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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yurong Jiang, Xinru Deng, Chungkun Shih, Yunyun Zhao, Dong Ren, Zhipeng Zhao
Mastotermitidae, the first-diverging extant family of termites, has only one relic extant species; however, this family had greater richness during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras. Fossil termites from the Cretaceous provide information on the early evolution of termites and the transition between extinct families. Herein, two new Mastotermitidae species found in upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Kachin amber are reported. One is a female imago described as Angustitermesreflexus gen. et sp. nov. and assigned to the subfamily Mastotermitinae...
2024: ZooKeys
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Calebe P Mendes, Wido R Albert, Zachary Amir, Marc Ancrenaz, Eric Ash, Badrul Azhar, Henry Bernard, Jedediah Brodie, Tom Bruce, Elliot Carr, Gopalasamy Reuben Clements, Glyn Davies, Nicolas J Deere, Yoan Dinata, Christl A Donnelly, Somphot Duangchantrasiri, Gabriella Fredriksson, Benoit Goossens, Alys Granados, Andrew Hearn, Jason Hon, Tom Hughes, Patrick Jansen, Kae Kawanishi, Margaret Kinnaird, Sharon Koh, Alice Latinne, Matthew Linkie, Federica Loi, Anthony J Lynam, Erik Meijaard, Jayasilan Mohd-Azlan, Jonathan H Moore, Senthilvel K S S Nathan, Dusit Ngoprasert, Wilson Novarino, Ilyas Nursamsi, Timothy O'Brien, Robert Ong, John Payne, Dolly Priatna, D Mark Rayan, Glen Reynolds, Rustam Rustam, Sasidhran Selvadurai, Amanda Shia, Muhammad Silmi, Pablo Sinovas, Kriangsak Sribuarod, Robert Steinmetz, Matthew J Struebig, Ronglarp Sukmasuang, Sunarto Sunarto, Tarmizi Tarmizi, Arjun Thapa, Carl Traeholt, Oliver R Wearn, Hariyo B Wibisono, Andreas Wilting, Seth Timothy Wong, Siew Te Wong, Jettie Word, Wen Xuan Chiok, Zainal Zahari Zainuddin, Matthew Scott Luskin
Information on tropical Asian vertebrates has traditionally been sparse, particularly when it comes to cryptic species inhabiting the dense forests of the region. Vertebrate populations are declining globally due to land-use change and hunting, the latter frequently referred as "defaunation." This is especially true in tropical Asia where there is extensive land-use change and high human densities. Robust monitoring requires that large volumes of vertebrate population data be made available for use by the scientific and applied communities...
April 22, 2024: Ecology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Taco J Prins, Aung Myat Min, Mary E Gilder, Nay Win Tun, Janneke Schepens, Kathryn McGregor, Verena I Carrara, Jacher Wiladphaingern, Mu Koh Paw, Eh Moo, Julie A Simpson, Chaisiri Angkurawaranon, Marcus J Rijken, Michele van Vugt, François Nosten, Rose McGready
BACKGROUND: In low- and middle-income countries twin births have a high risk of complications partly due to barriers to accessing hospital care. This study compares pregnancy outcomes, maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality of twin to singleton pregnancy in refugee and migrant clinics on the Thai Myanmar border. METHODS: A retrospective review of medical records of all singleton and twin pregnancies delivered or followed at antenatal clinics of the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit from 1986 to 2020, with a known outcome and estimated gestational age...
2024: PloS One
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Zin Mar Win, Wenhui Mao, Tom Traill, Zarni Lynn Kyaw, Pyone Yadanar Paing, Osondu Ogbuoji, Gavin Yamey
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) remains a leading cause of mortality in Myanmar. Despite the burden, CVD preventive services receive low government and donor budgets, which has led to poor CVD outcomes. METHODS: We conducted a cost-effective analysis and a budget impact analysis on CVD prevention strategies recommended by the WHO. A Markov model was used to analyse the cost and quality-adjusted life year (QALY) from healthcare provider and societal perspectives...
July 2024: Lancet Reg Health Southeast Asia
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Niharika Sharma, Radha, Manoj Kumar, Neeraj Kumari, Nadeem Rais, Ashok Pundir, T Anitha, V Balamurugan, Marisennayya Senapathy, Sangram Dhumal, Suman Natta, Vishal P Deshmukh, Sunil Kumar, Ravi Pandiselvam, Jose M Lorenzo, Mohamed Mekhemar
Limonia acidissima Groff, commonly referred to as the Wood apple, is a tropical fruit belonging to Rutaceae family. Indigenous to Sri Lanka, India, and Myanmar, it is extensively cultivated throughout Southeast Asia. This fruit holds a profound historical significance in traditional medicine due to its exceptional nutritional and therapeutic attributes. Wood apple pulp is significantly abundant in β-carotene, a precursor to vitamin A, and contains a substantial amount of vitamin B, including riboflavin and thiamine, as well as trace amounts of ascorbic acid (vitamin C)...
April 15, 2024: Heliyon
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Xiaoyan Fan, Ke Ning, Tiffany Sw Ma, Yadanar Aung, Hein Min Tun, Phyu Phyu Thin Zaw, Francis P Flores, Mathew Sc Chow, Candi Mc Leung, Phyllis Lun, Wing Chung Chang, Gabriel M Leung, Michael Y Ni
BACKGROUND: The UN warns that Myanmar faces the 'triple crises' of mass conflict, uncontrolled COVID-19, and economic collapse. Therefore, we aimed to assess the population mental health burden, healthcare needs, and the associated risk factors in Myanmar. METHODS: We established a nationwide random sample and recruited 1038 adults via random digit dialling from July 3-Aug 9, 2021, during the ongoing conflict since Feb 1, 2021, and surge in SARS-CoV-2 infections...
July 2024: Lancet Reg Health Southeast Asia
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Preeti Moar, Kyaw Linn, Thomas A Premeaux, Scott Bowler, Urvinder Kaur Sardarni, Bindu Parachalil Gopalan, Ei E Shwe, Thidar San, Haymar Han, Danielle Clements, Chaw S Hlaing, Ei H Kyu, Cho Thair, Yi Y Mar, Nway Nway, Julie Mannarino, Jacob Bolzenius, Soe Mar, Aye Mya M Aye, Ravi Tandon, Robert Paul, Lishomwa C Ndhlovu
OBJECTIVE: Adolescents with perinatally-acquired HIV (AWH) are at an increased risk of poor cognitive development but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Circulating galectin-9 (Gal-9) has been associated with increased inflammation and multi-morbidity in adults with HIV despite anti-retroviral therapy (ART), however, relationship between Gal-9 in AWH and cognition remain unexplored. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study of two independent age-matched cohorts from India [AWH on ART (n = 15), ART-naïve (n = 15), and adolescents without HIV (AWOH; n = 10)] and Myanmar [AWH on ART (n = 54) and AWOH (n = 22)] were studied...
April 12, 2024: AIDS
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mubareke Kuerban, Fangyuan Ma, Lianlian Shan, Yali Wang, Gang Zhou
The Uygur medicinal material Mesua ferrea L. has different plant sources in the market. The flower bud of Mammea siamensis T. Anders, which originated from Myanmar and Thailand, is actually used in the dosage room of Uygur hospitals and pharmaceutical enterprises in Xinjiang Region. On the contrary, flowers of Mesua ferrea L. are less frequently used. In this study, the taxonomic characteristics, liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC/MS) and liquid chromatography (HPLC) were used to compare the similarities and differences between the two species...
April 15, 2024: Heliyon
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jennie A H Crawley, Hnin Nandar, Htet T Zaw, Mirkka Lahdenperä, Diogo J Franco Dos Santos, Martin W Seltmann, Janine L Brown, Robert M Goodsell, Zaw M Oo, Win Htut, U K Nyein, Htoo H Aung, Virpi Lummaa
A quarter of Asian elephants are captive, with greater than 90% of these tamed and cared for by handlers (mahouts) in Asia. Although taming is a much-discussed welfare issue, no studies to our knowledge have empirically assessed its impact on calves, and dialogue surrounding taming often lacks perspectives of those involved. Here, we interviewed mahouts involved in taming and monitored five physiological measures (faecal glucocorticoid metabolites (FGMs), serum cortisol, glucose, creatine kinase (CK) and heterophil:lymphocyte (H:L)) over the first 10 days of taming and following six months in 41 calves undergoing taming and 16 control individuals...
April 2024: Royal Society Open Science
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REVIEW
Nabaneeta Smaraki, Harsh Rajeshbhai Jogi, Dhaval J Kamothi, H H Savsani
Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a highly infectious and economically devastating viral disease of cattle. It is caused by Lumpy Skin Disease Virus (LSDV) belonging to the genus Capripoxvirus and family Poxviridae. The origin of lumpy skin disease has been traced to Zambia, (an African nation) in Southern part during the year 1929. The first reported case of LSD besides Africa was from Israel, a Middle Eastern nation, thus proving inter-continental spread. Subsequently, the disease entered Middle East, Eastern Europe and Asia with numerous outbreaks in the recent years...
April 9, 2024: Archives of Microbiology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yan Zhu, Angela Cadavid Restrepo, Hai-Bo Wang, Deborah J Mills, Rong-Rong Liang, Zhi-Bin Liu, Colleen L Lau, Luis Furuya-Kanamori
BACKGROUND: Despite the World Health Organisation certifying China malaria-free in 2021, the risk of local transmission caused by imported malaria cases remains a significant clinical and public health issue. It is necessary to present the changing trends of malaria in China and discuss the role of travel medicine services in consolidating malaria elimination. METHODS: This study systematically reviewed articles and reports related to human malaria from 2013 to 2022 published in international and Chinese databases...
April 9, 2024: Journal of Travel Medicine
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yutaka Ueda
Cancer will continue to be a major source of morbidity and mortality globally during the foreseeable future. Human papillomavirus (HPV)-related cancer is now a serious problem in both women and men. The most common HPV-related cancer is cervical cancer in females and oropharyngeal cancer in males. Eastern Africa has a high age-standardized incidence of HPV-related cancers, followed in order by Southern Africa, Central Africa, and then the rest of Africa. Among Asian and Oceania countries, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Indonesia, Maldives, and Myanmar have extremely high age-standardized incidences and mortality...
April 8, 2024: Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Thin Nyein Nyein Aung, Yoshihisa Shirayama, Saiyud Moolphate, Thaworn Lorga, Chaisiri Angkurawaranon, Motoyuki Yuasa, Myo Nyein Aung
BACKGROUND: Depression is a common mental disorder and the sixth leading cause of disability in Thailand. Chiang Mai has historically been a city of attraction for labour migration for Shan migrants from the adjacent Southern Shan State of Myanmar. Currently, only infectious diseases are screened during the pre-employment period. Prevention and early detection of noncommunicable diseases can improve a healthy workforce and reduce the healthcare burden on the host country. Therefore, we aimed to determine the prevalence of depression and associated factors...
January 2024: Global Public Health
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Saw Bawm, Lat Lat Htun, Hla Myet Chel, Yadanar Khaing, Myint Myint Hmoon, Su Su Thein, Shwe Yee Win, Nyein Chan Soe, Yu Nandi Thaw, Naoki Hayashi, Mar Mar Win, Nariaki Nonaka, Ken Katakura, Ryo Nakao
BACKGROUND: Parasitic infestations have a substantial economic impact on pig production. This study aimed to investigate the gastrointestinal (GI) helminths in pigs and to molecularly characterise two important nematodes, Ascaris and Trichuris species. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 500 pig faecal samples were collected from small holder backyard pig farms in five townships within Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. Microscopic examination was conducted to estimate the prevalence of GI helminth infestation in the pigs...
April 6, 2024: BMC Veterinary Research
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Emmanuel Arriaga-Varela, Karol Szawaryn, Yu-Lingzi Zhou, Jana Bruthansová, Yan-Da Li, Wioletta Tomaszewska
In order to place newly discovered fossil taxa (Palaeosymbius gen. nov. with P. groehni and P. mesozoicus spp. nov.) from the mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar, we investigated the relations of extant and extinct lineages of the coccinellid group of Coccinelloidea with emphasis on the family Anamorphidae. We assembled a taxonomic sampling of 34 taxa, including 15 genera and 19 species of Anamorphidae, the most comprehensive sampling of Anamorphidae at the generic level in a phylogenetic analysis. A morphological dataset of 47 characters was built as well as a molecular alignment of 7140 bp including fragments of eight genes (12S, 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, COII, H3 and CAD)...
April 4, 2024: Cladistics
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Cuixia Chen, Zihao Peng, Chaofan Shi, Dong Ren, Qiang Yang
A new genus and two new species, Tholimantispa zuoae gen. et sp. nov. and Mantispidipterella curvis sp. nov. are described from the Upper Cretaceous of northern Myanmar amber collected in 2015. Tholimantispa zuoae gen. et sp. nov. is characterized by its distinct pterostigma, broad costal space, bifurcate humeral veinlets, and so forth, and Mantispidipterella curvis sp. nov. is different from Mantispidipterella longissima Liu, Lu et Zhang, 2017 in its ScP (subcosta posterior) distinctly curved at fusing point with RA (radius anterior), RP (radius posterior) abruptly and angularly curved at ra-rp (crossvein between RA and RP), AA3 (third branches of the anterior anal vein) present...
April 3, 2024: Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology
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Muddassar Hameed, Abdul Wahaab, Tongling Shan, Xin Wang, Sawar Khan, Di Di, Liu Xiqian, Jun-Jie Zhang, Muhammad Naveed Anwar, Mohsin Nawaz, Beibei Li, Ke Liu, Donghua Shao, Yafeng Qiu, Jianchao Wei, Zhiyong Ma
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.591478.].
2024: Frontiers in Microbiology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yanzhe Fu, Chenyang Cai, Pingping Chen, Qiang Xuan, Tin Aung Myint, Diying Huang
Fossilized mating insects are irreplaceable material for comprehending the evolution of the mating behaviours and life-history traits in the deep-time record of insects as well as the potential sexual conflict. However, cases of mating pairs are particularly rare in fossil insects, especially aquatic or semi-aquatic species. Here, we report the first fossil record of a group of water striders in copulation (including three pairs and a single adult male) based on fossils from the mid-Cretaceous of northern Myanmar...
April 10, 2024: Proceedings. Biological Sciences
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Aung Soe Htet, Zaw Wai Soe, Win Thuzar Aye, Cynthia Maung, Lars Lien, Ole Petter Ottersen, Espen Bjertness
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
March 28, 2024: Lancet
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REVIEW
Samuel Ja Robinson, Yin Mar Oo, Damir Ljuhar, Elizabeth McLeod, Maurizio Pacilli, Ramesh M Nataraja
Evaluation is a vital part of any learning activity and is essential to optimize and improve educational programmes. It should be considered and prioritized prior to the implementation of any learning activity. However, comprehensive programme evaluation is rarely conducted, and there are numerous barriers to high-quality evaluation. This review provides a framework for conducting outcome evaluation of simulation-based education programmes in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). The basis of evaluation, including core ideas of theory, purpose and structure are outlined, followed by an examination of the levels and healthcare applications of the Kirkpatrick model of evaluation...
March 30, 2024: ANZ Journal of Surgery
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