Abstract The Thar Desert is located at the confluence of Sindh, Gujarat, and Rajasthan. region’s folklore refers to desert as a sea through which cast warriors, merchants, adventurers traveled. Oral histories connect it with business subsistence exchanges. These tell crossing Rann Kutch (i.e., into India from Pakistan). They illustrate strong connection between Tharparkar (in Pakistani province...

For proper disease management, accurate diagnosis of the pathogen is essential. Therefore, in present study Ralstonia solanacearum causing bacterial wilt chili was characterized to determine distribution biovars bacterium eight agroecological zones with varying climatic conditions and edaphic factors. Among all 114 isolates R. solanacearum, 77% showed mucoid growth while 23% gave non-mucoid gro...

The achievement of robust employee performance (EP) is a critical issue for every organization due to its significant contribution organizational success. This study aims examine the impact employee-related factors on EP at private banks in Sindh, Pakistan. researchers used quantitative methods obtain data from Sindh random using survey questionnaire. distributed or delivered 528 forms various ...

BACKGROUND Envenoming resulting from snakebites is an important public health hazard in many regions. It is common in rural areas not to delay access to life saving anti-venom. The objectives of this study were to know about common types of snakes in local areas, clinical features in snakebite victims, complications in snakebite case, and mortality rate in snakebite victims in rural Sindh. ME...

BACKGROUND Policymakers and program planners consider antenatal care (ANC) coverage to be a primary measure of improvements in maternal health. Yet, evidence from multiple countries indicates that ANC coverage has no necessary relationship with the content of services provided. This study examines the relationship between the timing of the first ANC check-up, a potential predictor of the conten...

BACKGROUND Antenatal care is important for pregnant women. By good antenatal care many complications of pregnancy can be prevented and lives can be saved. This study was carried out to find out the reasons of not utilising antenatal care, knowledge about dangerous signs and symptoms of pregnancy, and diet in women receiving and not receiving antenatal care. METHODS This descriptive study was ...

OBJECTIVE To study the efficacy of a low-cost heating pack device used for thermotherapy in the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis. METHODS The study was conducted at the Department of Dermatology, Civil Hospital Sukkur, Pakistan, from April 20, 2012, to January 3, 2013. Thermotherapy with Hand-Held Exothermic Crystallisation Therapy for cutaneous leishmaniasis was performed on each lesion ...