Kiran Shaikh, Shahirose Premji, Khurshid Khowaja, Suzanne Tough, Ambreen Kazi, Shaneela Khowaja Aga Khan University School of Nursing and Midwifery, Karachi, Pakistan University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada Director of Nursing Al Noor Hospital, Al Ain and Associate Professor, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan Department of Pediatrics and Community Health, University of Calgary, Alberta, Can...

This master’s thesis is a part of ‘Human Spare Parts’ research program by BioMediTech. The aim of the research program is to integrate different branches of biomedical engineering and stem cell research to discover new and better therapies and treatments. However, this thesis concentrates on biomaterials and sensor technology. The first part of the thesis, entitled the theoretical part is dedic...

Introduction: Cephalometry is an efficient tool for anthropometric studies. This study sought to assess facial dimensions and types of adults residing in Qazvin (Iran) and Dera Ghazi (DG) Khan (Pakistan). Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a total of 300 ethnic populations of Qazvin and 365 ethnic populations of DG Khan aged between 18-55 years were randomly selected and evaluated. Th...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to evaluate whether quality of life (QoL), as measured by the SF36 and the Quality of Life Interview (QoLI), is predictive of relapse for patients with schizophrenia. METHODS Using data from a multicenter cohort study conducted in France, Germany, and the United-Kingdom (EuroSC), we performed Cox proportional-hazards models to estimate the associatio...

1,3 Department of Biotechnology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan 2 Department of Chemistry, Islamia College Peshawar (Chartered University), Pakistan 4 Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan 5 Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, Pakistan 6 Department of Agriculture, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan 7 Department of Chemistry, Abdul Wali Khan Universit...

In recent years several fixed point theorems for hybrid pairs of mappings are proved and by now there exists considerable literature in this direction. To mention a few, one can cite Imdad and Ahmad [10], Pathak [19], Popa [20] and references cited therein. On the other hand Assad and Kirk [4] gave a sufficient condition enunciating fixed point of set-valued mappings enjoying specific boundary ...

Over the last two years, research conducted at the NCAUR in Peoria, IL, in conjunction with The Ohio State University (Khan et al, 1998a; Khan et al., 1998b; Khan et al., 1999a; Khan et al., 1999b; Schisler et al., 1999a; Schisler et al., 1999b), has culminated in the isolation, screening and identification of several putative biological control agents for suppression of FHB. This update provid...