Trajectory of cause of death among brought dead neonates in tertiary care public facilities of Pakistan: A multicenter study.

Background: Considering the fact that Pakistan is amongst the countries with very high neonatal mortality rates, we conducted a research study to determine the possible causes and characteristics of neonates presenting dead to the emergency department of tertiary public health care facilities of Pakistan using verbal autopsies.

Methods: A descriptive case series study was conducted in emergency department/pediatrics ward/neonatal ward/nursery unit of ten tertiary care public health facilities, situated in seven major cities of Pakistan from November, 2011 to June, 2013. Precoded verbal autopsy proforma was used to collect information regarding cause of death, family narratives and other associated risks accountable for pathway to mortality.

How Do Internal and External CSR Affect Employees' Organizational Identification? A Perspective from the Group Engagement Model.

The literature examines the impact of firms' corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities on employees' organizational identification without considering that such activities tend to have different targets. This study explores how perceived external CSR (efforts directed toward external stakeholders) and perceived internal CSR (efforts directed toward employees) activities influence employees' organizational identification. In so doing, it examines the alternative underlying mechanisms through which perceived external and internal CSR activities build employees' identification.

Biosafety perspective of clinical laboratory workers: a profile of Pakistan.

Introduction: Biosafety during lab work is an important concern in developing countries. Some critical issues concerning biosafety are lack of training, exceeding workload, working too fast, deciding not to follow safe practices, and skepticism about biohazards. This study aimed to determine biosafety perception and practices of laboratory technicians during routine work in clinical laboratories of Pakistan.

Liquid chromatographic determination of vanadium in petroleum oils and mineral ore samples using 2-acetylpyridne-4-phenyl-3-thiosemicarbazone as derivatizing reagent.

Liquid chromatographic method has been developed, based on precolumn derivatization of vanadium(V) with 2-acetylpyridine-4-phenyl-3-thiosemicarbazone (APPT). The complex is extracted in chloroform together with palladium(II), tin(II) and iron(III) and eluted and separated completely from Kromasil 100 C-18, 10 microm (25 cm x 4.6 mm i.

Liquid chromatographic determination of cis-platin as platinum(II) in pharmaceutical preparation, serum and urine samples of cancer patients.

Spectrophotometric and high performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) methods have been developed for the determination of cis-platin and carboplatin based on the pre-column derivatization of platinum(II) with 2-acetylpyridine-4-phenyl-3-thiosemicarbazone. The complex was extracted in chloroform with molar absorptivity of 2.2x10(4)Lmol(-1)cm(-1) at 380nm.