A study of the ethnic distribution of families attending genetic clinics in Birmingham has shown a deficit of Afro-Caribbean and Pakistani families. The former may be because of a deficiency of autosomal recessive diseases other than sickle cell disease, but the numbers are too small to be certain of this. The deficit of Pakistani families is probably for a variety of causes, such as a poorer a...

conclusions bovine rotavirus presents 6% of calf diarrhea in pakistani cattle and buffalo samples. the vp4 and vp6 genes show closed relationships with bovine rotavirus reported from indian isolates. background group a bovine rotaviruses (brv) are one of the main factors of neonatal calf diarrhea and mortality around the world. the current study was carried out to assess the genetics of brv cir...

This study looks at the dynamic relationship between the Pakistani equity market and equity markets of Group of Eight countries (G8) which includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, UK and USA by using weekly time series data starting from June 2004 to May 2009. Multivariate Co-integration approach by Johnson and Julius (1990) shows there exists no long-term relationship between th...

This paper examines the relationship between nationalism, state formation, and the marginalisation of national minorities through an historical focus on Pakistani state’s relationship with the Ahmadiyya community, a self-defined minority sect of Islam. In 1974, a constitutional amendment was enacted that effectively rendered the Ahmadiyya community a non-Muslim minority, in spite of claims by t...

Findings from the Health Surveys for England indicate that Bangladeshi and Black Caribbean men report higher current smoking rates than other men, while white and Black Caribbean women smoke more frequently than other women. Deprivation explains differences in current smoking rates between Bangladeshi and Black Caribbean, and white English men. The smoking rates of Pakistani men and Black Carib...

A quantitative model for the process of 0 contour generation, originally developed for Japanese by Fujisaki and his co-workers, has already been shown to be valid for several other languages. The present study aims at testing its applicability to 0 contours of Greek utterances. Analysis of 0 contours of 200 utterances by two native speakers of Greek, produced by reading texts of narrations and ...

ASSESSING TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF WHEAT FARMERS IN PAKISTAN: A COMPARISON TO PRIOR PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSES OF PAKISTANI AGRICULTURE

Case Report A 55-year-old man of Pakistani descent experienced low back pain and paresis of the left leg without pareses in trunk or arm Dear Sir, We report the first case of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (FALS) caused by H46R SOD1 mutation in a patient of Pakistani descent. H46R SOD1 mutations are associated with a characteristic clinical presentation of slowly progressing paresis of ...

CYP2C19 polymorphism is associated with pretreatment drug response prediction, metabolism, and disposition. Pakistan consists of a population comprising of various ethnic groups residing in different regions of the country each claiming diverse ethnic origins. The identification of CYP450 genotypic composition of these populations is therefore necessary to avoid adverse drug reactions in these ...