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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) towards COVID-19 应对COVID-19的知识、态度和做法(KAP)

NUST Journal of Natural Sciences Pub Date : 2023-08-09 DOI: 10.53992/njns.v8i1.106

N. Naeem, F. Raza, Asra Abbas, Madiha Khan niazi, B. Rizwan

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Electronic and Band Gap Structure of Cd-Doped Gadolinium Oxide: A DFT Based Theoretical Study 镉掺杂氧化钆的电子和带隙结构:基于DFT的理论研究

NUST Journal of Natural Sciences Pub Date : 2023-08-09 DOI: 10.53992/njns.v8i1.104

S. Wajid, Malik Sajjad Mehmood, Mansoor Ahmad Baluch

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Comparative analysis of school-based wash facilities, implications on children behaviours and health coupled with a policy framework for enhancing cognitive learning in children 对学校盥洗设施的比较分析，对儿童行为和健康的影响，以及加强儿童认知学习的政策框架

NUST Journal of Natural Sciences Pub Date : 2023-07-30 DOI: 10.53992/njns.v8i1.109

Nayab Raza, M. Raza, Zaryab Raza, Sikandar Bakhat

{"title":"Comparative analysis of school-based wash facilities, implications on children behaviours and health coupled with a policy framework for enhancing cognitive learning in children","authors":"Nayab Raza, M. Raza, Zaryab Raza, Sikandar Bakhat","doi":"10.53992/njns.v8i1.109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53992/njns.v8i1.109","url":null,"abstract":"United Nations Sustainable Goals. 06 emphasis on unbiased and even access of water and basicwater sanitation and health sciences (WASH) facilities but, relentless reality is polar oppositewhere a stellar portion especially children are devoid of necessity facilities, especially inPakistan. The most vulnerable group i-e children deprived of WASH facilities. The mainobjective of the study was, a WASH survey was conducted in two school settings i.e., Mehranand Sindh primary schools, using 100 forms comprising 21 Closed-ended questions directlylinked with WASH facilities. The response was gathered from both boys and girls to maintainequity. Survey questionnaires are drafted as per international guild lines. The survey focusedmainly on four dimensions: Handwashing, toilet, drinking water facilities, and Hygienepractice showing average (%) responses of boys to girls as 17.4:20.3, 29:14.6, 33.6:21, and20.6:25.8, respectively showed the condition of mentioned dimensions improved in MehranSchool rather than that of Sindh School. Bacteria were observed in water samples under aFluorescence microscope that confirmed the presence of various bacteria species namely:Shigella, Escherichia coli, Vibrio, Salmonella, Cryptosporidium, Staphylococcus spp.Conclusively, there is a dire need to upgrade the WASH policy parallel to current scenario andneed of society to lessen the severity of the problems, especially children facing in developingcountry like Pakistan.","PeriodicalId":19373,"journal":{"name":"NUST Journal of Natural Sciences","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84474845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Phytoestrogen a combat kit against cancer 植物雌激素是对抗癌症的武器

NUST Journal of Natural Sciences Pub Date : 2023-02-22 DOI: 10.53992/njns.v7i2.102

N. Naeem, Tabassum Tufail

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Analysis of Disease Parameters in Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever versus Classic Dengue Fever Patients 登革出血热与典型登革热患者疾病参数分析

NUST Journal of Natural Sciences Pub Date : 2023-02-22 DOI: 10.53992/njns.v7i2.97

Fatima Shahzad, Ayesha Awan, Abid Ali, Waqar Mehmood Dar, Nimra Irshad, Zia -ur-Rehman Farooqi

{"title":"Analysis of Disease Parameters in Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever versus Classic Dengue Fever Patients","authors":"Fatima Shahzad, Ayesha Awan, Abid Ali, Waqar Mehmood Dar, Nimra Irshad, Zia -ur-Rehman Farooqi","doi":"10.53992/njns.v7i2.97","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53992/njns.v7i2.97","url":null,"abstract":"Dengue fever (DF) is mosquito born disease infecting 390 million individuals globally. It may present with several classical DF, dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) or Dengue shock syndrome. Clinical symptoms included headache, fever, bone pain or some time flue like symptoms. It is commonly diagnosed by serological detection of IgM, NS1 antigen in patients’s serum. The disease progression and management is monitored by a simple complete blood picture test. This hematological test is readily available at all health care facilities. This study was designed to investigate the differentiation of hematological parameters in DF and DHF. This was a retrospective cross sectional study, performed on 158 patients. The data was collected from the Allied Laboratory Lahore, Pakistan between March 2020 to February 2022. Demographic and clinical data was analysed by SPSS V.26. Data suggest that the dengue infection was more common in active age group i.e.15-30 years of age. The data showed significance difference between of the hematological parameters in both groups (P value less than 0.05). The group comparison of hematological parameters showed TLC (DF: Mean=4.25, DHF: Mean=3.21), RBC count (DF:DHF, Mean=5.66:6.68), Platelets count (DF:DHF, Mean=129.31: 84.39) and Hb levels (DF:DHF, Mean=13.08: 14.27) and HCT (DF:DHF, Mean=51.08: 59.27). Results showed that in DHF, malfunction in intrinsic coagulation pathway is observed. DF patients might have no bleeding while DHF can have no shock or shock, resulting in DSS. The study concludes that these laboratory findings help in efficient understanding of clinical picture of dengue fever and in early identification of the disease in narrow resources areas. The development and implementation of sustainable preventive and control strategies that will reverse the trend of emerging dengue hemorrhagic fever is a serious problem for public health experts in Pakistan and the world at large.","PeriodicalId":19373,"journal":{"name":"NUST Journal of Natural Sciences","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86414918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Comparative Assessment of Serum Biochemical Markers from Cattle and Buffaloes Vaccinated with Three Different Oil Adjuvant Vaccines of Hemorrhagic Septicemia from Punjab, Pakistan 三种不同的巴基斯坦旁遮普省出血性败血症油佐剂疫苗对牛和水牛血清生化指标的比较评价

NUST Journal of Natural Sciences Pub Date : 2023-02-22 DOI: 10.53992/njns.v7i2.98

Hina Afroz, S. Sattar, A. Aziz, B. Zamir, Muhammad Umar Zafar Khan, S. Hussain, Hafiz Muhammad Waqar Ahmad

{"title":"Comparative Assessment of Serum Biochemical Markers from Cattle and Buffaloes Vaccinated with Three Different Oil Adjuvant Vaccines of Hemorrhagic Septicemia from Punjab, Pakistan","authors":"Hina Afroz, S. Sattar, A. Aziz, B. Zamir, Muhammad Umar Zafar Khan, S. Hussain, Hafiz Muhammad Waqar Ahmad","doi":"10.53992/njns.v7i2.98","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53992/njns.v7i2.98","url":null,"abstract":"Haemorrahgic Septiceamia (H.S) is a deadly, sub-acute livestock disease of cattle and buffalo in Southeast Asia including Pakistan. A whopping 98% case fatality rate renders vaccination a mandatory prophylactic control measure to counter HS. Very little information is available on serum biochemical profile of the HS vaccinated animals. This study was conducted to investigate the serum biochemistry of the vaccinated cattle and buffalo calves and adults alike. Three different experimental oil adjuvant vaccines were produced for Pasturella multocida serotype B:2 (locally prevalent). N=80 healthy cattle and buffalo (calves and adults) were divided into four groups. Each group consisted of 20 animals (10 calves and 10 adults). Group A was injected with vaccine prepared with Montanide ISA-50; Group B with vaccine prepared from Montanide ISA-206 while Group C with a vaccine produced from Liquid paraffin and Lanolin. Group D animals served as non-immunized control. Blood samples were collected from each animal at zero-day, after booster at 90 days, and then every quarter for one year. Twelve biochemical parameters were assessed by ANOVA and Kruskal Wallis Test. Post hoc multiple comparisons were done for glucose levels. It was concluded that vaccinating both cattle and buffalo calves and adults with H.S. vaccine formulated with three different adjuvants did not have a statistically significant effect on serum biochemistry of vaccinated animals compared to controls.","PeriodicalId":19373,"journal":{"name":"NUST Journal of Natural Sciences","volume":"86 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86428714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Evaluation of the Oral Health Knowledge Among Undergraduate Students 大学生口腔健康知识的评价

NUST Journal of Natural Sciences Pub Date : 2023-02-22 DOI: 10.53992/njns.v7i2.100

Sidra Aslam, N. Rasheed, Z. Akram, F. Ali, Varda Jalil

{"title":"Evaluation of the Oral Health Knowledge Among Undergraduate Students","authors":"Sidra Aslam, N. Rasheed, Z. Akram, F. Ali, Varda Jalil","doi":"10.53992/njns.v7i2.100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53992/njns.v7i2.100","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: Objective of the study is to evaluate the oral health knowledge, attitude and oral hygiene practice behavior among undergraduate students of biomedical sciences in Punjab, Pakistan. Method: Methodology consisted of a questionnaire study of 501 sample size (182 males and 319 females). The mean age of the participants was 19 years. The data collected by the study was analyzed by IBM SPSS Statistics v. 25.0. Pearson’s Chi-square test was used to compare the data. P-value less than 0.05 were considered to be statistically significant. Result: Results showed 284 (56.6%) participants brushed their teeth only once a day,253 (50.4%) brushed their teeth right after waking up, for no less than 2 minutes. 342 (68.2%) participants replaced their tooth brush after every 3 months and 367 (73%) participants do not feel an obligation to brush teeth after consuming sugary foods. 203 (40.5%) participants only use horizontal motions for brushing and 234 (46.7%) participants rely only on brushing to maintain oral hygiene.290 participants (58%) believe visiting the dentist after every 6 months can help in prevention of oral diseases, while 159 (32%) participants believe in fluoride application and getting scaling done once a year. 64.4% participants believe scaling is the removal of deposits on teeth and it should only be done when required. 63% participants visited the dentist only when they suffered from an oral disease. Conclusion: The findings of this study will be helpful in making strategies for awareness programs related to oral hygiene practices.","PeriodicalId":19373,"journal":{"name":"NUST Journal of Natural Sciences","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79227729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Nutritional Composition, Bioactive Compounds and Hypolipidemic Effects of Mulberry Leaves 桑叶的营养成分、生物活性成分及降血脂作用

NUST Journal of Natural Sciences Pub Date : 2023-02-15 DOI: 10.53992/njns.v7i2.101

Eman Khawani, B. Rizwan, Sana Noreen

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Knowledge and Practices of Mothers with Children Aged 6-24 Months on Weaning, Attending Services Hospital Lahore, Pakistan 6-24个月断奶婴儿的母亲的知识和做法，拉合尔服务医院，巴基斯坦

NUST Journal of Natural Sciences Pub Date : 2022-08-31 DOI: 10.53992/njns.v7i1.91

Wizra Faiz, Zahra Fayyaz, Yamna Najib, Abdul Rehman, Sana Noreen, Muhammad Hamza Bin Abdul Malik, A. Sadiqa, R. Kanwal

{"title":"Knowledge and Practices of Mothers with Children Aged 6-24 Months on Weaning, Attending Services Hospital Lahore, Pakistan","authors":"Wizra Faiz, Zahra Fayyaz, Yamna Najib, Abdul Rehman, Sana Noreen, Muhammad Hamza Bin Abdul Malik, A. Sadiqa, R. Kanwal","doi":"10.53992/njns.v7i1.91","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53992/njns.v7i1.91","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: This study was conducted to assess the weaning knowledge, practices, and influencing factors. Methods: Questionnaires were filled from 315 mothers with children aged 06-24 months, who visited Pediatrics OPD Services Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan in 4 months. The weaning knowledge and practices of the respondents were evaluated by using a pre-tested questionnaire. Chi-square test was used to assess the associations between the variables. It was ranked as good, satisfactory, and poor based on the gross sum total. Results: The overall knowledge of weaning was good in 159 (50.5%) mothers and 133 (42.2%) had satisfactory knowledge. Whereas the practices of 152 (48.3%) mothers out of 315 were good but poor in 46 (14.6%) of the mothers. There is a statistically significant association between the knowledge and practices of weaning with the age of babies (p values= 0.000 and 0.000, respectively) and the total number of children of the respondents (p-values= 0.000 and 0.000, respectively). Residential status of respondents (p-value=0.028) and educational status of mothers (p-values= 0.01) also showed a significant association with the overall knowledge of mothers. Practices and knowledge of mothers (p-values=0.02 and p-value= 0.026 respectively) are statistically significant with the source of information and weaning practices. We also found an association with the type of family of the respondent (p-value=0.034). Conclusion: The findings of this study will be helpful in making strategies of awareness programs so that the effects of pre-or post-weaning can be minimized. \u0000 ","PeriodicalId":19373,"journal":{"name":"NUST Journal of Natural Sciences","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75799380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Windows to the Soul- Heterochromia Iridis 心灵之窗-虹彩异色

NUST Journal of Natural Sciences Pub Date : 2022-08-31 DOI: 10.53992/njns.v7i1.92

Saaim Asif, Maaz Khan, Muhammad Waqar Arshad, M. I. Shabbir

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