Fitting Probability Distributions and Statistical Trend Analysis of Rainfall of Agro-climatic Zone of West Bengal by Bhawishya Pradhan, Banjul Bhattacharyya, N. Elakkiya and T. Gowthaman

“…This research aimed to identify the most appropriate probability distribution for modeling average monthly rainfall in the agro-climatic zones of West Bengal and to detect any trends in this data. The study utilized historical rainfall data spanning 51 years (1970-2020) obtained from the IMD in Pune. …”
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Seroprevalence of Brucellosis in Individuals Engaged in Animal Husbandry in Erzurum Region by Ahmet Yılmaz, Selahattin Çelebi, Sinan Yılmaz, Mahmut Ucar

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Assessment of Knowledge on Side Effects Among Cancer Patients Receiving Radiotherapy in Selected Hospitals of West Bengal by Sukanya Chowdhury, Chayan Paul

“…Therefore knowledge assessment of patients with cancer is necessary to understand the lack of knowledge regarding cancer.Objectives This descriptive study aimed to assess the knowledge of the side effects of cancer patients receiving radiotherapy in selected hospitals in West Bengal.Method A total of 171 samples were selected using a non-probability purposive sampling technique and a validated structured interview schedule was used to collect data from the study samples.Results The study results showed that the mean and SD of knowledge score were 11.3 and plusmn3.06 respectively 25.1 of cancer patients had a poor level of knowledge and the majority of the study sample had side effects such as nausea fatigue weight loss and psychological changes. …”
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Assessment of morbidity profile among workers of metallurgy factories processing aluminium in Howrah district of West Bengal by Debasish Biswas, Manabendra Sau, Gautam Paik, Kishore P. Madhwani, Amalendu Samanta

“…Methods: A cross-sectional O bservational descriptive study was conducted in two aluminium processing metallurgy factories in Howrah district of Indian state of West Bengal. The sample size for the proposed research study was 424 workers. …”
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Nutrient transport from the Ganga–Brahmaputra–Meghna River system to the Bay of Bengal: past and future trends by Hamdy Elsayed, Arthur Beusen, Alexander Felix Bouwman

“…Continuing current nutrient management practices in a business as usual scenario will increase the risk of eutrophication in the GBM basin and the Bay of Bengal. Implementing nutrient reduction strategies in a sustainable scenario will reduce TN and TP loads and concentrations, but nutrient imbalances remain strong with continued risk of harmful algal blooms. …”
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HARMONY AMIDST DIVERSITY: EXPLORING RELIGIOUS PLURALISM IN BENGAL THROUGH THE LENS OF SUFI HERITAGE AND ITS ENVOYS by DR. SAEYD RASHED HASAN CHOWDURY

“… This study explores the significant influence of Sufism on Bengal’s cultural, religious, and social landscape from the eleventh century to the present. …”
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Corrosion Behavior of Work Hardened SnPb-Solder Affected Copper in the Bay of Bengal Water Environment by M. Muzibur Rahman, S. Reaz Ahmed, M. Salim Kaiser

“…Unfortunately, such study is missing in the Bay of Bengal water. Moreover, inclusion of alloying elements can have influence on the corrosion behavior of copper, especially the addition of SnPb-solder for repair works and environmental effects due to ageing. …”
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A Novel In Situ Dendritic Cell Vaccine Triggered by Rose Bengal Enhances Adaptive Antitumour Immunity by Lanlin Zhang, Jiangyuan Du, Qian Song, Chufan Zhang, Xianghua Wu

“…Recent studies have shown that Rose Bengal (RB) can effectively induce immunogenic cell death (ICD) in cancer cells, presenting whole tumour antigens for DC processing and presentation. …”
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New Spectrophotometric and Conductometric Methods for Macrolide Antibiotics Determination in Pure and Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms Using Rose Bengal by Rania A. Sayed, Wafaa S. Hassan, Magda Y. El-Mammli, Abadalla Shalaby

“…The conductometric method depends on the formation of an ion-pair complex between the studied drug and rose bengal. For the spectrophotometric method, Beer's law was obeyed. …”
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Air pollution and health in Eastern India: Findings from a primary survey conducted in West Bengal and Jharkhand by Arup Halder, Aditi Kundu, Arunava Ghoshal

“…Sample Description: The total sample (N) size was 2784 respondents (Jharkhand and West Bengal), with 1456 respondents from West Bengal and 1328 from Jharkhand. …”
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Contaminated Pond Water Favors Cholera Outbreak at Haibatpur Village, Purba Medinipur District, West Bengal, India by Dilip Kumar Biswas, Rama Bhunia, Dipankar Maji, Palash Das

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LipBengal: Pioneering Bengali lip-reading dataset for pronunciation mapping through lip gesturesHugging Face by Md. Tanvir Rahman Sahed, Md. Tanjil Islam Aronno, Hussain Nyeem, Md. Abdul Wahed, Tashrif Ahsan, R Rafiul Islam, Tareque Bashar Ovi, Manab Kumar Kundu, Jane Alam Sadeef

“…The LipBengal dataset represents a significant advancement in Bengali lip-reading and visual speech recognition research, poised to drive future applications and technological progress. …”
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Effect of supplementation of phytoadditive mixtures on live weight, blood indices, hormonal profile and reproductive performance in Black Bengal goats by Amit Kumar Singh, Champak Bhakat, Upali Kisku, Muthupalani Karunakaran, Tapas Kumar Dutta

“…Therefore, it was concluded that supplementation of PAM-1 and PAM-2 improved reproductive performance, hormonal profile and lipid profile through improved live weights in Black Bengal goats.…”
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Prevalence and Pattern of Morbidity Triads among the Elderly Population: A Cross-sectional Study in Bankura District, West Bengal by Ujjwal Das, Nishamani Kar

“…The present study examines the prevalence and pattern of triad morbidity among the elderly in the Bankura district of West Bengal. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among elderly men and women aged 55 years and above in five blocks of Bankura district. …”
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Reproductive Biology of the Mullet, Rhinomugil corsula (Hamilton, 1822) (Mugiliformes: Mugilidae) in the Sitakunda Coast of Bay of Bengal, Chattogram, Bangladesh by Syeda Ismat Ara, M. Ali Azadi, Munira Nasiruddin

“…Reproductive biology of the Corsula Mullet, Rhinomugil corsula (Hamilton, 1822) (Mugiliformes: Mugilidae) was carried out based on 1166 (394 male and 772 female) fish samples collected monthly from the fishermen’s catch of Sitakunda coast of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh, from December 2016 to November 2017. …”
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Prevalence and pattern of mental disorders in the state of West Bengal: Findings from the National Mental Health Survey of India 2016 by Sukanto Sarkar, Aniruddha Basu, Sucharita Mandal, Pavithra Jayashankar, Pradeep K. Saha, Raghunath Misra, Debasish Sinha, Rajarshi Neogi, Soumyadeep Saha, Vivek Benegal, Girish N. Rao, Mathew Varghese, Gopalkrishna Gururaj

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Exploring the Reasons for Dropouts of Injectable Contraceptive in Burdwan Municipal area, West Bengal, India: Beneficiaries’ and Service Providers’ Perspectives by Arif Hossain, Pramit Goswami, Kaushik Mitra, Pranita Taraphdar, Suman Sannigrahi, Soumik Dandapat

“…Hence the study was done to explore the reasons for dropouts of injection Antara from the perspective of beneficiaries and service providers in Antara clinics of Burdwan Municipal area of Purba-Bardhaman district, West-Bengal. Methodology: A descriptive type of qualitative research was conducted from February to July 2023 through in-depth interviews (IDIs) of 40 beneficiaries and focus group discussion (FGD) among 10 ANMs-Auxiliary Nurse Midwives. …”
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Broiler farming and antibiotic use through an agency theory lens. A case study from West Bengal, India. by Mathew Hennessey, Indranil Samanta, Guillaume Fournié, Matthew Quaife, Meenakshi Gautham, Haidaruliman Paleja, Kumaravel Papaiyan, Ripan Biswas, Pablo Alarcon

“…Contract farming in West Bengal exists within a series of inter-dependent relationships, many of which contain information asymmetry and can be subject to opportunism. …”
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Economy of Fertilizer Nitrogen through Organic Sources in Rain-Fed Rice-Legume Cropping Systems in West Bengal, India by A.M. Puste, S. Bandyopadhyay, D.K. Das

“…Field experiments were conducted at a farmers’ plot adjacent to the Regional Research Station, red and laterite zone, Sub-center Sekhampur (Birbhum district) of West Bengal, India, situated 23° 24' N latitude, 87° 24' E longitude, to study the effect of different bio- and organic sources of nutrients instead of total fertilizer N in terms of crop productivity in the sequence and building up of soil fertility. …”
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A study of the clinico-demographical profile of different dengue serotypes circulating in a Southern district of West Bengal, India by Sayani Bose, Feradica D Laloo, Partha Pratim Maity, Anirban Bhaduri

“…Materials and Methods: This study was conducted at the Department of Microbiology at Tamralipto Government Medical College and Hospital, East Midnapore, West Bengal. Blood collected from patients suffering from fever <5 days was tested for Dengue NS1. …”
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