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A multi-perspective view of Internet censorship in Myanmar

FOCI@SIGCOMM, 2021
In the wake of a military coup in February 2021, Myanmar experienced unprecedented levels of Internet censorship. Beginning with haphazard blocking of social media and intermittent Internet connectivity outages, controls proceeded to stricter blocking of
Ramakrishna Padmanabhan, Arturo Filastò, Marianna Xynou, R. Raman, Kennedy Middleton, Mingwei Zhang, Doug Madory, Molly Roberts, A. Dainotti   +8 more
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The first study on the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in owned and sheltered cats in Yangon, Myanmar [PDF]

Veterinary World, 2023
Background and Aim: People who used to rear companion animals are healthier than others who do not. Gastrointestinal (GI) helminths are common in cats and serve as reservoirs for zoonotic diseases.
Babi Kyi Soe, Khin Su Hlaing, Toe Win Naing, Zin Hnin Thaw, Win Myint   +4 more
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Training on Establishing Climate-Smart Villages (CSVs) in Myanmar to Improve Food Security and Resilience in Agriculture [PDF]

, 2020
This training on establish Climate-Smart Villages (CSVs) in Myanmar was a collaborative effort of the Food Security Working Group (FSWG) and the Myanmar Program of the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction.
Barbon, Wilson John, Bayot, Ruvicyn S., Gonsalves, Julian, Myae, Chan   +3 more
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Patterns and Drivers of Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Myanmar

Sustainability, 2021
Myanmar is one of the most forested countries of mainland Southeast Asia and is a globally important biodiversity hotspot. However, forest cover has declined from 58% in 1990 to 44% in 2015.
Zaw Naing Tun, P. Dargusch, DJ McMoran, C. McAlpine, G. Hill   +4 more
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Increased hepatitis C virus co-infection and injection drug use in HIV-infected fishermen in Myanmar

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background In Southeast Asia, though fishermen are known to be a key population at high risk of HIV, little is known about their co-infection rates with Hepatitis C virus (HCV), or how illness and risk behaviors vary by occupation or type of fishermen ...
Janet Ousley, Robin Nesbitt, Nang Thu Thu Kyaw, Elkin Bermudez, Kyi Pyar Soe, Rey Anicete, Phyu Ei Mon, Win Le Shwe Sin Ei, Susannah Christofani, Marcelo Fernandez, Iza Ciglenecki   +10 more
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Ethics, law, and politics in palaeontological research: The case of Myanmar amber

Communications Biology, 2021
Fossil material in amber from Myanmar can provide important insights into mid-Cretaceous forest ecosystems. However, Myanmar amber has been receiving increased international attention due to reported links between amber mining and the ongoing ...
E. Dunne, N. Raja, Paul P. Stewens, Zin-Maung-Maung-Thein, Khin Zaw   +4 more
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Simulating the impact of Belt and Road initiative and other major developments in Myanmar on an ambassador felid, the clouded leopard, Neofelis nebulosa

Landscape Ecology, 2020
After decades of political and economic isolation, Myanmar is now the focus of large international investments, particularly from China, which raises questions of how to balance national development with safeguarding the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot ...
Ż. Kaszta, S. Cushman, Saw Htun, Hla Naing, D. Burnham, D. Macdonald   +5 more
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Optimizing HIV Services for Key Populations in Public-Sector Clinics in Myanmar

Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 2021
Key populations, ie, female sex workers, men who have sex with men, transgender people, people who inject drugs, and people in prisons and other closed settings, experience stigma, discrimination, and structural barriers when accessing HIV prevention and
Ansley Lemons-Lyn, William Reidy, Wah Wah Myint, Khin N. Chan, Elaine Abrams, Zaw Zaw Aung, Irene Benech, Trista Bingham, Mitesh Desai, Ei Ei Khin, Tharaphi Lin, Halli Olsen, Htun Nyunt Oo, Cassia Wells, Sasha Mital   +14 more
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Complete checklist of Burmese (Myanmar) amber taxa 2023

Mesozoic
This is a list of all known taxa described or recorded from Burmese (Myanmar) amber from the published literature up to the end of 2023. Data from previously published checklists have been merged, the higher taxonomy has been updated and the total ...
Andrew J. Ross
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Burma Terrane Collision and Northward Indentation in the Eastern Himalayas Recorded in the Eocene‐Miocene Chindwin Basin (Myanmar)

Tectonics, 2020
The Burma Terrane (Myanmar) played an important role in the India‐Asia collision and moved over 2,000 km northward on the Indian Plate during the Cenozoic, before colliding with the Asian margin.
J. Westerweel, A. Licht, N. Cogné, P. Roperch, G. Dupont‐Nivet, Myat Kay Thi, Hnin Hnin Swe, Huasheng Huang, Z. Win, Day Wa Aung   +9 more
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