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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Nisha Kharel, Anuj Dangol, Ashmita Shrestha, Hemanti Airi, Anjana Devkota, Lal Bahadur Thapa, Bharat Babu Shrestha
Comparisons of plant traits between native and invasive congeners are useful approaches for identifying characteristics that promote invasiveness. We compared germination patterns and seedling growth of locally sympatric populations of native Mimosa himalayana and two varieties of invasive M. diplotricha (var. diplotricha and var. inermis ) growing in southeastern Nepal. Seeds were germinated under a 12-h photoperiod or complete dark, low (25/15°C day/night) and high (30/20°C) temperatures, different water stress levels (0, -0...
April 2024: Ecology and Evolution
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Biraj Singh Thapa, Bishnu Pandey, Rahul Ghimire
Opportunity for future green hydrogen development in Nepal comes with end-use infrastructural challenges. The heavy reliance of industries on fossil fuels (63.4%) despite the abundance of hydroelectricity poses an additional challenge to the green transition of Nepal. The presented work aims to study the possibility of storing and utilizing spilled hydroelectricity due to runoff rivers as a compatible alternative to imported petroleum fuels. This is achieved by converting green hydrogen from water electrolysis and carbon dioxide from carbon capture of hard-to-abate industries into synthetic methane for heating applications via the Sabatier process...
2024: Frontiers in Chemistry
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Calebe P Mendes, Wido R Albert, Zachary Amir, Marc Ancrenaz, Eric Ash, Badrul Azhar, Henry Bernard, Jedediah Brodie, Tom Bruce, Elliot Carr, Gopalasamy Reuben Clements, Glyn Davies, Nicolas J Deere, Yoan Dinata, Christl A Donnelly, Somphot Duangchantrasiri, Gabriella Fredriksson, Benoit Goossens, Alys Granados, Andrew Hearn, Jason Hon, Tom Hughes, Patrick Jansen, Kae Kawanishi, Margaret Kinnaird, Sharon Koh, Alice Latinne, Matthew Linkie, Federica Loi, Anthony J Lynam, Erik Meijaard, Jayasilan Mohd-Azlan, Jonathan H Moore, Senthilvel K S S Nathan, Dusit Ngoprasert, Wilson Novarino, Ilyas Nursamsi, Timothy O'Brien, Robert Ong, John Payne, Dolly Priatna, D Mark Rayan, Glen Reynolds, Rustam Rustam, Sasidhran Selvadurai, Amanda Shia, Muhammad Silmi, Pablo Sinovas, Kriangsak Sribuarod, Robert Steinmetz, Matthew J Struebig, Ronglarp Sukmasuang, Sunarto Sunarto, Tarmizi Tarmizi, Arjun Thapa, Carl Traeholt, Oliver R Wearn, Hariyo B Wibisono, Andreas Wilting, Seth Timothy Wong, Siew Te Wong, Jettie Word, Wen Xuan Chiok, Zainal Zahari Zainuddin, Matthew Scott Luskin
Information on tropical Asian vertebrates has traditionally been sparse, particularly when it comes to cryptic species inhabiting the dense forests of the region. Vertebrate populations are declining globally due to land-use change and hunting, the latter frequently referred as "defaunation." This is especially true in tropical Asia where there is extensive land-use change and high human densities. Robust monitoring requires that large volumes of vertebrate population data be made available for use by the scientific and applied communities...
April 22, 2024: Ecology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Renee Liu, Ashita A Sule, Choo Sheriel Shannon, Thulasiraj Ravilla, Hugh Taylor, William Rojas-Carabali, Rohit C Khanna, Chitaranjan Mishra, Alok Sen, Anadi Khatri, Anna C S Tan, Lucia Sobrin, Rupesh Agrawal
PURPOSE: To evaluate rural community-based eye care models from the perspective of community ophthalmology experts and suggest sustainable technological solutions for enhancing rural eye care delivery. METHODS: A semi-structured descriptive survey, using close-ended and open-ended questions, was administered to the experts in community ophthalmology sourced through purposive sampling. The survey was self-administered and was facilitated through online platforms or in-person meetings...
May 1, 2024: Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Pramod Kumar Mehta, Mahendra Maharjan
BACKGROUND OBJECTIVES: Annual mass drug administration (MDA) is the main strategy to interrupt the transmission of lymphatic filariasis (LF) in the community. The main aim of monitoring the MDA program, for its effectiveness and interruption of LF is the post-MDA surveillance using antigen survey in children born after MDA. The latest technique of new research suggests that xenomonitoring is an effective tool for monitoring LF intervention. The objective of this study was to assess the W...
January 1, 2024: Journal of Vector Borne Diseases
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Manisha Maharjan, Sudim Sharma, Hari Prasad Kaphle
BACKGROUND: It is crucial to deliver a child at nearby primary healthcare facilities to prevent subsequent maternal or neonatal complications. In low-resource settings, such as Nepal, it is customary to forgo the neighboring primary healthcare facilities for child delivery. Reports are scanty about the extent and reasons for bypassing local health centers in Nepal. This study sought to determine the prevalence and contributing factors among women bypassing primary healthcare facilities for childbirth...
2024: PloS One
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EDITORIAL
Atif Rahman
Over 1.8 billion people, about a quarter of the world's population live in the seven countries of South Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The population is characterized by a significant demographic youth bulge, with over 40% under the age of 18. This young population poses challenges related to ensuring their well-being and development. Issues such as poverty, undernutrition, lack of early stimulation, limited access to quality education and health care, and gender disparities persist in large parts of South Asia, affecting the lives of many children and adolescents...
May 2024: Child and Adolescent Mental Health
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sangam Shah, Kiran Paudel, Ashutosh Kashyap
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July 2024: Lancet Reg Health Southeast Asia
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Surendra Uranw, Narayan Raj Bhattarai, Kristien Cloots, Lalita Roy, Keshav Rai, Usha Kiran, Uttam Raj Pyakurel, Bibek Kumar Lal, Sakib Burza, Suman Rijal, Prahlad Karki, Basudha Khanal, Epco Hasker
In Nepal, visceral leishmaniasis (VL) has been targeted for elimination as a public health problem by 2026. Recently, increasing numbers of VL cases have been reported from districts of doubtful endemicity including hills and mountains, threatening the ongoing VL elimination program in Nepal. We conducted a multi-disciplinary, descriptive cross-sectional survey to assess the local transmission of Leishmania donovani in seven such districts situated at altitudes of up to 1,764 meters in western Nepal from March to December 2019...
2024: PloS One
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Christine M Lannon, Nadine Nuchovich, Clauden Louis, Janine Henson, John Connett, Rachel Haickel Nina, Aubyn Marath
Background: Humanitarian medical missions attempt to lessen the burden of limited access to cardiac surgery in low- and middle-income countries. While organizations express difficulties obtaining follow-up information, there is currently little evidence to support the various assumptions for lack of data. This study examines the factors influencing long-term patient follow-ups on repeated short-term cardiac surgery missions across nine countries. Methods: A retrospective analysis of CardioStart International's database (RedCap) was conducted to investigate demographic, socioeconomic, and surgical factors associated with follow-ups...
April 17, 2024: World Journal for Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Meera Prajapati, Manita Aryal, Yanmin Li, Zhidong Zhang, Madhav Prasad Acharya, Stephanie Clive, Jean-Pierre Frossard
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), an important viral disease of swine caused by PRRS virus (PRRSV) was first confirmed in Nepal in 2013. Since then, the virus has spread throughout the country and has now become endemic affecting the pig production nationally. However, molecular characterization of circulating strains has not been done in Nepal yet. In the present study, serum samples were collected from outbreak areas of different districts of Nepal and samples positive for PRRSV by ELISA were sent to Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), United Kingdom for sequence analysis...
2024: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sauman Singh-Phulgenda, Rishikesh Kumar, Prabin Dahal, Abdalla Munir, Sumayyah Rashan, Rutuja Chhajed, Caitlin Naylor, Brittany J Maguire, Niyamat Ali Siddiqui, Eli Harriss, Manju Rahi, Fabiana Alves, Shyam Sundar, Kasia Stepniewska, Ahmed Musa, Philippe J Guerin, Krishna Pandey
BACKGROUND: Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a dermatosis which can occur after successful treatment of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and is a public health problem in VL endemic areas. We conducted a systematic scoping review to assess the characteristics of published PKDL clinical studies, understand the scope of research and explore the feasibility and value of developing a PKDL individual patient data (IPD) platform. METHODS: A systematic review of published literature was conducted to identify PKDL clinical studies by searching the following databases: PubMed, Scopus, Ovid Embase, Web of Science Core Collection, WHO Global Index Medicus, PASCAL, Clinicaltrials...
April 16, 2024: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Suren Limbu, Suraj Nepal, Sanjeev Kumar Mishra
OBJECTIVE: Duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) is considered an important factor in outcome. Individual, familial and illness factors may prolong DUP. Little data on this issue is available from the country of Nepal. The purpose of the present study was to assess DUP in patients with first-episode psychosis and identify associations with patients' socio-demographic and clinical factors. METHODS: A cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted in the department of psychiatry, of Tertiary Hospital in the Eastern part of Nepal...
April 15, 2024: International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine
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REVIEW
Eranga Wijewickrama, Muhammad Rafiqul Alam, Divya Bajpai, Smita Divyaveer, Arpana Iyengar, Vivek Kumar, Ahad Qayyum, Shankar Prasad Yadav, Manjusha Yadla, Silvia Arruebo, Aminu K Bello, Fergus J Caskey, Sandrine Damster, Jo-Ann Donner, Vivekanand Jha, David W Johnson, Adeera Levin, Charu Malik, Masaomi Nangaku, Ikechi G Okpechi, Marcello Tonelli, Feng Ye, Dibya Singh Shah, Narayan Prasad
The South Asia region is facing a high burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) with limited health resources and low expenditure on health care. In addition to the burden of CKD and kidney failure from traditional risk factors, CKD of unknown etiologies from India and Sri Lanka compounds the challenges of optimal management of CKD in the region. From the third edition of the International Society of Nephrology Global Kidney Health Atlas (ISN-GKHA), we present the status of CKD burden, infrastructure, funding, resources, and health care personnel using the World Health Organization's building blocks for health systems in the ISN South Asia region...
April 2024: Kidney International Supplements
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Amisha Adhikari, Jameel Akhtar Mikrani, Samata Nepal, Ashish Rauniyar, Manish Chaudhary, Alok Atreya
Early intervention is imperative for potentially fatal dermatologic diseases such as pemphigus vulgaris. In rural Nepal, limited public awareness, home remedies, and delays in healthcare access lead to poor outcomes. Although biopsy confirms the diagnosis, experienced dermatologists can make an accurate clinical diagnosis when characteristic skin lesions are present.
April 2024: Clinical Case Reports
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Md Badsha Alam, Shimlin Jahan Khanam, Md Shohel Rana, Gulam Khandaker, Md Awal Kabir, Md Nuruzzaman Khan
BACKGROUND: Children with disabilities face an increased risk of adverse health outcomes and poor anthropometric deficits, although the focus on them is limited in the South Asian context thus far and need newer and more evidence. This study investigates the effects of disability on adverse health outcomes and anthropometric deficits among 2-4 years aged children in South Asian countries. METHODS: We analyzed data from 93,180 children aged 2-4 years across Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, and Afghanistan using Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (2017-2023)...
June 2024: Lancet Reg Health Southeast Asia
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Wen-Tsao Ho
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March 31, 2024: Journal of Nepal Health Research Council
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sangam Rai, Ganesh Dangal, Aruna Karki, Peru Pradhan, Ranjana Shrestha, Kabin Bhattachan, Sunita Maharajan, Srijana Bhandari, Amog Basnyat
Endometrioma is the localization of endometriosis in ovary which often develops as cyst. The condition can be complicated with infection, torsion and rupture leading to significant hemoperitoneum and ascites. We present here a 28-year female P2 L1 presented with the features of acute abdomen and severe anemia referred from other hospital where pain management was done. She had raised Ca-125 level, negative Urine Beta HCG and USG findings of left endometrioma with degenerating subserosal fibroid. The improvement of her general condition with analgesics was misleading however a static hematocrit level despite blood transfusion raised suspicion of ongoing pathology leading to blood loss and diagnostic paracentesis confirmed the hemoperitoneum while awaiting of CT report...
March 31, 2024: Journal of Nepal Health Research Council
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Preeti Gautam, Mahesh C Puri, Sunita Karki, Diana Greene Foster
In Nepal, abortion was legalized in 2002. Yet many women are denied abortion services. Women denied abortion services may either continue their pregnancies or find abortion care elsewhere. However, what is not known is the consequences on women, and their children after accessing abortion services or after being denied abortion services. This comment aims to understand the cause of death of women who sought abortion services between 2019 and 2020 and were enrolled in a longitudinal nationwide study of the consequences of legal abortion access in Nepal...
March 31, 2024: Journal of Nepal Health Research Council
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Rupesh Kumar Yadav, Tshering Sherpa, Pawan Kumar Hamal, Nabin Pokhrel, Jay Prakash Thakur, Shirish Prasad Amatya, Roshan Piya
BACKGROUND: Low back pain due to disc herniation is a common problem causing frequent hospital visits and loss of working days with major socio-economic impact. Conservative treatments like analgesics, physiotherapy do not work in all patients. Surgical treatment has been the mainstay of treatment when indicated but is associated with anesthetic and surgical complications. Intradiscal oxygen-ozone chemonucleolysis is a minimally invasive procedure done under local anesthesia and has promising role in shrinking the bulged disc and reducing nerve root compression and related symptoms...
March 31, 2024: Journal of Nepal Health Research Council
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