A STUDY ON INVESTORS’ PERCEPTION TOWARDS MUTUAL FUNDS IN PUNJAB

Mutual funds provide high liquidity and various other financial benefits to the small and retail investors. As compared to real assets and other financial assets, investors prefer to invest in mutual funds. This research has undertaken to know the perceptions of small investors towards mutual fund. Present study identified the factors which influenced the perceptions of investors towards mutual funds. These factors have been named as advanced investment avenues, investors ‘experience, expected benefits, performance of company and expert guidance. Study has also found the association between the perceptions of mutual funds and demographics of investors.         

Dissecting the Conceptual Cleavages between Military Leadership and command and Control

Military Leadership (ML) and Command and Control (C2) are very topical concepts that have attracted scholary attentions in the defence and security sector (Chester, 1938; Maxwell, 1977; Gardner, 1987; Regan, 1998; Moraski, 2001; Leonard, 2003; Davis and Richard, 2006; Kendra, 2008; Warren, 2009; Robert et al, 2010; Muhammed and Anes, 2013; and Keller, 2014). Obviously, many of these scholars have treated the concepts separately with very little attempt to jointly interrogate their similarity and identify the distinctions between them. Leadership development has to be an important part of military training at all levels, as the C2 is also at the heart of military existence and operations. However, people often find it difficult to make distinctions between ML and C2 because of the obscurity that usually permeate the technical cleavages that exist between the two military concepts. This paper attempts a conceptual interrogation of ML and C2  as critical terms that are central to the military institution. It is  argued herein that ML is a determinant in the success or otherwise of the mission irrespective of the authority (C2) vested on a commander. The paper concludes that C2 is an authorised power while ML is the wisdom required to exercise it for mission accomplishment.

Hepatitis –C Transmission; Frequency of Common Risk Factors Transmitting Disease among Adults

Objective: To determine common risk factors transmitting hepatitis C among adult population and their frequency.Design & duration: This is a prospective study completed in duration of six months from July 2019 to December 2019.Setting: Study was conducted at Bahawal Victoria Hospital Bahawalpur.Patients &methods: Patients reporting to out-patient doors of the study institution with hepatitis-C during study period were included in this study. Consecutive sampling technique was used. Sample size determined using WHO sample size calculator. A performa was designed in which all necessary data was documented in the form of questions having multiple options. Right option was selected according to patient response. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were made for selection of study cases. All collected data was analyzed using SPSS software. Chi square test was applied. Stratification of risk factors was done. P-value less than 0.05 were taken significant. Frequency and percentage for qualitative variables and means, SD determined for quantitative variables Results: Total 130 cases were included in study sample. Age range was 25-59 years with mean age 45.42±5.6 (SD) years. There were 9.2% between 20-30 years, 20% between 31-40 years, 31.5% between 31-40 years and 39.2% between 51-60 years of age. There were 58.5% male and 41.5% female cases. Most common transmission factor reported was history of dental procedure in 33.1% of our study population.  Conclusion: Hepatitis-C is a very common disease in Pakistani population more common in old age and most common mode of transmission was dental procedures and second most common factor was infected blood transfusio

Sentiment analysis – an overview of a technique which can be used in marketing activities

A sentiment analysis, a form of artificial intelligence, is a technique which uses natural language processing (NLP) to ascertain the opinions and emotional tone of the user written content on the online platform. It can be used in any form ranging from determining the sentiments of consumer’s reviews, employee’s feedback, and their social presence for effective marketing of their products and services. Through this article we wish to analyse the existing literature in sentiment analysis field to ascertain it usefulness in the marketing activities

A Empirical Study Related To Preference Of Salaried Individuals Towards Different Investment Avenues

The financial knowledge about the various financial products and services impact the understanding, preference and behaviour of the various salaried individuals towards them. The anticipation of such preferences towards these products and services becomes really important for the growth of business of these products and the market structure accommodating the salaried individuals who are the key part of this society an plays a major role. This research paper covers the most of the investment options available in the market such as share, debentures, term deposits, insurance, mutual funds, real estate etc. and the factors influencing the investment behaviour of salaried individuals towards them. In this paper major factors such as demographic, socio economic factors etc influencing the investment decisions of salaried individuals have been covered. Through this study its being trying to drive a medium to understand the sense of judgement of the various financial objectives of the salaried class people with their determination of the desire for the investment returns over various investment avenues available in the market. Further this information could  help to unwrap the various prospects for predicting the preferences towards various investment avenues available and the future of various financial players in the market and the Indian Economy

Combating Rising Insecurity Challenges in Nigeria: An Alternative Approach

A Nigerian student studying abroad recently averred that his school abroad nearly disallowed him from returning to Nigeria owing to the security situation of the country. The security situation in the country appears to be deteriorating at the dawn of each day with the citizens of the country in a quagmire as the government is yet to demonstrate her ability to nip this terrible situation in the bud. Kidnapping, armed robbery, boko haram insurgency, land border/communal clashes, farmer—herder conflicts and in recent times, the activities of bandits have become reoccurring headlines. The government and her security agencies have fought these challenges with considerable successes but leaving much to be desired. This paper adopting a qualitative research methodology which is thematic and analytical and also using and interpreting both primary and secondary sources interrogates the security challenges that are prevalent in present day Nigeria and proffers alternative approaches apart from the use of force in tackling them. The paper finds that the various security challenges bedeviling the country have an adverse effect on every sector of the country and her image amongst community of nations. The paper submits that the war against insecurity in Nigeria can be won if the Nigerian government takes into consideration beyond lip service the issues of provision of jobs, investing in quality education, technology advancement and diversifying the nation’s economy through harnessing the myriads of other mineral resources available in the country.

Incidence of Iatrogenic Injuries to the Doctors Caused by Needles

Objective: The main aim of this study was to find the incidence of iatrogenic injuries to the doctors caused by needles during different procedures.Place and duration of study: This study was carried out in different hospitals of Lahore in a duration of 3 months from March 2019 to May 2019.Material and Methods: A total of 125 patients were included in this study. Both male and female doctors were included in this study. A pre-designed proforma was used to collect the data and later analysis was done using SPSS. Informed consent was taken from all the candidates after explanation about the study. Ethical committee approval was taken.Results: Mean age of the doctors was 34 years. Among 125 doctors, 61 (48.8%) suffered needle injuries while working. Among these house officers were 42 (33. 65%) and post graduate trainee were 19 (15.2%). Among 125 doctors, house officers were 82 while post graduate trainee were 43. 23 (18.4%) among 82 house officers told that no proper training or safety precautions were taught to avoid the needle injuries. Needle injuries were seen in 61(48.8%) of the patients while working. Among these post graduate trainees were 19(15.2%) while house officers were 42(33.65%).Conclusion: During the start of the training more injuries are suffered by house officers due to lack of awareness about safety measures and education about safe handling of the needles and instruments

Exploring Business Process Re-engineering, Change Management, Customer Focus, and Organizational Performance

The purpose of this study is to draw attention to the business process re-engineering (BPR), a radical process change for a volatile environment. The study explores the concepts of BPR and its relations to organizational performance through a literature review. Numerous researches have reported on the BPR factors like change management and customer focus, which are highly recommended in the literature review. The BPR influences organizational performance both financially and non-financially. The implementation of the BPR offers the organization with sustainable competitive advantages

THIRD MOLAR SURGERY: RISK FACTORS AND COMPLICATIONS AFTER REMOVAL OF THIRD MOLARS

Background: Surgical removal of third most usualinvolvement in the oral surgery. Third molar surgery is commonly related with significantly complications after extraction, that have social and medical health collision. This study was organized to examined the expected complications after the extraction of third molar/wisdom tooth.Aim: The objectiveof this prospective study was to observe the expected complications after removal of third molar and the risk elements that were related to the complications at Nishtar Institute of Dentistry, Multan.Methods: In this prospective study, conducted at Nishtar Institute of Dentistry Multan w.e.f. 06.05.2017 to 05.05.2018, Included one hundred and sixty four patients aged of 17 to 41 years. In which men were 64 and 100 were women (39.02% men and 60.97% women). The mean age calculated 22.9+4.1 years. All patients have surgical extraction of wisdom tooth. We examined the complications occurred in the third to 12th day of after removal of third molar. These complications were noted as swelling of mouth, Severe pain, continuous bleeding, trismus, infections and fracture. Patients with other medical problems except third molar surgery were excluded in this study.Results: In this study we observedmost common complications like, swelling, pain and trismus. We found problem of dry socket  in 20(12.2%) patients and 5(3.04%) patients were nerve obstacles. We observed most instant and late problems in women and older age patients. Usually instant and late problems were related to removal of 2 molars, already have pericoronitis, time duration in surgical extraction of tooth, displacement of tooth.Conclusion: The most common instant and late problems/complications found after surgical extraction of third molar were trismus, severe pain, operation time duration, surgical oscillate, extraction of bone and sectioning of tooth could forecast and a collision on the occurrence of complications after surgical removal of third molar or wisdom tooth. We observed complications mostly in females and other patients after the removal of third molar.Keywords: Severe pain, Dry Socket, Swelling, Removal of third molar and complications after removal

Protein Profile Studies – Effect of Flavonoids and Glycosides from Caesalpinia Coriaria (JACQ) Willd as Bactericidal Compound.

Scope:  The scope of the present study was to identify the bioactive compounds and to investigate the mode of action as antibacterial compound (Protein Profile Studies) from Caesalpinia coriaria (Jacq) Willd.Materials and Methods: Isolation of flavonoids and glycosides from the ethanolic extract of Caesalpinia coriaria was carried and phytochemicals were analyzed by TLC. Flavonoids and glycosides compounds were treated with E.coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumonia resulted in the disturbance in protein synthesis which may act as bactericidal effect of the medicinal plant.  .Conclusion: Based on the current findings, the action model of these two bioactive compounds results in the disturbance of protein synthesis. Hence the bioactive compounds enter the inner membrane and inactivate protein profile thus inhibiting the growth of cells. Thus the result suggests that Caesalpinia coriaria was a potential candidate plant for the management of organism for antibacterial activity