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International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research, 2018

Purpose Sustainability has become an important objective for most organizations, as it is emergin... more Purpose Sustainability has become an important objective for most organizations, as it is emerging as a competitive necessity. This study aims to develop a framework for the identification, categorization and prioritization of sustainable management practices (SMPs) in the hotel sector. Design/methodology/approach An extensive literature review was conducted to identify SMPs in the service sector, and a survey tool was used to categorize and prioritize the most important practices based on expert opinion. An analytical hierarchical process (AHP) was used to prioritize the main criteria and sub-criteria of SMPs. The study is composed of 8 main criteria and 33 sub-criteria relevant to the hotel sector. Findings It is observed that employee management and government management take top priority under the main criteria, and policy requirements, customer culture and education and training were determined to be the three most relevant sub-criteria as SMPs for hotels in UAE. The results in...

International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, 2011

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand the effect of batching on bullwhip effect in... more Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand the effect of batching on bullwhip effect in a model of multi-echelon supply chain with information sharing. Design/methodology/approach – The model uses the system dynamics and control theoretic concepts of variables, flows and feedback processes and is implemented using iThink® software. Findings – It has been seen that the relationship between batch size and demand amplification is non-monotonic. Large batch sizes, that when combined in integer multiples can produce order rates that are close to the actual demand, produce little demand amplification, i.e. it is the size of the remainder of the quotient that is the determinant. It is further noted that the value of information sharing is greatest for smaller batch sizes, for which there is a much greater improvement in the amplification ratio. Research limitations/implications – Batching is associated with the inventory holding and backlog cost. Therefore, future work should inv...

Studies in Higher Education, 2015

Biplolaris sorokiniana is a hemibiotroph pathogen (teleomorph: Cochliobolus sativus) causes spot ... more Biplolaris sorokiniana is a hemibiotroph pathogen (teleomorph: Cochliobolus sativus) causes spot blotch of wheat. It is considered as severe pathogen of foliar disease in warm and humid areas and also causes significant losses in South Asian Countries. The pathogen collected from foliar samples of wheat field for identification of fungus associated with symptoms on foliage that characterized on the basis of colony color, texture and conidial morphology. Color and growth of colony was grayish black and suppressed type respectively. Conidiophores were unbranched, septate and conidia brown to olivaious brown in color. Complete diagnosis is done by performing Koch's postulates. Characteristic symptoms expressed by plant were brown to dark brown spots on leaves, also on roots and there was no chlorotic margin at initial stage of spot formation. After performing Koch's postulates it was confirmed that Bipolaris sorokiniana was causal agent spot blotch or Helminthosporium Leaf Blight of wheat.

The study investigated the isolation of soil borne pathogenic fungi from soil and root samples of... more The study investigated the isolation of soil borne pathogenic fungi from soil and root samples of tobacco crop. A Soil dilution plate technique was used for isolation of fungi on Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) media. Identification and characterization was done with the help of authentic manuals of fungi. A total 10 genera were isolated and identified which were parasitic, saprophytic and free-living fungi including pathogenic species Alternaria alternata, Fusarium oxysporum, Rhizoctonia solani, Phytophthora nicotianae and Trichoderma harzianum a free-living fungus. Incidence of Phytophthora nicotianae and Rhizoctonia solani was only seen in root and soil samples respectively whereas Alternaria alternata, Fusarium oxysporum and Trichoderma harzianum were found in both root and soil samples. Other isolated soil borne fungi included Aspergillus, Chaetomium, Geotrichum, Mucor and Penicillium. Occurrence of all these pathogenic fungi from root and soil samples was also calculated.

... S. Ahmad*, MA Khan**, MM Haider**, Z. Iqbal*, Y. Iftikhar* and M. Hussain*** * University Col... more ... S. Ahmad*, MA Khan**, MM Haider**, Z. Iqbal*, Y. Iftikhar* and M. Hussain*** * University College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha ** Department of ... epidemics of stripe and leaf rusts reduced the total wheat production by 2.2 million tones worth US$ 330 million (Hafiz, 1986 ...

Plant Disease, 2014

During a field survey of greenhouses and fresh markets in 2013, fruits of tomato, oranges, and ap... more During a field survey of greenhouses and fresh markets in 2013, fruits of tomato, oranges, and apples exhibited rot symptoms with white mycelial growth and salmon-color sporulation in the vicinity of Sargodha city (32°5′1″ N, 72°40′16″ E), Pakistan. Diseased fruit samples were collected in plastic bags and taken to laboratory on ice for further diagnosis. Diseased fruits were observed under a STEREO MICROSCOPE and single spores were removed using an inoculating needle. Isolation from single spores showed pink to white colonies on potato dextrose agar (PDA) containing hyaline, 2-celled, ellipsoid to pyriform conidia (17 to 24 × 7 to 11 μm) with slanting and truncate basal mark and produced in clusters. C onidiophores were branched (105 to 254 × 2 to 4 μm) and hyphae were hyaline (3 to 5 μm in diameter). These characteristics of the fungus were similar to Trichothecium roseum (Pers.) as reported by Inácio et al. (1). Genomic DNA was extracted by using C TAB buffer from a single pure colony of one isolate of the fungus and PC R ANALYSIS was performed for ITS region and part of the 5′ end of the beta tubulin (TUB) gene (2,3). Single fragments of 550 bp and 1.5 kb length from ITS and TUB gene were amplified and sequenced (GenBank Accession Nos. KF975702 and KJ607590, respectively). Sequence ANALYSIS showed 99% similarity with T. roseum isolates from different regions of the world. Phylogenetic ANALYSIS (MEGA version 5.2 with WAG model) showed the close relatedness to the isolates of T. roseum from Pakistan and isolates from other parts of the world that revealed the low genetic variability of ITS region. TUB gene sequence analysis

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International Journal of Energy Sector Management, 2012

ABSTRACT Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship among environmental p... more ABSTRACT Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship among environmental pollution, economic growth and energy consumption per capita in the case of Pakistan. The per capital carbon dioxide (CO2) emission is used as the environmental indicator, the commercial energy use per capita as the energy consumption indicator, and the per capita gross domestic product (GDP) as the economic indicator. Design/methodology/approach – The investigation is made on the basis of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC), using time series data from 1971 to 2006, by applying different econometric tools like ADF Unit Root Johansen Co-integration VECM and Granger causality tests. Findings – The Granger causality test shows that there is a long term relationship between these three indicators, with bidirectional causality between per capita CO2 emission and per capita energy consumption. A monotonically increasing curve between GDP and CO2 emission has been found for the sample period, rejecting the EKC relationship, implying that as per capita GDP increases a linear increase will be observed in per capita CO2 emission. Research limitations/implications – Future research should replace the economic growth variable, i.e. GDP by industrial growth variable because industrial sector is major contributor of pollution by emitting CO2. Practical implications – The empirical findings will help the policy makers of Pakistan in understanding the severity of the CO2 emissions issue and in developing new standards and monitoring networks for reducing CO2 emissions. Originality/value – Energy consumption is the major cause of environmental pollution in Pakistan but no substantial work has been done in this regard with reference to Pakistan.

Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 2013