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Conceptual understanding of Sustainable Health and Linking Nutrition to Sustainable Development Goals 对可持续健康的概念理解以及将营养与可持续发展目标联系起来

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Indian Journal of Community Health Pub Date : 2023-03-31 DOI: 10.47203/ijch.2023.v35i01.024

K. Juneja, R. Sinha

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Missed and Lost to Follow-up Cases in HIV Positive Patients and the Impact of Lockdown During COVID-19 Pandemic on Adherence to Anti-retroviral Therapy at ART Center, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh 北方邦Jhansi ART中心艾滋病毒阳性患者的遗漏和丢失随访病例以及COVID-19大流行期间封锁对抗逆转录病毒治疗依从性的影响

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Indian Journal of Community Health Pub Date : 2023-03-31 DOI: 10.47203/ijch.2023.v35i01.021

Sudha Sharma, R. Singh, A. Malhotra

{"title":"Missed and Lost to Follow-up Cases in HIV Positive Patients and the Impact of Lockdown During COVID-19 Pandemic on Adherence to Anti-retroviral Therapy at ART Center, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh","authors":"Sudha Sharma, R. Singh, A. Malhotra","doi":"10.47203/ijch.2023.v35i01.021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47203/ijch.2023.v35i01.021","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) for HIV has changed a highly fatal disease to a chronic manageable condition. National technical guidelines by NACO say that adherence of >95%(optimal) is required for optimal viral load suppression which is a challenge both for the patient and the health system.\u0000Objectives: This study was conducted to determine the reasons for missed and lost to follow-up (LFU) cases and to assess the impact of the COVID pandemic on ART adherence.\u0000Settings and Design: Cross-sectional study conducted at ART center, Jhansi.\u0000Methods and Material: 357 patients were administered a self-designed questionnaire after taking informed consent to enquire about the reasons for missing doses and LFU and whether they missed treatment during the lockdown.\u0000Statistical analysis used: the results were expressed in frequencies and percentages and appropriate statistical tests were applied.\u0000Results: 72% HIV patients had optimal adherence and 6.7% were on second-line treatment. Out of 357 patients, 56 had missed treatment and 10 were LFU. The main reasons for the missing were run out of pills, busy with other things and being away from home. The number of episodes of missed and LFU increased during the pandemic. The main problems faced were lack of transport (24), fear of catching the disease (7), no money to hire a vehicle (5).\u0000Conclusions: Constant monitoring and handholding of those with suboptimal adherence is required. Travel allowance to such patients and regular counseling will help to ensure adherence. Long-term solutions include vocational rehabilitation and awareness programs to reduce stigma and discrimination.","PeriodicalId":13363,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Community Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44554343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Personal Life of Medical Journal Editor: Artificial Intelligence as almost First Author may come to Rescue 医学杂志编辑的个人生活:人工智能几乎是第一作者，可能会来拯救

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Indian Journal of Community Health Pub Date : 2023-03-31 DOI: 10.47203/ijch.2023.v35i01.026

Deepak Gupta

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A Study on Internet and Gaming Addiction, Hikikomori Trait and Insomnia Status among Medical Undergraduates at one of Cities of Western India 印度西部某城市医学生的网络和游戏成瘾、Hikikomori特质和失眠状况研究

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Indian Journal of Community Health Pub Date : 2023-03-31 DOI: 10.47203/ijch.2023.v35i01.012

Sahil R Solanki, R. Shukla, V. Dave, Vasu Rathod

{"title":"A Study on Internet and Gaming Addiction, Hikikomori Trait and Insomnia Status among Medical Undergraduates at one of Cities of Western India","authors":"Sahil R Solanki, R. Shukla, V. Dave, Vasu Rathod","doi":"10.47203/ijch.2023.v35i01.012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47203/ijch.2023.v35i01.012","url":null,"abstract":"Background: College students appear more vulnerable in developing a dependence on the internet. Individuals with hikikomori are frequently reported to have social contact predominantly via the internet.\u0000Objectives: To find the prevalence of Internet addiction, gaming Addiction, Hikikomori Trait and Insomnia amongst medical undergraduates and to study their association with various determinants.\u0000Methodology: The present Cross-Sectional study was conducted among first to final-year medical students studying at various medical colleges in Indian City from February to May 2021. Data collection was done after obtaining the ethical permission of the Institute. A total of 400 students who gave consent were sent an electronic questionnaire.\u0000Results: The mean age of study participants was 20 ± 1.58 years. Internet addiction was present in 189(47.2%) participants, gaming addiction in 128 (32%) students and Hikikomori Trait was found in 98(24.5%) students. There was a statistically significant association between different grades of insomnia and internet, gaming addiction, and hikikomori trait (<?0.0001) in the present study.\u0000Conclusion: Internet addiction was present in almost half of the medical students while gaming addiction was seen in nearly one third of the students. Male gender and hostel stay had a statistically significant association with internet addiction, gaming addiction, insomnia and hikikomori trait.","PeriodicalId":13363,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Community Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49577533","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Vulnerability to Mental Health Problems in Indian Population during Lockdown amidst COVID-19 Pandemic: An Alarm not to Snooze 在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间，印度人口在封锁期间容易出现心理健康问题:不要打盹的警报

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Indian Journal of Community Health Pub Date : 2023-03-31 DOI: 10.47203/ijch.2023.v35i01.020

M. Prithviraj, Preeti Singh, R. Tripathi, P. Kharya, Aarti Singh

{"title":"Vulnerability to Mental Health Problems in Indian Population during Lockdown amidst COVID-19 Pandemic: An Alarm not to Snooze","authors":"M. Prithviraj, Preeti Singh, R. Tripathi, P. Kharya, Aarti Singh","doi":"10.47203/ijch.2023.v35i01.020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47203/ijch.2023.v35i01.020","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Lockdown measures are being implemented in several parts of the world to control the spread of novel coronavirus. This unprecedented crisis has significantly affected the lives of people in different ways.\u0000Aim: To understand the experiences and vulnerability to mental health problems during lockdown among the Indian population during COVID-19 pandemic.\u0000Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using an online survey form circulated through various social media platforms from April 12 to May 3, 2020 containing self-reported questionnaires to collect lockdown related experiences and scales to assess anxiety (GAD-7) and depression (PHQ-9). A convenience sampling method was used.\u0000Results: 442 valid responses were received from different states of India. Statistical analysis revealed that one-third of the respondents suffered from some form of anxiety and depression during a lockdown. Less than 10% of them had severe levels of symptoms. The majority were males aged 18-45 years and private sector employees. Delivering essential services was involved with significant anxiety and depression. Availability of food and daily essentials was the most common problem. Difficulty in availing medicines and financial crisis were significant predictors of anxiety and depression. Worsening of interpersonal relationships was associated with higher levels of anxiety and depression.\u0000Conclusions: The study concluded that experiences during the lockdown and associated psychological outcomes are important factors to consider and appropriate preventive measures to be taken in case of any future lockdowns.","PeriodicalId":13363,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Community Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45707565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Antibody Response to SARS-COV-2 Vaccination in Healthcare Workers of Uttarakhand: A Prospective Follow-up Study 北阿坎德邦医护人员对严重急性呼吸系统综合征冠状病毒2型疫苗的抗体反应：一项前瞻性随访研究

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Indian Journal of Community Health Pub Date : 2023-03-31 DOI: 10.47203/ijch.2023.v35i01.018

G. Mittal, Rajender Singh, M. Mittal, Shagufta Jahoor, Preeti Bisht, B. Kakati

{"title":"Antibody Response to SARS-COV-2 Vaccination in Healthcare Workers of Uttarakhand: A Prospective Follow-up Study","authors":"G. Mittal, Rajender Singh, M. Mittal, Shagufta Jahoor, Preeti Bisht, B. Kakati","doi":"10.47203/ijch.2023.v35i01.018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47203/ijch.2023.v35i01.018","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Countries around the world are now racing to vaccinate people against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The Government of India also rolled out its vaccination drive from 16th January ‘2021.\u0000Aims: To estimate the antibody response of the COVID-19 vaccine in the form of SARS-COV-2 IgG antibodies in vaccinated healthcare workers.\u0000Methods: Prospective follow-up was study conducted on healthcare workers (HCWs) of a Medical college in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Healthcare workers who have been vaccinated for COVID-19 were tested for SARS-CoV-2-IgG antibodies at regular intervals i.e at 4 weeks after the 1st dose and then again at 4 weeks after the 2nd dose. The third sample was taken 6 months after the 2nd dose.\u0000Results: A total of 302 HCWs were enrolled in the study who gave their samples for IgG antibody estimation after the Covishield vaccine. After 4 weeks of completion of both doses, 96% HCWs formed SARS-COV-2 IgG antibodies, whereas 4% didn’t. Then after 6 months of follow-up, 14% HCWs have become negative for antibodies and better immunity is seen in people who also got infected with COVID-19 during this time.\u0000Conclusion: This study concludes that the immunity gained after vaccination is waning off in around 6 months and there is a need for a booster dose, especially for people at high risk. The infection control practices still play a crucial role in the prevention of this deadly disease.","PeriodicalId":13363,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Community Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47691409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccination Among Health Care Workers in India 印度医护人员对COVID-19疫苗的接受程度

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Indian Journal of Community Health Pub Date : 2023-03-31 DOI: 10.47203/ijch.2023.v35i01.016

N. Tiwari, Ankita Goyal, Mukesh Sharma, D. Kumar, C. Yadav, A. Gite

{"title":"Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccination Among Health Care Workers in India","authors":"N. Tiwari, Ankita Goyal, Mukesh Sharma, D. Kumar, C. Yadav, A. Gite","doi":"10.47203/ijch.2023.v35i01.016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47203/ijch.2023.v35i01.016","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 has been spread almost all over the world in the last two years, including in India. Vaccines are a critical tool in the battle against COVID-19, and India has flagged the largest vaccination drive on 16 January 2021. Although public acceptance was varying, which can lead to non-acceptance.\u0000Aim & Objective: To estimate an acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine and its associated factors.\u0000Settings and Design: An analytical cross-sectional study among health care workers in India\u0000 \u0000Methods & Material: It was conducted using a validated, self-administrated online survey questionnaire, and data were analyzed using SPSS 23 version. The outcome variable was healthcare workers’ acceptance of a COVID-19 vaccine.\u0000Results: A total of 450 HCWs participated, including 205(45.6%) women and 245(54.4%) men. A total of 270 (60%) subjects will accept vaccines, while 33.3% were unwilling to accept and wait for vaccines. Male gender (OR=3.14), being married and experienced (OR=11.49), vaccine effectiveness (OR=6.4), vaccine safety (OR=3.4), and past history (OR=2.28) were significantly associated. On applying logistic regression for associated factors, gender (B= -1.145, S.E.= 0.200, Wald 32.748), being married (B= -1.482, S.E.= 0.216, Wald 46.937), for experienced (B= -0.865, S.E.= 0.200, effectiveness (B= -1.856, S.E.= 0.245, Wald 57.431), Safety (B= -1.224, S.E.= 0.202, Wald 36.633) and past history (B= -0.357, S.E.= 0.248, Wald 2.071) found significant. Recommendation: Proper information is crucial and healthcare workers’ attitudes about vaccines are an important factor for acceptance and recommendation of the vaccine to the public for population-wide coverage.","PeriodicalId":13363,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Community Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43763452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Healthcare Seeking Behaviour of Hospitalised COVID-19 Patients During Second Wave in Tertiary Care Hospital of Northern India 印度北部三级护理医院第二波新冠肺炎住院患者的就医行为

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Indian Journal of Community Health Pub Date : 2023-03-31 DOI: 10.47203/ijch.2023.v35i01.019

Pranjl Sharma, S. Singh, A. Chaudhary, A. Kaur, Dr. Sarit Sharma, Sangeeta Girdhar, Mahesh Satija, V. Gupta, Priya Bansal, Aman Bansal, Heema Kashyap

{"title":"Healthcare Seeking Behaviour of Hospitalised COVID-19 Patients During Second Wave in Tertiary Care Hospital of Northern India","authors":"Pranjl Sharma, S. Singh, A. Chaudhary, A. Kaur, Dr. Sarit Sharma, Sangeeta Girdhar, Mahesh Satija, V. Gupta, Priya Bansal, Aman Bansal, Heema Kashyap","doi":"10.47203/ijch.2023.v35i01.019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47203/ijch.2023.v35i01.019","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues its deadly reign all over the world. Devising effective strategies for detecting and controlling the infection has become ever more critical. Effective prevention and control of the pandemic is entirely dependent on human behavior in terms of practicing preventive and curative measures. During the second wave of COVID-19, people’s perceptions of preventive and curative measures changed.\u0000Objective: To study healthcare-seeking behavior of hospitalized COVID-19 patients.\u0000Methods: Hospitalized patients due to COVID-19 in the month of March, April and May of 2021 were included in the study. Their attendants/close relatives were contacted telephonically to know about the admitted patients’ healthcare-seeking behavior. Verbal consent was taken from attendants before the commencement of the interview, followed by informing them about the purpose of the interview.\u0000Results: Amongst the subjects, there were more males than females (67.5 vs 32.4%), age ranged between 18 to 88 with a mean value of 56.61 ± 14.7 years. Self-medication was significantly associated with study subjects’ mortality (p=0.03). Conclusion: Elderly people were having higher mortality rate than their younger counterparts. People were hesitant to visit primary care physicians after having symptoms of COVID-19.","PeriodicalId":13363,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Community Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44915184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Household symptomatic contact screening of sputum smear positive tuberculosis patients at the DOTS clinic of SGT hospital, Gurugram 古鲁格拉姆SGT医院DOTS诊所痰涂片阳性结核病患者的家庭症状接触筛查

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Indian Journal of Community Health Pub Date : 2022-12-31 DOI: 10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.013

Siddharth Naresh, Monika Sharma, Varinder Singh, B. Anand, P. Verma, Manvinder Pal Singh Marwaha

{"title":"Household symptomatic contact screening of sputum smear positive tuberculosis patients at the DOTS clinic of SGT hospital, Gurugram","authors":"Siddharth Naresh, Monika Sharma, Varinder Singh, B. Anand, P. Verma, Manvinder Pal Singh Marwaha","doi":"10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.013","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Contact screening was conducted under ICMR (REFERENCE ID: 2019-07811) programme in villages near SGT hospital, Gurugram. Objective: To evaluate risk factors, extent of spread of tuberculosis among household contacts of tuberculosis cases and to create awareness. Methods and Material: Address of TB cases were taken from RNTCP register at DOTS clinic, SGT medical college. Then all household contacts of positive cases were screened, counselled and advised to approach ASHA Workers if such symptoms appear. Data was analysed using appropriate statistical methods. Results:21 Index cases along with 94 household contacts were screened. 61.90% families still use chullahs for cooking. 76.1% families have overcrowding. 3) 61.90% families had inadequate ventilation 4) 19.05%families were aware about the spread of this disease. 5)Only 23.80% families practised adequate sanitation methods and precautions6) 42.8% Index cases had a history of smoking. 7) 44.4% 4 continue to smoke with infection. The association of adequate sanitation with presence of awareness was found to be statistically significant. (p-value<0.05). Other factors were not significantly associated with level of awareness regarding prevention of tuberculosis spread among study participants. Conclusions: Contact screening is an effective tool and it gives the real-time picture of TB in India.","PeriodicalId":13363,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Community Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48533866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Public Health Management a Curative Tool for the Public Health Related Problems 公共卫生管理:公共卫生相关问题的治疗工具

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Indian Journal of Community Health Pub Date : 2022-12-31 DOI: 10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.001

S. Bali

{"title":"Public Health Management a Curative Tool for the Public Health Related Problems","authors":"S. Bali","doi":"10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47203/ijch.2022.v34i04.001","url":null,"abstract":"Health always remains a core component in the life of human beings and considered as a major instrument of overall socio-economic development. Concept of health has been defined and understood in different ways by different cultures. The two major division of medicine namely curative and preventive medicine came into light at the close of 19th century. Although origin of Medicine and Public health goes back to ancient Greek mythology, Asclepius was the Greek god of Healing. He was the son of Apollo and the Coronis. Asclepius was married to Epione, with whom he had five daughters: Hygieia, Panacea, Aceso, Iaso, and Aglaea. Hygieia was the goddess of health, cleanliness and hygiene. Follower of panacea practiced curative medicine and were called healer and followers of Hygieia were called as Hygienist or Public Health experts (1). Concept of Public Health came from this hygienist category of healthcare personals.\u0000The Constitution of the World Health Organization, which came into force on April 7, 1948, defines health “as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being.”(2) In today’s world more emphasis is given on physical health and most of the resources are diverted for the care of physical health especially for the medical treatment. Other domains of health care remain neglected.\u0000Public health applies to the holistic approach for the care of health. Physical health is best taken care by the judicious mix of public health and medical domain of health. The evolution of concepts of public health tries to address new challenges of population health like non communicable diseases, cancers, accidents, injuries, inequities, increasing cost of care, poor quality of care, and poor patient satisfaction etc. ","PeriodicalId":13363,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Community Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41334608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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