Initiations in the Burmese Ritual Landscape by Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière

“…In this paper, I develop comparative analysis of a class of ritual, namely that of initiation, in three components of Burmese religion: Buddhist monasticism, Buddhist esotericism, and spirit worship. …”
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Échange généralisé : consistance et métamorphoses contemporaines d’un carrefour social (confins himalayens de Birmanie) by François Robinne

“…The seminal works of Marcel Granet (1939), Claude Lévi-Strauss (1947) and Edmund Leach (1954), to name but a few, are considered in what follows in the light of the sudden disappearance—although the result of a long process—of the political systems provoked by the Burmese coup d’état of 1962. …”
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How, What, and Where You Sample Environmental DNA Affects Diversity Estimates and Species Detection by Anish Kirtane, Leif Howard, Caitlin E. Beaver, Margaret E. Hunter, Gordon Luikart, Kristy Deiner

“…In this study, we compare two eDNA sampling methods ‐ namely tow net and grab sample, where the tow nets process large volumes of water (3500–7000 L) through a 64 μm pore size and the grab samples process 1 L sample at a single point through 0.45–1.2 μm pore size membranes. …”
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