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Prevalence of dyslipidemia in Tibetan monks from Gansu Province, Northwest China

open access: yesOpen 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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A Study on the Literacy Rate of Buddhist Monks in Dunhuang during the Late Tang, Five Dynasties, and Early Song Period

open access: yesReligions, 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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A Study on the Funerals of the Han Buddhist Monks of Lingnan during the Late Qing Dynasty via the Haichuang Temple in Guangzhou

open access: yesReligions, 2023
The funeral protocol of Buddhist monks is an important part of the rituals of Han Buddhism. The monks’ funeral rituals were recorded in detail in the Monastic Rules (清规) of Chan.
Ronghuang Wang, Wanqing Chen
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Techniques of the Supramundane: Physician-Monks’ Medical Skills during the Early Medieval China (220–589) in China

open access: yesReligions, 2022
Hagiographical tales tell us that some Buddhist monks who lived during the Early Medieval China (220–589) possessed considerable medical skills. Some were proficient in foreign medicine, while others had mastery over traditional Chinese medicine.
Dawei Wang
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Can involving clients in simulation studies help them solve their future problems? A transfer of learning experiment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
It is often stated that involving the client in operational research studies increases conceptual learning about a system which can then be applied repeatedly to other, similar, systems.
Robinson, Stewart   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Monks Wood wilderness: 60 years ago, scientists let a farm field rewild – here’s what happened

open access: yes, 2021
In the archive of the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology there is a typed note from the 1960s that planted the seed of an idea. Written by Kenneth Mellanby, director of the Monks Wood Experimental Station, a former research centre in Cambridgeshire, UK,
Broughton, Richard K.
core   +4 more sources

Body Image Disorders: Comparison between Unilateral Hemisphere Damage and Schizophrenia

open access: yesBehavioural Neurology, 1989
The records of a consecutive series of 100 schizophrenics were examined for any mention of body image disorders. These were present in 45 patients, the most common varieties being anomalous bodily experiences.
J. Cutting
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Complex phenological responses to climate warming trends? Lessons from history

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology, 2006
Responsiveness of Lepidoptera phenology to climate has been detected in a number of species during the current trend in global warming. There is still a question of whether climate signals would be evident in historical data. In this paper we examine the
Tim H. SPARKS   +2 more
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An emic understanding of monks’ involvement in economic activities and work assignments: Evidences from the Mändaba Mädhanëāläm Monastic Community in Lake Tana, Northwest Ethiopia

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences, 2019
Monasticism has had spiritual, socioeconomic and cultural significance since its inception as a religious order in Egypt during the 3rd C. Although it is viewed in the broad spectrum of the social and economic arena, monks’ involvement in the economy and
Abinet Abebe Hayleyesus
doaj   +1 more source

La construction des climats viticoles en Bourgogne, la relation du vin au lieu au Moyen Âge

open access: yesL'Atelier du CRH, 2014
Climats is the technical term for portions of vineyards delimited and named according to specific wine qualities. They arose from the seventeenth century onwards as a specific terroir meaning in Burgundy.
Jean-Pierre Garcia
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