Appraisal of Periodontal Condition amongst Leather Manufacturing Plant Workers in Central India: A Prevalence Survey by Ashwini Dayma, P. Amith, Venkat Raman Singh, Nilotpol Kashyap

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Medication nonadherence and its associated factors in psychiatric patients in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Parthasarathy Ramamurthy, Arya Jayasree, Susan Solomon, Vishnu V. Rudravaram, Vikas Menon, Pradeep Thilakan

“…The present study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of MNA among patients with psychiatric disorders in India and to identify the factors associated with MNA. …”
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Multimorbidity clusters and associated health care cost among patients attending psychiatric clinics in Odisha, India by Priti Gupta, Solveig A. Cunningham, Mohammed K. Ali, Sailesh Mohan, Pranab Mahapatra, Sanghamitra C. Pati

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Missed, but Momentous: A Comprehensive Review of Neglected Tropical Skin Diseases in Southern India and their Global Impact by Ramesha M Bhat, N Swathi

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Are there ‘hygiene-motivation’ factors in the choice of India as a tourist destination? A structural equation modelling approach by Vlad Diaconescu

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Evaluation of Agronomic Management Practices on Farmers’ Fields under Rice-Wheat Cropping System in Northern India by Dinesh Kumar Singh, Purushottam Kumar, A. K. Bhardwaj

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Unified Mobile App for Streamlining Verbal Autopsy and Cause of Death Assignment in India: Design and Development Study by Harleen Kaur, Stuti Tripathi, Manjeet Singh Chalga, Sudhir K Benara, Amit Dhiman, Shefali Gupta, Saritha Nair, Geetha Menon, B K Gulati, Sandeep Sharma, Saurabh Sharma

“…Although computer-coded algorithms have advanced the COD assignment process, data collection in densely populated countries like India remains a logistical challenge. …”
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The first complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the common Baya weaverbird (Ploceus philippinus) from southern India by Venkatesh Nagarajan-Radha, Subanithi-Purnima Murugan, Paramanantha Swami Doss Devaraj

“…We sequenced the mitochondrial genome of P. philippinus sampled from southern India. The circular mitochondrial genome of 16,867 bp contains 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNAs, two ribosomal RNAs (12S and 16S subunits), and a non-coding control region. …”
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Footprint of the COVID-19 Pandemic in India: A Study of Immune Landscape and Other Factors Shielding Mortality by Noura Al-Dayan, Divya Venugopal, Sugapriya Dhanasekaran

“…The exponentially increasing numbers of infection and mortality have made preventive measures challenging. India being a highly populated nation has so far effectively counteracted the pandemic outbreak with a significantly lower rate of mortality despite the high infection rates. …”
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Impact of Early versus Late Referral to Nephrologists on Outcomes of Chronic Kidney Disease Patients in Northern India by Manoj Dhanorkar, Narayan Prasad, Ravi Kushwaha, Manas Behera, Dharmendra Bhaduaria, Monika Yaccha, Manas Patel, Anupama Kaul

“…There is a lack of data on outcomes associated with referral patterns in CKD patients from northern India. Methods. In this observational cohort study, all CKD patients who visited the nephrology OPD of the institute between Nov 1, 2018, and Dec 31, 2020, were classified as early referral (ER) if their first encounter with a nephrologist occurred more than one year before initiation of dialysis and education about dialysis (from a nurse or nephrologist). …”
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MIKE BASIN Based Decision Support Tool for Water Sharing and Irrigation Management in Rangawan Command of India by R. K. Jaiswal, N. C. Ghosh, Poonam Guru, Devakant

“…In this study, MIKE BASIN has been used as a decision support tool for irrigation management and water sharing of Rangawan reservoir, an interstate project of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh in India. The water sharing and optimum irrigation releases have been analyzed by developing two separate models in decision support tool; the first model computes irrigation demand and offers inputs to the second model, which calculates water supplies and deficits as per the water sharing agreements between the two states. …”
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A scoping review of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) people's health in India. by Venkatesan Chakrapani, Peter A Newman, Murali Shunmugam, Shruta Rawat, Biji R Mohan, Dicky Baruah, Suchon Tepjan

“…Amid incremental progress in establishing an enabling legal and policy environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer-identified people, and people with intersex variations (LGBTQI+) in India, evidence gaps on LGBTQI+ health are of increasing concern. …”
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Validity of Palmar Pallor for Diagnosis of Anemia among Children Aged 6–59 Months in North India by Arun Kumar Aggarwal, Jaya Prasad Tripathy, Deepak Sharma, Ajith Prabhu

“…To study the validity and interobserver agreement of palmar pallor examination to diagnose anemia in children under 5 years of age in India. Methods. In a village in Northern India, hemoglobin estimation was done for 80 children using cyanomethemoglobin method. …”
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Impact of Tsunami on the Heavy Metal Accumulation in Water, Sediments and Fish at Poompuhar Coast, Southeast Coast of India by P. Martin Deva Prasath, T. Hidayathulla Khan

“…Investigations on the accumulation of heavy metals (Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn, Co, Pb, Cd and Ni) in water, sediments and fish (Mugil cephalus) using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer at Poompuhar coast, lying along the southeast coast of India was studied before and after tsunami. Accumulation of heavy metals was observed in the order of Sediments > Fish > Water. …”
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Mental health morbidities in Kerala, India: Insights from National Mental Health Survey, 2015–2016 by Sonakshi Jyrwa, T. M. Shibukumar, Jayakrishnan Thavody, P. K. Anish, Thomas Bina, K.R. Rajith, Pradeep S. Banandur, Girish N. Rao, Gopalkrishna Gururaj, Mathew Varghese, Vivek Benegal

“…Background: The National Mental Health Survey was borne out of the felt need for a comprehensive epidemiological survey on mental health to understand the magnitude of psychiatric morbidities in India to aid in mental health policymaking, service planning, and delivery. …”
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Groundwater Quality of Open Wells and Tube Wells around Amalner Town of Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India by V. T. Patil, P. R. Patil

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Dietary Iodine Intake and Pattern of Thyroid Disorders among the Ethnic Population of Eastern Himalayan Ranges of India by Trisha Sonowal, Jatin Sarmah, Paresh Kumar Sarma

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Medical council of India's amended qualifications for indian medical teachers: Well intended, yet half-hearted by Sunita V S Bandewar, Amita Aggarwal, Rajeev Kumar, Rakesh Aggarwal, Peush Sahni, Sanjay A Pai

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A Comparative Evaluation of Public Road Transportation Systems in India Using Multicriteria Decision-Making Techniques by Anand Kumar, Gurmeet Singh, Omkarprasad S. Vaidya

“…In this paper, we evaluate the performance of major public road transport organizations in India. The contribution of the paper lies in integrating four multicriteria decision-making (MCDM) techniques to assess the relative performance of public road transportation systems on twenty-three criteria across two consecutive years. …”
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Knowledge, beliefs and practices towards HIV/AIDS among adolescents in India: A scoping review protocol. by Pranita Patsani, Jayashree Parida, Arpita Panda, Susangita Jena, Swati Sukalyani Behera, Abinash Pradhan, Prasanna Kumar Patra, Sanghamitra Pati, Harpreet Kaur, Subhendu Kumar Acharya

“…<h4>Strengths and limitations of the study</h4>The planned scoping review is the first of such study on the topic of HIV/AIDS among adolescent population in India as per the electronically available literature.There will be quality assessment of all the included studies.A thorough search strategy will be conducted as per the recommendations of the experts in scoping review search.On limitation side, the planned study will only utilize electronically available resources/evidences that are written in English language.The planned evidence based study will be of much help for the healthcare professionals and policy makers.…”
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