A Chromosome-level genome assembly of the alpine medicinal plant Bergenia purpurascens (Saxifragaceae) by Xue-Die Liu, Alex D. Twyford, Peter M. Hollingsworth, Ya-Huang Luo, Sheng-Ping Ming, Bo-Yun Yang, Lian-Ming Gao, Shao-Lin Tan

“…Bergenia purpurascens (Saxifragaceae) is an important alpine endemic species of the Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains (HHM), with this species being used as a source of medicine and as an ornamental plant. …”
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Rapid karstification process with evaporite-driven sinkholes in Southern Kohat Basin, NW Pakistan by Said Mukhtar Ahmad, Teng Wang, Saad Khan, Muhammad Waqar Azeem, Lv Fu

“…The Karak region of the Himalaya foothills showcases one of the best exposures of karstification landforms, given their highly soluble nature and salt dissolution activities. …”
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The Mountains of Tibet in Powell & Pressburger’s Film Black Narcissus (1947) by Raphaëlle Costa de Beauregard

“…D’une manière générale la montagne bleue est présentée comme un lieu céleste, inaccessible et envoûtant tout à la fois : il s’agit aussi d’un rêve éveillé pour le metteur en scène puisque le film a été entièrement réalisé en studio, du moins en ce qui concerne les séquences à Mopu, c’est-à-dire au cœur de l’Himalaya…”
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Rethinking risk and disasters in mountain areas by Kenneth Hewitt, Manjari Mehta

“…Above all, we see rapid urbanisation in mountains generally and the Himalaya in particular as highly implicated in exacerbating risks and creating new types of vulnerabilities. …”
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Socioecological dynamics of diverse global permafrost-agroecosystems under environmental change by Melissa Ward Jones, Joachim Otto Habeck, Mathias Ulrich, Susan Crate, Glenna Gannon, Tobias Schwoerer, Benjamin Jones, Mikhail Kanevskiy, Prashant Baral, Amina Maharjan, Jakob Steiner, Andrew Spring, Mindy Jewell Price, David Bysouth, Bruce C. Forbes, Mariana Verdonen, Timo Kumpula, Jens Strauss, Torben Windirsch, Christopher Poeplau, Yuri Shur, Benjamin Gaglioti, Nicholas Parlato, Fulu Tao, Merritt Turetsky, Stephanie Grand, Adrian Unc, Nils Borchard

“…We highlight the socioecological diversity and complexities of permafrost-agroecosystems through seven case studies: (1) crop cultivation in Alaska, USA; (2) Indigenous food systems and crop cultivation in the Northwest Territories, Canada; (3) horse and cattle husbandry and Indigenous hay production in the Sakha Republic, Russia; (4) mobile pastoralism and husbandry in Mongolia; (5) yak pastoralism in the Central Himalaya, Nepal; (6) berry picking and reindeer herding in northern Fennoscandia; and (7) reindeer herding in northwest Russia. …”
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Repenser le risque et les catastrophes dans les régions de montagne by Kenneth Hewitt, Manjari Mehta

“…Above all, we see rapid urbanisation in mountains generally and the Himalaya in particular as highly implicated in exacerbating risks and creating new types of vulnerabilities. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Efficacy of Herbal and Chlorhexidine Mouthwash on Gingival Health by Vaishnavi Senkalvarayan, Priya Kesavan, Jayachandran Dorairaj, R Madhumala, Saranyan Ravi, Ann Theresa Tomy

“…Material and Methods: A group of 45 healthy subjects in the age group of 19–35 years were selected and randomly divided into three groups, Group A - Himalaya complete care mouthwash, Group B - CHX mouthwash, Group C - Distilled water as a control group. …”
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Assessing green finance and technological innovation's contribution to carbon emission reduction in mineral-based economies of the belt and road initiative by Xiaoli Liao, Mengye Sun, Yali Pham

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Modeling and Mapping of Aboveground Biomass and Carbon Stock Using Sentinel-2 Imagery in Chure Region, Nepal by Ananta Poudel, Him Lal Shrestha, Niraj Mahat, Garima Sharma, Sahara Aryal, Rupesh Kalakheti, Basanta Lamsal

“…Accurate assessment of Aboveground Biomass (AGB) is critical for the sustainable management of forests, especially in the Chure region, a fragile and young mountainous in the lesser Himalaya of Nepal. This paper presents the modeling and mapping approach and shows how medium-resolution Sentinel-2 multispectral instrument (MSI) data can be used instead of hyperspectral data in inaccessible areas of the Chure region. …”
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Hydrochemical characteristics, water quality and diatom assemblage in Dordi River, Nepal by Punam Phuyal, Shraddha Ranabhat, Sanjal Khatri, Nabin Lamichhane, Ramesh Raj Pant, Lal Bahadur Thapa, Ram Kailash Prasad Yadav

“…The findings of this study could be useful for understanding hydrochemistry and association of water quality and diatoms in river basins of the Himalaya.…”
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Physicochemical characteristics and trophic state evaluation of post glacial mountain lake using multivariate analysis by S. Nayek, S. Gupta, K.K. Pobi

“…The current study deals with the physicochemical characterization, temporal variability and trophic state evaluation of a post glacial mountain lake in eastern Himalaya during the period of 2014-2016. Notable seasonal variations are recorded for physicochemical parameters of lake water. …”
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Morphology, phylogeography, phylogeny, and taxonomy of Cyclorhiza (Apiaceae) by Bo-Ni Song, Xueyimu Aou, Rong-Ming Tian, Jing Cai, Wei-Yan Tan, Chang-Kun Liu, Chang-Kun Liu, Xing-Jin He, Song-Dong Zhou

“…BackgroundThe genus Cyclorhiza is endemic to China and belongs to the Apiaceae family, which is widely distributed in the Himalaya–Hengduan Mountains (HHM) region. However, its morphology, phylogeny, phylogeography, taxonomy, and evolutionary history were not investigated due to insufficient sampling and lack of population sampling and plastome data. …”
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Potential and actual evapotranspiration and Landsat derived indices by P. Kumar, D. Deka, A. Yadav, Ashwani ., M. Kumar, J.P. Das, A. Singh, A. Gurjar

“…The study aims to examine the correlation between actual evapotranspiration and potential evapotranspiration by assessing the linkages with vegetation and snow cover in an ecologically fragile located in the northwestern Himalaya.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present study uses remote sensing Landsat satellite data series to map vegetation cover and snow cover in the area. …”
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A molecular toxicological study to explore potential health risks associated with ultrafine particle exposure in cold and humid indoor environments by Ziyu Shu, Shuo Qing, Xu Yang, Ping Ma, Yang Wu, Baizhan Li, Fangxin Fang, Runming Yao

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Clinicians’ user experience with health information exchange technologies during simulated medication reconciliation by Himalaya Patel, April Savoy, Steven L. Sanchez, Morgan Traylor, Khoa A. Nguyen, Kenneth S. Boockvar, Vincent S. Fan, Emily R. Locke, Bryan Gibson, Amanda S. Mixon, Susan H. Byerly, David A. Haggstrom, Teresa M. Damush, Michael Weiner, Alissa L. Russ-Jara

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