Studies regarding the determination of population trend of Lipaphis erysimi (kalt.) and its associated natural enemies in different Brassica lines along with the effect of gamma radiation on their population were conducted at Agricultural Research Farm, Malakandher, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Agricultural University Peshawar during spring 2006. Three different Brassica lines F6B3, F6B6 and F6B7 were us...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the spectrum of organisms causing neonatal sepsis in Peshawar, Pakistan and to assess their sensitivity to various groups of drugs. METHODS Blood taken from newborn babies admitted to the special care baby unit at the Khyber Teaching Hospital with a clinical diagnosis of neonatal sepsis was cultured. The data obtained from October 1997 to December 2000 were analysed a...

that besides taking the usual precautions of isolating the sick and contacts and disinfecting the hospital ward, all the bed bugs should be killed. The iron cots were accordingly stacked in heaps and were surrounded with the dry leaves of sugar-cane, and the leaves set on fire. An intense heat of short duration was obtained and all the bed bugs effectually burnt without any damage to the beds. ...

Orthopedic Research Online Journal Functional Outcome of Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty Ahmad Zeb1, Farmanullah Khan2*, Sabir Khan khattak3, Akhtar Husain4, Shehryar Khan2 Muhammad Shoaib Khan5 and Khalid Iqbal4 1Consultant Surgeon, Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar, Pakistan 2Medical Officer, Medical Collage 3Trainee Hayatabad Complex 4Senior Registrar orthopedics Peshawar 5Professor & Chairma...

Rapid change in the environment due to global warming is not only linked with the scarcity of food but with the availability of green fodder also. Thirty mungbean genotypes were evaluated using randomized complete block design for fodder yield across years at two extreme environments of Pakistan; badly affecting by the flood. Broad-sense heritability and selection response were studied for degr...

BACKGROUND Firearm injuries cause significant morbidity and mortality among its victims. The present study, carried out at a major tertiary care hospital of Peshawar, Pakistan was aimed at highlighting the extent and severity of firearm-related morbidity and resultant mortality despite expert medical care. METHODS All victims of firearm injury brought to the Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar Eme...

This descriptive study was carried out in the Department of Paediatrics, Postgraduate Medical Institute Hayatabad Medical Complex Peshawar, from Jul 2001 to Jan 2002. Stool samples from 150 patients, attending both the out patient department and admitted in unit for management, including both males and females, aged between 5 months and 12 years, with acute and chronic diarrhoea were scrutinize...

Methodology: The study was conducted at Cardiology department, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar from November 2010 to April 2011. Patients with MS, regardless of severity, were included. Patients with severe heart failure, other valvular or structural heart disease were excluded. Echocardiographic parameters were recorded at slow and fast HR. Patients with tachycardia were given β-blockers and p...

Corrigendum Corrigendum to ‘‘Application of the optimal homotopy asymptotic method to squeezing flow’’ [Comput. Math. Appl. 59 (2010) 3858–3866] M. Idrees a, S. Islam b,∗, Sirajul Haq a, Siraj-ul-Islam c a Faculty of Engineering Sciences, GIK Institute, Topi, NWFP, Pakistan b Department of Mathematics, CIIT, H-8/1, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan c NWFP University of Engineering and Technology, Pesha...