Abstract Throughout the last century, the multicolored Asian lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) has been studied quite extensively, with topics ranging from genetics and evolution to population dynamics and applied biological control being covered. Much of the early work on H. axyridis was conducted in the native Asian range. From the 1980's to the present, numerous European and North American studies have added to the body of literature on H. axyridis. H. axyridis has recently gained attention in North America both as a biological control agent and as a pest. This literature review was compiled for two reasons. First, to assist other researchers as a reference, summarizing most of the voluminous body of literature on H. axyridis pertaining to its biology, life history, uses in biological control, and potential non-target impacts. Secondly, to be a case study on the impacts of an exotic generalist predator.
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Balinese karawitan, a traditional musical form rooted in cultural expression, continues to evolve while sustaining its aesthetic foundations. This study examines hybrid aesthetic values in Balinese karawitan by analyzing how poetic figurative language functions as a mediating device between tradition, modern musical expression, and character education. Using a descriptive qualitative approach, the research analyzes four compositions: Ngoner Ngakung (Love That Blossoms), Sekar Layu (Withering Flower), Janger Ngapat (A Celebration of Fertility and Gratitude), and Kenangan Manis (Sweet Memories), to demonstrate how metaphors and other figurative forms deepen vocal aesthetics and intensify emotional resonance. The findings show that poetic imagery rearticulates traditional symbolic vocabularies within contemporary vocal styles, transforming musical narratives into ethical reflections on love, impermanence, gratitude, and nostalgia. Through this process, figurative language translates cultural meaning into values such as empathy, resilience, respect, and compassion. The study highlights poetic figurative language as an aesthetic bridge that sustains cultural identity while enabling moral formation within modern creative practice.
The fifteenth chapter of the Ḍākārṇava, a late Buddhist tantra, describes an elaborate maṇḍala containing one hundred and eight kinds of fauna, among its other inhabitants. While most of these fauna names are known to derive from a tenth-century tantric treatise, the Laghutantraṭīkā, over two dozen names have not previously been identified with particular kinds of fauna. This study investigates the novel fauna names of the tantra in connection with its probable natural and linguistic environment in the medieval coastal northeast of the Indian subcontinent, and proposes new identifications drawing on salient lexical, medical and scientific literature.
Since time immemorial, healers like Charak, Hippocrates, Nagarjuna, Kasyapa Matanga and Avicenna and so on have emphasised the importance of mental wellbeing. It is not coincidental that just as the choices of men impact their mind and body, so does the state of the mind and body influence their choices. This article attempts to analyse the style chosen by Mughal Emperor Humayun. It studies the balance of the mystic and the materialistic in those choices. Facts have been employed to detect a ‘shift’ in the balance and to analyse the eventual equilibrium that kept the core values of humanism intact in this emperor.
Therapeutic Area: ASCVD/CVD in Special Populations Background: In 2019, cardiovascular disease (CVD) caused 10.8 million deaths in Asia (35% of all deaths), 39% of which were premature. South Asians are more likely to have CVD due to higher rates of diabetes, greater central obesity, strong family history of CVD, lower levels of physical activity, and diets high in saturated fats amongst other reasons that are yet to be discovered. Lipid-lowering therapy (LLT) is a key strategy for reducing the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). South Asians have a higher risk of heart disease and should have a goal LDL of less than 100mg/dl and some suggest less than 70 mg/dl. We aim to review hospital visits in Northwell Health system (the biggest health system in NY) by Asian patients (as South Asians is not yet a separate category) with a goal to identify if there was a missed opportunity to place these patients on LLT on discharge when appropriate. Methods: We did a systemwide retrospective electronic medical record review of all patients of age 18 or above who self-identified as Asian and were seen either in the emergency department or admitted at one of the 14 Northwell hospitals between 09/01/20118 to 09/01/2023. All patients included had a LDL-C (calculated or direct) >69mg/dl. Lipid lowering medications reviewed included rosuvastatin, atorvastatin, lovastatin, pravastatin, ezetimibe, and evolocumab. Results: We found a total of 12,353 visits by Asian patients. 300 (2.4%) patients had LDL >189mg/dl; of these, 105 (35%) were not placed on LLT, 6 (5.7%) had an MI, and 13 (12%) had died within 1 year. 6090 (49%) patients had LDL>99mg/dl; of these, 3029 (49.7%) were not placed on LLT, 49 (1.6%) had an MI, and 180 (5.9%) had died within 1 year. 5961 (48%) had LDL>69mg/dl; of these, 2772 (46%) were not placed on LLT; 55 (2%) had an MI, and 218 (9%) had died within 1 year. Interestingly, 17 patients with LDL >69mg/dl had Lp(a) above 50mg/dl and 9 (53%) of them were placed on LLT on discharge. Conclusions: Our results demonstrate that despite the well-known benefits of cholesterol lowering therapy in cardiovascular disease, we are still missing an opportunity to start or continue LLT on discharge in patients of Asian ethnicity known to be at disproportionate risk for ASCVD during face-to-face high value encounters in the emergency departments or hospitals.
Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, Public aspects of medicine
According to researchers, irrigation farming is considered to be the basis of Central Asian economy in ancient times. It should be noted that for the first time farming based on artificial irrigation appeared on the modern territory of Southern Turkmenistan, presumably, in IV–III millennium BC, and then, in III–II millennium BC, it spread to the south of Uzbekistan. This contributed to the appearance of the first state formations in Central Asia, mainly located along the banks of the rivers: the Amu Darya (Upper, Lower, Middle), in the oases of Murghab and Surkhan. This is due to the fact that in these territories artificial irrigation is much more favourable. This situation can be traced back to the example of the first world civilisations – Egypt (Nile River) and Mesopotamia (Tigris and Froth Rivers). It is the study of the irrigation history of these territories that helps to identify the factors that led to socio-economic changes in society and, as a consequence, to statehood. The author considers not only studies on the emergence and development of irrigation system in Central Asia, but also the sources of water most important for human life, namely the history of large and small rivers and streams.
It is generally assumed that the takeover of Babylonia by the Persian king Cyrus II in 539 BC went relatively smoothly. The current study suggests that at Nippur there might have been hitherto overlooked changes among the higher-ranking officials during the transition of 539 BC. A collection of Neo-Babylonian tablets from the ‘Tablet Hill’ at Nippur is analyzed and its original trench of excavation is pinpointed on the map of the site. Focusing on several dossiers of tablets at ‘Tablet Hill’ from the time of transition around 539 BC it can be shown that further insights can be gained from the unpublished archaeological documentation.
History of Asia, Oriental languages and literatures
Most Indian groups descend from a mixture of two genetically divergent populations: Ancestral North Indians (ANI) related to Central Asians, Middle Easterners, Caucasians, and Europeans; and Ancestral South Indians (ASI) not closely related to groups outside the subcontinent. The date of mixture is unknown but has implications for understanding Indian history. We report genome-wide data from 73 groups from the Indian subcontinent and analyze linkage disequilibrium to estimate ANI-ASI mixture dates ranging from about 1,900 to 4,200 years ago. In a subset of groups, 100% of the mixture is consistent with having occurred during this period. These results show that India experienced a demographic transformation several thousand years ago, from a region in which major population mixture was common to one in which mixture even between closely related groups became rare because of a shift to endogamy.
This paper examines three versions of crow omens composed in Sanskrit verses of anuṣṭubh metre from two different sources, one Brahmanic, Gārgīyajyotiṣa, and the other Buddhist, Śārdūlakarṇāvadana. Their similarities in language and content leave little doubt that they had a common source that was probably located in the northwest of the Indian sub-continent sometime around the beginning of the Common Era.
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This paper describes geomorphologic evidence for the principal neotectonic features of Myanmar and its immediate surroundings. We combine this evidence with published structural, geodetic, and seismic data to present an overview of the active tectonic architecture of the region and its seismic potential. Three tectonic systems accommodate oblique collision of the Indian plate with Southeast Asia and extrusion of Asian territory around the eastern syntaxis of the Himalayan mountain range. Subduction and collision associated with the Sunda megathrust beneath and within the Indoburman range and Naga Hills accommodate most of the shortening across the transpressional plate boundary. The Sagaing fault system is the predominant locus of dextral motion associated with the northward translation of India. Left‐lateral faults of the northern Shan Plateau, northern Laos, Thailand, and southern China facilitate extrusion of rocks around the eastern syntaxis of the Himalaya. All of these systems have produced major earthquakes within recorded history and continue to present major seismic hazards in the region.
Sergio Armando Rentería Alejandre, estudio preliminar, traducción, texto sánscrito y notas. 2020. Tres joyas de la lírica erótica sánscrita: el Ṛtusaṃhāra, el Śṛṅgāratilaka y el Ghaṭakarpara. Ciudad de México: El Colegio de México. 181 pp.