BACKGROUND Perinatal as well as neonatal mortality record in our country is one of the highest in the world. Home deliveries, lack of adequate facilities, poverty and lack of education are sonme of the important known causes. The present study was planned to determine neonatal mortality in Hazara. METHODS Hospital records of neonatal admissions at Ayub Teaching Hospital (ATH) Abbottabad from ...

BACKGROUND The incidence of thoracic trauma has rapidly increased in this century of high speed vehicles, violence and various other disasters. It has been observed that chest intubation was required in more than 75% of patients. METHODS This prospective study was performed in cardiothoracic surgery unit of Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad from Jun 2007 to Dec 2007. A total of 114 consecutiv...

The importance of ‘big data’ in biology is increasing as vast quantities of data are being produced from high-throughput experiments. Techniques such as DNA microarrays are providing a genome-wide picture of gene expression levels, allowing us to investigate the structure and interactions of gene networks in biological systems. Inference of gene regulatory network (GRN) is an underdetermined pr...

Introduction: In terms of surgery, cholecystectomy performed using laparoscopy is the current standard care for Cholelithiasis. This operation by far most common type surgery done today. However, literature still divided on whether or not drainage should be following an elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Objectives: The aim this study was to examine patients undergoing at Ayub Teaching Hosp...

The UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is partnering with the US Naval Research (NRL) on a joint mission to launch miniature sensors that will advance space weather measurement modelling capabilities. Coordinated Ionospheric Reconstruction Cubesat Experiment (CIRCE) comprises two 6U cube-satellites be launched into near-polar low earth orbit (LEO), targeting 500 km altitude, ...