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BURMESE SHADOW CALCULATIONS

open access: yesJournal of Astronomical History and Heritage, 2014
The methods of calculation of shadow lengths of the Sun and the Moon seem to be a specific for Burmese astronomy and have many original features. The present paper gives a detailed exposition of these methods with an analysis of an example taken from a Burmese manuscript.
Gislén, Lars, Eade, J. Chris
openaire   +2 more sources

Repositories of biocultural diversity: Toward best practices for empowering ethnobotany in digital herbaria

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Societal Impact Statement As herbaria digitize millions of plant specimens, ethnobotanical information associated with them is becoming increasingly accessible. These biocultural data include plant uses, names, and/or management practices of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs).
Robbie Hart   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Palerasnitsynus gen. n. (Trichoptera, Psychomyiidae) from Burmese amber

open access: yesZooKeys, 2011
Palerasnitsynus ohlhoffi gen. et sp. n. is described from Burmese amber of late Albian (Lower Cretaceous) age. This is the first record of the family Psychomyiidae from Burmese amber, and the earliest fossil record of the family.
Wilfried Wichard, Emma Ross, Andrew Ross
doaj   +1 more source

Object detection‐assisted workflow facilitates cryptic snake monitoring

open access: yesRemote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Camera traps are powerful tools used to study animals. However, camera trap studies often produce large datasets requiring labor‐intensive classification. While many object detection models have been developed to facilitate image analysis, their efficacy when presented with novel species and systems is poorly understood.
Storm Miller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Defining ‘forced migration’ in Burma [PDF]

open access: yesForced Migration Review, 2008
Most Burmese people fleeing their homes do so for a combination of reasons. The root causes for leaving, however,determine which ‘category’ they belong to: ‘internally displaced persons’ (IDPs) or ‘economic migrants’.
Ashley South, Andrew Bosson
doaj  

Addressing Climate Change and Advancing Green Development: Regional Transition Mechanisms for a Sustainable Future in Belt and Road Initiative Nations

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of regional transition and multilateral cooperation mechanisms on green development (GD) and climate change mitigation across 64 Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) partner nations (21 Asia, 22 Europe, 21 Africa and Middle East) from 2006 to 2021.
Atta Ullah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficiency of Public Spending on Environmental Protection: The Role of Renewable Energy, Governance and Fossil Fuel Subsidies

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution pose a growing threat to ecosystems and human well‐being, prompting a call for action within the framework of the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration and Sustainable Development Goal 15 (SDG 15).
Pedro José Martínez Córdoba   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Placing Nothophylica piloburmensis from Cretaceous amber into the angiosperm phylogeny

open access: yesTAXON, EarlyView.
Abstract Recently, we redescribed an amber inclusion from mid‐Cretaceous Kachin amber of Myanmar, previously assigned to the extant genus Phylica in Rhamnaceae (core eudicots), and placed it in a new fossil‐genus, Nothophylica. Based on our reconstructions, we identified new floral features and instead suggested affinities within magnoliids, especially
Simon Beurel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Les frontiers de Leach au prisme des migrations birmanes ou penser la société en mouvement

open access: yesMoussons, 2011
From the example of two Burmese migrations, this articles aims to show the movements taking on the Burmese society. The migration is not envisaged here as a founding act but as a creation process of social continuities and discontinuities.
Maxime Boutry
doaj   +1 more source

Peripheral vestibular syndrome in cats: Clinical presentation, diagnostic findings and outcome in 196 cases

open access: yesVeterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Disorders of the vestibular system are frequent in cats. This study aimed to describe the clinical presentation, diagnostic findings, underlying aetiologies and outcome of cats with peripheral vestibular syndrome (PVS). Methods This was a retrospective study of cats presented with PVS at four referral hospitals.
Jordina Caldero Carrete   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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