Reaching Nepal’s mothers in time

Investigating the identity changes of mothers in the face of empty nest

The present study was done using a qualitative approach and descriptive phenomenological method aimed at analyzing identity changes in mothers confronted with the phenomenon of an empty nest. The research community consisted of mothers living in Tehran, aging between 45 and 65 years old whose last child had left home at least 1 year and at most 5 years ago. Sampling was done theoretically until...

Factors associated with early initiation of breastfeeding among Nepalese mothers: further analysis of Nepal Demographic and Health

Background: Timely initiation of breastfeeding has been reported to reduce neonatal mortality by 19.1%. The World Health Organisation recommends early initiation of breastfeeding i.e. breastfeeding a newborn within the first hour of life. Knowledge on the rate and the determinants of early initiation of breastfeeding may help health program managers to design and implement effective breastfeedi...

Understanding the Process of Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change: Analysis of Climate-Induced Innovation in Rice Based Cropping System of Nepal

Using Nepal’s district level time-series data (1991/92 and 2002/03), this research examines the extent to which technological innovations have provided farmers with options to substitute for climatic constraints in order to enhance rice productivity in climatically diverse regions of the country. The findings from both empirical and qualitative assessments indicate that Nepal’s research establi...

Identifying and investigating the “best” schools: A network-based analysis on Nepal’s public education system

Effect of practice variability on anticipatory postural control during reaching task

Introduction and purpose: Reaching movement is one of the common task for assessing learning mechanism and is daily task in human life, improvement in postural stability can influence the function of this task. In this term, the aim of current study was to compare constant (simple reaction time) and variable random practice (choice reaction time) on the improvement of anticipatory postural adju...