The Lung Mass and Nodule: A Case Series The Lung Mass and Nodule

Lung mass is an abnormal region of 3 cm or more in size present in the lungs mainly due to underlying pulmonary caner. It is usually round, opaque and poorly differentiated on X-ray. Common etiological key players are smoking, exposure to asbestos, radon, however, familial history may also play a role. We presented retrospectively7 cases of lung mass and nodule encountered during our clinical practice. We have discussed their clinical presentation, manifestation, medical history, radiological findings and differential diagnosis. In this case series, most of the patients were young, only 2 cases were older patients. There was one infant one month old, one female child 12 years old, one female 25 years, 2 males, 22 and 21 years, one male of 50 years and another male of 60 years age. Correct diagnosis on the basis of clinical profile, radiological findings and histology may help in proper management and hence, timely treatment of the patient

Impact of Organizational Culture on Employee Performance, Mediating Role of Employee Commitment

The study has been conducted to measure the impact of Organizational culture on employee performance and the mediating role of employee commitment. In universities offering business education at Peshawar. Ten (10) universities were selected as sample of the study to collect data. As the data was quantitative in nature, self- administered structured questionnaire were used for the data collection. The data was collected from faculties of business educational integral institutes through census research. The population was 200 from ten institutes. The employee performance was the dependent variable, organizational culture as independent variable and employee commitment as mediating variable of the study. SPSS was used for the data analysis. The reliability, correlation and regression tests were used for the data analysis. As per the results of correlation tests the organizational culture has positive and significant relationship with employee performance and employee commitment has positive relationship with performance as well. According to the regression results, organizational culture has a significant effect on employee performance (Alternate hypothesis accepted). Employee commitment has significant effect on employee performance (Alternate hypothesis accepted). The organizational culture has significant effect on employee commitment (Alternate hypothesis accepted). Stepwise regression was run to check the mediating role of employee commitment and results indicated that employee commitment partially mediates the relationship between organizational culture and employee performance. At the end limitations and recommendations for future research are given.