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پروفیسر ڈاکٹر محمد ایوب اردو تحقیق و تنقید میں ایک نیا اضافہ ہیں۔اس سے قبل وہ پنجابی ادب میں اپنی صلاحیتوں کے جوہر دکھا چکے ہیں۔پنجابی حلقہ ادب میں آپ کا نام کسی تعارف کا محتاج نہیں۔حالیہ چند عرصوں میں انہوں نے اردو ادب کے میدان میں قدم رکھا اور اپنی صلاحیتوں کو بروئے کار لاتے ہوئے اردو ادب میں اپنی پہلی کتاب لکھ ڈالی۔اس کتاب میں شامل بیشتر مضامین ہماری معاشرتی زندگی سے جڑے ہوئے ہیں جس سے یہ بات واضح ہوتی ہے کہ ڈاکٹر محمد ایوب اپنے اردگرد کے معاشرتی حالات پر گہری نظر رکھتے ہیں۔ان مضامین کا مواد اپنے مجموعی مزاج میں پر اعتماد فکری فضا اور گہری وسعت نظر کا حامل ہے۔نبی کریمﷺکی ذات سے والہانہ عقیدت و محبت کا اظہار ان کے مضامین میں ملتا ہے۔انہوں نے نے نئے نعتیہ اشعار کہنے والے شعراء حضرات کی اصلاح بھی کی ہے۔اس کے علاوہ انہوں نے نام نہاد مذہبی پیشواؤں کو بھی آڑے ہاتھوں لیا ہے جو مذہب کو اپنے مفاد کیلئے استعمال کرتے ہیں اور بہت سے معاشرتی مسائل پر بھی نظر دوڑائی ہے۔ انہوں نے پنجاب کی تہذیب و ثقافت کو ادب میں زندہ رکھنے کے حوالے سے بھی اپنا کردار ادا کیا ہے۔ جملہ مضامین سے یہ بات پورے وثوق سے کہی جا سکتی ہے کہ ڈاکٹر محمد ایوب کا نقطہ نظر ایک مثبت طرز فکر کا حامل ہے۔انہوں نے اپنے مضامین میں نہایت سادہ الفاظ کا انتخاب کیا ہے جس سے معاشرے کی اصلاح ممکن ہے۔مجھے یقین ہے وقت کے ساتھ ساتھ پنجابی کی طرح اْردو ادب میں بھی ان کی اہمیت میں گراں قدر اضافہ ہوگا۔
کتاب میں موجود تمام مضامین اردو ادب سے تعلق رکھتے ہیں جو کہ اس سلسلے میں ان کی پہلی...
Background: Hamstring muscles are targeted among football players. Sciatic nerve gliding improve hamstring flexibility among football players.
Objective: To compare the effects of sciatic nerve gliding and lower extremity stretching on hamstring flexibility among football players.
Methodology: In this randomized clinical trial 20 male athletes were selected which divided in two groups. One group was given sciatic nerve gliding while other lower extremity stretches. Athletes with age of 18-30 years, male foot ballers who regularly exercise 2 to 3 times a week for 30 minutes for 6 weeks were included. Goniometer was used to collect data by performing straight leg raise and Active knee extension test.
Results: The results showed that the mean age and SD was 21.30±1.809. Comparison of treatment within group was checked by Wilcoxon Rank test showed significant results (P was less than 0.05 )and between group comparisons was checked by Mann Whitney test and found sciatic nerve gliding gave more improvement in Athletes performance ( p value was less than 0.05 for straight leg raising and active knee extension test.
Conclusion: It was concluded that sciatic nerve gliding gave more effective results than lower stretching in increasing hamstring flexibility among football players.
Rice is an important crop of Pakistan. Weed infestation and traditional rice growing methods are resulting in low rice yield. System of rice intensification (SRI) has emerged as an alternative and resource efficient rice production method. Field experiments were conducted, for two consecutive years (2010 and 2011), to assess the outcome of different weed management practices and to determine critical weed competition period in rice (Oryza sativa L.) under the system of rice intensification. Experimental site was Agronomic research Area, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. First experiment comprised the application of different weed control practices in SRI i.e. three times manual hoeing, three times hoeing with rotary hoe, one manual hoeing followed by foliar application of crop-water extracts, one hoeing with rotary hoe followed by crop-water extracts, post emergence application of orthosulfamuron @ 145 g a.i. ha-1, weed free and a control. Seedlings of 21 days age were transplanted in this experiment. Manual hoeing 20, 40 and 60 days after transplanting (DAT) with 5.34 and 4.99 t ha-1 kernel yield during 2010 and 2011, respectively, was recorded the best weed management method in SRI. Second experiment comprised plant spacing of 20, 25 and 30 cm and competition periods of 20, 40, 60, and 80 days after transplanting along with control and weed free treatments. In this experiment 21 days old seedlings were transplanted. The third experiment consisted of transplanting seedlings of 14, 21 and 28 days and competition periods of 20, 40, 60, and 80 days after sowing along with control and weed free treatments. The weed competition periods were randomized in sub-plots while plant spacing and seedling age were randomized in main plots in second and third experiment, respectively. All the experiments were replicated thrice. Super basmati variety was used. Nursery was raised on a soil enriched with farm yard manure and the seeds, after sowing, were covered with straw to preserve moisture and prevent the germinating seeds from heat injury and predators. One seedling per hill was transplanted in a muddy soil, and irrigation was provided in intermittent intervals as per requirements of SRI. Data pertaining to various parameters related to rice crop and weed species was recorded using the standard procedures and was analyzed using Fisher’s analysis of variance technique. Least significant difference (LSD) test at 0.05 probability was used to compare the significant treatments’ means. From the first experiment, manual hoeing 20, 40 and 60 days after transplanting (DAT) with 5.34 and 4.99 t ha-1 kernel yield during 2010 and 2011, respectively, was recorded the best weed management method in SRI. Second experiment showed that the combination of 25 × 25 cm spacing and competition for 20 DAT with kernel yield 5.4 and 5.3 t ha-1 during 2010 and 2011, respectively, was the most economical treatment combination. Moreover, experiment three ended with the finding that the combination of 21 days old seedlings and competition for 20 DAT was the most economical treatment combination in terms of kernel yield of rice i.e. 4.9 and 4.7 t ha-1 during 2010 and 2011, respectively. In short, Pakistani farmers can confidently adopt SRI to maximize their rice yield and to minimize their inputs. Minimal dependence of SRI upon synthetic chemicals can ensure environmental safety on sustainable basis.