Pupil Teacher’s And Working Teacher’s Attitude towards Teaching Profession: A Comparative Study

Human beings are superior to all other creatures on this earth only because of innate potentials that they have. These potentials are channelized into proper direction through Education. Teacher is the main actor who works upon modifying the behaviour of the students. It is emotive behaviour of the teacher that affects his/her teaching to large extent. It is one’s attitude towards the profession that makes an individual a good teacher who accelerates student’s learning or a bad teacher who retards student’s learning. The present study aimed at comparing the attitude of male pupil teachers and male working teachers, attitude of male pupil teachers and female working teachers and attitude of male and female pupil teachers pursuing B.Ed. course in A.M.U. towards teaching profession. It was found that Pupil teachers had more favourable attitude towards the teaching profession than working teachers

A RESEARCH STUDY TO ASSESS THE ALPHA-INTERFERON EFFECTIVENESS AMONG MALES SUFFERING FROM HEPATITIS C (HCV)

Background: For the treatment of chronic hepatitis C, chemotherapy with different drugs is used a-interferon is one of these drugs. Objectives: The objective of this study was to determine the efficiency of a-interferon in males diagnosed with Hepatitis C. Patients and Methods: This research was completed in the timeframe of February to August 2018 at Jinnah Hospital, Lahore. Total patients were selected for study were 20 males diagnosed with Hepatitis C. The age bracket for these patients was between 24 – 51 years of age. The selected patients were provided with an injection of a-interferon three times a week. After execution of 6 months of chemotherapy, their sera were assessed. Results: The number of patients who became negative for HCV after six months of management with a-interferon was 18 (90%). The levels of serum total bilirubin before and after management with a-interferon were (0.939 ± 0.07) mg/dl and (0.924 ± 0.09) mg/dl respectively which were normal. The outcomes noticed for serum direct and indirect bilirubin were identical. Before treatment, there observed elevated levels of serum Glutamate Pyruvate Transaminase (SGPT) (337.40 ± 75.38) U/I and after management with a-interferon, these levels became normal (26.8 ± 7.42) U/I before and after management with a-interferon, the levels of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) were normal in patients of our study. Conclusion: Virologic and biochemical reactions can be maintained by a-interferon therapy in patients of chronic hepatitis C. Similar to other nations of the world, it is very advantageous for management of SGPT values within a normal range in patients of Hepatitis C. Keywords: Virologic, Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP), Biochemical, a-Interferon, Chronic, Hepatitis C and Bilirubin

Nutrition for the ageing brain: towards evidence for an optimal diet

As people age they become increasingly susceptible to chronic and extremely debilitating brain diseases. The precise cause of the neuronal degeneration underlying these disorders, and indeed normal brain ageing remains however elusive. Considering the limits of existing preventive methods, there is a desire to develop effective and safe strategies. Growing preclinical and clinical research in healthy individuals or at the early stage of cognitive decline has demonstrated the beneficial impact of nutrition on cognitive functions. The present review is the most recent in a series produced by the Nutrition and Mental Performance Task Force under the auspice of the International Life Sciences Institute Europe (ILSI Europe). The latest scientific advances specific to how dietary nutrients and non-nutrient may affect cognitive ageing are presented. Furthermore, several key points related to mechanisms contributing to brain ageing, pathological conditions affecting brain function, and brain biomarkers are also discussed. Overall, findings are inconsistent and fragmented and more research is warranted to determine the underlying mechanisms and to establish dose-response relationships for optimal brain maintenance in different population subgroups. Such approaches are likely to provide the necessary evidence to develop research portfolios that will inform about new dietary recommendations on how to prevent cognitive decline

Attitude towards Teaching Profession: A Comparative Study among Trainee Teachers and Teachers Working in Secondary Schools in Aligarh Muslim University Shahla Shabeeh Shaheen-Attitude towards Teaching Profession: A Comparative Study among Trainee Teachers

Abstract: Man is the noblest creation of God. Education prepares the man for societal life

Effectiveness of Female Heads’ Leadership Styles in School Improvement at Secondary Level

The study’s primary goal was to investigate the effectiveness of female heads’ leadership styles in school improvement at the secondary level. The study's objectives were to: 1) assess the female head teachers' leadership styles at the secondary level; 2) investigate the effectiveness of female head teachers' leadership styles in improving the school; and 3) compare head teachers' opinions based on demographics, such as professional qualification and locality. This study used a descriptive survey approach to meet its goals. The researcher used the census method to select the sample because the teacher population in the Tehsils of Okara, Depalpur, and Renala Khurd varied. Finally, 112 female head teachers of secondary schools were selected for the sample. Self-structured questionnaire comprising 60 items were used to investigate the effectiveness of female heads' leadership styles in school improvement at the secondary level. The study revealed that female head teachers’ performance in handling the six administrative tasks was rated as good overall by the teachers. The principals also rated them above average on all administrative tasks

Blood Pressure in Healthy Humans is Regulated by Neuronal NO Synthase

NO is physiologically generated by endothelial and neuronal NO synthase (nNOS) isoforms. Although nNOS was first identified in brain, it is expressed in other tissues, including perivascular nerves, cardiac and skeletal muscle. Increasing experimental evidence suggests that nNOS has important effects on cardiovascular function, but its composite effects on systemic hemodynamics in humans are unknown. We undertook the first human study to assess the physiological effects of systemic nNOS inhibition on basal hemodynamics. Seventeen healthy normotensive men aged 24±4 years received acute intravenous infusions of an nNOS-selective inhibitor, S-methyl-l-thiocitrulline, and placebo on separate occasions. An initial dose-escalation study showed that S-methyl-l-thiocitrulline (0.1–3.0 µmol/kg) induced dose-dependent changes in systemic hemodynamics. The highest dose of S-methyl-l-thiocitrulline (3.0 µmol/kg over 10 minutes) significantly increased systemic vascular resistance (+42±6%) and diastolic blood pressure (67±1 to 77±3 mm Hg) when compared with placebo (both P<0.01). There were significant decreases in heart rate (60±4 to 51±3 bpm; P<0.01) and left ventricular stroke volume (59±6 to 51±6 mL; P<0.01) but ejection fraction was unaltered. S-methyl-l-thiocitrulline had no effect on radial artery flow-mediated dilatation, an index of endothelial NOS activity. These results suggest that nNOS-derived NO has an important role in the physiological regulation of basal systemic vascular resistance and blood pressure in healthy humans