36 research outputs found
Assessment of Fertility-Related Quality of Life and its Associated Factors among Females of Reproductive Age at a Secondary Care Public Hospital, Hub Chowki, District Lasbela, Balochistan
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سرسیدکامقام:حالی وشبلی کی اردوشاعری کی روشنی میں
No full textSir Syed Ahmed Khan is known as a Muslim reformer of the 19th century. He played an important role in introducing modern Urdu verse and prose. He himself was a prominent author, editor and compiler. Altaf Husain Hali is a well known poet, prose writer and critic etc. Shibli Naumani is another great name of Urdu literature. Shibli was a distinguished scholar, writer and poet. Hali and Shibli were close companions of Sir Syed. They discussed the personality and achievements of Sir Syed in their verses. The article analyses the status of Sir Syed in the light of the verse of the said two great names of Urdu.
The Artistic and Intellectual Analysis of Zamir Masloob in Modern Urdu Poetry: جدید نظم نگاری کے باب میں ضمیر مصلوب کا فنی و فکری جائزہ
No full textUrdu poetry's second most celebrated genre, after ghazal, is nazm. This eloquent genre expresses various themes, with poets conveying their thoughts under a title, without adhering to traditional weight or rhyme.Nazm originated in Deccan and later flourished in North India. Initial poets included Khwaja Bande Nawaz Gisudaraz, Amir Khusrow, and Nazir Akbarabadi. The 1857 Indian Rebellion sparked modern nazm's growth, influenced by Western ideas and new emotional currents. Maulana Muhammad Hussein Azad and Altaf Hussain Hali introduced natural poetry through the Punjab Association movement in 1867. This article explores nazm's definition, origin, and evolution, focusing on Shahid Hussain Naqvi's poetry collection "Zamir Makhloob".Naqvi's poems convey beautiful messages in simple language, reflecting human compassion, sincerity, and love. His poetry expresses anguish over human suffering, solidarity with oppressed people, and commitment to social and political issues.Naqvi's nazms demonstrate national and religious loyalty, celebrating Pakistan's grandeur and honoring national and religious figures. His poetry connects internal emotions with external expressions, transforming everyday experiences into profound reflections. Studying Naqvi's poetry reveals his ability to embody the essence of political and social poetry. His work reflects human sensitivity and love, expressing deep sorrow for human oppression and solidarity with victims of injustice.Naqvi's poetry celebrates Pakistan's national heritage, honoring national and religious icons. His poems connect inner feelings with external expressions, providing a profound reflection of life.
Keywords: Natural Poetry, Punjab Association, Modern Nazm, Shahid Hussain Naqvi, Zamir Makhloob, Urdu Poetry, Ghazal, Deccan, North India, Indian Rebellion
What Turns a Blessing into a Curse? The Political Economy of Natural Resource Wealth (Invited Lecture)
No full textI review the relationship between natural resource endowment type and economic growth in developing countries. Certain types of natural resources, such as oil and minerals, tend to exhibit concentrated production and revenue patterns, while revenue flows from other resources such as agriculture are more diffuse. Most developing countries that export products from the first group have been prone to growth failure in recent times. The most important channels are political economy mechanisms, where there are negative relationships between natural resource rents and institutional development. An explicit model of growth collapse with micro-foundations in rent-seeking contests that have increasing returns in rent-seeking outlays is presented.Endowment Type, Growth, Institutions
Urinary Bladder Tumors in Southern Pakistan: A Histopathological Perspective
No full textBackground: This study intends to determine the frequency and clinicopathological characteristics of different types of bladder tumors, particularly transitional cell carcinoma in cystoscopic bladder biopsies and resections in the local patient population
and compare these findings with local and international reports.
Methods: The study was conducted in the Department of Histopathology, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Karachi, Pakistan from December 1996 to December 2001. All patients with bladder growth who presented to the Urology Clinic
of Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) during the study period and in whom a cystoscopy and bladder biopsy were performed, were included in this study. The clinical and demographic data and the pathological diagnoses were retrieved
from the original surgical biopsy reports.
Results: Out of 500 patients, there were 421 (84.2%) males and 79 (15.8%) females. The mean age was 57.5±8.6 years (range: 4 to 82 years). Among the primary bladder tumors, transitional cell carcinomas were the most common (94.3%) malignancy. A majority of these cases (62%) presented with superficial disease, whereas in 38% the disease was muscle-invasive at initial diagnosis. Grading was possible in all
except two cases, which contained only necrotic tumor tissue. A vast preponderance of tumors (74.5%) were well-differentiated, while 25.5% were poorly-differentiated.
Conclusion: This study demonstrates that the vast preponderance of bladder tumors is of urothelial origin and malignant. Benign tumors are very rare. The clinicopathological characteristics and frequency distribution of different types of bladder tumors in the local population are, in general, comparable to those reported in the world literature
Polymorphisms in the Methylene Tetrahydrofolate Reductase Gene and Their Unique Combinations Are Associated with an Increased Susceptibility to the Renal Cancers
No full textPrimitive neuroectodermal tumor/Ewing′s sarcoma in adult uro-oncology: A case series from a developing country
No full textPeripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor/Ewing′s sarcoma (PNET/EWS) is primarily a tumor of soft tissues and bones. Primary localization of PNET/EWS in genitourinary organs is rare. No data on this localization of PNET/EWS are available in literature from Pakistan. We searched our adult uro-oncology records from 1994 till date and identified all cases of adult genitourinary and adrenal PNET/EWS diagnosed on histology and immunohistochemistry. Their case records were reviewed to obtain data on demographics, presentation, pathologic features, management and outcome. Six cases were found; all were young and had aggressive disease at presentation. Four had renal PNET/EWS. One case each of prostate and adrenal PNET/EWS was seen. Surgery and chemotherapy formed the mainstay of management. Three patients (50%) died during treatment, two were lost to follow-up and one case with renal PNET/EWS showed good initial response to chemotherapy but was later on lost to follow-up. In conclusion, PNET/EWS should be considered in the differential diagnosis of genitourinary malignant tumors in young patients. These tumors are aggressive with poor outcome
Adaptive Threshold Technique for Spectrum Sensing Cognitive Radios Under Gaussian Channel Estimation Errors
No full textHistopathology of surgically treated renal tumours in young adults: a developing country perspective
No full textA novel framework for rapid diagnosis of COVID-19 on computed tomography scans /
No full textSince the emergence of COVID-19, thousands of people undergo chest X-ray and computed tomography scan for its screening on everyday basis. This has increased the workload on radiologists, and a number of cases are in backlog. This is not only the case for COVID-19, but for the other abnormalities needing radiological diagnosis as well. In this work, we present an automated technique for rapid diagnosis of COVID-19 on computed tomography images. The proposed technique consists of four primary steps: (1) data collection and normalization, (2) extraction of the relevant features, (3) selection of the most optimal features and (4) feature classification. In the data collection step, we collect data for several patients from a public domain website, and perform preprocessing, which includes image resizing. In the successive step, we apply discrete wavelet transform and extended segmentation-based fractal texture analysis methods for extracting the relevant features. This is followed by application of an entropy controlled genetic algorithm for selection of the best features from each feature type, which are combined using a serial approach. In the final phase, the best features are subjected to various classifiers for the diagnosis. The proposed framework, when augmented with the Naive Bayes classifier, yields the best accuracy of 92.6%. The simulation results are supported by a detailed statistical analysis as a proof of concept
