708 research outputs found
Challenges and Considerations in Assessing GERD: A Critical Review of a Study in Southern Punjab, Pakistan [Response to Letter]
No full textMuhammad Fawad Rasool,1 Rimsha Sarwar,1 Muhammad Subhan Arshad,1,2 Imran Imran,3 Hamid Saeed,4 Abdul Majeed,1 Muqarrab Akbar,5 Muhammad Omer Chaudhry,6 Anees Ur Rehman,1 Waseem Ashraf,3 Tanveer Ahmad,7 Waleed Badoghaish,8 Faleh Alqahtani9 1Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800, Pakistan; 2Department of Pharmacy, Southern Punjab Institute of Health Sciences, Multan, 60000, Pakistan; 3Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800, Pakistan; 4University College of Pharmacy, Allama Iqbal Campus, University of the Punjab, Lahore, 54000, Pakistan; 5Department of Political Science, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800, Pakistan; 6School of Economics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800, Pakistan; 7Institute for Advanced Biosciences (Iab), CNRS UMR5309, INSERM U1209, Grenoble Alpes University, La Tronche, 38700, France; 8Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, 71411, Saudi Arabia; 9Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Muhammad Fawad Rasool; Faleh Alqahtani, Email [email protected]; [email protected]
The Identification of Selective Pathogenic Microbial Community Biofilms in Different Distribution Pipeline Materials and Their Disinfection Kinetics
No full textBiofilms in water distribution lines strongly affect water safety as they are the main carriers of pathogens. The current study investigated the biofilm formation and identification of selected pathogens in different distribution pipeline materials and their disinfection method in an annular reactor (AR). Initially, the quality of the flowing water from each pipeline material was analyzed, i.e., pH, TDS, EC, turbidity, and salinity; then, the biofilm formation was monitored for each material, i.e., ABS, PC, PVC, PP, and HDPE. Further, the disinfection kinetics of biofilm at different chlorine doses, i.e., 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 mg/L, was investigated. The selected pathogens, i.e., E. coli, Pseudomonas, Shigella, Salmonella sp., and Vibrio sp. were identified in biofilms formed in different pipeline materials. The disinfection kinetics results showed that a chlorine dose of 2.0 mg/L was the most effective in disinfecting selected pathogens. Following the disinfection kinetics, it was observed that Salmonella sp. was disinfected within 7 days, whereas other pathogenic biofilms were disinfected within 14 days. The efficacy of chlorine disinfection was affected by the types of pipeline materials. The study outcomes could provide insights into biofilms' disinfection method and the selection of suitable pipeline materials to ensure drinking water safety
Photocatalytic Denitrification of Nitrate Using Fe-TiO2-Coated Clay Filters
No full textIn this work, 3D-structured clay filters were prepared and coated with iron-doped titanium dioxide (Fe-TiO2) using 3D printing and sol–gel soaking and calcination techniques. Three-dimensional printing was employed to mold and shape the clay filters before annealing. The coated and uncoated filters were characterized for different properties, i.e., morphology, optical properties, and crystalline structure, using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), UV/Vis diffused reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The FESEM images show uniform coatings of round-shaped Fe-TiO2 on the tiny pore of the clay filter. The optical energy band gap of the obtained coating was around 2.8 eV, estimated by Tauc’s plot, compared with 3.2 eV of pristine anatase TiO2. The XRD spectra data processed through XRD software revealed the coatings of TiO2 on the filter surface with the obtained phase of anatase. The photocatalytic performance of bare and coated filters was initially tested for the degradation of indigo carmine (IC) dye and the obtained results suggested the photocatalytic degradation of IC dye by the Fe-TiO2 clay filter compared with the bare filter. Afterward, the denitrification of nitrate NO3 at various concentrations was performed using Fe-TiO2-coated clay filters and analyzing the total nitrogen (TN) analysis and reduction of NO3 to nitrite (NO2−), nitrogen monoxide (NO), and nitrogen gas (N2). The TN analysis revealed up to 81% denitrification efficiency of the 30 ppm NO3 solution with the photocatalytic response of the Fe-TiO2-coated filter. The results revealed that the Fe-TiO2-coated clay filter has a high potential for denitrification applications under natural sunlight
Nöromüsküler hastalıkların tanısına yönelik yeni özniteliklerin belirlenmesi
No full text#nofulltext# --- Artuğ, Tuğrul (Arel Author), Osman, Onur (Arel Author), Göker, İmran (Arel Author) --- Conference: TıpTekno'2013 Tıp Teknolojileri Ulusal Kongresi, Antalya, 31 Ekim- 2 Kasım 2013.
Towards a deep state? The intrinsic ties between Imran Khan and the Taliban
No full textThe paper deals with the success of Imran Khan and his political party, "Movement for Justice", as a third power in Pakistan's politics. Khan haunts a strategy of appeasement against Taliban and other radical movements in Pakistan. The author argues that Khan and his movement will be a short, but dangerous episode with long term consequences for Pakistan
RABBANI CONCEPT OF EDUCATION IN THE QURAN SURAH ALI-IMRAN VERSE 79 AND VERSE 80
No full textOne effort to build a strong Rabbani generation is through education. This research aims to discover the concept of Rabbani education in the Al-Quran surah ali-Imran verse 79 and verse 80. This research uses a library research method, namely a data collection technique that is not directly aimed at the research subject but through several book sources. Or articles, magazines, journals, and relevant sources. The results of this research are that the author states that Rabbani education in the Al-Quran surah ali-Imran verse 79 and verse 80 is an education that must be instilled from infancy through activities that contain religious elements in the family environment. This method can become a good habit for children in the future. So that you have a tough attitude and become a person who always draws closer to God Almight
Values of Moral Education in the Qur'an Suroh Ali Imran Verse 134
No full textThe background to this research is the widespread decline in morals found in various circles, both with oneself and with others. This happens due to a lack of knowledge which becomes the source of reason and spiritual input, namely advice and others, even because of following one's own desires, so that morals are not controlled and become the main problems that arise among society, such as greed , difficulty controlling emotions and selfishness, making it difficult to create other good deeds. Starting from this, the author was interested in studying more deeply the values of moral education contained in the QS. Ali Imran verse 134. This aims to find out the moral values contained in the QS. Ali Imran verse 134, so that you can increase your knowledge and efforts in implementing the message and commands of Allah SWT. This research is library research whose data was obtained from two sources. The first primary source is QS. Ali Imran verse 134. The two secondary sources are in the form of commentary books, books, articles and others that support this research. The method used is the Maudhu'i method with qualitative analysis and then reprocessed using deductive, inductive and comparative methods. The results of the research show that: 1) give to each other under any circumstances. 2) restrain emotions. 3) forgive other people's mistakes. 4) do good to people who have wronged them and this is the pinnacle of the nobility of a servant's morals and devotion
Efficient and Rapid Combined Electrocoagulation–Filtration of Arsenic in Drinking Water
No full textArsenic (As) contamination is a severe problem in drinking-water sources. This study
designed and investigated a novel combined electrocoagulation–filtration (ECF) system to investigate
As treatment and filtration in drinking water in collaboration with HANDS-Pakistan and Medico
International, Germany. Two separate pilot-scale ECF systems were designed and developed with an
electrocoagulation (EC) unit and a commercially available PAUL® filter configured with vertical flatsheet ultra-low-pressure membranes of 0.04 μm pore size for the combined treatment and filtration
of different As concentrations. Real drinking water at different As concentrations, i.e., 100, 200, and
300 μg/L were tested on one ECF system with EC electrodes of iron (Fe) and another system with
aluminum (Al), at different treatment times (0, 5, 10, 20, 45, 60, 120, 180 min), at a fixed current density
(12 mA/cm2
) and water flow rate of 1 L/min. The initial results showed 99% As removal within
5 min with the combined ECF treatment for both electrodes of Fe and Al. In addition, the effect of
ECF on different water-quality parameters and the ionic interference on ECF performance and As
filtration were analyzed. The results showed the promising potential of combined ECF treatment and
filtration for treating and purifying A
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No full textPost-modern discourse basically has been imported from France, U.K, U.S.A Urdu critic and scholars wrote some explanatory and introductory articles about it. Although the writers like Dr. Muhammad Ali Siddiqui and Imran Shahid Bhinder has raised some basic questions upon this discourse, but no critical attitude has developed about this western tradition. This article raises some basic questions about it
Towards a Human Rights Convention on persons with disabilities: problems and prospects
No full textThe author explains why a Human Rights Convention on persons with disabilities is badly needed, and outlines how it could be established if the international community approached the issue with total conviction and commitment to the cause. Article by Imran O. Smith (Associate Professor of Law, University of Lagos; Legal practitioner and Notary Public for Nigeria) - published in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and its Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London
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