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Assessment of Urban Heat Island (UHI) using Remote Sensing and GIS
This study assesses the Urban Heat Island UHI effect and evaluates the impact of urban suburban areas in Lahore District on its land surface temperature using Remote Sensing and GIS techniques The satellite brightness temperature information derived from the medium resolution satellite LANDSAT 5 Thematic Mapper is analyzed and compared with the land use land cover types acquired by classifying the image The results reveal that urban heat island in Lahore District is significant with average Land surface temperature values ranging from 23 C to 44 C and maximum urban non-urban temperature difference reaching 5 C The high built-up area exhibits the maximum surface temperature ranges from 31 to 44 C compared to other land use types The relationship between thermal behavior and NDVI is also analyzed and negative correlation is identified by the results from the extracted surface temperature and NDVI from Landsat This suggests that vegetation is the primary determinant controlling the spatial distribution of land surface heat An effort to compare the population density and air pollution parameters with surface temperature is also made and the air pollution concentration is considered in relation with urban areas of high temperature and high population densit
Assessment of Urban Heat Island (UHI) using Remote Sensing and GIS
This study assesses the Urban Heat Island UHI effect and evaluates the impact of urban suburban areas in Lahore District on its land surface temperature using Remote Sensing and GIS techniques The satellite brightness temperature information derived from the medium resolution satellite LANDSAT 5 Thematic Mapper is analyzed and compared with the land use land cover types acquired by classifying the image The results reveal that urban heat island in Lahore District is significant with average Land surface temperature values ranging from 23 C to 44 C and maximum urban non-urban temperature difference reaching 5 C The high built-up area exhibits the maximum surface temperature ranges from 31 to 44 C compared to other land use types The relationship between thermal behavior and NDVI is also analyzed and negative correlation is identified by the results from the extracted surface temperature and NDVI from Landsat This suggests that vegetation is the primary determinant controlling the spatial distribution of land surface heat An effort to compare the population density and air pollution parameters with surface temperature is also made and the air pollution concentration is considered in relation with urban areas of high temperature and high population densit
Time taken to reach undetectable viral loads in therapy-naïve HIV patients commencing ART
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EFFECT OF CROSS FIT EXERCISES ON WEIGHT LOSS OF MALES IN LAHORE
The purpose of this research was to explore the effect of Cross Fit, a latest fitness techniques being used all over the world to get a good physique and health, in reducing weight of male persons ranging from 18 to 25 years. A sample of 8 male students ranging age from 18 to 25 years to measure the change in variables like Body weight, %age Fat ratio, %age of Total Body Water contents, %age of Lean Muscle Mass after applying Cross Fit training program in pre and post analysis. After designing and applying a 28 days Cross Fit plan and diet plans for each individual according to their Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) and Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE), it was found that there is a positive significant change in these variables mentioned above which showed that Cross Fit training program d
EFFECT OF CROSS FIT EXERCISES ON WEIGHT LOSS OF MALES IN LAHORE
The purpose of this research was to explore the effect of Cross Fit, a latest fitness techniques being used all over the world to get a good physique and health, in reducing weight of male persons ranging from 18 to 25 years. A sample of 8 male students ranging age from 18 to 25 years to measure the change in variables like Body weight, %age Fat ratio, %age of Total Body Water contents, %age of Lean Muscle Mass after applying Cross Fit training program in pre and post analysis. After designing and applying a 28 days Cross Fit plan and diet plans for each individual according to their Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) and Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE), it was found that there is a positive significant change in these variables mentioned above which showed that Cross Fit training program d
A Dynamic Analysis of the Relationship among Human Development, Exports and Economic Growth in Pakistan.
This study investigates the econometrically empirical evidence
of both the short-run and long-run interrelationships among human
development, exports and economic growth in an ARDL framework for
Pakistan. This study also examines causal linkages among the said
variables by applying the Augmented Granger Causality test of
Toda-Yamamoto (1995). By using data on Pakistan’s real GDP, real exports
and Human Development Index (HDI) for the period 1970-71 to 2008-09,
three models have been estimated. The results show cointegration between
economic growth, physical capital, real exports and human development
when human development is taken as dependent variables. Furthermore,
unidirectional Granger causality running from real GDP to real exports
has been found in Bivariate, Trivariate and Tetravariate causality
framework. The inclusion of HDI as a measure of human development
reduces the physical capital share in real GDP whereas it improves the
robustness of the regression model. Real GDP seems to provide resources
to improve human development in only the long-run while human capital
accumulation does not seem to accelerate real GDP both in the short-run
and the long-run. The empirical results of the study do not support
‘export-led growth hypothesis’ and human capital-based endogenous growth
theory in case of Pakistan, however, it does support ‘growth-driven
exports hypothesis’ in case of Pakistan. JEL classification: O11
Keywords: Human Development, Exports, Economic Growth, ARDL,
Causalit
Architectural Design and Prototyping of Co-PPGIS: A Groupware-Based Online Synchronous Collaborative PPGIS to Support Municipality Development and Planning Management Workflows
Co-PPGIS has a wide variety of applications like municipal planning, emergency response, public health and security, etc. The main focus of this chapter is on the development and design of a Web Collaborative PPGIS (Co-PPGIS) infrastructure. As part of municipality’s planning and management services, Co-PPGIS is developed for real-time map sharing application system. Co-PPGIS is an effective and essential online meeting system for supporting group collaborations on geographic information such as maps and imageries, and capturing and sharing of local/domain knowledge in real time. Co-PPGIS permits amalgamation of geospatial data and collaborator’s input in the form of geo-referenced notations. It incorporates coherent components as map sharing, real-time chat, video conferencing, geo-referenced textual and graphical notations. The study aims to focus on public participation and geo-collaboration facilitated with information sharing, interactive geo-conferencing, real-time map, and data sharing with tools to draw features or add annotation to the map while discussions, uploading documents, and live communication. Co-PPGIS provides an efficient and reliable platform that will significantly reduce the time to acquire, process, and analyze data. The significance of this study is to contribute to existing public participation practices, to municipal planning, to decision-making, or to geographic information science
Prevalence of obesity in patients suffering from migraine
Background: Migraine is one of the most common primary headaches, accounting for significant morbidity in patients suffering from it. An association between obesity and migraine has been documented in the past, despite some studies pointing to the contrary. Author’s purpose is to calculate the prevalence of obesity in migraine patients in order to contribute to the existing concepts. A positive correlation could lead to the employment of weight loss interventions in the management of obese patients with migraine.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 400 patients, recently diagnosed with migraine, attending the Neurology Outpatient Department at the Dr. Ruth KM Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi were enrolled after taking informed consent. Migraine was diagnosed using International Classification of Headache Disorders III (ICHD III) criteria. Height (meters) and weight (kilograms) were measured and body mass index calculated. This data was kept confidential. The results were tabulated and analyzed using SPSS version 19. Continuous quantitative data were analyzed using chi square test. A p Value of less than or equal to 0.05 was considered significant.Results: The mean age of enrolled participants was 30.69±6.96 years, 204(51%) were >30 years of age, 159(39.8%) were male and 241(60.3%) were female, mean height was 1.55±0.1 meters, mean weight was 56.26±12.98 kg, and mean duration of migraine was 5.04±2.02 weeks. The prevalence of obesity in patients with migraine was 108 (27%).Conclusions: It was concluded that the prevalence of obesity in patients with migraine was 27%
Some Hermite-Hadamard and midpoint type inequalities in symmetric quantum calculus
The Hermite-Hadamard inequalities are common research topics explored in different dimensions. For any interval , we construct the idea of the Hermite-Hadamard inequality, its different kinds, and its generalization in symmetric quantum calculus at . We also construct parallel results for the Hermite-Hadamard inequality, its different types, and its generalization on other end point , and provide some examples as well. Some justification with graphical analysis is provided as well. Finally, with the assistance of these outcomes, we give a midpoint type inequality and some of its approximations for convex functions in symmetric quantum calculus
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