Cryptocurrencies have transgressed ever-changing economic trends in the global economy, owing to their conveyance, security, trust, and the ability to make transactions without the aid of formal institutions and governing bodies. However, the adoption of cryptocurrency remains low among stakeholders, including e-retailers. Thus, the current work explores the intentions of e-retailers in the Asia and Pacific region to adopt cryptocurrencies. This study considers the TAM-based SOR, with a combination of non-cognitive attributes (compatibility and convenience) proposed as stimuli for e-retailers to adopt the examined cryptocurrencies. The findings indicate that the proposed non-cognitive attributes are critical in determining e-retailers’ technostress (emotional state). Moreover, it was found that technostress among e-retailers profoundly impacts their intentions to adopt cryptocurrency in business settings. Meanwhile, regulatory support communication can be used to help regulatory bodies and governing institutions control the future economy worldwide. The proposed study offers significant theoretical and practical contributions through its investigation of e-retailers’ intentions to adopt cryptocurrency for the first time in the particular context of technostress and regulatory support.

The purpose of this study is to understand the mothers’ level of awareness regarding thalassemia and their experiences of having a thalassemic child. A total of (N=64) mothers are chosen as participants. Focus Group Discussion (FGD) is carried out. Majority of the children’s parents is cousins but they are not screened for thalassemia before marriage and despite of the birth of thalassemic child, they are unaware about pre-natal diagnosis. The study highlights the need of implementing effective public educational programs and to make pre-marital screening compulsory for general public to reduce the prevalence rate of the disease.

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to examine the level of awarenessof the parents regarding Thalassemia Major; the cost of treatment of Thalassemia Major Patientsand the sufferings it brings to the families; the social problems faced by patients’ families; toidentify the barriers patients’ families face in the treatment of Thalassemia child. Study Design:Descriptive study. Setting: Four Thalassemic Centers (i) Thalassemia / Hemophilia Centre, TheChildren’s Hospital & the Institute of Child Health Multan (ii) Fatimid Foundation Multan (iii) AmnaBlood Foundation (iv) Minhajul Quran Multan. Period: January-2013 to June-2013. Methods:A sample of 500 respondents was drawn from the total population and structured interviewschedule was administrated. Data were analyzed and interpreted by using SPSS (StatisticalPackage for Social Sciences) 19.0 version software. The structured interview was discussedwith two experts of the Sociology Department and two Senior Doctors (>8 years’ experiences)working in the Thalassemia centers and Government Health Institutions. It was revised toincorporate recommended improvements. Descriptive and inferential statistics were applied toanalyze the data that includes: frequency, percent, mean, standard deviations. Results: Dataindicated that 100(20.0%) respondents were patients’ father while 329(65.8%) were mothersand 71(14.2%) were close relatives. Of the 500 respondents, 306(61.2%) were married to theirfirst cousins, 91(18.2%) of the respondents were married to their second cousins, 34(6.8%) ofthe respondents married in distance relatives and 69(13.8%) of the respondents married out offamily. Conclusion: The study summarized that the health care providers should be encouragedto talk about Thalassemia as a public health problem in Pakistan and should enhance the publicawareness to eliminate the Thalassemia in Pakistan.

The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between parenting styles (authoritarian, authoritative and permissive) and Big-five personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism, conscientiousness and openness) among the students of Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Pakistan. For this purpose, a total number of 281 students from different faculties (Natural and social sciences) were selected through systematic sampling technique and the respondents responded to parenting authority questionnaire (PAQ) by Buri (1991) and Big-five inventory (BFI) john and Srivastava (1999). Data were analyzed by using SPSS-21 version, and Pearson correlation (r=0.01) was applied to find out the relationship, direction and consistency between predictor and criterion variable. Results indicated a directly proportional relationship between parenting styles (authoritarian, authoritative & permissive) and big five personality traits.

The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between parenting styles (authoritarian, authoritative and permissive) and Big-five personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism, conscientiousness and openness) among the students of Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Pakistan. For this purpose, a total number of 281 students from different faculties (Natural and social sciences) were selected through systematic sampling technique and the respondents responded to parenting authority questionnaire (PAQ) by Buri (1991) and Big-five inventory (BFI) john and Srivastava (1999). Data were analyzed by using SPSS-21 version, and Pearson correlation (r=0.01) was applied to find out the relationship, direction and consistency between predictor and criterion variable. Results indicated a directly proportional relationship between parenting styles (authoritarian, authoritative & permissive) and big five personality traits.