ڈاکٹر شانتی سروپ
ڈاکٹر شانتی سروپ بڑی خاموشی سے اس دنیا سے رخصت ہوگئے، شخصیت پر نام اگر اثر انداز ہوتا ہے تو ڈاکٹر صاحب اس کا ایک سچا نمونہ تھے، سکوت و سکون کا پیکر، ہمیشہ ریشم و شبنم کی طرح بزم اور صہبا و نسیم کی مانند خراماں۔
جناب سید صباح الدین عبدالرحمن مرحوم کے زمانہ میں وہ اکثر دارالمصنفین آتے، مولانا ضیاء الدین اصلاحی مرحوم سے بھی یہی تعلق رہا، کبھی کبھی وہ اس خاکسار کے کمرے میں بھی تشریف لاتے اور یہ صرف اس وضع داری کے پاس میں جس پروہ برسوں سے عمل پیرا تھے، ہمارے یہ دونوں بزرگ ان کا جس عزت و محبت سے استقبال کرتے اس سے اندازہ ہوتا کہ ڈاکٹر صاحب فضل و کمال کی نعمت سے مالا مال ہیں اور جب برسوں پہلے ان کو دارالمصنفین کا رفیق اعزازی بنایا گیا تو یہ احساس اور قوی ہوگیا کیوں کہ دارالمصنفین کی تاریخ میں وہ پہلے غیرمسلم تھے جن کو اس علمی اعزاز سے نوازا گیا۔
مدت سے ان کی آمد کا یہ سلسلہ موقوف رہا اور جب ان کی خبر ملی تو اس طرح کہ وہ اس دنیا میں چلے گئے جہاں سے اب کبھی واپس نہ آئیں گے۔
ان کا ذکر چلا تو معلوم ہوا کہ انہوں نے بڑی خاموشی سے اپنی زندگی کا بیشتر حصہ علمی انہماک میں گزارا، خاص موضوع ہندوستان کی ثقافتی تاریخ تھا، جس میں انہوں نے کئی ایسی کتابیں مرتب کیں جو اپنے موضوع پر گہرے مطالعہ اور سچے تجزیے کی وجہ سے ہندوستان اور باہر کے ملکوں میں قدر و منزلت کے ساتھ قبول کی گئیں، جیسے آرٹس اینڈ کرافٹس آف انڈیا اینڈ پاکستان، ۵۰۰۰ یرس آف انڈیا آرٹس اینڈ کرافٹس آف انڈیا اینڈ پاکستان، فلورا اینڈ فونا ان مغل آرٹ، مغل آرٹ اے اسٹڈی ان ہینڈی کرافٹس، اس...
Background: Medical Ethics (ME) is considered an integral component of medical education around the world. However, limited training is being offered to medical students in Pakistan. Objectives: This study was designed to evaluate medical students' perspectives regarding medical ethics and to explore their experiences about medical ethics as a subject at a private medical college in Lahore, where Medical Ethics was formally introduced as part of the undergraduate curriculum in 2017. Methods: This mixed-method study included medical students from all five years of medical college. Quantitative component included a survey questionnaire, and the sample size was 410. Convenient sampling technique was used. Qualitative component included focus group discussions. The students who have attended medical ethics lectures were included in the study. Results: The response rate was 82.72%. There were more females in gender distribution; 76.1% were female and 23.9% were male. Most respondents (74.9%) found medical ethics classes interesting and 72% thought that lecture sessions were important in medical ethics. Conclusions: Medical students find medical ethics as an important component of medical education. Although it is hard to correlate ethics education with their clinical experience as medical students, they believe that medical ethics education can be useful. Social and cultural issues inform clinical decision-making in Pakistan and hence these discussions should be incorporated into medical education. Further studies must be conducted on the actions that need to be taken to help students internalize the ethical issues.
Laser ablation is a versatile technique used for the investigations of technological advanced and industrially important materials. In this technique, the interaction of a short and intense laser pulse forms a plasma plume. The laser produced plasma plume consists of radiation which arises due to transitions of electrons from the excited states of atoms and ions. The aim of this thesis is the fabrication of the laser ablation time of flight mass spectrometer (LA-TOF-MS) with an improved resolution and to compare the compositional results of mass spectra from LA-TOF-MS with the emission spectra obtained from laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). The compositional analysis using calibration free (CF-LIBS) techniques is based on the observed emission spectra of the laser produced plasma plume whereas, the elemental composition analysis using laser ablation time of flight mass spectrometer (LA TOFMS) is based on the mass spectra of the ions produced by laser ablation. We have successfully designed and locally fabricated an improved version of the laser ablation time-of-flight mass spectrometer (LA-TOF-MS) for isotope mass analysis and elemental analysis of materials. This system is coupled with a Q-switched Nd: YAG laser, which is capable of delivering the energy of about 850 mJ at 1064 nm and 500 mJ at 532 nm. The resolution of system has been improved by adjusting spatial and space focusing, and optimizing other parameters. The capability of the system has been exploited by the isotopic analysis and compositional analysis of different alloy samples, having certified composition. The laser ablation time of flight mass spectrometer complementary with Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy has xxi been used for the quantitative determination of constituents of certified samples; different Karats of gold (18K, 19K, 20K, 22K, 24K), Brass alloy (Cu 62%, Zn 38%) and Cu-Ni Alloy (75% Cu, 25% Ni). Moreover, the samples with the unknown compositions such as different brands of the cigarette available in Pakistan have also been investigated using LIBS and LA-TOF-MS techniques. Initially five Karats of gold alloys, 18K, 19K, 20K, 22K and 24K having certified composition of gold as 75%, 79%, 85%, 93% and 99.99% were selected and their precise elemental compositions were determined by LIBS and LA-TOF-MS. Here internal reference line self-absorption correction laser induce breakdown spectroscopy (IRSAC-LIBS) technique have been utilized for the quantitative determination of constituents present in different Karats. Elemental compositions of these gold alloys were also determined using a Laser Ablation time of flight mass spectrometer (LA-TOF-MS). The quantitative analysis of brass alloy has been studied using Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS), Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDX) and Laser Ablation Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (LA-TOF-MS). The emission lines of copper (Cu I) and zinc (Zn I) are used to calculate the plasma parameters. Here we have compared the elemental composition obtained by SCF-LIBS and IRSAC-LIBS with LA-TOF-MS and EDX. After utilizing SCF-LIBS and IRSAC-LIBS for quantitative analysis, we have compared the composition for Cu-Ni alloy using three calibration free LIBS techniques other than IRSAC-LIBS, and also compared the results with laser ablation LA-TOF-MS. For the quantitative determination of constituents of Cu-Ni Alloy (Pakistani five rupee coin of year 2004) of known composition (Cu 75%, Ni 25%), we have utilized one line calibrations-free (OL-CF xxii LIBS), self-calibration free (SCF-LIBS), and algorithm based calibration free (AB-CF LIBS) techniques. Results obtained by these LIBS based techniques have also been compared with LA-TOF-MS. The samples of fourteen different brands of cigarettes available in Pakistan have also been analyzed using the above mentioned techniques. We have also performed compositional analysis of the trace elements in different brands of tobacco available in Pakistan using one line calibration free (OLCF-LIBS) and Laser ablation Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer (LA-TOFMS). The results obtained by (CF-LIBS) are comparable with (LA-TOF-MS). The compositional results obtained by OL-CF-LIBS, SCF-LIBS, IRSAC-LIBS and algorithm based AB-CF LIBS are in agreement with that of LA-TOF-MS and other standard techniques. The analysis of different industrial important alloys and different brands of cigarettes demonstrates that LIBS complemented with LA-TOF-MS are powerful techniques for the elemental analysis of the major and trace elements in any solid samples.