A cross-national study, 49 samples in 38 nations (n = 4,344), investigates whether national peace and conflict reflect ambivalent warmth and competence stereotypes: High-conflict societies (Pakistan) may need clearcut, unambivalent group images distinguishing friends from foes. Highly peaceful countries (Denmark) also may need less ambivalence because most groups occupy the shared national iden...

Grain legumes are an important source of dietary protein across southern Asia, but they suffer extensive losses due to several viruses that are members of the genus Begomovirus (family Geminiviridae), which are collectively known as legume yellow mosaic viruses (LYMVs). Despite their economic importance, little attention has been paid to LYMVs in Pakistan and only partial sequences of virus iso...

Genetic diversity in 403 morphologically distinct landraces of barley (Hordeum vulgare L. subsp. vulgare) originating from seven geographical zones of Asia was studied using simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers from regions of medium to high recombination in the barley genome. The seven polymorphic SSR markers representing each of the chromosomes chosen for the study revealed a high level of al...

To paraphrase CLR James, “What do they know of South Asia who do not cricket know?” George Orwell described sport as war minus the shooting. South Asian cricket has been dubbed war minus the nuclear missiles. The result of a sports match can trigger cardiac deaths, and contests between India and Pakistan have prompted shootings, riots, killings, and sudden death. Cricket has been used as an ext...

Oral Presentations 881 Sponsored Sessions 900 Poster Presentations 902 Index 912 8th World Congress on Itch (WCI) 2015 September 27–29, 2015 at the Nara Kasugano International Forum IRAKA, Nara, Japan N A RA JA PA N 2 015 8th World Co ng re ss o n I t c h

Concentrated HIV epidemics have already occurred in IDUs in the neighbouring India, Myanmar and Nepal (WHO, Regional Office South-East Asia, 2008). Due to porous borders with India and Myanmar and central geographical situation between ‘Golden Triangle’(Myanmar, Thailand and Laos) and ‘Golden Crescent’ (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran), Bangladesh is a potential route of international drugs traf...

Undernutrition and inadequate stimulation both negatively influence child health and development and have a long-term impact on school attainment and income. This paper reports data from India and Pakistan looking at how families interact, play with, and feed children; their expectations of growth and development; and the perceived benefits, consequences, opportunities, and barriers of adopting...

Review Team: Richard Hunt, UK/Canada, David Armstrong, Canada, Peter Katelaris, Australia, Mary Afihene, Ghana, Abate Bane, Ethiopia, Shobna Bhatia, India, Min-Hu Chen, China, Myung Gyu Choi, Korea, Angelita Cristine Melo, Brazil, Kwong Ming Fock, Singapore, Alex Ford, United Kingdom, Michio Hongo, Japan, Aamir Khan, Pakistan, Leonid Lazebnik, Russia, Greger Lindberg, Sweden, Maribel Lizarzabal...