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A peer-support lifestyle intervention for preventing type 2 diabetes in India: A cluster-randomized controlled trial of the Kerala Diabetes Prevention Program

open access: yesPLoS Medicine, 2018
Background The major efficacy trials on diabetes prevention have used resource-intensive approaches to identify high-risk individuals and deliver lifestyle interventions. Such strategies are not feasible for wider implementation in low- and middle-income
K. Thankappan   +17 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

People’s attitude towards wild elephants, forest conservation and Human-Elephant conflict in Nilambur, southern Western Ghats of Kerala, India

open access: yesJournal of Threatened Taxa, 2018
Conflict with elephants and subsequent economic losses negatively affect residents’ tolerance towards wild elephants.  It is important to understand people’s attitude towards wildlife, especially Asian Elephants with an endangered status.
C. K. Rohini   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Alarming population status of the Grizzled Giant Squirrel Ratufa macroura (Mammalia: Rodentia: Sciuridae) in Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, the Western Ghats, India

open access: yesJournal of Threatened Taxa, 2018
This study was carried out to assess the population of Ratufa macroura in Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary located in the Kerala part of the southern Western Ghats.  The population density of Ratufa macroura was estimated to be 15.26 squirrels/km2.
Kiran Thomas   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Heavy metal contamination in water sources of Thaliparamba municipality, Kerala, India

open access: yesRadiation Protection and Environment, 2022
The present study is an attempt to assess the heavy metal contamination in the water sources of Thaliparamaba Municipality, Kannur district, Kerala. The concentration of heavy metals, namely As, Cr, Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn, Ni, Cd, Hg, and Pb in water samples was
T P Nafeesa Baby   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Invisible Labor and the “Ghost Particle”: Underground Physics at the Kolar Gold Fields**

open access: yesBerichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, EarlyView.
Abstract When cosmic rays—high‐energy particles from outer space—encounter the Earth's atmosphere, they produce particles called neutrinos. To detect them, physicists go underground inside deep mines where the overlying rock can filter out the cosmic‐ray background radiation.
Nithyanand Rao
wiley   +1 more source

Satellite-based assessment of the August 2018 flood in parts of Kerala, India

open access: yesGeomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk, 2019
From 1 June to 29 August 2018, Kerala, a state in southwestern India, recorded 36% excess rainfall than normal levels, leading to widespread floods and landslides events and resulting in 445 deaths.
C. Vishnu   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

What was right about Kerala’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic?

open access: yesBMJ Global Health, 2020
### Summary box COVID-19 was declared as a ‘Public Health Emergency of International Concern’ by WHO on 30 January 2020.1 As on 29 June 2020, the disease has affected more than 10 million individuals, spread to all countries of the world and has led to ...
J. Menon   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Improving the printability of watermelon rind using pectin: 3D printing optimization for the development of gummies

open access: yesFood Biomacromolecules, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores the innovative use of 3D printing to repurpose fruit processing waste, focusing on the development of vegan gummies from watermelon rind. Gummies were formulated with watermelon rind puree, sugar, and varying pectin concentrations (0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20% w/w) to optimize the hot extrusion 3D printing process.
Madhavan Anandha Keerthy   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Budgetary allocation for health sector projects in local bodies with specific reference to noncommunicable diseases control

open access: yesIndian Journal of Public Health, 2022
Background: The role of local self-government (LSG) bodies in planning community-level interventions for noncommunicable diseases (NCD) control is critical. An understanding of how much priority is given to NCD in decentralized health planning is needed.
Sujatha Chintha, Srinivasan Kannan
doaj   +1 more source

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