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Reviews and syntheses: An empirical spatiotemporal description of the global surface–atmosphere carbon fluxes: opportunities and data limitations
Published 2017-08-01“…This holds for Europe (mean ± 1 SD: 0.8 ± 0.1 PgC yr<sup>−1</sup>, positive numbers are sources to the atmosphere), Russia (0.1 ± 0.4 PgC yr<sup>−1</sup>), East Asia (1.6 ± 0.3 PgC yr<sup>−1</sup>), South Asia (0.3 ± 0.1 PgC yr<sup>−1</sup>), Australia (0.2 ± 0.3 PgC yr<sup>−1</sup>), and most of the Ocean regions. …”
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Jihad & Co.: Black Markets and Islamist Power
Published 2018-07-01“…In chapter eight, Ahmad expands the scope of analysis to North/Western Africa (Al-Qaeda in the Is- lamic Maghrib: AQIM), Middle East (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria: ISIS), and South Asia (Tahrik-i Taliban-i Pakistan: TTP). At the time of this book’s publication, these movements were not yet, as Ahmad posits, closed cases like the Taliban and the ICU. …”
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The incidence, aetiology, and adverse clinical consequences of less severe diarrhoeal episodes among infants and children residing in low-income and middle-income countries: a 12-m...
Published 2019-05-01“…The Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS) has described the incidence, aetiology, and sequelae of medically attended moderate-to-severe diarrhoea (MSD) among children aged 0–59 months residing in censused populations in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia, where most child deaths occur. To further characterise this disease burden and guide interventions, we extended this study to include children with episodes of less-severe diarrhoea (LSD) seeking care at health centres serving six GEMS sites. …”
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Secondary organic aerosols from anthropogenic volatile organic compounds contribute substantially to air pollution mortality
Published 2021-07-01“…In addition to further development of institutional air quality management infrastructure, comprehensive air quality campaigns in the countries in South and Central America, Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East are needed for further progress in this area.…”
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Climate and air quality impacts due to mitigation of non-methane near-term climate forcers
Published 2020-08-01“…Regionally, the largest warming and wetting occurs over Asia, including central and north Asia (<span class="inline-formula">0.66±0.20</span> K and <span class="inline-formula">0.03±0.02</span> mm d<span class="inline-formula"><sup>−1</sup></span>), south Asia (<span class="inline-formula">0.47±0.16</span> K and <span class="inline-formula">0.17±0.09</span> mm d<span class="inline-formula"><sup>−1</sup></span>), and east Asia (<span class="inline-formula">0.46±0.20</span> K and <span class="inline-formula">0.15±0.06</span> mm d<span class="inline-formula"><sup>−1</sup></span>). …”
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Economic Self‐Help group Programs for Improving Women's Empowerment: A Systematic Review
Published 2015-01-01“…The vast majority of these studies was conducted in South Asia. ESHG have positive effects on women's economic and political empowerment, as well as social empowerment ‐ such as, women's family size decision‐making power and social mobility. …”
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History of anthropogenic Nitrogen inputs (HaNi) to the terrestrial biosphere: a 5 arcmin resolution annual dataset from 1860 to 2019
Published 2022-10-01“…Hotspots of TN inputs shifted from Europe and North America to East and South Asia during the 1960s–2010s. Such spatial and temporal dynamics captured by the HaNi dataset are expected to facilitate a comprehensive assessment of the coupled human–Earth system and address a variety of social welfare issues, such as the climate–biosphere feedback, air pollution, water quality, and biodiversity. …”
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Mixing state of refractory black carbon aerosol in the South Asian outflow over the northern Indian Ocean during winter
Published 2021-06-01“…<p>Regional climatic implications of aerosol black carbon (BC), which has a wide variety of anthropogenic sources in large abundance, are well recognized over South Asia. Significant uncertainties remain in its quantification due to a lack of sufficient information on the microphysical properties (its concentration, size, and mixing state with other aerosol components) that determine the absorption potential of BC. …”
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The Effects of Microcredit on Women's Control over Household Spending in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis
Published 2014-01-01“…Most of these studies have been carried out in the context of microcredit group schemes in South Asia. It has been argued that access to microcredit can foster changes in individual attitudes of women (e.g. increased self‐reliance), power relations within the household (e.g. control over resources) and social status. …”
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2460 Qualitative study of obesity risk perception, knowledge, and behavior among Hispanic taxi drivers in New York
Published 2018-06-01“…A study was conducted in South Asia, encouraging taxi drivers to exercise through the use of pedometers [7]. …”
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Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
Published 2018“…The gap between male and female life expectancy between 1950 and 2017, while relatively stable at the global level, shows distinctive patterns across super-regions and has consistently been the largest in central Europe, eastern Europe, and central Asia, and smallest in south Asia. Performance was also variable across countries and time in observed mortality rates compared with those expected on the basis of development.…”
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Chloride (HCl ∕ Cl<sup>−</sup>) dominates inorganic aerosol formation from ammonia in the Indo-Gangetic Plain during winter: modeling and comparison with observations...
Published 2023-01-01“…Here, we report the first comparison in South Asia of high-temporal-resolution simulation of ammonia (NH<span class="inline-formula"><sub>3</sub></span>) along with ammonium (NH<span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M6" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><msubsup><mi/><mn mathvariant="normal">4</mn><mo>+</mo></msubsup></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="8pt" height="15pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="3fe22ea21bb8c3940d1d54b092ea883d"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="acp-23-41-2023-ie00004.svg" width="8pt" height="15pt" src="acp-23-41-2023-ie00004.png"/></svg:svg></span></span>) and total NH<span class="inline-formula"><sub><i>x</i></sub></span> (i.e., NH<span class="inline-formula"><sub>3</sub>+</span> NH<span class="inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M9" display="inline" overflow="scroll" dspmath="mathml"><mrow><msubsup><mi/><mn mathvariant="normal">4</mn><mo>+</mo></msubsup></mrow></math><span><svg:svg xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="8pt" height="15pt" class="svg-formula" dspmath="mathimg" md5hash="e480ef7ec07e999cc23d83cf2e7b4868"><svg:image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="acp-23-41-2023-ie00005.svg" width="8pt" height="15pt" src="acp-23-41-2023-ie00005.png"/></svg:svg></span></span>) using the Weather Research and Forecasting model coupled with chemistry (WRF-Chem) and measurements made using the Monitor for AeRosols and Gases in Ambient Air (MARGA) at the WiFEX research site. …”
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Targeted Gene Sanger Sequencing Should Remain the First-Tier Genetic Test for Children Suspected to Have the Five Common X-Linked Inborn Errors of Immunity
Published 2022-07-01“…We also started to use whole exome sequencing (WES) for undiagnosed cases and further extended our collaboration with centres from South Asia and Africa. With the increased use of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), we have shifted our diagnostic practice from SS to WES. …”
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Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territo...
Published 2018“…In 2017, the leading Level 4 risk factor for age-standardised DALY rates was high SBP in four super-regions: central Europe, eastern Europe, and central Asia; north Africa and Middle East; south Asia; and southeast Asia, east Asia, and Oceania. …”
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Vocational and business training to improve women's labour market outcomes in low‐ and middle‐income countries: a systematic review
Published 2017-01-01“…In addition, our quantitative narrative synthesis indicated that a strong gender focus increased the impact of business training on the likelihood of self‐employment in South Asia. However, we again need to be careful when interpreting these differences in effect sizes. …”
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Interventions to improve the labour market outcomes of youth: A systematic review of training, entrepreneurship promotion, employment services and subsidized employment interventio...
Published 2017-01-01“…. • While the review highlighted a growing evaluation evidence from youth employment programmes implemented in Sub‐Saharan Africa, it also reported very limited information from the Middle East and North Africa, South Asia and East Asia and the Pacific. These are regions were more targeted action to expand the evidence base should be considered. • Similarly, more research is needed on intermediate outcomes in primary studies and evidence synthesis work. …”
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Constraining the chronology and ecology of Late Acheulean and Middle Palaeolithic occupations at the margins of the monsoon
Published 2021“…South Asia hosts the world's youngest Acheulean sites, with dated records typically restricted to sub-humid landscapes. …”
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Antenatal Care among Women in Rural Nepal: A Community-based Study
Published 2011-10-01“…Keywords: Utilization, Antenatal care, Prepartum Care, Rural Women, South Asia…”
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Socioeconomic status indicators and common mental disorders: Evidence from a study of prenatal depression in Pakistan
Published 2018-04-01“…Keywords: Socioeconomic status, Prenatal depression, Maternal depression, Poverty, LMIC, South Asia…”
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