In parts of Asia, the South Caucasus, and the Balkans, son preference is strong enough to
trigger significant levels of sex selection, resulting in the excess mortality of girls and skewing …

Population ageing and labor out-migration are increasingly challenging normative
intergenerational support systems and familial welfare in parts of Asia. Extant studies look at how …

Fertility intentions—intentions regarding whether and when to have children—predict
reproductive health outcomes. Measuring fertility intentions is difficult, particularly during …

With female outmigration for work on the rise, it becomes pertinent to examine how the
evolving gender composition of labor migrant streams influences the well-being of those left …

Rising numbers of young unmarried men in India reflect a marriage squeeze that goes beyond
the shortage of brides created by sex-selective abortion. We describe a decline in men’s …

Background: Collateral arteries act as natural bypasses which reroute blood flow to ischemic
regions and facilitate tissue regeneration. In an injured heart, neonatal artery endothelial …

Molecular chaperones assist with protein folding by interacting with nascent polypeptide
chains (NCs) during translation. Whether the ribosome can sense chaperone defects and, in …

A key mechanism of Pseudomonas spp. adaptation to environmental stressors is their ability
to convert the cis-unsaturated fatty acids of the membrane lipids to their trans-isomers to …

Recognizing the prolonged, uneven, and evolving nature of the Covid‐19 pandemic, this
study provides one of the first dynamic, multilevel perspectives of women's fertility intentions in …

Mental illness and mental health are concepts that have existed from time immemorial. In
India, the Atharvaveda and Vedic texts and traditional medical systems such as Siddha, Unani, …