Neighborhood environment and quality of life of older adults in eastern Nepal: findings from a cross-sectional study.

Introduction: Quality of life (QoL) is a subjective measure reflecting individuals' evaluations based on their personal goals and values. While global research shows the role of neighborhood factors like ethnic diversity and socio-cultural dynamics on QoL, these are unexplored in the Nepali context. Therefore, this study examined the relationship between neighborhood environment and QoL among Nepali older adults in eastern Nepal.

Depression among inmates of Gandaki Province, Nepal: a cross-sectional study.

Introduction: Depression is a pervasive mental health condition that affects individuals across various demographic categories, including imprisoned adults. The prevalence of mental health problems among inmates worldwide is considerably higher than in the general population, and it is estimated that 11% of inmates have significant mental disorders, such as anxiety and depression. This study aimed to find out the prevalence of depression and factors associated with it among the prisoners of Gandaki Province, Nepal.

Depressive symptoms and associated factors among persons with physical disabilities in disability care homes of Kathmandu district, Nepal: A mixed method study.

Depression is one of the most common mental disorders, affecting 300 million people worldwide and 75% of these occur in low- and middle-income countries. Persons with physical disabilities are vulnerable groups and are more prone to experience depressive symptoms than the general population. This study investigated the prevalence of depressive symptoms and the associated factors among persons with a physical disability.

Accommodation and disability-specific differences in nutritional status of children with disabilities in Kathmandu, Nepal: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Worldwide, more than 150 million children < 18 years live with disabilities. These children are more vulnerable to malnutrition regardless of institutional care that they receive, such as daycare or residential care. In Nepal, little is known about the status of malnutrition and factors associated with malnutrition among children with disabilities.

Cotranscriptional Assembly and Native Purification of Large RNA-RNA Complexes for Structural Analyses.

Recent technological developments such as cryogenic electron microscopy (Cryo-EM) and X-ray free electron lasers (XFEL) have significantly expanded the available toolkit to visualize large, complex noncoding RNAs and their complexes. Consequently, the quality of the RNA sample, as measured by its chemical monodispersity and conformational homogeneity, has become the bottleneck that frequently precludes effective structural analyses. Here we describe a general RNA sample preparation protocol that combines cotranscriptional RNA folding and RNA-RNA complex assembly, followed by native purification of stoichiometric complexes.

Health research capacity in Nepal: Analysis of the trend and the role of local researchers.

Evidence-based decision-making is less common in low- and middle-income countries where the research capacity remains low. Nepal, a lower-middle-income country in Asia, is not an exception. We conducted a rapid review to identify the trend of health research in Nepal and found more than seven-fold increase in the number of published health-related articles between 2000 and 2018.