Lal Hussain1*,2, Imran Shafi3, Sharjil Saeed2, Ali Abbas2, Imtiaz Ahmed Awan2, Sajjad Ahmed Nadeem2, Syed Zaki Hassan Kazmi2, Saeed Arif Shah2, Saqib Iqbal2, Bushra Rahman4 1*Quality Enhancement Cell, The University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, City Campus, 13100, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan 2Department of Computer Science & IT, The University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, City Campus, 13100, Muzaffaraba...

1 CISTER Research Unit, ISEP/IPP, Rua Dr. Antonio Bernardino de Almeida 431, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal 2 Instituto de Telecomunicações, University of Beira Interior, 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal 3 University ITMO, Saint-Petersburg 197101, Russia 4National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, A. K. Brohi Road H-11/4, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan 5 Telecommunications Technological Centre of Ca...

In the search for a classification of BPS backgrounds with flux, we look at geometries that arise when M-branes wrap supersymmetric cycles in Calabi-Yau manifolds. We find constraints on the differential forms in the back-reacted manifolds and discover that the calibration corresponding to the (background generating) M-brane is a co-closed form. Contribution to proceedings of the 12th Regional ...

Six hundred samples, 300 each of mutton and beef were collected under aseptic conditions from meat shops of Rawalpindi/Islamabad. They were examined bacteriologically under aerobic and anaerobic conditions at different temperatures for varying periods of time. Different species of bacteria isolated were Escherichia coli (520), Staphylococcus aureus (437), Staphylococcus epiderimis (200), Strept...

Purpose: To explore the perceptions’ of dispensers regarding dispensing practices and the salient factors affecting dispensing practices in three major cities of Pakistan Islamabad, Peshawar and Lahore. Methods: A qualitative study with snowball sampling technique was used to identify fifteen dispensers working in community pharmacies in Islamabad, Peshawar and Lahore. Semi-structured interview...

This study aimed to explore the perceptions and knowledge of prescribers towards adherence to standard treatment guidelines for type II diabetes in two cities of Pakistan; Islamabad (national capital) and Rawalpindi (twin city). A comparative, cross sectional study design was used to evaluate the knowledge and perceptions of prescribers regarding adherence to standard treatment regimen for type...

BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) colonizes in half of the population of developed and nearly all inhabitants of developing countries. The infection is characterized by gastritis but can present more complicated disease states. We intended to report prevalence of H. pylori infection by histopathology and presence of gastritis, activity, atrophy and intestinal metaplasia in dyspeptic pa...

BACKGROUND Existing literature shows that young people, especially women, have poor knowledge about sexuality and reproductive health. Many of the difficulties young women experience are related to beliefs and expectations in society making them more vulnerable to reproductive ill health. The objective of this study was to explore how young women living in a slum in Islamabad are prepared for m...

OBJECTIVE To assess the nutritional status of adolescent girls living in the Cherah union council, Islamabad and to determine the association between dietary intake and iron deficiency anaemia. METHODS It was a cross sectional survey conducted in union council Cherah of Islamabad. Study participants comprised of 150 adolescent (11-19 years of age) girls selected by simple random sampling livi...