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What Is a Good Death in South Asia? A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis
Journal of Nursing Scholarship, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction To deliver palliative care, it is important to understand what a “good death” means to the relevant people. Such studies have mostly occurred in high‐income settings that usually live by Western ideals. What matters to people is likely to vary across different regions of the world, influenced by multiple factors. Although there is
Lihini Wijeyaratne +5 more
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‘The Jews of Ceylon’: Antisemitism, prejudice, and the Moors of Ceylon
Modern Asian Studies, 2023 AbstractIn the early twentieth century, economic and religious antagonism between Sinhalese and Moors in Ceylon escalated into widespread, deadly violence. In the immediate aftermath of the 1915 pogrom, which involved the targeting of Moors and their property, the Sinhalese nationalist Anagarika Dharmapala observed that ‘Muhammadans’ had accumulated ...
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Diversity and Conservation of Waterbirds in the Northern Avifaunal Region of Sri Lanka
Ceylon Journal of Science, 2017 The aim of the present study is to evaluate the waterbird diversity, distribution, and conservation status in the northern avifaunal region of Sri Lanka, which includes two of the four richest waterbird regions in Sri Lanka, namely Jaffna and Mannar.
Chaminda S. Wijesundara +8 more
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Breaking free? The evolution of intra‐Asian trade at the dawn of globalization (1795–1839)
The Economic History Review, Volume 78, Issue 2, Page 424-451, May 2025.Abstract This article contributes to the scholarly discourse on the repercussions of trade liberalization in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries that contributed to early globalization, offering a perspective that extends beyond the traditional focus on Atlantic economies.
Alejandro Ayuso‐Diaz
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Nature, 1894 WHEN Dr. Trimen left England at the beginning of 1877 to undertake the directorate of the Ceylon Gardens, he had already formed the determination to elaborate the flora of Ceylon, and to publish a descriptive handbook of its botany. Those who knew him knew that this work would only be undertaken after due preparation and without undue haste, but that ...
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Engineering Proceedings, 2023 The concept of risk assessment is an important tool in the asset integrity management of power distribution systems. This manuscript presents a risk-based asset integrity management (RBAIM) methodology for the optimization of power distribution assets ...
A. M. Sakura R. H. Attanayake +1 more
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Letter from Ceylon Kingston to Harriet Heath, dated January 23, 1919 [PDF]
, 1919 In Kingston\u27s letter to Harriet Heath, he writes a thank you. He thanks her, Mrs.Smith and Mrs.Pomeroy for what they made for him and that the organization furnished clothing for him.
Kingston, Ceylon S.
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The long‐run evolution of global real wages
Journal of Economic Surveys, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 489-516, April 2025.Abstract This article reviews the literature on comparative real wages in history that has emerged over the past two decades. Research has shown that unskilled men's real wages were higher in England and the Low Countries than in other parts of Europe and Asia from about 1720.
Pim de Zwart
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Phosphorus-enriched biochar for the remediation of heavy metal contaminated soil
Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2023 Phosphorus-rich materials (PRMs) are widely used soil remediation agents because they are biocompatible, abundant, non-toxic, and have a high affinity for heavy metals in soil.
Chathuri Peiris +5 more
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