Elizabeth A. Ashley, Mehul Dhorda, Rick M. Fairhurst, Chanaki Amaratunga et al.
BACKGROUND: Artemisinin resistance in Plasmodium falciparum has emerged in Southeast Asia and now poses a threat to the control and elimination of malaria. Mapping the geographic extent of resistance is essential for planning containment and elimination strategies. METHODS: Between May 2011 and Apri...
Govindakarnavar Arunkumar, Chandni Radhakrishnan, Devendra T. Mourya, Sujeet Kumar Singh et al.
BACKGROUND: Nipah Virus (NiV) is a highly fatal emerging zoonotic virus and a potential threat to global health security. Here we describe the characteristics of the NiV outbreak that occurred in Kerala, India, during May-June 2018. METHODS: We used real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain r...
Sudhin Thayyil, Stuti Pant, Paolo Montaldo, Deepika Shukla et al.
BACKGROUND: Although therapeutic hypothermia reduces death or disability after neonatal encephalopathy in high-income countries, its safety and efficacy in low-income and middle-income countries is unclear. We aimed to examine whether therapeutic hypothermia alongside optimal supportive intensive ca...
Mohammad Zahangir Alam, Katrin Kuhls, Carola Schweynoch, Shyam Sundar et al.
In this population genetic study of Leishmania donovani parasites in the Indian subcontinent, 132 isolates obtained from patients in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka suffering from Kala-azar (100), post-Kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) (25) and cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) (2), and from 5...
Prabhat Ranjan, A.L. Ramanathan, Alok Kumar, R.K. Singhal et al.
Comparative study of trace metals distribution in the surface sediment of Sundarban mangrove ecosystem in India and Bangladesh is one of the primary baseline study done so far. Trace metal distribution assessment covering lower salinity zone to higher salinity zone was done along Matla River (tidal ...
Samarasimha Reddy N, Nayana P. Nair, Jacqueline E. Tate, Varunkumar Thiyagarajan et al.
BACKGROUND: A three-dose, oral rotavirus vaccine (Rotavac) was introduced in the universal immunization program in India in 2016. A prelicensure trial involving 6799 infants was not large enough to detect a small increased risk of intussusception. Postmarketing surveillance data would be useful in a...
Asha Liza James, Manis Lenka, Nidhi Pandey, Abhijeet Ojha et al.
offers upon nanoscaling. The results presented here not only add a novel material to the 2D flatland but also urge the scientific community to revisit the chemistry of metal borides, that have been traditionally considered as relatively inert ceramics.
PradeepA Dongare, SBala Bhaskar, SS Harsoor, Rakesh Garg et al.
PREAMBLE Preoperative fasting involves being nil by mouth before surgical procedures requiring sedation or anaesthesia.[1] In the postoperative period, complete avoidance of oral dietary intake is practiced, till recovery of bowel function for abdominal surgeries.[2] Impairment or abolition of airwa...
Chinmay Mallik, Shyam Lal, S. Venkataramani, Manish Naja et al.
Abstract Simultaneous measurements of O 3 , CO, NO x , CH 4 , and light nonmethane hydrocarbons were made over the Bay of Bengal (BoB) during 28 October to 17 November 2010 to study the role of chemistry and dynamics. The measurements revealed large variability in O 3 (11 to 60 ppbv) and CO (45 to 2...
B. Venkat Mani
What does it mean to belong? How are twenty-first-century diasporic subjects fashioning identities and communities that bind them together? Aspiring to Home examines these questions with a focus on immigrants from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Advancing a theory of locality to explain the means t...
Anik Baul, Gobinda Chandra Sarker, Pintu Kumar Sadhu, Venkata P. Yanambaka et al.
The modern smart grid (SG) is mainly a cyber-physical system (CPS), combining the traditional power system infrastructure with information technologies. SG is frequently threatened by cyber attacks such as False Data Injection (FDI), which manipulates the states of power systems by adding malicious ...
Michelle Floris-Moore, Zahi A. Fayad, Joan W. Berman, Venkatesh Mani et al.
BACKGROUND: HIV-infected individuals may be at increased risk for atherosclerosis. Although this is partially attributable to metabolic factors, HIV-associated inflammation may play a role. OBJECTIVE: To investigate associations of HIV disease with serum monocyte chemoattractant protein-1/chemokine ...
Chayaporn Suphavilai, Karrie Kwan Ki Ko, Kar Mun Lim, Mei Gie Tan et al.
Summary Background The emerging fungal pathogen Candida auris poses a serious threat to global public health due to its worldwide distribution, multidrug-resistance, high transmissibility, propensity to cause outbreaks and high mortality rates. We report three C. auris isolates detected in Singapore...
Prabhdeep Kaur, Manikandanesan Sakthivel, Vettrichelvan Venkatasamy, Padmaja Jogewar et al.
Background: Hypertension treatment coverage is low in India. A stepwise simple treatment protocol is one of the strategies to improve hypertension treatment in primary care. We estimated the effectiveness of various protocol steps to achieve blood pressure (BP) control in public sector health facili...
Madisa V. G. Varaprasad, N. S. S. Ramakrishna, Innocent Kamwa, M. Venkatesan et al.
The entire globe is now focused on generating power using solar photovoltaic (SPV) cells. The SPV is generating the DC power, by using power converters to satisfy the load requirement. In this article, a modified High-Voltage DC-DC converter was explained. The main intention of the modified converte...
James Weagley, Mark A. Zaydman, Siddarth Venkatesh, Yo Sasaki et al.
Perturbed gut microbiome development has been linked to childhood malnutrition. Here, we characterize bacterial Toll/interleukin-1 receptor (TIR) protein domains that metabolize nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD), a co-enzyme with far-reaching effects on human physiology. A consortium of 26 hum...
Kriti Chakma, Md Sarwar, U Chowdhury, V Nagaraju et al.
Carry Select Adder (CSLA) is an essentially utilized adder on account of its higher computational speed.CSLA is utilized in the space of incorporation frameworks.This paper proposes a CSLA design by carrying out the Logic Optimization Technique (ZFCLOT) using Zero Finding Logic contrasted with ordin...
Hemanshu Prabhakar, Abhijit V. Lele, Indu Kapoor, Charu Mahajan et al.
Background This study aimed to assess the organization, infrastructure, workforce, and adherence to protocols in neurocritical care across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), with the goal of identifying key gaps and opportunities for improvement. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional survey ...
Sridhar Amalakanti, Kesava Venkata Raman Arepalli, Jyothi Priya Jillella
Background Neurological features of COVID-19 have been reported in addition to the respiratory manifestations, but cognitive dysfunction has been scarcely described. And cognitive assessment has not been studied in asymptomatic subjects. Method We compared the cognitive assessment scores between asy...
V Kamalapriya, R Mani, Vijay Venkatesh, Seetha Kunhikannan et al.
Low mineral water has gained increasing attention due to its potential health implications concerning bone mineral density (BMD) and dental health. Reverse osmosis (RO) systems to purify water are in use extensively, and these systems, in addition to removing impurities from water, also remove 92-99...