INTRODUCTION There have been significant improvements in health outcomes in Tibet, health disparities between Tibet and the rest of China has been greatly reduced. This paper tests whether there was a positive association between good primary care and better health outcomes in Tibet. METHOD A validated Tibetan version of the Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCAT-T) was used to collect data on 13...

The aim of this study was to determine how malnutrition rates change in young Chinese children when 2006 World Health Organization (WHO) growth standards are used instead of 1978 WHO/National Center for Health Statistics reference. Cross-sectional survey data were used from rural western China and the Tibet region. The heights and weights of children of <36 months of age were measured. The nutr...

The recent algorithm for five split tRNA-genes in N.equitans is new . It locates missing tRNA-trp, tRNA-imet, tRNA-glu and tRNA-his . But the split tRNA-trp(CCA) solution is anomalous ; the tRNA-imet lacks cognition elements for aminoacylation . In view therefore we present here alternate non-split composite solutions for tRNA-trp, tRNA-imet, tRNA-glu and tRNA-his .

Thermodynamics describes the physical properties of systems composed of a large number of particles. In the beginning, it was a purely phe-nomenological science. Its basic notions, like pressure and temperature, where defined via the way they were measured and its only justification was the successful prediction of experimental results. Understanding of why the same notions were useful for the ...

Tsongkhapa (1357-1419) was the founder of the Gelugpa or “Yellow Hat” order of Tibetan Buddhism. This soon became the dominant order in Tibet, making Tsongkhapa Tibet’s most influential teacher. Not only was this great reformer the leading teacher of the known or exoteric teachings, but according to Theosophical sources, he was also the leading teacher of the secret or esoteric teachings, the W...

[1] Lg, a regional seismic wave comprised of multiple shear wave reverberations trapped in the crustal waveguide, is important for magnitude estimation and source discrimination for monitoring nuclear testing treaties. In stable continental regions, Lg propagates with a group velocity of about 3.5 km/s and can often be observed at distances up to 4000 km. To better understand the absence of hig...

The Tullbergiidae of Tibet is studied for the first time and the genus Metaphorura Bagnall, 1936 is firstly recorded in China. Metaphorura motuoensissp. n. from southeastern Tibet is described and illustrated. It is characterized by the presence of 1+1 pseudocelli on thoracic segment I, few vesicles (14 -16) on PAO, pseudocellar formula as 11/111/11111, all pseudocelli of type II, setae p4 on a...

[1] Flow of the mid-crust in the Tibetan Plateau may strongly influence the patterns of deformation and topography within this area. This flow requires the lowercrust to have low viscosity and so quantifying this viscosity may be used to test the idea of channel flow. An application of Bayesian methods to geologic and geodetic data from north central Tibet yields lower-crustal viscosities (assu...

This article explores the Buddhist interactions between Tibet and China in contemporary period. In contrast to recent studies understanding Buddhist revival in Tibet within the framework of ‘ChinaTibet’ divide, this paper reveals that along with Buddhist revival and the creative strategies that Tibetan monks use to accomplish this revival, the interactions and ties between Tibetan and Chinese B...