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Telecom Expansion and Internal Migrants in Indian Cities

Journal of Regional Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper estimates the impact of mobile phone service expansion on migration to and between cities of India during 2001–2011. We show that the number of cross‐state migrants living in urban areas of India increased significantly due to telecommunications infrastructure growth. The increased migration reflects better labor and marriage market
Arnab Dutta, Gregory Randolph
wiley   +1 more source

Going silent? Evidence for independent losses of acoustic communication in tree crickets (Insecta, Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Oecanthidae)

Journal of Systematics and Evolution, EarlyView.
Our ancestral state reconstruction in tree crickets reveals multiple independent and irreversible losses of sound‐producing and ‐receiving structures, supporting the convergent evolution of the silent phenotype. We demonstrate strong evolutionary integration between forewings and tympana, although the discovery of ‘silent listeners′ and ‘deaf singers ...
Lucas Denadai de Campos, Jorge Alves Audino, Silvio Shigueo Nihei, Laure Desutter‐Grandcolas   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors associated with domestic violence in the Lahu hill tribe of northern Thailand: A cross-sectional study. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2021
Panjaphothiwat N, Tamornpark R, Apidechkul T, Seeprasert P, Singkhorn O, Upala P, Thutsanti P, Yeemard F, Sunsern R.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Histopathological investigation of wound healing activities of Lucilia sericata Larva and Achillea sintenisii extract combinations in diabetic rat wound model

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
Lucilia sericata larvae secrete bioactive compounds that promote wound debridement and antimicrobial defence in chronic tissue injuries. Achillea sintenisii extract offers phytotherapeutic support, enhancing healing through anti‐inflammatory and regenerative properties. Diabetic Wistar rats were treated topically with Furacin®, larval secretions, plant
Nevra Polat, Salih Mollahaliloğlu, Murat Koç   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Ethnic Groups Military Recruitment Data

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Military conscription affects how countries expand political rights and fight wars, as well as their citizens' view of the state and socioeconomic outcomes. Until recently, conscription was studied in a simplified fashion, missing cases where it only applies to specific societal groups. We introduce the Ethnic Military Recruitment (EGMR) data,
Markéta Odlová, Marius Mehrl
wiley   +1 more source

Breaking the Chains of Statelessness: Addressing the Human Rights Challenges Facing Hill Tribes in Thailand

Jurnal HAM
This paper examines the issue of statelessness and its impact on the hill tribes of northern Thailand, a mix of ethnic groups populating the Thai, Myanmar, and Laos borderlands who are facing significant challenges in accessing basic human rights due to ...
Mirea Artesani
doaj   +1 more source

Experiences and expectations regarding COVID-19 prevention and control measures among the hill tribe population of northern Thailand: a qualitative study. [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2021
Kitchanapaibul S, Udplong A, Apidechkul T, Tamornpark R, Mulikaburt T, Srichan P, Suratana S, Yeemard F, Wongnuch P.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Hill tribes struggling for a land deal

, 2002
The highlands of northern Thailand are an example of a contradictory situation arising when a centralised government system extends its control to remote areas and clashes with traditional shifting cultivation practices. On the government side, policy is characterised by conflicting interests between forest preservation on the one hand, and the ...
openaire   +2 more sources

“We Have Come to Offer Something Which (They) Were Not Even Looking for”: U.S. Christian Conservative Evangelical Faith Missions in the Ecuadorian Upper Amazon

The Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.
Diego Mauricio Cortés
wiley   +1 more source

An Account of Luck, Fortune, and Fate

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Luck is one of our most important concepts. In this article, I first argue that extant accounts of luck are deeply flawed. I then argue for a hybrid account of luck that is based around the difference between skill‐based and non‐skill‐based events.
Jesse Hill
wiley   +1 more source