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TRADITIONAL COSTUME OF THE AKHA PEOPLE IN NORTHERN THAILAND
Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета, 2014 At present, the traditional material culture of the Akha people in Northern Thailand is hardly covered in the Russian science. The traditional culture, history and linguistic processes of this nation remain unexplored.
A. A. Adamenko
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Development Strategy for Sustainable Solar Home System in the Akha Upland Community of Thailand
Energies, 2018 With the growing effects of global warming and carbon pollution, environmental protection has become an urgent necessity. In addition, solar energy has been accepted worldwide for the generation of electricity.
Pimnapat Bhumkittipich, Hideaki Ohgaki
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study brings an interactional perspective to item reviewing (IR) as one of the critical language test construction stages by using conversation analysis. Drawing on video recordings of IR sessions in an English preparatory school at the tertiary level, it examines how EFL teachers problematize and revise syllabus‐based language test items
Hümeyra Can, Çiler Hatipoğlu
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Kinship and reproduction: A perspective of the Akha in Laos
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract Drawing on fieldwork among the Akha people in Phongsaly District, Phongsaly Province, northern Laos, this paper examines Akha patrilineal kinship and its links to reproduction. The Akha people's reproductive decisions and behaviours are shaped by patrilineality, ancestral connections and cultural–spiritual perceptions of reproduction, which ...
Vanly Lorkuangming
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“Who here is a volunteer?” Peacebuilding, brokerage, and moral authority in Papua New Guinea
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract This paper is a critical examination of the global peacebuilding industry as it has operated in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and is based around the author's experience as a volunteer broker to the United States Agency for International Development Papua New Guinea Peace Project.
Michael Main
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Diabetic ketoacidosis in a patient with acromegaly, a case report [PDF]
Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2007 Although impaired glucose tolerance affects 36% and overt diabetes mellitus can be seen in 30% of cases with acromegaly, diabetic ketoacidosis is rarely reported in patients with this disease.
O. Akha +3 more
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Association of Body Mass Index With Severity and Outcome of COVID-19 [PDF]
Research in Molecular Medicine, 2023 Background: The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by SARS-CoV-2, has presented a global health challenge. Older people and patients with underlying conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, and obesity are more susceptible to severe disease outcomes. Obesity or
Negar Javadinasab +4 more
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Afterword: Brokerage in Oceania beyond interactionism
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract The decolonisation of Oceania came late and is far from complete, and this contemporary context influences the way brokerage is enacted. The embeddedness of brokerage in broader contexts may reduce or orientate individual brokers' room for manoeuvre. This leads to the structural dimension of brokerage, beyond the interactionist approach to the
Pierre‐Yves Le Meur
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The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract Recent efforts to secure development by Febi and Kubo people in Papua New Guinea's Western Province reveal a patterned history of failing brokers, incomplete projects and wasted money. Within this longer trajectory, three overlapping waves of brokerage can be discerned, each emerging in response to the limitations of its predecessors.
Monica Minnegal, John Cox
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The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract Since 2008, temporary labour migration schemes have brought growing numbers of Pacific Islanders to work on Australian farms. The space between these workers and the farmers for whom they labour is organised through a complex ecology of brokerage relations, entailing diverse actors, processes and institutions.
Victoria Stead
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