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Smuggling and import duties in Myanmar [PDF]
This paper examines the effects of import duties on smuggling in Myanmar. Following Fisman and Wei (2004), the reporting discrepancies between Myanmar’s imports records and corresponding exports recorded by trading partners are regarded as indicative ...
Kubo, Koji, Nu Nu Lwin
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The predatory behavior of ants: an impressive panoply of morphological adaptations
Insect Science, EarlyView.This review focuses on predation in ants, showing the wide diversity of cases from solitary foraging to group hunting tactics, as well as the evolution of mandible shape frequently adapted to capture specific prey. Although most ants are generalist feeders, finding their sugary substances directly on plants or indirectly via sap‐sucking insects, some ...
Alain Dejean +6 more
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Nutrition &Dietetics, EarlyView.Abstract Aims Child malnutrition remains a significant issue worldwide, particularly in developing regions like Asia. Age 6–23 months is critical for preventing malnutrition, yet numerous children within this range do not receive nutritionally sufficient complementary foods.
Intan Noor Hanifa +2 more
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.China is a global hotspot for cuckoo‐host diversity, with 17 cuckoo species, exploiting 142 host species. We reveal adaptive matching in body size and egg traits, along with niche partitioning among cuckoos, while identifying eight new host species.
Tao Liu, Canchao Yang
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South Asian monsoon history over the past 60 kyr recorded by radiogenic isotopes and clay mineral assemblages in the Andaman Sea [PDF]
, 2015 The Late Quaternary variability of the South Asian (or Indian) monsoon has been linked with glacial‐interglacial and millennial scale climatic changes but past rainfall intensity in the river catchments draining into the Andaman Sea remains poorly ...
Ali, Sajid +8 more
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Foreign Aid at a Crossroads: How Funding Cuts Reshape Global Development Cooperation
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recent aid budget reductions among major donor countries have reignited debates over the future of international development cooperation, with several commentators warning of an impending collapse of the aid sector. Engaging with historical and critical development literature on aid cycles, donor motives, and the evolution of Official ...
Steffi Hamann
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196 Bone profile in low birth weight babies: what we learn
BMJ Paediatrics Open, 2021 Nay Aung +3 more
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Development of Myanmar strain of Cotesia vestalis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) on Its Host Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellae) at Different Temperatures [PDF]
, 2008 Ah Nge Htwe, Masami Takagi, Kenji Takasu
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Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Much of the subsea cable network, which carries the vast majority of global internet traffic, is developed, owned, and operated by private corporations. In an era of growing global tensions, states have come to view these cables as critical to their interests. The article addresses the disconnect between statecraft‐centric explanations and the
Joscha Abels
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Irrigation and water policies in the Mekong region: current discourses and practices [PDF]
Water resource management / Water policy / Water law / Participatory management / Irrigation management / River basins / Governance / South East Asia / Thailand / Cambodia / Laos / Vietnam / Myanmar / China / Mekong ...
Molle, Francois
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