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Effects of a participatory learning and action programme in women's groups on adolescent girls: a cluster-randomized controlled trial in Bihar, India
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Effects of a large-scale participatory learning and action programme in women's groups on knowledge and behaviour related to pregnancy and childcare: a cluster-randomized controlled trial in Bihar, India
No full textHousehold and plot-level survey data on adoption, outcomes, and perceptions of early sown wheat and zero tillage in Northwest India
No full textAbstract This study collected evidence on the use of early sown wheat varieties and complementary zero tillage technologies in Northwest India. Detailed information on farmers’ knowledge, adoption decisions, personal experience, and perceptions of early sown wheat and zero tillage technologies were collected at the household level using different survey tools. Additional information on agricultural practices during the Rabi Season 2021/22 were collected at the plot level and geocoded. Overall, the dataset comprises responses from 1206 wheat farmers in 70 villages across 7 districts in Punjab and Haryana that were collected between September and October 2022. The villages were selected using stratified random sampling based on a sampling frame of 1722 communities that had been identified as predominantly wheat growing areas based on remote-sensing data from satellite images. The dataset provides rich information that may be used for assessing the diffusion and impact of recently developed wheat varieties designed for early sowing, identifying barriers to the wider adoption of these technologies, and informing policy making aimed at improving adoption and usage decisions of agricultural innovations
Medium‐Run Impacts of Iron‐Fortified School Lunch on Anaemia, Cognition, and Learning Outcomes in India*
No full textEffects of a large-scale participatory learning and action programme in women’s groups on health, nutrition, water, sanitation, and hygiene: a cluster-randomised controlled trial in Bihar, India
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Smartphone-based point-of-care anemia screening in rural Bihar in India
No full textAbstract Background The high prevalence of anemia in resource-constrained settings calls for easy-to-use, inexpensive screening tools. The Sanguina Smartphone App, an innovative tool for non-invasive hemoglobin estimation via color-sensitive, algorithm-based analysis of fingernail bed images, was validated in the United States. This study evaluates the performance of the App in a population with different socio-economic, ethnic, demographic and cultural composition in rural Bihar, India. Methods For 272 mainly adult patients of a private health centre, hemoglobin measurement with the App is compared with the gold standard laboratory blood analysis. For a second sample of 179 children attending pre-schools, hemoglobin measurement with the App is compared to the results of the HemoCue Hb 301, a point-of-care device using a small blood sample, serving as the reference standard for field-based settings. Results The App reaches ±4.43 g/dl accuracy and 0.38 g/dl bias of comparator values in the clinic-based sample, and ±3.54 g/dl and 1.30 g/dl, respectively in the pre-school sample. After retraining the algorithm with the collected data, the validity of the upgraded version is retested showing an improved performance (accuracy of ±2.25 g/dl, bias of 0.25 g/dl), corresponding to the results of the original validation study from the United States. Conclusions The initial version of the App does not achieve the accuracy needed for diagnosis or screening. After retraining the algorithm, it achieves an accuracy sufficient for screening. The improved version with the potential for further adaptions is a promising easy-to-use, inexpensive screening tool for anemia in resource-constrained point-of-care settings.Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001655Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001659Open-Access-Publikationsfonds 202
sj-docx-1-jad-10.1177_10870547211073472 – Supplemental material for Maternal ADHD and Perinatal Prescription Stimulant Use
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-jad-10.1177_10870547211073472 for Maternal ADHD and Perinatal Prescription Stimulant Use by Meena N. Murugappan, Sarah M. Westberg, Stephen Contag, Tanya E. Melnik, Arun Kumar, Abhijeet Rajpurohit, Katie Thorsness and Joel F. Farley in Journal of Attention Disorders</p
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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