Performance of Pier-to-Pier Cap Connections of Integral Bridges under Thermal and Seismic Loads by Siva Avudaiappan, Kinson Prabu, Deban Selvaraj, Kiran Raja, Paul Oluwaseun Awoyera, Erick I Saavedra Flores

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Image Analysis as a Tool for Estimation of Red Peppers’ Color by Ramesh Babu Natarajan, Ranjith Arimboor

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A Critical and Progressive Review on Maternal and Child Health Policies in India by Prity Kumari, Anand Kumar Chaudhary

“…The current mother and child health situation in India is a complex topic with both hurdles and improvement. The Government of India has the foresight to reduce maternal mortality with the help of different programmes and healthcare facilities being introduced and cautiously implemented. …”
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Postpartum intrauterine contraceptive device – What influences its use? A qualitative study from Bengaluru urban district, India by Anissa Mary Thomas Thattil, Naveen Ramesh, Sobin Sunny, Sagnik Chakraborty, Sukesh Gerard, Francis Joseph Scaria, Archana Siddaiah

“…Introduction: The postpartum family planning program was introduced in 2009, and free services are being provided by the Government of India. However, the unmet need for family planning continues to be high in Karnataka (6.5%) with the unmet need for spacing at 3.8%. …”
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Should Medications Be Prescribed to Patients in Generic Form? Dental Practitioners’ Perspective by Saudamini G More, Tejal Patil, Tanvi Shetty, Monika Bhanushali, Hitesh Sawant

“…Objective: To harness the knowledge, attitude, and practice model to assess the cognizance of dental practitioners about generic medicines for dental patients and Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) by the Government of India. Methods: An electronic survey was done among 249 dental practitioners of Mumbai and Navi Mumbai region. …”
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A review on the crisis of antibiotic resistance and the strategies to combat resistance by S. Niveda, O. M. Fasalu Rahiman, P. K. Sreenadh, M. L. Lal Prasanth

“…Here, we have reviewed articles on antibiotic resistance from scientific websites such as PubMed Central, NCBI, Science Direct, and Google Scholar, and the strategies have been taken from the official website of the WHO, Indian Council of Medical Research, and the guidelines issued on this by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India and Government of Kerala.…”
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What Makes the Indian Megacity Chennai’s Air Unhealthy? - A Bottom-up Approach to Understand the Sources of Air Pollutants by Poonam Mangaraj, Saroj Kumar Sahu, Gufran Beig, Ashirbad Mishra, Som Sharma

“…Unlike India’s pollution capital, Delhi, Chennai is a megacity significantly impacted by industrial and transportation activities and has been designated as a non-attainment city by the Government of India under the National Clean Air Programme. …”
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Synthesizing sustainable construction paradigms: A comprehensive review and bibliometric analysis of granite waste powder utilization and moisture correction in concrete by Raman Sphurty, Nateriya Raman

“…The study responds to mounting environmental challenges in construction waste management, particularly addressing granite processing waste which comprises 50–60% of production [Indian Bureau of Mines. ariMinerals yearbook 2021 (Part-III: Mineral reviews), 60th edn, Granite (Advance Release), Indian Bureau of Mines, Ministry of Mines, Government of India, Nagpur, 2021.]. Through rigorous analysis of 585 publications from 2008 to 2024, the study reveals optimal granite waste replacement levels of 20–25% for sand and 10–15% for cement, yielding enhanced mechanical properties with compressive strengths up to 66 and 72 MPa, respectively. …”
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Assessment and Quantification of Methane Emission from Indian Livestock and Manure Management by Anuja Samal, Saroj Kumar Sahu, Ashirbad Mishra, Poonam Mangaraj, Shantanu Kumar Pani, Gufran Beig

“…., enteric fermentation, is estimated to be 11.63 Tg yr–1 in 2019 using IPCC methodology and recent census livestock activity data from the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India, and corresponding country-specific revised emission factors. …”
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Development of the Information Technology Sector in India: the Role of Government by I. S. Ashmyanskaya

“…Thanks to the measures taken by the government of India, venture capital investment has become the main form of financing for start-ups in the information technology sector in India. …”
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A study on awareness regarding cigarettes and other tobacco products act (COTPA Act) among hospital staff of medical college, Kanpur: A mixed method study by Aradhana Yadav, Sonam, Samarjeet Kaur, Santosh K. Barman, Seema Barman

“…Context: In 2003, the government of India formulated “the cigarettes and other tobacco products Act (prohibition of advertisement and regulation of trade and commerce, production, supply, and distribution) (COTPA)”. …”
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Evaluation of the practice of applying state price regulation methods: Indian experience by E. A. Santovich

“…The regulatory legal acts of the Republic of India, statistics, electronic resources, as well as operational primary information of the ministries and departments of the Central Government of India make up the information base of the study.It has been concluded, that the state-built model of price regulation provides protection not only to consumers, ensuring the availability of necessary goods, but also to producers, ensuring redistribution of profit in their favor. …”
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Universal Health Care for Childhood Cancer in India: Challenges and Solutions for Implementation by Anukriti Srivastava, Nita Radhakrishnan, Archit Pandharipande, Zeenat Brar, Amit Pandey

“…In this setting, having a Universal Healthcare Scheme, that tracks patients from first symptom to diagnosis to treatment and provides free treatment is a laudable effort by the Government of India. Aims and Objectives: In this paper, we describe our experience of managing children with cancer on Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) or Ayushman Bharat scheme at our center over a period of 5 years. …”
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Distribution and abundance of a soil centipede, Tygarrup nepalensis Shinohara, 1965 (Mecistocephalidae: Geophilomorpha: Chilopoda) in a moist temperate forest in Northwest Himalaya by Negi Javaid Diksha, Ahmed Shakoor, Sambyal Deepali, Stašiov Slavomír, Julka Jatinder Mohan

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A Cross-Sectional Study on Side Effects of “Corbevax” Covid-19 Vaccine among 12- to 14-Year Age Group in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh by Chhaya Mittal, Harimu Bargayary, Mohit Saini

“…Initially, Covaxin and Covishield were used. Later, the Government of India has approved the usage of Corbevax, a Hyderabad-based biological E SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) vaccine among 12- to 14-year age group from March 16, 2022. …”
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Correlates of access to sanitation facilities and benefits received from the Swachh Bharat Mission in India: analysis of cross-sectional data from the 2018 National Sample Survey by Pradeep Kumar, Sayeed Unisa, Srayasi Prakash, Preeti Dhillon

“…This study assesses the level of different sanitation facilities accessed by households and attempts to understand the socioeconomic characteristics of the households that received financial benefits from the Swachh Bharat Mission (Swachh Bharat Abhiyan), a Government of India flagship programme.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting and participants The study extracted data from the 76th round (2018) of the National Sample Survey, consisting of 106 837 households in India.Outcome measures Sanitation services and benefits received from the Swachh Bharat Mission in the last 3 years preceding the survey were the two outcome variables of this study. …”
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Studies on Development of Polymeric Materials Using Gamma Irradiation for Contact and Intraocular Lenses by Pranshu Chhabra, Ruchi Gupta, Gunjan Suri, Mukti Tyagi, Geetha Seshadri, S. Sabharwal, U. K. Niyogi, R. K. Khandal

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Three months of weekly rifapentine plus isoniazid for TB prevention among people with HIV by R. Borse, B. Randive, S. Mattoo, P. Malik, H. Solanki, A. Gupta, R.E. Chaisson, V. Mave, N. Suryavanshi

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User satisfaction and dissatisfaction with assistive technology devices and services in India by Suraj Singh Senjam, Souvik Manna, Jeewan Singh Titiyal, Anil Kumar, Jugal Kishore

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteraemia in a Young Boy following Mumps Infection: A Case Report by Jayakanthan Saravanan, AP Krithika, M Geetha

“…Due to its predominantly benign nature, it has long been a neglected infection. The Government of India includes the administration of the Measles and Rubella (MR) vaccine only (without the mumps vaccine) at 9 and 15 months of age for all children in the National Immunisation Schedule. …”
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