The Role of Management Practices of Higher Education Institutions in Knowledge Storage and Knowledge Accessibility

This study aims to explore the management practices of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) with regard to knowledge storage and knowledge accessibility. Data were gathered from public sector HEIs in Peshawar using semi-structured interviews. Based on previous studies, themes and management practices were identified for knowledge storage and knowledge accessibility. Data were analyzed using content analysis, wherein matching themes and emergent themes were identified. The findings of the study revealed that emergent themes in technological perspective for knowledge storage were MOODLE platform, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), databases for storage of HEIs’ own journals, Campus Management Solution (CMS), faculty members’ and students’ email groups, and social media. While emergent themes in non-technological perspective for knowledge storage were libraries of HEIs at their central and departmental levels. Similarly, emergent themes in technological perspective of knowledge accessibility were MOODLE, HEC smart university project, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), databases for accessibility of HEIs’ own journals, firewall deployment for internet, Campus Management Solution (CMS), faculty members’ and students’ email groups, and social media. While emergent themes in non-technological perspective for knowledge accessibility were libraries of HEIs at their central and departmental levels. Finally, it was found that there are some management practices for knowledge storage and knowledge accessibility which need to be followed by the HEIs for effective knowledge storage and accessibility.&nbsp

TRUE LEFT SIDED GALL BLADDER: A SURGICAL SURPRISE

INTRODUCTION: Left sided gallbladder is a rare anomaly & several variants exist. The condition cannot be diagnosed pre-operatively by most of the radiological modalities and it can take the operating surgeon, by surprise. CASE PRESENTATION: A young lady with symptomatic gallstones was unexpectedly found to have a left sided gallbladder during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Though, her routine preoperative work up did not show anything abnormal, as is usual in such anatomical variation. She was successfully managed by laparoscopic cholecystectomy by modifying the camera angle & the dissection technique.  CONCLUSION: The anatomical knowledge of the various structures & to timely recognize the variations is very important to avoid injury in such cases. The operating technique may need to be modified for a safe & successful outcome

Thin Film Flow of Micropolar Fluid in a Permeable Medium

The thin film flow of micropolar fluid in a porous medium under the influence of thermophoresis with the heat effect past a stretching plate is analyzed. Micropolar fluid is assumed as a base fluid and the plate is considered to move with a linear velocity and subject to the variation of the reference temperature and concentration. The latitude of flow is limited to being two-dimensional and is steadily affected by sensitive fluid film size with the effect of thermal radiation. The basic equations of fluid flow are changed through the similarity variables into a set of nonlinear coupled differential equations with physical conditions. The suitable transformations for the energy equation is used and the non-dimensional form of the temperature field are different from the published work. The problem is solved by using Homotopy Analysis Method (HAM). The effects of radiation parameter R, vortex-viscosity parameter Δ, permeability parameter Mr, microrotation parameter Gr, Soret number Sr, thermophoretic parameter τ, inertia parameter Nr, Schmidt number Sc, and Prandtl number Pr are shown graphically and discussed