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Clonal Hematopoiesis and Risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
Siddhartha Jaiswal, Pradeep Natarajan, Alexander J Silver, Christopher J Gibson, Alexander G Bick, Eugenia Shvartz, Marie McConkey, Namrata Gupta, Stacey Gabriel, Diego Ardissino, Usman Baber, Roxana Mehran, Valentin Fuster, John Danesh, Philippe Frossard, Danish Saleheen, Olle Melander, Galina K Sukhova, Donna Neuberg, Peter Libby, Sekar Kathiresan, Benjamin L Ebert
Nov 28, 2017
Trends, Patterns and Impact of Migration in Karachi
The process of migration has a long history. Migration occurs at international, national and regional levels. There is more trend of migration from rural to urban. Karachi (an international city of Pakistan) is a hub of...
Published by: Department of History, University of Karachi
Phenotypic Consequences of a Genetic Predisposition to Enhanced Nitric Oxide Signaling.
Connor A Emdin, Amit V Khera, Derek Klarin, Pradeep Natarajan, Seyedeh M Zekavat, Akihiro Nomura, Mary Haas, Krishna Aragam, Diego Ardissino, James G Wilson, Heribert Schunkert, Ruth McPherson, Hugh Watkins, Roberto Elosua, Matthew J Bown, Nilesh J Samani, Usman Baber, Jeanette Erdmann, Padhraig Gormley, Aarno Palotie, Nathan O Stitziel, Namrata Gupta, John Danesh, Danish Saleheen, Stacey Gabriel, Sekar Kathiresan
Jan 19, 2018
BACKGROUND: Nitric oxide signaling plays a key role in the regulation of vascular tone and platelet activation. Here, we seek to understand the impact of a genetic predisposition to enhanced nitric oxide signaling on risk for...
cardiovascular disease Genetics Nitric oxide nitric oxide synthase blood pressure Coronary Disease Genetic Association Studies Genetic Predisposition to Disease Humans Mutation Nitric oxide Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III Peripheral Arterial Disease Phenotype Polymorphism Single Nucleotide Protective factors Risk Factors Signal Transduction Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase stroke
Personhood and the Irrelevance of Determinism
Zahoor H Baber
Dec 14, 2019
Philosophers and physical scientists find it almost impossible to explain away human consciousness by subsuming it under the causal nexus of physical nature. However, there are questions that keep surfacing as to how...
Published by: Department of History, University of Karachi
The Experience of Food Insecurity in Bath and North East Somerset
Food poverty food insecurity food aid policy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/no_poverty name=SDG 1 - No Poverty /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/zero_hunger name=SDG 2 - Zero Hunger /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being name=SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/reduced_inequalities name=SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/sustainable_cities_and_communities name=SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/peace_justice_and_strong_institutions name=SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/partnerships name=SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
Published by: University of Bath
Why do People Blame Others?
According to Amanda Watson when the situation is "someone else's fault", then there's little reason to do anything further about it, let alone seek to understand the role that one's own behaviour, feelings or assumptions might...
Published by: Department of History, University of Karachi
Identifying an Intracellular Binding Partner for the Synaptic Adhesion Protein Slitrk2
Usman M Baqai
Jan 01, 0001
Much of human brain development occurs during embryonic stages, when neurons use membrane proteins with extreme precision to wire the brain. Our lab focuses on the Slitrk family of transmembrane proteins, which are found at...
Published by: Ursinus College
Peak flow prediction using fuzzy linear regression
The 2013 floods in Alberta highlighted the need for better flood prediction. Though the mechanisms behind floods and extreme events in urban areas are understood and documented, the uncertainty in data during these events makes...
The Experience of Food Insecurity in Bath and North East Somerset
Food poverty food insecurity food aid policy /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/no_poverty name=SDG 1 - No Poverty /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/zero_hunger name=SDG 2 - Zero Hunger /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being name=SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/reduced_inequalities name=SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/sustainable_cities_and_communities name=SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/peace_justice_and_strong_institutions name=SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/partnerships name=SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
Published by: University of Bath
Politicized Policing in Pakistan
Unable to exorcise its nightmarish traits inherited as colonial legacy, police in Punjab is still seen as a publicfrightening rather than a public-friendly organization, which continues to promote a sense of fear rather than...
The acceptability of evidence-informed guidance for parents in talking to their children about weight
Background: Many parents express concern about the impact of talking to children about weight on their self-esteem and wellbeing. The aim of this study was to explore the perceived relevance, utility and acceptability of new...
Peak flow prediction using fuzzy linear regression
The 2013 floods in Alberta highlighted the need for better flood prediction. Though the mechanisms behind floods and extreme events in urban areas are understood and documented, the uncertainty in data during these events makes...
A Study of Relations between Mughal India and the Ottoman Empire
In India, relationship with Ottoman was not found until the foundation of the Mughal empire in the early sixteenth century that India was able to break this self-imposed isolation from the outside world. Several factors were...
Published by: Department of History, University of Karachi
The acceptability of evidence-informed guidance for parents in talking to their children about weight
Background: Many parents express concern about the impact of talking to children about weight on their self-esteem and wellbeing. The aim of this study was to explore the perceived relevance, utility and acceptability of new...
Knowledge, Attitude and Practices About Hiv/Aids Among Fsws (Female Sex Workers)
The present research was conducted on female sex workers (FSWs) to study the knowledge Attitude and Practices towards HIV/AIDS. Females are more vulnerable to HIV/AIDS as compared to males in Pakistan. The FSWs are on high risk...
Published by: Department of History, University of Karachi
Predicting Dissolved Oxygen Concentration in Urban Watersheds
Dissolved Oxygen (DO) concentration is significantly and adversely impacted by urbanisation. However, the processes that govern DO concentration in riverine environments are complex, difficult to understand and to model. In the...
Predicting Dissolved Oxygen Concentration in Urban Watersheds
Dissolved Oxygen (DO) concentration is significantly and adversely impacted by urbanisation. However, the processes that govern DO concentration in riverine environments are complex, difficult to understand and to model. In the...
Mapping Potential Binding Partners for Slitrk2 in the Developing Nervous System
Most human brain development occurs during embryonic stages, where neurons use membrane proteins to wire the brain with extreme precision. Our lab focuses on the Slitrk family of transmembrane proteins, which are found at...
Published by: Ursinus College
Impact of Long Working Hour’s Women on Relationship with Husband and Children
Long working hours affects the life of both men and women. However, the impact of long working hours has greater impact on the women as compared to man. Women who are associated with long working hours experience physical...
Published by: Department of History, University of Karachi
Situational and Trans-Situational Correlates of Public Energy Literacy
Background: Recent push for ‘energy democracy’ necessitates a well-informed citizenry vis-à-vis energy policy, especially in the wake of ideologically charged and divergent views about the existence and severity of climate...
Situational and Trans-Situational Correlates of Public Energy Literacy
Background: Recent push for ‘energy democracy’ necessitates a well-informed citizenry vis-à-vis energy policy, especially in the wake of ideologically charged and divergent views about the existence and severity of climate...
Undermining alienative commitment through spiritual leadership
Purpose
The purpose of the present study is to examine the relationship between spiritual leadership and employees' alienative commitment to the organization, both directly and indirectly, via employee social capital. We...
The purpose of the present study is to examine the relationship between spiritual leadership and employees' alienative commitment to the organization, both directly and indirectly, via employee social capital. We...
Politicized Policing in Pakistan
Unable to exorcise its nightmarish traits inherited as colonial legacy, police in Punjab is still seen as a publicfrightening rather than a public-friendly organization, which continues to promote a sense of fear rather than...
Policy Alienation and Street-level Bureaucrats' Psychological Wellbeing
In an era of New Public Management reforms, public sector policies often create a mismatch between social and economic values that can lead to public policy alienation—professionals’ feelings of disconnection from public...
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