Investigating the Implications of COVID-19 on PM2.5 in Pakistan by Hassaan Sipra, Faheem Aslam, Jabir Hussain Syed, Tahir Mumtaz Awan

“…To assess the impact of COVID-19 on the hourly concentrations of particular matter < 2.5 microns (PM2.5) in Lahore and Karachi, Pakistan, this study employs multifractal analysis. …”
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Impact of E-Learning, Perception and Attitude among Students and Faculty following the COVID-19 Pandemic by Syed Hamza Zia, Ghina Rizwan, Afifa Ehsan, Zarnab Rizwan, Rabia Masood, Naila Umer

“… Background and Aim: The Novel coronavirus disease has grasped the world as one of the most devastating pandemics of recent times. Many efforts such as social distancing was made to cut down the spread of the virus in its early days and restrictions were followed by numerous countries worldwide which resulted in serious hurdles in all sectors of our daily lives such as education, financial and social activities. …”
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Real-Time Plant Health Detection Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks by Mahnoor Khalid, Muhammad Shahzad Sarfraz, Uzair Iqbal, Muhammad Umar Aftab, Gniewko Niedbała, Hafiz Tayyab Rauf

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Predicting the Direction Movement of Financial Time Series Using Artificial Neural Network and Support Vector Machine by Muhammad Ali, Dost Muhammad Khan, Muhammad Aamir, Amjad Ali, Zubair Ahmad

“…To build the architect of a single layer ANN and SVM model with linear, radial basis function (RBF), and polynomial kernels, different technical indicators derived from the daily stock trading, such as closing, opening, daily high, and daily low prices and used as input layers. …”
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Dynamic Connectedness, Spillovers, and Delayed Contagion between Islamic and Conventional Bond Markets: Time- and Frequency-Domain Approach in COVID-19 Era by Peterson Owusu Junior

“…Across all time horizons, USA, UK, and Canada are the biggest producers of shocks to the Islamic and G6 markets, with Pakistan being the lowest shocks transmitter. …”
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Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy with Atypical Symptoms: A Rare Case of Tongue Fasciculation and Facial Muscle Weakness by Shafiq ur Rehman, Saba Zaidi, Mahzareen

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Efficacy of Intravenous Versus Oral Administration of Levocarnitine in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial Investigating Therapeutic Approaches to Rena... by Sadia Rehman, Muhammad Farhan, Santosh Kumar, Muhammad Raza Sarfraz, Asma Naveed, Muhammad Tassaduq Khan, Hiya Huq

“…Patients in the oral group received levocarnitine tablets of 500 mg three times daily, while patients in the IV group received an IV bolus of levocarnitine at a dose of 20 mg/kg body weight, infused over 2–3 min directly into the IV line after each hemodialysis session. …”
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Assistive Devices Analysis for Visually Impaired Persons: A Review on Taxonomy by Sadia Zafar, Muhammad Asif, Maaz Bin Ahmad, Taher M. Ghazal, Tauqeer Faiz, Munir Ahmad, Muhammad Adnan Khan

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Comparative analysis of fuel wood consumption of improved mud stove and three stone fire stove: a case study by Junejo, Awais, Kumar, Sanjay, Harijan, Khanji, Jeguirim, Mejdi

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CNN-Based Object Recognition and Tracking System to Assist Visually Impaired People by Fahad Ashiq, Muhammad Asif, Maaz Bin Ahmad, Sadia Zafar, Khalid Masood, Toqeer Mahmood, Muhammad Tariq Mahmood, Ik Hyun Lee

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Sources of hydrochemistry and chemical weathering rate at Urumqi Glacier No.1 catchment in central Asia by Qin Yang, Xiangying Li, Donghui Shangguan, Tianding Han

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Blockchain-Enabled VANET for Smart Solid Waste Management by Muhammad Saad, Maaz Bin Ahmad, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Khalid Khan, Toqeer Mahmood, Muhammad Tariq Mahmood

“…The experimental results are also obtained by deploying a pilot project in Karachi, Pakistan. The real-time dashboard is also obtained to demonstrate the daily statistics of the waste collection and performance of the waste vehicles. …”
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Chemicals That Disrupt the Endocrine System and Their Effects on Behavior by Yousaf Khan1, Abdul Sattar1, Syed Amin Ullah1, Zia-Ur-Rehman2, Hakimullah3, Madeeha Bibi4, Hina Sarfraz1, Anila Mukhtiar1

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C-POS: A Context-Aware Adaptive Part-of-Speech Language Learning Framework by Shazia Maqsood, Abdul Shahid, Fakhra Nazar, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Ahmad, Manuel Mazzara

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ABioNER: A BERT-Based Model for Arabic Biomedical Named-Entity Recognition by Nada Boudjellal, Huaping Zhang, Asif Khan, Arshad Ahmad, Rashid Naseem, Jianyun Shang, Lin Dai

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Antiviral efficacy of fluoxetine in early symptomatic COVID-19: an open-label, randomised, controlled, adaptive platform trial (PLATCOV)Research in context by Podjanee Jittamala, Simon Boyd, William H.K. Schilling, James A. Watson, Thundon Ngamprasertchai, Tanaya Siripoon, Viravarn Luvira, Elizabeth M. Batty, Phrutsamon Wongnak, Lisia M. Esper, Pedro J. Almeida, Cintia Cruz, Fernando R. Ascencao, Renato S. Aguiar, Najia K. Ghanchi, James J. Callery, Shivani Singh, Varaporn Kruabkontho, Thatsanun Ngernseng, Jaruwan Tubprasert, Wanassanan Madmanee, Kanokon Suwannasin, Amornrat Promsongsil, Borimas Hanboonkunupakarn, Kittiyod Poovorawan, Manus Potaporn, Attasit Srisubat, Bootsakorn Loharjun, Walter R.J. Taylor, Farah Qamar, Abdul Momin Kazi, M. Asim Beg, Danoy Chommanam, Sisouphanh Vidhamaly, Kesinee Chotivanich, Mallika Imwong, Sasithon Pukrittayakamee, Arjen M. Dondorp, Nicholas P.J. Day, Mauro M. Teixeira, Watcharapong Piyaphanee, Weerapong Phumratanaprapin, Nicholas J. White

“…Measurements were taken daily between days 0 and 7 and analysed in a modified intention-to-treat population (>2 days follow-up).The viral clearance rate was estimated under a Bayesian hierarchical linear model fitted to the log10 viral densities measured in standardised duplicate oropharyngeal swab eluates taken daily over one week (18 measurements per patient). …”
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Machine Learning-Based Relative Performance Analysis of Monocrystalline and Polycrystalline Grid-Tied PV Systems by Asfand Yar, Muhammad Yousaf Arshad, Faran Asghar, Waseem Amjad, Furqan Asghar, Muhammad Imtiaz Hussain, Gwi Hyun Lee, Faisal Mahmood

“…A comparison of final yield is obtained from simulation and real-time systems obtained from polyperk PV and monoperk. …”
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