Does early-life migration experience determine health and health-risk behavior in later life? Evidence from elderly returns migrants in Kerala, India.

Becoming elderly is an intrinsic part of life, and the burden of disease increases with age. However, the early life migration experience and occupational hazards at the destination can lead to serious health problems later in life. This study aims to understand the association between early life migration and the health and risky behavior of elderly return migrants using data from the Kerala Migration Survey in 2018.

Husband's migration status and contraceptive behaviors of women: evidence from Middle-Ganga Plain of India.

Background: Male out-migration is negatively associated with contraceptive use in developing countries. This study aimed to examine the effect of male out-migration on the contraceptive behaviour of women in the Middle-Ganga Plain (MGP) region.

Methods: The data has been collected from the Middle-Ganga Plain survey (2018-19), which was conducted by the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS).

Inside the plant: addressing bacterial endophytes in biotic stress alleviation.

Bacterial endophytes are the internal association of bacteria with the plants, cherished whole or any part of their life cycle inside the plant. They are reported to improve plant health against the biotic stresses via de novo synthesis of structural compounds and stimulation of plant immunity. They are found to be vital in development of host resistance against phytopathogens and capable in reducing and elimination of deleterious effects of plant pathogens.

Bacillus megaterium adapts to acid stress condition through a network of genes: Insight from a genome-wide transcriptome analysis.

RNA-seq analysis of B. megaterium exposed to pH 7.0 and pH 4.

Diversity and functional properties of acid-tolerant bacteria isolated from tea plantation soil of Assam.

In this study, we report on the bacterial diversity and their functional properties prevalent in tea garden soils of Assam that have low pH (3.8-5.5).