Riphah International University

Association between household fuel use and childhood undernutrition in Pakistan: evidence from a National survey

Childhood undernutrition significantly contributes to under-five mortality in Pakistan, yet its association with household air pollution remains underexplored. This study examined associations between household cooking fuels and childhood undernutrition using data from the Pakist...

Glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate in osteoarthritis: mechanisms, microbiome interactions, and nanotechnology-based advances

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most prevalent degenerative joint disease worldwide. OA involves chronic pain, subchondral bone remodeling, synovial inflammation, and progressive cartilage degeneration. Gut microbiota (GM) dysbiosis disturbs metabolic processes and systemic inflammati...

Game-oriented interventions for children with cerebral palsy: a review of efficacy, engagement, and functional outcomes

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most prevalent cause of childhood physical disability worldwide, affecting approximately 1.6 per 1,000 live births and imposing permanent deficits across motor, cognitive, and psychosocial domains. Conventional rehabilitation i...

Drivers of continuance participation intention in online retail sales events

Purpose This study aims at identifying the major drivers influencing the consumers' continuance participation intention (CPI) in online retail sales events (ORSE). It focuses on the associations of ritualistic consumption and deal proneness with shopping engagement (SE), the asso...

Nonlinear mapping of random graph properties for cryptographic S-boxes

Secure communication in the digital era depends on cryptographic primitives whose nonlinearity withstands side-channel, algebraic, and emerging quantum cryptanalytic threats. Among these primitives, the substitution box (S-box) is the principal source of confusion in modern block...

Recent advances in universal influenza vaccine platforms: paving the way for universal H5N1 vaccines and pandemic readiness

Abstract The H5N1 influenza threat is a significant issue to the overall health of the population in the world, and it demands new approaches in vaccine development and implementation. The critical path forward is the development of universal vaccine platforms, which provide long...

Effect of gas temperature on neutral and ionic carbon containing species in CH4/O2/Ar capacitive coupled plasma: A two dimensional fluid simulation study

Methane ( C H 4 ) conversion using plasma technology is of significant interest for understanding C H 4 activation pathways, reaction mechanisms and carbon chemistry, while enabling the production of value-added carbon containing compounds and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions....

The ethics of influence: organizational culture as a moderator of leadership style in agile projects

Abstract: This research investigates the moderating role of organizational culture (OC) in shaping the relationship between leadership style and project performance (PP), with a specific focus on despotic and transformational leadership. Through a dual study model the data was co...

Responsibility vs. sensationalism: A cross-cultural review of media coverage of sexual violence

In this study, the media coverage of various incidents of sexual violence across the various countries of the world has been analyzed, and to surface that whether the media is responsible, sensational or neutral in coverage of such events. Media Coverage of sexual violence is exa...

Integrating menopausal neurocognitive and psychosocial dynamics into economic behavior: the Behavioral Finance–Menopausal Cognition (BF-MC) Model (MARiE WP2A study)

Objective: Traditional behavioral finance—which examines how cognitive biases, emotions, and context shape economic decision-making— often assumes cognitive stability, rationality, and consistent risk evaluation, based largely on male-dominated samples. Emerging evidence from the...

A short form of the cybersecurity resilience scale (CSRS-20): development and initial cross-cultural validation

Purpose This study conducted a psychometric evaluation of a 20-item short form of the Cybersecurity Resilience Scale (CSRS-20), designed to reduce respondent burden while retaining the core conceptual coverage. The short form focuses on individual-level cybersecurity resilience (...

Fostering employees’ pro-environmental behavior through environmentally specific servant leadership, harmonious environmental passion, and environmental locus of control

Environmental sustainability increasingly relies on employees’ pro-environmental behavior (PEB), especially through leadership style under distinct contexts. Drawing on Affective Events Theory (AET), this study tested whether harmonious environmental passion (HEP) mediated the re...

Influencer marketing and consumer engagement in shaping the relationship between pro-environmental behavior and sustainable consumption

To explore the relationship between pro-environmental behaviour and sustainable consumption and to assess the mediating effects of cognitive, emotional and behavioural engagement, as well as the moderating effect of influencer marketing, within the Stimulus-Organism-Response (S-O...

National trends in heart failure and hyperlipidemia related mortality in the United States, 1999–2024

Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, with heart failure (HF) and hyperlipidemia substantially contributing to mortality. This study aimed to examine national trends in HF-related mortality with coexisting hyperlipidemia from 1999 to 2024...

DeepBreastNet: Multi-Modal Deep Learning for Comprehensive Breast Cancer Diagnosis Across Heterogeneous Imaging Modalities

Breast cancer is one of the most common and deadly cancers worldwide, making early and accurate diagnosis essential for effective treatment. While deep learning methods have shown promise in breast cancer detection, most existing approaches focus on individual imaging modalities,...

Combined effects of abdominal binders and TENS on post-operative pain, distress and constipation in puerperium period after cesarean section

The abdominal binders and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) are widely used by clinicians for pain, wound healing and in stabilization. However, these benefits have not been properly investigated in women who have undergone cesarean delivery. To determine the com...

Establishment and application of a real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR assay for detecting EAPV in Passiflora edulis

East Asian Passiflora virus (EAPV) is a significant viral pathogen prevalent across passionfruit cultivation regions in China and causes substantial economic losses to the passionfruit industry. The development of a sensitive, rapid, and accurate diagnostic method is essential fo...

AI AS A TOOL OF CLIMATE DIPLOMACY IN PAKISTAN: ACCESSING THE INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY AND POLICY CHALLENGES.

The study has examined the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a new tool of climate diplomacy in Pakistan with specific emphasis on the institutional capacity assessment and policy challenges. The main goal of this research is to assess the use of AI technologies in Pakistan...

AI AS A TOOL OF CLIMATE DIPLOMACY IN PAKISTAN: ACCESSING THE INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY AND POLICY CHALLENGES.

The study has examined the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a new tool of climate diplomacy in Pakistan with specific emphasis on the institutional capacity assessment and policy challenges. The main goal of this research is to assess the use of AI technologies in Pakistan...

REINVENTING IDENTITIES: A CULTURAL ANALYSIS OF IDENTITY REPRESENTATION IN THE NETFLIX SERIES TAJ MAHAL 1989(2020)

The present study offers a cultural analysis of identity formation in the Netflix series Taj Mahal 1989 with emphasis on the hybridization of Indian Identity and characters struggle with complex social norms. Utilizing the idea of ‘Cultural Representation’ by Stuart Hall and ‘Hyb...