IMPLEMENTATION, DELIVERY, AND UTILIZATION OF IRON FORTIFIED RICE SUPPLIED THROUGH PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM ACROSS DIFFERENT STATES IN INDIA: AN EXPLORATORY MIXED-METHOD STUDY.

Implementation, delivery, and utilization of iron fortified rice supplied through public distribution system across different states in India: An exploratory mixed-method study.

Food fortification with micronutrients is one of the cost-effective and sustainable methods to prevent micronutrient deficiencies at community level.The rice fortified with iron, folic acid, and vitamin B12 is being supplied through various social welfare schemes in India in a phased manner and planned to cover the entire country by March 2024.We h

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A first-in-class inhibitor of homologous recombination DNA repair counteracts tumour growth, metastasis and therapeutic resistance in pancreatic cancer

Abstract Background Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is among the cancer types with poorest prognosis and survival rates primarily due to resistance to standard-of-care therapies, including gemcitabine (GEM) and olaparib.Particularly, wild-type (wt)BRCA tumours, the most prevalent in PDAC, are more resistant to DNA-targeting agents like olap

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Vegetative growth of Hypericum Perforatum L. plants treated with high dynamized dilutions over different growing seasons

Contextualization: The species Hypericum perforatum is widely applied for the treatment of several diseases, mainly for depression.The plant is not native to Brazil, a country that has a high degree of the disease, being considered a public health problem.Knowledge gap: The establishment of the species in the Washing Machine Hose country can provid

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Propulsion performances study for a chemical tank

The design of a propulsion system for each ship must take into consideration a large number of factors.Some important factors that will lead to obtaining an efficient propulsion WOMENS BASIC TANKS system are: the integration of a large number of elements in a functional space, selection of suitable components, the efficiency assessment taking into

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From Bacteria to Zooplankton: An Integrative Approach Revealing Regional Spatial Patterns During the Spring Phytoplankton Bloom in the Southern Bight of the North Sea

Plankton comprises a large diversity of organisms, from pico- to macro-sized classes, and spans several trophic levels, whose population dynamics are characterized by a high spatio-temporal variability.Studies integrating multiple plankton groups, in respect to size classes and trophic levels, are still rare, which hampers a more thorough descripti

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