INTRODUCTION Enteric viruses, including Hepatitis E virus (HEV), are able to persist under environmental conditions and may cause public health problems by contaminating natural and drinking water resources. Routine procedures for monitoring viruses in water samples have not been established for the water microbiology screening panel. METHODOLOGY Eighty-six raw sewerage samples were collected...

The aim of this study was to examine the applicability of simple equations proposed by Melgaco to predict the mesiodistal widths of the unerupted mandibular permanent canines and premolars in patients visiting Islamic International Dental hospital, Islamabad. This study was conducted during 2007-2008 at orthodontic department of Islamic International Dental Hospital, Islamabad. The sample consi...

BACKGROUND Job satisfaction greatly determines the productivity and efficiency of human resource for health. It literally means: 'the extent to which Health Professionals like or dislike their jobs'. Job satisfaction is said to be linked with employee's work environment, job responsibilities, and powers; and time pressure among various health professionals. As such it affects employee's organiz...

On 6 June 2023, the IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES)/Power Electronics (PELS) Islamabad Section Chapter organized an interactive workshop with theme “Arduino Experience” at Comstats University in Islamabad, Pakistan. The event allowed participants to delve into world of electronics programming through Arduino platform emphasized importance experimentation exploration.

Cemâat-i İslâmî, Güney Asya’da ortaya çıkan etkili İslâmî hareketlerden biri olarak, 26 Ağustos 1941’de, Hint alt kıtasında, Seyyid Ebu’l-A’lâ Mevdûdî’nin daveti üzerine yetmiş beş kişi tarafından dirilişi başlatmak üzere Pakistan’ın Lahor şehrinde kuruldu. İslâmî’nin en büyük hedefi Pakistan’da bir devlet kurmaktır. İslâmî’ye göre din ve siyaset birbirinden ayrılmaz. Bütün çalışma faaliyetleri...

Objective: To determine the effectiveness of Tocilizumab in covid-19 related severe pneumonia. Introduction: COVID-19 is a global health problem causing respiratory infection. This triggered by IL-6 characterized raised inflammatory markers that called cytokine release storm. Severe disease leads to hospitalization, oxygen requirement and poor outcome. Methods: interventional study (descriptive...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of training of dispensers on knowledge of dispensers working at community pharmacies in context to storage temperature, prescription terminologies and status of medicines in Islamabad, Pakistan. METHODS A randomized, controlled, blinded intervention study was designed and implemented. Before the implementation of intervention, a baseline study was performed to...

Capacity dimensioning is performed before launching a cellular network, which includes coverage estimation and forecast of throughput. Cellular companies in developing countries like Pakistan are only providing 2G services, while 3G services are still in process of being launched. Although a lot of research has been done on 3G services in developed countries but there is very little knowledge r...

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...