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Highland Hill tribe language - an extinct language system needed to be saved

Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Social Sciences, 2018
Highland is a typical area in Vietnam with a great deal of unique things for people to study and discover. Among them are culture and language, the two reciprocal elements to create communities called Hill tribes.
Tang Minh Chau
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Determinants of Expenditure in the Hill Tribes of Thailand [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2019
The hilltribes of northern Thailand lead a unique rural lifestyle centered around agriculture, traditions and their community. Through field research in selected villages, this thesis analyzes and attempts to explore expenditure patterns of the hill tribes through an econometric model and in doing so gains valuable insight which can be utilized for ...
Asavasaetakul, Chawin
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Oral health status and behaviour among Kanikkaran tribes of Mundandhurai Hills in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu

Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research
Background: Kanikkaran are semi-nomadic tribes inhabiting Mundandhurai hills in Tamil Nadu. Their traditional method of maintaining oral health, seclusion, ignorance, and limited access to dental resources has led to their poor oral health situation ...
Rahmath Meeral P, Arthi Balasubramaniam, Meignana Arumugham Indiran, Karthik M   +3 more
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Drivers, facilitators, and sources of stigma among Akha and Lahu hill tribe people who used methamphetamine in Thailand: a qualitative approach

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background The stigma related to drug use has several impacts, including effects on users’ physical and mental health. Methamphetamine is a major drug that is used among hill tribes living in the border areas of Thailand and Myanmar.
Anusorn Udplong, Tawatchai Apidechkul, Peeradone Srichan, Thanatchaporn Mulikaburt, Pilasinee Wongnuch, Siwarak Kitchanapaibul, Panupong Upala, Chalitar Chomchoei, Fartima Yeemard, Ratipark Tamornpark, Onnalin Singkhorn   +10 more
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Attacking the public health crisis of hepatocellular carcinoma at its roots

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract As the third most common cause of cancer‐related death worldwide with significant mortality rates in the United States, hepatocellular carcinoma has strong association with cirrhosis and chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) with a growing at‐risk population from the rise in chronic liver disease from alcohol use and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
Hannah M. Lee, Steven D. Lidofsky, Tamar H. Taddei, Lisa J. Townshend‐Bulson   +3 more
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Epidemiology of prediabetes mellitus among hill tribe adults in Thailand

PLoS ONE, 2022
Background Prediabetes is a major silent health problem that leads to the development of diabetes within a few years, particularly among those who have a low socioeconomic status.
Tawatchai Apidechkul, Chalitar Chomchiei, Panupong Upala, Ratipark Tamornpark   +3 more
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Acceptance and accessibility to the early phase COVID-19 vaccination among the healthcare workers and hill tribe population in Thailand

Scientific Reports, 2022
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a serious emerging disease and an extreme threat to human life. This study aimed to understand the perceptions of hill tribe people living in the border areas of Thailand-Myanmar and health workers regarding the ...
Pilasinee Wongnuch, Thanatchaporn Mulikaburt, Tawatchai Apidechkul, Peeradone Srichan, Ratipark Tamornpark, Anusorn Udplong, Soontaree Suratana, Siwarak Kitchanapaibul   +7 more
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QUANTITATIVE ETHNOBOTANY OF SOME FICUS L. SPECIES IN KHASI AND JAINTIA HILLS, MEGHALAYA, INDIA [PDF]

Exploratory Animal and Medical Research, 2023
Ficus L. is a genus in Moraceae with 115 taxa from all over India and plays a key role in Indian ethnobotany. The Khasi and Jaintia hill in Meghalaya is rich in flora including the genus Ficus L. and have diverse cultures among local tribes. The uses,
Sreyoshee Sensarma, Chaya Deori, Uma Shankar   +2 more
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Grasses of Kundadri Hills in the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2020
: The present communication provides a checklist of grass flora in Kundadri Hill of central Western Ghats, Karnataka.  During the exploration, a total of 78 species belonging to two sub-families, 12 tribes, and 43 genera of Poaceae have been documented.
Hanchali Udayashankar Abhijit, Yelugere Linganaik Krishnamurthy   +1 more
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Polymorphic Alu Insertion/Deletion in Different Caste and Tribal Populations from South India. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Seven human-specific Alu markers were studied in 574 unrelated individuals from 10 endogamous groups and 2 hill tribes of Tamil Nadu and Kerala states.
Rathika Chinniah, Murali Vijayan, Manikandan Thirunavukkarasu, Dhivakar Mani, Kamaraj Raju, Padma Malini Ravi, Ramgopal Sivanadham, Kandeepan C, Mahalakshmi N, Balakrishnan Karuppiah   +9 more
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