Publications by authors named "A Royal"
Medical termination of pregnancy (Amendment) Act 2021: From the lenses of LGBTQIA+ community in India.
J Family Med Prim Care
December 2024
The article presents the LGBTQIA + inclusivity analysis of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act 2021, which aims to provide safe abortion services across India. The analysis reports the use of cisgender-heteronormative language, instead of gender-neutral terms and pronouns in the legislation. Sexual assault/rape as an eligibility criterion for permitting abortion under this act does not apply to non-binary, trans- and queer individuals due to non-inclusivity in Rape Laws (Indian Penal Code 375 and 376).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBlood vessels are essential for maintaining tumor growth, progression, and metastasis, yet the tumor vasculature is under a constant state of remodeling. Since the tumor vasculature is an attractive therapeutic target, there is a need to predict the dynamic changes in intratumoral fluid pressure and velocity that occur across the tumor microenvironment (TME). The goal of this study was to obtain insight into perfusion anisotropy within lung tumors.
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- The study investigates the impact of second look events (SLEs) for applicants in the 2023 Virtual Radiation Oncology residency match, assessing how they affect applicant and program evaluations.
- A survey of applicants and program directors revealed that while many applicants were invited to SLEs, a significant number chose not to attend due to various reasons, including cost and logistics.
- Program directors largely viewed SLEs as optional and assured applicants that participation would not impact their ranking decisions, though attending SLEs did appear to influence candidates' final rank order lists.