Geographical distribution of thirty-eight cases of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), who were diagnosed in the department of Pathology, Rawalpindi Medical College and two private laboratories in Rawalpindi and Islamabad is presented. Majority (84.2%) came from Azad Kashmir, especially from areas around Poonch (e.g., Rawlakot-28.9%; Bagh-23.7%; Dirkot-5.3% and Pallandari-2.6%) and areas around Muzaff...

As previous years, Dip 5 will continue with the redefinition of what was formerly known as public space, trying to reactivate the physical realm of the common, nowadays kidnapped by economic and political agents. The origin of the word paradise gets back to ancient Persia, and to the Avestian term pairi-daêza, composed by pairi, "around" and diz "to construct", literally enclosed space, that wa...

The effect of altitude on species diversity and its components was recorded in Ganga Chotti and Bedori Hills District Bagh Azad Jammu and Kashmir during 1999-2000. There were 30 plant communities merged in to four plant associations on the basis of cluster analysis. The highest average species diversity was 2.70 at the base (Alt1700 m) in woodland temperate association. Then the diversity decli...

Understanding how planar cell polarity (PCP) is established, maintained, and coordinated in migrating cell populations is an important area of research with implications for both embryonic morphogenesis and tumor cell invasion. We recently reported that the PCP protein Vang-like 2 (VANGL2) regulates the endocytosis and cell surface level of membrane type-1 matrix metalloproteinase (MMP14 or MT1...