Niveles de aterramiento y rayo: simulación de sus efectos sobre el consumidor; Earthing Levels and Lightning:Modeling and Simulation of Effects on Consumer by Miguel Castro Fernández, Sindhy Suárez Sotelo, Fernando de Armas García, Silvio Manuel Dorta Herrera

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HbD Punjab/HbQ India compound heterozygosity: An unusual association. by Stacy Colaco, Reema Surve, Pratibha Sawant, Anita Nadkarni, Kanjaksha Ghosh, Roshan Colah

“…Here we report a 29 year old Sindhi female who was referred to us for a haemoglobinopathy work up and genetic counseling since her spouse was a classical beta thalassaemia carrier. …”
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Knowledge of modifiable risk factors of heart disease among patients with acute myocardial infarction in Karachi, Pakistan: a cross sectional study by Rasool Syed I, Faruqui Azhar M, Jafar Tazeen H, Jafary Fahim H, Khan Muhammad S, Hatcher Juanita, Chaturvedi Nish

“…In multiple logistic regression analysis, independent predictors of "good" level of knowledge were (odds ratio [95% confidence interval]) more than ten years of schooling were 2.5 [1.30, 4.80] (verses no schooling at all) and nuclear family system (verses extended family system) 2.54 [1.65, 3.89]. In addition, Sindhi ethnicity OR [3.03], higher level of exercise OR [2.76] and non user of tobacco OR [2.53] were also predictors of good level of knowledge.…”
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பழமொழி நானூறு காட்டும் வேளாண்மை / Agriculture in Pazhamozhi Naanooru by முனைவர் வெ. டில்லிபாபு / Dr. V. Dillibabu

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Individual and collective contribution of antenatal psychosocial distress conditions and preterm birth in Pakistani women. by Sharifa Lalani, Shahirose Sadrudin Premji, Kiran Shaikh, Salima Sulaiman, Ilona S Yim, Ntonghanwah Forcheh, Neelofur Babar, Sidrah Nausheen, Nicole Letourneau, Maternal-infant Global Health Team (MiGHT) Collaborators in Research

“…The primary binary outcome of PTB (i.e., livebirth before 37 completed weeks' gestation) was regressed on self-reported symptoms of anxiety (Pregnancy-Related Anxiety (PRA) Scale and Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Form Y-1), depression (Edinburgh Perinatal Depression Scale (EPDS)), and covariates such as chronic stress (Perceived Stress Scale) assessed with standardized question and scales with established language equivalency (Sindhi and Urdu).<h4>Results</h4>All 1603 births occurred between 24 and 43 completed weeks' gestation. …”
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A Meta Analysis on the Ethnic Differences in Bone Mineral Density on DEXA Scan in Pakistan by Fatima Rehman, Sanum Ali

“…Among 1232 subjects, 690 were Punjabi (56%), Osteopenia was found in 41.2% and osteoporosis in 25.8% (P-value=0.001), 198 (16%) were Pathan, among them 31.8% were osteopenic and 39.9% were osteoporotic (P-value=0.001). Sindhi were 78 (6.33%), 16.7% had osteopenia and 47.4% had osteoporosis (P-value= 0.001). 54 (4.38%) subjects were Balochi, among them 16.7% had osteopenia and 50.0% had osteoporosis (P-value= 0.001). …”
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Systems Analysis of Biliary Atresia Through Integration of High-Throughput Biological Data by Jun Min, Mylarappa Ningappa, Juhoon So, Donghun Shin, Rakesh Sindhi, Shankar Subramaniam, Shankar Subramaniam

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Environmental and occupational determinants of myelodysplastic syndrome: A case–control study from Pakistan by Nida Anwar, Aisha Arshad, Naveena Fatima, Sumaira Shaheen, Sumera Bukhari, Tahir Shamsi

“…Unmarried were less likely to acquire MDS than married (OR 0.239, CI: 0.15–0.36, P‐value: .000), Sindhi speaking were 1.419 times more likely to have MDS than participants speaking other languages. …”
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Mutation Rate Analysis of RM Y-STRs in Deep-Rooted Multi-Generational Punjabi Pedigrees from Pakistan by Shahid Nazir, Atif Adnan, Rahat Abdul Rehman, Wedad Saeed Al-Qahtani, Abrar B. Alsaleh, Hussam S. Al-Harthi, Fatmah Ahmed Safhi, Reem Almheiri, Reem Lootah, Afra Alreyami, Imran Almarri, Chuan-Chao Wang, Allah Rakha, Sibte Hadi

“…Previously, we analyzed two to four generations of 99 pedigrees with 1568 pairs of men covering one to six meioses from all over Pakistan and 216 male relatives from 18 deep-rooted endogamous Sindhi pedigrees covering one to seven meioses. Here, we present 861 pairs of men from 62 endogamous pedigrees covering one to six meioses from the Punjabi population of Punjab, Pakistan. …”
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Comparing risk factors of HIV among <it>hijra</it> sex workers in Larkana and other cities of Pakistan: an analytical cross sectional study by Altaf Arshad, Zahidie Aysha, Agha Ajmal

“…The average age of HSWs in Larkana was 26.42 (±5.4) years. Majority were Sindhi speaking (80%), uneducated (68%) and unmarried (97%). …”
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Cholistan and Cholistani Breed of Cattle by U. Farooq, H. A. Samad*, F. Sher1, M. Asim1 and M. Arif Khan2

“…Similarly, the average values for reproductive traits i.e. age at maturity, age at first calving, gestation period and calving interval were 1112, 1390, 278 and 422 days, respectively, which are at par with those of Sahiwal and Red Sindhi cattle. However, comprehensive data supported by research need to be analyzed to manipulate the potentials of this breed. …”
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ẢNH HƯỞNG CỦA THỨC ĂN ĐẠM ĐỐI VỚI KHẢ NĂNG SINH TRƯỞNG CỦA BÒ LAI SIND NUÔI THỊT TẠI TỈNH AN GIANG by Đoàn Hữu Lực, Dương Thanh Liêm, Võ Ái Quấc

“…An experiment was carried out  on 30 Sindhi*Local crossed steers at initial body weight of 100-120 kg, reared during 240 days. …”
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Indigenous cattle of Sri Lanka: Genetic and phylogeographic relationship with Zebu of Indus Valley and South Indian origin by Lokugalappatti L. G. S., Saumya Wickramasinghe, Alexander P. A. B. D., Kamran Abbas, Tanveer Hussain, Saravanan Ramasamy, Vandana Manomohan, Arnaud Stephane R. Tapsoba, Rudolf Pichler, Masroor E. Babar, Kathiravan Periasamy

“…Genetic differentiation of Sri Lankan Zebu (Batu Harak and White cattle) was lowest with Red Sindhi among Indus Valley Zebu while it was lowest with Hallikar among the South Indian cattle. …”
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Temporal trends in hepatitis B and C infection in family blood donors from interior Sindh, Pakistan by Pearce Mark S, Mujeeb Syed

“…Significant increase in seroprevalence was particularly seen in literate (p = 0.03), non–first time (p = 0.01) and Sindhi speaking (p = 0.01) donors.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Our study finds a steady increase in the prevalence of HCV infection in blood donors from interior Sindh between 2004 and 2007. …”
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Indigenous cattle of Sri Lanka: Genetic and phylogeographic relationship with Zebu of Indus Valley and South Indian origin. by Lokugalappatti L G S, Saumya Wickramasinghe, Alexander P A B D, Kamran Abbas, Tanveer Hussain, Saravanan Ramasamy, Vandana Manomohan, Arnaud Stephane R Tapsoba, Rudolf Pichler, Masroor E Babar, Kathiravan Periasamy

“…Genetic differentiation of Sri Lankan Zebu (Batu Harak and White cattle) was lowest with Red Sindhi among Indus Valley Zebu while it was lowest with Hallikar among the South Indian cattle. …”
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Effect of Water Hyacinth () Silage on Intake and Nutrient Digestibility in Cattle Fed Rice Straw and Cottonseed Cake by Ho Thanh Tham, Peter Udén

“…Four crossbred Sindhi heifers with an average body weight (BW) of 135 kg and a mean age of 17 months were used to investigate the effect of feeding different combinations of rice straw and ensiled water hyacinth (EWH) supplemented with a source of protein in the form of cottonseed cake (CSC) on intake and digestibility. …”
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Assess the Facts and Myths of Covid-19 among Patients in Tertiary Care Hospital Karachi Pakistan by Muhmooda Abdul RAzzaque, Sabir Hussain, Rubina Hafeez, Abdul Razzaque

“…While: 159 (79.5%) had myths, the highest prevalent myths were about conspiracy 22(13.8%), home remedies 26 (16.3%), and warm water 21(13.2%).A majority of the participant’s (32.0%) age lies between 31 to 40 years and, male (71.0%), married (64.0%), Post-graduated (63.0%), own business (32%), income lies between 16000-30000 and Sindhi culture( 61.5%). CONCLUSION: Present study highlighted, a vast majority were not aware of the facts and myths of Covid-19.For instance: facts about old age and co-morbidities, social distance, wearing mask, and myths regarding conspiracy, home remedies, and warm water. …”
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KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF MOTHERS REGARDING COLOSTRUM FEEDING TO NEWBORNS IN RURAL PAKISTAN: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY by Jahanzaib Sohail, Asif Khaliq

“…Self-made questionnaire translated in Urdu and Sindhi language was used to assess socio-demographic status, knowledge, attitude and practice about colostrum from pregnant and nursing women. …”
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Cursive-Text: A Comprehensive Dataset for End-to-End Urdu Text Recognition in Natural Scene Images by Asghar Ali Chandio, Md. Asikuzzaman, Mark Pickering, Mehwish Leghari

“…The Urdu text spotting dataset contains images with Urdu, English and Sindhi text instances. However, the focus has been given to the Urdu text instances. …”
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Association between Dietary Diversity and Food Insecurity in Urban Households: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Various Ethnic Populations of Karachi, Pakistan by Hashmi S, Safdar NF, Zaheer S, Shafique K

“…The most food secure cultural people were those whose ancestors had migrated from India and were Urdu speaking communities, while Sindhi speakers were the least food secure community.Conclusion: It is imperative to investigate more on the cultural causal factors leading to food insecurity to address the root causes of malnutrition and design new cultural-specific interventions that should be employed in large urban centers where different communities reside together.Keywords: dietary diversity, food insecurity, ethnicity, urban population…”
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