The earthquake hit Pakistan on October 8, 2005. The Balakot, Palas Valley, Muzaffarabad and Bagh areas of NWFP and AJ and K were adversely affected. Being eminent because of their forestry resources, it was essential to assess the damages caused by the earthquake. For the purpose, the study was launched with primary focus of investigating the forest damages due to the earthquake in the aforemen...

This month is the first anniversary of the 7.6 Richter earthquake which struck Pakistan on 8 October 2005. The medical community’s response to this tragedy was overwhelming. In the hardest hit areas — Bagh, Balakot, Mansehra and Muzaffarabad — there were no hospitals, clinics or trauma centers within 80 km. Initial estimates suggested a death toll of 70 000 with over 150 000 injured. In the fir...

The study aimed to find out the impact of language skills English teachers on academic performance students at secondary level in district Bagh Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan. In order get relevant data from respondents, researchers used survey method gathering school and students. sample size was 130 300 all public schools Bagh. A questionnaire developed a five-point Likert rating scale. l...

a survey on lead intoxication in lead mine workers was carried out among khanehsorme, lead miners in najafaabad and also in ab-bagh lead miners in shahreza, both located in district of esfahan, iran. the studies were carried out on 62 miners out of 82 employees in khanehsorme, 25 miners out of 27 employees in ab-bagh lead miners and 47 rural inhabitants in the surroundings of mines were selecte...

1 ICARNational Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Canal Ring Road, Teli Bagh, Lucknow – 226 002, Uttar Pradesh, India . 2 (Present address): ICAR Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Panch Marg, Off Yari Road, Mumbai-400 061, Maharashtra, India. 3 Aquaculture Research Training Unit, ICAR National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Chinhat, Faizabad Road, Lucknow-227105, Uttar Pradesh, India....

BACKGROUND Hepatitis C is a common problem in developing world. It can affect a large number of asymptomatic people in whom it may cause serious complications in long run. Moreover, these asymptomatic infected people pose a serious risk for the transmission of infection to healthy population. Objective of this study was to estimate the frequency of Hepatitis C in asymptomatic adult patients att...