Adiqa Kiani ABSTRACT Using Tornqvist-Theil Index, average annual total factor productivity (TFP) growth rate of all major and minor crops in NWFP is found to be 1.5 percent, during 1969-2004. The marginal internal rate of return to provincial investment in research for TFP growth was in the range of 34 to 42 percent over the same period. Almon distributed lag model has also been estimated, usin...

West Nile virus was first detected in North America in 1999 and has subsequently spread throughout the United States and Canada and into Mexico and the Caribbean. This review describes the epidemiology and ecology of West Nile virus in North America and the prospects for effective treatments and vaccines.

West African Aspergillus flavus S isolates differed from North American isolates. Both produced aflatoxin B1. However, 40 and 100% of West African isolates also produced aflatoxin G1 in NH4 medium and urea medium, respectively. No North American S strain isolate produced aflatoxin G1. This geographical and physiological divergence may influence aflatoxin management.

1First Department of Medicine, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, North 15 West 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan 2Department of Immunology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan 3Department of Medical Oncology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, North 15 West 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 06...

AIM To estimate the prevalence of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and their relationship with age and obesity in a population based survey in the rural areas of NWFP, Pakistan. SETTING Three villages, Pawakai, Reghi and Jhagra in NWFP were the target areas. METHODS Cluster sampling of 1035 adults aged 25 years and above (207 men, 828 wome...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of the Health Service Research Project of the Pakistan Medical Research Council (PMRC) on mothers and infants in Budhni village, North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Pakistan. METHODS Information from the PMRC records on the socioeconomic and demographic situation over the last 10 years and anthropometric measurements made on all ...

A survey of 198 patients (210 eyes) with intraocular or intraorbital foreign bodies is presented. Most were males between 16 and 30 years of age, and 6.1% of cases were bilateral. The commonest cause was a flying particle while using a hand hammer, followed by fragments of bomb and mine blasts. Intraorbital foreign bodies occurred in 78 eyes and intraocular foreign bodies in 132 eyes. Irreparab...