Clinical characteristics, therapeutics, and treatment outcomes of adult patients with anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 dermatomyositis: A single-center experience from South India by Shivraj Padiyar, Aswin M Nair, Bijesh Yadav, Prathyusha Manikuppam, Jha Avanish, Abhilasha Arvind Manwatkar, John Mathew

“…Methods: This was a retrospective study done between 2019 and 2021 in a tertiary care center in South India. All consecutive patients, presenting to the adult rheumatology department, classified as idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM), and positive for anti-MDA5 antibodies, were included in the study. …”
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Describing the Clinical and Laboratory Features and HLA-B Pattern of Adult-Onset Idiopathic Autoimmune Uveitis at a Tertiary Hospital in South India: A Cross-Sectional Study by Jyothi Visalakshy, Sandeep Surendran, Salil Ganu, Kannisha Shah, C. B. Mithun, Vishal Marwaha, Lalitha Biswas, Niveditha Kartha, Gopal Pillai

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Prediction of mortality and prioritisation to tertiary care using the 'OUR-ARCad' risk score gleaned from the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic-A retrospective cohort study from South India. by Narendran Gopalan, Vinod Kumar Viswanathan, Vignes Anand Srinivasalu, Saranya Arumugam, Adhin Bhaskar, Tamizhselvan Manoharan, Santosh Kishor Chandrasekar, Divya Bujagaruban, Ramya Arumugham, Gopi Jagadeeswaran, Saravanan Madurai Pandian, Arunalatha Ponniah, Thirumaran Senguttuvan, Ponnuraja Chinnaiyan, Baskaran Dhanraj, Vineet Kumar Chadha, Balaji Purushotham, Manoj Vasanth Murhekar

“…<h4>Methods</h4>De-identified data of COVID-19 confirmed patients admitted to a tertiary care hospital in South India, between April 1, 2021 and July 31, 2021, corresponding to the peak of COVID-19 second wave, were analysed after segregating into 'survivors' or 'non-survivors' to evaluate the risk factors for COVID-19 mortality at admission and formulate a risk score with easily obtainable but clinically relevant parameters for accurate patient triaging. …”
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Comparison of Pediatric Risk of Mortality (PRISM III) score with Pediatric Index of Mortality (PIM III) score in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Single center, prospective observational study from South India by Nidhi Srinivas, Kavya Venugopal, Gurudutta Avathi Venkatesha, Nagalatha Chidanand

“…This study aims to compare the performance of these two scores in children admitted to a tertiary PICU of South India. Subjects and Methods: This single-center, prospective observational study was conducted in PICU at a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India over a period of 20 months. …”
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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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“Even though Doctor has Advised to Practice Foot Care I have not Practiced Soaking Feet in Lukewarm Water so Far” Self-care Practices, Enablers, and Barriers: A Mixed Methods Study among Individuals with Diabetes from a Rural Area of South India by Abhay S. Nirgude, TM Revathi, Nagendra Navya, Poonam R. Naik

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On uniformly close-to-convex functions and uniformly quasiconvex functions by K. G. Subramanian, T. V. Sudharsan, Herb Silverman

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Entre tensions et souplesse : le grand écart spatial dans la diffusion de l’enseignement préscolaire au Tamil Nadu (Inde du sud) by Émilie Ponceaud-Goreau

“…Drawing on fieldwork research in 2013 and 2014, this article focuses on the processes which engender a widespread dissemination of preschooling in South India. The preschool sector presents originality, due to the wide variety of players involved and their challenges. …”
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Defensive Glands of the Darkling Beetle Mesomorphus villiger Blanchard (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) by C. M. Seena, Sabu K. Thomas

“…Massive home invasion by the darkling beetle Mesomorphus villiger Blanchard 1853 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) during monsoon season make it a nuisance pest in many regions of south India. Morphology of defensive glands and mode of release and dispersal of the defensive secretion were analysed. …”
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Reflection of internal waves by sand ripples by Samiran Mandal, Uma Basu

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Traveling Islamophobia in the Global South: by Ashraf Kunnummal & Farid Esack

“…This article argues that the traveling of Yousafzai as an image of a Muslim girl’s right to education was instru-mentalized in the context of Kerala, South India, to deny Muslims the right to political agency. …”
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Entendre les mouches voler by Sarah Benabou, David Picherit

“…Based on an experimental interdisciplinary project bringing together anthropologists, ecologists, sound artists and museologists, it examines the ways in which attention to sound makes it possible to understand the complex dynamics of the Valparai plateau (South India), where a plantation regime is entangled with a forest conservation regime. …”
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Heritage Education and Livelihood Satisfaction in Indian Rural Communities: Towards Sustainable Development by Narmadha Velu, A. Anuradha

“…The study is performed on a randomly selected sample of 874 persons residing in rural parts of South India. To analyze the effects of the suggested model that aims to assess the livelihood satisfaction of rural people by examining the repercussions of heritage education on their quality of life, Structural equation modelling (SEM) is employed. …”
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Effect of Curing Conditions and Freeze-Thaw Cycles on the Strength of an Expansive Soil Stabilized with a Combination of Lime, Jaggery, and Gallnut Powder by Jijo James, S. Karthickeyan, S. Chidambaram, B. Dayanandan, K. Karthick

“…This investigation involved the utilization of the combination of lime, jaggery, and gallnut powder, adopted in South India traditionally. This combination of materials, used for the manufacture of lime-based mortars, was adopted in stabilization of an expansive soil. …”
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The fundamentals of Indian personality: An investigation of the big five by Tanisha Shetty, Nitha Thomas, Ravindra Neelakanthappa Munoli

“…Aim: To explore the factor structure of personality by analyzing the Big Five personality factors in a sample from Karnataka, South India. Settings and Design: This was a cross-structural observational study conducted in Udupi and Mangalore. …”
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The impact of speculum uses on the incidence of blepharoptosis in patients undergoing phacoemulsification surgery: A prospective analysis by Savithiri Palanivel, Rajagopalan Jayagayathri, Dayakar Yadalla

“…Methods: Our study is a prospective observational design to analyze patients who underwent phacoemulsification surgery under topical anesthesia between October 2017 and May 2018 at a tertiary eye hospital in South India. All patients had their Margin Reflex Distance 1 (MRD1), levator palpebrae superioris (LPS) function, and lid crease distance (LCD) measured before and after surgery on day one, one month, three months, and six months to evaluate the extent of ptosis at each time point that was recorded clinically and photographic documentation for accurate evaluation. …”
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The Everyday Commoning Practices in Urbanising Localities by Bhuvaneswari Raman, Eric Denis

“…Negotiating Rights to Inhabit Common Lands for Housing in Two Cities of South India This paper presents a framework for understanding the everyday political dynamics of commoning initiated by residents to secure their claims to ‘common land’ in urbanising localities. …”
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Impact of Anterior Commissure Involvement and Frozen Guided Resections on Oncological Outcomes after Laser Cordectomy in Early Glottic Cancers – A 10-year Retrospective Analysis fr... by Elizabeth Mathew Iype, Ankit Vishwani, Bipin T Varghese, Shaji Thomas, Sahya S Lal

“…Materials and Methods: This study is a retrospective analysis of patients with early glottic cancer (Tis, T1) who underwent TLM in a tertiary cancer center in South India from January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2019. …”
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Effectiveness of health literacy and relaxing music on quality of sleep and risk for antenatal depression by Meena Konsam, Samir Kumar Praharaj, Sunita Panda, Jyothi Shetty, N. Ravishankar, Sonia R. B. D’Souza

“…Aim: To determine the effectiveness of a combination of Comprehensive Health literacy And Relaxing Music (CHARM) interventions on quality of sleep and risk for antenatal depression among women visiting antenatal outpatient departments of a tertiary hospital in South India. Methods: A four-arm parallel-group randomized controlled trial was adopted; 128 low-risk primigravid women were recruited and randomly assigned to the four groups using block randomization. …”
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“Etiology and CT pattern in patients with interstial lung disease”: shift in the trends? by Abhishek Samdesi, Alamelu Haran, Navya Chinnaswamy Narayanaswamy

“…Methods: A prospective observational analysis of “Radiological and Etiological patterns” in patients presenting with features of the ILD in a tertiary care hospital in South India. Results: The study consisted of 104 patients, with mean age group of 48.03 years, with female 54% of the study population. …”
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