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Drug Money and Economy: A Case of Islamic Republic of Pakistan
No full textThe Islamic Republic of Pakistan is distinguished as it occupies the third place in terms of area and fifth in the proportion of population density that contains 64% of young people under 29 years of age where ages range between 15 to 29 years. Moreover, Pakistan ranks high for developing economies in South Asia, based on international economic reports (World Economic Outlook, 2019). Depending on this young labor, their economy is expected to thrive and grow. Pakistan, like other countries in the region, faces major challenges in the area of organized crime of promoting and using drugs. Which means there is an imminent danger to all economic plans that the state would like to preserve for the sake of economic prosperity, technological development and preservation of the most important segment of society, the youth category
Determining Share Price: An Empirical Evidence from PSX
Full text linkThe stock market is considered as the major indicator of the success of any country. The various dynamics operating therein are of enormous interest for a financial analyst, policymakers, stakeholders or more or less the majority of the people across the globe. Within the stock market, the most interested and controversial topic is a determination of valuation mechanics by which share prices fluctuations can be understood and a model fit for investment criteria could be established. Boundless factors have discovered and some are still in the process of discovery to get a hang of share prices fluctuations mechanism. So keeping this in mind this research is targeted to explore a linkage between earning per share (EPS) and share prices, taking a sample of five fertilizer Sector Company for a period of 12 years making the aggregative amount of data up to 60 observations. Data is collected from the company fundamentals released in annual reports of the company. In order to explore the causal mechanism between the two variables, a regression test is employed. Pearson correlation is also used as an extension to the analysis. The results of the study approved the previous literary contributions in this area by highlighting the highly statistically significant positive relationship between share prices and EPS since F( 1,58)=191.205, p<0.05
Exploring Vocabulary Learning Strategies Across ESL/EFL Contexts: A Juggling between Experiential and Traditional Modes of Learning
Full text linkThough vocabulary learning strategies (VLS) have drawn continuous attention in SLA research in the past three decades, there remain many unanswered questions, many unknown caveats and many unexplored regions. Quite a few historical reviews of vocabulary learning strategies have been undertaken by researchers over the past years, tracing its growth over the years. However, no research until now has captured the VLS profile of learners from diverse ESL/EFL backgrounds and presented an analysis from a geographical point of view. This study aims to capture the VLS profile of the diverse learners and takes up the task of the geographical review of vocabulary learning strategies landscaping the VLS research over many countries. For this purpose, the researcher has chosen specifically the research happening in the backdrop of ESL/EFL contexts. Fourteen papers have been selected for review belonging to Philippine, Turkey, Algeria, Iran, Malaysia, Congo, China, India, Sudan, Libya and The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A detailed analysis reveals not only the juggling between the experiential and traditional modes of vocabulary learning but also the reasons behind the insufficient vocabulary size of the learners in myriad contexts
Quantifying Urban Karachi’s Air Quality Effect on Human Health and Policy Recommendations
Full text linkToday’s environmental issues are systematic in nature and cannot be tackled in isolation from man-made activities and impacts. The change in land use and land cover resulting from urbanization has aggravated air quality in urban centers of the country. One of the main sources of air pollution is the use of automobiles in human populated regions resulting in an excess of carbon, sulfur and nitrogen compounds. The emission of greenhouse gases in the form of carbon dioxide from 1990 to 2005 showed an increase of 97.4%. The main source of this increment were vehicular and industrial emissions due to which Pakistan is facing glacier melt in northern areas, earthquakes, flooding and lack of fresh water availability. The authors analyze the effects of vehicular emission on human health; this study is focused on the commercial and industrial areas of Karachi where the flow of heavy traffic and heavy vehicular exhaust emissions are common. The sampled areas are Port Qasim, University Road, Korangi and Mosmiyat. The purpose of this study is to evaluate perceptions of health factors due to air borne pollution in 4 different localities in Karachi. The results showed predominance of headache which is due to an excessive quantity of carbon monoxide and air borne dust in the survey areas as slight exposure of Carbon monoxide affiliated with headache, the second highest complain from respondents is the Eye Irritation, the exposure of NO2 has acute health effects which include eye irritation, cough and asthma. Based on the above study, recommendations are made to reduce GHG and other pollutants
Student Optimism – Grading of an Experiential Learning Project
Full text linkIn order to obtain good grades, students involve themselves in hard work according to the best of their ability, yet an experiential learning project makes it even harder to attain the grades that the students are aiming for. Researches have shown that students are generally optimistic about their grades, yet no research has been conducted in Pakistan to gauge student optimism in grades with regard to experiential learning projects. This study is an attempt to gauge an empirical attempt to gauge students’ optimism towards their grades in an experiential learning project. A sample of 106 students is obtained via purposive sampling technique enrolled in the same university and same course. After being involved in an experiential learning project, they were asked their expected marks which were compared later with their actually obtained marks. Pair sample t-test is applied to figure out whether the average of perceived marks is statistically different than the average of actually obtained marks. The average of expected marks exceeds by 2.14 which is statistically significant at 99.9% confidence interval
Home Learning in Times of COVID: Experiences of Parents
Full text linkThe widespread prevalence of COVID-19 pandemic has affected academia and parents alike. Due to the sudden closure of schools, students are missing social interaction which is vital for better learning and grooming while most schools have started online classes. This has become a tough routine for the parents working online at home since they have to ensure their children’s education. The study presented was designed to explore the experiences of home learning in times of COVID-19. A descriptive qualitative study was planned to explore the experiences of parents about home learning and management during COVID-19 to get an insight into real-life experiences. Purposive sampling technique was used for data collection. Data were collected from 19 parents falling in the inclusion criteria. Considering the lockdown problem, the data were collected via Google docs form with open-ended questions related to COVID-19 and home learning. Three major themes emerged after the data analysis: impact of COVID on children learning; support given by schools; and strategies used by caregivers at home to support learning. It was analyzed that the entire nation and academicians around the world have come forward to support learning at home offering a wide range of free online avenues to support parents to facilitate home-learning. Furthermore, parents too have adapted quickly to address the learning gap that have emerged in their children’s learning in these challenging times. Measures should be adopted to provide essential learning skills to children at home. Centralized data dashboards and educational technology may be used to keep the students, parents and schools updated
Long Run Relationship between Exports, Imports and Its Determinants of Medical Instruments: Case of Pakistan
No full textMedical instruments are the popular export products of Pakistan and retain their competitive edge in this field of medical instruments. After the review of literature, this study aims to check the existence of a long-run relationship between export of medical instruments and import of medical instruments, export promotion program and exchange rate index. The empirical analysis used the monthly time series data for June 2003 to December 2017 released by State Bank of Pakistan. The unit root results directed to apply the Johansen Cointegration test, and the result of this lead to Vector error correction estimate. The finding of this study reveals that there is a positive and significant long-run relationship between medical instruments export and import of medical goods and exchange rate index. The study has policy implications for medical instruments, sector stakeholders and the Government of Pakistan
Analyzing Hotel Customer Experience through Big Data Method: Samples from Hotels in Antalya and Istanbul
No full textIn order to ensure customer satisfaction in hotel business, it is required to have a good understanding of customers’ preferences, to foresee customer expectations, to find factors affecting customer experience. In this way, with increasing use of social media and user generated content over internet, there has been a tendency to use big data tools in service sector research studies. This study deals with the use of big data for analyzing 4 and 5 star hotel’s customer experiences in Antalya and İstanbul. Non-structural data, namely customer reviews, were analyzed and most used words in hotel comments have been taken. After filtering and elimination process, it is revealed that accommodation and staff are the factors that impact hotel customer experience
Stover’s Augmented Proximate Determinants of Fertility: A Regional Analysis In Pakistan
No full textThe significant drop of fertility levels is a recognized fact in Pakistan, however; regional disparities are yet observed, that is conditioned to ruling unequal growth of regions and its consequence in local demographic condition. The current study emphasizes regional appraisal of direct determinants of fertility reduction, as a means for quality understanding the projected population problems. Stover augmented model (1998) is being employed to analyze the effects of sexual activity, contraception, induced abortion, post-partum infertility and secondary sterility on different fertility levels, using three data sets of Pakistan Demographic and Health Surveys, 1990-91, 2006-07 and 2012-13. In early 90, secondary sterility showed higher inhibiting effects but afterwards; its value increased gradually, putting lesser weight on fertility levels. Sexual activity and post-partum infertility came out as other highly contributing factors whereas, contraception and induced abortion; though increased over time comparatively showed less influence on fertility drop. The study suggests that in prevailing orthodoxy Muslim society; free dialogues on women’s reproductive health and family planning should be supported via government movement. Furthermore; for directing and promoting population cut spouses should give the confidence to go for sterilization after reaching preferred family size
Pedagogical Use of ICTs in Public Teachers’ Training Colleges of Karachi
No full textThe Government of Pakistan has launched the reforms to address the quality of teacher education in view of National Educational Policy (2009) and developed ten professional standards (NPSTP 2009) for initial preparation of teachers, this quantitative descriptive study was an attempt to investigate public teachers training colleges of Karachi, faculty proficiency in the pedagogical use of ICTs in context of "NPSTP Standard # 7" and to identify constraints which they face in this context. A representative sample of 68 teacher educators from ten public sector teachers training colleges were selected conveniently to participate in this study. A tailor-made, self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. The quantitative data was analysed employing the descriptive statistical technique. The study found low proficiency in the pedagogical use of ICTs among faculty members. Moreover, in-sufficient training, restricted access to ICTs, lack of collegial learning and less motivation among faculty were identified as main constrains which the faculty faced in the usage of ICT. Subsequent to finding, feasible recommendations were suggested for the effective and efficient use of ICTs as an instruction tool.