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About: Government of India is a government organization based out in New Delhi, India. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Government. The organization has 2945 authors who have published 2999 publications receiving 44942 citations. The organization is also known as: Union Government & Central Government.
Topics: Population, Government, Health care, Public health, Dielectric
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TL;DR: Demand for human food and animal feed proteins from nonconventional sources has increased, particularly in developing countries, and microbial protein is one such source desirable because it is amenable to controlled intensive cultivation and is less dependent on variations in climate, weather, and soil.
Abstract: Demand for human food and animal feed proteins from nonconventional sources has increased, particularly in developing countries. Microbial protein is one such source. It is desirable because it is amenable to controlled intensive cultivation and is less dependent on variations in climate, weather, and soil. Microbial proteins must be evaluated for nutritive value, safety, and economic considerations before mass production is undertaken.
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TL;DR: No significant effect of the mobile phone intervention on either time to virological failure or ART adherence at the end of two years of therapy is found in this multicentre randomised controlled trial among HIV infected patients starting antiretroviral treatment.
Abstract: Objective To assess whether customised mobile phone reminders would improve adherence to therapy and thus decrease virological failure among HIV infected patients starting antiretroviral treatment (ART).
Design Randomised controlled trial among HIV infected patients initiating antiretroviral treatment.
Setting Three diverse healthcare delivery settings in south India: two ambulatory clinics within the Indian national programme and one private HIV healthcare clinic.
Participants 631 HIV infected, ART naive, adult patients eligible to initiate first line ART were randomly assigned to mobile phone intervention (n=315) or standard care (n=316) and followed for 96 weeks..
Intervention The intervention consisted of customised, interactive, automated voice reminders, and a pictorial message that were sent weekly to the patients’ mobile phones for the duration of the study.
Main outcome measures The primary outcome was time to virological failure (viral load >400 copies/mL on two consecutive measurements). Secondary outcomes included ART adherence measured by pill count, death rate, and attrition rate. Suboptimal adherence was defined as mean adherence <95%.
Results Using an intention-to-treat approach we found no observed difference in time to virological failure between the allocation groups: failures in the intervention and standard care arms were 49/315 (15.6%) and 49/316 (15.5%) respectively (unadjusted hazard ratio 0.98, 95% confidence interval 0.67 to 1.47, P=0.95). The rate of virological failure in the intervention and standard care groups were 10.52 and 10.73 per 100 person years respectively. Comparison of suboptimal adherence was similar between both groups (unadjusted incidence rate ratio 1.24, 95% CI 0.93 to 1.65, P=0.14). Incidence proportion of patients with suboptimal adherence was 81/300 (27.0%) in the intervention arm and 65/299 (21.7%) in the standard care arm. The results of analyses adjusted for potential confounders were similar, indicating no significant difference between the allocation groups. Other secondary outcomes such as death and attrition rates, and subgroup analysis also showed comparable results across allocation groups.
Conclusions In this multicentre randomised controlled trial among ART naive patients initiating first line ART within the Indian national programme, we found no significant effect of the mobile phone intervention on either time to virological failure or ART adherence at the end of two years of therapy.
Trial registration Current Controlled Trials [ISRCTN79261738][1].
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a cross-sectional discussion on the nanomedicine-derived products available in the market for both clinical and diagnostic applications, and expound on the challenges faced by nano-drug products at the time of their commercialization.
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TL;DR: An analysis from the Intensified Mission Indradhanush strategy in India shows that cross-sectoral participation can contribute to improved vaccination coverage of children at high risk.
Abstract: Vandana Gurnani and colleagues report an analysis from the Intensified Mission Indradhanush strategy in India, showing that cross-sectoral participation can contribute to improved vaccination coverage of children at high risk
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TL;DR: Pesticide residues in drinking water have become a major challenge in public water supply resources in National capital territory, i.e., Delhi, and results suggested that continuous consumption of contaminated water can pose severe health threats to local residents of this area.
Abstract: Modern agriculture practices reveal an increase in use of pesticides to meet the food demand of increasing population which results in contamination of the environment. In India, crop production increased to 100 %, but the cropping area has increased marginally by 20 %. Pesticides have played a major role in achieving the maximum crop production but maximum usage and accumulation of pesticide residues is highly detrimental to aquatic and other ecosystem. Pesticide residues in drinking water have become a major challenge over the last few years. It has been monitored in public water supply resources in National capital territory, i.e., Delhi. Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), mainly isomers of hexachlorohexane (HCH), dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT), endosulphan, endrin, aldrin, dieldrin, and heptachlore, were identified from potable water samples. Results suggested that continuous consumption of contaminated water can pose severe health threats to local residents of this area. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Delhi, had found α and β isomers of endosulphan residues in the Yamuna river. High concentrations of γ-HCH (0.259 μg/l) and malathion (2.618 μg/l) were detected in the surface water samples collected from the river Ganga in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh (UP). High concentration of methyl parathion, endosulfan, and DDT were observed in water samples collected from the river at Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Industrial Toxicology Research Centre (ITRC), Lucknow (UP) study also found 0.5671 ppb concentrations of endosulfan in the river at Allahabad, UP. Similar results were found in other water samples in India.
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M. Santosh | 103 | 1344 | 49846 |
Rakesh Kumar | 91 | 1959 | 39017 |
Sankaran Subramanian | 74 | 332 | 24680 |
S. V. Subramanian | 72 | 444 | 17132 |
Amit Kumar | 65 | 1618 | 19277 |
Arvind Subramanian | 64 | 220 | 20452 |
Rakesh Sharma | 60 | 673 | 14157 |
Anil Mishra | 55 | 178 | 10505 |
Kaushik Basu | 54 | 323 | 13030 |
Pulok K. Mukherjee | 54 | 296 | 10873 |
Maharaj K. Bhan | 53 | 207 | 11841 |
Kuldeep Singh | 51 | 431 | 11815 |
Rakesh Tuli | 47 | 165 | 7497 |
Dipak Kumar Sahoo | 47 | 234 | 7293 |
M. Rajeevan | 46 | 164 | 9115 |