Anthropological Studies on the Kitami-Ainu, Shari in Hokkaido

Ethnic derivation of the Ainu inferred from ancient mitochondrial DNA data

OBJECTIVES The Ainu, the indigenous people living on the northernmost island of Japan, Hokkaido, have long been a focus of anthropological interest because of their cultural, linguistic, and physical identity. A major problem with genetic studies on the Ainu is that the previously published data stemmed almost exclusively from only 51 modern-day individuals living in Biratori Town, central Hokk...

the impact of e-readiness on ec success in public sector in iran the impact of e-readiness on ec success in public sector in iran

acknowledge the importance of e-commerce to their countries and to survival of their businesses and in creating and encouraging an atmosphere for the wide adoption and success of e-commerce in the long term. the investment for implementing e-commerce in the public sector is one of the areas which is focused in government‘s action plan for cross-disciplinary it development and e-readiness in go...

Anthropological studies of the disabled in Hungary

The number of disabled school children in Hungary is about 30-40 thousand per annum. This statistic is too high to be ignored. We are still collating the results of anthropological research on the disabled which has been completed or is still in progress in Hungary. Some of these studies also concern the subjects’ physique. Comparing the results with earlier studies, the secular trend can be sh...

Studies on helminths of voles in Hokkaido. II. Ecological study.

Trends in Molecular Anthropological Studies in India

Indian population is characterized by wide diversity and unique population structure shaped by different waves of migration and the practice of caste endogamy. Anthropologists have been studying the peopling of India and the relationships between different populations using traditional genetic markers. With the advent of molecular genetic techniques the focus has turned to using the DNA polymor...