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Prevalence of dyslipidemia in Tibetan monks from Gansu Province, Northwest China
Open Life Sciences, 2020 Tibetan monks have a special way of life and food habits, however, little is known about their dyslipidemia. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of dyslipidemia and risk factors of this population.
Fang Yan +8 more
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Religions, 2022 Among the Dunhuang documents, when examining some of the monk signature lists, name list of monks copying scriptures and name list of monks chanting scriptures in monasteries, we can estimate a relatively accurate literacy rate of the Buddhist sangha ...
Shaowei Wu
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Ktetor portraits of church dignitaries in Serbian post-Byzantine painting (Part two) [PDF]
Zograf, 2021 The second part of this paper is dedicated to the ktetor portraits of church dignitaries in Serbian Post-Byzantine painting. It focuses on monastic ktetor portraits (hegoumenoi, hieromonks and monks), their vestments, discussing the state of ...
Matić Miljana M.
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Chakhar-Gebshi ‘s Concept of a Pious Monk [PDF]
Гуманитарный вектор, 2021 Buddhism occupies an important place in the history of culture of the Mongolian peoples, in particular from the 16th century, which corresponds to the third stage of the spread of the Buddhist religion among the Mongols.
Marina V. Ayusheeva
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Monks: A Population at Risk for Liver Fluke and Skin-Penetrating Helminths
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023 Monks cannot cook received raw meat dishes and should walk barefoot while working. This population lacks both a survey of parasitic infection and a proper prevention and control policy.
Nuttapon Ekobol +3 more
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Increased migration of Lepidoptera linked to climate change
European Journal of Entomology, 2007 The number of species of migratory Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) reported each year at a site in the south of the UK has been rising steadily. This number is very strongly linked to rising temperatures in SW Europe.
Tim H. SPARKS +3 more
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Peregrinatio: aNever-Ending Pilgrimage to an Unspecified End
International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage, 2020 To most modern-day thinkers a pilgrimage entails a journey to a sacred place. Thus, the primary purpose of the voyage is to reach a locale that holds special meaning for the pilgrim. Typically, the end destination is a place where a significant familial,
Bernice Lamb-Senechal
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Climate signals are reflected in an 89 year series of British Lepidoptera records
European Journal of Entomology, 2007 Historical data sources on abundance of organisms are valuable for determining responses of those organisms to climate change and coincidence of changes amongst different organisms.
Roger L.H. DENNIS, Tim H. SPARKS
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The Astronomical Innovations of Monk Yixing 一行 (673–727)
Religions, 2022 The Chinese monk Yixing 一行 (673–727) is unique in being an early architect of the Mantrayāna tradition (Esoteric Buddhism) in East Asia in addition to featuring as a significant individual within the history of astronomy and calendrical science in China.
Jeffrey Kotyk
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European Journal of Entomology, 2001 The distribution of arthropod species on a 400 m elevational gradient (equivalent to a temperature decrease of 2.5°C) on Snowdon, North Wales, was examined and compared with the British distribution.
Alan BUSE, David HADLEY, Tim SPARKS
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