Pub Date : 2018-03-07DOI: 10.26692/surj/2018.01.0007
P. Khan, N. T. Narejo, S. Jalbani, Y. M. Jalbani, A. Laghari
Present study was conducted to determined heavy metal concentration in catfish Rita rita from Indus River near Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan. Different metals likeiron, zinc, chromium, copper, manganese and cobalt were analysis from different organs like gills kidney and liver from male and female respectively. The values of iron were found highest (12.92μg/g) in liver while the lowest value of cobalt (0.014μg/g) was found in Kidney. Rests of the metals showed no significant variation and were found within the recommended limits of WHO.
{"title":"Determination of Heavy Metal concentration in Catfish Rita rita from Indus River near Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan","authors":"P. Khan, N. T. Narejo, S. Jalbani, Y. M. Jalbani, A. Laghari","doi":"10.26692/surj/2018.01.0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26692/surj/2018.01.0007","url":null,"abstract":"Present study was conducted to determined heavy metal concentration in catfish Rita rita from Indus River near Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan. Different metals likeiron, zinc, chromium, copper, manganese and cobalt were analysis from different organs like gills kidney and liver from male and female respectively. The values of iron were found highest (12.92μg/g) in liver while the lowest value of cobalt (0.014μg/g) was found in Kidney. Rests of the metals showed no significant variation and were found within the recommended limits of WHO.","PeriodicalId":21859,"journal":{"name":"Sindh University Research Journal","volume":"19 1","pages":"41-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86902375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-03-07DOI: 10.26692/surj/2018.01.0034
Shaista Khan, Junaid Ali Thebo, M. H. Khaskheli, A. A. Shaikh, Gowher Nabi, M. I. Khaskheli, G. A. Shar
Anemia is a widespread problem among children in many parts of the world, and it is often associated with some trace elements like Iron, Ferritin and other trace elements, Anemia is a global health issue that has significant consequences for individual health and socioeconomic development. The deficiency of Iron and certain trace elements which are not only involved to causing hypochromic microcytic anaemia however also intricate the high absorption of other minerals. Moreover it delayed the many essential metabolic steps like heme biosynthesis. The cross-sectional study was carried out among the 160 students with anemic condition; children’s health status was collected through questionnaire & blood samples. The samples were collected from boys and girls of schools children having age 10-16 years, divided in two age groups. The blood analysis of anemic subjects were carried out, including blood complete picture, serum iron and serum ferritin level. The result reveals that the deficiency of hemoglobin and indices, serum iron and serum ferritin levels clearly declined in anemic groups. It showed that positive correlation between Fe with ferritn, with negative impact on hematological parameters.
{"title":"Hemoglobin and Hematocrit values in diagnostic of different forms of Anemia and their relation with Essential Minerals (Iron and ferritin)","authors":"Shaista Khan, Junaid Ali Thebo, M. H. Khaskheli, A. A. Shaikh, Gowher Nabi, M. I. Khaskheli, G. A. Shar","doi":"10.26692/surj/2018.01.0034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26692/surj/2018.01.0034","url":null,"abstract":"Anemia is a widespread problem among children in many parts of the world, and it is often associated with some trace elements like Iron, Ferritin and other trace elements, Anemia is a global health issue that has significant consequences for individual health and socioeconomic development. The deficiency of Iron and certain trace elements which are not only involved to causing hypochromic microcytic anaemia however also intricate the high absorption of other minerals. Moreover it delayed the many essential metabolic steps like heme biosynthesis. The cross-sectional study was carried out among the 160 students with anemic condition; children’s health status was collected through questionnaire & blood samples. The samples were collected from boys and girls of schools children having age 10-16 years, divided in two age groups. The blood analysis of anemic subjects were carried out, including blood complete picture, serum iron and serum ferritin level. The result reveals that the deficiency of hemoglobin and indices, serum iron and serum ferritin levels clearly declined in anemic groups. It showed that positive correlation between Fe with ferritn, with negative impact on hematological parameters.","PeriodicalId":21859,"journal":{"name":"Sindh University Research Journal","volume":"11 1","pages":"193-196"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87404087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-03-07DOI: 10.26692/surj/2018.01.0012
M. Ramzan, A. Nazir, M. Mufti
The purpose of this paper is to study the proper curvature collineations of plane symmetric static spacetime in f(R) theory of gravity. We have taken the metrics of both constant and non-constant curvature and formulated the curvature vector fields by using vanishing Lie derivative and direct integration technique. Here, the solutions of the Einstein’s field equations (EFEs) for both cases involve inverse curvature terms which may cause an increase in gravity that justifies the accelerated expansion of the universe. It turns out that curvature collineations become Killing vector fields and therefore, proper curvature collineations do not exists in both the cases.
{"title":"Proper Curvature Collineations of Plane Symmetric Static Spacetime in F(R) Theory of Gravity","authors":"M. Ramzan, A. Nazir, M. Mufti","doi":"10.26692/surj/2018.01.0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26692/surj/2018.01.0012","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this paper is to study the proper curvature collineations of plane symmetric static spacetime in f(R) theory of gravity. We have taken the metrics of both constant and non-constant curvature and formulated the curvature vector fields by using vanishing Lie derivative and direct integration technique. Here, the solutions of the Einstein’s field equations (EFEs) for both cases involve inverse curvature terms which may cause an increase in gravity that justifies the accelerated expansion of the universe. It turns out that curvature collineations become Killing vector fields and therefore, proper curvature collineations do not exists in both the cases.","PeriodicalId":21859,"journal":{"name":"Sindh University Research Journal","volume":"4 1","pages":"73-78"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82294171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-03-07DOI: 10.26692/SURJ/2018.01.0028
H. Murtaza, A. Mansoor, A. S. Soomro, H. Mushtaq
Machinery health data is the backbone of prognostics. Effective prognostic, from the machinery data, leads towards operational reliability, reduced machinery downtime, cost savings, secondary/catastrophic failures etc. Various methodologies have been adopted by the researchers in an effort to precisely forecast/predict machinery health. In this study, Threshold Regression Methodology has been applied to a machinery vibration data to estimate future health state of machinery. The results show that the proposed method is an effective and reliable approach for data driven prognostics.
{"title":"Machinery Health Prognosis - Data Driven Approach Using Threshold Regression","authors":"H. Murtaza, A. Mansoor, A. S. Soomro, H. Mushtaq","doi":"10.26692/SURJ/2018.01.0028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26692/SURJ/2018.01.0028","url":null,"abstract":"Machinery health data is the backbone of prognostics. Effective prognostic, from the machinery data, leads towards operational reliability, reduced machinery downtime, cost savings, secondary/catastrophic failures etc. Various methodologies have been adopted by the researchers in an effort to precisely forecast/predict machinery health. In this study, Threshold Regression Methodology has been applied to a machinery vibration data to estimate future health state of machinery. The results show that the proposed method is an effective and reliable approach for data driven prognostics.","PeriodicalId":21859,"journal":{"name":"Sindh University Research Journal","volume":"159 1","pages":"159-164"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87860485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-03-07DOI: 10.26692/surj/2018.01.0022
S. Nizamani, N. Dhanani, Q. Ali, M. A. Nizamani
United nations have defined Internet as a human right as it enables us to effectively share ideas. Even though it has revolutionized the way we live, access to it is dependent on socio economic factors, as many in the developing nations simply cannot afford to own a computer. The paper proposes ‘TextNet’ system which enables people to access Internet through SMS Technology. The proposed system provides offline access to information available over Internet and works solely on the SMS (Short Message Service). A user simply needs to send a request for information about any topic to a designated number, which is received at server and after fetching information from Internet; the server sends it back to user through SMS
{"title":"SMS Based M-Learning System for the Underprivileged Children in Developing Nations","authors":"S. Nizamani, N. Dhanani, Q. Ali, M. A. Nizamani","doi":"10.26692/surj/2018.01.0022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26692/surj/2018.01.0022","url":null,"abstract":"United nations have defined Internet as a human right as it enables us to effectively share ideas. Even though it has revolutionized the way we live, access to it is dependent on socio economic factors, as many in the developing nations simply cannot afford to own a computer. The paper proposes ‘TextNet’ system which enables people to access Internet through SMS Technology. The proposed system provides offline access to information available over Internet and works solely on the SMS (Short Message Service). A user simply needs to send a request for information about any topic to a designated number, which is received at server and after fetching information from Internet; the server sends it back to user through SMS","PeriodicalId":21859,"journal":{"name":"Sindh University Research Journal","volume":"49 1","pages":"129-132"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85620908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-03-07DOI: 10.26692/SURJ/2018.01.0027
A. A. Arain, A. Manzoor, K. Brohi, K. Haseeb, I. A. Halepoto, I. Korejo
Chatbot is an intelligent conversational system that interacts with humans via natural languages, where natural language processing utilizes computational methods to learn, understand, and generate human language contents. The scope of this paper is restricted towards Chatbot. Accessing the required and right type of information from a website is a time-consuming process. In this paper a particular focus is placed on the academic organizations. Sometime an employee or an academic administration staff spends several hours to reply a query. To address this issue, this paper proposes two forms of Chatbots i.e. written and spoken. They provide user interaction and consultation regarding admission process, and other related information pertaining to an academy. This would be a quick way to acquire information without the need to traverse the entire website and is also applicable to any academic or educational websites, such as schools, colleges, universities, or any institution. Both Chatbots are implemented using artificial intelligence mark-up language (AIML).
{"title":"Artificial Intelligence Mark-up Language Based Written and Spoken Academic Chatbots using Natural Language Processing","authors":"A. A. Arain, A. Manzoor, K. Brohi, K. Haseeb, I. A. Halepoto, I. Korejo","doi":"10.26692/SURJ/2018.01.0027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26692/SURJ/2018.01.0027","url":null,"abstract":"Chatbot is an intelligent conversational system that interacts with humans via natural languages, where natural language processing utilizes computational methods to learn, understand, and generate human language contents. The scope of this paper is restricted towards Chatbot. Accessing the required and right type of information from a website is a time-consuming process. In this paper a particular focus is placed on the academic organizations. Sometime an employee or an academic administration staff spends several hours to reply a query. To address this issue, this paper proposes two forms of Chatbots i.e. written and spoken. They provide user interaction and consultation regarding admission process, and other related information pertaining to an academy. This would be a quick way to acquire information without the need to traverse the entire website and is also applicable to any academic or educational websites, such as schools, colleges, universities, or any institution. Both Chatbots are implemented using artificial intelligence mark-up language (AIML).","PeriodicalId":21859,"journal":{"name":"Sindh University Research Journal","volume":"13 1","pages":"153-158"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87426381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-03-07DOI: 10.26692/SURJ/2018.01.0009
M. K. Shaikh, K. Ahsan
None of the existing Knowledge, skills, abilities and other factors (KSAO) frameworks have included task work skills as KSAO factors; all of them only proposes teamwork KSAO factors. Moreover, all of these frameworks were proposed for professional teams only. The aim of this research is to propose a KSAO framework for computer science capstone project student teams; the framework not only have the teamwork skill component but the taskwork skill component as well. Research papers on technology students, capstone projects, self-managing teams and KSAO frameworks are analyzed comprehensively so as to give rise to a framework that is presented here. The methodology followed is qualitative thematic analysis. The framework is developed as part of a doctoral thesis for guiding the identification of team building criterion for building computer science capstone student project teams and for developing an automated intelligent software for assisting students in team building.
{"title":"KSAO Framework for Computer Science Project Student Teams","authors":"M. K. Shaikh, K. Ahsan","doi":"10.26692/SURJ/2018.01.0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26692/SURJ/2018.01.0009","url":null,"abstract":"None of the existing Knowledge, skills, abilities and other factors (KSAO) frameworks have included task work skills as KSAO factors; all of them only proposes teamwork KSAO factors. Moreover, all of these frameworks were proposed for professional teams only. The aim of this research is to propose a KSAO framework for computer science capstone project student teams; the framework not only have the teamwork skill component but the taskwork skill component as well. Research papers on technology students, capstone projects, self-managing teams and KSAO frameworks are analyzed comprehensively so as to give rise to a framework that is presented here. The methodology followed is qualitative thematic analysis. The framework is developed as part of a doctoral thesis for guiding the identification of team building criterion for building computer science capstone student project teams and for developing an automated intelligent software for assisting students in team building.","PeriodicalId":21859,"journal":{"name":"Sindh University Research Journal","volume":"11 1","pages":"53-58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87818702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-03-07DOI: 10.26692/SURJ/2018.01.0029
K. Mohammadani, S. Abbasi, N. Memon, Z. Bhutto, I. Memon
A wireless hybrid network; integration of wireless ad hoc network and wireless infrastructure network is recognized as superior option for next generation wireless networks. Such network focuses to support of continuous transmission with strong Quality of Service (QoS). In hybrid networks, the way to guarantee quality of service (QoS) remains a hot problem, where it is observed that due to the direct adoption of QoS based reservation resource routing for MANET, hybrid networks inherit problems of resource reservation and invalid racing conditions. The article presents the working of two AdHoc routing protocols (DSDV and AODV+) in hybrid systems in relation with different network complexities. It is observed that both protocols performed indistinguishably to the extent of the throughput. For jitter, PLR and PDR, the AODV+ performed superior to DSDV; except for the intricacy situation of system, while DSDV performed ineffectively.
{"title":"Simulation Analysis of Routing Protocols in Hybrid wireless network","authors":"K. Mohammadani, S. Abbasi, N. Memon, Z. Bhutto, I. Memon","doi":"10.26692/SURJ/2018.01.0029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26692/SURJ/2018.01.0029","url":null,"abstract":"A wireless hybrid network; integration of wireless ad hoc network and wireless infrastructure network is recognized as superior option for next generation wireless networks. Such network focuses to support of continuous transmission with strong Quality of Service (QoS). In hybrid networks, the way to guarantee quality of service (QoS) remains a hot problem, where it is observed that due to the direct adoption of QoS based reservation resource routing for MANET, hybrid networks inherit problems of resource reservation and invalid racing conditions. The article presents the working of two AdHoc routing protocols (DSDV and AODV+) in hybrid systems in relation with different network complexities. It is observed that both protocols performed indistinguishably to the extent of the throughput. For jitter, PLR and PDR, the AODV+ performed superior to DSDV; except for the intricacy situation of system, while DSDV performed ineffectively.","PeriodicalId":21859,"journal":{"name":"Sindh University Research Journal","volume":"44 1","pages":"165-170"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91170288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-03-07DOI: 10.26692/surj/2018.01.0008
N. F. Veesar, M. Baloch, M. B. Kumbher, Q. Chachar
The yield and fibre traits of cotton are adversely influenced by moisture stress. Thus, it is great issue for cotton physiologists and breeders to develop water stress tolerable genotypes. In current research, 12 cultivars such as CRIS-134, CRIS-342, CIM-499, Sadori, CIM-506, Chandi, BH-160, Sindh-1, NIAB-78, CIM-496, CIM-534 and Bt-cotton (Australian origin) were screened for water stress tolerance with four replications in factorial design in Pakistan during 2010. Water stress caused significant reduction in all yield as well fibre traits. The genotypes also differed significantly for yield and fibre quality traits studied. The treatments x genotypes interactions were significant indicating that genotypes responded variably over stress environments suggesting that plant breeders can select the best performing genotypes for moisture deficit environments. Among genotypes screened, Sadori, CRIS-134,Chandi, CRIS-342,CIM-506 and Sindh-1 showed good performance due to minimum decline under stress conditions for majority of the traits. Hence, these cotton genotypes were identified as drought tolerant and can be further utilized in breeding programmes to develop new drought tolerant breeding material.
{"title":"Field Screening of Cotton Genotypes for Drought Tolerance on the Basis of Yield and Fibre Tra","authors":"N. F. Veesar, M. Baloch, M. B. Kumbher, Q. Chachar","doi":"10.26692/surj/2018.01.0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26692/surj/2018.01.0008","url":null,"abstract":"The yield and fibre traits of cotton are adversely influenced by moisture stress. Thus, it is great issue for cotton physiologists and breeders to develop water stress tolerable genotypes. In current research, 12 cultivars such as CRIS-134, CRIS-342, CIM-499, Sadori, CIM-506, Chandi, BH-160, Sindh-1, NIAB-78, CIM-496, CIM-534 and Bt-cotton (Australian origin) were screened for water stress tolerance with four replications in factorial design in Pakistan during 2010. Water stress caused significant reduction in all yield as well fibre traits. The genotypes also differed significantly for yield and fibre quality traits studied. The treatments x genotypes interactions were significant indicating that genotypes responded variably over stress environments suggesting that plant breeders can select the best performing genotypes for moisture deficit environments. Among genotypes screened, Sadori, CRIS-134,Chandi, CRIS-342,CIM-506 and Sindh-1 showed good performance due to minimum decline under stress conditions for majority of the traits. Hence, these cotton genotypes were identified as drought tolerant and can be further utilized in breeding programmes to develop new drought tolerant breeding material.","PeriodicalId":21859,"journal":{"name":"Sindh University Research Journal","volume":"23 1","pages":"45-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89297262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-03-07DOI: 10.26692/surj/2018.01.0004
M. Kumar, S. Yaqub, S. Lodi
The prime focus of the research work presented herein is to investigate the applicability of eight intensity prediction equations to the available dataset for Khash, 2013, earthquake. To this end, data obtained for the earthquake is utilized for comparison with the intensity estimates using the intensity prediction relationships. The data comprises of both subjective as well as instrumental observations. The subjective data used in this study includes a survey conducted in the affected regions, questionnaire surveys through posts, email and telephone and online surveys, while the instrumental data includes the Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) values recorded through accelerograms. The information gathered from the subjective data is used to estimate the damage which helped in assigning appropriate Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI). Using Root Mean Square Error (RMSE), the prediction equations are ranked for future use in the seismic hazard assessment procedures. The comparison with the observed intensity has shown that the equations developed for California and Himalaya are in better agreement than the equations developed for Eastern Northern America, Central Eastern United States, Craton and entire India.
{"title":"Evaluating the Applicability of Intensity Prediction Equations for Khash, 2013 Earthquake","authors":"M. Kumar, S. Yaqub, S. Lodi","doi":"10.26692/surj/2018.01.0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26692/surj/2018.01.0004","url":null,"abstract":"The prime focus of the research work presented herein is to investigate the applicability of eight intensity prediction equations to the available dataset for Khash, 2013, earthquake. To this end, data obtained for the earthquake is utilized for comparison with the intensity estimates using the intensity prediction relationships. The data comprises of both subjective as well as instrumental observations. The subjective data used in this study includes a survey conducted in the affected regions, questionnaire surveys through posts, email and telephone and online surveys, while the instrumental data includes the Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) values recorded through accelerograms. The information gathered from the subjective data is used to estimate the damage which helped in assigning appropriate Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI). Using Root Mean Square Error (RMSE), the prediction equations are ranked for future use in the seismic hazard assessment procedures. The comparison with the observed intensity has shown that the equations developed for California and Himalaya are in better agreement than the equations developed for Eastern Northern America, Central Eastern United States, Craton and entire India.","PeriodicalId":21859,"journal":{"name":"Sindh University Research Journal","volume":"29 1","pages":"21-26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81211171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}