Emergence of Escherichia coli, Co-Producing NDM-1 and OXA-48 Carbapenemases, in Urinary Isolates, at a Tertiary Care Centre at Central India by Atul Khajuria, Ashok Kumar Praharaj, Mahadevan Kumar, Naveen Grover

“…Conclusion: Co-production of NDM-1with OXA-48 in urinary isolates of E. coli was detected for the first time in India. Transmission of plasmid carrying these resistant genes to other members of Enterobacteriaceae will increase incidence of multidrug resistance. …”
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Low cost geopolymer modular toilet unit for ODF India – A case study by Sandeep Tembhurkar, Rahul Ralegaonkar, Afonso Azevedo, Mangesh Madurwar

“…This article presents a case study on low cost geopolymer modular toilet unit for ODF India. It is the first time in India that the modular toilet unit is cast with Geopolymer Concrete (GPC) incorporating the Industrial wastes which enables easy and quick installation and provide the solution to the issue of waste disposal. …”
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The hymenopterous parasitoids of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), on cruciferous vegetables in Delhi, India by Hager M. M. Saleh, Debjani Dey, Bhoopal Singh Tomar

“…Among them, A. mohandasi, C. vestalis and D. collaris were reported for the first time in Delhi, whereas D. insulare (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) is recorded here for the first time in India. Additionally, the first record of parasitism by A. mohandasi on P. xylostella from Delhi was established. …”
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Examining the Relative Importance and Association between Safety Leadership Styles and Factors Affecting Organizational Safety Climate by S. Senthamizh Sankar, K. S. Anandh, Sathyanarayanan Rajendran, Che Khairil Izam Che Ibrahim, Mariusz Szóstak

“…This study examines the various safety leadership styles practised among construction professionals for the first time in India. Specifically, it identifies critical factors that affect the organizational safety climate and pessimistic leadership styles that diminish the safety outcomes of the construction site. …”
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The economic and social costs of visual impairment and blindness in India by Brad Wong, Kuldeep Singh, Rohit K Khanna, Thulasiraj Ravilla, Sabherwal Shalinder, Asim Sil, Kuldeep Dole, Elesh Jain, Heidi Chase

“…Furthermore, the absolute costs of poor eye health will increase over time as India ages and becomes wealthier unless further progress is made in reducing the prevalence of MSVI and blindness.…”
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First Report of <i>Clonostachys rosea</i> as a Mycoparasite on <i>Sclerotinia sclerotiorum</i> Causing Head Rot of Cabbage in India by Ruppavalli M. Venkatesan, Karthikeyan Muthusamy, Johnson Iruthayasamy, Balakrishnan Prithiviraj, Parthiban V. Kumaresan, Pugalendhi Lakshmanan, Irene Vethamoni Perianadar

“…In this study, we isolated <i>C. rosea</i>, a mycoparasitic fungus for the first time in India from sclerotia of the notorious plant pathogen <i>Sclerotinia sclerotiorum</i>, causing head rot disease in cabbage. …”
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Temporal trends of climatic variables and water footprint of rice and wheat production in Punjab, India from 1986 to 2017 by Durba Kashyap, Tripti Agarwal

“…HIGHLIGHTS Influence of climate variables on WF of rice and wheat was analysed for the first time for India.; Rainfall significantly influenced both green and blue WF of rice and wheat.; High variability in rainfall and irrigation water requirement highlights the urgent need for green water management.; Assessment of long-term trends in climate and WF is crucial for strategizing cropping patterns.; The study confirms the existence of ‘evaporation paradox’ and ‘solar dimming’ in Punjab, India…”
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Prevalence and Characterization of Oxacillin Susceptible mecA-Positive Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus Causing Bovine Mastitis in India. by Hiral Mistry, Paresh Sharma, Sudipta Mahato, R Saravanan, P Anand Kumar, Vasundhra Bhandari

“…All strains were oxacillin sensitive, but 19 strains were positive for the mecA gene, which revealed the occurrence of oxacillin susceptible mecA positive strains (OS-MRSA) for the first time from India. Additionally, 32 strains were positive for the pvl gene, a virulence determinant; of these 17 were also OS-MRSA strains. …”
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Disparities in children’s vocabulary and height in relation to household wealth and parental schooling: A longitudinal study in four low- and middle-income countries by Sarah A. Reynolds, Chris Andersen, Jere Behrman, Abhijeet Singh, Aryeh D. Stein, Liza Benny, Benjamin T. Crookston, Santiago Cueto, Kirk Dearden, Andreas Georgiadis, Sonya Krutikova, Lia C.H. Fernald

“…For vocabulary, SES disparities also emerge early in life, but patterns are not consistent across age; for example, SES disparities are constant over time in India, widen between 5 and 12y in Ethiopia, and narrow in this age range in Vietnam and Peru. …”
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Changing scenario of C-section delivery in India: Understanding the maternal health concern and its associated predictors by Nivedita Roy, Piyush Kumar Mishra, Vijay Kumar Mishra, Vijay Kumar Chattu, Souryakant Varandani, Sonu Kumar Batham

“…Notedly, there is a lack of studies dealing with understanding the ways and reasons of C-section deliveries becoming a public health issue in today's time in India and the measures to reduce the unnecessary caesarean sections. …”
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Chromosome numbers and meiotic behavior in some species of Asteraceae from high altitudinal regions of Kashmir Himalayas by Younas Rasheed Tantray, Ishrat Jan, Mohammad Saleem Wani, Vijay Kumar Singhal, Raghbir Chand Gupta

“…Besides, Koelpinia linearis (2n = 36), Ajania fruticulosa (2n = 18), Crepis flexuosa (2n = 14), and Tanacetum gracile (2n = 18) have been analyzed chromosomally for the first time from India. New intraspecific diploid/polyploid cytotypes are added for Artemisia desertorum (2n = 6x = 54), Carduus nutans (2n = 4x = 16), Erigeron annuus (2n = 2x = 18), Leontopodium jacotianum (2n = 4x = 48), Pentanema indicum (2n = 6x = 54), Scorzonera virgata (2n = 2x = 16), and Tragopogon pratensis (2n = 2x = 12). …”
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PharmD students experiences on end year clerkship evaluation using objective structured clinical exam (OSCE) method at JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysuru, India by Atiqulla Shariff, Teggina Math Pramod Kumar, Srikanth Malavalli Siddalingegowda, Shahid Ud Din Wani, Yasmin Elsobky

“…Innovation: For the first time in India, the JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysuru, had successfully implemented the OSCE method for evaluating PharmD students' clerkship in their end year exam and had assessed their experiences about OSCE as an assessment tool.…”
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Robust Virome Profiling and Whole Genome Reconstruction of Viruses and Viroids Enabled by Use of Available mRNA and sRNA-Seq Datasets in Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) by V. Kavi Sidharthan, Amitha Mithra Sevanthi, Sarika Jaiswal, V. K. Baranwal

“…Twenty three viruses and viroids (including two variants of grapevine leafroll associated virus 4) were identified from two tissues (fruit peels and young leaves) of three cultivars among which nine unique grapevine viruses and viroids were identified for the first time in India. Irrespective of the assemblers and tissues used, the mRNA based approach identified more acellular pathogens than the sRNA based approach across cultivars. …”
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Disparities in children's vocabulary and height in relation to household wealth and parental schooling: A longitudinal study in four low- and middle-income countries. by Reynolds, SA, Andersen, C, Behrman, J, Singh, A, Stein, A, Benny, L, Crookston, BT, Cueto, S, Dearden, K, Georgiadis, A, Krutikova, S, Fernald, LCH

“…For vocabulary, SES disparities also emerge early in life, but patterns are not consistent across age; for example, SES disparities are constant over time in India, widen between 5 and 12y in Ethiopia, and narrow in this age range in Vietnam and Peru. …”

Housing and urban planning in a globalising economy by Karuppannan, Sadasivam

“…The growth rate of the Indian economy remained stuck at its low traditional point of 3 per cent a year for a very long time. When India liberalised its economic policies in the mid 1990s, the growth rate picked up as expected. …”
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Dynamics of forest malaria transmission in Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh, India. by Neeru Singh, Sunil K Chand, Praveen K Bharti, Mrigendra P Singh, Gyan Chand, Ashok K Mishra, Man M Shukla, Man M Mahulia, Ravendra K Sharma

“…An. fluviatilis sibling species T was found as vector in forest villages for the first time in India. CONCLUSION: These results showed that the study villages are experiencing almost perennial malaria transmission inspite of indoor residual spray and insecticide treated nets. …”
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Genetic diversity of Indian porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) isolates (2006-2018) by J K JOHN, J J KATTOOR, M SETHI, N TOMAR, T DAS, G SAIKUMAR

“…The present work reports for the first time in India the PCV2-1A/B cluster of 2b genotype and all the Indian isolates available in India from 2006–2018 were used in this analysis. …”
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Evaluation of the Virulence Markers in the Clinical Isolates of Citrobacter Species: The First Report from India by Ritu Nayar, Indu Shukla, S Manazir Ali

“…To the best of our knowledge as per internet search, we report that this study has been done for the first time in India on Citrobacter. Aims: An investigation was done to determine the ability of Citrobacter in producing virulence markers like the ability to survive the serum bactericidal activity, the resistance to the intracellular killing in the Polymorphonuclear Leucocytes (PMNLs) and the Cell Surface Hydrophobicity (CSH). …”
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Spatial inequality and explaining the urban-rural gap in obesity in India: Evidence from 2015-16 population-based survey. by Somdutta Barua

“…<h4>Results</h4>The rural-urban obesity prevalence difference has increased in a decade time for India from 13.0 to 14.6. Urban counterparts tended to have more people with excess weight. 15 states had an urban-rural prevalence ratio of 2 or higher. …”
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Spatial inequality and explaining the urban-rural gap in obesity in India: Evidence from 2015–16 population-based survey by Somdutta Barua

“…<h4>Results</h4> The rural-urban obesity prevalence difference has increased in a decade time for India from 13.0 to 14.6. Urban counterparts tended to have more people with excess weight. 15 states had an urban-rural prevalence ratio of 2 or higher. …”
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