This present study was conducted with the objective of providing the cancer profile of Larkana, the fourth largest city of Sindh, Province. The study included two sets of patients. The first set included the incident cancer cases, residents of Larkana, who reached Karachi for diagnosis or treatment. The second set consisted of the incident cancer cases registered at the Aga Khan University (AKU...

Hyderabad is the third largest city of Pakistan, the second largest city of Sindh Province and one of the oldest cities of the sub-continent. This administrative headquarter is located just east of the River Indus and is an important commercial and industrial center. Once a provincial capital, it is at a distance of approximately 200-km from Karachi. This present study was conducted with the ob...

Drought is an intricate atmospheric phenomenon with the greatest impacts on food security and agriculture in South Asia. Timely appropriate forecasting of drought vital reducing its negative impacts. This study intended to explore performance evaporative stress index (ESI), vegetation health (VHI), enhanced (EVI), standardized anomaly (SAI) based satellite remote sensing data from 2002–2019 for...

Background: The correct position of bristles of a toothbrush requires them to be bent at an angle of 45 along with gums and teeth surfaces. This practice is quite difficult by many people especially disadvantage group of people. Aim: The objective of this study was to evaluate the perception of users on a newly designed toothbrush with two brushing surfaces where bristles were prefabricated at ...

The public sector in developing countries is increasingly contracting with the non-state sector to improve access, efficiency and quality of health services. We conducted a multicountry study to assess the range of health services contracted out, the process of contracting and its influencing factors in ten countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Islamic Repu...

Mercury concentrations in feather, liver, kidney, and muscle tissue of Little egret (n = 8) and Cattle egret (n = 3) from Shadegan Wetlands in south-western Iran were examined. Liver of Little egret had significantly higher mercury compared to Cattle egret (p < 0.05). In addition, mercury values were consistently larger in Little egret when compared to Cattle egret, but mercury levels found in ...

Women physicists from Lebanon, Palestine, Pakistan, and Egypt share their thoughts about being scientists in places where women make up a much larger of STEM graduates than Europe the US.