With increasing urban populations, high vehicle miles have made the concept of a compact city imperative. A is characterized by high-density development and mixed land use with no sprawl. City managers are trying hard to make their cities livable. The potential conformance requires scaling before any significant intervention. Several studies been conducted on different aspects in developed world, but there limited understanding South Asian context. This study aimed fill this research gap...

The evolution of globalization has provided a vast array opportunities to the whole world. Companies have moved across boundaries take advantage wider customer base. While exploring benefits and moving boundaries, these giant multinational companies often pose serious threat local host country by intensifying competition for them. Especially SMEs less developed countries are more vulnerable because their limited investment, already insufficient remain competitive in market. establishment...

Bus rapid transit (BRT) has emerged as an efficient and cost-effective transport system for urban mobility that offers safe high-quality services city dwellers. Recent research widely discussed BRT systems’ performance evaluation, but such assessments have remained limited in the South Asian context, where users’ needs might be distinct. The present study addresses this gap evaluates of Multan, Pakistan, based on passengers’ perceptions standard scorecard. data were collected at 21 stations,...

Cancer involves intricate pathological mechanisms marked by complexities such as cytotoxicity, drug resistance, stem cell proliferation, and inadequate specificity in current chemotherapy approaches. therapy has embraced diverse nanomaterials renowned for their unique magnetic, electrical, optical properties to address these challenges. Despite the expanding corpus of knowledge this area, there been less advancement approving nano drugs use clinical settings. Nanotechnology, more especially...

Successful project completion is a challenging phenomenon for managers. Various factors play an indispensable role in the success of project. The objective this study to examine managers’ personalities with moderating external environmental i.e., political, economic, social. includes 145 managers from 36 large-scale construction projects, both public and private sectors. big five personality model was used evaluate traits triple constraint criteria (cost, time, quality) gauge success. Data...

In advertising, Augmented Reality (AR) is considered to be the latest smart innovation used for advertising and marketing different products services. By use of this technology, brands companies engage in interaction with target audience retrieve expectations existing potential users. However, significant factors are associated adoption AR technology. This study aims find effect augmented reality on purchase intention. For purpose, focused various including informativeness, entertainment,...

The climate change crisis is primarily associated with carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel-based electricity generation, which significantly contribute to the greenhouse gas effect. implementation of renewable energy technologies can mitigate environmental impacts and promote a sustainable future. This study aimed conduct techno-economic feasibility analysis optimize performance parameters for 50 MWe capacity Linear Fresnel Reflector (LFR) concentrated solar power plant nine stations...

This study aims to observe the influence of inclusion mobile learning in Business Schools on students’ performance and gender based faculty members’ business schools Karachi, Pakistan. The functions offered phones include access information real-time, medium communication, host affordances. Nevertheless, along with opportunities incentives devices carry for students involve academic dishonesty, deviation distraction from assigned tasks. By employing quantitative research method, this tends...

The study aims to identify the role of preceding self-service technologies (SSTs) in adoption mobile banking (m-banking). More specifically, examines impact attitude (AT), perceived usefulness (PU) and ease use (PEOU) online (o-banking) ATM m-banking. By using non-probability purposive sampling technique, data was gathered through a structured questionnaire from non-users partial least square-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) technique employed on 257 useful responses assess hypotheses....

Measuring perceived or objective cyclability bikeability has drawn less attention compared to walkability, particularly in developing countries like those South Asia and the Middle East. This paper presents results of a survey about Lahore, Pakistan, focusing on human perceptions rather than built environment. The overall sample included total 379 respondents from three socio-economic classes: lower backgrounds accessing traditional/older bazaars, middle class uptown higher status pedestrian...

In the modern world of today, where technology prevails and scientific researches present a new era discoveries provide numerous luxuries to common man; one also has suffer worse consequences this advancement in technology. Just as first GUN was invented for security mankind, criminal minded people used it harming their own brethren. Similarly & alarming technological methods have been adopted by same harm peoples' comfort become nuisance mankind. So need more safety increased than ever...

This study was carried out for the investigation of Late Permian Wargal limestone at Kafar Kot Chashma area, Khisor Range to determine its suitability as an aggregate that is used in road construction and civil structures with help geological engineering testing. The results testing samples show tolerable values all standard parameters including Loss Angles Abrasion value (23.37%), Aggregate impact (16.8%), Crushing 13.1%, Unit weight 1.67, Soundness (1.007%), Specific gravity (2.70), Water...

This study aims to investigate the effect of financial development on economic growth Pakistan and applied Auto Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach compute data period 1979-2019. found that gross capital formation haspositive significant in long-run short-run. The has a positive statistically long-run. Exports, secondary school enrollment, labor force participation, money supply have also favorable There are exist co integration among variables including model. is one-way casualty...

Community empowerment plays a significant role in adapting and organizing flood risks impacts. The impacts the livelihood, infrastructure, production system sustainable development. 2014 has severely affected Narowal district put momentous impact on communities residing those places. six most villages were selected for this research study. data was collected by conducting field surveys followed structured interviews study area. This carried out to assess of government institutions evaluate...

Economic system appears to be best if they provide according what people want. The purpose of this study is investigate the effectiveness corporate governance on financial efficiency banks in Pakistan. time period 2007 2012, and sample 17 listed are selected data taken from their reports websites Lahore Stock Exchange. Financial measured by fix& random effects model techniques, for measurement dependent variable two proxies return asset (ROA) equity (ROE) used. independent includes Board...

Application of English textbooks for Integrated Language Skills (ILS) development bi-lingual students remains a challenge language teachers through integrated classroom activities in Pakistan. This research measured the opinion private schools District Central Karachi about application textbook to develop ILS activities. Literature reported that locally designed Pakistan proved insufficient related interactive and as pedagogical resource teachers. A survey was bearing 45 items 6 variables...

The international scenario of industrial competitiveness has tremendously transformed during the last few decades. Organizations competing in global economy are facing different challenges order to survive and make progress. rapid advancements computer technology, emergence internet, World Wide Web, telecommunication devices have profoundly affected activities business organizations. These trends forced organizations reshape redefine their economic strategies. This factor can be counted as...