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Precision Radiation Oncology, EarlyView.• Objective: Assess helical Tomotherapy‐based TBI for clinical feasibility, dosimetric reproducibility, and in‐vivo accuracy using dual‐orientation simulation and patient‐specific QA. • Methodology: Implementation of ArcCHECK 3D diode array, ionization chamber verification, and in‐vivo dosimetry with OSLDs at 16 anatomical sites to ensure precise dose ...
Sandeep Singh +8 more
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2017 During a survey of the Garanga wetland of Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, Scaphula deltae Blanford (Mollusca: Bivalvia) was recorded for the first time. Most examples were found over Lamellidens corrianus (Lea) in a firmly attested position.
Girindra Kalita
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Education in a Changing Climate: A Systematic Review for Low and Middle‐Income Countries (LMICs)
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Climate change is a major global challenge that affects many aspects of human life and hinders progress on the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). One area that has not received enough attention is its impact on children's education in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs), which are especially vulnerable to ...
Afshan Ameer, Rami Ghannam
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Social Inequality and Health: A Study of Tribes in Assam
Dera Natung Government College Research Journal, 2019 Social inequality is differential access to wealth, power, and prestige where unequal distribution of social resources and responsibilities exists. Social inequality has been termed as a feature of ranking and stratifying society into different groups or
Sunjit Bosumatary
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Is land‐use deregulation enough to deliver housing?: The case of institutional frictions in India
Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This paper examines whether land use deregulation increases housing supply in the presence of additional institutional frictions, such as ill‐defined property rights. India's urban land ceiling (ULC) laws, which put limits on individual ownership of private vacant land in the largest cities, were repealed during the 2000s.
Arnab Dutta +2 more
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.China is a global hotspot for cuckoo‐host diversity, with 17 cuckoo species, exploiting 142 host species. We reveal adaptive matching in body size and egg traits, along with niche partitioning among cuckoos, while identifying eight new host species.
Tao Liu, Canchao Yang
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Space and Place precarity in the Global South: The Case of Tea Garden Workers in Assam
Social InclusionTea plantations in South Asia were notorious for the slavery-like working conditions during the colonial period. Although the factors such as the colonial state and closed economy among others that enabled the slavery-like work conditions have changed ...
Rajesh Kalarivayil +2 more
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Caste criminalisation in South India and permanent migration to Fiji, 1903–1927
Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Does the official criminalisation of a group lead to permanent out‐migration? In the early 20th century, British officials in south India designated multiple castes as inherently criminal under the Criminal Tribes Act (CTA). The CTA required police registration and could force entire groups into special settlements.
Alexander Persaud
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Indian Journal of PsychiatryBackground: Opioid dependence is a critical public health issue in Northeast India, with limited data available on the affected population. Aim: This study examines the sociodemographic and clinical profiles of opioid-dependent individuals in Assam ...
Pranjal J. Chakravarty +4 more
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Two Regimes of Waste and Value: ‘Post‐Disaster’ Landscapes in a New India
Development and Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this age of ‘disaster capitalism’, catastrophes are neither ‘natural’ nor ‘external’. They are political events mediating and vitally shaping the unequal and exploitative use of environmental resources. India's ‘post‐disaster’ landscapes at the turn of the new millennium powerfully demonstrate how visions of the new‐normal can be imposed in
Vasudha Chhotray, David Singh
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