Conservation agriculture for increasing productivity, profitability and water productivity in rice-wheat system of the Eastern Gangetic Plain by Shikha Thapa Magar, Jagadish Timsina, Krishna Prasad Devkota, Liang Weili, Neeranjan Rajbhandari

“…There are increasing concerns about the negative effects of conventional tillage (CT), extreme climate events, increased weed incidence, and reduced availability of farm inputs on crop yield and yield stability, profitability, and water productivity in rice-wheat (R−W) systems of the Eastern Gangetic Plains (EGP) in South Asia. Conservation agriculture (CA)-based tillage practices have been proposed in the region to address these concerns. …”
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Comparative antihyperglycemic, analgesic and anti-inflammatory potential of ethanolic aerial root extracts of Ceriops decandra and Ceriops tagal: Supported by molecular docking and... by Biswajit Biswas, Mimi Golder, Hiron Saraj Devnath, Kishor Mazumder, Samir Kumar Sadhu

“…(CT) are two mangrove plants of the Sundarbans distributed along the coastal areas of South Asia and South Pacific Africa. Traditionally, these plants are used to treat diabetes, pain, angina, hemorrhage, and ulcer. …”
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Interventions for promoting and optimizing breastfeeding practices: An overview of systematic review by Mahalaqua Nazli Khatib, Abhay Gaidhane, Shilpa Upadhyay, Shital Telrandhe, Deepak Saxena, Padam Prasad Simkhada, Shailendra Sawleshwarkar, Syed Zahiruddin Quazi

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Genetic diversity, population structure, and genome-wide association study for the flowering trait in a diverse panel of 428 moth bean (Vigna aconitifolia) accessions using genotyp... by Arvind Kumar Yadav, Chandan Kumar Singh, Rajwant K. Kalia, Shikha Mittal, Dhammaprakash P. Wankhede, Rajesh K. Kakani, Shraddha Ujjainwal, Aakash, Ankit Saroha, N. S. Nathawat, Reena Rani, Pooja Panchariya, Manoj Choudhary, Kantilal Solanki, K. K. Chaturvedi, Sunil Archak, Kuldeep Singh, Gyanendra Pratap Singh, Amit Kumar Singh

“…Abstract Background Moth bean (Vigna aconitifolia) is an underutilized, protein-rich legume that is grown in arid and semi-arid areas of south Asia and is highly resistant to abiotic stresses such as heat and drought. …”
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Building quality primary health care development in the new era towards universal health coverage: a Beijing initiative by Minghui Ren, Tuohong Zhang, Jin Xu, Jie Qiao, Jianrong Qiao, Siyan Zhan, Jiangmei Qin, Daping Song, Yanru Fang, Yifang Lin, Xiaopeng Jiang, Yan Guo, Qingyue Meng, Xu Qian, Yunguo Liu, Sophia Siu Chee Chan, Feng Zhao, Winnie Yip, Hong Wang, Minmin Wang, Hui Yin, Zuokun Liu, Na Li, Xinyi Song, Fangfang Liu, Yinzi Jin, Fangjing Liu, Yangmu Huang

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Genetic polymorphisms of CYP2C19 in ecuadorian population: An interethnic approach by Alba Alonso Llorente, Josefa Salgado Garrido, Óscar Teijido Hermida, Fabricio González Andrade, Alberto Valiente Martín, Ana Julia Fanlo Villacampa, Jorge Vicente Romero

“…Low CYP2C19*17 frequencies, like the ones in our population, were also observed in East and South Asia and in Native American groups. Discussion: Absence of differences in the ethnic groups in Ecuador for CYP2C19*2 and *17 could be due to either a bias in sample selection (ethnic group was assed by self-identification) or to a high interethnic admixture in the Ecuadorian population that would had diluted genetic differences. …”
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Interpreting the ultraviolet aerosol index observed with the OMI satellite instrument to understand absorption by organic aerosols: implications for atmospheric oxidation and direc... by Hammer, Melanie S., Martin, Randall V., van Donkelaar, Aaron, Buchard, Virginie, Torres, Omar, Spurr, Robert J. D., Ridley, David Andrew

“…The inclusion of absorbing BrC decreases the mean bias between simulated and OMI UVAI values from −0.57 to −0.09 over West Africa in January, from −0.32 to +0.0002 over South Asia in April, from −0.97 to −0.22 over southern Africa in July, and from −0.50 to +0.33 over South America in September. …”
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The implications of ethnic division in Afghanistan, with particular reference to the Hazara Mongols by Jones, SA

“…Afghanistan tends to fall outside the neat categories of Middle East, South Asia or Central Asia, utilised by historians and social scientists. …”

Prevention of violence against women and girls: a cost-effectiveness study across 6 low- and middle-income countries by Ferrari, G, Torres-Rueda, S, Chirwa, E, Gibbs, A, Orangi, S, Barasa, E, Tawiah, T, Dwommoh Prah, RK, Hitimana, R, Daviaud, E, Kapapa, E, Dunkle, K, Heise, L, Stern, E, Chatterji, S, Omondi, B, Ogum Alangea, D, Karmaliani, R, Maqbool Ahmed Khuwaja, H, Jewkes, R, Watts, C, Vassall, A

“…<p><strong>Methods and findings</strong></p> We conducted a trial-based cost-effectiveness analysis of VAWG prevention interventions using primary data from 5 randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in sub-Saharan Africa and 1 in South Asia. We evaluated 2 school-based interventions aimed at adolescents (11 to 14 years old) and 2 workshop-based (small group or one to one) interventions, 1 community-based intervention, and 1 combined small group and community-based programme all aimed at adult men and women (18+ years old). …”

Morphological, molecular genetic and host plant relationship studies of rice and weed infesting populations of brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (STAL) (Homoptera: Delphacidae) by Md. Abdul Latif

“…This information has practical implications in formulating effective control measures against N. lugens which is a major pest of rice not only in Malaysia but also throughout South East Asia, South Asia and Australia…”
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Long-term historical trends in air pollutant emissions in Asia: Regional Emission inventory in ASia (REAS) version 3 by J. Kurokawa, T. Ohara

“…<p>A long-term historical emission inventory of air and climate pollutants in East, Southeast, and South Asia during 1950–2015 was developed as the Regional Emission inventory in ASia version 3 (REASv3). …”
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<i>Berberis</i> Plants—Drifting from Farm to Food Applications, Phytotherapy, and Phytopharmacology by Bahare Salehi, Zeliha Selamoglu, Bilge Sener, Mehtap Kilic, Arun Kumar Jugran, Nunziatina de Tommasi, Chiara Sinisgalli, Luigi Milella, Jovana Rajkovic, Maria Flaviana B. Morais-Braga, Camila F. Bezerra, Janaína E. Rocha, Henrique D.M. Coutinho, Adedayo Oluwaseun Ademiluyi, Zabta Khan Shinwari, Sohail Ahmad Jan, Ebru Erol, Zulfiqar Ali, Elise Adrian Ostrander, Javad Sharifi-Rad, María de la Luz Cádiz-Gurrea, Yasaman Taheri, Miquel Martorell, Antonio Segura-Carretero, William C. Cho

“…The genus <i>Berberis</i> includes about 500 different species and commonly grown in Europe, the United States, South Asia, and some northern areas of Iran and Pakistan. …”
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Demographic, socio-economic, obstetric, and behavioral factors associated with small-and large-for-gestational-age from a prospective, population-based pregnancy cohort in rural Ne... by Elizabeth A. Hazel, Diwakar Mohan, Scott Zeger, Luke C. Mullany, James M. Tielsch, Subarna K. Khatry, Seema Subedi, Steven C. LeClerq, Robert E. Black, Joanne Katz

“…Abstract Background In South Asia, a third of babies are born small-for-gestational age (SGA). …”
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Comparative transcriptome analysis, unfolding the pathways regulating the seed-size trait in cultivated lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) by Haragopal Dutta, Gyan P. Mishra, Muraleedhar S. Aski, Tejas C. Bosamia, Dwijesh C. Mishra, Jyotika Bhati, Subodh Kumar Sinha, Dunna Vijay, Manjunath Prasad C. T., Shouvik Das, Prashant Anupama-Mohan Pawar, Atul Kumar, Kuldeep Tripathi, Ranjeet Ranjan Kumar, Devendra Kumar Yadava, Shiv Kumar, Harsh Kumar Dikshit

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Genomic analysis of the emerging carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 11 harbouring Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) in Oman by Mohammed Al Balushi, Rajesh Kumar, Azza Al-Rashdi, Amin Ratna, Ahood Al-Jabri, Neima Al-shekaili, Ramasandhya Rani, Sara Al Sumri, Laila Al-Ghabshi, Seif Al-Abri, Amina Al-Jardani

“…The MLST allelic profile analysis clonally clustered our strains with SL-258, CG-11 and ST11 mainly reported from South Asia. Further molecular characterization of the capsular K-locus and O-locus genes, revealed the strains to belong to KL-47 type and OL101 type respectively. …”
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How can global guidelines support sustainable hygiene systems? by Valentina Grossi, Oliver Cumming, James Benjamin Tidwell, Ann Thomas, Mary Eyram Ashinyo, Joanna Esteves Mills, Kahtan Al-Shabi, Jenala Chipungu, Bruce Gordon, Nadia Abdalla, Fodé Ousmane Bangoura, Katrina Charles, Arnold Oredola Cole, Betsy Engebretson, Kitka Goyol, Catherine Fallon Grasham, Sophie Hickling, Safo Kalandarov, Alemu Kejela Ababu, Karimzoda Kholmuhammad, Nicole Klaesener-Metzner, Ziggy Kugedera, Akosua Kwakye, Andrea Lee-Llacer, Pauke P Maani, Belinda Makhafola, Alyaa Mohamed, Md Monirul Alam, Bella Monse, Henry Northover, Aarin Palomares, Nilusha Patabendi, Nathaniel Paynter, Om Prasad-Gautam, Sudan Raj Panthi, Lisa Rudge, Shiny Saha, Ion Salaru, Gustavo Saltiel, Laurent Sax, Mir Abdus Shahid, Mahmud Shamsul Gafur, Siddhi Shrestha, Katalin Szeberényi, Victoria Trinies, Osman Yiha, Ruslan Ziganshin, Rola Al-Emam

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Urban-rural differences in hypertension prevalence in low-income and middle-income countries, 1990-2020: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Otavio T Ranzani, Anjani Kalra, Chiara Di Girolamo, Ariadna Curto, Fernanda Valerio, Jaana I Halonen, Xavier Basagaña, Cathryn Tonne

“…The urban-rural difference was highest for South Asia (7.50%, 95% CI, 5.73, 9.26), followed by sub-Saharan Africa (4.24%, 95% CI, 2.62, 5.86) and reversed for Europe and Central Asia (-6.04%, 95% CI, -9.06, -3.01), in the period 1990 to 2020, p < 0.001 for region. …”
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Implementing stroke care in a lower-middle-income country: results and recommendations based on an implementation study within the Nepal Stroke Project by Christine Tunkl, Raju Paudel, Sunanjay Bajaj, Lekhjung Thapa, Patrick Tunkl, Avinash Chandra, Bhupendra Shah, Balgopal Karmacharya, Ashim Subedi, Pankaj Jalan, Pradesh Ghimire, Mahesh Raj Ghimire, Mahesh Raj Ghimire, Gampo Dorje, Nima Haji Begli, Jessica Golenia, Bikram Prasad Gajurel, Shirsho Shreyan, Nooma Sharma, Alexandra Krauss, Jeyaraj Pandian, Thomas Fischer, Jan van der Merwe, Wolfgang Wick, Werner Hacke, Christoph Gumbinger

“…BackgroundGlobally, the majority of strokes affect people residing in lower- and lower-middle-income countries (LMICs), but translating evidence-based knowledge into clinical practice in regions with limited healthcare resources remains challenging. As an LMIC in South Asia, stroke care has remained a healthcare problem previously unaddressed at a national scale in Nepal. …”
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Monkeypox outbreaks in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: Network and clustering analyses of global risks and modified SEIR prediction of epidemic trends by Jing Gao, Jing Gao, Jing Gao, Jing Gao, Cui Zhou, Cui Zhou, Hanwei Liang, Hanwei Liang, Rao Jiao, Åsa M. Wheelock, Kedi Jiao, Kedi Jiao, Jian Ma, Jian Ma, Chutian Zhang, Chutian Zhang, Yongman Guo, Yongman Guo, Sitong Luo, Sitong Luo, Wannian Liang, Wannian Liang, Lei Xu, Lei Xu

“…The 141 included countries classified into three risk clusters: 24 high-risk countries mainly in West Europe and Northern America, 70 medium-risk countries mainly in Latin America and Asia, and 47 low-risk countries mainly in Africa and South Asia. The modified SEIR model predicted declining transmission rates, with basic reproduction numbers ranging 1.61–7.84 in the early stage and 0.70–4.13 in the current stage. …”
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Antimicrobial-resistant non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica prevalence among poultry farms and slaughterhouses in Chitwan, Nepal by Peter D. Fowler, Sumit Sharma, Dhan Kumar Pant, Subir Singh, Melinda J. Wilkins

“…While there has been extensive research on antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) S. enterica in India and China, there have been few studies in countries in South Asia, including Nepal. This is particularly important with the rise of commercial poultry farming in Nepal as a means of economic development and nutritional subsistence. …”
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