Muhammad Ishtiaq
Biographic Data
| ID | 800613 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Muhammad Ishtiaq |
| GIVEN NAMES | Muhammad |
| FAMILY NAME | Ishtiaq |
| SIGNATURE | ISHTIAQ M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mirpur University of Science and Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9802-4857 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Face-to-face Vs. Online Learning: Differences and Challenges in Communication
The current study attempts to investigate perceptions of EFL learners towards faceto-face vs. online learning focusing on differences and challenges in communication. The study used a mixed-method design to explain and thoroughly explore the issue. Quantitative data were collected and analyzed in the first phase, and qualitative data were collected and analyzed in the second phase. Quantitative findings reveal that most of the participants think …
Ethnobotanical Inventory of Wild Woody Plants Species of Randyam Mountainous Zone of Bhimber, Azad Jammu and Kashmir Pakistan
Background: The current research aimed to explore the conservation status, ethnobotanical and traditional ethnomedicinal uses of wild flora in the Sanghar mountains of District Bhimber, Pakistan, with a focus on discovering novelty and potential drugs. Methods: This study was conducted in 2018-19 and involved interactions with indigenous communities, with informants ranging in age from 40 to 100 years. Open-ended and closed-ended interview protoc…
Evaluating the conservation value and medicinal potential of wild herbaceous flora in the Sanghar Mountains of District Bhimber, Azad Jammu and Kashmir Pakistan
Background: The current research aimed to explore the conservation status, ethnobotanical and traditional ethnomedicinal uses of wild flora in the Sanghar mountains of District Bhimber, Pakistan, with a focus on discovering novelty and potential drugs. Methods: This study was conducted in 2018-19 and involved interactions with indigenous communities, with informants ranging in age from 40 to 100 years. Open-ended and closed-ended interview protoc…
From Wells to Wallets: Tracing Volatility Spillover from Crude Oil to South Asian Stock Markets
The association between stock and oil prices is essential because these are subjected to economic changes. The changing economic and political conditions create shocks in the economy that bring Instability in the oil market that spills over to developing nations ‘stock markets. The study has used the daily data to study the spillover from crude oil to the stock markets of South Asia. The Markov-Switching and DCC-GARCH approaches have been used in…
Ethnobotanical importance and conservation status of Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad in division Mirpur, Kashmir Himalaya
Background: Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad has been used traditionally for curing ailments in humans and animals in different parts of the world. The current study was conducted to determine the ethnobotanical importance of C. colocynthis in division Mirpur, Kashmir Himalaya. Methods: Twelve well-planned ethnobotanical surveys of the study area were arranged. A total of 118 respondents of varying educational backgrounds, professional affiliati…
An Analysis of the Participants Disagreement Strategies in Computer- mediated Intercultural Communication (CMIC)
This study explores disagreement strategies in the context of a multicultural Computer-mediated-classroom (CMC) with English as a medium of instruction and communication. It studies how disagreement strategies are influenced by the participants' own cultural pragmatic rules and pose problems for others to follow them as intended. The speech acts of strong and mitigated disagreement are analyzed in detail, with different participants employing dif…
Inflation Forecasting for Pakistan in a Data-rich Environment
This paper uses machine learning methods to forecast the year-on-year CPI inflation of Pakistan and compare their forecasting performance against the comprehensive traditional forecasting suite contained in Hanif and Malik (2015). It also augments the comprehensive forecasting suite with the dynamic factor model which is able to handle a large amount of information and put all of these models in competition against the latest machine learning mod…
Linguistic Analysis of the Gender Representation in Jane Austen's Novel, Persuasion, Using Systemic Functional Grammar
This work explores the relationship between linguistic structures and socially constructed meanings in a text. It employs the transitivity framework of Halliday in order to expose the ideological position and power relations in a classic literary work, especially from a systemic functional perspective. It also tries to find common ground between systemic functional grammar and a narrative. The presence of certain recurring linguistic features in …
The Impact of different Waves of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Stock Markets in South Asian Countries
The crisis of COVID-19 comes with a calamitous economic stance. The South Asian countries experience their nastiest economic performance in the last four decenniums, and a moiety of the countries are falling into recession. This paper checks the impact of the first,second and third waves of COVID-19 outbreak on the stock market indices of all the South Asian countries, including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, SriLanka, Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal,…
Stylistic Analysis of the E. E. Cummings’ “Humanity I Love You”
This study deals with stylistic analysis of E.E. Cummings’s poem "Humanity i love you". This study is dealt under the level of lexicology, graphology and the parallelism in stylistics. Qualitative method has been applied in the analysis of the poem in which the data are collected from primary, secondary and tertiary sources. The analysis of these features is helpful to comprehend the basic theme of the poem that is completely sarcasm and irony. T…
Indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants from Sudhanoti district (AJK), Pakistan
Relative importance of indigenous medicinal plants from Layyah district, Punjab Province, Pakistan
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Relative importance of indigenous medicinal plants from Layyah district, Punjab Province, Pakistan
Indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants from Sudhanoti district (AJK), Pakistan
Stylistic Analysis of the E. E. Cummings’ “Humanity I Love You”
This study deals with stylistic analysis of E.E. Cummings’s poem "Humanity i love you". This study is dealt under the level of lexicology, graphology and the parallelism in stylistics. Qualitative method has been applied in the analysis of the poem in which the data are collected from primary, secondary and tertiary sources. The analysis of these features is helpful to comprehend the basic theme of the poem that is completely sarcasm and irony. T…
Linguistic Analysis of the Gender Representation in Jane Austen's Novel, Persuasion, Using Systemic Functional Grammar
This work explores the relationship between linguistic structures and socially constructed meanings in a text. It employs the transitivity framework of Halliday in order to expose the ideological position and power relations in a classic literary work, especially from a systemic functional perspective. It also tries to find common ground between systemic functional grammar and a narrative. The presence of certain recurring linguistic features in …
The Impact of different Waves of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Stock Markets in South Asian Countries
The crisis of COVID-19 comes with a calamitous economic stance. The South Asian countries experience their nastiest economic performance in the last four decenniums, and a moiety of the countries are falling into recession. This paper checks the impact of the first,second and third waves of COVID-19 outbreak on the stock market indices of all the South Asian countries, including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, SriLanka, Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal,…
An Analysis of the Participants Disagreement Strategies in Computer- mediated Intercultural Communication (CMIC)
This study explores disagreement strategies in the context of a multicultural Computer-mediated-classroom (CMC) with English as a medium of instruction and communication. It studies how disagreement strategies are influenced by the participants' own cultural pragmatic rules and pose problems for others to follow them as intended. The speech acts of strong and mitigated disagreement are analyzed in detail, with different participants employing dif…
Inflation Forecasting for Pakistan in a Data-rich Environment
This paper uses machine learning methods to forecast the year-on-year CPI inflation of Pakistan and compare their forecasting performance against the comprehensive traditional forecasting suite contained in Hanif and Malik (2015). It also augments the comprehensive forecasting suite with the dynamic factor model which is able to handle a large amount of information and put all of these models in competition against the latest machine learning mod…
From Wells to Wallets: Tracing Volatility Spillover from Crude Oil to South Asian Stock Markets
The association between stock and oil prices is essential because these are subjected to economic changes. The changing economic and political conditions create shocks in the economy that bring Instability in the oil market that spills over to developing nations ‘stock markets. The study has used the daily data to study the spillover from crude oil to the stock markets of South Asia. The Markov-Switching and DCC-GARCH approaches have been used in…
Ethnobotanical importance and conservation status of Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad in division Mirpur, Kashmir Himalaya
Background: Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad has been used traditionally for curing ailments in humans and animals in different parts of the world. The current study was conducted to determine the ethnobotanical importance of C. colocynthis in division Mirpur, Kashmir Himalaya. Methods: Twelve well-planned ethnobotanical surveys of the study area were arranged. A total of 118 respondents of varying educational backgrounds, professional affiliati…
Face-to-face Vs. Online Learning: Differences and Challenges in Communication
The current study attempts to investigate perceptions of EFL learners towards faceto-face vs. online learning focusing on differences and challenges in communication. The study used a mixed-method design to explain and thoroughly explore the issue. Quantitative data were collected and analyzed in the first phase, and qualitative data were collected and analyzed in the second phase. Quantitative findings reveal that most of the participants think …
Ethnobotanical Inventory of Wild Woody Plants Species of Randyam Mountainous Zone of Bhimber, Azad Jammu and Kashmir Pakistan
Background: The current research aimed to explore the conservation status, ethnobotanical and traditional ethnomedicinal uses of wild flora in the Sanghar mountains of District Bhimber, Pakistan, with a focus on discovering novelty and potential drugs. Methods: This study was conducted in 2018-19 and involved interactions with indigenous communities, with informants ranging in age from 40 to 100 years. Open-ended and closed-ended interview protoc…
Evaluating the conservation value and medicinal potential of wild herbaceous flora in the Sanghar Mountains of District Bhimber, Azad Jammu and Kashmir Pakistan
Background: The current research aimed to explore the conservation status, ethnobotanical and traditional ethnomedicinal uses of wild flora in the Sanghar mountains of District Bhimber, Pakistan, with a focus on discovering novelty and potential drugs. Methods: This study was conducted in 2018-19 and involved interactions with indigenous communities, with informants ranging in age from 40 to 100 years. Open-ended and closed-ended interview protoc…
Geography (8 works) · Biology (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Ethnobotany (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Medicinal plants (4 works) · Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies (4 works)