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Assessing the Role of Detergents in Pond Ecosystem
Detergents are used as a part of our daily life routine. Though they are widely used but their active ingredients which are highly toxic and persist in the environment for long are an important cause of enviro...
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Ecotoxicological Effect on Modulation of Bioactive Molecules in the Medicinal Plant Acalypha indica
Plants have been used for their medicinal uses from time immemorial. Herbal medicines are gaining importance globally as synthetic medicines are associated with side effects and high costs. Heavy metal polluti...
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Improving culturally safe engagement with sexual and gender minority populations
Cultural safety seeks to remediate health inequities through empowering marginalized and minoritized patient populations, minimizing implicit bias and incorporating social determinants of health into practice....
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Promoting allyship to support and uplift the LGBTQIA+ community
The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual (LGBTQIA+) community navigates a complex social landscape marked by strides in acceptance alongside enduring discrimination. Allies — indivi...
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Transgender health care in the United States: legal, ethical and practical concerns for gastroenterologists in a changing landscape
Transgender and gender-diverse patients in the United States can have difficulty finding providers who are knowledgeable about their unique health-care needs. In many states, legislation limits the ability of ...
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Bifidobacteria metabolize lactulose to optimize gut metabolites and prevent systemic infection in patients with liver disease
Progression of chronic liver disease is precipitated by hepatocyte loss, inflammation and fibrosis. This process results in the loss of critical hepatic functions, increasing morbidity and the risk of infectio...
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Biofilm—a Syntrophic Consortia of Microbial Cells: Boon or Bane?
Biofilm is the conglomeration of microbial cells which is associated with a surface. In the recent times, the study of biofilm has gained popularity and vivid research is being done to know about the effects o...
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Co-cultivation as a Strategy to Reduce Food Chain-Mediated Arsenic Contamination in Human Beings
Arsenic (As) is a highly toxic metalloid present naturally in the earth’s crust. In develo** countries apart from drinking water, one major reason for arsenic toxicity among human beings is through contamina...
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A Comparative Analysis of Heavy Metal Effects on Medicinal Plants
Popularity of herbal drugs has always been in high demand, but recently it has been increasing all over the world, especially in India, because of the lower range of adverse health effects as compared to synth...
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Nitrogen Cycling in the Course of Biological Treatment of Wastewater in wetlands—An Analysis
Nitrogen is abundant in the atmosphere (almost 80%) and remains in highly stable and non-reactive forms, yet it is the sole source in the ecosystem. The reactive forms like ammonium, nitrite and nitrate act as...
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Sustainable Management of Arsenic Translocation in the Paddy Plants (Oryza sativa L) Cultivated in the Alluvial Soil of Gangetic West Bengal, India
Rice plants are known to be more susceptible to arsenic (As) contamination during the cultivation process. Arsenic is genotoxic and can be a big threat to the rice eating people at large. Studies on an effecti...
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Assessing a Medicinally Important Common Indian Weed Growing in the Arsenic-Affected Areas of West Bengal, India, Considering Its Impact on Human Health
Euphorbia hirta is used traditionally for medicinal purposes. A vast stretch of land in West Bengal is arsenic affected, where agricultural activities present the hazard of arsenic entering the food chain putting...
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Indiscriminate Discharge of Effluent and the Risk of Contamination of Water Bodies: Analysis on the Smelting Industries of Howrah City, West Bengal, India
Discharge of untreated effluent deteriorates water quality; damages aquatic life, contaminates sediments and groundwater. This work has been done to do a reality check on a few selected water bodies within the...
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Embracing many rainbows: the realities of being a gay physician, mother and patient
Interfacing with the medical community as a gay South Asian physician, mother and patient lends itself challenges, but also a unique perspective that can change the heteronormative culture of medicine.
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Assessment of common plant parameters as biomarkers of air pollution
Air pollution is a very serious current environmental issue of human society. Large parts of countries, especially the densely populated cities, having high vehicular movement, industries, and factories, are w...
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Surgical Issues in NASH: Bariatric Surgery and Liver Transplantation
The rising prevalence of obesity in general and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) specifically as an indication for liver transplantation has occurred in parallel with an increase in the consideration and p...
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Gastroenterologists Have Suboptimal Hepatitis B Virus Screening Rates in Patients Receiving Immunosuppressive Therapy
Hepatitis B reactivation in patients undergoing immunosuppressive therapy can lead to liver failure and death. Prior studies have shown suboptimal hepatitis B screening rates, but few have compared screening r...
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Co-occurrence of Idiopathic Granulomatous Hepatitis and Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
PBC is an autoimmune disease affecting the bile ducts. Granulomas can be found in portal triads in 45 % of patients with PBC. Idiopathic granulomatous hepatitis is a rare disease of unknown cause which is char...
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Hepatocellular Carcinoma Screening Rates Vary by Etiology of Cirrhosis and Involvement of Gastrointestinal Sub-specialists
Regular screening of cirrhotic patients for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has been suboptimal, but there is little data regarding specific risk factors for reduced screening.
