Quit attempts among tobacco users identified in the Tamil Nadu Tobacco Survey of 2015/2016: a 3 year follow-up mixed methods study by Jaya Prasad Tripathy, Abhay Nirgude, Surendran Veeraiah, Vidhubala Elangovan, Arvind Krishnamurthy, Tanu Anand, Mahendra M Reddy, Revathy Sudhakar, Niraimathi K, Divyarajprabhakar Subramani, Swaminathan Rajaraman, Hemanth Raj Elluswami

“…Objectives To determine current tobacco use in 2018/2019, quit attempts made and to explore the enablers and barriers in quitting tobacco among tobacco users identified in the Tamil Nadu Tobacco Survey (TNTS) in 2015/2016.Setting TNTS was conducted in 2015/2016 throughout the state of Tamil Nadu (TN) in India covering 111 363 individuals. …”
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Ground Water Quality of Gandhinagar Taluka, Gujarat, India by Mayur C. Shah, Prateek G. Shilpkar, Pradip B. Acharya

“…The results show that the quality of water is poor and quite good for drinking and irrigation purposes respectively. …”
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Initial experiences of an english-speaking digital assistant for tobacco cessation in India by Enub Ali, Nitin Antony, Ankur Sachdeva, Smita N. Deshpande

“…Background: The WHO tobacco control team established the Access Initiative for Quitting Tobacco (AIQT) in July 2020. The AIQT team developed a virtual assistant “Florence” to provide digital counseling services to people willing to quit tobacco. …”
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Workplace envy through the lens of leader–member exchange: evidence from higher educational institutions by Sunali Bindra, Bhumika Achhnani, Netra Neelam

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Assessment of Soil Fertility of Grape Field at Bijapur District, Karnataka, India by A. S. Pujar, M. S. Yadawe, U. S. Pujeri, K. G. Pujari, S. C. Hiremath

“…Assessment of soil fertility at Bijapur district (Karnataka, India), grape yard of various localities was undertaken. …”
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Tobacco control environment: cross-sectional survey of policy implementation, social unacceptability, knowledge of tobacco health harms and relationship to quit ratio in 17 low-inc... by Annika Rosengren, Li Wei, Khalid Yusoff, Martin McKee, Clara K Chow, Rajeev Gupta, Koon Teo, Sumathy Rangarajan, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, Rafael Diaz, Alvaro Avezum, Fernando Lanas, Noorhassim Ismail, Romaina Iqbal, Jephat Chifamba, Gilles Dagenais, Salim Yusuf, Anna B Gilmore, Scott Lear, Wang Yang, Omar Rahman, Katarzyna Zatonska, Prem Mony, Rajesh Kumar, Afzalhussein Yusufali, Daniel J Corsi, Ehimario Igumbor, V Mohan, Annamarie Kruger, Krishnapillai Vijayakumar, Yuksel Altuntas, Ahmad Bahonar

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Changing Trends in Maxillofacial Trauma: A Single-Center Retrospective Study in India by Kapil S. Agrawal, Vivek Gupta, Mudunuri Ravi Teja, Raghav Shrotriya, Vinita A. Puri

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Potential of Microbial Diversity of Coastal Sand Dunes: Need for Exploration in Odisha Coast of India by Shubhransu Nayak, Satyaranjan Behera, Prasad Kumar Dash

“…In this context, it is relevant to observe that the state of Odisha in India has a 480km long coast having numerous sand dunes. …”
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Impact of Train Schedule on Pedestrian Movement on Stairway at Suburban Rail Transit Station in Mumbai, India by Shah Jiten, Joshi Gaurang, Parida Purnima, Arkatkar Shriniwas

“…During peak-period, alighting and boarding rate is quite high resulting in very high pedestrian movement from one platform to the other to catch the next train at interchange stations. …”
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Being an assistant to a shaman by Tanka Subba

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Antibiotic Prescribing Habits of Dental Surgeons in Hyderabad City, India, for Pulpal and Periapical Pathologies: A Survey by K. Pavan Kumar, Mamta Kaushik, P. Udaya Kumar, M. Shilpa Reddy, Neha Prashar

“…To determine the antibiotic prescribing habits for pulpal and periapical pathology among dentists in Hyderabad city, India. Methodology. A total of 246 questionnaires were distributed to all the dentists registered with the local dental branch. …”
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A Cause, but no Rebels? by Anne Waldrop, Stein Sundstøl Eriksen

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Posterior Positivity Distribution Analysis of Subclinical Bluetongue in the Eastern and North-Eastern States of India: A Wakeup Call for Outbreak Preparedness by Siddhartha Narayan Joardar, Aritra Sanyal, Ahmed Abd El Wahed, Saibal Ray

“…Bluetongue (BT) is considered endemic in the southern states of India, with sporadic incidences reported from the northern, western and central parts of India. …”
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House dust protein level of pigeon drooping and feather in environmental bird exposure-related hypersensitivity pneumonitis “A pilot study” by Sonam Spalgais, Vikrant Ranga, Anil K. Mavi, Raj Kumar

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Community-based Alcohol De-addiction Camp: Participant’s Characteristics and Alcohol Use Pattern by Pradeep Kumar PC, Megha Sadashiv, Kishor M, PJ Princy, Manoj K Pandey

“…Conclusions: Men aged <45 years with severe alcohol dependence and with previous attempts to quit are likely to utilize the ADC. ADCs may be employed more frequently to effectively address alcohol problems in India.…”
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Smoking trends and awareness among Indian university students: A qualitative study by S. Naganandini, T. Seemadevi, Alexander Maniangat Luke, Mohamed Saleh Hamad Ingafou

“…Introduction: Adolescence and early adulthood are recognized as the most vulnerable periods for smoking initiation in India. This is likely due to the increased freedom that young adults have to experiment with different identities and behaviors. …”
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Oral Health Status and Anxiety Level Amongst the Borderline Security Force Personnel and Their Family Members by Deepali Agarwal, Bharathi Purohit, Upendra Singh Bhadauria, Sneha Malhotra, Manali Deb Barma, Harsh Priya

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Sociodemographic, clinical, and other serological profile of opioid-dependent intravenous drug users infected with hepatitis C virus: A cross-sectional study by Piyush Mahajan, Malvika Dahuja, Manjit Singh, Medi Nagapadma, M Ramasubba Reddy

“…Introduction: As per the 2023 National Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Control Programme report, there are 8.5 lakh intravenous drug users (IDUs) in India, although the figures have varied greatly from the year 2009 to 2023. …”
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Endodontic Management of Mandibular First Molar with Middle Distal Canal: A Case Report by Vijay Reddy Venumuddala, M. Sridhar, M. Rajasekaran, Saravanan Poorni, Gnanaprakasam Senthilkumaran

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VGG-16, VGG-16 With Random Forest, Resnet50 With SVM, and EfficientNetB0 With XGBoost-Enhancing Bone Fracture Classification in X-Ray Using Deep Learning Models by Spoorthy Torne, Dasharathraj K. Shetty, Krishnamoorthi Makkithaya, Prasiddh Hegde, Manu Sudhi, Phani Kumar Pullela, T Tamil Eniyan, Ritesh Kamath, Staissy Salu, Pranav Bhat, S. Girisha, P. S. Priya

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