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There are regular conflicts between the traditionally divided software organization i.e. dev and ops teams during the software development process for delivering the software to the end-user. DevOps overcome these conflicts by automating the processes between the development and operations team in such a way that they can build, test, and release the software successfully and efficiently to the end-user. Globally, more and more organizations are adopting DevOps. As Pakistan’s software industry is progressively growing while DevOps is a relatively new concept, there is a need for DevOps awareness and understanding towards its adoption and practices. This paper evaluated DevOps awareness and identified the practices adopted in Pakistan’s software organizations and suggested generic guidelines for DevOps transition. A questionnaire-based survey is conducted to collect data and various DevOps sub-activities being practiced. The survey analysis and results depicted that Pakistan’s Software Industry is making efforts towards the adoption of DevOps but due to lack of its awareness, most of the DevOps practices are not fully adopted yet. According to the DevOps evolution model, only one-eighth of Pakistan’s software organizations are at the self-service stage, while the rest of them are still struggling at the normalization and standardization stage.

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Objective: To find out the laproscopic cholecystectomy outcomes association with operational findings in rural area of district Sanghar, Sindh, Pakistan. Methods: This longitudinal and interventional study was conducted in a private hospital of Tando Adam District Sanghar the rural area of Sindh, Pakistan from March 2013 to October 2019. Patients above 15 years of age from both genders were taken by using convenient sampling technique, having symptomatic gallstones, favorable or unfavorable anatomical conditions, acute and chronic cholecystitis. Patients with dilated common bile duct (>8 mm in diameter), jaundice, mass at porta hepatis and uncorrectable coagulopathy were excluded. SPSS-22 was used for the statistical analysis. Results: This study included 28(13.9%) males and 173(86.1%) females. Mostly participants fall between the age of 30 to 39 years 65(32.3%). Significant association (p-value< 0.05) was found between the operational findings of the participants and there outcomes. Conclusion: Most of the participants were female. Majority fall between the age range of 30 to 39 years. Many of them stayed in the hospital for up to 24 hours. Significant association was found between the operational findings of the participants and there outcomes. Keywords: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, Outcomes, Gall stones, operational findings

Background: Since the prevalence and awareness AutismSpectrum Disorders (ASD) is growing day by day, it is crucial to correctly allocate diagnosis of ASD. According to the guidelines, there should be a multi-agency strategy group for diagnosis of ASD. Aim: To find out the diagnostic practices of ASD among different Health Professionals. Place and Duration of Study: Riphah International University, Lahore campus. The study was conducted from October 2017 till March 2018. Methodology: Data was collected from 116 professionals which included Speech-Language Pathologists, Pediatricians, Psychiatrists, Psychologists and Occupational Therapists by using questionnaire. A cross-sectional survey was carried out by using the technique of convenient sampling. Researcher collected the data from Riphah International University in person and some professionals were sent questionnaires online. Results: Majority of professionals provide diagnostic service i.e. 84.4% as a part of multidisciplinary team whereas 15.6% are sole practitioners for giving diagnosis; 51.1% collaborate with other professionals to make a consensus diagnosis and the most frequently used tool by professionals for diagnosing ASD is Childhood Autism Rating Scale CARS (76.7%) and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders V/IV (DSM V OR IV) criteria (67.8%). Conclusion: The professionals in the current study are using multidisciplinary approach for diagnosing ASD and a small number are sole practitioners. The most frequently used tool for diagnosing ASD are CARS and DSM V OR IV criteria. However, very few practitioners use the diagnostic tool Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule ADOS and Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised ADI-R. The professionals who provide diagnosis of ASD are Speech and language Pathologists, Psychologists, pediatricians, psychiatrists and Occupational therapists.