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Larger spleens and greater splenic contraction during exercise may be an adaptive characteristic of Nepali Sherpa at high‐altitude

American Journal of Human Biology, Volume 36, Issue 9, September 2024.
Abstract Objectives The Sherpa ethnic group living at altitude in Nepal may have experienced natural selection in response to chronic hypoxia. We have previously shown that Sherpa in Kathmandu (1400 m) possess larger spleens and a greater apnea‐induced splenic contraction compared to lowland Nepalis.
Tom D. Brutsaert, Taylor Shay Harman, Abigail W. Bigham, Anne Kalker, Kelsey C. Jorgensen, Kimberly T. Zhu, Bethany C. Steiner, Ella Hawkins, Trevor A. Day, Ajaya J. Kunwar, Nilam Thakur, Sunil Dhungel, Nima Sherpa, Pontus K. Holmström   +13 more
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Sino-Tibetan languages [PDF]

, 2010
The Sino-Tibetan (ST) language family includes the Sinitic languages (what for political reasons are known as Chinese ‘dialects’) and the 200 to 300 Tibeto-Burman (TB) languages.
LaPolla, Randy J.
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Quantifying quality: The impact of measures of school quality on children's academic achievement across diverse societies

Developmental Science, Volume 27, Issue 5, September 2024.
Abstract Recent decades have seen a rapid acceleration in global participation in formal education, due to worldwide initiatives aimed to provide school access to all children. Research in high income countries has shown that school quality indicators have a significant, positive impact on numeracy and literacy—skills required to participate in the ...
Bruce S. Rawlings, Helen Elizabeth Davis, Adote Anum, Oskar Burger, Lydia Chen, Juliet Carolina Castro Morales, Natalia Dutra, Ardain Dzabatou, Vivian Dzokoto, Alejandro Erut, Frankie T. K. Fong, Sabrina Ghelardi, Micah Goldwater, Gordon Ingram, Emily Messer, Jessica Kingsford, Sheina Lew‐Levy, Kimberley Mendez, Morgan Newhouse, Mark Nielsen, Gairan Pamei, Sarah Pope‐Caldwell, Karlos Ramos, Luis Emilio Echeverria Rojas, Renan A. C. dos Santos, Lara G. S. Silveira, Julia Watzek, Ciara Wirth, Cristine H. Legare   +28 more
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The Grammar of Dzongkha [HL Archive 7]

Himalayan Linguistics, 2019
The present revised and expanded grammar of Dzongkha supersedes the earlier 1992 and 1998 English editions and the 2014 French edition of our Dzongkha language textbook.
Karma Tshering, George van Driem
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A typology of denominal verb formation strategies

Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 18, Issue 3, May/June 2024.
Abstract This article aims to fill a gap in the typological literature by discussing the typology of overt denominal verb formation strategies, that is, morphosyntactic strategies other than conversion/zero‐derivation that are used to derive a verb from a nominal base.
Simone Mattiola, Andrea Sansò
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Analysis and Evaluation of Tibeto-Burman Population from Northeast India: An Anthropometric Study

Indian Journal of Dental Research
Objective: To analyse the facial proportions of the Indian population belonging to the Tibeto-Burman population from Northeast India. Materials and Methods: An anthropometric cross-sectional cohort study was conducted on Indian population enrolling ...
Uday Kiran Uppada, David P. Tauro, K. P. Senthilnathan   +2 more
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Proto-Tibeto-Burman *r in Tiddim Chin and Lushai

, 1979
Tiddim Chin (TC) and Lushai (L), both of the Kuki-Chin-Naga (K-N) subgroup of Tibeto-Burman (TB), are similar enough phonologically that pairs of cognate words are often easy to find.
Solnit, David B.
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Human‐associated genetic landscape of walnuts in the Himalaya: implications for conservation and utilization

Diversity and Distributions, Volume 30, Issue 4, April 2024.
Abstract Aims A comprehensive understanding of the genetic variation of walnuts (Juglans regia and J. sigillata) in the Himalaya and its potential drivers are essential for the conservation and sustainable utilization of these plant genetic resources.
Li‐Jun Yan, Peng‐Zhen Fan, Moses C. Wambulwa, Hai‐Ling Qi, Ying Chen, Zeng‐Yuan Wu, Richard I. Milne, Raees Khan, Ya‐Huang Luo, Lian‐Ming Gao, Shi‐Kang Shen, Irfan Rashid, Shujaul Mulk Khan, Debabrata Maity, De‐Zhu Li, Jie Liu   +15 more
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Wolfenden's non-pronominal a-prefix in Tibeto-Burman: two arguments from Southern Chin and some proposed semantic correlates

, 1975
The intent of this paper is to take a new look at a classical problem in comparative Tibeto-Burman linguistics. The purposes are both descriptive and historicals descriptive in the first instance, because the evidence from glen Chin suggests very ...
Lehman, F. K.
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Ethnolinguistic associations and genetic diversity of rice landraces in Nagaland, India

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 6, Issue 2, Page 452-469, March 2024.
Preserving and conserving crop landraces, tended by indigenous farming communities, is crucial for future food security. This research focused on rice landrace diversity in the north‐eastern Himalayan region of Nagaland, India, where Naga communities cultivate rice according to their dietary and cultural preferences. Rice diversity is closely linked to
Somnath Roy, Bhaskar Chandra Patra, Jitendra Kumar, Puranjay Sar, Uma Shankar Jogi, Zenwang Konyak, Amrita Banerjee, Nabaneeta Basak, Nimai Prasad Mandal, Kailash Chander Bansal   +9 more
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