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Soil erosion responses to climate change in a tropical monsoon‐dominated river basin ‐ A geospatial perspective

River, EarlyView.
Climate change is projected to intensify soil erosion in the Chalakkudy River Basin, with bare lands and steep uplands emerging as the most vulnerable hotspots under high‐emission scenarios. Forested areas showed greater resistance to soil erosion, highlighting the importance of targeted soil conservation for sustainable watershed management in ...
Sisira Uppengal, Anu David Raj, Balakrishnan Padmavathi, P. O. Nameer, Jayapal Gopalan Nair   +4 more
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A case–control study on the role of deer fly in the transmission of hepatitis B in Kerala, South India

Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2020
Background: The sudden increase in the number of Hepatitis B-positive cases between December 2018 and June 2019, in Pathanamthitta District of Kerala in South India, aroused fear both among the government and the people.
Sangeetha Merrin Varghese, Manju Koshy, A L Sheeja   +2 more
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Co‐Design to Capacity: An Instructional Design Approach for Indigenous Women Empowerment and Sustainable Technology Adoption

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The adoption of rural livelihood technologies is often hindered by a gap between participatory design and user capacity. This study addresses this challenge with a co‐designed lemongrass distillation system in rural India that remained unused due to a lack of community capacity, despite a successful design process.
Aroun Clément Baudouin‐van Os, Raji Pushpalatha, Sruthy Sheela, Renjith Mohan, Maneesha Vinodini Ramesh   +4 more
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Guanxi and Wasta: 20 Years of Evolution and Future Directions for Informal Network Research

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article provides an examination of the evolution of networking in China and the Arab world over two decades and provides an update to, and new insights arising from, an article called Guanxi and Wasta; A Comparison, published in Thunderbird International Business Review in 2006.
Kate Hutchings, David Weir, Sa'ad Ali, Sven Horak   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

PREVALENCE OF AMPHISTOMOSIS IN DAIRY CATTLE OF DIFFERENT AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES OF CENTRAL KERALA [PDF]

Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, 2016
The present study was carried out to assess the prevalence of amphistomosis in six agro-ecological zones of central Kerala comprising Thrissur,Malappuram and Palakkad.
H. Shameem, K. Devada, S. Lucy, V.L. Gleeja   +3 more
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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, Sahil Gandhi, Richard K. Green   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tracing the Chequered History of the Academic Writing Course in the University of Calicut

Sanglap: Journal of Literary and Cultural Inquiry, 2021
This paper deals with the chequered history of academic writing in one of the state public universities in Kerala, India, the University of Calicut. Academic writing was introduced in 2009 and was taught till 2014.
Nisha M., Rajesh K.
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First report of Methocha ubiquita Krombein (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Methochinae) from India [PDF]

Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 2022
View on Scopus The Sri Lankan species, Methocha ubiquita Krombein, 1982 is newly reported for the fauna of India. Differential characters, figures, distribution map and comparisons of the newly recorded species with original description of type material ...
Raveendran K.P. Hanima, Tharakadu K. Viswanath, Puthuvayi Girish Kumar   +2 more
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A Threat‐Scoring Framework Using Crowdsourced Data Indicates High Threat Levels in Fossorial Shieldtail Snakes

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
Reliable estimates of species distributions are crucial for understanding their conservation needs. Yet for many species, IUCN largely relies on expert‐drawn ranges, which are often inaccurate. Focusing on shieldtail snakes in peninsular India, we combined citizen science, literature, field, and museum records to create improved distribution maps for ...
Anuj Shinde, H. N. Praveen, Kartik Shanker, Vivek Philip Cyriac   +3 more
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Clinical Implications and Research Progress of Salivary Biomarkers for Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims Similar to blood, saliva contains a broad range of biomarkers and may offer a non‐invasive, repeatable specimen for endocrine and metabolic assessment. This review aims to synthesise and evaluate recent advances in the clinical translation of salivary biomarkers, while providing a critical assessment of the diagnostic reliability and ...
Chuyan Yu, Jiaying Ni, Qian Dou, Hang Su, Ziyi Zhang, Xiaojing Ma, Qing Dai, Jian Zhou   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source