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Gold seal of Viṣṇuvarman
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To engrave his virtues on the disc of the moon… Inscriptions of the Aulikaras and Their Associates
Dániel Balogh, 2019
Gold seal of Viṣṇuvarman. Left: four faces of the object. Right: mirror image of inscribed face and hand tracing of inscription. Photograph courtesy of Devendra Handa, tracing by the author
Learnings from community biodiversity register in Nepal : proceedings of the national workshop, 27-28 Oct. 2005, Khumaltar, Nepal
No full textOn farm conservation of rice biodiversity in Nepal: a simultaneous estimation approach
Get PDF"This paper presents an empirical case study about farmer management of rice genetic resources in two communities of Nepal, drawing on interdisciplinary, participatory research that involved farmers, rice geneticists, and social scientists. The decision-making process of farm households is modeled and estimated in order to provide information for the design of community-based conservation programs. A bivariate model with sample selection treats the simultaneous process of whether farmers decide to plant landraces or modern varieties, and whether the landraces they choose to plant constitute genetic diversity of interest for future crop improvement. Findings show that the two landrace choices are affected by different social and economic factors. The estimation procedure demonstrates that in certain cases, however, the decision processes are interrelated. Policies to promote the conservation of local rice diversity will need to take both processes into account. Fitted equations are then used to compare the likelihood that households targeted for conservation according to one set of conservation criteria also meet other conservation criteria. Households most likely to plant landraces identified as important for crop improvement also grow richer, more spatially diverse rice varieties. In these communities, few policy trade-offs would result from employing one set of criteria instead of the other." Authors' AbstractLandraces, Crop diversity,
Choosing the 'right' tools to assess the economic costs and benefits of growing landraces: an illustrative example from Bara District, Central Teria, Nepal
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Is Investment in Rice Research in Nepal Adequate and Balanced Across Production Environments? Some Empirical Evidence
Get PDFThis study analyzes the patterns of public resource allocation in rice research in Nepal. The resource allocation for rice research was approximated based on the full-time equivalent (FTE) of researcher time spent on rice research. A simple congruence model modified by expected rate of research progress and equity criteria was used to investigate the gap between the actual and normative investment patterns across different types of rice production environments. The results show a substantial underinvestment in rice research in general but more so in rainfed areas and in the Terai
agroecological zone. The use of modifiers amplified the extent of underinvestment in
rainfed environments. The options for addressing these imbalances and the overall
implications for resource allocation for rice research in Nepal are discussed
Choosing the 'right' tools to assess the economic costs and benefits of growing landraces: an illustrative example from Bara District, Central Teria, Nepal
No full textRole of Risk Stratification and Genetics in Sudden Cardiac Death
Get PDFSudden cardiac death (SCD) is a major public health issue due to its increasing incidence in the general population and the difficulty in identifying high-risk individuals. Nearly 300,000-350,000 patients in the United States and 4- to 5 million patients in the world die from SCD. Coronary artery disease and advanced heart failure are the main etiology for SCD. Ischemia of any cause precipitates lethal arrhythmias, and ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation are the most common lethal arrhythmias precipitating SCD. Pulse-less electrical activity, brady-arrhythmia and electromechanical dissociation also result in SCD. Most sudden cardiac deaths occur out-of-the-hospital setting, so it is difficult to estimate the public burden, which results in overestimating the incidence of SCD. The insufficiency and limited predictive value of various indicators and criteria for SCD result in the increasing incidences. As a result, there is a need to develop better risk stratification criteria and find modifiable variables to decrease the incidence. Primary and secondary prevention and treatment of SCD need further research. This critical review is focused on the etiology, risk factors, prognostic factors and importance of risk stratification of SCD.The accepted manuscript in pdf format is listed with the files at the bottom of this page. The presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the manuscript may differ slightly between what is listed on this page and what is listed in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript; that in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript is what was submitted by the author
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