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Polygenic and Pleiotropic Adaptation of Yaks to High Altitudes: A Genome‐Wide Study of Hematological and Physiological Traits

Animal Genetics, Volume 57, Issue 4, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Hematological adaptation is critical for oxygen transport at high altitudes. While hemoglobin concentration is well‐studied, yak (Bos grunniens) hematology versus lowland cattle remains under‐explored. We analyzed blood phenotypes from 1244 plateau yaks and 154 lowland cattle.
Guangming Sun, Ziqi Liu, Hui Jiang, Xin Li, Hui Zhang, Ouzhuluobu, Xuebin Qi, Basangwangdui, Siyu Ge, Yiming Wang, Wangshan Zheng, Yanbin Zhu   +11 more
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Profiling of faecal water and urine metabolites among Papua New Guinea highlanders believed to be adapted to low protein intake

, 2017
Introduction: Adequate amount of proteins from foods are normally needed to maintain muscle mass of the human body. Although protein intakes of Papua New Guinea (PNG) highlanders are less than biologically adequate, protein deficiency related disorders ...
Greenhill, Andrew, Katsura Igai, Greenhill, Andrew R., Umezaki, Masahiro, Hidetoshi Morita, Baba, Jun, Horwood, PaulF., Soli, Kevin W., Masahiro Umezaki, Tadokoro, Kiyoshi, Kazumi Natsuhara, Jun Baba, Odani, Shingo, Soli, Kevin, Horwood, Paul, Tomitsuka, Eriko, Morita, Ayako, Peter M. Siba, Paul F. Horwood, Igai, Katsura, Siba, Peter, Kiyoshi Tadokoro, Shingo Odani, Morita, Hidetoshi, Andrew R. Greenhill, Kevin W. Soli, Eriko Tomitsuka, Suda, Wataru, Ayako Morita, Siba, Peter M., Wataru Suda, Natsuhara, Kazumi   +31 more
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Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding dengue fever among the healthy population of highland and lowland communities in central Nepal. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Dengue fever (DF) is the most rapidly spreading mosquito-borne viral disease in the world. In this decade it has expanded to new countries and from urban to rural areas. Nepal was regarded DF free until 2004.
Meghnath Dhimal, Krishna Kumar Aryal, Mandira Lamichhane Dhimal, Ishan Gautam, Shanker Pratap Singh, Chop Lal Bhusal, Ulrich Kuch   +6 more
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Nocturnal Sleep Breathing Patterns in Healthy Adolescents Residing at Very High Altitudes in Bolivia

Journal of Sleep Research, Volume 35, Issue 4, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Data on sleep and respiratory patterns among adolescents residing at very high altitude (> 3500 m) remain scarce, and altitude‐related physiological differences may influence these parameters. Studying adolescents at different very high altitudes is crucial, as subtle environmental variations could affect sleep‐related oxygenation and ...
Keaton Patterson, Santiago Ucrós Rodríguez, E. Nicolás Arancibia‐Levit, Fernanda Aliaga Raduan, José Antonio Viruez Soto, Max Gassmann, Silvia Ulrich, Michael Furian, Edith M. Schneider Gasser   +8 more
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Negotiating the Mountains. Foreign Immigration and Cultural Change in the Italian Alps

Martor, 2017
Severely affected during the twentieth century by depopulation and neglect, the Alps also suffered an erosion of their cultural heritage. Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, however, population has begun to grow in many areas, mainly due to ...
Andrea Membretti, Pier Paolo Viazzo
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SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND MANAGEMENT MODELS IN THE SYSTEM OF MOUNTAIN SOCIETIES OF THE NORTH CAUCASUS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY

Гуманитарные и юридические исследования, 2021
The article discusses the models of socio-political structure among the highlanders of the North Caucasus and the development of feudal relations in mountain societies of the irst half of the XIX century.
Y. Grankin
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Brokerage, bridewealth and benefits on a resource frontier in Papua New Guinea

The Australian Journal of Anthropology, Volume 37, Issue 2, Page 302-317, August 2026.
Abstract In this paper, we examine tensions over intermarriage and resource sharing between two groups on a Papua New Guinean resource frontier. These tensions are mediated by a ‘brokerage fix’ led by Febi clan heads responding to financial demands from their Pangia neighbours and sometime affines.
John Cox, Monica Minnegal
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Highlanders

, 1980
Photograph of the Highlanders. They include Marvin Cockram (bass), Willard Gayheart (guitar), and Jimmie Zeh (banjo), Bobby Patterson (mandolin).
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Seaforth Highlanders

, 1950
Colour postcard of Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-Shire Buffs)From the collection of William C ...

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Southern Highlanders, Inc. Announcement

, 2009
This printed self-mailing note was sent out by the Southern Highlanders, Inc. to announce the opening, on May 1, 1936, of their new retail shop on the lower concourse of the International Building, Rockefeller Center, New York City.
Southern Highlanders, Inc.
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