The present study pertaining to the estimation of genetic parameters and characters association in forty maize genotypes was conducted in the glasshouse of the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan during the crop season in February, 2009 at 3 moisture levels 40%, 60% and 100%. The data for various quantitative characters was recorded, statistically analyzed. The experimental material consisted of 40 maize accessions. The path- coefficients were also computed to estimate the contribution of individual characters to the fresh shoot length....

According to WHO studies, approximately 170 million individuals of the world population are diagnosed to be infected with Hepatitis C virus. Unfortunately around 20 % of these patients experience progressive liver disease leading to cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma over 20 to 40 years. Interferon-alpha and ribavirin combination therapy is the standard treatment for chronic hepatitis C. These drugs may trigger production of different types of non-specific and specific autoantibodies. Thyroid dysfunction, which has been reported to occur from 3.9-33.33%, is the most common autoimmune...

The purpose of the study was to explore factors affecting achievement of the DAE (Diploma in Associate Engineering) students in English. There are a few factors that contribute to achievement of English learners. Student factors, family factors, school factors and peer factors are external whereas age, gender, geographical affiliation, ethnicity, marital status, socio-economic status are from the internal factors. For this study, survey design was selected and for data collection a close ended questionnaire was used. The data was gathered from the sampling population consisting of 6 technical...

Ziel der Studie war es, die Faktoren zu untersuchen, die die Leistungen der DAE-Studenten (Diploma in Associate Engineering) im Fach Englisch beeinflussen. Es gibt einige Faktoren, die zu den Leistungen von Englischlernenden beitragen. Schülerfaktoren, Familienfaktoren, Schulfaktoren und Peer-Faktoren sind externe Faktoren, während Alter, Geschlecht, geographische Zugehörigkeit, ethnische Zugehörigkeit, Familienstand und sozioökonomischer Status zu den internen Faktoren gehören. Für diese Studie wurde ein Umfragedesign gewählt und für die Datenerhebung wurde ein geschlossener...

L'objectif de cette étude était d'explorer les facteurs affectant la réussite des étudiants du DAE (Diplôme d'ingénieur associé) en anglais. Il existe quelques facteurs qui contribuent à la réussite des apprenants en anglais. Les facteurs liés à l'étudiant, à la famille, à l'école et aux pairs sont des facteurs externes, tandis que l'âge, le sexe, l'affiliation géographique, l'ethnicité, l'état civil et le statut socio-économique sont des facteurs internes. Pour cette étude, un plan d'enquête a été choisi et un questionnaire à réponses fermées a été utilisé pour...