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Analysis of Evolving Flood Patterns and Associated Damages Across Pakistan

International Journal of Emerging Engineering and Technology
This paper presents a comprehensive analytical review of the evolving spatio-temporal patterns of floods and associated damages across Pakistan. Understanding these evolving patterns is essential for improving flood risk management and minimizing ...
Muhammad Khurram Shahzad, Muhammad Wajeeh Ul Hassan Raza   +1 more
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Nicotine pouches and clinical outcomes related to smoking cessation: A systematic review of randomized trials

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Tobacco‐free nicotine pouches (NPs) are oral nicotine products promoted by manufacturers and some researchers as tools that may reduce nicotine cravings and support smoking reduction or cessation. However, evidence regarding their actual clinical impact remains limited.
Javad Heshmati, Spencer Shahen, Emma Lynn Bates, Sarah Visintini, Evyanne Quirouette, Kerri‐Anne Mullen, Hassan Mir   +6 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 deindustrialization revisited: New data, estimates, and interpretations

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The fate of the handloom cotton textile industry is one of the most debated topics in the economic history of India. This paper presents novel employment estimates for cotton textile handweaving and spinning in the period 1800–1940. I put together plausible values for labour productivity and combine these with aggregate input usage to generate
Alexander Nagar
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Regional Changes in the Sequence of Cotton Leaf Curl Multan Betasatellite

Viruses, 2014
Cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) in Pakistan and northwestern India is caused by monopartite begomoviruses in association with an essential, disease-specific satellite, Cotton leaf curl Multan betasatellite (CLCuMB).
Sohail Akhtar, Muhammad Nouman Tahir, Ghulam Rasool Baloch, Shaista Javaid, Ali Qaiser Khan, Imran Amin, Rob W. Briddon, Shahid Mansoor   +7 more
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Gender Justice in the Triple Planetary Crisis: A Scoping Review

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To identify and report how gender justice is conceptualised and discussed in contemporary health literature in relation to the Triple Planetary Crisis of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss, with a particular focus on the experiences of women and gender‐diverse populations, and the representation of nurses and other healthcare ...
Catelyn Richards, Micah Peters, Julia Charalambous, Lila Singh‐Peterson, Lucy Osborn, Aletha Ward, Jessica LeClair, Tracy Levett‐Jones   +7 more
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Prevailing Factors of Subjugation in Chan's The School for Good Mothers

University of Chitral Journal of Linguistics and Literature
The current study aims to investigate the oppression and injustice in a dystopian society that subjugates the feminine figure in Chan's The School for Good Mothers.
Huda Irshad Siddiqui, Wajiha Bakhtiyar
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Fixing Rice Stubble Burning for Delhi's Air: Technological Solutionism and Agrarian Governance in Haryana

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Every winter, Delhi's polluted air draws national attention to the burning of rice stubble in neighbouring states. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Haryana in north India, this article shows how bureaucrats and scientists attempt to enact certainty around technological solutions to stubble burning even while privately acknowledging their ...
Nikhit Agrawal
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FREQUENCY OF COLOR BLINDNESS AMONGST THE YOUNGEST AGE GROUP IN SOUTHERN PUNJAB PROVINCE OF PAKISTAN

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2018
Objective: To determine frequency of color blindness and to assess self awareness regarding this ailment amongst the youngest age group in southern Punjab province of Pakistan. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Combined
Nauroz Fatima, Tariq Munawar, Tanzeel Fatima   +2 more
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Telecom Expansion and Internal Migrants in Indian Cities

Journal of Regional Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper estimates the impact of mobile phone service expansion on migration to and between cities of India during 2001–2011. We show that the number of cross‐state migrants living in urban areas of India increased significantly due to telecommunications infrastructure growth. The increased migration reflects better labor and marriage market
Arnab Dutta, Gregory Randolph
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