Trends in Vegetation fires in South and Southeast Asian Countries

How Far Behind Are the South Asian Countries in Relation to East Asian

We define as South Asian countries those countries that start with Iran and end with Bangladesh in Asia. Wethen use export statistics in terms of revealed comparative advantage (RCA) for 14 industrial sectors tomeasure distances of export capabilities for these countries in relation to the “Western” developed and EastAsian countries. Statistical methods such as multidimensional scaling and ...

Trends in Marriage Migration and the Well-Being of Southeast Asian Wives in South Korea

Marriage migration of women is a global phenomenon; however, social work's response to the needs of these women and their families has been slow. This article reviews the trends in marriage migration in South Korea, focusing on women from Southeast Asia, and examines emerging research on this population over the 10-year period from 2000 to 2009 in the following areas: acculturative stress, adap...

Rice Yield Distribution and Risk Assessment in South Asian Countries: A Statistical Investigation

In the last decades, rice yields in South Asian countries grew tremendously in one hand and a noticeable yield fluctuation on the other. The objective of this study was to examine the rice yield distributions, estimate yield risks at country level, and compare risks between five countries namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan. Anderson Darling (AD) test was applied to t...

Dialysis and Quality of Dialysate in Southeast Asian Developing Countries

BACKGROUND The number of dialysis patients has been increasing in Southeast Asia, but statistical data about these patients and on the quality of dialysates in Southeast Asian dialysis facilities are still imprecise. For this study, dialysis-related statistical data were collected in Southeast Asia. METHODS A survey of the quality of dialysates was carried out at 4 dialysis facilities in Viet...

Food Security in South and South East Asian Countries