The study aims to test the impact of leverage on financial performance by taking evidence from local industries of Pakistan. The hypothesis suggests an existence of impact of leverage on financial performance....

This study highlights that Pakistan and India–the nuclear armed rivals–after decades of hostile postures have started a ‘peace process’ since 2004 which involves a number of CBMs, of which the measures related to enhanced trade and travel assume a center stage and are bringing the two countries at a stage where it is becoming inevitable for them to...

The essential peel oil of Citrus limetta var. Mitha (Sweet lime) extracted by steam distillation was assessed for chemical constituents and antimicrobial activity. Gas chromatographic analysis identified 17 constituents among which Limonene (95.98 %) was found as major component followed by camphene (1....

Submersible robots are presently being employed for scientific research, sea exploration, military and commercial underwater applications. These robotics can be employed in lakes and ponds for weather research and also for monitoring water for agriculture purposes....

The present study was conducted to evaluate the in vitro antimicrobial properties of essential oil and different extracts of Eucalyptus citriodora. Eucalyptus citriodora is the genus which belongs to family Myrtaceae, kingdom plantae. It is an important medicinal plant....

This book is a unique study for the athletes and deals with sports injuries and their rehabilitation. A specific chapter indicates the nutrition needs and energy sources. Although doping intake has a negative impression on today sports, also discussed with its prevention....

Lovastatin is an inhibitor of 3-hydroxy-3methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (HMG-CoA reductase), an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of HMG-CoA to mevalonate. In western countries, the most significant cause of death is the coronary heart disease and progression of atherosclerosis which is mostly related to the hypercholesterolemia....

In this study hyper-production of citric acid Aspergillus niger was carried out using agro-industrial residues as carrier substrates in solid state fermentation (SSF) of sucrose molasses medium....

Aldose 1-epimerase or mutarotase is the enzyme that responsible for carbohydrate metabolism and converts the alpha anomer into beta anomer of glucose. This enzyme was extracted from bovine kidney cortex. Crude enzyme exhibited the activity of 14.92 U mL-1 with specific activity of 0.153 U mg-1 proteins....

Ageratum conyzoides L. is an allelopathic weed. The present study was conducted to investigate the antifungal activity and allelopathic affects of A. conyzoides against Fusarium solani (Mart.) Sacc. which is a devastating pathogen on various plants. Different types of extracts i.e. aqueous, methanol and n-hexane of all vegetative plant parts e.g....