Mongolia Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, Amar Str-3, ‘‘Internom’’ Bookstore Building, 3rd Floor, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (BB, AEF) Institute of Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar 51, Mongolia (BB, BL) Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts, 160 Holdsworth Way, Amherst, MA 01003, USA (BB, TKF) United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife ...

Viral hepatitis is one of the major health concerns worldwide, particularly in Asian countries. Mongolia, which is located in northern Asia, between Russia and China, is confronting various infectious diseases, such as viral hepatitis and tuberculosis. As for healthy individuals in Mongolia, the reported prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) was 9 or 10% and the reported prevalence ...

1 School of Economics and Management, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou 014010, China 2 Inner Mongolia Industry Informatization and Innovation Research Center, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou 014010, China 3 Institute of Information and Communication, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-765, Republic of Korea 4Department of Applied Mathe...

1 School of Economics and Management, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, 014010 Baotou, China 2 Inner Mongolia Industry Informatization and Innovation Research Center, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, 014010 Baotou, China 3 Institute of Information and Communication, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-765, Republic of Korea 4Department of Applied Mathe...

Despite the need to provide evidence-based health policy, most developing countries suffer from a lack of resources for sound epidemiologic evidence. Most twin registers have been established in developed countries and there are relatively fewer twin registers in developing countries. Considering the immense potential of twin research, it will be worthwhile to attempt to establish a new twin re...

Soil represents the largest terrestrial organic carbon pool. To address global climate change, it is essential to explore the soil organic carbon storage patterns and their controlling factors. We investigated the soil organic carbon density (SOCD) in 48 grassland sites along the Eurasian steppe eastern transect (ESET) region, which covers the Inner Mongolia grassland subregion and Mongolia gra...

Because Mongolia has much higher liver disease burden than any other regions of the world, it is necessary to provide information on real-time situation of chronic liver disease in Mongolia. In this article, we reviewed studies performed in Mongolia from 2000 to 2011 on seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) among healthy individuals and patients with chronic live...

Climate variability has been evident on the Mongolian plateau in recent decades. Livelihood adaptation to climate variability is important for local sustainable development. This paper applies an analytical framework focused on adaptation, institutions, and livelihoods to study climate adaptation in the Mongolian grasslands. A household survey was designed and implemented in each of three broad...

The sharp temperature changes in nature (e.g., forest fires, ice, and snow) can cause mechanical damage to trees and bamboo. The mechanical properties of Mongolia Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris L. var. mongolica) and Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) were investigated by a three-point bending test with a repeated thermal shock process (i.e., sudden changes of temperature). The experimental resu...

Based on a review of troodontid specimens from the territories of the former Soviet Union, including new discoveries from Uzbekistan, two dental morphotypes can be distinguished among Troodontidae from the Cretaceous of Asia: (1) unserrated teeth, present in Mei from Lujiatun (China; Early Cretaceous: Hauterivian-Barremian), an unnamed taxon from Hövöör (Mongolia; Early Cretaceous: Aptian-Albia...