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Water depth and human disturbance drive occupancy of endangered softshell turtles (Nilssonia spp.) in eastern Nepal

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Freshwater turtles play vital roles in maintaining the health of aquatic ecosystems by supporting ecological balance, nutrient cycling and regulating prey populations. Unfortunately, they are among the most threatened species worldwide. Habitat fragmentation, illegal trade, overharvesting for meat, and use in ethnomedicinal practices have severely ...
Asmit Subba, Kamala Limbu, Pooja Lama, Nishan Limbu, Dikshya Rai, Sony Lama, Laxman Khanal   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Robust steganographic framework for securing sensitive healthcare data of telemedicine using convolutional neural network

CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Data is the key element that runs the modern society. Large amounts of data are being released day by day as a result of many activities. The digital data is transferred through the Internet which may be vulnerable to attacks while transmitting. Especially, the medical data is observed to be of at most importance.
Rupa Ch, Venkayya Yadlapalli, Suhana Sulthana Sk, G. Thippa Reddy, Sandeep Kautish   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Habitat and Anthropogenic Determinants of Otter Presence in the Karnali River, Western Nepal. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Acharya M, Subba A, Pandey N, Khanal L.
europepmc   +1 more source

Do Shifts in Migrant Labour due to COVID‐19 Affect Climate Change Adaptation Practices of Climate‐Vulnerable Farmers? Implications for the Post‐Pandemic Future

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of our study is to examine how migrant labour shifts due to the COVID‐19 pandemic influenced the adaptation behaviour of climate‐vulnerable farmers in Nepal. We examine how the resulting temporary change in climate change adaptation behaviour may be sustainable and improved after migrant labour returns to overseas employment by ...
Amrit Shrestha, Sreedhar Upendram, Seong‐Hoon Cho, Neelam C. Poudyal, James C. Mingie   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parental motivations, facilitators, and barriers to participating in a pediatric vaccine trial in Kathmandu, Nepal: A qualitative study. [PDF]

Hum Vaccin Immunother
Firth C, Das NK, Khatri E, Bijukchhe S, Chuke S, Curtis B, Gurung M, Kelly S, O'Mahony E, Pollard AJ, Sharma AK, Shrestha S, Vanderslott S, Adhikari B.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Syphilis and ‘Sons of Empire’: The ‘Prostitute’ and Britain's Fighting Arm in Nineteenth ̵ Century Colonial Punjab

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The British army in India took great care to provide European troops with facilities for sexual relations while anxiously managing venereal disease. Examining archival evidence, political debates and medical discourse from the nineteenth century, this article examines the colonial military enterprise of regulated prostitution in colonial ...
Sameera Chauhan
wiley   +1 more source

Disability and educational outcomes in Nepal: Evidence from the 2019 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey. [PDF]

PLOS Glob Public Health
Acharya P.
europepmc   +1 more source

Understanding the Role of Migration, Culture and Transnational Ties in Family Financial Assistance With Home Ownership

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Family financial assistance with home ownership has attracted significant scholarly attention in recent years. However, the role of culture and ethnicity, transnational ties, and migration in this practice remains significantly under‐addressed.
Julia Cook
wiley   +1 more source

Community and stakeholder engagement in national priority setting and participatory research for HIV, Tuberculosis, and Malaria programs in Nepal. [PDF]

Res Involv Engagem
Neupane S, Shiwakoti R, Aryal L, Nzima M, Lohar I, Sitaula A, Karmacharya U, Paudel K, Bhattachan A, Devkota S, Bhattarai RK, Adhikari B.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Global Inequality of Opportunity in Education Decreased During the 20th Century

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We document changes in global inequality of opportunity in education for women and men born between 1941 and 1983, using individual‐level census and survey data on 46.7 million individuals from 95 countries, representing all major regions of the world.
Michael Grätz, Mobarak Hossain, Martina Beretta   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source