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Antiquity, 2021
AbstractThe Maldives Heritage Survey was established to document cultural heritage vulnerable to human and environmental threats in the Maldives. An open-access online database is being produced to inform academic studies, support heritage-management plans and create a permanent archive of digital heritage resources.
R. Michael Feener +15 more
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AbstractThe Maldives Heritage Survey was established to document cultural heritage vulnerable to human and environmental threats in the Maldives. An open-access online database is being produced to inform academic studies, support heritage-management plans and create a permanent archive of digital heritage resources.
R. Michael Feener +15 more
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2018
This chapter describes the Playmakers in the Maldives project, a collaborative work made for the Maldives Exodus Caravan Show at the 55th Venice Biennale. The project involved ten international game designers collaborating with the Maldivian communities and individuals to create games and play events in the public spaces of the Maldivian capital island
Sidsel Hermansen +3 more
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This chapter describes the Playmakers in the Maldives project, a collaborative work made for the Maldives Exodus Caravan Show at the 55th Venice Biennale. The project involved ten international game designers collaborating with the Maldivian communities and individuals to create games and play events in the public spaces of the Maldivian capital island
Sidsel Hermansen +3 more
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2019
Maldives is a developing, geographically dispersed small-island nation with a population of 344,023. With an annual population growth rate of 1.65%, Maldives is nearing the end of its demographic transition. Though universal healthcare is enshrined in law in Maldives, the healthcare sector is underdeveloped and there is a lack of awareness of mental ...
Shanooha Mansoor, Ahmed Rasheed
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Maldives is a developing, geographically dispersed small-island nation with a population of 344,023. With an annual population growth rate of 1.65%, Maldives is nearing the end of its demographic transition. Though universal healthcare is enshrined in law in Maldives, the healthcare sector is underdeveloped and there is a lack of awareness of mental ...
Shanooha Mansoor, Ahmed Rasheed
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Physiotherapy, 1991
Summary A general account of physiotherapy facilities in a remote Third World island republic, as viewed by a professional outsider.
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Summary A general account of physiotherapy facilities in a remote Third World island republic, as viewed by a professional outsider.
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Geostrategic options for the Maldives
2022In the power politics of strategic manoeuvring and counter balancing in the Indian Ocean region, smaller states attract the attention of all the major powers and are subjected to external pressure. Maldives, though a small state with limited resources and diplomatic clout, plays a vital role in the regional geostrategic dynamics mainly based on its ...
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Textiles as Heritage in the Maldives
2022Although primary school enrollment rates are extraordinarily high in the Maldives, higher education institutions are relatively recent and have only seen rapid expansion over the past few years. In the field of textiles, sewing and tailoring remained extremely local, and, at present, there are still no university courses.
Abdulla, A +1 more
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Bronchial asthma in the southern Maldives
Clinical & Experimental Allergy, 1979SummaryA whole population survey was performed in Addu Atoll, southern Maldives to establish the prevalence of bronchial asthma. Assessments of atopic eczema, allergic rhinitis, conjunctivitis and intestinal infestation were made, and serum specific IgE titres to a number of allergens were measured. Asthma is a common condition in the southern Maldives,
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Mosquitos of the Maldive Islands
Bulletin of Entomological Research, 1955A large collection of mosquitos made in five atolls of the Maldive Islands has revealed the presence of 15 species. These are listed and notes of taxonomic interest on seven of them are given.
M. O. T. Iyengar, M. A. U. Menon
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Environmental Challenges for Maldives
South Asian Survey, 2010This article looks into the environmental challenges that Maldives, an island country in the South Asian region, is facing. It studies all possible sources of environmental challenges with inherent vulnerabilities of the country in terms of its geographic and environmental conditions, and analyses important contributing factors such as global warming,
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The Lichen Flora of the Maldives
The Lichenologist, 1991AbstractThe first lichen records from the Maldives archipelago, based on fieldwork of the author in 1989, are presented. The flora is poor, due to lack of habitat variation; in total 20 species were found. The pantropical element is well represented. The lichen flora shows most resemblance to that of other coastal areas in the palaeotropics.
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