HIV prevention programmes for female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India: outputs, cost and efficiency by Someshwar M, Marseille Elliot, Rao M Chalapathi, Kumar A Anod, Ramesh YK, Kumar SG Prem, Sisodia Pratap, Dandona Lalit, Marshall Nell, Kahn James G

“…</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Detailed output and cost data for the 2002–2003 fiscal year were obtained using standardised methods at 15 HIV prevention programmes for female sex worker in the state of Andhra Pradesh in southern India. The services provided and their relation to the total and unit economic costs were analysed using regression techniques. …”
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The Environmental Impacts of Electronic Medical Records Versus Paper Records at a Large Eye Hospital in India: Life Cycle Assessment Study by Cordelia Kwon, Lernik Essayei, Michael Spencer, Tom Etheridge, Rengaraj Venkatesh, Natrajan Vengadesan, Cassandra L Thiel

“…ObjectiveWe aimed to estimate and compare the environmental emissions associated with paper medical record-keeping and its replacement EMR system at a high-volume eye care facility in southern India. MethodsWe conducted the life cycle assessment methodology per the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) 14040 standard, with primary data supplied by the eye care facility. …”
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A Clinical Pharmacist-led Approach on Reducing Drug Related Problems Among Patients with Neurological Disorders: An Interventional Study by Nivya Jimmy, Meghana Upadhya, Jesslyn Maria Jaison, Shahal Sidheque, Harsha Sundaramurthy, S.C. Nemichandra, Shasthara Paneyala, Madhan Ramesh, Chalasani Sri Harsha, Jehath Syed, Nikita Pal

“…Methods: A prospective interventional study was conducted in the Department of Neurology in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Southern India, for a period of six months. Patients aged ≥18 years and had been hospitalized for >24 h, were intensively monitored until discharge for the occurrence of any DRPs and pharmacist interventions were provided. …”
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Persistence of Symptoms after Acute COVID-19 Infection- An Experience from a Tertiary Care Centre in South India by Binu Areekal, Sudhiraj Thiruthara Sukumaran, Andrews Mekkattukunnel Andrews, Sreejith Parayil Nanu, Indira Madhavan, Pranav Veepanattu, Nidhin Raj Paramb, Jobin Palluruthil Solomon

“…Materials and Methods: The current cross-sectional study was conducted among 335 patients who were admitted and discharged with COVID-19 infection in Government Medical College, Thrissur, Kerala, a tertiary care institution in southern India between December 2020 and February 2021. …”
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Pan-India population genetics signifies the importance of habitat connectivity for wild Asian elephant conservation by Rahul De, Reeta Sharma, Priya Davidar, N. Arumugam, Arulmozhi Sedhupathy, Jean-Philippe Puyravaud, K. Muthamizh Selvan, P.P. Abdul Rahim, Swati Udayraj, Jyotirmayee Parida, Dinesh Kumar Digal, Rajapandian Kanagaraj, Kashmira Kakati, Parag Nigam, A. Christy Williams, Bilal Habib, Surendra Prakash Goyal

“…Therefore, we provide consolidated baseline data on genetic diversity and structure of elephants across four eco-regions of India, i.e., north-western (NW), north-eastern (NE), east-central (ECI), and southern India (SI), to identify populations at greater risk of further divergence. …”
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Pneumococcal Vaccination among Adults with Respiratory Diseases-Indications, Adherence and Roadblocks by Divya Ramachandran, Rajesh Venkitakrishnan, Jolsana Augustine, Melcy Cletus

“…Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective observational study, which was carried out in the pulmonary medicine unit of a tertiary care hospital in Kerala, Southern India. Subjects admitted to the respiratory unit with various diseases over a three month period from January 2018 to March 2018 were included in the study. …”
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Clinicopathological Analysis of Whipple’s Pancreaticoduodenectomy Specimens in a Tertiary Care Hospital with Special Emphasis on Grossing by Ashima Nagesh Amin, Christol Blanch Moras, T Umashankar

“…Aim: To comprehensively analyse the clinicopathological parameters of Whipple’s specimen and thus evaluate the trends in indication of Whipple’s procedure in Southern India.Materials and Methods: This was an observational time bound descriptive study done in the Department of Pathology, Father Muller Medical College Hospital, Mangalore, Karnataka from May 2014 to April 2019 wherein histopathological and clinical data of all the patients who underwent Whipple’s procedure were retrieved and analysed. …”
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Hybrid Plasmids Encoding Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence Traits Among Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae ST2096 in India by Chaitra Shankar, Karthick Vasudevan, Jobin John Jacob, Stephen Baker, Barney J. Isaac, Ayyan Raj Neeravi, Dhiviya Prabaa Muthuirulandi Sethuvel, Biju George, Balaji Veeraraghavan

“…Here, we aimed to genetically characterize a collection of MDR-HvKp ST2096 isolates haboring hybrid plasmids carrying both antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and virulence genes.MethodsNine K. pneumoniae ST2096 isolated over 1 year from the blood sample of hospitalized patients in southern India that were MDR and suspected to be HvKp were selected. …”
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Thoracic myelopathy secondary to ossified ligamentum flavum and dural ossification – A series of 19 cases and review of literature by Vinod Kumar, MCh, Rajesh Parameshwaran Nair, MCh, Lakshman I. Kongwad, MCh, Girish Menon Ramachandran, MCh

“…All patients were treated surgically, with decompressive laminectomies, in a single tertiary care center in Southern India. mJOA was calculated preoperatively and assessed postoperatively and a mean mJOA was calculated to assess the significance in neurological improvement. …”
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Gender-specific inequalities in coverage of Publicly Funded Health Insurance Schemes in Southern States of India: evidence from National Family Health Surveys by Santosh Kumar Sharma, Devaki Nambiar, Hari Sankar, Jaison Joseph, Surya Surendran, Gloria Benny

“…Given the emphasis being placed on achieving UHC for all in India, this paper examined intersecting gender inequalities and changes in PFHIS coverage in southern India, where its penetrance is greater and of longer duration. …”
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Epidemiology of Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome in the Kerala Einstein Study: Protocol for a Prospective Cohort Study by Sanish Sathyan, Emmeline Ayers, Helena Blumen, Erica F Weiss, Dristi Adhikari, Marnina Stimmel, Kizhakkaniyakath Abdulsalam, Mohan Noone, Roy K George, Mirnova Ceide, Anne Felicia Ambrose, Cuiling Wang, Poornima Narayanan, Sachin Sureshbabu, Kunnukatil S Shaji, Alben Sigamani, Pavagada S Mathuranath, Vayyattu G Pradeep, Joe Verghese

“… BackgroundThe southern India state of Kerala has among the highest proportion of older adults in its population in the country. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with tobacco use among beneficiaries attending the youth mental health promotion clinics (Yuvaspandana Kendra) in India: A case-record analysis by Gautham M. Sukumar, Pradeep Banandur, Vaishali Dagar, Shubhi Nema, Sathya R. Velu, Arvind Banavaram, Vani Naik, Virupaksha Gangappa, Mutharaju Arelingaiah, Lavanya Garady, Subhash C. Lakshminarayan, Shalini Rajneesh, Gururaj Gopalkrishna

“…Methods A case-record analysis among 10340 youth (aged 15–35 years) attending a unique mental health promotion program, Yuva Spandana, across the state of Karnataka in southern India, was performed to assess prevalence of chewing tobacco and smoking. …”
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Impact of climate change on freshwater ecosystems: a global-scale analysis of ecologically relevant river flow alterations by P. Döll, J. Zhang

“…Considering long-term average river discharge, only a few regions, including Spain, Italy, Iraq, Southern India, Western China, the Australian Murray Darling Basin and the High Plains Aquifer in the USA, all of them with extensive irrigation, are expected to be less affected by climate change than by past anthropogenic flow alterations. …”
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Gaming among female adolescents: profiling and psychopathological characteristics in the Indian context by Pranjali Chakraborty Thakur, Pranjali Chakraborty Thakur, Manoj Kumar Sharma, Manoj Kumar Sharma, Vineeth Mohan, John Vijay Sagar Kommu, Nitin Anand, Nitin Anand, Palaniappan Marimuthu

“…In this study, we are attempting to bridge the existing lacuna in the literature by exploring gaming behavior, gaming disorder, and its related psychopathological characteristics among female adolescents in India.MethodsThe study was conducted on a sample of 707 female adolescent participants who were contacted through schools and academic institutes in a city in Southern India. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey design, and data were administered using the mixed modality of online and offline data collection. …”
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Citizen Science Tools Reveal Changes in Estuarine Water Quality Following Demolition of Buildings by Nandini Menon, Grinson George, Rajamohananpillai Ranith, Velakandy Sajin, Shreya Murali, Anas Abdulaziz, Robert J. W. Brewin, Shubha Sathyendranath

“…The demolition of the buildings in January 2020 on the banks of a tropical estuary—Vembanad Lake (a Ramsar site) in southern India—for violation of Indian Coastal Regulation Zone norms created public uproar, owing to the consequences of subsequent air and water pollution. …”
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Spatial Estimation of Soil Loss and Planning of Suitable Soil and Water Conservation Interventions for Environmental Sustainability in Northern Karnataka in India Using Geospatial... by Raghavan Rejani, Kondru Venkateswara Rao, Maheshwar Shivashankar Shirahatti, Kotha Sammi Reddy, Gajjala Ravindra Chary, Kodigal A. Gopinath, Mohammed Osman, Mathyam Prabhakar, Vinod Kumar Singh

“…The selected study area lies in Karnataka State of Southern India and is frequently subjected to prolonged dry spells, high soil erosion, declining groundwater levels, and reductions in crop yield. …”
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Women’s awareness of perinatal mental health conditions and the acceptability of being asked about mental health in two regions in India: a qualitative study by Gracia Fellmeth, Pankaj Kanwar, Diksha Sharma, Komal Chawla, Neha DasGupta, Shreyash Chhajed, Chandrakant, Emily C Jose, Anita Thakur, Vikesh Gupta, Omesh Kumar Bharti, Sukhjit Singh, Geetha Desai, Harish Thippeswamy, Jennifer J Kurinczuk, Prabha Chandra, Manisha Nair, Ashok Verma, M Thomas Kishore, Fiona Alderdice

“…Methods Focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted with pregnant, post-partum and non-perinatal women in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh (northern India) and Bengaluru, Karnataka (southern India). Settings included a hospital antenatal clinic and obstetric ward, Anganwadi Centres and Primary Health Centres. …”
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Variations in O₃, CO, and CH₄ over the Bay of Bengal during the summer monsoon season: shipborne measurements and model simulations by I. A. Girach, N. Ojha, P. R. Nair, A. Pozzer, Y. K. Tiwari, K. R. Kumar, J. Lelieveld

“…The average mixing ratios of trace gases over BoB in air masses from central/northern India (O₃: 30 ± 7 nmol mol⁻¹; CO: 95 ± 25 nmol mol⁻¹; CH₄: 1.86 ± 0.12 µmol mol⁻¹) were not statistically different from those in air masses from southern India (O₃: 27 ± 5 nmol mol⁻¹; CO: 101 ± 27 nmol mol⁻¹; CH₄: 1.72 ± 0.14 µmol mol⁻¹). …”
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Three essays in development economics by Leight, Jessica E. (Jessica Ellen)

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Vertical profiles of optical and microphysical particle properties above the northern Indian Ocean during CARDEX 2012 by F. Höpner, F. A.-M. Bender, A. M. L. Ekman, P. S. Praveen, C. Bosch, C. Bosch, J. A. Ogren, A. Andersson, Ö. Gustafsson, V. Ramanathan

“…Lower MAE values for 880 and 520 nm were found for air masses originating from dust regions such as the Arabian Peninsula and western Asia (MAE(880 nm)  = 5.6 m² g⁻¹, MAE(520 nm)  = 9.5 m² g⁻¹) or from closer source regions as southern India (MAE(880 nm)  = 4.3 m² g⁻¹, MAE(520 nm)  = 7.3 m² g⁻¹).…”
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