Taenia asiatica: Mitochondrial signatures based analysis of an emerging public health threat in India by Aman D. Moudgil, Anil K. Nehra, Pallavi Moudgil

“…The present study aimed at genetic characterization and population structure analysis of T. asiatica metacestodes in slaughtered pigs in Haryana, north India. Methods: In total, the vital organs of 253 slaughtered pigs were screened for the presence of T. asiatica metacestodes. …”
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Effect of social support networks on maternal knowledge of child health in rural Odisha, India by Ranjan Kumar Prusty, Sayeed Unisa

“…Introduction: Mothers’ knowledge of child health is associated with their children’s well-being, and depends on their educational level and social support networks. In India, literature on social support networks as determinants of maternal knowledge of child health is scarce. …”
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Potential of Microbial Diversity of Coastal Sand Dunes: Need for Exploration in Odisha Coast of India by Shubhransu Nayak, Satyaranjan Behera, Prasad Kumar Dash

“…In this context, it is relevant to observe that the state of Odisha in India has a 480km long coast having numerous sand dunes. …”
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Coexistence of β-Lactamases in Community-Acquired Infections in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India by Shahzad Mirza, Savita Jadhav, R. N. Misra, Nikunja Kumar Das

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Strategie pomocy dzieciom ulicy w Jaipurze. Studium przypadku organizacji I-India by Beata Pietkiewicz-Pareek

“…I-India is a fully registered, nonprofit, non-governmental organisation. …”
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Mapping of mental health care facilities and psychiatrists in a North Indian district of India by Aninda Debnath, Harshal Ramesh Salve, Rajesh Sagar, Anand Krishnan, Rakesh Kumar, Shashi Kant

“…Introduction: Since 1990, the proportional contribution of mental disorders to India’s total disease burden has nearly doubled, but the number of psychiatrists has not increased proportionately. …”
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Smartphone-based health monitoring in India: Data collection and evaluation for pulse rate estimation by Achal Shetty, Sanjana S. Narasimhamurthy, KS Nataraj, Srilakshmi M. Prabhu, Neha Jagadeesh, Kunal Katre, Sumit Kumar, Neelesh Kapoor, Sudhir P. Haladi, Sankalp Gulati

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Comparison of chromogenic and cysteine lactose electrolyte deficient agar for identification of uropathogens in Gujarat, India by Nisha Vadivelu, Rashmika D. Parmar, Hitesh Shingala, Krunal D. Mehta

“…Shah Government Medical College in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India. Urine samples from patients with suspected UTIs (n = 250) were processed using both chromogenic UTI agar and CLED agar. …”
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Improving Oil Supply Security: Using a Risk Optimization Model to China and India by Ming Qi, Danyang Shi, Congcong Li, Jialu Wu, Pei Wang

“…India should import more oil from America and Russia while substantially reducing imports from Iraq and Saudi Arabia. …”
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Growth and Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Preterm LBW Infants with Sepsis in India: A Prospective Cohort by Sunil J. Pawar, Tejopratap Oleti, Siluvery Bharathi, Shyamsunder Tipparaju, Ershad Mustafa

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The Impact of Inter-Generational Relationships on Depressive Symptoms in Elderly Parents in Rural Jammu, India by Richa Mahajan, Hemaal Koul, Rajiv K Gupta, Riya Gupta, Bhavna Langer, Rashmi Kumari, Tasvinder Kour, Nahida Chowdhary

“…Conclusions: The present research results showed a higher mean score of solidarity between parents and their children, which can be attributed to the fact that the study was conducted in rural India. …”
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Why India is struggling to feed their young children? A qualitative analysis for tribal communities by Sanjay Sharma, Monica Lakhanpaul, Logan Manikam, Priti Parikh, Lorna Benton, Shereen Allaham, Rajesh Khanna, Susrita Roy, Marie Lall, Virendra Kumar Vijay, Neha Santwani, Hanimi Reddy, Hemant Chaturvedi, Satya Prakash Pattanaik, Tol Singh, Pramod Pandya, Priyanka Dang

“…Objective This interdisciplinary qualitative study aims to explore the health, education, engineering and environment factors impacting on feeding practices in rural India. The ultimate goal of the Participatory Approach for Nutrition in Children: Strengthening Health Education Engineering and Environment Linkages project is to identify challenges and opportunities for improvement to subsequently develop socioculturally appropriate, tailored, innovative interventions for the successful implementation of appropriate infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices locally.Design Qualitative research method, involving five phases: (1) identification of local feeding practices; (2) identification of the local needs and opportunities for children aged 6–24 months; and (3–5) analysis of the gathered qualitative data, intervention design, review and distribution.Setting Nine villages in two community development blocks, that is, Ghatol and Kushalgarh, located in the Banswara district in Rajasthan, India.Participants 68 participants completed semistructured interviews or focus group discussions including: mothers, grandmothers, auxiliary nurse midwife, Anganwadi worker, ASHA Sahyogini, school teachers and local elected representative.Phenomenon of interest IYCF practices and the factors associated with it.Analysis Thematic analysis.Results Our results could be broadly categorised into two domains: (1) the current practices of IYCF and (2) the key drivers and challenges of IYCF. …”
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Assessment of the Deterioration in Physiochemical and Microbiological Quality of Shivnath River Water in Durg District, India by Seema A. Belorkar

“…The water samples collected from Shivnath river in Durg Dist., India, were analyzed for physical properties like color, temperature, turbidity and odor, chemical properties like pH, alkalinity, total hardness, calcium hardness, magnesium hardness, total solids {Total dissolved solids (TDS) and total suspended solids (TSS)}, sulphates, nitrates were analyzed. …”
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Optimizing earning quality in bank finance: a theoretical model and empirical investigation in India by Ketan Mulchandani, Santanu K. Ganguli, Kalyani Mulchandani

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The Prevalence and Risk Factors of Postpartum Depression in Western India: A Cross-Sectional Study by Dharti J. Kansagra, Chikitsa D. Amin, Rajendra B. Chauhan

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HIV/AIDS epidemic in India and predicting the impact of the national response: Mathematical modeling and analysis by Arni S. R. Srinivasa Rao, Kurien Thomas, Kurapati Sudhakar, Philip K. Maini

“…After two phases of AIDS control activities in India, the thirdphase of the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP III) was launchedin July 2007. …”
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Detection of Amitraz Resistance in Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus from SBS Nagar, Punjab, India by N. K. Singh, Abhijit Nandi, Jyoti, S. S. Rath

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Comment on “Emergence of Hepatitis B Virus Genotype F in Aligarh Region of North India” by Sibnarayan Datta

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Snacking Behaviour and Its Determinants among College-Going Students in Coastal South India by Prasanna Mithra, Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan, Rekha Thapar, Nithin Kumar, Sharana Hegde, Anjali Mangaldas Kamat, Vaman Kulkarni, Ramesh Holla, B. B. Darshan, Kanchan Tanuj, Vasudev Guddattu, Avinash Kumar

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Heavy Metal Contamination of Groundwater in the Tea Garden Belt of Darrang District, Assam, India by K. K. Borah, B. Bhuyan, H. P. Sarma

“…A study has been carried out on heavy metal contamination of groundwater with respect to cadmium, manganese, zinc and copper in the tea garden belt of Darrang district, Assam, India. Heavy metals in groundwater are estimated by using Atomic Absorption Spectrometer, Perkin Elmer AA 200. …”
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