PCR and ELISA vis-à-vis Microscopy for Detection of Bovine Anaplasmosis: A Study on Associated Risk of an Upcoming Problem in North India by Amrita Sharma, L. D. Singla, Paramjit Kaur, M. S. Bal

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La configuración de la pasión de fray Bartolomé de las Casas en la Historia de las Indias by Marco Antonio Urdapilleta Muñoz

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Correlates for the severity of suicidal risk in participants with common mental disorders with comorbid chronic medical conditions in rural primary healthcare settings in India by Johnson-Pradeep Ruben, Maria L. Ekstrand, Elsa Heylen, Krishnamachari Srinivasan

“…Context: Suicide is on the rise in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including India. There are limited studies assessing factors linked to the severity of suicidal risk in patients with depression and comorbid chronic medical disorders in primary healthcare (PHC) settings. …”
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Randomized Control Trial for Reduction of Body Weight, Body Fat Patterning, and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Overweight Worksite Employees in Delhi, India by Usha Shrivastava, Mahrukh Fatma, Smriti Mohan, Padam Singh, Anoop Misra

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Adenoviral infection in children admitted with severe acute respiratory infection at tertiary care hospital from North India: A case series by Rajarshi Bera, Pallavi Pallavi, Sonal Saxena, Shashi Chawla, Urmila Jhamb, Romit Saxena

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How are the Two Most Polluted Metro-cities of India Combating Air Pollution? Way Forward after Lifting of COVID-19 Lockdown by Dipanjali Majumdar

“…Abstract The national capital region of Delhi and Kolkata are the two metro cities in India worst affected by poor air quality. Multiple policies have been declared and implemented by the city authority in the recent past with the hope of improving the air quality of the cities and to attain the national ambient air quality standard. …”
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Assessment of Fluoride Content in Ground and Surface Water and its Environmental Impacts at Basavan-Bagewadi and Muddebihal Taluka of Bijapur District, Karnataka, India by M. S. Yadawe, SMT D. M. Hiremath, S. A. Patil

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Comparative Study of Modified Quantitative Buffy Coat and Two Rapid Tests in Comparison with Peripheral Blood Smear in Malaria Diagnosis in Mumbai, India by Manali M. Kocharekar, Sougat S. Sarkar, Debjani Dasgupta

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Physico-Chemical, Enzymatic, Mineral and Colour Characterization of Three Different Varieties of Honeys from Kashmir Valley of India with a Multivariate Approach by Nayik Gulzar Ahmad, Nanda Vikas

“…The present study was undertaken to determine the physico-chemical properties (moisture content, reducing sugars, proline content, electrical conductivity, ash content, pH, titrable acidity, HMF, water activity, total soluble solids and total solids), enzymatic activity (diastase and invertase), colour characteristics (mmpfund, ABS450 and CIE L*a* b*) and mineral content (Cu, Mn, Fe, Zn, Pb and Cd) of three different varieties of honeys from Kashmir valley of India (acacia honey, pine honeydew and multifloral honey). …”
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Biochemical, ecological and molecular characterization of Xenorhabdus anantnagensis associated with Steinernema anantnagense from India: evaluating nematode efficacy against Helicoverpa armigera by Krishnapriya Okram, Aashaq Hussain Bhat, Ladoi Drema

“…These results suggest that S. anantnagense KP_CU could hold potential as a biocontrol agent for H. armigera in agricultural settings in India.…”
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Perinatal Genetic Screening From the Perspective of India-Born Individuals and Healthcare Providers in Victoria, Australia: A Community-Engaged Grounded Theory Protocol by Anaita Kanga-Parabia, Laura J. Biggs, Belinda Dawson-McClaren, Sharon Lewis, Karamdeep K. Pangli, Alison D. Archibald

“…In this research, we aim to specifically understand the process of perinatal genetic screening in Victoria, Australia from the perspective of people born in India and relevant healthcare providers. In this protocol, we provide a practical example of how community engagement can be used to extend grounded theory methodology in the genomic healthcare context. …”
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Lessons for communication strategies during health emergencies from a COVID-19 knowledge, attitudes and practices study in an informal settlement in Mumbai, India by Supriya Krishnan, Jennifer Spencer, Apurva Tiwari, Sushmita Das, Anagha Waingankar, Sushma Shende, Shanti Pantvaidya, Vanessa D’souza, Armida Fernandez, Anuja Jayaraman

“…We assessed the knowledge, attitudes and practices of vulnerable populations in an informal settlement in Mumbai, India, during the pandemic. We discuss the viability and effectiveness of communication strategies based on these results and offer suggestions for policy modifications regarding awareness generation and behavioral change during health emergencies. …”
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A preliminary account of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands with 13 new records and updated species inventory from India by Koustav Mukherjee, Surajit Kar, Atanu Naskar, Chandrakasan Sivaperuman, Dhriti Banerjee

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Pathways to mental health care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a study from rural tertiary government mental health facilities in India by Jithin Jaise, Kannappa V. Shetty, Sanjeev Kumar Manikappa, Urmila Bamney

“…Along with gathering sociodemographic variables, data collection involved utilizing the World Health Organization Pathways to Care Performance tool at rural government hospitals in India. Results: The results of the research show that 50% of the population initially sought assistance from psychiatric services, whereas 43.3% consulted native or religious healers for mental illness treatment. …”
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Ethnobiological survey on medicinal plants used by gaddi and gujjar tribes of riparian region of Beas River of Himachal Pradesh in North Western Himalayas, India by Neha Thakur, Nitesh Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Anju Sharma, Yogesh K. Ahlawat, Anurag Malik, Meraj Ahmed

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Potential Impacts of Future Climate Changes on Crop Productivity of Cereals and Legumes in Tamil Nadu, India: A Mid-Century Time Slice Approach by Vellingiri Geethalakshmi, Ramasamy Gowtham, Radhakrishnan Gopinath, Shanmugavel Priyanka, Marimuthu Rajavel, Kandasamy Senthilraja, Manickam Dhasarathan, Raj Rengalakshmi, Kulanthaivel Bhuvaneswari

“…The present study uses the midcentury climate derived from the ensemble of 29 general circulation models (GCMs) on a spatial grid to quantify the anticipated climate change impacts on rice, maize, black gram, and red gram productivity over Tamil Nadu state in India under RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5 scenarios. The future climate projections show an unequivocal increase of annual maximum temperature varying from 0.9 to 2.2°C for RCP 4.5 and 1.4 to 2.7°C in RCP 8.5 scenario by midcentury, centered around 2055 compared to baseline (1981–2020). …”
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Patterns and Reasons for Junk Food Consumption among Young Adults: A Mixed Methods Study from a Medical College in South India by Poonam Ramesh Naik, S. Vineetha, Nagendra Navya

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Assessment of out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures on essential medicines for acute and chronic illness: a comparative study across regional and socioeconomic groups in India by Ranjit Kumar Dehury, Imteyaz Ahmad, Manas Ranjan Behera, Janmejaya Samal, Varalakshmi Manchana, Jalal Mohammed, Parthsarathi Dehury, Deepanjali Behera, Nafisa Vaz e Desouza, Abhishek Dondapati

“…Individuals from economically disadvantaged states in India incur higher healthcare costs for hospitalization in public health centers than do those from more developed states. …”
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The Role of Partnerships in Supporting COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among Migrants: A Qualitative Case Study from Tamil Nadu and Punjab, India by Ankita Meghani, Bharathi Palanisamy, Sunita Singh, Tanya Singh, Natasha Kanagat, Anil Gupta, Kapil Singh, Gopal Krishna Soni

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Forecasting of COVID-19 epidemic size in four high hitting nations (USA, Brazil, India and Russia) by Fb-Prophet machine learning model by Gopi Battineni, Nalini Chintalapudi, Francesco Amenta

“…Design/methodology/approach – In this study, the authors considered COVID-19 daily infection data four most COVID-19 affected nations (such as the USA, Brazil, India and Russia) to conduct 60-day forecasting of total infections. …”
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