Analytical Study of the Most Citied International Research Journals of Library and Information Science

The focus of this paper is on the research productivity and their relevant parameters of top twenty international journals of Library and Information Science from 2015 to 2019. The analysis of data revealed that Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JAIST) is the top cited journal followed by Scientometrics and Journal of Informetric during the mentioned period. The year 2015 was reported as the most productive year with 45% citations from the top twenty LIS journals. The average citation rate of Scholar Google is at the top followed by Scopus. “The sharing economy” was declared as the most cited research paper with 2391 citations followed by “The journal coverage of Web of Science and Scopus” with 688 citations

An Analytical Study of Library & Information Sciences Journals Published in Pakistan

This descriptive study was conducted in Pakistan in February 2021. The main objective was to identify and discuss the various aspects of the research journals of Library & Information Sciences (LIS) published form Pakistan till date. Documentary analysis was made for acquiring the basic and desired information about these journals. The scrutiny of the available record revealed that seven LIS journals are being published in Pakistan. Out of seven, three were Higher Education Commission (HEC) recognized. Two LIS journals are charging publication fee from authors. Five journals were started publishing in last decade by LIS schools or organizations working for LIS professionals in Pakistan. Amazing is to note that none of the Journals has Impact Factor and the oldest journal Pakistan Library Information Science Journal (PLISJ) has been de recognized after journey of 52 years. The LIS community of Pakistan needs to improve the quality of research journals to meet the international standards in the field of Library & Information Studies

Atrial Fibrillation and its Association with First Ever Stroke

Objective: To determine the frequency of atrial fibrillation in adult patients with first ever ischaemic stroke. Methodology: A total of 86 patients of stroke were selected for this study. CT scan brain (plain) was advised for all the patients. Subsequently those patients in whom CT scan was suggestive of ischemic stroke, a 12 leads electrocardiogram was done for the confirmation of atrial fibrillation, which was verified by a cardiologist. Results: The mean age of the patients was 57.16+17.12 years. There were 52 (60.5%) male and 34 (39.5%) female patients. Out of total 86 patients, pulsus deficit was present in 17(19.8%) patients. The mean ventricular rate was 86.98 + 22.13 per minute. There were 17 (19.8%) patients with irregular rhythm recorded on ECG while 69 (80.2%) patients had regular rhythm. Likewise P wave was absent in 17(19.8%) patients and present in the remaining 69 patients (80.2%).There were 17 (19.8%) patients in whom atrial fibrillation was present while in  69 (80.2%) patients it was absent. Conclusion: Atrial fibrillation is a common arrhythmia and a major risk factor for ischemic stroke, especially in the elderly. The prevalence of atrial fibrillation in ischemic stroke increases with age in both genders

A Comparative Study: Commonalities of Job Stress Factors in Conventional Banking vs. Islamic Banking in Southern Punjab (Pakistan)

Banking sector works as the back bone for the Economics development for a country. Stability of the economic system is dependent on the stable banking system. Banking system is the most efficiency way of transferring the money from savor to borrowers in a safe mood. Banking system are categorized in many ways like government and private banking, conventional and Islamic banking, private and semi government banking and many others. This researched is conducted to find out the job stress factors in two banking sector which are conventional and Islamic banking sector. The research is trying to rank the stress factors from most stressor to non stressor and then finding the commonalities of these high ranked stress factors in both sectors of banking. For the research, 300 respondents are taken, 150 from conventional and 150 from Islamic banking, 25 Branches of each sector are selected for responses which are taken from the 10 Districts of southern Punjab (Pakistan). Four Conventional Banks are  “National Bank of Pakistan”, “United Bank Ltd”, “Muslim Commercial Bank Ltd”, “Allied Bank Ltd” and four banks from Islamic banking which are “AlBaraka Bank (Pakistan) Limited” “Bank Islami Pakistan Limited” “Dubai Islamic Bank Pakistan Limited” “Meezan Bank Limited” are considered in this study. Literature review and interviews make the research team able to find 9 factors of job stress in banking sector. For ranking and finding the commonalities, A questionnaire was used on which the responses are taken. Data analysis on the basis of scale used reveals the fact that among 9 factors of job stress there are 4 common factors in both sectors which are ““Over Work Load” “Public Dealing” “Long work timing instead of official timing of 9am to 5pm” and “market competition”. In addition to this, 1 factor which is high ranked for conventional banking is not included in Islamic banking is the pressure of deposit and other targets but it is not included in Common stress Factor Class as it is not highly ranked in Islamic Banking Response. In the same way 1 factor is high ranked in Islamic Banking that is “Low Salaries as compare to work Load” but it is not classified as high ranked in conventional banking, so this factor is particularly attached to the Islamic banking but not common in both sector. The Research is winded up with the recommendations that State Bank of Pakistan, Branch Manager, Operation Manager and HR Manager should play their role in order to manage the work load and good scheduling system to reduce the job stress factors in Banking sector. Research provide the new ways of research by considering the Gender and Designation discrimination in banking sector as stress factor varies on gender and designation level which can be new door for future research. Keyword:               Islamic Banking, Conventional Banking, Job Stress Factor, Comparative Stud

Comparison of chest X-ray with lung ultrasound in the diagnosis of pneumonia in children aged 02 months to 12 years

Objective: To observe the reliability of lung ultrasound in diagnosing pneumonia as compared to chest X-ray.Materials and Methods: This Prospective cohort study was carried out over a period of three months in the Paediatric Department of Benazir Bhutto Hospital Rawalpindi. One hundred patients, 2 months to 12 years of age were enrolled in the study. All the patients were subjected to chest X-ray and lung ultrasound within 12 hours of admission. Data was recorded on predesigned Performa and processed on SPSS version 25. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values were calculated for chest X-ray and lung ultrasound.Results: LUS was found to be more efficient in detecting consolidations (64 out of 100) as compared to CXR (50 out of 100). In 14 patients CXR was not able to detect consolidations but LUS detected the same. Fourteen patients in whom lung ultrasound was positive for consolidations but CXR was negative were subjected to CT chest. Out of these 14 CT scans, 11 were positive and 3 were negative for consolidations. Lung ultrasound was found to have a Sensitivity of 100%, the specificity of 92.30%, PPV 95.31%, NPV of 100%, and accuracy of 97% as compared to Sensitivity of 81%, the specificity of 100%, PPV 100%, NPV of 78% and accuracy of 89% for CXR in the diagnosis of pneumonia in children.Conclusion: Results from our study confirmed by many other studies on the same research question allow us to conclude that Lung ultrasound is a fast, low cost, reliable, radiation-free alternative to chest x-ray in the diagnosis of pneumonia in children. &nbsp

Effect of Sowing Dates within a Season on Incidence and Abundance of Insect Pests of Canola Crops

Abstract.-This study describes the population difference of some insect pests on canola crops when sown at three dates i.e., mid October, early November and mid November in two years field trials during 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 at Bahawalpur. Crops sown at all three dates were invaded by similar insect pests viz., cabbage aphid, Brevicoryne brassicae Linnaeus (Hemiptera: Aphididae); turnip aphid, Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach) (Hemiptera: Aphididae); peach aphid Myzus persicae Sulzer (Hemiptera: Aphididae), whitefly, Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae); armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Mean seasonal population per plant of these aphids during two years in these three crops (1st, 2nd and 3rd sowing dates) was recorded for B. brassicae as 18.73, 20.81, 26.92 aphids; for L. erysimi as 14.09, 16.82 and 18.32 aphids; and for M. persicae as 0.24, 0.23 and 0.27 aphids, respectively. Other insects with low numbers per plant were observed as S. exigua with 0.10, 0.17 and 0.14 larvae; H. armigera as 0.14, 0.16 and 0.18 larvae per plant and B. tabaci as 0.32, 0.17 and 0.34 flies per plant in crops grown on 1 st , 2 nd , and 3 rd sowing dates, respectively. Result indicated that there was no difference in time of incidence of insect pests in crops in relation to different sowing dates however a clear difference was noted in per plant population (densities or abundance) of these insect pests. M. persicae, S. exigua, H. armigera and B. tabaci in all three crops were not significantly different, whereas densities of two species of aphids (B. brassicae and L. erysimi) differed significantly among three sowing dates. These two aphid species made dense colonies during mid to late season. Among the three treatments, mid November sown crop was found the most susceptible to these two aphids when compared to crops sown during mid October and early November

Frequency of NSAID induced peptic ulcer disease

Objective: To determine the frequency of peptic ulcer disease in patients on nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID). Methods: Record of eight hundred and twenty consecutive patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy; from January 1998 to December 2000 were reviewed. The endoscopic diagnosis varied from gastritis, peptic ulcer to duodenitis. The use of NSAID was documented by reviewing medical records of patients with peptic ulcer. Results: Peptic ulcers were found in 43% (353/820) patients. NSAID associated peptic ulcers were identified in 14.7% (52/353) patients. Diclofenac and aspirin were most common NSAIDs associated with peptic ulcers in 32.7% (17/52) and 30.7% (16/52) patients, respectively. Duodenal ulcer was more common than gastric ulcer 65.3% (34/52) and 42.3% (22/52), respectively. H. pylori infection was present in 46% (24/52) of the cases. NSAIDs treatment and / or H. pylori infection compared to non NSAIDs and non H. pylori infected peptic ulcer disease were significantly associated with gastric ulcer (p = 0.004) and duodenal ulcer (p = 0.009) respectively. Conclusion: NSAID-associated peptic ulcer disease is common in Pakistan and most frequently associated with gastric and duodenal ulcer. H. pylori infection is common in association with NSAID related peptic ulcers (JPMA 56:218;2006