Herbicide and irrigation management options in conventionally-tilled wheat: deciphering water and energy budgeting, and grain and monetary output in north-Indian plains by S. K. Verma, Chandra Bhushan, Sudhir Kumar Rajpoot, Richa Chaudhary, Ramawatar Meena, Sanjeev K. Kashyap, Vijay Pratap, P K. Jaysawal, S. B. Singh, Ram K. Singh, Deepak K. Yadav

“…Abstract In South Asia, declining water tables due to increased irrigation and labor shortages for manual weeding pose significant challenges for wheat production. …”
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Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Trends in Pakistan: Activity Survey from Pakistan Bone Marrow Transplant Group by Natasha Ali, Raheel Iftikhar, Muhammad Ayaz Mir, Syed Waqas Bokhari, Jehanzeb Ur Rehman, Uzma Zaidi, Shahzad Nasir, Salman Naseem Adil, Tariq Satti, Qamar Un Nisa Chaudhry, Muhammad Farhan, Tasneem Farzana, Tariq Ghafoor, Bushra Ahsan, Azhar S. Khan, Farrukh Ali Khan, Syeda Itrat Fatima, Shafaq Abdul Samad, Aliya Batool, Hafiz Muhammad Nadeem, Syed Nasir Abbas Bukhari, Saqib Hussain Ansari, Parvez Ahmed

“…This report provides an insight of HSCT trends in Pakistan which are different from those of Western centers contributing to transplant data from South Asia.…”
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Optimized Identification of Sentence-Level Multiclass Events on Urdu-Language-Text Using Machine Learning Techniques by Somia Ali, Uzma Jamil, Muhammad Younas, Bushra Zafar, Muhammad Kashif Hanif

“…Urdu, a language prominent in South Asia, has boasted a complex morphological structure with unique features but has lacked standard linguistic resources like datasets. …”
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Association of TCF7L2 genetic variants rs12255372 and rs7903146 with the polycystic ovary syndrome risk: systematic review and meta-analysis by Idrees A. Shah, Rabiya Rashid, Haroon Rashid, Abid Bhat, Mohd Ashraf Ganie

“…Unlike East Asians (MAF < 0.025), both variants are highly frequent across other global populations including America, South Asia, and Europe (MAF ≥ 0.19). Conclusion Unlike T2DM, our results showed that rs7903146 and rs12255372 variants of the TCF7L2 gene do not modulate the PCOS risk. …”
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Understanding the point mass balance and surface ice velocity for the debris-covered glacier, Panchi II, western Himalaya (India) by Sarvagya Vatsal, Mohd Farooq Azam, Anshuman Bhardwaj, Arindan Mandal, Raaj Ramsankaran, Mohd Soheb, Saumya G. Kutty, Chetan Singh, Somdutta Mishra, Alagappan Ramanathan, Ishmohan Bahuguna, Purvee Joshi, N. Janardhana Raju

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A systematic review of interventions targeting Anopheles stephensi [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Alison M Reynolds, Patricia Doumbe Belisse, Martin J Donnelly, Anne L Wilson, David Weetman

“…Background Anopheles stephensi, a malaria mosquito originally from South Asia and the Middle East, has been expanding across both Asia and Africa in recent decades. …”
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Identification of heat tolerant lentil genotypes through stress tolerance indices by Rohit Sarkar, Gyan Prakash Mishra, Premakumar, Ankita Singh, Jenia Roy, Kumbarahally Murthigowda Shivaprasad, Shashidhar B. Reddappa, Sudhir Kumar, Ruchi Bansal, Uttarayan Dasgupta, Soma Gupta, Susheel Kumar Sarkar, Sanjeev Gupta, Shiv Kumar, Harsh K. Dikshit, Prachi Sripathrao Yadav, Muraleedhar S. Aski

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Global regional and national burden of intracerebral hemorrhage between 1990 and 2021 by Zhao-wei Wang, Mei-ping Wan, Jia-hui Tai, Yong Wang, Min-yi Yin

“…Gender analysis identified distinct age-specific patterns, with males above 35 showing higher risk, particularly in Eastern Europe, while South Asia demonstrated minimal gender differences. …”
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Smokeless tobacco: knowledge, attitudes and usage in Pakistan by Hammad Atif Irshad, Sajjan Raja, Hamzah Jehanzeb, Wamiq Ali Shaikh, Umair Saleem, Shahzil Abdur Rehman Malik, Akmal Shahzad, Mamoon Shaikh, Nousheen Iqbal, Javaid Ahmed Khan

“…One-third of tobacco is consumed in the smokeless form in South Asia. Despite its widespread usage, there has been limited empirical research on the prevalence and factors influencing SLT consumption in Pakistan. …”
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Effect of tropical climates on the quality of commonly used antibiotics: the protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Johnstone Thitiri, Moses Ngari, Christina W Obiero, James A Berkley, Tsegaye Melaku, Sultan Suleman, Gemmechu Hasen, Sileshi Belew, Jimmy Shangala

“…Experimental studies that evaluate the influence of temperature, humidity and sunlight on the quality of antibiotics applicable to Africa and South Asia will be included. Experimental studies that assess naturally occurring and simulated storage conditions and medicines prepared from powder with water and stored in hospitals or at home to be used across several doses will be also included. …”
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Global and regional burden of bloodstream infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria in 2019: A systematic analysis from the MICROBE database by Lei Zha, Shirong Li, Jun Guo, Yixin Hu, Lingling Pan, Hanli Wang, Yun Zhou, Qiancheng Xu, Zhiwei Lu, Xiang Kong, Xinzhao Tong, Yusheng Cheng

“…The highest burden of carbapenem resistance was seen in South Asia, East Asia, and Eastern Europe, while the lowest burden was in Sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Serological cross-reactivity between Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus and Nairobi sheep disease virus glycoprotein C by Emmanuel A. Maze, George Booth, Georgina Limon, Sandra Belij-Rammerstorfer, Simona R. Tchakarova, Tsviatko Alexandrov, Clare Browning, Ginette Wilsden, Anna B. Ludi, Bryan Charleston, Teresa Lambe, Teresa Lambe

“…CCHFV and NSDV cocirculating in small ruminant populations across South Asia and East Africa. Cross-reactivity to viruses of the Orthonairovirus genus can potentially interfere with serological assays when employed for serosurveillance in regions where two or more genus members overlap in their distribution.MethodsIn this study, sheep sera sampled from a region of confirmed CCHFV circulation and NSDV absence were utilized, thereby eliminating the possibility of co-exposure. …”
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Compound weather and climate extremes in the Asian region: science-informed recommendations for policy by R. Krishnan, Chirag Dhara, Takeshi Horinouchi, C. Kendra Gotangco Gonzales, C. Kendra Gotangco Gonzales, A. P. Dimri, A. P. Dimri, M. Singh Shrestha, P. Swapna, M. K. Roxy, Seok-Woo Son, Seok-Woo Son, D. C. Ayantika, Faye Abigail T. Cruz, Fangli Qiao

“…The second typology relates to compound heatwave-drought events that have prominently manifested in East and South Asia, and are linked to large-scale drivers of the land-atmosphere–ocean coupled system and local feedbacks. …”
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Multi-dimensional scaling for space-time transformation to achieve sustainable planning and management of water resource under changing land use pattern by Mohd Sayeed Ul Hasan, Abhishek Kumar Rai, Abul Hasan Momin, Mohammad Amir Khan, Faisal M. Alfaisal, Shamshad Alam, Osamah J. Al-sareji, Ali Majdi

“…The Ganga basin is one of the most densely populated and agriculture-intensive river systems in the South Asia and the world. The multi-temporal spatial database includes land use (ESA-CCI), satellite-based gravity anomaly (GRACE/GRACE-FO), and well log (CGWB) adopted in this study for assessment of the impact of land use transition on groundwater depth, groundwater drought, and terrestrial water storage. …”
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Policies Affecting the Efficiency of Beef Production in Alberta: A Supply Chain Analysis by Derek Brewin

“…Better access to export markets, including the U.S., South Asia and North Africa, would help to remedy the producers poor returns. …”
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Long COVID and its risk factors in migrants: a nationwide register study from Sweden by Agneta Cederström, George Frederick Mkoma, Thomas Benfield, Charles Agyemang, Marie Nørredam, Mikael Rostila

“…Compared with residents born in Sweden, we found higher risks of long COVID among migrants from East Europe (IRR: 1.44 CI: 1.29–1.60), Finland (IRR: 1.36 CI: 1.15–1.61), South Asia (IRR: 1.28 CI: 1.03–1.59), Other Asia (IRR: 1.35 CI: 1.13–1.62), Other Africa (IRR: 1.48 CI: 1.17–1.87), and the Middle East (IRR: 1.43 CI: 1.27–1.63) in models adjusted for age and sex. …”
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Burden of micronutrient deficiency among patients with type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis by Sanjay Kalra, Shiv Dutt Gupta, Daya Krishan Mangal, Diksha Gautam, Anuj Kumar Pandey, Nida Shaikh, Himanshu Tolani, Yeshwanth Sonnathi, Kamlesh Chand Sharma, Jagdish Prasad, Rajeev Tewari, Fahmina Anwar

“…Background Micronutrient deficiencies are a significant issue worldwide, particularly in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. These deficiencies can impact glucose metabolism and insulin signalling pathways, potentially leading to the beginning and advancement of type 2 diabetes (T2D). …”
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Burden of NASH related liver cancer from 1990 to 2021 at the global, regional, and national levels by Shuang Li, Shuang Li, Shuangjiang Li, Linjing Guan, Mingjuan Li, Jiahui Zhao, Min Wu, Qiuyun Li, Hui Li, Guoqing Ouyang, Guangdong Pan, Guangdong Pan

“…In 2021, there were 42,291 new cases, 40,925 deaths, and 995,475 DALYs attributed to NRLC. East Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia reported the highest absolute case numbers, while Western, Southern, and Eastern Sub-Saharan Africa exhibited the highest ASRs. …”
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Predicting the Global Distribution of <i>Nitraria</i> L. Under Climate Change Based on Optimized MaxEnt Modeling by Ke Lu, Mili Liu, Qi Feng, Wei Liu, Meng Zhu, Yizhong Duan

“…The contraction area is mainly concentrated in South Asia, such as Afghanistan and Pakistan, North Africa, Libya, as well as in areas of low suitability in northern Australia, where there was also significant shrinkage. …”
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Risk of stroke associated with proton pump inhibitor use among individuals with and without pre-existing cardiovascular diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Muhammed Shabil, Bijaya K. Padhi, Mahalaqua Nazli Khatib, Soumya V. Menon, Mandeep Kaur, Mukesh Kumari, Puneet Sudan, K. Satyam Naidu, Quazi Syed Zahiruddin, Sarvesh Rustagi, Divya Sharma, Mithhil Arora, Rakesh Kumar Sharma, Edward Mawejje, Prakasini Satapathy, Sanjit Sah

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