ForewordIntroduction PART 1: CLIMATE AND CULTURE1. Human Agency, Climate Change and Culture: An Archaeological Perspective, Fekri A. Hassan, University College London2. Climate and Weather Discourse in Anthropology: From Determinism to Uncertain Futures, Nicole Peterson, Columbia University, and Ken...
Heather McMillen, Tamara Ticktin, Alan M. Friedlander, Stacy D. Jupiter et al.
McMillen, H. L., T. Ticktin, A. Friedlander, S. D. Jupiter, R. Thaman, J. Campbell, J. Veitayaki, T. Giambelluca, S. Nihmei, E. Rupeni, L. Apis-Overhoff, W. Aalbersberg, and D. F. Orcherton. 2014. Small islands, valuable insights: systems of customary resource use and resilience to climate change in...
Cristian Capelli, James F. Wilson, Martin Richards, Michael P. H. Stumpf et al.
Modern humans reached Southeast Asia and Oceania in one of the first dispersals out of Africa. The resulting temporal overlap of modern and archaic humans-and the apparent morphological continuity between them-has led to claims of gene flow between Homo sapiens and H. erectus. Much more recently, an...
Md. A. Rahman, Nilufar Nahar, A. Jabbar Mian, M Mosihuzzaman
M. Ziaul Amin, Tahera Islam, Md. Rasel Uddin, Mohammad Jashim Uddin et al.
) are cultivated and widely used as food sources in Bangladesh. The aim of this study is to compare nutrient contents in different parts of two varieties of pumpkin. The nutritional compositions were analyzed by standard methods. Fatty acids and amino acids were analyzed by GC/MS and amino acid anal...
Safaet Alam, Mohammad A Rashid, Md. Moklesur Rahman Sarker, Nazim Uddin Emon et al.
Abstract Background Colocasia gigantea , locally named as kochu is well-known due to its various healing power. This research is to investigate the antidiarrheal, antimicrobial and antioxidant possibilities of the methanol soluble extract of Colocasia gigantea . Methods The antidiarrheal investigati...
Md. Nazmul Hasan Zilani, Md. Aminul Islam, Partha Biswas, Md. Anisuzzman et al.
Ethnopharmacological relevance Consumable herbs play a basic part in sustenance and human health. Traditionally, Colocasia gigantea Hook (Araceae) is used to treat fever, infection, wounds healing, drowsiness, tuberculosis, stomach problems etc. AIM OF THE STUDY: The study aspired to identify bioact...
Ruby Khan, Nyree J. C. Zerega, Salma Hossain, M. I. Zuberi
Fábio Silva, Alison Weisskopf, Cristina Castillo, Charlene Murphy et al.
We model the prehistoric dispersals of two rice varieties, japonica and proto- indica, across Asia using empirical evidence drawn from an archaeobotanical dataset of 400 sites from mainland East, Southeast and South Asia. The approach is based on regression modelling wherein goodness of fit is obtai...
Abul Kalam Azad, J. G. Jones, N. Haq
Colby Witherup, Diane Ragone, Tyr Wiesner‐Hanks, Brian M. Irish et al.
PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Microsatellite loci were isolated and characterized from enriched genomic libraries of Artocarpus altilis (breadfruit) and tested in four Artocarpus species and one hybrid. The microsatellite markers provide new tools for further studies in Artocarpus. • METHODS AND RESULTS: A ...
Mónica L. Smith
Abstract The idea that Indian "influence" was responsible for the socio-political development of early Southeast Asia is now largely discredited, but the question of the actual impact of early trade between India and Southeast Asia remains. Prior to the fourth century C.E., Indian trade activities w...
D. R. Melick, JeffP Kinch, Hugh Govan
Despite the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) defining 20 targets across 5 strategic goals, Target 11, which relates to protected areas, has received the most emphasis from donors, non-government organisations, and governments, as a performance standard for conservation in Melanesia. Protecte...
Parvez Rana, Sharif A. Mukul, Md. Shawkat Islam Sohel, Mohammad Shaheed Hossain Chowdhury et al.
Theresa Arriola
The Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), located in the Western Pacific, has managed to keep COVID-19 cases down to a minimum despite the neighbouring island of Guåhan's (Guam) struggle to contain the virus. The CNMI is home to the native Chamorro and Refaluwasch peoples, as well as a di...