Sphagnum jensenii, S. fallax var. isoviitae, and pylaesii were found as new to Turkey Southwest Asia following a bryological field trip the Giresun province of Turkey. isoviitae was also Asia. Descriptions, illustrations, world distribution, ecology, comparisons with related species are presented.

Spring dust frequency in northeast Asia has been investigated using various approaches to understand the mechanisms of emission and transport. However, little attention paid linkage between activity Siberian High (SH), particularly when SH pressure system is highly variable. In this study, we characterize possible physical transport associated with Intensity (SHI) Position Index (SHPI) March 18...

In the past decade, many countries in Asia, in particularly in East Asia, are experiencing a progressive rise in the incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Improved physician awareness and diagnostic methods are unlikely to fully account for this rapid increase. This epidemiological shift is likely to relate to industralization, westernization of lifestyles and changes in...

Due to both internal and external factors, Western Asia has long been suffering from security problems and political instability. The institution of various military and militia groups in the region in the absence of powerful central governments is the focal point of the crises, where the internal and external factors meet. The development of such security and military interactions outside the ...

Xu et al. (1) argued that a west-east cline of Asian-Papuan genetic admixture across eastern Indonesia “is in excellent agreement with inferences” (ref. 1, p. 4574) regarding the expansion of Austronesian languages from Taiwan across Island Southeast Asia (ISEA) from circa 4,000 y ago. They identify two major genetic populations within ISEA, “Asian” and “Papuan,” which allegedly reflect Austron...

There is a range of evidence that informs us about the organisation of the Achaemenid Empire, but our understanding ofthe eastern-most reaches of the empire, which lie within the bounds of modern-day Pakistan is relatively limited. Whilethere is evidence for the eastern provinces in imperial art and references to them in Achaemenid Royal inscriptions, thearchaeological record in the subcontinen...