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Ayad Akhtar: A Conversation
No full textOn October 25, Pakistani-born artist and RISD alumna Shahzia Sikander, the Painting Department\u27s 2016 Kirloskar Fellow, organized a lecture and conversation with playwright and author–and her frequent collaborator–Ayad Akhtar, at the RISD Metcalf Auditorium.https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/painting_kirloskarvisitingscholarlectures/1000/thumbnail.jp
Hypermobility, ACL reconstruction & shoulder instability: a clinical, mechanical and histological analysis
No full textJoint movements are essential for the function of human body during the activities of daily
living and sports. The movement of human joints varies from normal to those which have an
increased range of joint movement (gymnasts) to those with extreme disabling laxity in patients
with a connective tissue disorder (Ehlers Danlos Syndrome).
“Hypermobility" is most commonly used to describe excessive movement. Hypermobility was
assessed by using the current criteria of the Beighton score for signs and the Brighton criteria for
symptoms of hypermobility in a group of orthopaedic patients attending the specialist knee and
shoulder injury clinics.
The Beighton score was found to be higher in patients attending for primary ACL reconstruction
(mean 2.9, p = 0.002) and revision ACL reconstruction (mean 4, p < 0.001) when compared
with the control group. Hypermobility was a risk factor for the failure of ACL reconstruction
(30% vs 0%). The mean Beighton score was higher in both the primary shoulder dislocation
group (mean difference 1.8, p=0.001) and the recurrent shoulder dislocation group (mean
difference 1.4, p=0.004). Bone defects were studied on the CT scan following shoulder
dislocations. There was no correlation between hypermobility and the bone defects. The bone
defect was a risk factor for recurrent shoulder instability (48% vs 16%).
A material testing system was used to assess the tissue laxity of discarded hamstring tendon and
shoulder capsule obtained during stabilisation procedures. The mean gradient of slope for both
tendon and capsule graphs was 23.8 (range 3.08-52.63). The tissue laxity was compared to the
Beighton score, however no correlation was detected between the Beighton score and the
gradient of the tissue laxity.
An electronic goniometer was used to measure the angle of the MCP joint of the little finger,
whilst a force plate system simultaneously measured the force required to hyperextend the MCP
joint. The little finger MCP joints of each hand were assessed in this manner in a group of
patients undergoing primary ACL reconstruction or open shoulder stabilization. The mean force
required to produce the 40 degrees angle at the little finger MCP joint was 0.04 kg with a range
from 0-0.11 kg. There was a positive correlation between the gradient of tissue laxity and the
force required to produce 40 degrees angle at the little finger of the dominant hand.
The expression of Collagen V and Small leucine rich proteoglycans (Decorin and Biglycan) was
studied in the skin, hamstring tendon and shoulder capsule of the patients described above
attending with shoulder or knee instability. These patients had different levels of hypermobility
(as assessed by the Beighton score) and symptoms of hypermobility (as assessed by the
Brighton criteria to diagnose Benign Joint Hypermobility Syndrome). The weaker tendon group
was found to have a lower mean Beighton score, while the weaker skin group had a higher mean
Beighton score.
Collagen V expression was higher in the skin dermal papillae of the weaker group.
The Beighton Scores were higher in patients with ACL and shoulder injuries. Hypermobility
was a risk factor for the failure of ACL reconstruction. There was no correlation between
hypermobility and the bone defects on the CT scan following shoulder dislocation. Bone defects
were a risk factor for recurrence. There was no correlation between the Beighton Score and the
tissue laxity. There was a correlation between the tissue laxity and the clinical assessment of
laxity at the little finger MCPJ by using a force- goniometer system. There was a correlation
between the collagen V expression in the dermal papillae of the skin and the Beighton score
Akhtar Raza Saleemi as a Poet
No full text Akhtar Raza Saleemi was brought into the world on 16 June 1974, at Kekot Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. He accepted his primer schooling in his own town and learnt Urdu, Persian and so on at an early age. Later he moved to Karachi for where he rehashed his registration and Intermediate. He moved to Islamabad for higher examinations and finished his graduation from the renowned Allama Iqbal College. Akhtar was basically a writer of the ghazal custom anyway he confined himself from being a generalization and examination his abilities in other sort of writing like nazam, fiction, novel and so forth. His verse assortments \u27Khawab Daan\u27 has been applauded by the pundits. Akhtar Raza saleemi is a perceived writer of both ghazal and nazm. He has distributed a few verse books and has been valued for his work by pundits. He remained in the class of verse till 2008 and afterward began exploring different avenues regarding the style of novel composition. His verse being viewed as a particular mix of dream and reality. As well as getting Joined Bank\u27s Best Fiction Author grant, he has two times won the Abasin Expressions Chamber Grant. Craftsman Wasi Haider made a thousand and one compositions for the front of his Saleemi\u27s clever Wake Up in a Fantasy, so the front of each duplicate of the primary version of this novel was unique
Apparent bias: the inclusion of police officers on the jury and Article 6.1 of the Human Rights Act
No full textIn this article Zia Akhtar (Barrister, Grays Inn) looks at the jury trial and the inclusion of members of the police force that may lead to a breach of Article 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998. The author explains tests for determination of bias, the role of judicial discretion and the consideration of conflicts of interest
Path following using dynamic transverse feedback linearization for car-like robots
No full textAkhtar, A., Nielsen, C., & Waslander, S. L. (2015). Path Following Using Dynamic Transverse Feedback Linearization for Car-Like Robots. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 31(2), 269–279. https://doi.org/10.1109/TRO.2015.2395711This paper presents an approach for designing path
following controllers for the kinematic model of car-like mobile
robots using transverse feedback linearization with dynamic
extension. This approach is applicable to a large class of
paths and its effectiveness is experimentally demonstrated on a
Chameleon R100 Ackermann steering robot. Transverse feedback
linearization makes the desired path attractive and invariant
while the dynamic extension allows the closed-loop system to
achieve the desired motion along the path.Partially supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research
Council of Canada (NSERC
Swimming With Men
No full textTitre : Swimming With Men Affiche : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6532374/mediaviewer/rm2699382016 Réalisateur : Oliver Parker Scénariste : Oliver Parker Année : 2018 Durée : 103' (1h43') Pays : Grande-Bretagne Langue : anglais Genre : fiction, comédie Couleur/Noir et blanc : couleur Distribution/casting : Rob Brydon, Jane Horrocks, Adeel Akhtar, Charlotte Riley, Jim Carter, Rupert Graves, Daniel Mays, Thomas Turgoose and Nathaniel Parker Synopsis : Afin de conquérir à nouveau le cœur d'He..
Concerning Begum Akhtar: ''Queen of Ghazal''
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Reason: ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permissionThis thesis focusses on the life and work of one of India's most famous female singers, Begum Akhtar (1914-1974). On the one hand, it provides a brief biography and a summary of her musical accomplishments; particular attention is paid to her contributions to the genre for which she was most renowned, a musical-poetic form known as the underbar ghazal. Further to this, however, the thesis examines the manner in which the establishment of and alterations in gender roles and hierarchies, in coordination with other power relationships-- particularly those involving class and patronage shifts, moral issues, ethnic/religious concerns, and nationalist versus colonialist ideologies--affected her life and work, as well as attitudes regarding the woman and her art.Akhtar lived through a period of rapid and structural change in Indian society. Her life overlapped the transitional period in India from the pre-independence era of anti-colonial struggle to the early years of independence. Like other professional women of her class she was, coincidentally, a product of these changing times, an agent of transformation, and one of the victims. Throughout the latter part of her life Begum Akhtar bore the anguish of being caught between two moral standards, one consistent with her early role as a bai (courtesan singer) under nawabi feudal patronage, and the other with her later status as a begam in democratic India. Her dilemma, while personal, was at the same time that of a nation which, under the burden of colonial influence--in the quest for a new image and a socio-cultural, political, economic and moral restructuring--was attempting the excision of a crucial component of its own artistic self."This work presents both the dominant discourse and an alternate reading regarding a transitional period in the history of modern India, and the role that women (and particularly ""professional"" women) played within that; and it does so through a focus on the life and art of one of the leading female musical figures of the era."Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T13:22:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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X-efficiency Analysis of Commercial Banks in Pakistan: A Preliminary Investigation
No full textThe emergence of a fast-paced dynamic environment in the business world in general, and in the financial services sector in particular, has highlighted the significance of competition and efficiency. The need for deregulation has become a touchstone of success in fostering both competition and efficiency especially in the economies, which are exposed to structural reforms. In addition to that, intense competition both among domestic and foreign banks, rapid speed of innovations and introduction of new financial instruments, changing consumer’s demands and desire for product augmentation have changed the way a bank conducts business and services its customers. Larger the degree of competition, it is perceived that the firms would become more efficient. However, when the structure of an industry is product of the government regulations, the degree of competition is impaired markedly implying that the efficiency suffers negatively. Banking industry acts as life-blood of modern trade and commerce acting as a bridge to provide a major source of financial intermediation. Thus, appraisal of its efficiency is vital in context of an efficient and competitive financial system. Study of x-efficiency is believed to be important in particular as Berger, et al. (1993) found that x-inefficiencies account for around 20 percent or more of banking costs. Similarly, recent drive among banks towards downsizing, rightsizing and rationalisation of banking costs also implicates for the assessment of x-efficiency analysis of banks. It becomes vital in Pakistani context as there appears to be no study in literature on efficiency or x-efficiency analysis of banks in Pakistan. “A great deal more work is needed on x-efficiency research in banking. Managerial efficiency, the concept of x-efficiency, appears to be a much more important strategic and policy consideration” [Molyneux, et al. (1960), p. 273]. Given
Research Notes: Children as Scavengers (Rag Pickers) “A Case of Karachi”
No full textIn developing countries, the emerging mega cities face a number of interlinked issues, such as, increased flow of trading activities (particularly in the coastal cities), expansion in manufacturing and service sectors (because of a relatively developed infrastructure). As a combined effect of these factors there is a significant increase in population from within and neighboring countries. The situation aggravates even further when the huge influx of population exerts enormous pressure on limited physical and social infrastructure of a city. The obtained situation is thus observed with increased environmental degradation and significant rise in poverty levels.
The coastal city of Karachi which is the largest city of Pakistan is now considered as one of the ten biggest mega cities in the world and appears as a classic case of such type of expansion in its size of population. As per the last population census of 1998 in the country, Karachi had a population of 9.8 million (though controversial). In absence of the new population census which was due in 2008, different estimates suggest that the current population size of Karachi city would be around 20 to 25 million. Along with the population growth, an average income level of its inhabitants has also caused upward shifts in consumption expenditures. The simultaneous raise in production of solid waste, as an outcome of improved standards of living and increased business activities, has impaired the city’s institutional capacity to properly dispose off and recycle the solid wastes. In the obtained situation, the remaining part of solid waste is disposed off and recycled by the private sector
Changing Demographic, Social, and Economic Conditions in Karachi City, 1959–94: A Preliminary Analysis
No full textKingsley Davis (1961) had argued that the reason that the ancient cities failed to survive was that they were too deadly. He suggested that “three of their (cities) main traits....the crowding of many people in little space, their dependence on widespread contacts (due to in-migration), and their wealth...laid them open to contagious diseases, environmental contamination, occasional starvation and warfare”. Even in the medieval age, some European cities provide examples of such problems; but especially so following the Industrial Revolution. Do the events of the 1980s and the 1990s in Karachi suggest that the city may be heading in the same direction. Recently, The Times London in a lead article in November 1994, labelled Karachi as a “City of Riches and Shattered Dreams”. It further said that Karachi had grown into a megalopolis where life moved fast and street violence had become a norm. Indeed, more than 65 percent of Pakistan’s industries and 80 percent of its finance, banking, and business are concentrated in the city and people come to it from all over the country to find jobs and fulfil their dreams [Husain (1994)]. During the past decade, street violence in the form of ethnic clashes has become a sort of regular event in Karachi. At times, these clashes have been more frequent and even bloodier than the ones before. According to the local newspaper accounts, between 1985 and 1988 (in four years), about 400 people died in Karachi due to violence, which has increased substantially over time. Thus, while the number of violent deaths remained between 350–500 during 1991–93, in 1994 alone the number exceeded 1,100, and during the first three months of 1995, over 300 persons have died due to violence.
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