Egophoricity, Involvement, and Semantic Roles in Tibeto-Burman Languages by Widmer Manuel, Zúñiga Fernando

“…We additionally introduce a set of five semantic roles to offer a more detailed description of the egophoricity systems of Shigatse Tibetan and Bunan (and also, albeit marginally, Kathmandu Newar and Galo). This study thus offers a new perspective on the variability of egophoricity systems in Tibeto-Burman and propagates an analytical approach that may also be helpful for analyzing egophoricity systems in other language families of the world.…”
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Ethnic differentials of the impact of Family Planning Program on contraceptive use in Nepal by Sharad Kumar Sharma, Dhruba Raj Ghimire, Naresh Pratap

“…The odds of using contraceptives by the Newar were higher than the odds for Brahmins and Chhetries, although it was not significant. …”
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Genomic polymorphism in tribal population of Tripura: Signifying their closer affinity with the Nepalese and Tibetan populations by Subhankar Nath, Pankaj Shrivastava, R. K. Kumawat, Shivani Dixit, Gyaneshwer Chaubey

“…Conclusion Population genetic analysis showed that the studied population has genetic relatedness with the compared Nepalese and Tibetan populations i.e., Kathmandu, Tibet, Newar, and Gorkhas, followed by eastern and central Indian populations.…”
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Evaluation of the genomic diversity and shared ancestry of the Meitei community of Manipur (India) with the East Asian populations using autosomal STRs by Surendrajit Leishangthem, K. P. S. Kushwaha, Tanya Chauhan, R. K. Kumawat, Gyaneshwer Chaubey, Pankaj Shrivastava

“…The studied population showed a relatively closer genetic affinity with Newar, Kathmandu, and Han Chinese populations compared with the South and West Indian populations. …”
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El impacto de la religión y la cultura en la conservación del paisaje y la planificación urbana en las ciudades de Nepal by María Florencia Sbarra

“…El reporte estudia el impacto de la religión y la cultura en la conservación y la planificación urbana de la sociedad Newar, en Nepal. Los Newars son los antiguos habitantes del valle de Katmandú con residencia en las tres ciudades principales: Katmandú, Patan y Bhaktapur. …”
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Age at Menarche among the School Going Children of Jorpati, Kathmandu by Usha Chalise, Allin Pradhan, Chhiring Palmu Lama, Prem Prasad Panta, Shaligram Dhungel

“…The lowest mean age at menarche was in Newar (12.30 years) and highest mean age at menarche in Limbu (13.33years). …”
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Ethnic Disparities in Contraceptive Use and Its Impact on Family Planning Program in Nepal by Mukesh Mishra

“…An odd of using contraceptives by Newar was (OR 1.09, P>0.05), the highest among all ethnic groups. …”
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Syntactic aspects of nominalization in five Tibeto-Burman languages of the Himalayan area by Genetti, Carol, Coupe, Alexander R., Bartee, Ellen, Hildebrandt, Kristine, Lin, You-Jing

“…This study is based on data from five Tibeto Burman languages of the Himalayan area: Manange, Dolakha Newar, Mongsen Ao, Dongwang Tibetan, and Zhuokeji rGyalrong.…”
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Preliminary Study on the Antibacterial Activities and Antibacterial Guided Fractionation of Some Common Medicinal Plants Practices in Itum Bahal, Kathmandu Valley of Nepal by Ravin Bhandari, Dhakaraj Pant, Kamal Singh Kathayat, Ramesh Bhattarai, Himal Barakoti, Jitendra Pandey, Nirmala Jamarkatel-Pandit

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial activities of selected medicinal plant practices by a traditional healer of the Newar community in Itum Bahal, Kathmandu, Nepal. …”
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Pharmacovigilance Knowledge among Patients at a Teaching Hospital in Lalitpur District, Nepal by Nisha Jha, Devendra S Rathore, P Ravi Shankar, Sudesh Gyawali

“…Thirteen (56.52%) participants were from the Newar community. Majority of the patients (86.95%) knew ADRs may be caused by the medicines they consume and 18 (78.26%) were of the opinion that ADRs should be reported to doctors and other health care professionals including pharmacists. …”
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Analysis of Methanol Content in Different Varieties of Traditionally Fermented Alcohol Found in Chandannath Municipality of Jumla District, Nepal by Apurba Acharya, Sushma Kaphle, Bijay Aryal, Arbin Shakya

“…These households belonged to three different ethnic groups (Indo-Aryan, Tibeto-Burman and Newar) and these samples were chhyang (sample- 1), local raksi (sample- 2), nigar (sample- 3) and local apple cider (sample- 4). …”
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Factors Associated with Enrolment of Households in Nepal’s National Health Insurance Program by Prabesh Ghimire, Vishnu Prasad Sapkota, Amod Kumar Poudyal

“…It was also observed that households from privileged ethnic groups such as Brahmin, Chhetri, Gurung, and Newar were 1.7 times more likely to enrol in NHIP compared to those from underprivileged ethnic groups such as janajatis (indigenous people) and dalits (the oppressed). …”
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Sub-Foveal Choroidal Thickness In Healthy Nepalese Population by Gyawali P, Kharel Sitaula R, Kharal A, Bhusal A, Paudel M, Joshi SN

“…Also, the correlation of SFCT with age, inter-eye difference of SFCT, inter-gender variation and inter-ethnic variation of SFCT was observed.Materials and methods: A cross-sectional, hospital based study in 162 participants (324 eyes) of six ethnic groups (Brahmin, Chhetri, Newar, Tamang, Muslim, and Gurung) was conducted. …”
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An epidemiological prospective of focal outbreak of dengue infection in Kathmandu, Nepal by Bhuvan Saud, Saroj Adhikari, Laxman Maharjan, Govinda Paudel, Neetu Amatya, Shristi Amatya

“…In ethnicity-wise distribution of positive cases, Newar was 60.1%, Tamang 15.0%, Chhetri 13.1% and Brahmin 10.3%. …”
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Prevalence and Factors Affecting Women with Uterine Prolapse in Lekhnath, Kaski, Nepal by Muna Silwal, G Gurung, N Shrestha, A Gurung, S Ojha

“…Results: The major findings were majority 35 (35%) of women were in the age group of 20 to 30 years, followed by 89 (89%) Hindu religion, 48 (48%) belonged to janajati and religious minority which included Newar, Magar, Gurung, Tamang and Muslims. Most of the women 35 (35%) were Illiterate, 44 (44%) earn their living by working in agriculture, 57 (57%) respondents had ≥Rs1500 per month income in the family, 58 (58%) belonged to nuclear families, 76 (76%) of the respondents had knowledge about uterine prolapse and they got information mostly from 24 (24%) friends. …”
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Genomic history and forensic characteristics of Sherpa highlanders on the Tibetan Plateau inferred from high-resolution InDel panel and genome-wide SNPs by Wang, Mengge, Du, Weian, Tang, Renkuan, Liu, Yan, Zou, Xing, Yuan, Didi, Wang, Zheng, Liu, Jing, Guo, Jianxin, Yang, Xiaomin, Chen, Jing, Yang, Meiqing, Zhang, Xianpeng, Wei, Lan-Hai, Yuan, Haibing, Yeh, Hui-Yuan, Wang, Chuan-Chao, Liu, Chao, He, Guanglin

“…Furthermore, patterns of allele sharing in f-statistics demonstrated that Nepal Sherpas had a different evolutionary history compared with their neighbors from Nepal (Newar and Gurung) but showed genetic similarity with 2700-year-old Chokhopani and modern Tibet Tibetans. …”
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Computer Communication Network Fault Detection Based on Improved Neural Network Algorithm by Dong Sun, Pooja Chopra, Jyoti Bhola, Rahul Neware

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Experimental design for an enhanced parametric modeling of supercapacitor equivalent circuit model by Alsabari, Ali Mohsen, Hassan, Mohd Khair, Che Soh, Azura, Abdul Rahman, Ribhan Zafira

“…This research emphasis on a structured of experimental design for SC modelling by using Neware battery tester. The experimental exercise to attain internal parameters of the SC are described and discussed in the paper. …”
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A study on detection and defence of malicious code under network security over biomedical devices by Tianqing Liu, Rahul Neware, Mohammed Wasim Bhatt, Mohammad Shabaz

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Foodborne disease outbreaks linked to consumption of bakery products in Bhutan by Vishal Chhetri, Tshering Dorji, Adeep Monger

“…Data was retrieved from National Early Warning and Alert Response Surveillance System (NEWARS) and Food and Nutrition Laboratory, Royal Centre for Disease Control (RCDC). …”
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