Determining Project Performance: The Role of Training and Compensation

The HR is one of the important departments for any organization to accomplish its management tasks in an effective and efficient manner. Major failures of projects may occur due to lack of proper HR planning. This study is aimed to assess whether training and compensations of a project team have any links with the project performance. The data was collected from 73 employees from four main consultant companies working together on a project, located in Lahore, Pakistan. Responses were gone through EFA and Cronbach's Alpha test to assure consistency and reliability. Finally, path analysis in SEM using Amos was run to explore the nature and strength of the links. Results suggest that both training and compensation of project team members are positively associates with project performance. Keywords: HR Planning, Training, Project performance, Compensation, Pakista

Petrogenesis of Mafic Garnet Granulite in the Lower Crust of the Kohistan Paleo-arc Complex (Northern Pakistan): Implications for Intra-crustal Differentiation of Island Arcs and Generation of Continental Crust

We report the results of a geochemical study of the Jijal and Sarangar complexes, which constitute the lower crust of the Mesozoic Kohistan paleo-island arc (Northern Pakistan). The Jijal complex is composed of basal peridotites topped by a gabbroic section made up of mafic garnet granulite with minor lenses of garnet hornblendite and granite, grading up-section to hornblende gabbronorite. The Sarangar complex is composed of metagabbro. The Sarangar gabbro and Jijal hornblende gabbronorite have melt-like, light rare earth element (LREE)-enriched REE patterns similar to those of island arc basalts. Together with the Jijal garnet granulite, they define negative covariations of LaN, YbN and (La/Sm)N with Eu* [Eu* = 2 × EuN/(SmN + GdN), where N indicates chondrite normalized], and positive covariations of (Yb/Gd)N with Eu*. REE modeling indicates that these covariations cannot be accounted for by high-pressure crystal fractionation of hydrous primitive or derivative andesites. They are consistent with formation of the garnet granulites as plagioclase-garnet assemblages with variable trapped melt fractions via either high-pressure crystallization of primitive island arc basalts or dehydration-melting of hornblende gabbronorite, provided that the amount of segregated or restitic garnet was low (30 km (equivalent to c. 1·0 GPa), together with the hot geotherms now postulated for lower island arc crust, should cause dehydration-melting of amphibole-bearing plutonic rocks generating dense garnet granulitic roots in island arcs. Dehydration-melting of hornblende-bearing plutonic rocks may, hence, be a common intracrustal chemical and physical differentiation process in island arcs and a natural consequence of their maturation, leading to the addition of granitic partial melts to the middle-upper arc crust and formation of dense, unstable garnet granulite roots in the lower arc crust. Addition of LREE-enriched granitic melts produced by this process to the middle-upper island arc crust may drive its basaltic composition toward that of andesite, affording a plausible solution to the ‘arc paradox' of formation of andesitic continental-like crust in island arc setting

1,3-Diphenyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carbaldehyde

There are four mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit of the title compound, C16H12N2O. The dihedral angle between the phenyl rings in the mol­ecules are 22.2 (2), 22.4 (2), 25.1 (3) and 41.9 (2)°. In the crystal, mol­ecules form dimers due to inter­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, which result in one R 2 2(10) and two R 2 1(7) ring motifs. Weak aromatic π–π stacking [centroid–centroid separation = 3.788 (3) Å] and C—H⋯π inter­actions may also consolidate the packing

Effects of biofertilizer containing N-fixer, P and K solubilizers and AM fungi on maize growth: A greenhouse trial.

An in vitro study was undertaken to evaluate the compatibility of indigenous plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) with commonly used inorganic and organic sources of fertilizers in tea plantations. The nitrogenous, phosphatic and potash fertilizers used for this study were urea, rock phosphate and muriate of potash, respectively. The organic sources of fertilizers neem cake, composted coir pith and vermicompost were also used. PGPRs such as nitrogen fixer; Azospirillum lipoferum, Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria (PSB); Pseudomonas putida, Potassium Solubilizing Bacteria (KSB); Burkholderia cepacia and Pseudomonas putida were used for compatibility study. Results were indicated that PGPRs preferred the coir pith and they proved their higher colony establishment in the formulation except Azospirillum spp. that preferred vermicompost for their establishment. The optimum dose of neem cake powder

Radiation Interception and Utilization by Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) at Different Sowing Dates and Plant Populations

Growth and yield of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L. )in response to sowing date and plant population were analyzed in terms of interception and utilization of photo synthetically active radiation (PAR). The amount of PAR intercepted by each treatment was estimated from the measured leaf area index. The relationship between total dry matter, seed yield and accumulated intercepted PAR was linear. The average efficiency of radiation utilization for total dry matter was 1.56 g-MJ-1 during the seasons. Yield differences between treatments were due to the amount of PAR. its efficiency of utilization or both. Early sowing increased the amount of intercepted PAR (31-33%) by enhancing the size of the canopy early in the season. The radiation utilization efficiency of seed yield was higher for late sown crops compared to early sown crops- However, the higher efficiency of utilization in late sowing was insufficient to compensate for the significantly lower amounts of intercepted PAR. Higher plant populations increased both the total dry matter and the seed yield due to higher radiation interception and utilization

Radiation Interception and Utilization by Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) at Different Sowing Dates and Plant Populations

Growth and yield of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L. )in response to sowing date and plant population were analyzed in terms of interception and utilization of photo synthetically active radiation (PAR). The amount of PAR intercepted by each treatment was estimated from the measured leaf area index. The relationship between total dry matter, seed yield and accumulated intercepted PAR was linear. The average efficiency of radiation utilization for total dry matter was 1.56 g-MJ-1 during the seasons. Yield differences between treatments were due to the amount of PAR. its efficiency of utilization or both. Early sowing increased the amount of intercepted PAR (31-33%) by enhancing the size of the canopy early in the season. The radiation utilization efficiency of seed yield was higher for late sown crops compared to early sown crops- However, the higher efficiency of utilization in late sowing was insufficient to compensate for the significantly lower amounts of intercepted PAR. Higher plant populations increased both the total dry matter and the seed yield due to higher radiation interception and utilization

Seasonality and trend analysis of tuberculosis in Lahore, Pakistan from 2006 to 2013

Tuberculosis (TB) is a respiratory infectious disease which shows seasonality. Seasonal variation in TB notifications has been reported in different regions, suggesting that various geographic and demographic factors are involved in seasonality. The study was designed to find out the temporal and seasonal pattern of TB incidence in Lahore, Pakistan from 2006 to 2013 in newly diagnosed pulmonary TB cases. SPSS version 21 software was used for correlation to determine the temporal relationship and time series analysis for seasonal variation. Temperature was found to be significantly associated with TB incidence at the 0.01 level with p = 0.006 and r = 0.477. Autocorrelation function and partial autocorrelation function showed a significant peak at lag 4 suggesting a seasonal component of the TB series. Seasonal adjusted factor showed peak seasonal variation in the second quarter (April–June). The expert modeler predicted the Holt–Winter’s additive model as the best fit model for the time series, which exhibits a linear trend with constant (additive) seasonal variations, and the stationary R2 value was found to be 0.693. The forecast shows a declining trend with seasonality. A significant temporal relation with a seasonal pattern and declining trend with variable amplitudes of fluctuation was observed in the incidence of TB