Daily Archives: September 6th, 2012
What Is a Boson? Einstein Was the First to Know
What Is a Boson? Einstein Was the First to Know Recently people around the world have been exposed to an unfamiliar scientific term, due to the observation of a new elementary particle by physicists at CERN. The term is “boson,” and the particle, the Higgs boson, completes a chapter in the modern sub-atomic description of [...]
Yale team finds order amidst the chaos within the human genome; Mom and Dad’s contributions counted and fossil DNA not dead after all
Yale team finds order amidst the chaos within the human genome; Mom and Dad’s contributions counted and fossil DNA not dead after all The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project is the effort of hundreds of scientists to describe the workings of the human genome. Their research, outlined in 30 papers published in multiple journals [...]
Chronic Alcohol Use Rewires Brain Circuitry
Chronic Alcohol Use Rewires Brain Circuitry A newly published study involving mice reveals that heavy alcohol use actually rewires brain circuitry, making it harder for alcoholics to recover psychologically following a traumatic experience. Chapel Hill, North Carolina – Doctors have long recognized a link between alcoholism and anxiety disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). [...]
New Gene Therapy Has the Ability to Restore Sense of Smell in Mice
New Gene Therapy Has the Ability to Restore Sense of Smell in Mice A new gene therapy has the ability to fix a defective sense of smell in mice by repairing problems with the cilia on their olfactory neurons. This study suggests that abnormalities in cilia can be treated, but it remains unclear how these [...]
Biodiversity on Earth Increases with Global Warming
Biodiversity on Earth Increases with Global Warming It would seem logical that periods of global warming in Earth’s history started the extinction pulses that defined the geological record. However, that’s not the case as a report that was published this week proves. The warming of Earth is accompanied by an increased biodiversity. That doesn’t mean [...]
A Fifth of All Invertebrates on Earth Threatened by Extinction
A Fifth of All Invertebrates on Earth Threatened by Extinction One in five of Earth’s invertebrate species are currently threatened with extinction. These creatures represent 99% of the biodiversity on Earth. Until now, scientists haven’t attempted a comprehensive review of the conservation status of this many species. Less than 1% of invertebrates had been assessed [...]
Liminib, A New Molecule with Anti-Cancer and Anti-Metastatic Properties
Liminib, A New Molecule with Anti-Cancer and Anti-Metastatic Properties A team of researchers have discovered a new molecule with anti-cancer and anti-metastatic properties that targets the multiplication of cells and their mobility, possibly preventing the formation of metastases. A new molecule with anti-cancer and anti-metastatic properties has been discovered by teams from CNRS, CEA, the [...]
US to fund science and technology
US to fund science and technology ISLAMABAD: US Charge d’ Affaires Richard Hoagland on Wednesday announced $4 million (more than Rs378 million) for the fifth phase of Pakistan United States Sciences and Technology Cooperation Programme at Higher Education Commission (HEC). Federal Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology, Akhlaq Ahmad Tarar, Executive Director HEC Prof Dr [...]
Laptops in hand, Young doctors association (YDA) protest against Chief Minister Punjab
Laptops in hand, Young doctors association (YDA) protest against Chief Minister Punjab RAWALPINDI: Young doctors association (YDA) on Wednesday staged a protest demonstration and staged a sit-in, in front of Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) and warned Punjab government to improve service structure and quash the criminal charges against the Lahore’s young doctors within two weeks, otherwise [...]
The rigours of gridlock amid YDA agitation
The rigours of gridlock amid YDA agitation LAHORE: Young doctors of various public-sector health facilities took to Jail Road on Wednesday to press the government to notify the service structure. The doctors staged a sit-in around 11am on Jail Road outside Services Hospital, which led to hours-long traffic blockade on the adjoining arteries. Some ambulances [...]
Survey finds 61pc schoolchildren using addictive stuff
Survey finds 61pc schoolchildren using addictive stuff KARACHI: A non-governmental organisation working for better child health has found that 61 per cent of the students of the schools in the city it has surveyed were addicted to sweet and scented betel nuts (chhalia), betel leaves, gutka, cigarettes and shisha. A senior person heading the survey [...]
Punjab University Academic Staff Association to organize seminar on “Pakistan’s Defence Situation” today
Punjab University Academic Staff Association to organize seminar on “Pakistan’s Defence Situation” today LAHORE:: Punjab University Academic Staff Association is organizing a seminar on “Defence Situation of Pakistan” on Thursday (today) September 6 at 6 pm at Al-Raazi Hall Center for Undergraduate Studies. PU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran will preside over the seminar while Ex-DG [...]
Unrest fuels marijuana boom in Pakistan
Unrest fuels marijuana boom in Pakistan JAMRUD: Jam Bazaar in Pakistan is cramped with guns, pistols and marijuana, living proof of a booming market in what hawkers call the best medicine or “black gold” in the world. In Pakistan, marijuana is a much loved indulgence. So much so, people are forking out double if not [...]
Service structure: Doctors block Jail Road in new round of protests
Service structure: Doctors block Jail Road in new round of protests LAHORE: The Young Doctors Association (YDA) Punjab blocked Jail Road in front of Services Hospital for around three hours on Wednesday as it kicked off a fresh campaign of protests to push for revisions to the service structure for doctors. The protest was peaceful, [...]
Institute of Business Administration (IBA Sukkur students work with farmers to increase yields
Institute of Business Administration (IBA Sukkur students work with farmers to increase yields SUKKUR: Two students from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) organised a cotton plant exhibition, competition and cotton-growing seminar in Nara tehsil, Khairpur Mirs and invited farmers and stakeholders, according to a press release issued by IBA on Wednesday. This was the first [...]
Is beating a doctor over a death fair, asks Pakistan Medical Association (PMA)
Is beating a doctor over a death fair, asks Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) KARACHI: As distraught patients continue to harangue doctors whenever they felt that their loved ones do not receive proper treatment, the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) proposed that hospitals open specific centres where people can lodge their complaints against doctors or staff members. Lawmakers [...]
Naya Jeevan initiative: For Karachi’s poorest, a cashless plan to buy 24-hour healthcare
Naya Jeevan initiative: For Karachi’s poorest, a cashless plan to buy 24-hour healthcare KARACHI: In the slum of Sultanabad, tucked away between the city centre of Saddar and the prime land of the port trust, lives a migrant population of Pakhtun, who live on the margins of society in more ways than one. It was [...]
Sensitive issue: UN panel wants ephedrine case update
Sensitive issue: UN panel wants ephedrine case update ISLAMABAD: Rejecting a request to delay its visit for a couple of months, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) approached Pakistan’s acting permanent representative to the United Nations in New York, Ambassador Raza Bashir Tarar to arrange a briefing for the UN panel on the ephedrine case, [...]
GC University Lahore Quality Enhancement Cell is holding a four-day special training programme for the University’s newly-appointed teachers
GC University Lahore Quality Enhancement Cell is holding a four-day special training programme for the University’s newly-appointed teachers GC University Lahore Quality Enhancement Cell is holding a four-day special training programme for the University’s newly-appointed teachers to edify their skills in modern teaching methodologies, professionalism, marking and grading in higher education, time management, communication skills, [...]
Punjab University cricket trials continue
Punjab University cricket trials continue LAHORE: Punjab University on Tuesday has held cricket trials. Hundreds of candidates from all over the Punjab participated in it. Ex-Test Cricketer Aihtsham-ud-Din monitored it. The candidates said that only PU could be provided us such platform where we would promote our talent. PU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran and [...]
Punjab University to organize International Conference today
Punjab University to organize International Conference today LAHORE: The Punjab University College of Pharmacy in collaboration with Higher Education Commission and Pakistan Pharmacist Association is going to host an International Conference on “Research Methodology New Trends and Integrative Approach from Bench to Bedside” from 6 to 8 September. PU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran will [...]
Punjab University professor presents research papers in International conference
Punjab University professor presents research papers in International conference LAHORE: Punjab University Department of Applied Psychology Chairperson & Director Center for Clinical Psychology Prof Dr Rukhsana Kausar presented her seven research papers in European Health Psychology Society Congress held in Prague Czech Republic and International Congress on Behavioral Sciences in Budapest Hungry. Dr Nashi Khan [...]
Junk food may damage brain: Study
Junk food may damage brain: Study ISLAMABAD – Obesity-inducing junk food could give you dementia through high blood pressure and cholesterol, which interrupt blood supply to the brain, says a study. Some animal studies have specifically implicated insulin, a hormone, suggesting that Alzheimer’s could be `diabetes of the brain’. But the latest theory also points [...]
Punjab Education Department (PED) seeks detailed report of private schools
Punjab Education Department (PED) seeks detailed report of private schools RAWALPINDI – To keep check on unregistered private schools and improve quality of education, Punjab Education Department (PED) has sought detailed record of registered and unregistered schools. Executive district education officers have been directed to start survey to get the record of unregistered private schools in [...]
Opportunities for joint research initiatives stressed
Opportunities for joint research initiatives stressed RAWALPINDI – A four-day workshop on Real Time PCR commenced at Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR) in collaboration with HEC here on Wednesday. The workshop started with an objective to impart practical training on Real Time PCR technique and to provide/explore opportunities for collaborative research [...]
Text messaging habit increasing among teenagers
Text messaging habit increasing among teenagers ISLAMABAD – Text Messaging habit increasing in teenagers day by day. Young mobile text messages more than ever, and their thumb, paid their dues in the delivery of the hand usually no signs of slowing, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center. According to the text [...]
PIMA supports YDA demand
PIMA supports YDA demand ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA) in a statement has said that the young doctors’ demand for regularisation of their services structure is justified and overdue. They are justified to demand for getting their right and PIMA would stand by their side in this matter. The Association held the government [...]
Young doctors stage protest in Rawalpindi
Young doctors stage protest in Rawalpindi RAWALPINDI – The patients in the three teaching hospitals faced a lot of troubles on Wednesday because of absence of young doctors from their duties. The young doctors, on the call of Young Doctors Association (YDA), staged a massive protest demonstration outside Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) at Benazir Bhutto [...]
Young doctors relaunch protest
Young doctors relaunch protest LAHORE – Following failure of talks with the government, the Young Doctors Association (YDA) Punjab re-launched protest on Wednesday to press for the demand of revised service structure and reinstatement of 400 ad hoc doctors. Dozens of doctors, led by YDA Punjab President Dr Hamid Butt, staged a demonstration outside the [...]
Fata students stage rally against drone attacks, military operation
Fata students stage rally against drone attacks, military operation PESHAWAR: The Fata Students Federation Wednesday staged protest rally against the US drone strikes and military operations in tribal areas. The demonstrators marched from Saddar Bazaar to the Peshawar Press Club where they caused severe traffic jam on the Sher Shah Suri Road resulting in hardships [...]
Despite spending millions, more polio refusal cases emerge in KP
Despite spending millions, more polio refusal cases emerge in KP PESHAWAR: Despite spending millions of rupees on polio eradication efforts, the government has registered another 7,300 refusal cases from unwilling parents to vaccinate their kids during a three-day polio campaign conducted in high-risk union councils of four districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in August. The campaign [...]
Dengue awareness campaign held
Dengue awareness campaign held LAHORE: Punjab Highway Patrol on Wednesday held dengue awareness campaign throughout the Punjab on highways. Under the supervision of Additional IGP/PHP Khan Baig, road camps were established on 650 spots in the jurisdiction of 320 patrolling posts and more than 44,000 pamphlets were also distributed among people while 1,280 banners placed [...]
136 children went missing in first half of 2012
136 children went missing in first half of 2012 Karachi - Some 136 children have gone missing in Pakistan between January and June this year, states a report released by the Madadgar Helpline. Of the 136 cases, 87 were those of boys and 49 of girls, with 19 cases being reported in January, 21 in February, [...]
Hate speech in high school textbooks on the rise
Hate speech in high school textbooks on the rise Karachi - Students across Sindh and Punjab are being taught to hate Hindus and Christians and historical facts about the genesis of the country are often twisted to suit the national narrative, claims a report. The report takes data from 22 textbooks currently being used in Punjab [...]
PIMA stands by young doctors; criticises government for inaction
PIMA stands by young doctors; criticises government for inaction The Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA) has voiced support in favour of the young doctors’ demand for regularisation of their service structure. “The demand is justified and long overdue. We stand by the Young Doctors Association (YDA) as they struggle for their right,” PIMA President Dr. [...]
Young Doctors Association (YDA) holds protest, blocks BB Road
Young Doctors Association (YDA) holds protest, blocks BB Road Rawalpindi - The Young Doctors Association (YDA), Rawalpindi Chapter, held a sit-in protest in front of the Benazir Bhutto Hospital and partially blocked traffic on Benazir Bhutto Road for more than two hours on Wednesday. The local chapter of the YDA organised the symbolic protest on the call [...]
Plan to appoint new Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) ED from Lahore rejected by doctors
Plan to appoint new Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) ED from Lahore rejected by doctors Islamabad - Doctors working at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) have expressed serious reservations over the strong possibility of the appointment of a new executive director (ED), who would be imported from Lahore. “There are rumours that the government [...]
Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) international moot in November
Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) international moot in November Islamabad – Poets, authors and scholars from all over the world will participate in an international conference being held in Pakistan in November, said Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) Chairman Abdul Hameed. He stated this during a meeting with journalists at the Pakistan Academy of Letters here [...]
Pakistan annual paeds moot from Friday
Pakistan annual paeds moot from Friday RATODERO: Annual one day Paediatric Conference 2012 is to be held at Z. A. Bhutto Auditorium in Paeds Surgery Department of the Chandka Medical College Hospital in Larkana on Friday, September 07 in collaboration with WHO and Pakistan Paediatric Association. The theme of the conference this year is “Healthy [...]
Apple event invites hint at iPhone 5
Apple event invites hint at iPhone 5 SAN FRANCISCO: Apple on Tuesday invited members of the media to a September 12 event in San Francisco for what is expected to be the debut of a new-generation iPhone. Email invitations bore the cryptic message, “It’s almost here,” and a large number “12″ casting a shadow that [...]
Message to NUST graduates: Know, innovate, apply
Message to NUST graduates: Know, innovate, apply RAWALPINDI – As many as 339 graduates of NUST College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering received bachelor degrees in the disciplines of electrical, mechanical, mechatronics and computer engineering. Federal Minister for Science and Technology Changez Khan Jamali gave degrees to the passing-out students. He also distributed gold medals [...]
Two new dengue cases, toll in Punjab reaches 29
Two new dengue cases, toll in Punjab reaches 29 LAHORE – Two more cases of dengue have been detected in Lahore on Wednesday raising the total number of dengue patients in Punjab to 29 during the current year. According to details, two patients identified as Wali Muhammad 76, hailing from Nankana Sahib and Qasim 23, [...]
Lives of 132 patients at stake due to lack of funds at Shaikh Zaid Hospital’s Liver Transplantation Unit (LTU)
Lives of 132 patients at stake due to lack of funds at Shaikh Zaid Hospital’s Liver Transplantation Unit (LTU) LAHORE – Lives of around 132 patients on waiting lists for liver transplants in Shaikh Zaid Hospital’s Liver Transplantation Unit (LTU) are at stake due to the non-provision of Rs 3.5 million to make the unit operative, [...]
Need stressed to upgrade Health Department
Need stressed to upgrade Health Department LAHORE – Special Assistant to Punjab Chief Minister on Health Khawaja Salman Rafiq on Wednesday said it was the need of the hour to enhance capacity-building of the Health Department after the devolution of health programs from the federation to the provinces. He expressed these views while talking to [...]
Young doctors take to the streets despite LHC orders
Young doctors take to the streets despite LHC orders LAHORE – Punjab’s problems seem to be escalating exponentially. From unscheduled load shedding to the most pervasive and the longest drawn Young Doctors Association’s (YDA) protests yet. The past few months witnessed a deep conflict between the government and the young doctors. Very little was communicated [...]
Universities plan more PhDs in three years than in last 65 years
Universities plan more PhDs in three years than in last 65 years Workshop on real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction commences at AAU ISLAMABAD: A four-day educational workshop was told on Wednesday that Pakistani universities have produced more PhDs in the last 10 years than in the first 55 years of the country’s existence and are expected [...]
‘Lack of education major hurdle in women’s empowerment’
‘Lack of education major hurdle in women’s empowerment’ LAHORE: Women should be given equal rights in all matters, including inherited property, said speakers at a dialogue, titled ‘Condition and Status of Single Women in Society’, on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, the Women Workers Helpline general secretary said that the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance 1961 [...]
Young doctors take to streets again
Young doctors take to streets again LAHORE: The Punjab chapter of Young Doctors’ Association (YDA) once again started a protest on Wednesday demanding that the government improve their service structure. YDA members staged a protest and sit-in outside Services Hospital on Jail Road, blocking traffic for hours. They shouted slogans against the provincial government and [...]
Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) announces MA Previous result
Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) announces MA Previous result KARACHI: The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) on Wednesday announced the result of MA Previous Annual Examinations held in March this year. An official of the institution said that 107 candidates appeared in the examinations and of these 93 [...]
First dengue death of 2012 reported in Karachi
First dengue death of 2012 reported in Karachi KARACHI: The metropolis had its first death of this year due to dengue fever when an old woman died in a private clinic here Wednesday. According to the Sindh Dengue Surveillance Cell (SDSC), 78-year-old woman had been admitted for last four days. She died of the deadly [...]
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