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Significance Rapid mass loss of glaciers in High Mountain Asia has large consequences for downstream water supply and glacier-related hazards. Glaciers in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau are experiencing the highest mass loss rates within Asia, despite ...
A. Jouberton+8 more
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From desert to monsoon: irreversible climatic transition at ~ 36 Ma in southeastern Tibetan Plateau
Although there is increasing evidence for wet, monsoonal conditions in Southeast Asia during the late Eocene, it has not been clear when this environment became established.
Hongbo Zheng+9 more
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Nap patterns of children in kindergartens and childcare transit facility: a study in northern Peninsular Malaysia [PDF]
Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the duration of sleep and nap patterns between children in private kindergartens and those in a tabika-transit facility, in Malaysia.
Mai Fujii+2 more
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The Euro-Siberian steppe flora consists of warm- and cold-adapted species, which may have responded differently to Pleistocene glacials and interglacials.
A. Seidl+14 more
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Globalization and labor market integration in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Asia [PDF]
This chapter uses new data sets to analyze labor market integration between 1882 and 1936 in an area of Asia stretching from South India to Southeastern China and encompassing the three Southeast Asian countries of Burma, Malaya, and Thailand.
Caggiano, G., Huff, W.G.
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Linking deeply-sourced volatile emissions to plateau growth dynamics in southeastern Tibetan Plateau
The episodic growth of high-elevation orogenic plateaux is controlled by a series of geodynamic processes. However, determining the underlying mechanisms that drive plateau growth dynamics over geological history and constraining the depths at which ...
Maoliang Zhang+15 more
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Orographic evolution of northern Tibet shaped vegetation and plant diversity in eastern Asia
Orogenesis in northern Tibet determines the vegetation and plant diversity of eastern Asia by intensifying winter precipitation. The growth of the Tibetan Plateau throughout the past 66 million years has profoundly affected the Asian climate, but how ...
Shufeng Li+13 more
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The South-East Asia Region contains an estimated 400,000-500,000 people who inject drugs (PWID). HIV prevalence among PWID is commonly 20% or higher in Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar and some regions of India.
Gary Reid, Mukta Sharma, Peter Higgs
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Massive lithospheric delamination in southeastern Tibet facilitating continental extrusion
Significant left-lateral movement along the Ailao Shan-Red River fault accommodated a substantial amount of the late Eocene to early Miocene India-Asia convergence.
Jikun Feng+3 more
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Aim To review the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in Eastern and Southeastern Asia. Methods We systematically searched for observational studies on GDM prevalence from January 2000 to December 2016.
C. L. Nguyen+4 more
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