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Preparatory Guidelines for Meditation in Pre-Modern Sino-Tibetan Buddhist Traditions
ReligionsThis study offers a comparative analysis of preparatory practices in Buddhist meditation, focusing on the Tiantai tradition of medieval China and the Nyingma tradition of tenth-century Tibet.
Ching-Hsuan Mei
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Effects of parachute science on local research capacity 降落伞科学对当地研究能力的影响
Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 3, June 2026.Abstract Strengthening research capacity is essential to address the global biodiversity crisis. Yet, parachute science often undermines this goal, and its prevalence, costs, and benefits are unclear. We analyzed 13,502 publications on primate research that we extracted from Scopus (1960–2022) to evaluate the effects of parachute science on local ...
Li Yang +11 more
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Green Space Production as a State Project in Urban China
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 51, Issue 2, June 2026.Short Abstract We examine the politics of developing Chengdu's greenway project by advancing the concept of state entrepreneurialism through strategic embeddedness and tactical mobilisation. We define strategic embeddedness as the institutional integration of market into the state apparatus to achieve the state's strategic goals and tactical ...
Handuo Deng, Fulong Wu, Fangzhu Zhang
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Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2013 In order to clarify the interactive mechanism between grazing yak and alpine meadow on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, our study assessed seed density (by species) in the topsoil of alpine meadow with different grazing intensities in the Tianzhu area, north-
Xiao-jun YU +4 more
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Archaeological evidence for initial migration of Neolithic Proto Sino-Tibetan speakers from Yellow River valley to Tibetan Plateau. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2022 Liu L, Chen J, Wang J, Zhao Y, Chen X.
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Geolinguistics and Sino-Tibetan: An introduction
, 2023 Geolinguistics is expected to contribute to the diachronic study of the Sino-Tibetan language family, which typologically shows significant diversity across regions. This article introduces concepts, methods, and recent results of geolinguistic study.
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Vajravārāhī in Khara Khoto and Prajñāpāramitā in East Java: Connected by Pearl Ornaments
ReligionsThis research, situated in the geographical and historical context of the Tangut and East Java, uncovers a significant aspect of the evolution of Buddhist art styles.
Lesley S Pullen
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Extension of the growing season increases vegetation exposure to frost
Nature Communications, 2018 Plant growing season increases under a warming climate, but it is not known whether this will alter plant exposure to frost days. Here Liu et al. investigate trends in the Northern Hemisphere over 30 years and find increased exposure to frost days in ...
Qiang Liu +9 more
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Isotopic partitioning of gaseous nitrogen emissions of natural terrestrial ecosystems
Environmental Research LettersWe estimated the emissions of different forms of gaseous nitrogen (N) from natural terrestrial ecosystems using newly upscaled soil δ ^15 N maps, data-constrained gas partitioning models, and incorporating the previously missing N input flux from rock ...
Maoyuan Feng +4 more
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Changing the retention properties of catchments and their influence on runoff under climate change
Environmental Research Letters, 2018 Many studies on drought consider precipitation and potential evapotranspiration (PET) impacts. However, catchment water retention is a factor affecting the interception of precipitation and slowing down runoff which also plays a critical role in ...
Hui Yang +9 more
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