Prevalence, associated factors, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension: Findings from a cross sectional study conducted as a part of a community based intervention trial... by Mahesh Kumar Khanal, Raja Ram Dhungana, Pratiksha Bhandari, Yadav Gurung, K N Paudel

“…Male gender (OR = 1.49), older age (OR = 1.04 per year), Dalit caste (OR = 1.71), past history of cigarettes smoking (OR = 2.78), current alcohol consumption (OR = 1.75), and raised body mass index (OR = 1.17 per unit) were identified as significant factors associated with hypertension. …”
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The Algal Symbiont Modifies the Transcriptome of the Scleractinian Coral <i>Euphyllia paradivisa</i> during Heat Stress by Dalit Meron, Keren Maor-Landaw, Eviatar Weizman, Hiba Waldman Ben-Asher, Gal Eyal, Ehud Banin, Yossi Loya, Oren Levy

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Specific pathogens and microbial abundance within liver and kidney tissues of wild marine fish from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea by Dalit Meron, Nadav Davidovich, Maya Ofek‐Lalzar, Ran Berzak, Aviad Scheinin, Yael Regev, Rei Diga, Dan Tchernov, Danny Morick

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Association between Child Nutritional Anthropometric Indices and Iron Deficiencies among Children Aged 6–59 Months in Nepal by Kingsley Emwinyore Agho, Stanley Chitekwe, Sanjay Rijal, Naveen Paudyal, Sanjeev Kumar Sahani, Blessing Jaka Akombi-Inyang

“…Belonging to castes other than the Janajati, Dalit and Brahmin castes increased the odds of anaemia and iron deficiency (ferritin biomarker). …”
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Association of geographic distribution and birth weight with sociodemographic factors of the maternal and newborn child of hilly and mountain regions of eastern Nepal: a cross-sect... by Prajjwal Pyakurel, Sagar Panthi, Bharosha Bhattarai, Gopal Kumar Yadav, Swotantra Gautam, Rochana Acharya, Durga Neupane, Nimesh Khanal, Bharat Khatri, Krishna Neupane, Sugat Adhikari, Nimesh Lageju, Lila Bahadur Basnet, Shankar Prasad Yadav

“…The appropriate data were entered in Microsoft Excel 2019 V.16.0 and statistical analysis was performed by using the statistical package for social sciences, IBM SPSS V.29.Results The low maternal age, Dalit ethnic group, low gravidity, low parity, higher antenatal care (ANC) visits (≥4), incomplete deworming and dT vaccination status, breech deliveries and LBW newborns were significantly attributed to hilly region (lower altitude) (p value &lt;0.05). …”
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A proof of concept study demonstrating that environmental levels of carbamazepine impair early stages of chick embryonic development by Ayelet Kohl, Naama Golan, Yuval Cinnamon, Olga Genin, Benny Chefetz, Dalit Sela-Donenfeld

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Mmp2 Deficiency Leads to Defective Parturition and High Dystocia Rates in Mice by Rotem Kalev-Altman, Gal Becker, Tamar Levy, Svetlana Penn, Nahum Y. Shpigel, Efrat Monsonego-Ornan, Dalit Sela-Donenfeld

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Biosocial and disease conditions are associated with good quality of life among older adults in rural eastern Nepal: Findings from a cross-sectional study. by Uday Narayan Yadav, Tarka Bahadur Thapa, Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Saruna Ghimire, Krishna Kumar Yadav, Godfred O Boateng, Cathy O'Callaghan

“…The adjusted model showed that older age (AOR = 0.50, 95% CI: 0.28-0.90), the Christian religion (AOR = 0.38, 95% CI: 0.20-0.70), and of an Indigenous (AOR: 0.25; 95% CI: 0.14-0.47), Dalit (AOR: 0.23; 95% CI: 0.10-0.56), and Madheshi (AOR: 0.29; 95% CI: 0.14-0.60) ethnic background were associated with lower odds of good QOL. …”
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eDNA-Mediated Cutaneous Protection Against UVB Damage Conferred by Staphylococcal Epidermal Colonization by Sapir Ron-Doitch, Marina Frušić-Zlotkin, Yoram Soroka, Danielle Duanis-Assaf, Dalit Amar, Ron Kohen, Doron Steinberg

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Excess under-5 female mortality across India: a spatial analysis using 2011 census data by Christophe Z Guilmoto, PhD, Nandita Saikia, PhD, Vandana Tamrakar, MPhil, Jayanta Kumar Bora, MSc

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Innovative Approaches in the Battle Against Cancer Recurrence: Novel Strategies to Combat Dormant Disseminated Tumor Cells by Scott Sauer, Damon R. Reed, Damon R. Reed, Damon R. Reed, Michael Ihnat, Robert E. Hurst, David Warshawsky, Dalit Barkan

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Sediment Microbiota as a Proxy of Environmental Health: Discovering Inter- and Intrakingdom Dynamics along the Eastern Mediterranean Continental Shelf by Maya Lalzar, Tal Zvi-Kedem, Yael Kroin, Stephane Martinez, Dan Tchernov, Dalit Meron

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RNA binding protein IGF2BP2 expression is induced by stress in the heart and mediates dilated cardiomyopathy by Miriam Krumbein, Froma Oberman, Yuval Cinnamon, Mordechai Golomb, Dalit May, Gilad Vainer, Vitali Belzer, Karen Meir, Irina Fridman, Johannes Haybaeck, Gerhard Poelzl, Izhak Kehat, Ronen Beeri, Sonja M. Kessler, Joel K. Yisraeli

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Prevalence and risk factors of hepatitis B infection among mothers and children with hepatitis B infected mother in upper Dolpa, Nepal by Purusotam Raj Shedain, Madhu Dixit Devkota, Megha Raj Banjara, Huang Ling, Subash Dhital

“…The majority of HBV infected mothers were indigenous (84%) followed by Dalit (4%) and other castes (12%). Among HBV infected mothers, 40% were hepatitis B envelope antigen (HBeAg) positive. …”
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Initiation of fibronectin fibrillogenesis is an enzyme-dependent process by Shay Melamed, Shelly Zaffryar-Eilot, Elisabeth Nadjar-Boger, Rohtem Aviram, Huaning Zhao, Wesal Yaseen-Badarne, Rotem Kalev-Altman, Dalit Sela-Donenfeld, Oded Lewinson, Sophie Astrof, Peleg Hasson, Haguy Wolfenson

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Inhibition of mTOR protects against skeletal muscle and kidney injury following hindlimb ischemia-reperfusion in rats by regulating MEK1/ERK1/2 activity by Kafait U. Malik, Bahar Tunçtan, Nehir Sucu, Özden Vezir, Sefika Pınar Şenol, Demet Sinem Güden, Meryem Temiz Reşitoğlu, Çağla Akıncı Uysal, Seyhan Fırat

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Real-World Treatment Patterns and Outcomes of Growth Hormone Treatment Among Children in Israel Over the Past Decade (2004–2015) by Tal Ben-Ari, Tal Ben-Ari, Tal Ben-Ari, Gabriel Chodick, Varda Shalev, Dalit Goldstein, Roy Gomez, Zohar Landau, Zohar Landau, Zohar Landau

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Storage temperature dictates the ability of chicken embryos to successfully resume development by regulating expression of blastulation and gastrulation genes by Narayan Pokhrel, Narayan Pokhrel, Olga Genin, Dalit Sela-Donenfeld, Yuval Cinnamon

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Impact of COVID-19 on Lifestyle Habits and Emotional State of Childhood Cancer Survivors and Their Parents by Maya Yardeni, Omer Zvi Shaked, Reut Pienik, Michal Ben-Ami, Eve Stern, Hana Golan, Dalia Waldman, Doron Gothelf, Dalit Modan-Moses

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Ethnomedicinal plants in Champadevi rural municipality, Okhaldhunga district, Nepal by Deepa Karki, Dipak Khadka, Ripu Mardhan Kunwar, Prakash Chandra Aryal, Hem Raj Paudel, Sijar Bhatta, Shi Shi

“…Methods We interviewed 224 respondents, 53.12% female and 46.88% male, including 31 Brahmin, 157 Chhetri, 13 Dalit, and 23 Janajati, and conducted three focused group discussions and seven key informant interviews to record the ethnomedicinal plants used in Champadevi rural municipality, Okhaldhunga District. …”
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