Vol. 8, Iss. 1, Pages 1-145

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Feeding and Circadian Behaviour of Spiders (Aranae: Arachnida) in the Sugarcane Fields of Matiari and Hyderabad Districts, Sindh

Samina Malik, Tahira Jabeen Ursani, Naheed Mehmood Soomro, Naeem Tarique Narejo, Jawaid Ahmed Khokhar, Asif Soomro

Feeding and circadian behavior of spiders occurring in two agricultural districts of Sindh, Pakistan were investigated over a four-year period from 2015-2018. Sample size was 2808 specimens which were arranged into 25 species, 15 genera and ten spider families…

Generic Competence of Sport Sciences Students and their Assessment of Academic Achievement

Zunaira Fatima Syeda, Ahafaque Ahmad Shah, Farrah Deeba, Farheen Malik

This piece of research was to assess generic competence in sports sciences students. The measuring instrument comprising 19 items (competences) was adopted from Reflex Project. Total 170 respondents of sports science department and some more sports students fr…

Secondary Structural Conformation of Lysozyme at Lipid Membrane Interface Using Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy

Abdul Majid, Farah Naz, Nasrullah Laghari, Sanaullah Abbasi, Sham Lal, Safdar Ujjan

This study employs the Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy (CDS) to unfold the possible changes in secondary structural conformation of lysozymes in different pH, temperature and lipid bilayer interfaces. The choice of solvents for the proteins functionality is re…

Toxicity of Different Insecticides against Dengue Vector Aedes aegypti Larvae under Laboratory Conditions

Ghulam Murtaza, Muhammad Irfan Fareed, Noshaba Munawar, Muhammad Nadeem Khan, Gul-E- Zahra, Taskeen Ahmad et al.

The mosquito Aedes aegypti is a serious public health concern since it is the principle vector of several arboviruses. Insecticide application is the most essential component of the present global strategy for the control of mosquito-associated diseases, and v…

Antioxidant Activity of Six Selected Medicinal Plants, Pakistan

Iram Liaqat, Umaima Bibi, Muhammad Arshad, Najma Arshad

Presently, there is universal interest to discover new and safe antioxidant compounds from natural sources, to reduce oxidative injury to the cells and overcome oxidative deterioration of foods affecting human life. The study was designed to assess the antioxi…

Biodiversity Evaluation among Wild Jujube (Ziziphus nummularia (Burm. F.) Population in Thal Desert of Pakistan

Naseem Sharif, Imran Muhammad Siqqique, Muhammad Kashif Raza, Urwa Irshad, Muhammad Ikhlaq Khan, Ammara Noreen et al.

Thal zone of Pakistan is massive treasure of wild jujube germplasm (Ziziphus nummularia (Burm. F.)), but currently due to deforestation, global climatic changing scenario and shifting attitude of farmers towards other cash crops, the specie is in high risk of…

Growth, Quality and Nutritional Profiling of Kinnow Mandarin Augmented through Rootstocks under Agro-Climatic Conditions of Sargodha, Pakistan

Akbar Hayat, Marayam Nasir, Ehsan-Ul-Haque, Muhammad Asim, Sohaib Afzaal, Shagufta Naz et al.

Citrus fruit production is getting much popularity throughout world, due to its high minerals and vitamin contents. The nutritional quality of citrus fruits primarily depends upon the selection of rootstock. Kinnow ‘Mandarin’ is a major citrus cult…

Histopathological Effects of Cadmium on Various Tissues of Rohu (Labeo rohita) Fingerlings

Samia Azad, Iram Liaqat, Riffat Iqbal, Uzma Rafi

The present study documented the histopathological changes in liver, kidney and intestinal tissues of Rohu (Labeo rohita) exposed to sub lethal concentrations of heavy metal cadmium (Cd). CdCl2 was used as cadmium (heavy metal) source. Five concentrations of C…

Evaluation of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Performance under Different Levels of Zinc and Phosphorus

Abdul Qadoos, Muhammad Bakhtiar, Wajiha Seerat, Asma Bibi, Sohail Rahman, Muhammad Noman Khan et al.

The aim of this research was to assist the performance of wheat under several levels of Zinc (Zn) and phosphorus (P). This research was planned in RCB design (split-plot Structure). All the treatments were repeated 4 times to reduce the chances of natural erro…

Evaluation of Tribolium castaneum Infestation against Different Packaging Materials

Mahreen Hanif, Shafqat Saeed, Mudssar Ali, Muqadas Younas, Huda Bilal, Syeda Fatima Bukhari

Post-harvest storage of chickpea in storage bags is commonly implemented practice, offers a chemical free tactics to control the stored grain pests. Barrier property of different types of packaging viz., polypropylene (green), polypropylene (white), polyethyle…

Prevalence of Eating Disorders in University Going Students of Islamabad/ Rawalpindi

Juweria Abid, Hooria Latif, Amir Sohail, Saroosh Fatima Tahir Syed, Shakeel Ahmad, Tooba Asif et al.

The current data and researches show a greater increase in eating disorders all around the world from the past fifty years specifically in the adolescents’ age group including psychological health i.e., excessive dieting, stress from educational and acad…

Morpho Yield Attributes of Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Genotypes under Various Water Regimes

Adil Ali Gadahi, Wajid Ali Jatoi, Saima Mir Arain, Jay Kumar Sootaher, Piar Ali Shar, Sadaf Memon et al.

A fast change in the climate has perplexed the world by creating drought and its related issues. In this way, plenty of hexaploid wheat is influenced in our Pakistan. For combating this situation, research was carried out on sixteen bread wheat genotypes to se…

Effect of Different Irrigation Intervals and Sowing Methods on Growth and Productivity of Lentil Crop Grown in Semi-Arid Conditions

Junaid Ali, Muhammad Nawaz, Muhammad Ilyas, Muhammad Umer Chattha, Imran Khan, Muhammad Bilal Chattha et al.

Lentil is one of the most valuable pulse crops in the world that is enriched with a good quantity of mineral and protein. Sowing methods and irrigation application are an important agronomic consideration to get maximum production of lentil crop. Therefore, th…

Emerging Resistance in Gram Negative Bacteria Isolated from Clinical Samples in Lahore, Pakistan: A Current Epilogue

Mehwish Saleem Khan, Sumama Farooq

Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria develop number of mechanisms to protect themselves against the action of antibiotics. Antibiotics are chemical substances which bacteria and fungi produce either to inhibit or kill the other microbes. Antibiotics are…

Assessment of Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyle on Campus Environment in a University Setting as Perceived by Students Using the Innovative Photo Voice Method, a Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyle (HEAL) Study

Iftikhar Alam, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Farooq

Healthy workplace environment is gaining enormous attention of the researchers. Food and lifestyle are main characteristics of a healthy workplace environment. Taken in this meaning, the food environment of the university has great implications on overall heal…

RETRACTED: Enhancing Grain Yield and Improving Oil Quality of Canola Through the Application of Sulfur and Nitrogen in Agro-Climatic Condition of Peshawar, Pakistan

Muhammad Bakhtiar, Fayaz Ali Niaz, Asim Muhammad, Mamoona Munir, Wajiha Seerat, Sadiqullah Khan et al.

Canola is significant oil crop and Nitrogen and sulfur act as the key plant nutrients that promote the plant growth and also raise the quality of its oil. It is very crucial to find a suitable dose of N and S for the oil crops, so keeping in view this experime…