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Yadav A, Gyamfi BA, Asongu SA, Behera DK. The role of green finance and governance effectiveness in the impact of renewable energy investment on CO 2 emissions in BRICS economies. J Environ Manage 2024; 358:120906. [PMID: 38636419 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2024] [Revised: 03/30/2024] [Accepted: 04/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
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In the context of sustainable development, this study investigates the intricate dynamics among good governance, renewable energy investment, and green finance in BRICS nations. The aim of the study is to assess how green finance and governance effectiveness moderate the impact of renewable energy investment on CO2 emissions. Utilizing the Cross-Sectional Autoregressive Distributed Lag (CS-ARDL) model, a meticulous analysis spanning two decades was conducted to unravel the relationships among key variables and CO2 emissions. The findings underscore a nuanced interplay where renewable energy investments, synergized with robust governance and strategic green finance, significantly mitigate CO2 emissions, contributing to sustainable economic development. However, the study reveals non-linear relationships, highlighting the necessity for optimal allocation and strategic planning to maximize environmental benefits. In the short-run, a government effectiveness policy threshold that should be attained in order for renewable energy investment to reduce CO2 emissions is provided. In the long-run, the negative responsiveness of CO2 emissions to renewable energy investment is further consolidated by green finance. Moreover, enhancing renewable energy investment in the long run is positive for environmental sustainability. It follows that policy makers should tailor policies aimed at enhancing renewable energy investment in the long-run as well as complementing renewable energy investment with green finance in the long-run in order to ensure environmental sustainability by means of reducing CO2 emissions. Policymakers in BRICS nations are urged to strengthen governance structures, promote renewable energy investments, leverage green finance, foster public-private partnerships, adopt a holistic approach, and address non-linear effects to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy.
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- Ashutosh Yadav
- Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology Patna, Patna, Bihar, India.
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- School of Management, Sir Padampat Singhania University, Bhatewar, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
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- School of Economics, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa & Department of Economics, University of Tashkent for Applied Sciences, Str. Gavhar 1, Tashkent, 100149, Uzbekistan.
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- Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology Patna, Patna, Bihar, India.
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Das M, Verma M, Barman P, Behera DK. Prevalence of anaemia among married women with recent birth history and high-risk fertility behaviour: secondary data analysis of the National Family Health Survey-India (2019-21). BMJ Open 2024; 14:e073395. [PMID: 38296277 PMCID: PMC10831430 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVES To describe the prevalence of anaemia among currently married women with high-risk fertility behaviour (HRFB) based on age, parity and birth spacing indicators. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTINGS AND PARTICIPANTS Fifth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) was conducted in India (2019-2021) and included a nationally representative sample of 724, 115 women in the reproductive age group (15-49). Our analysis focused exclusively on married women who had given birth in the preceding 5 years. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES The prevalence of anaemia with HRFB was the primary outcome, and the likelihood of having anaemia due to HRFB was the secondary outcome. DATA AND METHODS Secondary data analysis of the NFHS-5 (2019-2021) datasets was done using a weighted analysis to determine anaemia prevalence in different HRFB categories. Bivariate analysis was done using the χ2 test, and multiple binary logistic regression analyses were done to estimate the odds of having anaemia due to HRFB after adjusting for known confounders. A p value <0.05 was reported as statistically significant. RESULTS The final analysis comprised 145,468 women, of whom 59.1% had anaemia. About 53.1% of women depicted 'No risk' fertility behaviour, and 34.6% and 12.3% had single and multiple HRFB. Women with 'no-risk,' single and multiple HRFB had anaemia prevalence rates of 58.1%, 59.4% and 63.1%, respectively. Women with 'Single risk' had an 18% higher likelihood (1.18; 1.13-1.22) of having anaemia after controlling for confounding variables, compared with the HRFB category with 'No risk.' Women with 'Multiple risks' showed a 6% higher likelihood (adjusted OR 1.06; 95% CI 1.03 to 1.08). CONCLUSIONS Anaemia remains a prevalent issue in India, and HRFB is observed as a significant contributing factor. This vulnerable group can be targeted through multiple interventions and further our efforts to realise our anaemia-related goals.
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- Milan Das
- International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bathinda, Punjab, India
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- International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Economics and Finance Department, The Business School, RMIT International University of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
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Mohanty RK, Behera DK. Heterogeneity in health funding and disparities in health outcome: a comparison between high focus and non-high focus states in India. Cost Eff Resour Alloc 2023; 21:44. [PMID: 37461113 PMCID: PMC10351161 DOI: 10.1186/s12962-023-00451-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The Central Government of India introduced the National Health Mission (NHM) in 2005 to improve health outcomes by enhancing publicly financed (government) health expenditure and health infrastructure at the state level. This study aims to examine the effects of the state-level heterogeneity in publicly financed spending on health services on major health outcomes such as life expectancy, infant mortality rate, child mortality rate, the incidence of malaria, and immunization coverage (i.e., BCG, Polio, Measles, and Tetanus). METHODS This study investigates the relationships between publicly financed health expenditure and health outcomes by controlling income and infrastructure levels across 28 Indian States from 2005 to 2016. Along with all states, the empirical analysis has also been carried out for high-focus and non-high-focus states as per the NHM fund flow criteria. It has applied panel fixed-effects and random effects model wherever required based on the Hausman test. RESULTS The empirical results show that publicly financed health expenditure reduces infant mortality, child mortality, and malaria cases. At the same time, it improves life expectancy and immunization coverage in India. It also finds that the relationship between publicly financed health expenditure and health outcomes is weak, especially in the high-focus states. CONCLUSIONS Given the healthcare need for achieving desirable health outcomes, Indian States should enhance publicly financed expenditure on health services. This study augments essential guidance for implementing public health policies in developing countries.
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- Ranjan Kumar Mohanty
- Xavier Institute of Management, XIM University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751013 India
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- Department of Economics and Finance, The Business School, RMIT University, 700000 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Behera DK, Singh SK, Choudhury DK. The burden of transport injury and risk factors in India from 1990 to 2019: evidence from the global burden of disease study. Arch Public Health 2022; 80:204. [PMID: 36064474 PMCID: PMC9446568 DOI: 10.1186/s13690-022-00962-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background India is one of the fastest-growing developing economies associated with many socio-demographic challenges that include a high density of population, growing urbanization, and poor road infrastructure. These challenges might lead to the cause of injury, especially transport related. Therefore, we aim to analyze the burden of Transport Injury (TI) and associated risk factors in India using the required data from 1990 to 2019. Methods This study has used the latest Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) 2019 data set and estimated TI-related incidence rate, mortality (death) rate, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) lost for India over the period from 1990 to 2019. The latest round of GBD survey-2019 provides information about 369 diseases and injuries and 87 risk factors across age groups and gender. Results Around 25% of the death rate of all ages was caused due to TI in 2019, significantly higher than in 1990 (20%). However, between 1990 and 2019, the DALYs rate per 100,000 people due to TI decreased slightly by 1.6% for all ages and both gender while more reduction has been observed in under 5- and 5–14-years age groups. On the contrary, the incidence rate and DALYs rate had increased substantially in the age group above 50 years which could be a serious issue for the safety of aging people. By analyzing the sub-cause of TI, we found that motorcyclist road injuries and pedestrian road injuries have been major causes of deaths in India during the last three decades. Further, we have found four risk factors associated with environmental change, occupational hazard, behavioral risk, and metabolic risk that cause TI injuries. Conclusions TI-related disease burden has not been reduced over the years in India despite improvements in road infrastructure and digital technology. Improvement in transport policies; awareness about traffic rules and laws among citizens, and improvement in governance in the road & transport sector could change the behavioral risk factors of TI and reduce population unwanted death and suffering.
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Sahoo B, Behera DK, Rahut D. Decarbonization: examining the role of environmental innovation versus renewable energy use. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2022; 29:48704-48719. [PMID: 35199265 PMCID: PMC8865182 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-18686-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Climate change resulting from a rapid increase in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is adversely affecting humanity. If the GHG emission continues to rise at the current pace, humanity will face severe consequences and reverse all the progress made. This paper, therefore, uses relevant data from 14 developing countries in Asia from 1990 to 2018 to examine the potential impact of environmental innovation on CO2 emissions by controlling globalization, urbanization, and economic growth. The number of environmental-related technology patents is used as a measure of environmental innovation. We employed a panel long-run regression model - FMOLS, PCSE, and FGLS to estimate the elasticity of CO2 emissions. For causal association among variables, we used Dumitrescu-Hurlin Granger causality tests. Our results show that renewable energy consumption and globalization have a significant impact in reducing CO2 emissions, while environmental technology innovations play a meager role in reducing emissions and only when economic growth support those type of investment. Furthermore, we found urbanization, oil consumption, and economic growth is detrimental to the environment, which is also evident in past studies. Therefore, countries should invest in renewable energy and environmental innovation aligned with the growth to reduce GHG emissions.
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- Bhagaban Sahoo
- Department of Economics, Anandapur College, Department of Education, Government of Odisha, Anandapur, Odisha 758021 India
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- Department of Commerce, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka 576104 India
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- Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, 100-6008 Japan
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Nayak S, Behera DK, Shetty J, Shetty A, Kumar S, Shenoy SS. Bibliometric analysis of scientific publications on health care insurance in India from 2000 to 2021. International Journal of Healthcare Management 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/20479700.2022.2085848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Santosh Nayak
- Department of Commerce, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
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- Department of Commerce, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
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- Department of Commerce, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
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- Department of Commerce, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
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- Department of Commerce, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
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Behera DK. Treatment coverage and reducing the tuberculosis burden in low-income and middle-income counties. Lancet Glob Health 2022; 10:e590-e591. [DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(22)00167-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Behera DK, Mishra S. The burden of diarrhea, etiologies, and risk factors in India from 1990 to 2019: evidence from the global burden of disease study. BMC Public Health 2022; 22:92. [PMID: 35027031 PMCID: PMC8759196 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-12515-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Background This study aims to measure the burden of diarrhea in India and analyze the trend of mortality associated with it for the past 30 years. We also intend to find the prevailing etiology and risk factors associated with diarrheal mortality in India. Methods The study has used the latest round of Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study-2019. GBD data is available across age groups and gender-wise over the period from 1990 to 2019. The study has identified 13 etiologies for the cause of diarrhea deaths and 20 risk factors to analyze the burden of disease. Results Our study shows, childhood diarrhea has declined over the years significantly, yet contributes to a larger share of DALYs associated with the disease. Among all the death cases of Diarrhea, in 2019, the most prevalent disease-causing pathogen is found to be Campylobacter. But Adenovirus is the major contributor to childhood diarrheal deaths. Though the burden of diarrhea is declining over the period, still there is a need to progress the interventions to prevent and control diarrhea rapidly to avoid the huge number of deaths and disabilities experienced in India. Conclusions Consumption of safe and clean water, proper sanitation facility in every household, required nutrition intake by mother and child, safe breastfeeding and stool disposal practices and careful case management, rotavirus vaccination are some of the effective interventions to be implemented all over the country. Further, evidence-based policies should be made and implemented to sustain diarrhea prevention programs. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12889-022-12515-3.
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- Deepak Kumar Behera
- Faculty of Health Economics, Department of Commerce, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, Karnataka, 576 104, India.
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Guets W, Behera DK. Does disability increase households' health financial risk: evidence from the Uganda demographic and health survey. Glob Health Res Policy 2022; 7:2. [PMID: 34983699 PMCID: PMC8728967 DOI: 10.1186/s41256-021-00235-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 12/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In the last few years, there has been a worldwide commitment to protect the vulnerable individuals from higher financial risk through out-of-pocket (OOP) health expenditure. This study examines the influence of disability and socio-demographic factors on households' health financial risks in Uganda. METHODS We used nationally representative cross-sectional data from the Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS) collected in 2016 by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) in Uganda. We measured financial risk (households' health expenditure) by money paid for health care services. We estimated the "probit" model to investigate the effect of disability on health financial risk. RESULTS A total of 19,305 households were included in this study. Almost 32% of households paid money for health care services access, among which 32% paid through out-of-pocket. Almost 41% of household heads were affected by disability. The majority (73%) of families went to the public sector for health care services. The mean age was 45 years (SD ± 15). We find that disability is significantly associated with the household financial risk (p < 0.01). The private sector's choice for health care services is likely to positively affect the financial risk compared to the public sector (p < 0.01). The wealthier the household was, the more money paid for health service was (p < 0.01). CONCLUSION Our results indicated that disability and household socio-demographic characteristics were associated with health financial risk in Uganda. Identifying families with disability and experiencing difficult living conditions constitute an entry point for health authorities to enhance health coverage progress in low and middle-income countries.
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- Wilfried Guets
- Univ Lyon, Université Lumière Lyon 2, GATE UMR 5824, 69130, Ecully, France.
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Behera DK, Samant K, Dehury RK. Assessment of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in South-East Asia: A Systematic Review. J Clin Diagn Res 2022. [DOI: 10.7860/jcdr/2022/55225.17080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Introduction: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) can be used as an indicator for the assessment of the health of a country. Without WASH facilities, it is very difficult for the sustenance of health and well-being of the people. Aim: This systematic review tries to bring out various nuances of practices on WASH and their intervention in the South-East Asia Region (SEAR). Materials and Methods: In the present systematic review, searches were made systematically in scholarly sources like Google Scholar, PubMed, and Science Direct to unearth data from January 2005 to February 2020 with a language restriction to English for all the published articles. The literature search was conducted from March 2020 to May, 2020. The full-text articles (accessible) were retrieved from each of the searches and a few of the papers which appeared to be relevant were obtained for review. Articles were included from both urban and rural set-ups. Irrelevant topics and headings were excluded. Results: The area of SEAR has a different level of practice and outcomes on WASH. The studies show that low-quality WASH practices in Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka contribute to public health issues. The studies on the health impact of WASH from many countries like Indonesia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Timor-Leste are also found to be inadequate in the maintenance of health. The report mentioned about many diseases like gastroenteritis, stunting, and helminthes infection among many people in the community. The source of drinking water, and drinking water quality needs to be assessed according to the recommendation of studies across the SEAR region. Two infectious diseases recently emerged such as Soil Transmitted Helminths (STH) and E Coli contamination due to inadequate WASH practices. Conclusion: The diarrhoeal diseases and sanitation-related issues are numerous in the entire region. Diverse consumption of sanitary practices and drinking water is seen in India, as reported in one study; whereas open defecation has not been eliminated as reported in another study, where 32% of households are still defecating openly. Health impacts due to the lack of proper WASH practices are still a rising concern. Special attention is required for underprivileged areas like slums and rural areas. The involvement of the government in providing WASH facilities to underprivileged people is very significant.
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Gupta N, Behera DK, Prajapati VK, Verma VK. A comprehensive approach to discover Toxin-Antitoxin systems from human pathogen Helicobacter pylori: A poison and its antidote encapsulated in the genome. Life Sci 2022; 288:120149. [PMID: 34843738 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2021.120149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2021] [Revised: 11/03/2021] [Accepted: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIM An enormous presence and their identified role as stress managers, antibiotic resistance, persistence, and biofilm formation is the reason why the research on Toxin-Antitoxin (TA) loci is getting more and more emphasis. These set of genes consist of poison (Toxin) and its antidote (Antitoxin) expressing in an operon where the toxin inhibits the cellular process and antitoxin which can be a protein or non-coding RNA, rescues the toxin. Most recent progress in genomics and in silico studies have revealed new TA families, and types of TA on bacterial chromosome. However, there is almost no or very little is known about the TA in H. pylori. Therefore, this study aims to identify the TA genes in human pathogen using a comprehensive in silico approach. METHODOLOGY Here, we have collected the genome-wide data of TA in H. pylori 26695 using TASmania, a new TA database. Further, entire TA dataset was validated with several other databases available for TA, operon analysis and experimental data available. KEY FINDINGS The study revealed the presence of 80 putative TA genes in H. pylori and highlighted their similarity as well as uniqueness in comparison to other three known TA carrying human pathogens. SIGNIFICANCE The present study indicates the presence of a large number of TA genes in H. pylori which make biofilm and goes into persistence. Hence, our innovative approach unlocks the prospect for characterizing these putative TA genes and their role as stress managers.
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- Nidhi Gupta
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Bandarsindri, Kishangarh, Ajmer, Rajasthan 305817, India.
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Bandarsindri, Kishangarh, Ajmer, Rajasthan 305817, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Bandarsindri, Kishangarh, Ajmer, Rajasthan 305817, India
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Bandarsindri, Kishangarh, Ajmer, Rajasthan 305817, India; Department of Microbiology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi 110021, India.
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Behera DK, Dash U. Impact of macro-fiscal determinants on health financing: empirical evidence from low-and middle-income countries. Glob Health Res Policy 2019; 4:21. [PMID: 31417961 PMCID: PMC6688340 DOI: 10.1186/s41256-019-0112-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2019] [Accepted: 07/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background Health financing is a major challenge in low-and middle-income counties (LMICs) for achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Past studies have argued that the budgetary allocation on health financing depends on macro-fiscal policies of an economy such as sustained economic growth and higher revenue mobilization. While the global financial crisis of late 2008 observed a shortage of financial resources in richer countries and adversely affected the health sector. Therefore, this study has examined the impact of macro-fiscal policies on health financing by adopting socioeconomic factors in 85 LMICs for the period 2000 to 2013. Methods The study has employed the panel System Generalized Method of Moment model that captures the endogeneity problem in the regression estimation by adopting appropriate instrumental variables. Results The elasticity of public health expenditure (PHE) with respect to macro-fiscal factors varies across LMICs. Tax revenue shows a positive and statistically significant relationship with PHE in full sample, pre-global financial crisis, middle-income, and coefficient value varies from 0.040 to 0.141%. Fiscal deficit and debt services payment shows a negative effect on PHE in full sample, as well as sub-samples and coefficient value, varies from 0.001 to 0.032%. Aging and per capita income show an expected positive relationship with PHE in LIMI countries. Conclusions Favorable macro-fiscal policies would necessarily raise finance for the health sector development but the prioritization of health budget allocation during the crisis period depends on the nature of tax revenue mobilization and demand for health services. Therefore, the generation of health-specific revenues and effective usage of health budget would probably accelerate the progress towards the achievement of UHC. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s41256-019-0112-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Deepak Kumar Behera
- 1Indian Institute of Public Health, Public Health Foundation of India, 751013 Bhubaneswar, India
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- 2Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 600036 Chennai, India
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- Deepak Kumar Behera
- Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
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- Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
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Dash U, Behera DK. Examining the state level heterogeneity of public health expenditure in India: an empirical evidence from panel data. IJHTM 2018. [DOI: 10.1504/ijhtm.2018.10012986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Behera DK, Behera PM, Acharya L, Dixit A. Pharmacophore modelling, virtual screening and molecular docking studies on PLD1 inhibitors. SAR QSAR Environ Res 2017; 28:991-1009. [PMID: 29113495 DOI: 10.1080/1062936x.2017.1393774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2017] [Accepted: 10/15/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Lipid metabolism plays a significant role in influenza virus replication and subsequent infection. The regulatory mechanism governing lipid metabolism and viral replication is not properly understood to date, but both Phospholipase D (PLD1 and PLD2) activities are stimulated in viral infection. In vitro studies indicate that chemical inhibition of PLD1 delays viral entry and reduction of viral loads. The current study reports a three-dimensional pharmacophore model based on 35 known PLD1 inhibitors. A sub-set of 25 compounds was selected as the training set and the remaining 10 compounds were kept in the test set. One hundred and twelve pharmacophore models were generated; a six-featured pharmacophore model (AADDHR.57) with survival score (2.69) produced a statistically significant three-dimensional quantitative structure-activity relationship model with r2 = 0.97 (internal training set), r2 = 0.71 (internal test set) and Q2 = 0.64. The predictive power of the pharmacophore model was validated with an external test set (r2 = 0.73) and a systematic virtual screening work-flow was employed showing an enrichment factor of 23.68 at the top 2% of the dataset (active and decoys). Finally, the model was used for screening of the filtered PubChem database to fetch molecules which can be proposed as potential PLD1 inhibitors for blocking influenza infection.
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- D K Behera
- a Centre for Biotechnology , Siksha O Anusandhan University , Bhubaneswar , Odisha , India
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- b Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Lab, Department of Translational Research and Technology Development , Institute of Life Sciences , Bhubaneswar , Odisha , India
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- a Centre for Biotechnology , Siksha O Anusandhan University , Bhubaneswar , Odisha , India
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- b Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Lab, Department of Translational Research and Technology Development , Institute of Life Sciences , Bhubaneswar , Odisha , India
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Behera PM, Behera DK, Panda A, Dixit A, Padhi P. In silico expressed sequence tag analysis in identification of probable diabetic genes as virtual therapeutic targets. Biomed Res Int 2013; 2013:704818. [PMID: 23509765 PMCID: PMC3582052 DOI: 10.1155/2013/704818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2012] [Revised: 12/12/2012] [Accepted: 12/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The expressed sequence tags (ESTs) are major entities for gene discovery, molecular transcripts, and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) analysis as well as functional annotation of putative gene products. In our quest for identification of novel diabetic genes as virtual targets for type II diabetes, we searched various publicly available databases and found 7 reported genes. The in silico EST analysis of these reported genes produced 6 consensus contigs which illustrated some good matches to a number of chromosomes of the human genome. Again the conceptual translation of these contigs produced 3 protein sequences. The functional and structural annotations of these proteins revealed some important features which may lead to the discovery of novel therapeutic targets for the treatment of diabetes.
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- Pabitra Mohan Behera
- Centre of Biotechnology, Siksha O Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751030, India
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- Hi-Tech Research and Development Centre, Konark Institute of Science and Technology, Techno Park, Jatni, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 752050, India
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- Hi-Tech Research and Development Centre, Konark Institute of Science and Technology, Techno Park, Jatni, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 752050, India
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- Department of Translational Research and Technology Development, Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751023, India
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- Hi-Tech Research and Development Centre, Konark Institute of Science and Technology, Techno Park, Jatni, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 752050, India
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Babu BV, Behera DK, Kerketta AS, Mishra S, Rath K, Swain BK, Mishra S, Kar SK. Use of an inclusive-partnership strategy in urban areas of Orissa, India, to increase compliance in a mass drug administration for the control of lymphatic filariasis. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 2007; 100:621-30. [PMID: 16989688 DOI: 10.1179/136485906x118521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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In India, the programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis, which is largely based on mass administrations of diethylcarbamazine, has, in terms of coverage and compliance, been generally much less successful in urban areas than in rural communities. An innovative strategy to make the programme more effective in urban settings, largely based on an inclusive partnership and community participation, has recently been developed. An evaluation of the strategy's implementation in Orissa, which employed both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection, revealed significantly higher coverage and compliance in an urban area where the strategy had been implemented than in a similar urban area where there had been no such intervention. Application of this strategy in other urban settings in general, and in small towns in particular, is recommended in India.
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- B V Babu
- Regional Medical Research Centre, Indian Council of Medical Research, SE Rly Project Complex, Bhubaneswar - 751 023, India.
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Behera DK. Musical culture of the Munda tribe – Sem Topno. J Royal Anthropological Inst 2006. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2006.00359_45.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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