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Spatial Patterns of Tuberculosis in the Punjab

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Shafqaat Aojum, Muhammad

Program

PhD

Institute

University of the Punjab

City

Lahore

Province

Punjab

Country

Pakistan

Thesis Completing Year

2011

Thesis Completion Status

Completed

Subject

History & geography

Language

English

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http://prr.hec.gov.pk/jspui/bitstream/123456789/3074/1/5520H.PDF

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2021-02-17 19:49:13

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2024-03-24 20:25:49

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1676725038772

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The present research is an attempt to explore the occurrence and clustering of tuberculosis patterns in the Punjab, Pakistan. The Punjab, which is the largest province of Pakistan, is selected to examine the patterns of TB from 1990 to 2005. Higher disease rates are found in big cities in 1990. South Punjab was found severely affected throughout the study period. Kulldorff Spatial Scan Test also identified disease dusters in major cities. Moreover, the diseases clusters have shifted from central and north Punjab to the south Punjab during this period. The disease proportion is found higher in females than males. Low income, larger families, illiteracy, and over crowdedness are found important factors in the disease patterns. The knowledge about the disease such as symptoms, causes and precautions is found very poor in the patients. The analysis of healthcare services revealed that the accessibility, time, and cost are important issues for the poor patients. Inequality in the distribution of healthcare services in various districts of the Punjab province is a major concern which is verified by the use of techniques such as Lorenz curve and Gini index.
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ورفعنا کی صدا (منظوم)

ورفعنا کی صدا
محمد اویس ازہر مدنی
عشقِ احمدؐ کی ضیا ہے ورفعنا کی صدا
دلِ عرفاں کی صدا ہے ورفعنا کی صدا
قدسیوں کی بھی ندا ہے ورفعنا کی صدا
سرورِ دیںؐ کی ثنا ہے ورفعنا کی صدا
کس کو معلوم ہوئی رفعتِ سرکارِ جناںؐ
کون جانے گا کہ کیا ہے ورفعنا کی صدا
پڑھ کے ملتا ہے سکونِ دل و جاں قاری کو
قلبِ عاشق کی نوا ہے ورفعنا کی صدا
مدحتِ سرورِ عالمؐ ہے ہر اک پر لازم
اک فریضے کی ادا ہے ورفعنا کی صدا
جاں گزیں کرتی ہے دل میں شہِ دیںؐ کی الفت
مرے آقاؐ کی ولا ہے ورفعنا کی صدا
خود سے اک لفظ بھی لکھا نہیں جا سکتا تھا
مرے مولیٰ کی عطا ہے ورفعنا کی صدا
بخش دیتی ہے تر و تازگی ایمان کو بھی
خلد کی آب و ہوا ہے ورفعنا کی صدا
ہے یہ گنجینئہ عشقِ شہِ والاؐ ازہر
بالیقیں دولتِ ما ہے ورفعنا کی صدا

الرّسم العثماني وأثره على المعاني القرآنية

The Holy Qur’an is miraculous in its words, methods, organization, statements, drawings and writing, as cited and agreed by all researchers, we aim through this research to: define the Ottoman drawing in Arabic language, terminologically, demonstrating its benefits, the rule of commitment to it, weighing between sayings, demonstrating its six rules, explaining and discussing the differences between the Quranic words drawings and mentioning several examples. The most important results of this research are: 1- The opinion which comforts one's self is the commitment to Ottoman drawing, and not to be written by modern spelling methods. 2- The Ottoman drawing has multiple benefits and advantages, which are not available in any other, so that it attracts commitment and reservation. 3- It has a very significant concurrence between the drawing and the meaning of the words and verses of Quran. 4- The Qura’nic word drawing strengthens the meaning and gives the full dimensions; achieving the honesty of Allah's saying: "and whose words can be truer than those of Allah?". 5- The letters' contiguity of Quranic word, knowing its characteristics embodies the meaning with the best picture. 6- The miracle of Ottoman drawing is a modern issue that Abdalaziz Ad-Dabbagh calls the most famous and the oldest one who declared this.        The most important recommendations made in this article are: 1- Conducting more researches about the benefits of Ottoman drawing, where it still needs more studies to be conducted, and more thoughts and meditations. 2- The spread of Ottoman drawing commitment culture between Quran teachers and students. 3- Obligating all Quranic associations that adopts Quran writing to write in Ottoman drawing, and prevent any other forms of writing. 4- Obligating all students and researchers to depend on Ottoman drawing through their studies and researches; which establishes a promotion to spread its culture. 5- Guiding the researchers for more studies on this topic, throughout a focused studies and clear scientific plans.

In Vitro Characterization of Hepatitis C Virus Rna Dependent Rna Polymerase

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major health problem throughout the world with high morbidity and mortality. HCV has high mutation rate and is classified into six genotypes (GT). The major prevalent genotype in Pakistan is 3a. While inhibitors of the HCV protease are now available to treat patients infected with GT1 HCV, treatment options are limited for other HCV genotypes. The aim of the study was to analyze the effect of different inhibitors / HCV structural genes (Core, E1, E2 & P7) on the activity of HCV polymerase in 5BR assay and to develop a global consensus sequence of HCV NS5B. The 5BR assay was used to screen non-nucleoside inhibitors (NNI) against the GT3a HCV RdRp and determine the EC50 of HCV-796. Binding of hits to recombinant GT3a RdRp was determined using a differential fluorimetry assay. RNA synthesis by the recombinant protein was used to determine the IC50 of HCV-796. A mutation in the 3a RdRp that conferred resistance to inhibition by HCV-796 was identified using the 5BR assay and by RNA synthesis in vitro. Pan genotypic effect of HCV-796 was analyzed by using HCV polymerase from all the six HCV genotypes in 5BR assay. Effect of HCV structural genes on the activity of HCV polymerase was analyzed by using wild type polymerase, ∆21 polymerase and GAA mutant polymerase in 5BR assay. To develop a global consensus sequence of HCV NS5B; 236 HCV NS5B sequences belonging from all over the world were aligned and a representing phylogenetic tree was drawn. xix Inhibitors screening showed that HCV-796 decreased the activity of GT3a RdRp with an EC50 of 90 nM in the 5BR assay. In biochemical assays, HCV-796 had an IC50 of 88 nM for de novo initiation and 229 nM for primer extension. In the differential scanning fluorimetry assay, binding to HCV-796 significantly altered the denaturation profile of the 3a RdRp. A C316Y mutant that conferred resistance to HCV-796 in GT1 RdRp was found to render the 3a RdRp resistant to HCV-796 by more than one log in both the 5BR and the biochemical assays. When the effect of HCV structural genes was analyzed on the activity of HCV polymerase in cell bases assay, HCV core gene showed maximum increase of 10 fold by using wild type polymerase. Consensus sequence analysis showed that the active site residues D220, D225, D318 and D319, which bind the divalent cations, are highly conserved among all the HCV genotypes. The HCV NS5B phylogenetic tree showed the clusters of different genotypes and their evolutionary relationship. Given the high mutation rate of HCV, the residues which are present in the catalytic pocket, sugar selection and template/primer interaction are highly conserved, although we observed, at many places where change in nucleotide sequences did not affect the amino acid sequences of HCV NS5B. The NNI HCV-796, a known inhibitor for GT1 HCV RdRp, could also inhibit the 3a polymerase. HCV-796 should serve as a useful scaffold for further development of effective non-nucleoside inhibitor for GT3a HCV. HCV core gene increased the activity of HCV polymerase in cell based assay. The phylogenetic analysis suggested that different HCV genotypes evolved from genotype 1a.