In the present study, resistance against biological insecticide i.e. Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti) WDG (water dispersible granules) was evaluated in Aedes aegypti larvae. Early 4 instars larvae were collected from the slum area of Misri Shah, Lahore, province Punjab, Pakistan during the period of May 2009 to January 2010. Larval bioassays were carried out with early 4 instars suscept...

similar to any poetic genre, eulogy of the prophet (pbuh) has progressed through various stages and experienced vicissitudes of history. the genre was first developed by such great poets as ka’b bin zuhayr and hassan ibn th?bit, and continued to survive inspired by the holy qur’an and the prophet’s tradition. the period of decadence (the mongol, mam?l?k, and ottoman empires) was the heyday of t...

Background: Five to 20 percent of the women worldwide suffer from Post Partum depression (PPD) which has serious negative impacts on the mother and her newborn. Although PPD is a preventive disease thorough screening using different tools, half of its cases are left undetected. Purpose of the study: Is to find the best practice for PPD screening, which includes the best screening tool, best set...

Islamic finance is a prohibitions-driven industry, which aims primarily to circumvent the canonical Islamic prohibitions of riba and gharar. The concepts of riba and gharar may best be understood as unbundled sales of credit and risk, respectively. An obvious solution is to adopt mutual structures for financial intermediaries of credit (e.g. banks) and risk (e.g. insurance companies), as early ...

The effect of early experience is a long-standing concern in developmental psychology. Gaining further insight into the nature of human plasticity is central to efforts to prevent problems in development from arising and promote positive functioning. Evolutionary reasoning suggests that children should vary in their susceptibility to environmental influences, including parenting. Evidence indic...