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The current study aimed to highlight the factors that may influence teachers' psychological resistance to digital technologies in entrepreneurship and business schools. Theoretically grounded in the diffusion of innovations theory and the theory of planned behavior, the current research investigates teachers' psychological resistance to digital innovation, school culture and climate, and moderation of teacher attitudes toward educational technologies. A cross-sectional field survey of 600 business and entrepreneurship school teachers was conducted in Jordan. In this study, partial least square-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to assess the variables' “direct and moderating impacts” using the Smart PLS software 3.0. According to the results, school culture and school innovation climate had a considerable positive impact on teachers' resistance to digital innovation. Additionally, teachers' attitudes toward educational technologies moderated the relationship between study constructs in the framework. The study is a significant advance to the literature related to entrepreneurship, business education, and digital innovation. Several key policy insights and recommendations for further research, as well as theoretical and practical implications, are suggested.

The study was conducted to determine of Locus of Control (LOC) and Professional Ethics (PE) on teachers' performance at university level. The study objectives are to identify the effect of LOC and PE on teachers' performance at university level & 􀅫ind out the relationship between LOC and PE on teachers' performance at university level. The area of population was delimited to public and private university teachers in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The study was descriptive and quantitative in nature. Questionnaire was used to determine the effect of LOC and PE on performance of teachers. The sample of the study was taken from ten universities out of twenty-seven universities in the Rawalpindi and Islamabad areas. Universities were selected on the bases of convenient sampling techniques. Data was collected online using Google forms, and researchers personally visited universities to make sure that all questionnaires were 􀅫illed correctly and on time by the respondent. Findings of the research indicated that internal LOC and PE serve as signi􀅫icant components of teachers' performance. It also showed that PE is the leading variable to affect the performance of teachers.

Leadership style is the general way a leader behaves towards his subordinates for attaining objectives. Leadership styles play very important role in the success of an organization. Objectives of the study were (i) To 􀅫ind out the level of transformational leadership style of head of the departments. (ii) To identify the level of job satisfaction of university teachers. (iii) To 􀅫ind out the effect of transformational leadership style of department heads on job satisfaction of teachers. As the nature of the research was quantitative, survey method was used for investigating about effect of transformational leadership style on job satisfaction of university teachers. Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire and Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire were used. The population of the study comprised of teaching faculty of public and private universities in Islamabad Pakistan. By using convenient sampling technique 150 teachers were selected from three universities. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine the effect of transformational leadership on job satisfaction of university teachers. The result showed there is a positive signi􀅫icant effect of Transformational leadership style on Job Satisfaction of university teachers. Moreover, the Idealized in􀅫luence found a highest impact on Job satisfaction than other Transformational Leadership dimensions. Universities should pay more attention to Transformational Leadership and improve the leader's characteristics among university leaders to enhance the Job Satisfaction of university teachers.

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This study presents Blended Learning (BL) perspectives and practices at Punjab Higher Education Department colleges in the district of Faisalabad, Pakistan. The study was carried out under a descriptive survey design. A sample of 105 college teachers, teaching BS-level subjects in Graduate colleges in the Faisalabad district was selected for this study. A 5-point Likert scale questionnaire was used to obtain responses from the respondents. Descriptive data analysis methods were used to evaluate quantitative data. College teachers expressed a positive attitude towards blended learning. They recognized the value of BL for improved learning possibilities, time 􀅫lexibility, interest, and student motivation. They also practice blended learning in their institution. But this practice is not common and consistently throughout the institutions. There is no formal spot and mechanism of BL practices in higher education department colleges.

Background: Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) is a major public health community-acquired threat around the globe due to the growing rate of antimicrobial resistance. It is one of the most common trending causes of nosocomial infections. Objective: The current study aimed to check the rate of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extended drug-resistant (XDR) PA and to analyze the invitro activity of different antimicrobial agents against clinically isolated bacterial samples. Molecular Detection and amplification of L lipoprotein (OprL gene) were also done to determine the frequency and species of different strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA2192, C3719, PA01, PA14 and PACS2). Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted at at the Department of Pathology, King Edward Medical University/ Mayo Hospital Lahore. Total 140 patients were included in the study. Biochemical characterization, molecular identification, antimicrobial susceptibility profiling and DNA sequencing of the desired gene were done to confirm different strains' identification. Results: MDR and XDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection are more common among males 81(57.5%) and high among the 31-45 age group, i.e., 55 (39.3%). After antibiotic susceptibility testing, 60% of strains were found to be MDR PA, while 40% were categorized as XDR PA. Doripenem showed the highest sensitivity, 93 (66.4%) among all carbapenems. Polymyxin B showed the highest activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa multi and extensively drug-resistant strains, i.e., 108 (77.1%). Conclusion: The present study suggests that doripenem can be the only active agent for combating infections, and the Carbapenem drug appears effective against highly resistant strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

This study aimed to find the effectiveness of virtual lab experiments. Quasi-Experimental was the design for this study. This study was conducted in Islamabad. Chemistry students of secondary level were selected from the Islamabad model school for boys for experimentation. Control and experimental groups were served the pretest. The experimental group was taught through virtual labs. This treatment was given for 6-weeks. To measure the achievement score of both groups, a post test comprising of the content taught during the intervention post test was administered. The post test included items of the first three levels of Bloom's taxonomy related to the experiments of chemistry included in the intervention. The t-statistics were used for each control and experimental group separately. The VL had an extensive impact on academic achievement in terms of knowledge, comprehension, and application-level of the students.