July 2019

Evaluation of anthelmintic activity of ethanolic extracts of Carica papaya leaves using Paramphistomum cervi and Haemonchus contortus

The aim of this present study is to evaluate the anthelmintic activity of leaves extracts of Carica papaya using Paramphistomum cervi and Haemonchus contortus as the test worms. A range of concentrations (100, 50 and 25%) of ethanolic extracts of C. papaya were tested to assay the procedure. This is mainly applied for the determination of time of death (D) and time of paralysis (P) of the tested worms. After the...

Author(s): Md. Rabiul Islam, Syeda Fatema Tuz Zahra, S. M. Ibrahim Sumon, Shahnaj Parvin, Kamrul Hasan, Moudud Ahmed, Md. Abu Talha Siddique and Tazmel Haque    

July 2019

Rational and experiential decision-making preferences of pharmacy students in Karachi, Pakistan

This study was conducted to examine the rational (systematic and rule-based) and experiential (fast and intuitive) thinking preferences of pharmacy students. This may assist in formulating learning and teaching tactics for decision-making leading to safe and optimized patient care services. Here, a validated psychometric tool, that is, the Rational Experiential Inventory (REI-40) survey was used. It was distributed to...

Author(s): Wajiha Iffat, Sadia Shakeel, Atta Abbas Naqvi, Shehlla Imam, Tariq Ali, Shagufta Nesar, Riffat Yasmin, Faaiza Qazi Muhammad Faisal Khan and Madeeha Khan