To characterize genetically the Muslim population of Punjab, a north–west Indian state, a biochemical genetics investigation using red cell enzyme markers was planned. For this, blood samples from a total of 992 Muslim subjects, belonging to the Sunni (803) and Shia (189) endogamous sects inhabiting Malerkotla town were collected. Haemolysates were analysed for the phenotypes of seven different...

ohich vvns being treated in consequence of the erious and marked increase of short sightedness among the pupils at various kinds of schools in the Punjab. This book has been written to explain the cause and dangers of shortsightedness among school-boys, and it has been adopted by the Punjab Text-book Committee. The book begins by giving in as clear language as is possible an account of the eye ...

Excess female mortality during childhood is a distinct and unrelieved phenomenon in India, particularly in the two northern Indian states— Punjab and Haryana. This paper investigates the basic facts of sex differentials in child mortality in a very comprehensive manner using the three rounds of NFHS data sets from 1992 to 2006. More specifically, this paper examines the following three basic qu...

The distribution of stipends to female students is a key activity of the Punjab Education Sector Reform Program (PESRP) in order to improve gender parity in access to female education. This program is targeted to girls enrolled in grades 6-10 in government schools in 16 out of 36 districts of Punjab. Under the current program, Rs. 600 is provided on a quarterly basis to girls who maintained an ...

Kabaddi is a contact sport that originated in the Indian subcontinent. It is the national game of Bangladesh, and Nepal and also the state game of the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Punjab. India is the most successful team in the world stage having won every world cup and Asian Games titles so far. Kabaddi initially became famous in Punjab Region...

A total of 598 buffaloes were sampled for both coprological (210) and haematological (388) investigations at the Large Animal Clinics, GADVASU, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. Coprological examination revealed that the overall prevalence of gastrointestinal (GI) parasitic infections was 23.33% (49/210). Among the revealed parasites, amphistomes, Fasciola spp., Eimeria spp., Balantidium coli and strong...

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON BETWEEN FILTERS AND WAVELET TRANSFORM IN IMAGE DENOISING FOR DIFFERENT NOISES Bobby1 and Manish Mahajan2 Research Scholar (M. Tech.), Information Technology Department, Chandigarh Engineering College Landran, Mohali, Punjab, India. E-mail: [email protected] 2Assistant Professor Supervisor, Information Technology Department, Chandigarh Engineering College Landran, Moh...

Locus of control, graduation, students, Punjab, Pakistan. The current research focused on exploring the direction of Locus of control as well as gender difference on locus of control among graduation students in Pakistan. A 29 item Locus of Control questionnaire (Rotter, 1966) was used to measure locus of control. Sample of (N=200) individuals (n=100) men and (n=100) women selected from differe...

This study was set out to investigate perceived social support and clinical anger among drug addicts of Southern Punjab, Pakistan. The research contained a sample of seventy (70) registered drug addicts of age18-65 years, selected randomly from three major cities/divisions of Southern-Punjab (Bahawalpur, Multan, and Dera Ghazi Khan). Sample was divided into two age groups; young adults (18-35 y...

so far from the Punjab.* This paper is based on a clinical observation of 60 cases of tropical ulcer occurring in the Hissar district of the Southern Punjab, where the climate is dry with little rainfall and the soil is mostly sandy. Etiology.?The following points were noted: (1) The ulcers were found generally in children and adolescents up to the age of 18, and were not common later. (2) They...