359 results for "Navpreet"
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A Cross Sectional Study to Assess Knowledge and Practices of Hand Washing among Primary School Children in the Kapurthala District, India
Background: Hand washing is a believed to be a simple and effective practice to prevent communicable diseases. The infectious transmission of agents is rapid among school children due to their close relation with each other. To curtail the transmission, proper hand washing with soap is of great…
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Timing, risk, and reality: early venous thromboembolism chemoprophylaxis in patients with TBI requiring operative intervention
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Extracted wisdom teeth: Preserve or discard???
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An Energy Efficient Reinforcement Learning Based Clustering Approach for Wireless Sensor Network
Clustering is known to conserve energy and enhance the network lifetime of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN). Although, the topic of energy efficiency has been well researched in conventional WSN, but it has not been extensively studied. In theresearch, Reinforcement Learning (RL) based energy-aware…
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Resisting the Neoliberal Project in India: Punjab and the Struggle against Corporate Encroachment into Agriculture
The imposition of the Three Farm Laws by the union government of India in 2020 was intended to further corporate encroachment in agriculture. However, this resulted in an unprecedented resistance movement of farmers and workers. The union government of India eventually had to retreat, and the Three…
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An Assessment of Purchasing Power Parity in the Long-Run: Evidence from India and its four Major Trading Partners
The present study focuses on evaluating the validity of the Relative Purchasing Power Parity (RPPP) theory for India and its four major trading partner nations namely the United States, China, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia using monthly time series spanning January 2001 to March 2021…
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Does Friedewald Formula Underestimate the Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease?
Traditionally Friedewald formula has been used to calculate low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) concentration though now direct homogenous methods for its measurement are also available. Clinical guidelines recommend the use of calculated LDL-C to guide therapy because the evidence base for…
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Capitalist agriculture, COVID‐19 and agrarian labour relations in Punjab, India
In the state of Punjab, the heart of the green revolution in India, a large fraction of agricultural labour is expended by migrant workers. The unplanned lockdown imposed by the Indian government affected paddy transplantation, a labour‐intensive activity in Punjab primarily due to interstate…
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A Comprehensive Review of Cloud Computing Virtual Machine Consolidation
In the last decade, users have been able to access their applications, data, and services via the cloud from any location with an internet connection. The scale of heterogeneous cloud environments is continuously growing due to the development of computing-intensive smart devices. The cloud…
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Some Characterizations of Open, Closed, and Continuous Mappings
We obtain new characterizations of open maps in terms of closures, of closed maps in terms of interiors, and of continuous maps in terms of interiors. Further open (closed) onto maps 𝑓∶𝑋→𝑌 are described in terms of images under 𝑓 of certain closed (open) sets in 𝑋. Continuity of (onto) maps is also…
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Understanding response surface optimization of medium composition for pullulan production from de-oiled rice bran by Aureobasidium pullulans
Central composite rotatable design of RSM was used for the optimization of medium composition for pullulan production from de-oiled rice bran by Aureobasidium pullulans in shake-flask fermentations. The sugars from de-oiled rice bran were extracted in distilled water under moist steam pressure and…
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Impact of industrial effluents on physico-chemical parameters of water and fatty acid profile of fish, Labeo rohita (Hamilton), collected from the Ramsar sites of Punjab, India
In this contemporary era, wetlands and the entire aquatic diversity are suffering from major pollution problem. Not only the aggregation of higher population in metropolitan causes the production of plenty of solid, liquid and gaseous wastes, but also the high-technological industries contribute to…
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A Leap above Friedewald Formula for Calculation of Low-Density Lipoprotein-Cholesterol
PURPOSE: The purpose was to compare the different calculated methods of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) estimation and to determine which of them correlate best with the direct method. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The records of 480 samples for lipid profile were analyzed. Apart from the…
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Can High Titres of Anti Tissue Transglutaminase Antibodies Reduce the Need for Intestinal Biopsy for Diagnosis of Celiac Disease?
Traditionally small intestinal biopsy has been considered a gold standard for the diagnosis of celiac disease (CD). But now data has shown that serological markers like anti-tissue-transglutaminase antibodies (tTGA) can be used to make the diagnosis with great sensitivity and specificity. The…
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Dillenia indica L. attenuates diabetic nephropathy via inhibition of advanced glycation end products accumulation in STZ-nicotinamide induced diabetic rats
The present study was aimed to evaluate advanced glycation end products (AGEs) inhibitory activity of alcohol and hydro-alcohol extract (DAE and DHE) of Dillenia indica L. (Family: Dilleniaceae) and its potential in treatment of diabetic nephropathy by targeting markers of oxidative stress. D…
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Therapeutic effect of Linum usitatissimum L. in STZ-nicotinamide induced diabetic nephropathy via inhibition of AGE’s and oxidative stress
The present study was aimed to evaluate the potential of petroleum ether and hydro-alcoholic extract of Linum usitatissimum (FPE and FHE) in STZ-nicotinamide induced diabetic nephropathy. GC–MS analysis of FPE revealed the presence of different fatty acids, heterocyclic compounds etc. Moreover…