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Govt proposes 15-year PPA for FDRE projects with battery storage

The Power Ministry seeks stakeholder feedback on amendments




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Govt may bring flex fuel vehicles on a par with EVs

Mulls reducing GST, offering support to crops to boost ethanol output




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Force Gurkha with five doors incoming

With the latest model, Force readies itself to take on the Jimny and the upcoming five-door derivative of the Mahindra




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TN Health Dept to launch 25 bike ambulances with Rs 1.60 crore allocation




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Karwa Chauth 2024: 5 fasting tips for women with diabetes

Here are five fasting tips to help them manage diabetes effectively during Karwa Chauth 2024.




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'I have not worked out': This is how Vidya Balan achieved drastic weight loss without exercising

Despite numerous diets and rigorous workouts, she frequently found that the weight would return.




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Shah Rukh Khan feels breathless after quitting smoking: Know withdrawal symptoms, how to manage them

Quitting smoking is a major accomplishment, but it can come with withdrawal symptoms that vary in intensity and duration based on the individual and how long they smoked.




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'I gain weight as body...' Arjun Kapoor reveals being diagnosed with Hashimoto's disease

Hashimoto's disease can lead to hypothyroidism, or an underactive thyroid, causing symptoms like fatigue, weight gain, dry skin, and slowed heart rate.




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Combination targeted treatment produces lasting remissions in people with resistant aggressive B-cell lymphoma

More than half of clinical trial participants treated with venetoclax, ibrutinib, prednisone, obinutuzumab, and lenalidomide (ViPOR) had substantial tumor shrinkage. Of those, 38% had tumors that disappeared completely.




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For healthy adults, taking multivitamins daily is not associated with a lower risk of death

A large analysis of data from nearly 400,000 healthy U.S. adults followed for more than 20 years has found no association between regular multivitamin use and lower risk of death.




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Immunotherapy approach shows potential in some people with metastatic solid tumors

A new cellular immunotherapy approach shrank tumors in 3 of 7 patients with metastatic colon cancer, in a small NCI clinical trial. Normal white blood cells from each patient were genetically engineered to produce receptors that recognize and attack their specific cancer cells.




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NIH study links neighborhood environment to prostate cancer risk in men with West African genetic ancestry

A new study suggests, for men with West African genetic ancestry, living in a disadvantaged neighborhood was associated with a higher risk of prostate cancer. The researchers posit that chronic stress—such as from racial profiling, housing discrimination, and exposure to violence—may be a possible driver.




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Immunotherapy after surgery helps people with high-risk bladder cancer live cancer-free longer

An NCI trial shows that giving patients pembrolizumab after surgery for high-risk muscle invasive bladder cancer doubles the median length of time that they remain cancer free, compared with observation alone after surgery.




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Sabalenka opens WTA Finals with sweep

No. 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus had little trouble getting past China's Qinwen Zheng in a group-stage match at the WTA Finals on Saturday, prevailing 6-3, 6-4 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.




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Defiant BRS MLA Mynampalli Hanumantha Rao to decide future course of action after talks with supporters

“I had not made any personal accusation against the Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao or the party. My grouse is against Mr. Harish Rao only,” he said.




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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister lays foundation for three renewable energy projects with a total capacity of 5,314MW

A JV pact was also signed by the State power corporation and the National Hydropower Corporation for two pumped storage hydropower projects




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INS Vikrant with a crew strength of about 1,700 Navy personnel arrives in Chennai




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Ludhiana woman raped after her brother elopes with accused's daughter

A man along with three family members allegedly gang-raped a woman after his daughter eloped with the victim's brother; they also recorded the act on their mobile phones




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Tripura's connectivity project with Bangladesh may be delayed: Minister

Opening of Agartala-Akhaura rail link and Maitree bridge got further delayed due to the political turmoil and change in government in Bangladesh; this project was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and then Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina in 2023




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Regret standing with BJP during protest by farmers, says Dushyant Chautala

JJP leader says it was a mistake that he did not understand farmers’ sentiments but that he does not regret allying with the BJP in 2019




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Chess | India’s young talent could do better with more sponsorship and government support




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GCL | Carlsen outwits Giri, but Knights rule




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Raja wins men’s 61kg with record lifts




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Approach is to treat every game with utmost respect: Gukesh




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Women’s Indian Open golf | Manon De Roey jumps to joint lead with Alice Hewson

The Belgian carves out seven birdies to be on par with the ever-so-consistent Alice Hewson of England




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Under-23 World Wrestling Championships: Chirag Chikkara clinches gold as India shines with nine medals

Chirag Chikkara becomes the second Indian man, after Paris Olympics bronze medallist Aman Sehrawat, to win the gold at the U23 Championships.




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Mauritius holds election with cost of living on everyone's minds

Mauritius parliamentary election: Economic promises, alliances, and voter expectations in the Indian Ocean archipelago




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Iranian charged for plotting Trump assassination tasked with targeting Israeli tourists in Sri Lanka: U.S authority

Shakeri is an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) asset, remains at large and is believed to reside in Tehran, Iran




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Soldier with Yemen's exiled government opens fire, killing two Saudi troops, wounding another

Police in the area published pictures of the soldier, saying there was a 30-million-Yemeni-rial reward for information leading to the soldier's arrest




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North Korea ratifies mutual defence treaty with Russia

The report came amid international criticism over increasing military cooperation between the two countries, with North Korea having sent tens of thousands of troops to Russia to support its war against Ukraine




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Largest city in the U.S. with Arab-majority backs Trump

In Dearborn, where nearly half of the 1,10,000 residents are of Arab descent, Vice-President Kamala Harris received over 2,500 fewer votes than Mr. Trump




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Tirupati witnesses brisk sale of white pumpkins during Deepavali season

Not just pumpkins, but flowers such as marigold and chrysanthemum also saw a roaring business this season, to be adorned to the shopping outlets and vehicles




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Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu to lead high-level meeting with State officials on streamlining Governance

The CM Chandrababu Naidu’s agenda includes setting priorities for development goals, guiding the administrative machinery on the state government’s objectives, and outlining a strategic framework titled “Ten Principles for Development.”




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Andhra Pradesh sets ambitious goals with Drone Policy 4.0

Approved by Council of Ministers, the policy aims to secure Rs. 1,000 crore in investments, generate employment for 40,000 people and create 25,000 skilled drone pilots; vision hinges on a planned 300-acre drone city at Orvakal in Kurnool district, the first-of-its-kind in the country




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Weak dependence [electronic resource] : with examples and applications / by Jérôme Dedecker, Paul Doukhan, Gabriel Lang, León R. José Rafael, Sana Louhichi, Clémentine Prieur

New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007




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Insights from data with R [electronic resource] : an introduction for the life and environmental sciences / Owen L. Petchey, Andrew P. Beckerman, Natalie Cooper, Dylan Z. Childs.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.




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Practical data analysis with JMP [electronic resource] / Robert Carver.

Cary, NC : SAS Institute, 2019.




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A step-by-step guide to exploratory factor analysis with SPSS [electronic resource] / Marley W. Watkins.

New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.




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Diverse thermal desorption combined with self-aspirating corona discharge ionization for direct mass spectrometry analysis of complex samples

Anal. Methods, 2024, 16,2071-2076
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00200H, Paper
Qinhao Shi, Xiaohua Yu, Shuang Sun, Weilong Wu, Wenyan Shi, Quan Yu
The thermal desorption (TD) technique is widely employed in modern mass spectrometry to facilitate the detection of non-volatile analytes.
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PCB-C4D coupled with paper-based microfluidic sampling for the rapid detection of liquid conductivity

Anal. Methods, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00198B, Paper
Mingpeng Yang, Mingyi Cao, Zhixuan Zhang, Chaofan Wang
A solution conductivity detection method, using PCB-C4D coupled with paper-based microfluidic sampling, has been proposed for the rapid and in situ analysis of raw solution with particle filtration, improving detection consistency and reliability.
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Analysis of O-acetylated sialic acids by 3-nitrophenylhydrazine derivatization combined with LC-MS/MS

Anal. Methods, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00330F, Paper
Chenhao Zhao, Xingdan Wang, Jing Wu, Yeli Hu, Qiwei Zhang, Qi Zheng
The 3-NPH-labeled sialic acids produce a high abundance of reporter ions, which can improve the accuracy of quantitative analysis of O-acetylated species.
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A Multimode Biosensor Based on Prussian Blue Nanoparticle Loaded with Gold Nanoclusters for the Detection of Aflatoxin B1

Anal. Methods, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3AY02330C, Paper
zhaodi Fu, juan Huang, Wei Wei, zhihui Wu, Xingbo Shi
Herein, a novel fluorescent/colorimetric/photothermal biosensor is proposed for aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) detection in food based on Prussian blue nanoparticles (PBNPs) (~50 nm), gold nanocluster (AuNCs) and aptamer (Apt) within three...
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Field method for preservation of total mercury in waters, including those associated with artisanal scale gold mining

Anal. Methods, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3AY02216A, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
David C. P. King, Michael J. Watts, Elliott M. Hamilton, Robert J. G. Mortimer, Mike Coffey, Odipo Osano, Maureene Auma Ondayo, Marcello Di Bonito
A method was developed for sampling and preserving total Hg from water samples, recovering >75% Hg over 4 weeks of storage. The method was assessed using water samples at artisanal gold mining sites in Kenya.
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Ag-coated tetrapod gold nanostars (Au@AgNSs) for acetamiprid determination in tea using SERS combined with microfluidics

Anal. Methods, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00297K, Paper
Qian Ke, Limei Yin, Heera Jayan, Hesham R. El-Seedi, Xiaobo Zou, Zhiming Guo
The combination of highly sensitive SERS substrate core–shell Au@AgNSs and microfluidic chip featuring four circular split hybrid structures were used for quantitative detection of acetamiprid in tea. The LOD of acetamiprid was 0.048 ng mL−1.
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Resolving phytosterols in microalgae using offline two-dimensional reversed phase liquid chromatography-supercritical fluid chromatography coupled with quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Anal. Methods, 2024, 16,2278-2285
DOI: 10.1039/D3AY02261G, Paper
Magali Batteau, Elodie Bouju, Adriana Ramirez-Romero, Sylvie Nuccio, René De Vaumas, Florian Delrue, Karine Faure
Development of an off-line LC-SFc-MS method, separation of sterol isomers in algal unsaponifiable fractions, elution pattern helping in the reduction of structural candidates.
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A novel fluorescent probe with a large Stokes shift for colorimetric and selective detection of cysteine in water, milk, cucumber, pear and tomato

Anal. Methods, 2024, 16,2322-2329
DOI: 10.1039/D3AY02322B, Paper
Lin Luo, Ranran Guo, Lianjie Wang, Xixi Song, Zhao Wang, Junliang Wu
A novel fluorescent probe for colorimetric and selective detection of cysteine was efficiently constructed through a simple and mild reaction conditions. Probe 2 displays a linear response to Cys concentrations (0–30 μM), low detection limit (0.89 μM), large Stoke shift (125 nm).
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Direct solid sample analysis of low-cost jewelry using spectroanalytical techniques: exploratory chemical data evaluation and metal migration with synthetic sweat

Anal. Methods, 2024, 16,2286-2291
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00325J, Paper
Thaila Lorena de Araújo, Fabiola Manhas Verbi Pereira, Edenir Rodrigues Pereira-Filho
Jewelry samples were directly analyzed using LIBS and XRF.
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A complementary method with PFBBr-derivatization based on a GC-EI-MS platform for the simultaneous quantitation of short-, medium- and long-chain fatty acids in murine plasma and feces samples

Anal. Methods, 2024, 16,2330-2339
DOI: 10.1039/D3AY02271D, Paper
Hong-Xu Zhou, Qing Jiang, Xin He, Xian Fu, Jun-Yan Liu
Fatty acids (FAs) are essential molecules in all organisms and are involved in various physiological and pathophysiological processes.
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Analysing micro- and nanoplastics with cutting-edge infrared spectroscopy techniques: a critical review

Anal. Methods, 2024, 16,2177-2197
DOI: 10.1039/D3AY01808C, Critical Review
Open Access
Junhao Xie, Aoife Gowen, Wei Xu, Junli Xu
In this review, we discussed and compared the applications of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, quantum cascade laser infrared spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy-based infrared spectroscopy, and optical photothermal infrared spectroscopy in MNP research from multiple perspectives.
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A new colorimetric aptasensor for paraquat detection based on the designed aptamer with multiple paraquat binding sites in combination with gold nanoparticles

Anal. Methods, 2024, 16,2340-2348
DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00053F, Paper
Pakawat Kongpreecha, Sineenat Siri
Given paraquat's environmental health risks, there is a need for a fast and simple detection method. This study presents a novel colorimetric aptasensor with a tailored aptamer, boosting sensitivity by targeting multiple paraquat binding sites.
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