Studying the Rationale of Fire Ant Sting Therapy Usage by the Tribal Natives of Bastar Revealed Ant Venom-Derived Peptides with Promising Anti-Malarial Activity by Jyoti Kumari, Raj Kumar Sah, Nazar Mohamed Mohaideen. S, Shakeel Ahmad, Soumya Pati, Shailja Singh

“…Notably, the tribal natives of the malaria-laden densely forested Bastar region, Chhattisgarh, India, use fire ant sting-based therapy to cure malaria-like high fever. …”
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Oligopleiodontia with Impacted Permanent Canine: A Rare Entity with Multidisciplinary Management by Umapathy Thimmegowda, Praveen Malavalli Nagarajshetty, Premkishore Kajapuram, R Neeraja, Ashwini Chikkanayakanahalli Prabhakar

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Insect Pest Incidence with the System of Rice Intensification: Results of a Multi-Location Study and a Meta-Analysis by Padmavathi Chintalapati, Santosha Rathod, Naganna Repalle, Nadimpalli Rama Gopala Varma, Kolandhaivelu Karthikeyan, Sanjay Sharma, Rapolu Mahender Kumar, Gururaj Katti

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ABO Blood Type does not Influence Blood Pressure Levels in Healthy Indian Adolescents by Nazeem Ishrat Siddiqui, Ajay Soni, Vijay BS Gaur, Pratik Akhani, Mohammmad Shoeb

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Linkages between malaria and malnutrition in co-endemic regions of India by Shweta Sharma, Chander Prakash Yadav, Amit Sharma, Manju Rahi, Praveen K Bharti, Syed Shah Areeb Hussain, Shweta Pasi

“…Data on malnutrition parameters viz. stunting, wasting, underweight and anaemia, sourced from the fourth National Family Health Survey (2015–2016), and malaria Annual Parasite Index (API) data of the same year (i.e, 2015), sourced from National Center of Vector Borne Diseases Control were analysed using local Moran’s I Index and logistic regression.Results Among all the malnutrition parameters, we found underweight in children and anaemia in men to co-occur with malaria in the districts of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha. Further, districts with more than 36% underweight children (OR (95% CI): 2.31 (1.53 to 3.48)) and/or more than 23.6% male population with anaemia (OR (95% CI): 2.06 (1.37 to 3.11)) had higher odds of being malaria endemic districts (ie, Annual Parasite Index >1).Conclusion Malaria and malnutrition co-occur in the malaria-endemic parts of India. …”
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Digitized radiovisiographic analysis of dental pulp of permanent mandibular first molar and second premolar for age estimation using tooth coronal index method by Supreet Jain, Shweta Hegde, Salona Kalra, Ravleen Nagi, Prasoon Goyal, Stuti Shukla

“…Materials and Methods: Using RVG 176 periapical radiographs of mandibular second premolar and first molar of individuals of either sex aged 20–70 years residing in Chhattisgarh were taken by paralleling angle technique for the study. …”
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Computing in the Sky: A Survey on Intelligent Ubiquitous Computing for UAV-Assisted 6G Networks and Industry 4.0/5.0 by Saeed Hamood Alsamhi, Alexey V. Shvetsov, Santosh Kumar, Jahan Hassan, Mohammed A. Alhartomi, Svetlana V. Shvetsova, Radhya Sahal, Ammar Hawbani

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Spatial clustering and impact of household characteristics on under-five mortality in India: A secondary data analysis by Jatin Chaudary, S Akshay, D Shivaram Reddy, Anusha Sharma, Nishu Jha, Pawna Kaushal, Akshay Malik

“…Results: The study showed significant spatial clustering of high U5MR in six states and one UT, namely Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Delhi and clustering of lower U5MR in southern states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. …”
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Performance of growing lambs on rations containing Lathyrus grainsas protein source by M M DAS, V K YADAV, A SINGH, P K GHOSH, A SARKER

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Rhinosporidiosis- Epidemiological, Clinicoradiological, Immunological Profile by Megha Chandran, Rupa Mehta, NITIN NAGARKAR, Anudita Bhargava, Eli Mohapatra, Saroj Pati

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Price dynamics in Indian wholesale wheat markets: Insights and implications by AMIT THAKUR, POULAMI RAY, KAMLESH KUMAR ACHARYA, ABHIJIT DAS, RAJ JAISWAL, UNNI RAVISHANKAR, RAJU R, SENDHIL R

“…Corroborating the price trend, Kerala exhibited the highest volatility as evident by the GARCH model estimates, followed by Gujarat, Haryana and Chhattisgarh. Inter alia, volatility in wheat prices is directly linked to regional production. …”
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A case study on thermo-hydraulic performance of jet plate solar air heater using response surface methodology by Mahalingam Murugesan Matheswaran, Thottipalayam Vellingiri Arjunan, Suresh Muthusamy, L. Natrayan, Hitesh Panchal, Shankar Subramaniam, Nitin K. Khedkar, A.S. El-Shafay, Chandrakanat Sonawane

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Differential expression of bovine major acute phase proteins, cytokines and metabolic indicator genes in clinical endometritis cows by AYYASAMY MANIMARAN, ARUMUGAM KUMARESAN, SOUVENDRA NATH SARKAR, SANJANNA BOYA, L SREELA, P MOOVENTHAN, PRATIK R WANKHADE

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Decomposing the rural–urban gap in hygienic material use during menstruation among adolescent women in India by Mahashweta Chakrabarty, Aditya Singh, Subhojit Let, Shivani Singh

“…The gap exceeded 20 pp in Madhya Pradesh (36 pp), Odisha (26 pp), Jammu and Kashmir (25 pp), Assam (25 pp), Uttar Pradesh (23 pp), Jharkhand (22 pp), Chhattisgarh (21 pp), and Rajasthan (21 pp). In contrast, the gap in Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, and Telangana was less than 10 pp. …”
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DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF LIPOARABINOMANNAN DETECTION IN PLEURAL TUBERCULOSIS by A. Mohapatra, U. Gaikwad, R. Ganga, P. Sharma

“…Methods: A pleural fluid specimen was subjected to LAM antigen detection using the lateral flow assay (LAM-LFA; make - Alere/Abott diagnostics) in addition to biochemical and microbiological assays, in a cross-sectional study on suspected pleural TB patients attending a tertiary care hospital in Chhattisgarh, India. The LAM-LFA test was also performed on an early morning urine sample from the same patient. …”
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प्रमुख ललित निबन्धकारों की व्यंग्य दृष्टि by Ramesh Tandon

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A landscape analysis of the potential role of polyphenols for the treatment of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) by Raksha Rani, Younis Ahmad Hajam, Rajesh Kumar, Rouf Ahmad Bhat, Seema Rai, Manzoor Ahmad Rather

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Techniques to Reduce Capacitor Voltage Ripples in Multilevel Inverters by Shivam Prakash Gautam, Manik Jalhotra, Atif Iqbal, Lalit Kumar Sahu, Mano Ranjan Kumar, Meena Malik, Shima Sadaf

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Stroke systems of care in South-East Asia Region (SEAR): commonalities and diversities by Ivy A. Sebastian, Dorcas B.C. Gandhi, Padmavati N. Sylaja, Raju Paudel, Yogeshwar V. Kalkonde, Yangchen Yangchen, Harsha Gunasekara, Ranjit J. Injety, Pranay J. Vijayanand, Nistara S. Chawla, San Oo, Khin Myo Hla, Tashi Tenzin, Jeyaraj D. Pandian

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A comprehensive water quality index based on analytical hierarchy process by Herojeet Rajkumar, Pradeep K. Naik, Madhuri S. Rishi

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