Hypodermosis is an ectoparasitic disease of cattle caused by Hypoderma bovis and H lineatum. It is an important health issue in animals leading to substantial economic loss. In live animals, the diagnosis can be made either by direct clinical inspection of infected animals by applying palpation method based on 2 nd and 3 rd stage larvae or by using immunological diagnostic tools. The early diagnosis of hypodermosis is a prerequisite of efficient disease management. Therefore, in the present study, ELISA was performed to diagnose the antibodies to H. lineatum in animal sera. Fifty positive cattle were selected for the collection of larvae L 1 (1st instars) and blood samples. The larvae L 1 (1st instars) were processed for antigen preparation and sera was used for the validation of ELISA. Composition of antigen was determined by using SDS-PAGE. Protein (HyC) was purified by dialysis method and by ion exchange chromatography. Both, crude and purified HyC antigen was used for the ELISA development. One thousand blood samples were taken from the fields. Sensitivity and specificity was calculated from the optical density (OD) of sera. Direct clinical inspection and serology of infested animals were used for monitoring hypodermosis in Northern Punjab (Pakistan). Two hundred cattle with prominent nodules appearing in December - January were selected for comparison between developed ELISA and direct palpation method. The seroepidemiological information was sought out in the prescribed questionnaire having relevant information to generate epidemiological profile. The data from one thousand animals belonging to different villages were recorded based on the epidemiological factors. Seroepidemiological factor like District, village, grazing pattern, sex, type, location, age, breed, previous exposure and herd were studied in the present study. Statistical analysis shows that grazing pattern, location, age, type, xxiiibreed, sex medication and previous exposure has a significant impact in the prevalence of bovine hypodermosis. Geographic Information System (GIS) was used to map the risks factors of hypodermosis in Northern Punjab. GIS risk mapping method was based on herd size, min, max, aver, temperature range, rainfall, relative air humidity and prevalence rate for prediction of the disease. Present study was also proposing the comprehensive information capable of being used for controlling hypodermosis. The geographical map of different districts and villages were developed showing the degree of infestation in different locations. Cluster analysis showed that different area had different zones for the prevalence of bovine hypodermosis. Statistical analysis shows that the temperature in the months of January, February, March, August and November while the precipitation in month of September and October has significant results, when all the risks factors were analyzed. These findings were used for accurate and early diagnosis of bovine hypodermosis, to scan distribution pattern of bovine hypodermosis in Northern Punjab, for the development of suitable control strategies to minimize bovine hypodermosis and to suggest effective control strategies to reduce economic losses. GIS model is also applied for mapping risk area in other agro-ecological regions of Pakistan and developed ELISA which could be used to diagnose bovine hypodermosis in other agro-ecological regions of Pakistan. Vaccination would be suggested by using Hypodermin A antigen to minimize warble fly infestation rate. GIS model can also be applied for mapping risk area and eradication of bovine hypodermosis in other agro-ecological regions of Pakistan.
پروفیسر محمود الحسن پروفیسر محمود الحسن(۱۹۵۹ئ۔پ) شاکرؔ تخلص کرتے ہیں۔ آپ جسٹر نارووال میں پیدا ہوئے۔ آپ نے ایم ۔اے اردو بہاولپور یونیورسٹی سے کیا۔ گورنمنٹ ڈگری کالج پسرور سے بطور لیکچرار اردو ملازمت کا آغاز کیا۔ آج کل گورنمنٹ مرے کالج سیالکوٹ میں تدریسی خدمات انجام دے رہے ہیں۔ سکول کے ادبی ماحول نے انھیں شعر لکھنے کی طرف راغب کیا۔ آٹھویں جماعت میں ۱۳ سال کی عمر میں شعرو شاعری کا آغا زکیا۔ ابتدائی راہنمائی احسان دانش سے لی اور احسان دانش ہی شاعری میں شاکرؔ کے اُستاد ہیں۔(۱۰۸۸) گورنمنٹ کالج یونیورسٹی لاہور کے میگزین ’’پطرس‘‘ میں سب سے پہلے طالب علمی میں آپ کا شعری کلام شائع ہوا۔ ان کا پہلا شعری مجموعہ ’’سسکیاں فرشتوں کی‘‘ عمیر پبلشرز لاہور نے ۱۹۹۷ء کو شائع کیا۔’’گلاب کھلنے دو‘‘ ان کا دوسرا شعری مجموعہ ہے۔ جسے عمیر پبلشرز لاہور نے ۱۹۹۸ء میں شائع کیا۔ تیسرا شعری مجموعہ ’’آنکھیں چپ ہیں‘‘ پارس پبلشرز لاہور نے شائع کیا۔ ’’آدم زاد کو کیا سمجھائیں‘‘ چوتھا شعری مجموعہ ہے۔ جسے خزینہ علم و ادب لاہور نے ۲۰۰۶ء میں شائع کیا۔ پانچواں شعری مجموعہ ’’الم ۔نشرح‘‘ ہے۔ شاکر نظم اور غزل کے شاعر ہیں لیکن ان کے ہاں دیگر اصناف سخن ،قطعہ اور گیت اور نظمِ آزاد بھی ملتی ہے۔ سعد اللہ شاہ شاکرؔ کی نظم کے بارے میں کہتے ہیں: یہ زمانہ افسانچے اور چھوٹی نظم کا ہے۔ محمود الحسن شاکر نے پانچ مصرعوں پر مشتمل نظم کا تجربہ کیا ہے۔ جس کے آخری دو مصرعے ہم قافیہ ہیں۔ ان کی یہ کاوش انتہائی خوش گوار ہے۔ انھوں نے اپنے عصری مسائل کا احاطہ شاعرانہ انداز میں کیا ہے۔ وہ ظاہر و باطن میں پر خلوص پاکستانی نظر آتے ہیں۔ جو اپنے مستقبل سے مایوس نہیں بلکہ ان کی بعض نظموں میں اُمید کی روشن کرن نوید صبح بن کر ابھرتی...
Allah Almighty sent prophets for guidance of human beings and revealed the books on them, who strove for transformation of the society. Islam declared that master and salve, king and subjects, men and women, all are equal and slaves of God. They are equal before the Law. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) said ‘‘All human beings have equal rights’’. The Holy Prophet maintained religious equality. He did not talk ill of other religious faiths, rather he protected the rights and prosperity of non-Muslims who lived in Islamic society. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) preached goodness among humans like truth and compassion. He also restricted them from vice like lie, betray, greed, pride, bribery and domestic evils. For being the last Ummah, the Holy Quran entrusted the Muslims with the mission of calling others to goodness and stopping them from the evil. This Paper attempts the role of Islamic teachings the transformation of the society.
The world in future will consist of smart environments that would primarily rely on sensory data from real world. Therefore, requirement of large scale Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) is inevitable in future. WSNs are made up of spatially distributed wireless sensor nodes that have limited resources, among which the power resource is the most crucial one. It has been seen previously that the sensor nodes consume around hundred to thousand times more energy in transmission of data than in execution of instructions. This has made the collection of data from large scale WSNs with minimal energy consumption as a big challenge. Various techniques have been adopted to reduce the consumption of energy in data collection. Among these, one signi cant means of energy conservation is the use of small sized data packets. In WSNs small sized data packets have shown to be more energy e cient than large and variable sized packets. However, this limitation in packet sizes require compression of data during its aggregation on the intermediate nodes in between the data collection points and the destination. In large-scale dynamic cluster based WSNs, the clusters are not created uniformly causing highly variable number of nodes in di erent clus- ters of the same network. Problem arises in large sized clusters where large amount of data is required to be transmitted within small packets. Predetermined compres- sion techniques require di erent sizes of packets for di erent sized clusters to maintain same level of losses in data. On the other hand, for small sized clusters, predetermined compression techniques may unnecessarily compress the data and incur losses. There- fore an aggregation technique is required that can control the compression of variable amount of data according to the space available in data packet while causing minimal data distortion. This thesis proposes an adaptive data aggregation algorithm that can adjust the com- pression level of data on a cluster head according to given payload size in real time while ensuring minimal distortion in the data. Thus wide range of data can optimally be adjusted in packets whose sizes have been regulated based on the channel conditions and transmission energy utilization. To the best of our knowledge no other work has been done in this domain where an adaptive aggregation of data is performed considering together the size of cluster, size of data packet available at cluster head and the spatial correlation among the data. To improve the performance of the proposed aggregation algorithm, uniformity in clus- ter sizes were required. Existing uniform clustering mechanisms have shown extra net- work energy consumption when applied on dynamic clustering protocols. Therefore, a uniform clustering technique is proposed in this thesis that can reduce the variability of cluster sizes in dynamic cluster based networks without consuming additional energy of the network. During the simulation of dynamic cluster based WSNs it was also ob- served that the broadcasting of control packets for cluster setup consumes considerable amount of network energy. Therefore, to reduce this overhead energy consumption, a mechanism is proposed that reduces the amount of broadcast packets for cluster setup. Altogether, in this thesis, a set of energy consumption issues are addressed that arise due to redundant data and control transmissions in dynamic cluster based WSNs. The main objective is to reduce the size of data that is transmitted in the network with minimal losses and to reduce the amount of control information during the cluster setup. The net result of the proposed set of solutions is the network energy conservation, network lifetime enhancement, optimal utilization of limited sized payload and load balancing in dynamic cluster based wireless sensor networks.