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Saxifraga flagellaris commonly known as spider plant or whiplash saxifrage is found all over the world in high mountain areas. In Pakistan, it is found in the hilly areas of Swat. The current research work was designed to find the anticancer, antioxidant, and phytotoxic potential of Saxifraga flagellaris WILLD. Five different fractions of Saxifraga flagellaris were tested for phytotoxic, antioxidant, and anticancer potential. For the determination of phytotoxicity potential, Lactuca sativa was used as a test plant against the crude extracts (10, 20, and 40 mg) of the plant. The phytotoxicity of the plant was remarkable and inhibited the growth of L. sativa. The antioxidant properties of the plant were very much significant and showed a very low IC50 value against DPPH, which indicated the high scavenging potential. Among the tested fractions, DCM (8.52±0.121μg/ml) and Cr. Methanol fractions (9.32±0.102μg/ml) showed promising results. The anticancer activity of DCM fraction by using MTT bioassay against cancer cell line (Colon cancer cells: HT-29) inhibited the cancer cell growth up to 90%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose:The primary purpose of the existing research was to determine relationships of coaches, team cohesiveness, motivational intensity with players' performance of field hockey at national level. The secondary objective of the present study was to determine the regression effect on the performance of field hockey players and the role of mediators between independent construct and outcome variable.Material and Methods:The population (N-3207) was comprised of Pakistani national players of field hockey. The large sample size comprising 510 respondents was chosen for the purpose of data collection. Adapted and modified survey questionnaire with the permission of diverse original authors was employed as research instrument. Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis were utilized to evaluate the collected data. Results:The findings revealed medium and significant association of hockey coaches with performance of national players. Results indicated that team cohesiveness had better and significant association with Pakistani players' performance. Findings revealed significant and medium association between motivational intensity and players' performance. The results of multiple regression analysis revealed that all constructs had significant effect on outcome variable. Findings to test the path model revealed that mediating constructs along with independent variable contributed significantly to the performance of national hockey players. Conclusion:It was overall concluded that the thrust of good coaching structure, excellent team collaboration, and high motivation intensity is still required to boost players' performance of Pakistani field hockey at its national level. The sport authorities,sports federations, sports associations, and sport institutions of the field hockey should take serious steps to uplift the past statures and glories of their national game. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose of the research is to examine the university teachers' health and physical activities regarding their academic competencies. Major objectives of the research were (a) to identify health problems of teachers at university level that affects academic competencies of university teachers and (b) to evaluate educational betterment through physical balance. This research is descriptive in nature and questionnaire was used as source of collecting data. Population of the present research comprised all the teachers and professionals of The Islamia University of Bahawalpur and Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan. Sample of the study was 580 university teachers selected from the population by using random sampling technique. In the light of the analysis of the study it was found that the university teachers in Pakistan do not adopt proper physical exercise program. They were less interested to burn their extra calories and face diseases such as cramping, contraction of the muscles, diabetics and stomach diseases. This study recommends that seminars/workshops may be held by University establishment; to develop overall awareness among the teachers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Good diet is essential for the development and maintenance of healthy teeth, but healthy teeth are important in enabling the consumption of a varied and healthy diet throughout the life cycle. Tooth loss impairs chewing function and may result in the consumption of a limited diet of poor nutritional quality and may impact on diet-related quality of life. To be able to eat better is one of the main reasons for the provision of dental prostheses, the other reasons being aesthetics and speech. The objective of this study was to compare body mass index (BMI) of the patient before and after provision of complete denture therapy in a six months period. Seventy completely edentulous patients were included in this quasi - experimental study with age ranges between fifty five to sixty five years. Body Mass Index (BMI) was calculated at baseline, three and six month interval after provision of complete denture. Within the limitations of this study, no significant differences were found in BMI, before and after provision of complete denture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The aims were to assess different branching patterns of segmental bronchi in the right superior lobe (RSL), as well as to investigate the anatomical diversity and sex-related variations of these branches in a large sample of the research population., Methods: 10,000 participants (5428 males, and 4,572 females, mean age 50+/-13.5 years [SD] years; age range: 3-91 years) who underwent multi-slice CT (MSCT) scans from September 2019 to December 2021 were retrospectively included. The data were applied to generate three-dimensional (3D) and virtual bronchoscopy (VB) simulations of a bronchial tree using the syngo.via post-processing workstation. Following that, the reconstructed images were interpreted to identify and categorize various bronchial patterns in the RSL. Cross-tabulation analysis and the Pearson chi-square test (χ2) were used to calculate the component ratios of bronchial branch types and determine their relevance between male and female groups., Results: Our results revealed mainly six types for the RSL bronchial tree, i.e., (B1, B2, B3, 60.70%); (B1+2, B3, 18.72%); (B2+3, B1, 6.68%); (B1+3, B2, 7.57%); (B1, B2, B3, B*, 3.19%); (B1a+B3, B1b+B2, 3.14%). There were significant sex-related differences in the proportion of bronchial branches in the RSL (P< 0.05)., Conclusion: The current study has validated the presence of segmental bronchial variations in the RSL. These findings may have significant implications for diagnosing symptomatic patients and performing particular procedures, including bronchoscopy, endotracheal intubation, and lung resection., (Copyright© Bentham Science Publishers; For any queries, please email at epub@benthamscience.net.)