This volume evolved from a 1997 symposium held at the American Asso­ ciation for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Meetings in Seattle, Washington. This symposium drew together the leading scholars of nomadic pastoralists from anthropology, demography, genetics and medicine. They focused upon the ecology and population biology of contemporary herding groups from Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Mi...

OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of dyspepsia and its correlation with quality of life in Fars Qashqai Turkish migrating nomads from Southern Iran. METHODS During 2010 we enrolled 397 Qashqai migrating nomads from Southern Iran who were 25 years of age or older. Participants completed a questionnaire that consisted of demographic factors, lifestyle data, gastrointestinal symptoms, and t...

Internationally, the population is ageing and people are living well, longer. In Australia, extended travelling has gained popularity among older Grey Nomads due to time and opportunity post retirement. However, there is limited research available focusing on older Australians' health while travelling. This paper reports the qualitative phase of a larger mixed-method project that explores the e...

Organisms often exhibit behavioral or phenotypic diversity to improve population fitness in the face of environmental variability. When each behavior or phenotype is individually maladaptive, alternating between these losing strategies can counter-intuitively result in population persistence-an outcome similar to the Parrondo's paradox. Instead of the capital or history dependence that characte...

this purpose of this research is to explain adaptation with drought from sustainabilitydimensions in nomadic societies. a questionnaire was developed from a review of literature,observations and open and semi-structural interviews with public and informant nomads,local leaders and with experts from the local and provincial institutions. prior to theapplication of factor analysis, two internal r...

Digital nomads, making their livelihood using digital technologies, are cosmopolitan people who refuse to live settled lifestyles and work in fixed office conditions. In recent years the number of nomads has been increasing because developments internet alternative media sources. Nomads, determine locations according this life perspective rather than profession, have subject various multidiscip...