Impact of Software Testing Techniques on Software Project Success through Regression Analysis

This study is intended to evaluate the effectiveness of software testing techniques for the success of software project. The research studies Functional Testing, Performance Testing and Regression Testing as critical factors and characterizes the importance of them for the acquisition of project milestones. Furthermore, the study aims to address if software testing techniques have significant effect on project success and does software testing techniques have significant relationship with each other. The study contributes to making polices by government, by providing a broad vision about effective testing techniques implementations in software houses and shows how management can boast the business and get the rewards of successful business. This study is focused to lead new techniques in enhancing project quality in IT sector of Pakistan. Moreover, this study will give an opportunity to management to pay more attention on quality assurance department to enhance their project success and finally their business growth

Impact of Software Testing Techniques on Software Project Success through Regression Analysis

This study is intended to evaluate the effectiveness of software testing techniques for the success of software project. The research studies Functional Testing, Performance Testing and Regression Testing as critical factors and characterizes the importance of them for the acquisition of project milestones. Furthermore, the study aims to address if software testing techniques have significant effect on project success and does software testing techniques have significant relationship with each other. The study contributes to making polices by government, by providing a broad vision about effective testing techniques implementations in software houses and shows how management can boast the business and get the rewards of successful business. This study is focused to lead new techniques in enhancing project quality in IT sector of Pakistan. Moreover, this study will give an opportunity to management to pay more attention on quality assurance department to enhance their project success and finally their business growth

The Prevalence, Severity and the Contributive Organizational Factors of Burnout Syndrome among Pakistani Physiotherapists

Background: This is fast age where many underlying health issues go unaddressed in race of progress such as Burnout. This state of mental illness due to chronic stress that may be comprised of emotional exhaustion, personal accomplishment and depersonalization. This is thought to be associated with occupation and organizational parameters. This can put physiotherapist compromised health, social and family life, dealing with patients and low performance at work. Objective: To determine burnout level and its severity among physical therapists and associated organizational factors Material and method: Cross sectional survey was conducted in sample of convenience comprising 120 physiotherapists. The participants were of both gender and age above 25 years. The data was collected by using Maslach Burnout Inventory Scale and data analysis was executed using SPSS version 20. Continuous variables including age, total scores were analyzed for mean and standard deviation, while frequency percentages were calculated against categorical variables. Results: Results of the study demonstrated that mean+SD score for emotional exhaustion was 16.55+ 5.07, mean+SD score for personal accomplishment was 44.73+1.54 and mean+SD score for depersonalization was 0.75+0.93. Conclusion: The study concluded that physiotherapists demonstrated mild to moderate level of burnout. Burnout symptoms apparently found significantly associated with high working hours, private sector, female gender and less physical activity.           &nbsp

Impact of opioid-free analgesia on pain severity and patient satisfaction after discharge from surgery: multispecialty, prospective cohort study in 25 countries

Background: Balancing opioid stewardship and the need for adequate analgesia following discharge after surgery is challenging. This study aimed to compare the outcomes for patients discharged with opioid versus opioid-free analgesia after common surgical procedures.Methods: This international, multicentre, prospective cohort study collected data from patients undergoing common acute and elective general surgical, urological, gynaecological, and orthopaedic procedures. The primary outcomes were patient-reported time in severe pain measured on a numerical analogue scale from 0 to 100% and patient-reported satisfaction with pain relief during the first week following discharge. Data were collected by in-hospital chart review and patient telephone interview 1 week after discharge.Results: The study recruited 4273 patients from 144 centres in 25 countries; 1311 patients (30.7%) were prescribed opioid analgesia at discharge. Patients reported being in severe pain for 10 (i.q.r. 1-30)% of the first week after discharge and rated satisfaction with analgesia as 90 (i.q.r. 80-100) of 100. After adjustment for confounders, opioid analgesia on discharge was independently associated with increased pain severity (risk ratio 1.52, 95% c.i. 1.31 to 1.76; P < 0.001) and re-presentation to healthcare providers owing to side-effects of medication (OR 2.38, 95% c.i. 1.36 to 4.17; P = 0.004), but not with satisfaction with analgesia (beta coefficient 0.92, 95% c.i. -1.52 to 3.36; P = 0.468) compared with opioid-free analgesia. Although opioid prescribing varied greatly between high-income and low- and middle-income countries, patient-reported outcomes did not.Conclusion: Opioid analgesia prescription on surgical discharge is associated with a higher risk of re-presentation owing to side-effects of medication and increased patient-reported pain, but not with changes in patient-reported satisfaction. Opioid-free discharge analgesia should be adopted routinely

A literature review on personality, creativity and innovative behavior

Personality has been conceptualized from a host of theoretical perspectives. The present conceptual paper is an endeavor to enhance and grab the etymology of personality, innovative behavior and creativity. Moreover relationship of personality with creativity and innovative behavior is explored in depth. After reviewing an extensive literature, the researcher came up with the general accepted taxonomy of personality measure i.e., widely accepted framework named as big five inventory. While, innovative behavior was gauged by the yardstick of three phases namely idea generation, gathering support and idea implementation. It was suggested for the future researchers to explore the more innovative measures for this overlooked relationship in study of personality and innovative behavior

Impact of Covid -19 on expanded program on Immunisation in District Dir lower Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Objectives: To study the impact of coronavirus disease-2019 on Expanded Program on Immunisation in a rural setting. Method: The descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted in five union councils of District Dir Lower, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Data was collected from March to August 2020, which was a period of lockdowns in the wake of the coronavirus disease-2019, and then from March to August 2021. The sample comprised children aged <2 years. Data was analysed using SPSS 25. Results: Of the 330 children, 210(63.6%) were boys, and 120(36.4%) were girls, and all 330(100%) were located in rural areas. First-phase data showed that the maximum coverage rate of immunisation was 258(78.2%) noted in OPV1(Oral Polio Vaccine) Penta1(Pentavalent vaccine), PCV10-1 (Pneumococcal pneumonia), and Rota 1(Rota Vaccine), and the least vaccination rate was 68.2% for Measle-1. In the second phase, 23% incline was noted in Measles-2 vaccination, followed by 16.3% in OPV2, Penta 2, PCV10-2 and Rota 2, 16% in Measles-1, 14% in OPV-3, Penta-3, PCV10-3, Rsota-3 and IPV, 11.5% in OPV-1, Penta-1, PCV10-1, and Rota-1, and 10.6% in OPV-0 and BCG-0. Conclusions: Immunisation programme was affected by lockdowns during the active phase of the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic. Key Words: COVID-19, Immunisation, Coronavirus, Pandemic, Vaccination

Famous theories surrounding emotional intelligence: a historical review

Aim of this study is to review the popular and widely cited literature, history, theories, concepts and definitions of the emotional intelligence. For providing a complete insight to the academicians and researchers about the emotional intelligence term, literature is reviewed systematically from the date term is evolved, till now. After thoroughly going through the literature based on emotional intelligence, authors have concluded that a consensus can be observed among the psychologists and researchers on the emotional intelligence model presented by Mayer, Salovey and Cruso. As far as, the measurement strategy of emotional intelligence is concerned, self-reporting technique is widely opted in the past researches that show its authenticity. Prospective researchers by looking at the plus and negative points of emotional intelligence and agreeabihty of the emotional intelligence models can decide that which theory, definition and measure they should follow and how they can improve the existing concepts. Moreover, readers could get the brief yet all inclusive, information on the construct of emotional intelligence in one piece of writin

Conjugated Linoleic Acid–Carboxymethyl Chitosan Polymeric Micelles to Improve the Solubility and Oral Bioavailability of Paclitaxel

Oral delivery, the most common method of therapeutic administration, has two significant obstacles: drug solubility and permeability. The challenges of current oral medicine delivery are being tackled through an emerging method that uses structures called polymeric micelles. In the present study, polymeric micelles were developed using conjugates of linoleic acid–carboxymethyl chitosan (LA-CMCS) for the oral delivery of paclitaxel (PCL). The developed micelles were evaluated by particle size, zeta potential, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). When PCL was contained within micelles, its solubility increased by almost 13.65 times (around 60 µg/mL). The micelles’ zeta potentials were −29 mV, their polydispersity indices were 0.023, and their particle diameters were 93 nm. Micelles showed PCL loading and entrapment efficiencies of 67% and 61%, respectively. The sustained release qualities of the PCL release data from micelles were good. In comparison to the pure PCL suspension, the permeability of the PCL from micelles was 2.2 times higher. The pharmacokinetic data revealed that PCL with LA-CMCS micelles had a relative bioavailability of 239.17%, which was much greater than the PCL in the suspension. The oral bioavailability of PCL was effectively increased by LA-CMCS micelles according to an in vivo study on animals. The polymer choice, maybe through improved permeability, plays an essential role when assessing oral bioavailability enhancement and solubility improvement (13.65 times). The outcomes demonstrated that PCL’s solubility and pharmacokinetics were improved in the micelles of the LA-CMCS conjugate