The rapid COVID screening (RCS) tool

As the covid-19 outbreak continues, there is a dire need to organise and allocate resources while optimising costs and time: identification of patients should be rapid and economical. with the current spectrum of clinical presentations of patients with covid-19, it is important to be thorough while determining symptoms involving the various organ systems including possible contact history. point-of-care (poc) lung ultrasound has already proven to be a reliable tool in diagnosing lung inflammatory processes: the results are immediate and the examination is safe, repeatable, and cheap. early use of poc lung ultrasound could prove invaluable in covid-19 patients, leading to early correct diagnoses and appropriate management. the author suggests a tool that incorporates various aspects in clinical history, poc lung ultrasound findings and hemodynamic parameters for identification and management of patients during the covid-19 pandemic

パキスタン国力ラコルム・ヒマラヤ山脈インダス川上流城における河川流量と流出時期に及ぼす気候変動の影響

京都大学新制・課程博士博士(工学)甲第23429号工博第4884号新制||工||1763(附属図書館)京都大学大学院工学研究科社会基盤工学専攻(主査)教授 田中 茂信, 准教授 田中 賢治, 准教授 佐山 敬洋学位規則第4条第1項該当Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering)Kyoto UniversityDFA

Relationship between Major Developed Equity Markets and Major Frontier Equity Markets of World

The core aim of this study is to compute the long run relationship between frontier equity markets Pakistan (KSE 100 Index), Argentina (MERVAL BUENOS AIRES) stock Exchange, NSE.20 (Kenya), MSM 30 (MSI) Oman and equity markets of developed world (OMXS30) Sweden, SMI (Switzerland), SSE Composite Index (China) and STI index (Singapore) by taking weekly values from stock return prices for the period 1st week of January-2000 to last week of March/2014.  Descriptive statistic, Correlation, Augmented dickey fuller (ADF), Phillips Perron test, Johanson and Jelseluis test of co-integration, Granger causality test, Variance Decomposition Test and Impulse Response are used to find the relationship among frontier and developed markets. The results of this study reveal that frontier markets have no long run relationship with equity markets of developed world. Furthermore, this study is helpful for investors to enhance the returns by diversifying the unsystematic risk at given level of profit. Keywords: Diversification, portfolio, frontier markets, unit root test, Co-integration test, markets of developed countries JEL CLASSIFICATION: G10; G2

Relationship between FDI and GDP: A Case Study of South Asian Countries

The basic objective of this study is to compute the long run relationship between FDI and GDP for south ASIAN countries (Pakistan. Nepal, Bhutan, India and Maldives). For this purpose, the FDI and GDP data of south Asian countries is collected for the period 1991-2012.the data was analyzed by using technique of unit root test, Johnson co-integration and granger causality test. The unit root test (ADF) augmented test confirmed that data is not stationary at level but it is stationary at first difference. The Result of co integration test indicates that there exist co-integration equations at the 0.05 level. The granger test shows that fdi and GDP in case of Nepal cause a unidirectional causality. The study will help and give guiding principle to policymaker and investor make scheme to prop up economic growth in Pakistan which is suffering from a high ratio of unemployment. Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment, Gross Domestic Product, Unit Root Test, Co integration Test, Granger Causality Tes

Reducing the Risk of Pesticide Residues in the Groundwater: A Case Study of Punjab

The objective of this study was to reduce the risks of pesticide residues in groundwater, through the use of Good Agriculture Practices (Gaps) the data (primary) were collected with the help of two pretested questionnaires. SQC (Statistical Quality Control) tools and Hazard Identification Based System were used on data, for the determination of the risk from different activities, related to pesticide usage. It was observed that induction of risk assessment and the principle of quality management at an early stage of the food supply chain which would increase the efficiency of farming and also decreased the different types of hazards, related to the agricultural activit

Reducing the Risk of Pesticide Residues in the Groundwater: A Case Study of Punjab

The objective of this study was to reduce the risks of pesticide residues in groundwater, through the use of Good Agriculture Practices (Gaps) the data (primary) were collected with the help of two pretested questionnaires. SQC (Statistical Quality Control) tools and Hazard Identification Based System were used on data, for the determination of the risk from different activities, related to pesticide usage. It was observed that induction of risk assessment and the principle of quality management at an early stage of the food supply chain which would increase the efficiency of farming and also decreased the different types of hazards, related to the agricultural activit

Trump’s False ‘Realism’

Comment from IBPP Editor: One key challenge implicit in this article compromises interactions among formal political science definitions of realism and psychological constructions of realism, materialism, objectivism/subjectivism, empiricism, and idealism. Authors\u27 Abstract: Foreign policy pivoted upon realist principles has have remained a vital instrument to pursue, achieve, secure and sustain the policy objectives of a state. America being the liberal hegemonic state maintained ‘liberal hegemony’ since the end of the Second World War. Realists intended to adopt a realist foreign policy; however, ideologies like ‘American Exceptionalism’ dominated over the former. President Donald Trump opted for protectionism with the objective of strengthening U.S. indigenous economy – a realist approach. Nevertheless, Trump’s foreign dealings in relation to America’s allies are causing damage to the established balance of power and the hard-earned trust of allies. This article intends to discover Trump’s policies against the dictates of realism and how U.S. President can restore American hegemony under the premises of realism while employing deterrence, containment and offshore balancing as alternatives