INFLUENCE OF FABRIC CONSTRUCTION CHARACTERISTICS ON PERFORMANCE OF SOME SELECTED PAKISTANI WOOLEN BLENDED FABRICS

The study on the fabric construction characteristics was carried out in 2011 in College of Home economics, University of Peshawar. The wool blended fabrics were divided into two groups according to the source of the fabric; Group 1 comprised of Bannu Woolen Mills Limited while Group 2 contains the fabrics of Lawrencepur Woolen and Textiles Mills. The study describes the fabric construction characteristics such as Threads per Inch (T.P.I) and Weight per Unit Area and its influence on the performance of the woolen blended fabrics. It was found that fabrics which have high thread per inch and weight per unit area have the closely constructed weave and suitable for winter wear. The values for both groups varied in the reading and the performance characteristics were observed to be influenced according to the values of the fabric construction characteristics. The average highest thread per inch belongs to Group 2 i.e. 42 to 78 in warp and 36 to 70 in weft direction. The weight per unit area of Group 1 was found to be from 139.25 to 289.5 g/m2 and in Group 2, it was 188 to 269 g/m2. The higher the thread count and weight per unit area, closer weave pattern and strength was obtained.Keywords: Threads per inch, weight per unit area, weave pattern, wool blended fabric

Effect of Intra-Orifice Depth on Sealing Ability of Four Materials in the Orifices of Root-Filled Teeth: An Ex-Vivo Study

Aim. To investigate the effect of orifice cavity depth on the sealing ability of Fusio, Fuji II, Fuji IX, and MTA“G”. Materials and Methods. Ninety-two canals in extracted mandibular premolars were prepared, obturated, and randomly grouped into 4 groups. Each group was subgrouped for a 2 mm and 3 mm orifice cavity depth (n = 10). The remaining roots were divided to serve as positive and negative controls (n = 6). Cavities of the 4 experimental groups were filled with the respective materials and subjected to methylene blue dye leakage. Linear leakage was measured in mm using a stereomicroscope. Statistical Analysis. Kruskall-Wallis test was used at P < 0.05, and t-test was done to compare 2 mm and 3 mm. Results. All tested materials leaked to various degrees. Significantly higher leakage score was found for Fuji IX, Fusio, Fuji II, and MTA “G” in a descending order, when the materials were placed at 3 mm depths. A significant difference was found in the leakage score between the 2 mm and 3 mm depths in all tested materials with the 3 mm depth showing a greater leakage score in all tested materials. Exception was in MTA “G” at 2 mm and 3 mm depths (0.551 mm ± 0.004 mm and 0.308 mm ± 0.08 mm, resp.). Conclusion. The null hypothesis should be partially rejected. Fusio and MTA “G” were affected by orifice cavity depth with regard to their sealing ability. MTA “G” had the least leakage when placed at 2 or 3 mm depths, and Fusio is the next when placed at 2 mm depth. Two millimeters orifice cavity depth is suitable for most adhesive orifice barrier materials

On FIDEs System by Modified Sumudu Decomposition Method

In this paper, the technique of modified Sumudu decomposition method has been employed to solve a system of Fredholm integro-differential equations with initial conditions. Two examples are discussed to show applicability, reliability and the performance of the modified sumudu decomposition method. This study showed the capability, simplicity and effectiveness of the modified approach. Keywords: Modified Sumudu decomposition method; System of Fredholm integro-differential equations

In search of home in the transnational imaginary: food, roots, and routes in memoirs by Asian Australian women writers

For many people, food conveys notions and memories of home, community and identity. In a transnational world, these relations have become more pronounced as food is one the cultural goods that travel in the global networks of human migration and mobility. In diasporic and/or transnational writing, the preparation and consumption of food often appear as ways of maintaining or examining one's ties with "home." This paper takes the memoirs of two Asian Australian women writers, Beth Yahp's Eat First, Talk Later (2015) and Alice Pung's Unpolished Gem (2006), as the basis for exploring how food is deployed in the writers' search for "home" and belonging as transnational subjects. Yahp's memoir sets out how food and memories of eating mediate her sense of "home" as a person who is designated an Other in Malaysia and Australia. In Alice Pung's memoirs, food acts as metaphor for her unease and anxiety as an Asian Australian growing up in a homeland that does not quite embrace her and in the shadow of another homeland that keeps her under surveillance across time and space. Using Avtar Brah's notion of a homing desire, and concepts of authenticity and hybridity explored through food in literary and cultural studies, this paper examines the ways that the selected memoirs deploy food to interrogate the practices of inclusion and exclusion that are part of the making of a sense of "home," and how good facilitates new ways of belonging in a transnational world

In search of home in the transnational imaginary: food, roots, and routes in memoirs by Asian Australian women writers

For many people, food conveys notions and memories of home, community and identity. In a transnational world, these relations have become more pronounced as food is one the cultural goods that travel in the global networks of human migration and mobility. In diasporic and/or transnational writing, the preparation and consumption of food often appear as ways of maintaining or examining one's ties with "home." This paper takes the memoirs of two Asian Australian women writers, Beth Yahp's Eat First, Talk Later (2015) and Alice Pung's Unpolished Gem (2006), as the basis for exploring how food is deployed in the writers' search for "home" and belonging as transnational subjects. Yahp's memoir sets out how food and memories of eating mediate her sense of "home" as a person who is designated an Other in Malaysia and Australia. In Alice Pung's memoirs, food acts as metaphor for her unease and anxiety as an Asian Australian growing up in a homeland that does not quite embrace her and in the shadow of another homeland that keeps her under surveillance across time and space. Using Avtar Brah's notion of a homing desire, and concepts of authenticity and hybridity explored through food in literary and cultural studies, this paper examines the ways that the selected memoirs deploy food to interrogate the practices of inclusion and exclusion that are part of the making of a sense of "home," and how good facilitates new ways of belonging in a transnational world

Hyperparameters analysis of long short-term memory architecture for crop classification

Deep learning (DL) has seen a massive rise in popularity for remote sensing (RS) based applications over the past few years. However, the performance of DL algorithms is dependent on the optimization of various hyperparameters since the hyperparameters have a huge impact on the performance of deep neural networks. The impact of hyperparameters on the accuracy and reliability of DL models is a significant area for investigation. In this study, the grid Search algorithm is used for hyperparameters optimization of long short-term memory (LSTM) network for the RS-based classification. The hyperparameters considered for this study are, optimizer, activation function, batch size, and the number of LSTM layers. In this study, over 1,000 hyperparameter sets are evaluated and the result of all the sets are analyzed to see the effects of various combinations of hyperparameters as well the individual parameter effect on the performance of the LSTM model. The performance of the LSTM model is evaluated using the performance metric of minimum loss and average loss and it was found that classification can be highly affected by the choice of optimizer; however, other parameters such as the number of LSTM layers have less influence

MEDIATING ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT BETWEEN OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AND TURNOVER INTENTION IN PAKISTANI UNIVERSITIES

The prime objective of theresearch is to study the mediating role of organizational commitment (OC) between the relationship of occupational stress and turnover intention (TI) among university teaching staff in Malakand Division, Pakistan. Data were collected from 186 faculty members working in government universities of Malakand division which was analyzed using SPSS and AMOS. The results showed a significant positive relationship of psychological and physiological stress withTI s and negative with OC. Furthermore, OC mediated the relationship between psychological and physiological stress and TI

INFLUENCE OF FABRIC CONSTRUCTION CHARACTERISTICS ON PERFORMANCE OF SOME SELECTED PAKISTANI WOOLEN BLENDED FABRICS

The study on the fabric construction characteristics was carried out in 2011 in College of Home economics, University of Peshawar. The wool blended fabrics were divided into two groups according to the source of the fabric; Group 1 comprised of Bannu Woolen Mills Limited while Group 2 contains the fabrics of Lawrencepur Woolen and Textiles Mills. The study describes the fabric construction characteristics such as Threads per Inch (T.P.I) and Weight per Unit Area and its influence on the performance of the woolen blended fabrics. It was found that fabrics which have high thread per inch and weight per unit area have the closely constructed weave and suitable for winter wear. The values for both groups varied in the reading and the performance characteristics were observed to be influenced according to the values of the fabric construction characteristics. The average highest thread per inch belongs to Group 2 i.e. 42 to 78 in warp and 36 to 70 in weft direction. The weight per unit area of Group 1 was found to be from 139.25 to 289.5 g/m2 and in Group 2, it was 188 to 269 g/m2. The higher the thread count and weight per unit area, closer weave pattern and strength was obtained.Keywords: Threads per inch, weight per unit area, weave pattern, wool blended fabric

Credit Risk Management Practices Used by Banks in Agricultural Finance: A Case Study of Pakistan

Purpose: Agricultural sector is an important sector of Pakistan’s economy. Agriculture plays a significant role in the economic development of Pakistan.  Its contribution to GDP is about 23% and approximately 60% of Pakistan’s total population live in the rural areas and most of them earn their livelihood from agriculture.  Due to the green revolution, rapid changes have been occurring  in production technologies, and methods have been changed.  As more capital is required to adopt these methods and technologies, so the small farmers cannot afford these methods. They need finances for production and investment purpose.  The small farmer has very limited ability to agricultural finance for both production and investment needs and they are facing a shortfall of credit. Banks hesitate to grant agriculture credit because of higher credit risk.  The main purpose of this research paper is to find out the credit risk faced by the banks of Pakistan and risk management techniques used by these banks. Research methodology: This research is basically quantitative in nature, and a Standard questionnaire is used for the collection of data on credit risk and its management techniques from the banks.  A sample of 45 bank branches of 17 banks that grant agriculture credit has been taken and questionnaire were being filled by credit officers of the agricultural sections of these banks. The Frequency distribution technique was applied through SPSS 17 to analyze and finalize the results. Findings: The major findings of this research are: 82.2% of banks had faced the situation of credit risk in which farmers failed to pay back the credit to the bank.  53.3% respondents considered the production, price and policy risk together affect all the farmers in a particular geographical area. 35% considered ‘’willful rejection risk” as an important risk that arises due to an individual farmer. 60% respondents use the crop insurance for the management of production risk. 48.9% bank used no technique for the management of price risk. 75.6% respondents suggest that the improvement in laws and policies on land ownership will help in credit risk management.  60% respondent does not insure the life of a farmer.  77.8% use collateral management for the management of “willful rejection risk”.  According to 75.6% respondent’s fire/theft insurance of agricultural asset will help to manage this risk. Originality /Value: The value of this research paper is that it gives us an idea about the credit risk faced and its management techniques used by the banks of Pakistan.  It also gives us an idea about the credit risk management techniques which are being used in the world but not in the Pakistan. Research Implications: The research implications of this paper are to increase the understanding of factors which are the basis for credit risk in agricultural financing and its management techniques used by the banks of Pakistan. Paper Type: Research Paper Keywords: agricultural finance, credit risk, Risk management practices, crop insurance, highly correlated risk, localized risk, price smoothing

Spermatocytic tumor of testis in a young male

Spermatocytic tumor is a rare germ cell tumor not related to germ cell neoplasia in situ, and derived from postpubertal-type germ cells. It was previously called Spermatocytic Seminoma due to false belief of its origin from germ cell neoplasia in situ. The tumor usually occurs in an older age group and orchidectomy is curative. We present a case of spermatocytic tumor in a 25-year male who presented with right-sided testicular swelling and right-sided varicocele. Radiology revealed a 9.8 × 9 cm testicular mass and the patient underwent right-sided orchidectomy. Microscopic examination showed classic morphology with three characteristic cell types and diagnosis of spermatocytic tumor was made. Key Words: Spermatocytic tumor, testis, young