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The present research was conducted to identify the relationship between body dimorphic disorder features and rejection sensitivity: Attitude of university students towards cosmetic surgery acceptance. The study also found the relationship between body dysmorphic disorders features and rejection sensitivity. Sample comprised of 300 students from government and private universities of two cities Islamabad and Rawalpindi. For the present research Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale modified for BDD, Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire and Acceptance of Cosmetic Surgery Scale were used for data collection. The findings indicated that features of BDD and Rejection sensitivity are correlated with acceptance of cosmetic surgery among university students. Findings showed that females were higher on personal rejection sensitivity, body dysmorphic disorder features and cosmetic surgery acceptance as compared to the male students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present study describes the extraction and identification of essential oil constituents from Rosa damascena wild rose as well as effect of season and climatic conditions of selected regions (KPK, Pakistan). Essential oil constituents were extracted using Steam distillation (SD) method, whereas the analysis of the extracted components were carried out using GC coupled with MS. A total of seven oil components namely; o-cymene, d-limonene, (R)-(+)-citronellal, n-heneicosane, eugenol methyl ether, p-menth-1-en-8-ol and eucalyptol were extracted and quantified. GC-MS analysis indicated that the Rosa Damascena Mill contains several important volatile constituents i.e. (R)- (+)-citronellal, o-cymene, d-limonene, eucalyptol, p-menth-1-en-8-ol, eugenol methyl ether and nheneicosane with extraction yield 3.8% to 91.9%. Seasonal effect investigation indicated that spring season showed high essential oil yield as compare to summer and winter. The chemical composition of volatile components analyzed in the essential oil, extracted from rose petals collected from Bannu and Peshawar in spring indicates high concentration of all components in Bannu petals as compared to Peshawar. Present research indicated that the geographical distribution and seasonal variation highly affect the essential oil constituents in Rosa damascena wild rose. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]