguistic diversity while empowering the general public and promoting wider science accessibility during crucial times such as the current COVID-19 pandemic. Multilingual science approaches will not only be able to strengthen Indian citizens’ connection with science but also set the tone for broader global science communication efforts.
India's Muslims: The 'Other' Within?
Authors: Sheikh Shayan
Published: August 2022

Three assumptions have been crucial to the Hindu Right wing’s discourse in post independence India. Firstly, this discourse takes as a priori that Islam is a foreign import to India. Accordingly, the coming of the faith to the subcontinent during the Medieval period is seen as having ‘cataclysmic’ implications, disturbing its erstwhile tranquility in the form of forced conversions, temple desecrations and so on. Secondly, this discourse conceives Modern Indian Muslims as a discrete, homogenous community, whose loyalty is at worst questionable, on account of their affiliation with a foreign civilization. Lastly, in its self-perception, the Hindu Right partly derives legitimacy by presenting itself as successors and custodians of a Millennium-old Hindu subjectivity: a collective Hindu trauma precipitated by the cataclysmic coming of Islam in India, which enables a vision of the latter atrocities through ‘memory’. Critics often point to the violent implications of this discourse for Indian Muslims, especially since the rise of the BJP in the late 20th Century and the waves of communal violence that it has left in its wake. Less often do critics delve into the historical veracity of the Hindu Right’s claims. Far from being an ‘objective’ contact with memory, I will show how the Hindu Right’s discourse derives its genealogy from the British colonial discourse on Islam and the Muslim community in India. I shall do so by analyzing British colonial narratives, in relation to statements on Muslims issued by the two earliest RSS chiefs. Moreover, I will highlight how this discourse grossly oversimplifies the history of Islam in the subcontinent. This kind of a historical critique will be significant in unsettling the Hindu Right’s claims to memory and not just in condemning the violent manifestations of its politics.
Trần Dần: Selected Poetry Translations
Authors: Hoang Mai
Published: August 2022

After Trần Dần criticized the poetry collection of Tỗ Hữu, a politician—calling his magnum opus a manual collection of propaganda and leadership—Tỗ Hữu assembled 150 poets and party intellectuals to criticize the poet, declaring Trần Dần and likeminded writers guilty of petty bourgeoisie. In February 1956, Trần Dần was purged from the party and sent to the infamous Hanoi Prison. Though he was released after an attempted suicide, Trần Dần was suspended from the Union of Arts and Literature for the next thirty years. In other words, for most of the poet's life, his works never saw the light of day. In August 2018, I was sitting in a cafe in Saigon sipping coffee when a novel caught my eyes: Crossroads and Lampposts it read—after a few lines I was mesmerized. I had seldom seen Vietnamese used in such a creative thought-provoking and frankly rule-breaking way. I searched up the author’s name and incredulously realized that instead of an emerging avant-garde writer, I was looking at the wikipedia entry for a 20th century radical who produced the draft fifty years before it was published. What followed was an obsessive pursuit of the elusive author's only poetry collection that led me from bookstore to bookstore across town without success. I afterwards realized that I could not find any copies because it had gone out of print long ago. Though the state had officially given Trần Dần pardon, their relationship with his poetry is still a precarious one. Fortunately, I was able to contact an Australian expatriate in Hanoi, the translator of Crossroads and Lampposts who had an electronic copy of the poetry collection that he shared with me.
Opening Remarks: "NFTs: Future or Fad?"
Authors: Levi Stuart D.
Published: August 2022

What exactly are Non-Fungible Tokens, commonly known as NFTs?  In order to understand NFTs, we need to first discuss blockchain technology.  I will start with that and then transition into what an NFT is, and that way I can set the stage for some of the discussions and the panels that you’re going to hear later this morning.
A Study on the Effectiveness of Start-Up India Scheme for Youth Entrepreneurs: A way of Economic Growth in India
Authors: Kumawat Dikshita , Meena Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Published: August 2022

Dikshita Kumawat, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Meena
Institutional Corruption in the Health Sector and Role of Administration: A Case Study of Pakistan
Authors: Ahmed Umer , Abbas Hafiz Syed Mohsin
Published: August 2022

Quality of Healthcare and corruption eradication are the two vital Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It states that transparent institutional performance supports the quality of public services. This study explores the HealthCare System regarding facilities, human resources, and governance in Pakistan's corruption and transparency of public services (healthcare). This descriptive and theoretical study has used longitudinal data from 2008 to 2020 for analysis and discussion. Transparency International Pakistan's (TIP) healthcare corruption variables surveyed in 2010, inadequate healthcare facilities, inadequate hospital beds, and hospital mismanagement, have been taken under consideration. The analysis shows that the HCS has been showing uneven progress toward eradicating corruption. It further states that institutional governance has deteriorated with time in Pakistan. However, despite low resources, and institutional accountability failures, HealthCare System has shown marginal improvement in Pakistan. This study concludes that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) should focus on health budget allocation and human resource training and counseling to improve HCS standards. Moreover, healthcare quality and service delivery will help Pakistan combat COVID-19 and other future health crises. Furthermore, GOP should achieve healthcare and institutional sustainability by using prudent corruption control and institutional enhancement measures.
Political Polarization and Challenges of National Integration in Pakistan
Authors: Ishaque Wasem , Mukhtar Mudassir , Tanvir Rida
Published: August 2022

National integration and national identity have engulfed Pakistani society since its establishment. Traditionally, the society has remained divided along religious, ethnic, linguistic, and provincial lines. However, political developments of the last decade have added a new dimension, which has divided society into political lines. The disturbing aspect of evolving trends in the injection of violence in our political behavior and culture is weakening the very foundations of the Pakistani nation and the state alike.  I want to argue that the rhetoric of eliminating the opponents by violent means and propagating the blood revolution across the streets of Pakistan is easier said than done, has degenerated our society already overwhelmed by a lack of basic amenities like education, health, and employment, etc. Lust for power at all costs has dented our national values and identity. This article investigates the rising trends of political intolerance and suggests a course of action for strengthening national integration.
Maternal Employment, Parental Education Levels and Household’s Income: Differential Impacts on the Schooling of Male and Female Children in Pakistan
Authors: Altaf Mabrooka , Iftikhar Ahmad Tusawar , Bhatti Muhammad Azhar
Published: August 2022

The present research empirically investigates the impact of a mother’s employment status, parental education levels, and household income on school enrollment of male and female children (aged 5-15 years) in Pakistan. Child school enrollment is taken as a binary dependent variable, i.e., attending the school or not. A micro data set of 31,294 children from the Pakistan Social and Living Standard Measurement Survey (PSLM) is utilized and analyzed by applying binary logistic regression. Maternal employment, parental education, and household income had discrepancies in their estimated marginal effects on the school enrollment of male child (N = 15266) and female child (N = 14113). A unit increase in maternal employment was responsible for bringing less than one percent decrease in the school enrollment of male child while more than five percent decrease in the school enrollment of female child. Similarly, a unit increase in maternal education (graduation) resulted in respectively 25.32% and 33.55% increase in the school enrollment of male and female child. Whereas a unit increase in paternal education (graduation) resulted in respectively 19.14% and 15.82% increase in the school enrollment of male and female child. A unit increase in a household’s income brought a 2.59% and 5.95% increase in the school enrollment of male and female child. The study signifies maternal education as the most influential and decisive factor in enhancing school enrollments of male child and female child in Pakistan.
Natural Sorbent’s Bio-Sorption Efficiency for Liquid Phase Scavenging of Pesticides from Wastewater
Authors: Nasreen Saima , Rafique Uzaira , Khan Amna , Gran Sidra , Khatoon Zainab
Published: August 2022

The removal of pesticides from waste water is a major concern of today and poses a great threat to the human and environmental health hence this research study aimed at assessing the efficiency of the used tea residue as a low-cost bio-adsorbent for the treatment of waste water containing pesticides. Therefore, to carry out the intended research project, initially the adsorbent was activated in order to increase its efficiency or adsorption capacity. Moreover, batch experiments were conducted with three pesticides (2,4-D, Carbaryl and Imidacloprid) at variable parameters (pH, contact time, adsorbent dose and initial concentration) and the effects of these variables on the adsorption capacity was assessed.
UV-spectroscopy was put into service for obtaining the concentrations of pesticide after the contact between the adsorbate (pesticide) and adsorbent (activated tea residue) while the characterization of the adsorbent was performed using the FTIR spectroscopy. The non-activated tea-residue removed suitable amounts of pesticides from aqueous solution but the activation process enhanced the natural adsorbent's efficiency. The optimum adsorbent dose for the removal of all two pesticides (2,4-D and impidacloprid) was same, that is 10mg while, the optimum adsorbent dose for carbaryl was 30mg. Whereas, the optimal pH and pesticide concentration varied for all three pesticide. Firstly, large amount of 2,4-D was removed at acidic pH with 10 ppb pesticide concentration, secondly, carbaryl at basic pH with 1ppb and lastly, imidacloprid at neutral pH with 1 ppb. Under optimal conditions the activated tea residue removed 99.99% of 2,4-D, 99.5% of carbaryl and 99.7% of imidacloprid.
Oxidation of Some Dihydropyridine Derivatives Via Different Methods
Authors: Ansa Madeeha zafar  , Jabeen Mussarat , Noreen Aslam  , Saima Anjum  , Abdul Ghafoor  , Misbah ul-Ain Khan
Published: August 2022

Three different methods were used for the oxidation of dihydropyridines into pyridine derivatives. In two methods dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) was used as solvent and catalyst as well whereas in third method bleaching powder was used. All the three methods are found efficient for the oxidation purpose. The yields obtained was moderate to good (25% to 64%). By oxidation methods, we synthesized ten derivatives which were characterized by different available spectroscopic techniques like mass spectrometry, nuclear magnetic spectroscopy (1H & 13C) and elemental analysis. From this data it was confirmed that in all oxidative derivatives –NH peak disappeared in proton NMR spectra.
Prevalence and In-silico Analysis of Cardiac Enzyme and Serum Lipid Enzyme in Acute Coronary Syndrome patients
Authors: Shafique Muqaddas , Masood Amara , Mubeen Hira , Iqbal Nadia , Deeba Farah , Jabeen Raheela , Zain Maryam
Published: August 2022

The objectives of this study: Prevalence and in-silico analysis of lipid and cardiac enzymes in ACS patients. A total of 213 (137 male and 76 female) blood samples were taken from cardiac patients. After prevalence analysis was done on blood samples of patients & to check the biomarker level of all cardiac and lipid enzymes in all patients to find out the acute coronary syndrome. Statical analysis was done using the spss 21 software and In-silico analysis was also done in this study. In statical analysis, correlation showed a relationship with lipid, cardiac, walk and exercise with significant level P<0.05, 0.01. Smoking and walk have a positive relationship with cardiac and lipid enzymes show a negative relationship with smoking and exercise with sig. level p< 0.05. The regression analysis has shown CPK, C.K.M.B, LDH, V.L.D.L. positively and significantly predicted with smoking. Cholesterol, Triglyceride, AST negatively and significantly predicted with smoking which shows that F has 17.602% and R esquire has a .339% variation with smoking. 
Insilco analysis shows that Selenocysteine, Asparagine, and Lysine are binding residues involved in TSP1-human and TIQ ligand in molecular docking. ligand and protein, have -5.7 is the lowest energy and distance between is 3.137 to 5.829. More exercise could reduce ACS problems in cardiac patients. New markers and therapies are discovered in the future for biotechnologies.
Proximate Body Composition Analysis of Two Commercially Important Members of Cyprinidae Family (Catla catla and Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) From Southern Punjab, Pakistan
Authors: Khalid Muhammad , Farooq Muhammad , Ali Ahmed , Alvi Abid Mahmood , Azam Sheikh Muhammad , Abdullah Shaikh Muhammad , Hassan Shoaib , Khakwani Ali Zafar , Tauseef Muhammad Imran
Published: August 2022

The present Study proposed to evaluate the body composition of Catla catla and Hypophthalmichthys molitrix collected from southern Punjab, Pakistan. Collected fishes samples werebrought to fisheries lab for further analysis. The mean value for water, fat, protein and ash as water is 75.1%; Ash in wet and dry weight 4.07 and 16.4; Fat in wet and dry weight 5.2 and 20.8; Protein content in wet and dry weight 15.62 and 62.66 respectively in C. catla. The value for mean and ranges for water, fat, protein and ash as water is 77.27%; Ash in wet and dry weight 4.20 and 5.21; Fat in wet and dry weight 1.55 and 6.10; Protein content in wet and dry weight 3.22 and 5.27 respectively in H. molitrix. Percent water showed highly significant correlation with all the body constituents except percent fat dry weight whichshowed non-significant correlation. All of the values showed a negative correlation with percent water except with percent ash wet and dry weight whichshowed positive correlation in C. catla. Body weight showed highly significant positive correaltion with all body constituents except the relationship with percent water, percent ash dry and wet weight in C. catla. A non-significant correlation with percent protein dry weight, a significant positive correlation with percent protein and fat wet; a least significant correlation with percent fat and ash dry weight while highly significant correlation with percent water in H. molitrix. Total length showed a highly significant negative correlation with log water, fat and protein content except ash whichshowed non-significant negative correlation in C. catla while highly significant negative correlation with log water, ash, fat and protein content in H. molitrix.
Antibacterial and Antibiofilm Activities from Extracts of Selected Cholistani Plants
Authors: Shahzad Mirza Imran , Anwar Summayya , Aslam Jaweria , Manzoor Aasma , Ashraf Hina , Saba Noor , Naseer Mariam , Rani Uzma , Aslam Zahra , Kamran Zahid , Ramzan Mussarat , Ahmad Shakeel , Arshad Muhammad
Published: August 2022

The Cholistani plants are used as a vital source of medicines by local nomads for a long time. According to recent studies, many pharmacological studies like antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, and antidiabetic were done, but very few chemistry-based approaches are available. The current study was designed to evaluate the antibacterial potentials of extracts of Cholistani plants. Aqueous, ethanol, and n-hexane extracts were prepared, and extraction was done based on polarity. All the extracts were evaluated for antibacterial activities through the disc diffusion method. The Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) of each positive extract was measured. The results indicated that the aqueous extract of these plants was more effective than others. The overall trend of antibacterial activity was as follows aqueous >n-hexane >ethanol extracts in terms of solvent. In terms of bacteria, almost all extracts were effective against Klebsiella pneumonia. The overall antibacterial trend was Klebsiella pneumonia>Proteus vulgaris>Staphylococcus aureus>Escherichia coli>Pseudomonas aeuriginosa. The results indicate that Cholistani plants are a rich source of antibacterial agent(s) and can be used in crude or purified form.
Field Release Performance of Chrysoperla Carnea for Population Management of Sucking Insect Pests of Cotton
Authors: Sattar Muzammil , Zahra Hina
Published: August 2022

Chrysoperla carnea egg cards in cotton field were released for two years for population management of sucking insect pests of cotton. Releases were made at the rate of 40 cards per acre, starting from the first week of June when crop was five weeks old and continued at fortnightly interval up to the end of September. On over-all basis C. carnea caused pest population reduction of more than 40-75% of different insect pests.  In first year release, reduction was 76%, 86%, 39% and 52% of aphid, jassid, thrip and whitefly population, respectively. While, results of second year study showed that the predator caused 75%, 80%, 62% and 45% pest population reduction of aphid, jassid, thrip and whitefly, respectively. Whereas, in second-year of study, C. carnea larvae were released in field cage cotton plants which caused pest population reduction of 19.5%, 31.18% and 40.23% by 1st, 2nd and 3rd instars of C. carnea, respectively.
In-silico Analysis of 2-cysteine peroxiredoxin Genes in Arabidopsis thaliana with Possible Role in Carbon Dioxide Fixation through Carbonic Anhydrase regulation
Authors: Ali Yasir , Yasin Muhammad , Aziz Abdul , Wajid Khan Abdul , Rahman Siddiq ur , Ul Haq Noor
Published: August 2022

Targeting first neighbours and adding interactive protein to investigate the direct and indirect influence of neighbour genes is an important novel technique used in cancer studies. Weighing neighbour genes on the basis of topological analysis methods for essential proteins identification and multi-omics data is useful in predicting significant interactions in such investigations. A similar approach can also be adopted to help target specific genes in photosynthetic research, especially under stress conditions like low CO2 and the transformation of plants from C3 to C4 photosynthesis. In this study, a computational approach has been used to identify two Genes i.e. 2-cys peroxiredoxin A, (2CPA; AT3G11630/BAS1) and 2-cysteine peroxiredoxin B (2CPB: AT5G06290) that may regulate Carbonic anhydrase during CO2 fixation process during photosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. We have retrieved almost one hundred genes in the Protein-Protein Interaction (PPI) network of Carbonic anhydrase and identified the hub proteins in the network using Cyto-Hubba and AraNet gene prioritization tools to show significant interactions of essential proteins with CA. In the top thirty-four (34) essential proteins, the GeneMania web tool predicted direct interactions among six proteins i.e. Photosystem I P subunit (CURT1B: AT2G46820), Photosystem I subunit l (PSAL: AT4G12800), Ferredoxin-NADP[+]-oxidoreductase 1 (FNR1:AT5G66190), ATPase (F0 complex subunit B/B' (PDE334:AT4G32260), Glucose-6-phosphate/phosphate translocator-like protein (TPT; AT5G46110) and Photosystem I subunit H2 (PSAH2; AT1G52230) that were participating in the same biological process and are found in the chloroplast. Upon addition of interactor protein, BAS1 and 2CPB were also found to have significant interactions with CA on the basis of multi-omics data. GO Biological process enrichment analysis confirmed that six genes are involved in photosynthesis except for BAS1 and 2CPB. These genes may interact with CA and possibly regulate it under high temperature and low CO2 conditions.
Antioxidant, Antidiabetic and Structural Analysis of Spinacia Oleracea Leaf
Authors: Hussain Fatima , Rashid Kayani Haroon ur , Bashir Samia
Published: August 2022

Medicinal plants have been conventionally used to sustain health and treat many diseases such as diabetes for years.  Spinacia oleracea L., common name palak, belong to the class Amaranths and family Amaranthaceous. It is used as an anti-bacterial, antidiabetic, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and hepatoprotective agent. In this study, methanol, ethanol, n-hexane and aqueous extracts of the Spinacia oleracea leaf were used to evaluate antioxidant contents, antioxidant activity, antidiabetic activity (inhibition of glycation, alpha amylase, alpha glucosidase, acetylchlinesterase). Additionally, identification of bioactive compounds and functional groups was done by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Among all the extracts, total phenol and flavonoid contents were 32.09 ± 0.99 g GAE/100 g to 78.38 ± 1.15 g GAE/100 g and 22.77 ± 0.16 g CE/100 g to 54.56 ± 0.87 g CE/100 g. While DPPH reducing activity range was 45.14% -75.77%. Methanol extract was most potent as it extracted maximum antioxidant contents. Glycation and alpha amylase inhibition percentages were 15.31 to 34.28 and 19.83-36.32 among all tested samples of spinach. Whereas, 12.67-43.77% and 17.3% to 28.04% blocking of alpha glucosidase and acetylcholinesterase activities were observed. HPLC analysis identified various flavonoids and phenolics acids such as quercetin, gallic acid, caffeic acid, sinopic acid, cinnamic acid. FTIR showed that S. oleracea contains several phenols, amines, alkaloids, alcohols and fluoro compounds in the methanolic leaves extract. This research indicated that S. oleracea has wide potential to be further investigated in the future and it can prove as a wonderful natural drug for healthcare systems in the upcoming years.
Validation of PCR-based Markers Associated with Sex Determination in Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.)
Authors: Amjad Zarmeena , Khan Zulqurnain , Shan Muhammad , Khanum Plosha , Saeed Amjad , Akhtar Gulzar
Published: August 2022

Phoenix dactylifera (Date palm) is one of the essential commercial and economical fruit crops which mainly grows in hot arid areas. A good source of food, shelter, and energy, date palm is widely known due to its unique characteristics. The dioecious nature of date palm made it challenging to prognosticate its sex until they flower almost 5 to 8 years after plantation. Researchers have developed many strategies to determine sex, including morphological study, biochemical studies, molecular-based studies as sequence characterized amplified regions (SCAR), randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) marker, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays, but still more endeavours are integral. To foretell sex at the seedling stage, specific PCR primers were employed in this study. These primers were designed on sex-linked regions that determine their gender. Date palm DNA was extracted through the CTAB method. The DNA was then amplified through PCR using sex-linked specific primers. PCR products have run on gel electrophoresis using 1.2% agarose to score the bands for sex determination. Four primers were employed in this study to determine sex. Two primers were SCAR markers, and one was a sex-linked tetra primer. Tetra-primer amplified the double band fragment of 430 and 320bp respectively in male plants, while a band of 430bp was amplified in female plants. The other primer named ALAMER1 was amplified by the single band fragment of 186bp in males with no band in females. The fourth primer, named as SCARdp, amplified the band fragment of 354bp fragment in males. These SCAR markers were established to be male-specific. Sex-linked markers provide a platform for robust, efficient, and accurate determination of sex in date palms.
Cellulose Acetate Antimicrobial Membranes Enabled By Thialzolodines For Potential Applications In Packaging
Authors: Haroon Saim , Nisa Fakhr Un , Musaddiq Sara
Published: August 2022

Fabrication of new antimicrobial cellulose triacetate packaging membranes is the main focus of the present study. The integration of 2-aryl substituted benzothiazoles in a polymeric matrix of cellulose triacetate is used to fabricate these membranes. FT-IR and SEM are used to characterize these membranes. When assessed against Bacillus cereus, Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the modified packaging membranes demonstrated positive antimicrobial activities.
South Punjab's Economic Development in the Perspective of Women's Empowerment
Authors: Faiza Arshad  , Shahnawaz Malik
Published: August 2022

In today's era, It is inevitable to think about the fast pace of growth without women's contribution. Studying the connection between women's economic empowerment and economic development is the focus of this article. Women who are self-reliant, respect women, are able to make decisions and have a sense of their own worth are some of the things that are of interest. They also have better health care facilities for women and children, better awareness of their rights, gender equity, women's participation and involvement in job performance. The questionnaire is used for data collection from university faculty and administrative staff of 9 districts of Punjab province. Results of empirical analysis approved all hypotheses revealing that women's empowerment has a significant impact on the development of an economy. Outcomes of this study are beneficial for the Government in designing the policies related to females.
Analyzing & Evaluating the Effects of Public Service Messages about Dengue in Punjab-Pakistan
Authors: Sayyed Aamir Abbas Rizvi  , Shahzad Ali
Published: August 2022

This research aimed to evaluate the impact of public service messages about Dengue in Punjab, Pakistan. The aim was to measure the perceived effectiveness of public service messages, knowledge, attitudes, and practices in the context of Health Belief Model constructs. The pre-constructed questionnaire was used to collect data from 540 respondents through the survey method. The findings indicated a significant difference in the perceived effectiveness of the PSM between normal and diseased. Among normal people. There was a significant difference in knowledge about Dengue among people belonging to different socioeconomic backgrounds. A positive and significant relationship between knowledge and attitudes toward dengue was discovered, with a linear regression model indicating a 54.7% positive impact on attitudes. In addition, perceived susceptibility to dengue had a significant impact on dengue prevention measures (p-value>0.05). But the impact of perceived severity on the preventive measures was not noteworthy (p-value =.144 > 0.05). Moreover, the perceived benefits of Dengue had a significant impact on the self-efficacy but Perceived barriers were negatively correlated with self-efficacy, although the correlation was very weak (r = -16). Furthermore, exposure to the media and participation in health-related awareness had a significant impact on knowledge. TV, newspapers, and health clinics/hospitals were rated the most effective and leading sources of Dengue awareness.
Northbrook Clock Tower and Ripon Hall: History and Architecture of Ghanta-Ghar Multan, Pakistan
Authors: Abdul Basit  , Muhammad Shafique
Published: August 2022

Ghanta-Ghar has been considered a marked distinction of British Architecture indicating a symbolic centrality of imperial administration and reflecting the cultural, religious and political acumen of the imperial mind in the town planning of an administrative center. This symbolic erection has been used as means of expressing wealth, power, manifestation of authority and influence of empire. Multan as an important and central point of Southern Punjab came under the British empire in the mid of 19th century. The British erected urban and religious establishments to exhibit their power, authority, wealth and control. Multan has been a rich region with a strong legacy of architectural heritage from the oldest hindu times to the time of British’s Muslim predecessors. However, British contributed significantly to that heritage. Northbrook Tower and Ripon Hall (Ghanta-Ghar Multan) is one of the major Imperial administrative establishments in Multan constructed with a blend of the English and Indian (synthesis of Indian and Mughal) architecture between 1884 to 1888 CE. According to Francoise Dasques, the clock tower was built using Anglo Indian, Indo Saracenic and Greeko-Roman patterns.  The purpose of this paper is analyze the structure, style and approach of the Ghanta-Ghar establishgment, along with exploring the tradition of clock towers in India by the British and amalgamation of native & European built environment. Hence the paper highlights the elements and features used in architectural scheme of the building and explains the nature of its structure with a contribution-assessment of use and compatibility of native/indigenous and foreign techniques and materials  The paper explains the advent of British in Multan and its construction in the area very briefly while it explains the history, construction of Northbrook Clock tower and Ripon Hall, its construction style, structural pattern, and decorative material in detail. The study analyses the elements of the building separately comparing with other colonial and Mughal structures. Drawings, photos of the building and terminologies has been used in the paper to make the study easier and understandable.
Exploring Ideologies in Primary English Textbook (SNC-2020): A Critical Discourse Analysis
Authors: Mamona Yasmin Khan  , Abida Ali
Published: August 2022

This research aims to investigate the various ideologies embedded within the language of the primary English textbooks (SNC-2020) of grades (1-3). It also inquires the supportive role of these ideologies for the children in the process to get an education. This is qualitative research, the data is collected from the primary English textbooks (SNC-2020) of grades (1-3). The latent qualitative content analysis under the theoretical framework of 3D CDA Modal (Fairclough, 2001) reveal the ethical and Pakistani cultural ideologies and themes. The findings show the prominent themes are ethics in home and school, discipline attitude and good manners the children follow in the culture of Pakistan. The sophisticated and positive attitude of the children in the social, home and educational institutions reflects ethical values as the prominent feature of productive positive social being. Moreover, the critical discourse analysis of the qualitative data uncovers the different ethical and Pakistani cultural ideologies. These ideologies reflect the ethical and scheduled attitude of the children because they are shown to help the poor, share things, respect elders, be punctual and honest, keep cleanliness, does homework, save resources, play and study side by side. Consequently, this facilitates the process to get the education and the children get the idea from the textbooks to study at home along with following the ethical activities. The future researcher may explore the linguistic role of these textbooks to teach four skills of language.
A lump of the trunk: Non lipoma or epidermoid cyst
Authors:   Primary Care Practitioner, General Practice, Brisbane, QLD, Australia., Aung Tim , Ong Lee Seng ,   Breast Oncoplastic & General Surgeon, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Published: August 2022

Lumps and bumps are relatively common presenting problems in the primary-care/general practice, and their differential diagnoses diverse with anatomical location. Clinical and imaging diagnosis of softtissue lumps are challenging at times, and require partial or total excision for diagnosis and management. Following relevant history and examination, ultrasonography is useful as a next step non-invasive tool to be able to evaluate the size, attachment, and vascularity of the lump prior to procedure, and also confirmation of common lumps such as lipoma or cyst. We present here a case of trunkal (chest-wall) soft-tissue lump which turned out a schwannoma in a 17-year-old male, and briefly described how to manage it.
PENYULUHAN KESEHATAN MANFAAT SUPLEMENTASI ASAM FOLAT PADA IBU HAMIL DI DESA KOLAM KECAMATAN PERCUT SEI TUAN TAHUN 2021
Authors: Khairani  , Tanjung Lisa Anggriani
Published: August 2022

Asam  folat  merupakan  salah  satu  vitamin  dari kelompok  vitamin  B  yang  sangat  penting  bagi  kehamilan khususnya  pada  12  minggu  pertama  kehamilan.  Ketika tubuh   bayi   sedang   dibentuk   guna   mencegah terjadinya kecacatan tabung saraf yang sedang berkembang. Asam folat  merupakan  satu-satunya  vitamin  yang  kebutuhannya selama hamil dua kali lipat sebelum hamil. Jenis Penelitian ini survey analitik menggunakan pendekatan cross sectional. Sampel pada penelitian berjumlah 30 orang. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ibu hamil merespon dengan baik pada setiap materi penyuluhan yang diberikan karena merasakan bahwa materi ini sangat bermanfaat untuk kehamilan. Pada penelitian ini ibu hamil merespon dengan baik pada materi penyuluhan yang diberikan karena merasakan bahwa materi ini sangat bermanfaat untuk kehamilan dimana kekurangan asam folat lebih berisiko untuk mengalami anemia serta persalinan prematur.