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Research experience

  • Sep 2009–
    present
    Teaching: Consultant Quality Assurance and Accreditation
    King Saud University, College of Dentistry · Quality and development
    Saudi Arabia · Riyadh

Other

  • Languages
    English (V.Good)
    Urdu (Native/V.Good)
    Siraiki (Native/Excellent)
    Arabic (Working)
    Baluchi (Working)
    Punjabi (Good)
    Hindi (Good)
  • Scientific Memberships
    -International Forum of Educational Technology & Society
    -International Federation of Dental Educators and Associations
    -Community of the Open Seminar in Research Ethics (OSRE)
    -GCF Global Learning, Raleigh, North Carolina
    -Project Management Institute, 14 Campus Boulevard, Newtown Square, PA 19073-3299 USA
    -Development Gateway Foundation, 1889 F Street, NW, Second Floor Washington, D.C. 20006, USA
    -Insciences organization, Reinacherstr. 129 4053 Basel, Switzerland
    -Society for Amateur Scientists, SciTech Hands-On Museum18 West Benton, Aurora, IL
    -Animal Rights & Zoology
    -Scientific Review Board, India -American Humanist Association. 1777 T Street NW, Washington, DC
    -Nature Conservancy-Nature Organization
    -Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GYCA)
    -iCAST (International Center for Appropriate & Sustainable Technology),
    -Gender Equality and Non Discrimination, IC-ILO
  • Journal Referees
    Journal of the American Dental Association (1939), AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, Pakistan journal of zoology, African journal of microbiology research, Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

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    Article: Significance of primary factors influencing students’ performance at the College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
    Mohammad Al-Amri, Walid Sadig, Ebtissam Al Madi, Muhammad Shoaib Ahmedani, ZiZiad Salameh
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    ABSTRACT: Objective: To determine the effect of different enabling factors such as curriculum, role of faculty, academic advising and availability of learning resources and supportive services on the performance of students pursuing their Bachelor\'s degree in dentistry. Methods: Data was collected from the male and female students of the College of Dentistry, King Saud University, during the academic year 2008-2009. All undergraduate students (576) constituted the total sample size of the study. The respondents were requested to fill a questionnaire form, which was specially designed in accordance with requirements of the Association for Dental Education in Europe (ADEE). The questionnaire comprised 45 questions addressing all aspects of the relevant factors. The five-point Likert scale was used to evaluate the feedback. All the responses (239) were thoroughly examined and only the completely filled forms (169) were subjected to regression analyses, taking student`s CGPA as a dependent factor and a depiction of their performance. The t-tests were also worked out to evaluate variations in the responses of male and female students to each sub-factor. Results: The study showed a significant impact of faculty and learning resources and support services on a student\'s achievement (a= 0.05). Surprisingly, academic advising and the dental curriculum had non-significant effect at 95 % level of confidence. However, the critical analyses acknowledged that the non-significant impact was due to poor performance of the two factors. Conclusion: The role of faculty and learning resources as well as of support services had significant effect on students\' performance. However, there is an immense need to improve the level of academic advising and revise the curriculum to have a significant impact of these factors on the student\'s achievements.
    Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 08/2012; 62(8-JPMA 62: 816; 2012).
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    Article: Significance of primary factors influencing students’ performance at the College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
    Mohammad Al-Amri, Ebtissam Al-Madi, Walid Mahmood sadig, Muhammad Shoaib Ahmedani, Ziad Salameh
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    ABSTRACT: Abstract Objective: To determine the effect of different enabling factors such as curriculum, role of faculty, academic advising and availability of learning resources and supportive services on the performance of students pursuing their Bachelor\'s degree in dentistry. Methods: Data was collected from the male and female students of the College of Dentistry, King Saud University, during the academic year 2008-2009. All undergraduate students (576) constituted the total sample size of the study. The respondents were requested to fill a questionnaire form, which was specially designed in accordance with requirements of the Association for Dental Education in Europe (ADEE). The questionnaire comprised 45 questions addressing all aspects of the relevant factors. The five-point Likert scale was used to evaluate the feedback. All the responses (239) were thoroughly examined and only the completely filled forms (169) were subjected to regression analyses, taking student`s CGPA as a dependent factor and a depiction of their performance. The t-tests were also worked out to evaluate variations in the responses of male and female students to each sub-factor. Results: The study showed a significant impact of faculty and learning resources and support services on a student\'s achievement (a= 0.05). Surprisingly, academic advising and the dental curriculum had non-significant effect at 95 % level of confidence. However, the critical analyses acknowledged that the non-significant impact was due to poor performance of the two factors. Conclusion: The role of faculty and learning resources as well as of support services had significant effect on students\' performance. However, there is an immense need to improve the level of academic advising and revise the curriculum to have a significant impact of these factors on the student\'s achievements. Keywords: Student performance, Role of faculty, Dental curriculum, Academic advising, Learning resources, Student support services. (JPMA 62: 816; 2012).
    Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 08/2012; 62(8):816-821.
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    Article: QUANTITATIVE LOSSES AND PHYSICAL DAMAGE CAUSED TO WHEAT KERNEL (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.) BY KHAPRA BEETLE INFESTATION
    Muhammad Shoaib Ahmedani, M I Haque, Syed Nadeem Afzal, M Naeem, T Hussain, And S Naz
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    ABSTRACT: Wheat and other cereals sustain huge quantitative and qualitative losses each year all over the world due to the attack of storage pests. The damage caused by Khapra beetle is comparatively greater than other pests because of its ability to increase rapidly even under unfavourable environmental conditions. A study was therefore initiated to probe into quantitative and physical losses of stored wheat caused by Khapra beetle infestation. We observed more than 20 % loss in weight of seeds after a storage period of 6 months under natural conditions, initially infested with only 10 pairs of Khapra beetle larvae. There was found a strong positive relationship among the progeny development and number of damaged grains as well as with weight loss as depicted by values of the correlation coefficient i.e., 0.95 and 0.87, respectively. Moisture contents also exhibited a strong positive correlation with the loss in weight of wheat grains (R=0.83). The beetle larvae also showed varying levels of preference to different wheat varieties. Wafaq-2001 was found to be the most resistant among the commonly grown varieties of Pakistan. It was therefore concluded that the wheat grains of promising varieties stored for edible and seed purposes must be protected from the attack of Khapra beetle infestation to maintain nutrition, viability of wheat grains and indirectly to ensure the food security.
    Pakistan Journal of Botany 01/2011; 43:659-668. · 0.84 Impact Factor
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    Article: Psocid: A new risk for global food security and safety
    Muhammad Shoaib AHMEDANI, Naz SHAGUFTA, Muhammad ASLAM, Sayyed Ali HUSSNAIN
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    ABSTRACT: Post-harvest losses caused by stored product pests are posing serious threats to global food security and safety. Among the storage pests, psocids were ignored in the past due to unavailability of the significant evidence regarding quantitative and qualitative losses caused by them. Their economic importance has been recognized by many researchers around the globe since the last few years. The published reports suggest that the pest be recognized as a new risk for global food security and safety. Psocids have been found infesting stored grains in the USA, Australia, UK, Brazil, Indonesia, China, India and Pakistan. About sixteen species of psocids have been identified and listed as pests of stored grains. Psocids generally prefer infested kernels having some fungal growth, but are capable of excavating the soft endosperm of damaged or cracked uninfected grains. Economic losses due to their feeding are directly proportional to the intensity of infestation and their population. The pest has also been reported to cause health problems in humans. Keeping the economic importance of psocids in view, their phylogeny, distribution, bio-ecology, management and pest status have been reviewed in this paper.
    Applied Entomology and Zoology 01/2010; 45(1):89-100. · 1.14 Impact Factor
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    Article: Psocid: A new risk for global food security and safety
    Muhammad Shoaib AHMEDANI, Naz SHAGUFTA, Muhammad ASLAM, Sayyed Ali HUSSNAIN
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    ABSTRACT: Post-harvest losses caused by stored product pests are posing serious threats to global food security and safety. Among the storage pests, psocids were ignored in the past due to unavailability of the significant evidence regarding quantitative and qualitative losses caused by them. Their economic importance has been recognized by many researchers around the globe since the last few years. The published reports suggest that the pest be recognized as a new risk for global food security and safety. Psocids have been found infesting stored grains in the USA, Australia, UK, Brazil, Indonesia, China, India and Pakistan. About sixteen species of psocids have been identified and listed as pests of stored grains. Psocids generally prefer infested kernels having some fungal growth, but are capable of excavating the soft endosperm of damaged or cracked uninfected grains. Economic losses due to their feeding are directly proportional to the intensity of infestation and their population. The pest has also been reported to cause health problems in humans. Keeping the economic importance of psocids in view, their phylogeny, distribution, bio-ecology, management and pest status have been reviewed in this paper.
    Applied Entomology and Zoology 01/2010; 45(1):89-100. · 1.14 Impact Factor

About

Experienced in Management and Implementation of Quality Standards in Higher Education as well as Industrial Sectors to enhance and assure quality of education, environment and Food. I have served as Deputy Director QEC (Vice Dean Quality) at University level in Pakistan.
As a Quality Consultant, I facilitated the College of Dentistry, KSU in achieving Accreditation from:
1. The NCAAA, KSA
2. Association for Dental Education in Europe
3. Certification under ISO 9001-2008.

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