147 research outputs found
Passive Smoking and Respiratory Symptoms among Children in Tertiary Care Hospital of Sindh
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Taxonomy of the genus Longipeditermes Holmgren (Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae) from the Greater Sundas, Southeast Asia
No full textMore than 200 colonies of the genus Longipeditermes were collected in our field surveys across the Sundaland region of Southeast Asia from 1998 to 2014. Two species, L. kistneri Akhtar & Ahmad and L. logipes Holmgren, are recognized and redescribed with color photographs of the workers and major soldiers. We use variation in characters of soldier caste (head capsules, antennae, and pronotum) and worker caste (antennae and mandibles) to distinguish these two species. Longipeditermes kistneri seems to prefer high-altitude forests (above 1,000 m) and has so far been found exclusively in Java and Sumatra, while L. logipes seems to prefer lowland and swamp forests and is widespread in the Greater Sundas
Figure 1 from: Syaukani S, Thompson GJ, Yamasaki T, Othman AS, Muarrif S, Sarong MA, Djufri D, Eguchi K (2019) Taxonomy of the genus Longipeditermes Holmgren (Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae) from the Greater Sundas, Southeast Asia. Zoosystematics and Evolution 95(2): 309-318. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.95.31636
No full textFigure 1 Distribution of Longipeditermeslongipes (yellow dot) and L.kistneri (red dot) on the Greater Sundas, Southeast Asia
Identities and sense of belonging of muslims in Britain: using survey data, cognitive survey methodology, and in-depth interviews.
No full textThe scope and principal arguments of the research in this thesis are as follows. This thesis is centered on exploring the identities and sense of belonging of Muslims in Britain. There is a strand of academic research which claims that Muslims in Britain are withdrawn from mainstream Britain because they live in segregated ethnic enclaves, participate in non-mainstream religions, and politically organize themselves via ethnically and religiously homogenous networks. This thesis attempts to go beyond such existing research and advance our understanding of the identities and sense of belonging of Muslims in Britain. Accordingly, the research questions that guide the thesis are: 1. What is the strength and relative importance of British identity for Muslims in Britain and what are its drivers? 2. What does ‘belonging to Britain’ mean to Muslims in Britain? 3. What do the identities, British, Pakistani, and Muslim mean to Muslims in Britain, and how easy do they find it to integrate these identities? These questions are dealt with in three main empirical chapters, with the use of a multi-methods approach, combining survey data, cognitive survey methodology interviews, and in-depth qualitative interviews. The first empirical chapter presents regression results, from the Citizenship Survey and Ethnic Minority British Election Study, which confirm the strength of British identity for Muslims and present the various drivers that motivate it. These quantitative findings however do not tell us much about what ‘belonging to Britain’ really means for Muslims. The second empirical chapter delves further into this the concept. I ‘question’ the survey question ‘How strongly do you belong to Britain?’ through 30 cognitive interviews that are used to evaluate survey methodology. This exercise displays two key meanings of the question on belonging to Britain: a ‘cultural’ feeling (at ease) and an ‘affective’ feeling (feel attached). Most respondents interpreted the question as ‘cultural’, reflecting upon the practices, ethical values, and lifestyle that characterises a country. The third empirical chapter takes a look at the identities of Muslims, their national, ethnic, and religious identities through 61 qualitative in-depth interviews. The findings from the structured and unstructured identity questions help to understand the way Muslims in Britain relate to their British, Pakistani, and Muslim identities. The results from the structured identity question took a categorical view of identity as opposed to the themes that emerged from the unstructured identity questions and took a dimensional view of identity. These themes generated a six-group typology of identity with the groups: cultural, unambiguous, emotional, emergent, ambivalent, and none of the above. It was found that identities were not simply additive but were emergent and creative with processes of fusion and mesh. There were some tensions and contradictions in Muslims trying to integrate their different aspects of identity
Comparison of the Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Septoplasty with or without Inferior Turbinoplasty
No full textObjective: To compare the outcomes among nasal obstruction cases subjecting to septoplasty with or without inferior turbinoplasty in terms of alleviation of nasal symptoms and pain.
Methodology: A comparative analytical study was conducted at ENT Department, Holy Family Hospital from Apr 2023 to Sep 2023. Two groups of Deviated Nasal Septum (DNS) each comprising of 75 cases who were enrolled by consecutive non-probability sampling. Group A was subjected to septoplasty only while group B cases underwent both septoplasty and inferior trubinoplasty. Apart from demographics, data was gathered pertaining to turbine hypertrophy in addition to severity of pain and alleviation of nasal symptoms by using Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation (NOSE) scale respectively. The patients of both groups were followed up for NOSE and VAS scores after 1st, 2nd and 3rd month of surgery. Data was analyzed by SPSS version 25.0. Difference in mean VAS and NOSE scores on follow up of the cases were determined by independent sample t-test. P < 0.05 was considered significant.
Results: The mean age of the cases in group A and group B was 36 ± 2.4 and 34 ± 4.0 years respectively. Of the total 150 study subjects, most (109) were females. About 23 and 36 patients of group A and group B had grade-III inferior turbine hypertrophy. NOSE score among group B cases undergoing septoplasty along with inferior turbinoplasty showed statistically significant reduction on follow-up after 1st, 2nd and 3rd month with P-value of 0.002, 0.004 and 0.001 respectively. Likewise, VAS score among group B cases was suggestive of marked relief of pain in comparison with group A patients with P-value of 0.003 after 3rd month of follow-up.
Conclusion: Septoplasty coupled with inferior turbinoplasty resulted in significant alleviation of nasal symptoms along with periodic pain reduction among DNS cases
Antenatal and Intrapartum Risk Factors Associated with Birth Asphyxia in Term Babies
No full textObjective: To determine antenatal and intrapartum risk factors associated with birth asphyxia in term babies.
Methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Unit II, Foundation University Islamabad from Feb 2024 to July 2024. According to the estimated frequency of birth asphyxia, which ranged from 30.5% to 40% or higher case fatality rates with a 5% margin of error and a 95% confidence range, the WHO calculation yielded a sample size of 326 individuals.9 SPSS version II was used for data analysis. Chi square tests were used to determine the frequency and percentages.
Results: The study comprised 326 mothers who were pregnant at term. Maternal ages ranged from 18 to 35 years old, with an average age of 29.4 ± 5.1. 23.9% (n = 78) of the mothers were older than 35, whereas the majority (76.1%, n = 248) were between the ages of 18 and 35. Over half were primigravida (54.0%, n = 176), while 46.0% (n = 150) were multigravida, according to parity analysis. In terms of fetal characteristics, 47.2% (n = 154) of the newborns were female, while 52.8% (n = 172) were male. Therefore, efforts should be made to raise the standard of services related to prenatal and postpartum risk factors.
Conclusion: The present study identifies several important risk factors for birth asphyxia, many of which can be changed by optimizing prenatal and postpartum care. Lowering asphyxia rates and improving newborn outcomes need interventions that focus on maternal anemia, glycemic management, and attentive intrapartum surveillance (particularly for meconium, fetal distress, and placental problems)
Who speaks for Muslims? The role of the press in the creation and reporting of Muslim public opinion polls in the aftermath of London bombings in July 2005
No full textMuslim public opinion polls are mostly taken at face value as the direct and unbiased voice of British Muslims, but as this article argues most of the public opinion polls are commissioned by the media and suffer from similar framing effects to those seen in the general media coverage of Muslims. At a time of national crisis, following the London terrorist attacks in 2005, it has become especially clear that the media have been following their pre-existing narrative on Muslims rather than responding to public interest. We analyse all public opinion polls conducted in the 18 months following the 7/7 attacks and all their broadsheet newspaper coverage to show that the media framing effects influence both the creation of Muslim opinion polls, and their reporting
Evaluating the Impact of Implementing Risk Management Systems on the Performance of the Central Bank of Iraq
No full textThe research aims to study the impact of implementing risk management systems on the performance of the Central Bank of Iraq in three aspects: financial performance, operational performance, and resilience and stability.
Materials and Methods
A sample of 150 employees was drawn, and a survey was conducted to gather the required information. Data analysis was performed using the statistical software SPSS 25, employing statistical methods such as mean, standard deviation, correlation coefficient, and simple linear regression. ResultThe results of the investment often appear in search engines and in the ranking of items present in the variables (risk management systems – performance). If you log in at the beginning of the fiscal year, start the operating day and end the time for flexibility and design. The developmental dimension revealed the missing results of the research on the existence of an impact of the trading system on operations in the financial market... The Iranian Central Bank, there is an impact of delivery system applications on the financial situation of the Central Bank of Iraq. It affects the application systems in the operations of the Iraqi Central Bank\u27s operating system, impacting the systems in the operations, flexibility, and stability of the Central Bank of Iraq.
Conclusion:
The research results showed that the respondents agreed to a high degree on the paragraphs of each of the variables (risk management systems - performance), achieving the financial performance dimension first, then the operational performance dimension, and finally the flexibility and stability dimension
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