WHY TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS UNDER REVISED NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL PROGRAMME DELAY IN HEALTH-CARE SEEKING? A MIXED-METHODS RESEARCH FROM WARDHA DISTRICT, MAHARASHTRA

Why tuberculosis patients under revised national tuberculosis control programme delay in health-care seeking? A mixed-methods research from Wardha District, Maharashtra

Background: Timely treatment of tuberculosis is imperative for its control.This can get delayed due to delay in care seeking, diagnosis or treatment initiation.Objectives: The study aims to find out the magnitude of delays in care seeking, diagnosis or treatment initiation, and understand the reasons behind these delays in Wardha district of Mahara

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Wetland water quality assessment of eco-engineered landscaping practices: a case study of constructed wetland parks in Hangzhou

Urban constructed water quality treatment (WQT) wetlands are often applied to be integrated with ecological engineered landscaping (EEL) measures for wastewater treatments.This study aims to identify the interrelationships between the hydrological factors and pollutant removal contributions of typical WQT wetlands at each WQT stage, i.e., subsurfac

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Evaluation of unique identifiers used for citation linking [version 1; referees: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

Unique identifiers (UID) are seen as an effective tool to create links between identical publications in databases or identify duplicates in a database.The purpose of the present study is to investigate how well UIDs work for citation linking.We have two objectives: Explore the coverage, precision, and characteristics of publications matched versus

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Development of Equipment and Application of Machine Learning Techniques Using Frequency Response Data for Cap Damage Detection of Porcelain Insulators

The most common method for inspection of insulators is to measure the change of electrical characteristics such as electric resistance and partial discharge.However, even if there is no physical damage, these values vary depending on the temperature, humidity, and chloride content of the atmosphere.In this respect, an alternative to such methods ca

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