Thermodynamics of Cadmium Sorption on Different Soils of West Bengal, India by Tanmoy Karak, Ranjit Kumar Paul, D. K. Das, Romesh K. Boruah, Indira Sonar

“…A sorption study was conducted on different soils collected from five agroecological zones of West Bengal, India, to understand the soil environmental behavior and fate of cadmium. …”
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Diversity and abundance of butterflies in urban areas of Bankura district, Bankura, West Bengal, India by Avisek Patra, Anirban Patra, Biplab Mandal, Anupam Ghosh

“…Abstract Objective During the present study, the biodiversity profile of butterflies was assessed on the Bankura Christian College campus, a large area with a huge amount of trees, bushes, rain forest, and undisturbed areas within the urban areas of Bankura district of West Bengal, India. Methodology Present study was carried out in Bankura Christian College campus, a relatively undisturbed area in Bankura town, of West Bengal, India. …”
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Socioeconomic status and morbidity pattern among the elderly population in Bankura district, West Bengal by Ujjwal Das, Nishamani Kar

“…Thus present study examines the socioeconomic status and morbidity pattern among elderly individuals in Bankura district, West Bengal. DATA AND METHODS: A total of 465 elderly from rural areas of Bankura district, West Bengal, were selected by systematic random sampling. …”
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Representation of forced migrants: a case study of the east bengali migrants to West Bengal by Subhasri Ghosh

“…The theme will be studied in the backdrop of the forced migration from East Bengal (present Bangladesh) to West Bengal (in India) following the vivisection of British India into two nation-states—India and Pakistan—in 1947. …”
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Seasonal Length-weight Relationship of Puntius terio (Hamilton, 1822) in West Bengal, India by Angsuman Chanda, Godhuli Sit, Arun Jana

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Ecological implication of changing irrigation sources and farming practices: experiences from West Bengal, India by Amartya Pani, Pulak Mishra, Mrinal Kanti Dutta

“…This study carried out in the setting of West Bengal, India, which has a substantial population of land-constrained farmers. …”
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Factors Associated with High Prevalence of Multibacillary Leprosy in West Bengal: A Case–Control Study by Dipta Kanti Mukhopadhyay, Tarun Kumar Sarkar, Supantha Chatterjee, Soumalya Ray, Pritam Roy, Asit Kumar Biswas

“…Objectives: This study aimed to find out the factors associated with the high burden of MB leprosy in West Bengal. Materials and Methods: This case–control study was conducted from August 2020 to December 2022 in three high-endemic districts (annual new case detection rate ≥10/lakh) of West Bengal. …”
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Fitting Probability Distributions and Statistical Trend Analysis of Rainfall of Agro-climatic Zone of West Bengal by Bhawishya Pradhan, Banjul Bhattacharyya, N. Elakkiya and T. Gowthaman

“…This research aimed to identify the most appropriate probability distribution for modeling average monthly rainfall in the agro-climatic zones of West Bengal and to detect any trends in this data. The study utilized historical rainfall data spanning 51 years (1970-2020) obtained from the IMD in Pune. …”
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Assessment of Knowledge on Side Effects Among Cancer Patients Receiving Radiotherapy in Selected Hospitals of West Bengal by Sukanya Chowdhury, Chayan Paul

“…Therefore knowledge assessment of patients with cancer is necessary to understand the lack of knowledge regarding cancer.Objectives This descriptive study aimed to assess the knowledge of the side effects of cancer patients receiving radiotherapy in selected hospitals in West Bengal.Method A total of 171 samples were selected using a non-probability purposive sampling technique and a validated structured interview schedule was used to collect data from the study samples.Results The study results showed that the mean and SD of knowledge score were 11.3 and plusmn3.06 respectively 25.1 of cancer patients had a poor level of knowledge and the majority of the study sample had side effects such as nausea fatigue weight loss and psychological changes. …”
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Assessment of morbidity profile among workers of metallurgy factories processing aluminium in Howrah district of West Bengal by Debasish Biswas, Manabendra Sau, Gautam Paik, Kishore P. Madhwani, Amalendu Samanta

“…Methods: A cross-sectional O bservational descriptive study was conducted in two aluminium processing metallurgy factories in Howrah district of Indian state of West Bengal. The sample size for the proposed research study was 424 workers. …”
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Air pollution and health in Eastern India: Findings from a primary survey conducted in West Bengal and Jharkhand by Arup Halder, Aditi Kundu, Arunava Ghoshal

“…Sample Description: The total sample (N) size was 2784 respondents (Jharkhand and West Bengal), with 1456 respondents from West Bengal and 1328 from Jharkhand. …”
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Contaminated Pond Water Favors Cholera Outbreak at Haibatpur Village, Purba Medinipur District, West Bengal, India by Dilip Kumar Biswas, Rama Bhunia, Dipankar Maji, Palash Das

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Habit-induced oral lesions in different occupations: A comparative study among people between geographical different places of West Bengal by Tathagata Bhattacharjee, Kasturi Mukherjee, Kailash C. Dash, Somnath Gangopadhyay

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Prevalence and Pattern of Morbidity Triads among the Elderly Population: A Cross-sectional Study in Bankura District, West Bengal by Ujjwal Das, Nishamani Kar

“…The present study examines the prevalence and pattern of triad morbidity among the elderly in the Bankura district of West Bengal. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among elderly men and women aged 55 years and above in five blocks of Bankura district. …”
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Prevalence and pattern of mental disorders in the state of West Bengal: Findings from the National Mental Health Survey of India 2016 by Sukanto Sarkar, Aniruddha Basu, Sucharita Mandal, Pavithra Jayashankar, Pradeep K. Saha, Raghunath Misra, Debasish Sinha, Rajarshi Neogi, Soumyadeep Saha, Vivek Benegal, Girish N. Rao, Mathew Varghese, Gopalkrishna Gururaj

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Exploring the Reasons for Dropouts of Injectable Contraceptive in Burdwan Municipal area, West Bengal, India: Beneficiaries’ and Service Providers’ Perspectives by Arif Hossain, Pramit Goswami, Kaushik Mitra, Pranita Taraphdar, Suman Sannigrahi, Soumik Dandapat

“…Hence the study was done to explore the reasons for dropouts of injection Antara from the perspective of beneficiaries and service providers in Antara clinics of Burdwan Municipal area of Purba-Bardhaman district, West-Bengal. Methodology: A descriptive type of qualitative research was conducted from February to July 2023 through in-depth interviews (IDIs) of 40 beneficiaries and focus group discussion (FGD) among 10 ANMs-Auxiliary Nurse Midwives. …”
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Broiler farming and antibiotic use through an agency theory lens. A case study from West Bengal, India. by Mathew Hennessey, Indranil Samanta, Guillaume Fournié, Matthew Quaife, Meenakshi Gautham, Haidaruliman Paleja, Kumaravel Papaiyan, Ripan Biswas, Pablo Alarcon

“…Contract farming in West Bengal exists within a series of inter-dependent relationships, many of which contain information asymmetry and can be subject to opportunism. …”
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Economy of Fertilizer Nitrogen through Organic Sources in Rain-Fed Rice-Legume Cropping Systems in West Bengal, India by A.M. Puste, S. Bandyopadhyay, D.K. Das

“…Field experiments were conducted at a farmers’ plot adjacent to the Regional Research Station, red and laterite zone, Sub-center Sekhampur (Birbhum district) of West Bengal, India, situated 23° 24' N latitude, 87° 24' E longitude, to study the effect of different bio- and organic sources of nutrients instead of total fertilizer N in terms of crop productivity in the sequence and building up of soil fertility. …”
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A study of the clinico-demographical profile of different dengue serotypes circulating in a Southern district of West Bengal, India by Sayani Bose, Feradica D Laloo, Partha Pratim Maity, Anirban Bhaduri

“…Materials and Methods: This study was conducted at the Department of Microbiology at Tamralipto Government Medical College and Hospital, East Midnapore, West Bengal. Blood collected from patients suffering from fever <5 days was tested for Dengue NS1. …”
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Unveiling Sociocultural Barriers to Breast Cancer Awareness Among the South Asian Population: Case Study of Bangladesh and West Bengal, India by Fahmida Hamid, Tania Roy

“… BackgroundBangladesh and West Bengal, India, are 2 densely populated South Asian neighboring regions with many socioeconomic and cultural similarities. …”
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