The palm tribe Chamaedoreeae reaches its higher diversity in Central America, however, its distribution ranges from the north eastern part of Mexico to Bolivia with a disjunction to the Mascarene Islands in the Indian Ocean. The disjunct distribution of Chamaedoreeae is generally considered a result of Gondwana vicariance and extinction from Africa and/or Madagascar. However, latitudinal migrat...

Ranunculeae represent a highly diverse and cosmopolitan tribe within Ranunculaceae. Because of the great diversity of morphological features and lack of molecular phylogeny for the tribe, the classification of its genera has always been controversial. We report here molecular phylogenetic analyses based on nuclear and plastid markers (nrITS, matK, trnK, psbJpetA) that provide a framework for un...

The main purpose of this study is to analyze the elements of aboriginal tourism development, and provide other tribe in reference to the development of tourism. In this study, the Huanshan tribe as objects, at Taichung City, Taiwan, and qualitative research method are used. After analysis, this study has the following findings: 1. Huanshan tribe retains the characteristics of aboriginal culture...

The legalization of American Indian casino gaming in the late 1980s allows examination of the relationship between income and health in a quasi-experimental way. Revenue from gaming accrues to individual tribes and has been used both to supplement tribe members' income and to finance tribal infrastructure. We assembled annual data from 1988-2003 on tribal gaming, health care access (from the Ar...

Butterflies in the tribe Melitaeini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) are known to utilize host plants belonging to 16 families, although most host-plant records are from four families. Of the 16 host-plant families, 12 produce secondary plant metabolites called iridoids. Earlier studies have shown that larvae of several melitaeine species use iridoids as feeding stimulants and sequester these compoun...

background: malnutrition among tribal preschool children is highly prevalent in almost all states of india and is the predisposing factor for morbidity as well as mortality. objectives: aim of the study was to detect prevalence of malnutrition and their associated factors. study design: a cross sectional study. study subjects: lodha tribal children aged 1-5 years. sample size: a total of 141 ch...

Diarrhea is a disease whose existence still global health problem, including Indonesia. in the top 10 diseases that occur frequently and ranked 5th Osing Tribe. For treatment of diarrhea, tribe uses plants as medicinal are used for generations. This study was conducted to examine how ethnopharmacy intended preliminary development traditional medicine carried out by medicine/phytopharmaca. resea...

Members of the skipper tribe Baorini generally resemble each other and are characterized by dark brown wings with hyaline white spots. These shared characteristics have caused difficulties with revealing the relationships among genera and species in the group, and some conflicting taxonomic views remain unresolved. The present study aims to infer a more comprehensive phylogeny of the tribe usin...

Each American Indian tribe is unique in several ways, including in its relationships with local governments and risk for emergencies. Cross-jurisdictional sharing (CJS) arrangements are encouraged between tribes and counties for emergency management-related population health, but researchers have not yet explored CJS experiences of tribes and counties for emergency management. This investigatio...

The traditional ceremony of the Dayak’s Gawai is a tradition passed down from generation to which intended as an greeting Jubata or Creator. However, on other hand, this gadget forms value local wisdom and solidarity. This article focuses that exists in West Kalimantan, especially Dayak tribe forming main discussion author wants raise being good opportunity pass tribe, introduce culture others ...