R2R2 phenotype blood requirements for liver transplantation surgery in a child with multiple Rh antibodies: Meeting needs and changing Indian scenario by Deepti Sachan, Deepthi Krishna Gundrajukuppam, Naresh Shanmugam, Rajesh Rajalingam, Mohamed Rela

“…Eleven R2R2 units were transferred by air from three blood centers from North India (New Delhi) to South India (Chennai) with the help of Courier services maintaining cold chain over 24 h with data logger facilities. …”
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Knowledge, attitude, and practices about breast cancer among women in a high-altitude sub-Himalayan region: Are we reaching the unreached? by Deepti Choudhary, Kirti Lata, Mamta Thapliyal, Ajeet R Tiwari, Rahul Kumar, Pankaj K Garg

“…This study assessed breast cancer awareness among women in a high-altitude sub-Himalayan region of North India. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among women attending the gynecology outpatient clinic in a district hospital. …”
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Using Species Groups to Approach the Large and Taxonomically Unresolved Freshwater Fish Family Nemacheilidae (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) by Tomáš Dvořák, Vendula Šlechtová, Jörg Bohlen

“…At least one of the genetic clades shows signs of an eastward range expansion during the second half of Miocene from north India via Myanmar into Laos, western China, and western Thailand. …”
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COVID-Related suicide during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in India: A tip of the iceberg of mental health problems by Nishat Ahmed Sheikh, Abhimanyu Vasudeva, Richa Tripathi

“…CRS reports on the websites of 10 popular newspapers and television news channels in North India and official government websites such as the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare were searched between February 1, 2020, and May 31, 2021. …”
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Medication adherence and its predictors among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients: A cross-sectional study by Deepak Sharma, Naveen Krishan Goel, Yuvraj Singh Cheema, Keshav Garg

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted among 400 diabetes mellitus patients attending an outdoor patient department (OPD) of a tertiary care hospital in North India. Brief Medication Questionnaire (BMQ) and Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (B-IPQ) were used to study medication adherence and illness perception, respectively. …”
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Asia Faces a Growing Threat From Intraseasonal Compound Weather Whiplash by Beijing Fang, Mengqian Lu

“…Populous regions such as North India and EASM region might face a much worse situation than the western China where population is sparse and projected to decline. …”
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Flood Inundation Mapping by Combining GNSS-R Signals with Topographical Information by S L Kesav Unnithan, Basudev Biswal, Christoph Rüdiger

“…Flood mapping was performed and validated with flood extent derived using available Sentinel-1A synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data for flooding in Kerala during August 2018, and North India during August 2017. The results obtained after thresholding indicate that the model exhibits a flooding accuracy ranging from 60% to 80% for lower threshold values. …”
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Use of mobiles in dairying for information dissemination: A multi-stakeholder analysis in India by PRAKASHKUMAR RATHOD, MAHESH CHANDER, YOGESH BANGAR

“…The study included primary data using 360 dairy farmers, 80 research scientists and 40 extensionists in North India and also relevant secondary data. The study revealed that perception of scientists and extension experts was more favorable towards relevance, profitability and sustainability of mobile use in dairying, while the perception of farmers was less favourable towards mobile use. …”
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Peer-assisted learning: A boon in disguise by Rajshree Rajulkumar Gupta, Ritu Sharma, Karuna Datta

“…Settings and Design: A retrospective analytical study on medical education was conducted at a medical college in North India. Materials and Methods: The study had two activities. …”
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Knowledge and attitude of nurses toward delirium by Sandeep Grover, Aseem Mehra, Neha Sharma, Swapnajeet Sahoo, Devakshi Dua

“…Materials and Methods: The study included 138 nurses working in a tertiary care multispecialty hospital in North India. The knowledge and attitude toward delirium were assessed by using a self-designed questionnaire (33 questions), of which 26 items specifically evaluated the knowledge and attitude toward various aspects of delirium. …”
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Group A streptococcal sore throat in a periurban population of northern India: a one-year prospective study by Nandi Sobhan, Kumar Rajesh, Ray Pallab, Vohra Harpreet, Ganguly Nirmal K.

“…OBJECTIVE: To estimate the incidence and risk factors of group A streptococcus (GAS) sore throat among school-aged children living in a periurban slum area of Chandigarh, North India. METHODS: A total of 536 children aged 5-15 years from 261 families identified by a systematic random selection method were enrolled in the study. …”
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Post-COVID-19 endogenous endophthalmitis case series and review of literature by Ramanuj Samanta, Sreeram Jayaraj, Sanjeev K Mittal, Jyoti Kumari, Aarshi Naharwal, Ajai Agrawal

“…Purpose: To describe a series of post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) endogenous endophthalmitis (EE) patients from a multispecialty tertiary hospital in North India. Methods: A retrospective chart review including all consecutive cases with EE following confirmed COVID-19 disease from July 2020 to June 2021. …”
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Spatiotemporal microplastic occurrence study of Harike wetland, A Ramsar wetland of India by Manzoor Shaista, Sharma Manka, Singh Rahul

“…On the same note, the Harike wetland, the largest wetland in North India, is an ideal home for migratory birds and aquatic animals. …”
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The emergence of the Omicron XBB.1.5 variant in India: a brief report on clinical presentation of a few cases by Jasmine Samal, Arjun Bhugra, Varun Suroliya, Pramod Gautam, Reshu Agarwal, Chhagan Bihari, Ekta Gupta

“…In this first-of-its-kind report, we discuss a few XBB.1.5 cases and its clinical characteristics reported in Delhi State, North India.…”
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Stepwise approach and management of traumatic brain injury during pregnancy by Sarita Kumari, Manish Jaiswal, Bal Krishna Ojha, Chhitij Srivastava

“…This study is to share our experiences in the management of TBI during pregnancy at a tertiary trauma centre in north India to formulate a stepwise approach consisting of different tiers of treatment. …”
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Can physical activity maintain normal grades of body mass index and body fat percentage? by Kesavachandran C, Bihari V, Mathur N

“…<b>Background/Aims</b> : A cross-sectional study was undertaken on 767 urban male volunteers performing physical activity and 469 age and socioeconomic status matched controls not doing any physical activity from the city limits of North India. <b> Materials and Methods</b> : Height and weight were recorded for each participant to determine their Body Mass Index (BMI). …”
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M694V gene polymorphism may not contribute to the pathogenesis of reactive arthritis in the North Indian population by Anamika Kumari Anuja, Koshy Nitin Thomas, Mantabya Kumar Singh, Ashish Jacob Mathew, Vikas Agarwal, Latika Gupta

“…Methods: Patients of ReA presenting to a Tertiary Hospital in North India were enrolled and evaluated for MEFV gene polymorphism by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. …”
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Fetal klippel–Trenaunay–Weber syndrome: Antenatal diagnosis and postnatal management by Neeta Singh, Ankur Mandelia, Neha Nigam, Sangeeta Yadav, Mandakini Pradhan

“…Settings and Design: This was a retrospective observational study of all pregnant women who were antenatally diagnosed with KTWS and postnatally confirmed at a tertiary care center in north India between 2012 and 2021. Subjects and Methods: The electronic medical records were reviewed and data were collected regarding demographic information, obstetric history, clinical presentation, sonographic findings, mode of delivery, fetal outcome, and follow-up. …”
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The scientific thinking in Islam: factors of flourishing and decline by Shogar, Ibrahim

“…At that time the Muslim world was ranged from Spain and Morocco, through Damascus, Cairo and Baghdad, to Persia and North India. However, starting around the sixteenth century, the Islamic civilization began to wane; losing ground to other nations. …”
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Circular labor migration and HIV in India: exploring heterogeneity in bridge populations connecting areas of high and low HIV infection prevalence by Rai, T, Lambert, HS, Borquez, AB, Saggurti, N, Mahapatra, B, Ward, H

“…We explore the heterogeneity in potential roles of circular migrants in driving an HIV epidemic in a rural area in north India and examine the characteristics of the “sustaining bridge population”, which comprises individuals at risk of HIV acquisition at destination and of HIV transmission into networks at origin capable of sustaining an epidemic.…”