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Barbers’ awareness about Hepatitis B in Sindh Pakistan.
Get PDFIntroduction: Hepatitis B is the serious public health problem and a leading cause of chronic liver disease worldwide. HBV alone is responsible for 0.5-1 million annual deaths globally due to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.Methodology: This Cross-Sectional study was carried out in 8 different union council of Khairpur Taluka/ tehsils in district KhairpurMirs district from December 2014 to April 2015. Selection of barbers was done through two staged cluster sampling. In first stage 8 different Union Councils (UCs) of Khairpur Taluka of KhairpurMirs district were randomly selected. In Second stage 25 Barbers from each selected UC practicing was included in the study after random selection.Objectives: Main purpose of the study was to assess the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice regarding Hepatitis B among barbers working in different union councils of Khairpur tehsil/ taluka of district KhairpurMirs.Results: Majority (19%) of our study participants belong to UC Shah Latif while large proportion (30%) of participants belongs to age group 26-30 years. When questions related to knowledge of Hepatitis B were asked from our participant, majority (84%) of them knew that hepatitis B is a disease, while only 9% of them said that using of already used razors or blades by barbers is the main mode of spread of hepatitis B and 27% of them said that using contaminated water the reason for spread of hepatitis B. Majority (46.6%) of participants replied that there is no any vaccine available for hepatitis B prevention. Surprisingly almost 65% of them don’t have any information about Government free hepatitis vaccination program. Half of the participants believe that changing of blades every time with every new client can also prevent spread of HBV. 76% of participants use to clean their instruments with disinfectants between the clients and 46% of them use new blades on every new client. Majority of the participants were not vaccinated for Hepatitis B.Conclusion: Findings of our study demonstrate that despite the many mass media health educational campaigns related to the awareness of Hepatitis B in Sindh, barbers in KhairpurMirs district had no detailed understanding of diseases.Keywords: knowledge, attitude, practice, Hepatitis B, Barbe
A reappraisal of attitudes to the 'People of the Book' in the Qur'an and hadith, with particular reference to Muslim fiscal policy and the covenant of 'Umar
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Medina in the Ayyubid period and the Shi'a influence upon it
Get PDFThe underlying concern of this thesis is to shed light on the history of Medina during the Ayyubid period, discussing and analysing the Shi'a emergence in the city in that time, and the transfer to them of power, the judiciary and the key religious positions. It also discusses their influence over the various facets of life there. The study comprises an introduction, six central chapters and a conclusion. The first chapter includes a general introduction, beginning with a historical background of pre-Islamic Medina, and then proceeds to present an overview of the importance of the subject and the reasons for choosing it. It then moves on to an exposition of the key issues which the study will discuss, and the methodology which it follows. The second chapter provides a concise account of the significance of Medina in the Islamic sources (the Qur'an and the hadith), discussing the role of the city and its inhabitants in their support for and propagation of Islam. It also gives a short account of the history of Medina following the death of the Prophet up until the Umayyad period, and briefly discusses the key historical events during that period. The
third chapter examines the state of the Islamic World prior to and during the Ayyubid period, and discusses the key historical events that occurred in Medina at that time and
their connection with what was happening in the Islamic World. The fourth chapter studies and analyses the emergence of the Shi'a in Medina during the Ayyflbid period, and examines certain accounts of this. It also tracks the history of the Shia in Medina prior to the Ayyübid period by providing critical examples of some of the accounts on the subject. The reasons behind the emergence of the Twelver Shia doctrine in Medina during the
Ayyübid period will also be studied and analysed, and the chapter will explain how the Shi'a came to assume the key political and religious offices in the city. Their relations with other Shi'a sects will also be examined, and the way in which their control of Medina came to an end will be discussed. The fifth chapter discusses political life in Medina during the Ayyubid period and the influence of the Shia upon it, studies and analyses the political
relations between the emirs of Medina and each of the neighbouring tribes, the emirs of Mecca, the sultans of the Ayyubid state and those of the Banü Rasül in Yemen, and
explains the influence of the Shi'a on these relations and the role which they played in the political life in the city. The sixth chapter discusses social life in Medina during the Ayyubid period and the influence of the Shia upon it, by studying the composition of civil society and its groupings, the distinguishing features apparent in each grouping, and the elements of social life and its economic conditions, as well as the constructive interplay between them, in order to present an accurate picture of the city's social life. The seventh chapter discusses the state of learning in the city during the Ayyübid period and the Shia
influence upon it, by examining some of the accounts mentioned by certain historians and travellers. It will also include a refutation of these negative accounts by presenting a thorough, extensive description of the state of learning in Medina, through studying the teaching lectures which were current in the Prophet's Mosque and the madrasas of that time, the kuttabs, the syllabuses, the teaching methods, the most notable 'ulama' and their key works, the role of the Sunni 'ulama' in the flourishing of learned activity and, lastly, the Shi'a influence upon it. The eighth chapter summarises and discusses the study's most
important findings and draws conclusions from them, before making suggestions for future research
Association of Wilms Tumor with Crossed Fused Renal Ectopia in Children: A Case Report
Get PDFIntroduction: Wilms tumor is the most common renal malignancy in children. The occurrence of Wilms tumor with various congenital genitourinary anomalies has been reported, particularly in horseshoe kidneys, hypospadias, disorder of sexual development, and double collecting system. However, Wilms tumor with crossed renal ectopia is a rare finding.
Case Description: We are reporting a case report of Wilms tumor in a 3-year-old girl who presented with a huge left flank mass with cross-fused renal ectopia. After the initial workup and triphasic computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis for confirmation of diagnosis and metastasis, the patient underwent image-guided tissue biopsy followed by neo-adjuvant chemotherapy, left radical nephrectomy with separation of fused right ectopic renal moiety and adjuvant chemoradiation.
Practical Implication: This report shows an association of Wilms tumor with cross-fused renal ectopia, a rare combination. Unusual findings on imaging with unilateral flank mass should be considered as part of the differential diagnosis for this rare finding. Adjuvant chemotherapy and modern imaging helped delineate the anatomy and ease the surgery for safe resection, improving the overall outcome
Flexibility analysis of irrigation outlet structures using simulation of irrigation canal hydrodynamic model
No full textلطائف اشرفی کے بنیادی مباحث ِتصوف: Lataif-e-Ashrafi's basic discussions of Sufism
No full textSultan Ashraf Jahangir Samnani (808 AH - 866 AH), the crown prince of the four-hundred-year-old kingdom of Khurasan, who was awarded the titles of Qudwat-ul-Kubra, Mahbub-e-Yazdani, Ghous-ul-Alam, Jahangir, Ohad-ud-Din and Tariq-e-Sultanat. His father Syed Sultan Ibrahim was the King as well as a high-ranking scholar and the perfect saint of his time. On the death of his father the royal crown was placed on his head. He was 17 years old at that time. Despite all the preoccupations of the empire, his interest in spirituality continued to grow until he left the kingdom and visited India, Iran, Rome, Iraq, Turkey, Damascus, etc.
His works, namely "Lataif-e-Ashrafi" (compiled by: Maulana Nizamuddin Yemeni) are a mirror of his practical life and a comprehensive curriculum of Sufism for the followers of Tariqat (Spirituality). In it, the terms Sufism, need of Shaykh, austerity and struggle, happiness and misery, true love, soul, heart, body, meditation, observation, unity of existence and many others has been well discussed. This is the reason why Lataif-e-Ashrafi has a prominent place in the books of Sufism. Most of the Sufis after the 8th century Hijri have presented Lataif-e-Ashrafi as a reference in their books.
This article presents an introductory study of the basic discussions of Sufism in Latif-e-Ashrafi
Kinetics, equilibrium and thermodynamics of cerium removal by adsorption on low-rank coal
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Correlation between the University Librarians’ Information Literacy Skills and Research Support Services
No full textThe purpose of the current research is to determine the correlation between the Pakistani university librarians' information literacy skills (ILSs) and their provided research support services (RSSs) to faculty/researchers. To collect data from the respondents a purposive sampling technique was used. A questionnaire was managed offline as well as online to collect data from 259 librarians of the universities of Pakistan. The tool consisted of eight dimensions of ILSs and four of RSSs. The Pearson correlation coefficient test was applied to gauge the strength of the correlation between ILSs and RSSs. The findings reveal that there is a strong positive significant correlation between all of the factors of ILSs and RSSs except for three sub-factors whose correlation is medium. The value of the overall correlation between ILSs and RSSs is r = .80 which indicates a strong positive significant correlation. The study reveals that ILSs of the university librarians are imperative and a precondition for offering better RSSs.</p
Kinetics, isotherm and thermodynamics for thorium ions adsorption from aqueous solutions by coal
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