Prevalence of Oral Manifestations and Their Association with CD4/CD8 Ratio and HIV Viral Load in South India by Sharma Gaurav, Pai M. Keerthilatha, Nagpal Archna

“…The objective of the present research was to determine the prevalence of oral manifestations in an HIV infected population from south India and evaluate their association with HIV viral load and CD4/CD8 ratio. …”
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Clinico-Epidemiological Profile of Children Orphaned due to AIDS Residing in Care Giving Institutions in Coastal South India by Rekha Thapar, Meher Singha, Nithin Kumar, Prasanna Mithra, Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan, Ramesh Holla, Vaman Kulkarni, B. B. Darshan, Avinash Kumar

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The role of time spent in unpaid domestic work on educational outcomes among adolescents and young adults: quantitative evidence from India by Anupam Sharma, Ankita Shah

“…Abstract Higher education among youth is crucial for India’s socio-economic development. Despite policy efforts, challenges persist in retaining students beyond elementary school and improving inclusivity and education quality. …”
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Case Control Analyses of Acute Endophthalmitis after Cataract Surgery in South India Associated with Technique, Patient Care, and Socioeconomic Status by Taraprasad Das, Anjli Hussain, Thomas Naduvilath, Savitri Sharma, Subhadra Jalali, Ajit B. Majji

“…Improved health education could ensure greater safety.…”
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Hydrogeochemical and GIS Analysis of Groundwater Quality for Drinking and Irrigation Purposes in Kuzhithuraiyar Sub-Basin, Kanniyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India by R. Athsha Great Raxana, Venkateswaran Sellamuthu, Muralitharan Jothimani

“…A hydrogeochemical analysis was conducted to find the suitability of the groundwater for drinking and irrigation purposes in the Kuzhithuraiyar sub-basin, Kanniyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India. 48 groundwater samples were collected from the different locations of the study area during both the pre- and postmonsoon periods. …”
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How do age and sex influence pain threshold and tolerance among Santal tribal people living in West Bengal, India? by Arpita Santra, Subrata Kumar Roy, Monali Goswami, Diptendu Chatterjee

“…This study incorporated 484 healthy Santal tribal individuals aged 18–88 years (male 203 and female 281) living in Howrah and Purba Bardhaman Districts of West Bengal State, India, who reported no chronic or significant pain at the time of data collection. …”
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Assessing type-2 diabetes risk based on the Indian diabetes risk score among adults aged 45 and above in India by Karthika Maniyara, Prakash Babu Kodali

“…Abstract Millions of Indian adults are pre-diabetic with a greater risk of developing type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). …”
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Virtual consulting in the times of COVID-19 by Latika Gupta, Supriya Sharma, Rajat Kharbanda, Shelley Aggarwal, Durga Prasanna Misra, Vikas Agarwal

“…Methods: We conducted a review of records to explore the clinical profile and interventions in rheumatology patients at a tertiary care center in Northern India to identify the potential problems and propose direction for the future. …”
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Pattern of Refractive Error among Patients attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Southern Assam, India: A Cross-sectional Study by Nilanjan Kaushik Thakur, Ruma Das Debsikdar, Srawani Sarkar, Surabhi Prasad, S Lakshmi, Devajit Deka

“…A total of 264 (18.4%) patients had astigmatism greater than 0.5. Anisometropia greater than 1.0 was present in 67 (4.7%). …”
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Unveiling the nexus between minimum dietary diversity and anemia among children aged 6–23 months in India: evidence from NFHS-5 (2019–2021) by Koyel Majumder, Mithun Sarkar, Rahul Mallick, Bikash Barman, Pradip Chouhan

“…Therefore, the study findings suggest that the government should place greater emphasis on resolving the MDD inadequacies among children to eliminate the burden of anemia in India.…”
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Cost-effectiveness of targeted next-generation sequencing (tNGS) for detection of tuberculosis drug resistance in India, South Africa and Georgia: a modeling analysisResearch in co... by Suvesh Shrestha, Angelina Addae, Cecily Miller, Nazir Ismail, Alice Zwerling

“…Findings: tNGS when compared with in-country DST, tNGS proved cost-effective in South Africa (ICER: $15,619/DALY averted, WTP: $21,165) but not in Georgia (ICER: $18,375/DALY averted, WTP: $15,069). In India, tNGS dominated in-country DST practice, providing greater health impact at lower cost. …”
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Assessing the Applicability of Photocatalytic-Concrete Blocks in Reducing the Concentration of Ambient NO2 of Chandigarh, India, Using Box–Behnken Response Surface Design Technique... by Neeru Singla, Sandeep Singla, Parteek Singh Thind, Sandeep Singh, Jasgurpreet Singh Chohan, Raman Kumar, Shubham Sharma, Somnath Chattopadhyaya, Shashi Prakash Dwivedi, Ambuj Saxena, Alibek Issakhov, Nima Khalilpoor

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Association of frailty with non-laboratory based cardiovascular disease risk score among older adults and elderly population: insights from longitudinal aging study in India (LASI-... by Pritam Halder, Semanti Das, Anshul Mamgai, Divya Sharma, Ashish Behera, Pulak Syal, Vineeth Rajagopal, Tanvi Kiran

“…The strength of association of frailty with CVD risk score when adjusted for both socioeconomic, demographic and health variables (model 2), was greater for females and ≥ 60 years age groups (aOR = 19.9 (CVD score > 30) and 4.6 (CVD score 20–29), respectively). …”
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The Shanghai Cooperation Organization after Enlargement: New Challenges and Prospects by D. V. Efremenko

“…The paper examines new challenges that confront the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) after India and Pakistan have joined it as full-fledged members. …”
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RUSSIA AND EAST ASIA: NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES by A. A. Kireeva

“…It corresponds with Russia's course on playing a greater role in regional cooperation and integration. …”
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Kerala’s fight against Nipah Virus: Surveillance and safety measures intensify by Shriyansh Srivastava, Sharib Raza Khan, Pranav Gupta, Molakpogu Ravindra Babu, Aroop Mohanty, Prakasini Satapathy, Sanjit Sah, Rachana Mehta

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RuPhos Pd G4: A catalyst for Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reactions involving 1,2,4-oxadiazoles by Deepak Kumar, Soumya Singh, Ganesh Jaysing Shinde, Suryakanta Dalai, Abhineet Vermaa, Girish Chandra Sharma, Mukesh Jangir

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A Novel Active Learning Technique for Fetal Health Classification Based on XGBoost Classifier by Kaushal Bhardwaj, Niyati Goyal, Bhavika Mittal, Vandna Sharma, Shiv Naresh Shivhare

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Lipomas in Patients of Gynecomastia: Is It of Any Relevance? by Sudhanshu Punia, Aakanksha Goel, Amit Gupta

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A Study of Correlation of Adiponectin Levels in Metabolic Syndrome by Apurv Singhal, Vedpal Singh Punia, Akash Bharti, Shaavi Mittal, Praveen Raman Mishra, Prem Kuma

“…Materials and Methods: This observational cross-sectional hospital-based study was performed in the Department of General Medicine, School of Medical Sciences and Research, Sharda Hospital, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, from January 2019–June 2020. …”
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