A strong showing and movement structures accomplish client improvement, proficiency, and extended... more A strong showing and movement structures accomplish client improvement, proficiency, and extended length affiliation achievement. Present business regions become more powerful through creating business areas, globalization, and imaginative headway, which have quickly changed the business world. Stages like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube are pushing propelling relationships toward another course utilizing the web entertainment show. Electronic redirection has attacked so remarkably into a colossal number of individuals' lives by and large it has correspondingly stood separated for support. This study will assist with closing what it means for Pakistani purchasers' purchasing conduct. The improvement of the site capacity subsequently upgrades client lead. Other analyzed data confirms that brand equity has a positive and significant effect on the purchase intentions of consumers. In the proposed model of this study, the relationship between brand equity and the dimen...
American Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing Practice
Purpose: Pilonidal sinus incidence is increasing in surgical departments all over the world. Pilo... more Purpose: Pilonidal sinus incidence is increasing in surgical departments all over the world. Pilonidal sinus is under the influence of several factors. These factors are studied well in various parts of the world; however, these factors are understudied in Pakistan. This study aimed to find out the risk factors of pilonidal sinus among the patients diagnosed with pilonidal sinus. Methodology: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among one hundred and eight patients with pilonidal sinus at Benazir Bhutto Hospital Rawalpindi, for one year from January 2021 to January 2022. Ethical approval and informed consent were obtained before the start of study. Patients’ enrollment was done according to a developed inclusion and exclusion criteria. Convenient sampling technique was also applied for recruitment of participants. Data was collected through a self-designed questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were utilized for the data analysis. Data analysis was performed by SPSS ...
Objective: To determine the impact of translocation t(1;19) in paediatric patients diagnosed with... more Objective: To determine the impact of translocation t(1;19) in paediatric patients diagnosed with precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Methods: The retrospective study was conducted at the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan, and comprised data from January 2012 to January 2018 of paediatric patients diagnosed with precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Data of patients having t(1;19) translocation with or without complex karyotype formed group A, while data of patients without any cytogenetic abnormality formed the control group B. Relapse and event-free survival were calculated and the outcomes were compared between the groups. Data was analysed using SPSS 20. Results: Of the 450 subjects whose data was analysed, 84(18.7%) were included; 25(30%) in group A and 59(70%) were in group B. There were 21(84%) males and 4(16%) females in group A with mean age on presentation 3.68±0.6 years compared to 41(69.4%) males and 18(30...
Received: Revised: Accepted: Published online: May 24, 2021 June 18, 2021 June 23, 2021 June 28, ... more Received: Revised: Accepted: Published online: May 24, 2021 June 18, 2021 June 23, 2021 June 28, 2021 In this study, bovine herpesvirus 1 gE deleted vaccine was prepared from local isolate, by replacing entire gE coding region with enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) for selection. After transfection of MDBK cells with genomic viral DNA and EGFP-bearing gE-deletion plasmid, fluorescent recombinant clones were produced. Deletion of gE gene was confirmed by PCR. BoHV-1ΔgE recombinants formed smaller plaques but replicated in similar titer and kinetics as compared to parental virus (UVAS/2) on MDBK cell lines. In-vivo study showed that locally prepared BoHV-1ΔgE vaccine induced good immune response. For confirmation of seroconversion of gE, serum samples were also tested by gE competition ELISA. The results showed that all rabbits vaccinated with recombinant BoHV-1ΔgE remained negative in gE competition ELISA. The study concluded that locally prepared BoHV-1ΔgE marker vaccine can...
Journal of Applied and Physical Sciences, Oct 31, 2019
Waterjet machining is one of the emerging technology for machining hard materials that are very h... more Waterjet machining is one of the emerging technology for machining hard materials that are very hard to machine by traditional machining processes. A high-velocity jet of water with abrasive particles gives eco-friendly and relatively economical machining options for cutting, which make leading machining technology in a short span. This paper reviews the work from the start to the development of waterjet machining within the past two decades. The work also points toward the improvement of performance regarding control and monitoring of different machining parameter i-e material removing rate, standoff distance, traverse speed, kerf width & surface roughness.
Forecasting of hydrometeorological timeseries data play vital role in flood forecasting and predi... more Forecasting of hydrometeorological timeseries data play vital role in flood forecasting and predicting the future water availability for various uses such as irrigation, hydropower generation, industrial, domestic, etc. Therefore, present study aims to forecast the hydrometeorological timeseries data, i.e., river inflows, precipitation, and evaporation for the improved reservoir operation of a transboundary Mangla catchment by using ARIMA (auto-regressive integrated moving average) model. Prior to applying the ARIMA model, stationarity of hydrometeorological timeseries data was checked. Moreover, ACF and PACF of timeseries were determined to determine the “p” and “q” terms of the ARIMA model. The best fitted structure of ARIMA model was used by evaluating the R2, MAE and RMSE to forecast the hydrometeorological timeseries. The seasonal ARIMA structure of (1,0,0)(2,1,2)12 was found best fitted for the inflow timeseries whereas ARIMA structures of (14,1,15) and (9,1,19) were considere...
2019 International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT), 2019
In this paper, Deep Convolutional Neural Network (DCNN) is proposed for short term electricity lo... more In this paper, Deep Convolutional Neural Network (DCNN) is proposed for short term electricity load and price forecasting. Extracting useful information from data and then using that information for prediction is a challenging task. This paper presents a model consisting of two stages; feature engineering and prediction. Feature engineering comprises of Feature Extraction (FE) and Feature Selection (FS). For FS, this paper proposes a technique that is combination of Random Forest (RF) and Recursive Feature Elimination (RFE). The proposed technique is used for feature redundancy removal and dimensionality reduction. After finding the useful features DCNN is used for electricity price and load forecasting. DCNN performance is compared with Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) and Support Vector Classifier (SVC) models. Using the forecasting models day-ahead and the week ahead forecasting is done for electricity price and load. To evaluate the CNN, SVC and DCNN models, real electricity market data is used. Mean Absolute Error (MAE) and Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) are used to evaluate the performance of the models. DCNN outperforms compared models by yielding lesser errors.
In the intense competitive Grocery Stores’ industry, increasing and retaining customers is not an... more In the intense competitive Grocery Stores’ industry, increasing and retaining customers is not an easy job. There are studies in relevance to the characteristics of stores. This study determines the relationship between the store characteristics and the store choice. Multinomial Logistic Regression tool was used to analyze the gathered data to recognize the relationship between the store characteristics and store choice. The results show that price, service speed and the atmosphere play an important role in selecting a certain grocery store. The findings of this paper made obvious that the consumers with growth of inflation and economic recession are more priceconscious and want to purchase their home and food items promptly with hygiene, security and with good surrounding of people.
The data on Nili Ravi buffaloes kept at Buffalo Research Institute (BRI), Pattoki, District Kasur... more The data on Nili Ravi buffaloes kept at Buffalo Research Institute (BRI), Pattoki, District Kasur, Punjab Pakistan were collected from 2010 to 2018 to estimate the factors affecting the reproductive and productive traits of Nili Ravi buffaloes. The reproductive parameters including age at maturity, age at first conception, age at first calving, gestation length, service period, calving interval and number of services per conception were 1029.
Background: Osteoporosis is a growing health problem around the world. The increasing incidence o... more Background: Osteoporosis is a growing health problem around the world. The increasing incidence of osteoporotic fractures coupled with the lack of knowledge about the disease in the general community means that the disease is continuously increasing the burden on health sector and the general population. The purpose of the study is to assess knowledge, attitudes and practices about osteoporosis among female medical school entrants in Karachi. Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted amongst 400 female medical school entrants of
Very limited data exists on the genetic diversity of Toxoplasma gondii from Eastern Europe. We pr... more Very limited data exists on the genetic diversity of Toxoplasma gondii from Eastern Europe. We present the first Romanian case of symptomatic congenital toxoplasmosis in which the T. gondii strain was isolated after inoculation in mice of a cerebrospinal fluid sample from a living neonate. The T. gondii strain was genotyped with 15 microsatellite markers distributed on 10 of the 14 chromosomes of T. gondii. The strain had a type II genotype.
The authors discuss the lessons they learned while developing four generations of a distributed g... more The authors discuss the lessons they learned while developing four generations of a distributed groupware system called WinWin. Proposed solution "Winner" Loser Quickly build a cheap, sloppy product Developer and customer User Add lots of "bells and whistles" Developer and user Customer Drive too hard a bargain Customer and user Developer
Hydroxyapatite (HA) exhibits several desirable characteristics, but it still lacks osteoinduction... more Hydroxyapatite (HA) exhibits several desirable characteristics, but it still lacks osteoinduction, which is a necessary requirement for a bone scaffold. HA-based composites with different amounts of Bioglass? (BG) were prepared using spark plasma sintering (SPS). Careful selection of the SPS parameters avoided undesirable reactions between the calcium phosphate (CaP) and bioglass (BG present in the form of powder and fibres), as confirmed through X-ray diffraction analysis. Scanning electron microscopy images of the composite scaffolds revealed a fibre like appearance of the glassy region. The in vitro bioactivity and biodegradation analyses were performed by immersing the composites in simulated body fluid (SBF) and tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (Tris), respectively. The ability to obtain only the CaP phase and glassy phase with desirable bioactive and biodegradation behaviour, indicated that these SPS scaffolds can be employed as bone scaffolds for clinical trials, after further...
Urological surgery patients will be studied to see whether a combination of rapid recovery surger... more Urological surgery patients will be studied to see whether a combination of rapid recovery surgery and psychological nursing might help them recover more quickly. Methods There were 74 patients identified and treated in our urological surgery department between April 2020 to April 2022, and they were separated into two groups: the control group and the observation group, with 37 cases in each. During the preoperative period, the control group received regular nursing care, whereas the observation group was exposed to the quick recovery surgical concept in conjunction with psychological nursing care. In the end, here's what happened: Patients in the observation group spent less time getting out of bed and tiring themselves during the first hour after insertion of the drainage tube than those in the control group (P0.05). A larger percentage of the observation group's nurses were satisfied with their work than the control group's nurses, at 94.59 percent (P0.05), while the...
Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, Aug 25, 2021
Background: Hospitals are the most important organizations of health care system. Globally 80% pa... more Background: Hospitals are the most important organizations of health care system. Globally 80% patients are attended at OPD. Aim: To find the perception of patients regarding care provision at Gynecological OPD in Islam Teaching Hospital, Sialkot Study Design: Observational study. Methodology: Hundred patients were included in present study. All information was collected via Questionnaire and was kept in secret. Data analyzed by SPSS 20.0v. Results: Quality of information provided by receptionist was satisfied 84(84%), partially satisfied 10(10%) and unsatisfied 6(6%). Promptness with which patients was checked by the doctor was Poor 2(2%), Fair 6(6%) and good 92(92%). Behaviour of doctor towards patients was Satisfied 80(80%), partially satisfied 16(16%) and unsatisfied 4(4%). Time given by the doctor to the patients was Satisfied 80(80%), partially satisfied 20(20%). Conclusion: This study concluded that satisfaction of patients of Gynecological OPD was overall good. However, many of the existing shortages can be improved by presenting an organized program. Keywords: Perception, patients and Gynaecology OPD.
A strong showing and movement structures accomplish client improvement, proficiency, and extended... more A strong showing and movement structures accomplish client improvement, proficiency, and extended length affiliation achievement. Present business regions become more powerful through creating business areas, globalization, and imaginative headway, which have quickly changed the business world. Stages like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube are pushing propelling relationships toward another course utilizing the web entertainment show. Electronic redirection has attacked so remarkably into a colossal number of individuals' lives by and large it has correspondingly stood separated for support. This study will assist with closing what it means for Pakistani purchasers' purchasing conduct. The improvement of the site capacity subsequently upgrades client lead. Other analyzed data confirms that brand equity has a positive and significant effect on the purchase intentions of consumers. In the proposed model of this study, the relationship between brand equity and the dimen...
American Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing Practice
Purpose: Pilonidal sinus incidence is increasing in surgical departments all over the world. Pilo... more Purpose: Pilonidal sinus incidence is increasing in surgical departments all over the world. Pilonidal sinus is under the influence of several factors. These factors are studied well in various parts of the world; however, these factors are understudied in Pakistan. This study aimed to find out the risk factors of pilonidal sinus among the patients diagnosed with pilonidal sinus. Methodology: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among one hundred and eight patients with pilonidal sinus at Benazir Bhutto Hospital Rawalpindi, for one year from January 2021 to January 2022. Ethical approval and informed consent were obtained before the start of study. Patients’ enrollment was done according to a developed inclusion and exclusion criteria. Convenient sampling technique was also applied for recruitment of participants. Data was collected through a self-designed questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were utilized for the data analysis. Data analysis was performed by SPSS ...
Objective: To determine the impact of translocation t(1;19) in paediatric patients diagnosed with... more Objective: To determine the impact of translocation t(1;19) in paediatric patients diagnosed with precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Methods: The retrospective study was conducted at the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan, and comprised data from January 2012 to January 2018 of paediatric patients diagnosed with precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Data of patients having t(1;19) translocation with or without complex karyotype formed group A, while data of patients without any cytogenetic abnormality formed the control group B. Relapse and event-free survival were calculated and the outcomes were compared between the groups. Data was analysed using SPSS 20. Results: Of the 450 subjects whose data was analysed, 84(18.7%) were included; 25(30%) in group A and 59(70%) were in group B. There were 21(84%) males and 4(16%) females in group A with mean age on presentation 3.68±0.6 years compared to 41(69.4%) males and 18(30...
Received: Revised: Accepted: Published online: May 24, 2021 June 18, 2021 June 23, 2021 June 28, ... more Received: Revised: Accepted: Published online: May 24, 2021 June 18, 2021 June 23, 2021 June 28, 2021 In this study, bovine herpesvirus 1 gE deleted vaccine was prepared from local isolate, by replacing entire gE coding region with enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) for selection. After transfection of MDBK cells with genomic viral DNA and EGFP-bearing gE-deletion plasmid, fluorescent recombinant clones were produced. Deletion of gE gene was confirmed by PCR. BoHV-1ΔgE recombinants formed smaller plaques but replicated in similar titer and kinetics as compared to parental virus (UVAS/2) on MDBK cell lines. In-vivo study showed that locally prepared BoHV-1ΔgE vaccine induced good immune response. For confirmation of seroconversion of gE, serum samples were also tested by gE competition ELISA. The results showed that all rabbits vaccinated with recombinant BoHV-1ΔgE remained negative in gE competition ELISA. The study concluded that locally prepared BoHV-1ΔgE marker vaccine can...
Journal of Applied and Physical Sciences, Oct 31, 2019
Waterjet machining is one of the emerging technology for machining hard materials that are very h... more Waterjet machining is one of the emerging technology for machining hard materials that are very hard to machine by traditional machining processes. A high-velocity jet of water with abrasive particles gives eco-friendly and relatively economical machining options for cutting, which make leading machining technology in a short span. This paper reviews the work from the start to the development of waterjet machining within the past two decades. The work also points toward the improvement of performance regarding control and monitoring of different machining parameter i-e material removing rate, standoff distance, traverse speed, kerf width & surface roughness.
Forecasting of hydrometeorological timeseries data play vital role in flood forecasting and predi... more Forecasting of hydrometeorological timeseries data play vital role in flood forecasting and predicting the future water availability for various uses such as irrigation, hydropower generation, industrial, domestic, etc. Therefore, present study aims to forecast the hydrometeorological timeseries data, i.e., river inflows, precipitation, and evaporation for the improved reservoir operation of a transboundary Mangla catchment by using ARIMA (auto-regressive integrated moving average) model. Prior to applying the ARIMA model, stationarity of hydrometeorological timeseries data was checked. Moreover, ACF and PACF of timeseries were determined to determine the “p” and “q” terms of the ARIMA model. The best fitted structure of ARIMA model was used by evaluating the R2, MAE and RMSE to forecast the hydrometeorological timeseries. The seasonal ARIMA structure of (1,0,0)(2,1,2)12 was found best fitted for the inflow timeseries whereas ARIMA structures of (14,1,15) and (9,1,19) were considere...
2019 International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT), 2019
In this paper, Deep Convolutional Neural Network (DCNN) is proposed for short term electricity lo... more In this paper, Deep Convolutional Neural Network (DCNN) is proposed for short term electricity load and price forecasting. Extracting useful information from data and then using that information for prediction is a challenging task. This paper presents a model consisting of two stages; feature engineering and prediction. Feature engineering comprises of Feature Extraction (FE) and Feature Selection (FS). For FS, this paper proposes a technique that is combination of Random Forest (RF) and Recursive Feature Elimination (RFE). The proposed technique is used for feature redundancy removal and dimensionality reduction. After finding the useful features DCNN is used for electricity price and load forecasting. DCNN performance is compared with Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) and Support Vector Classifier (SVC) models. Using the forecasting models day-ahead and the week ahead forecasting is done for electricity price and load. To evaluate the CNN, SVC and DCNN models, real electricity market data is used. Mean Absolute Error (MAE) and Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) are used to evaluate the performance of the models. DCNN outperforms compared models by yielding lesser errors.
In the intense competitive Grocery Stores’ industry, increasing and retaining customers is not an... more In the intense competitive Grocery Stores’ industry, increasing and retaining customers is not an easy job. There are studies in relevance to the characteristics of stores. This study determines the relationship between the store characteristics and the store choice. Multinomial Logistic Regression tool was used to analyze the gathered data to recognize the relationship between the store characteristics and store choice. The results show that price, service speed and the atmosphere play an important role in selecting a certain grocery store. The findings of this paper made obvious that the consumers with growth of inflation and economic recession are more priceconscious and want to purchase their home and food items promptly with hygiene, security and with good surrounding of people.
The data on Nili Ravi buffaloes kept at Buffalo Research Institute (BRI), Pattoki, District Kasur... more The data on Nili Ravi buffaloes kept at Buffalo Research Institute (BRI), Pattoki, District Kasur, Punjab Pakistan were collected from 2010 to 2018 to estimate the factors affecting the reproductive and productive traits of Nili Ravi buffaloes. The reproductive parameters including age at maturity, age at first conception, age at first calving, gestation length, service period, calving interval and number of services per conception were 1029.
Background: Osteoporosis is a growing health problem around the world. The increasing incidence o... more Background: Osteoporosis is a growing health problem around the world. The increasing incidence of osteoporotic fractures coupled with the lack of knowledge about the disease in the general community means that the disease is continuously increasing the burden on health sector and the general population. The purpose of the study is to assess knowledge, attitudes and practices about osteoporosis among female medical school entrants in Karachi. Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted amongst 400 female medical school entrants of
Very limited data exists on the genetic diversity of Toxoplasma gondii from Eastern Europe. We pr... more Very limited data exists on the genetic diversity of Toxoplasma gondii from Eastern Europe. We present the first Romanian case of symptomatic congenital toxoplasmosis in which the T. gondii strain was isolated after inoculation in mice of a cerebrospinal fluid sample from a living neonate. The T. gondii strain was genotyped with 15 microsatellite markers distributed on 10 of the 14 chromosomes of T. gondii. The strain had a type II genotype.
The authors discuss the lessons they learned while developing four generations of a distributed g... more The authors discuss the lessons they learned while developing four generations of a distributed groupware system called WinWin. Proposed solution "Winner" Loser Quickly build a cheap, sloppy product Developer and customer User Add lots of "bells and whistles" Developer and user Customer Drive too hard a bargain Customer and user Developer
Hydroxyapatite (HA) exhibits several desirable characteristics, but it still lacks osteoinduction... more Hydroxyapatite (HA) exhibits several desirable characteristics, but it still lacks osteoinduction, which is a necessary requirement for a bone scaffold. HA-based composites with different amounts of Bioglass? (BG) were prepared using spark plasma sintering (SPS). Careful selection of the SPS parameters avoided undesirable reactions between the calcium phosphate (CaP) and bioglass (BG present in the form of powder and fibres), as confirmed through X-ray diffraction analysis. Scanning electron microscopy images of the composite scaffolds revealed a fibre like appearance of the glassy region. The in vitro bioactivity and biodegradation analyses were performed by immersing the composites in simulated body fluid (SBF) and tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (Tris), respectively. The ability to obtain only the CaP phase and glassy phase with desirable bioactive and biodegradation behaviour, indicated that these SPS scaffolds can be employed as bone scaffolds for clinical trials, after further...
Urological surgery patients will be studied to see whether a combination of rapid recovery surger... more Urological surgery patients will be studied to see whether a combination of rapid recovery surgery and psychological nursing might help them recover more quickly. Methods There were 74 patients identified and treated in our urological surgery department between April 2020 to April 2022, and they were separated into two groups: the control group and the observation group, with 37 cases in each. During the preoperative period, the control group received regular nursing care, whereas the observation group was exposed to the quick recovery surgical concept in conjunction with psychological nursing care. In the end, here's what happened: Patients in the observation group spent less time getting out of bed and tiring themselves during the first hour after insertion of the drainage tube than those in the control group (P0.05). A larger percentage of the observation group's nurses were satisfied with their work than the control group's nurses, at 94.59 percent (P0.05), while the...
Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, Aug 25, 2021
Background: Hospitals are the most important organizations of health care system. Globally 80% pa... more Background: Hospitals are the most important organizations of health care system. Globally 80% patients are attended at OPD. Aim: To find the perception of patients regarding care provision at Gynecological OPD in Islam Teaching Hospital, Sialkot Study Design: Observational study. Methodology: Hundred patients were included in present study. All information was collected via Questionnaire and was kept in secret. Data analyzed by SPSS 20.0v. Results: Quality of information provided by receptionist was satisfied 84(84%), partially satisfied 10(10%) and unsatisfied 6(6%). Promptness with which patients was checked by the doctor was Poor 2(2%), Fair 6(6%) and good 92(92%). Behaviour of doctor towards patients was Satisfied 80(80%), partially satisfied 16(16%) and unsatisfied 4(4%). Time given by the doctor to the patients was Satisfied 80(80%), partially satisfied 20(20%). Conclusion: This study concluded that satisfaction of patients of Gynecological OPD was overall good. However, many of the existing shortages can be improved by presenting an organized program. Keywords: Perception, patients and Gynaecology OPD.
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