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Stunting (length-for-age z score < -2) before 2 years of age has shown associations with poor child developmental indicators, but information at the population level is scarce in South Asia, the region with the highest burden of stunting. We examined associations between z scores (i.e., height for age [HAZ], weight for age [WAZ], and weight for height [WHZ]) and undernutrition (i.e., stunting [HAZ < -2], wasting [WHZ < -2], and underweight [WAZ < -2]) with learning/cognition and social-emotional

South Korean early study abroad students and their parents in Singapore negotiate and redefine the values of Mandarin, English, and Singlish used in Singapore in an attempt to forge their own transnational identities. In this process, these Korean migrants tend to place more emphasis on metapragmatic discourses; that is, how to speak the languages appropriately. They then use such metapragmatic evaluations to justify their use of the local varieties and practices of language in Singapore. Their

Few trials have shown that promoting complementary feeding among young children is effective in improving child linear growth in resource-challenged settings. We designed a community-based participatory nutrition promotion (CPNP) programme adapting a Positive Deviance/Hearth approach that engaged mothers in 2-week nutrition sessions using the principles of 'learning by doing' around child feeding. We aimed to test the effectiveness of the CPNP for improving child growth in rural Ethiopia. A clus

Addressing food insecurity during and after pregnancy needs to be considered when designing nutrition programmes aiming to increase dietary diversity in rural Malawi.

Childhood malnutrition remains endemic in South Asia, although the burden varies by country. We examined the anthropometric status and risk factors for malnutrition among children aged 0-59 months through the 2015 National Nutrition Survey in Bhutan. We assessed in 1,506 children nutritional status (by z-scores of height-for-age [HAZ], weight-for-height [WHZ], and weight-for-age [WAZ]), estimating prevalence, adjusted for survey design, of stunting, wasting, underweight, and overweight (<-2 for

The prevalence of childhood stunting in Myanmar is one of the highest among the countries of Southeast Asia. Cross-sectional data from the Myanmar Demographic Health Survey 2015-2016 were used to examine risk factors for stunting, wasting, and underweight among children aged 0-59 months. The prevalence of stunting, wasting, and underweight was 29.0%, 7.3%, and 19.2%, respectively. Accounting for sampling design and weights, multivariable logistic regression was conducted with 35 household, mater

The CPNP programme was effective in improving some child feeding behaviours in rural Eastern Ethiopia.

Study objectives were to identify the prevalence and risk factors associated with the newly revised WHO indicator of minimum dietary diversity (MDD) among children aged 6–23 months in 7 countries in East and Southern Africa and to identify shared risk factors of programmatic importance across countries. MDD was defined as having >5 of 8 food groups including breastmilk in the past 24 hours. We used Demographic and Health Survey data from four East African countries, (Ethiopia 2015, n = 2965; Tan

This article analyzes shifting forms and meanings of two Petalangan traditional genres of verbal magic, a public healing ritual and a genre of personal magical spells, in the context of the Petalangan social marginalization. To explain why and how these two genres have changed differently, this article focuses on the roles of two different language ideologies, the referentialist and performativist views of language, in the mediation between the linguistic and social changes in Petalangan society

This study explores the significance and complexity of time practices and experiences in understanding the emerging identities and aspirations of South Korean pre-college students and their mothers who moved to Singapore for the children’s education. I adopt the notion of chronotope, a spatial-temporal frame for a specific type of personhood, to analyze (1) the discrepant experiences of time and temporalities between Korean students and their accompanying mothers, and (2) the intersections betwe

This article explores the interplay between transnational migration and notions of fatherhood by examining South Korean "wild geese" (kirŏgi) fathers in Singapore, who, unlike typical wild geese fathers who remain in South Korea to support their wives and children abroad, are directly involved in their children's educational migration to Singapore as primary caregivers. Most particularly, I identify two primary strategies by which these exceptional fathers enact a new image of fatherhood:(1) red

The soil-borne ascomycete fungus Cylindrocarpon destructans causes ginseng root rot disease and produces various secondary metabolites such as brefeldin A and radicicol. The slow growth of this fungus compared with other plant pathogenic and saprophytic fungi in soil disturbs isolation of this fungus from soil and infected ginseng. In this study, we developed a selective medium for C. destructans using radicicol produced by this fungus. Supplementing 50 mg/L of radicicol to medium inhibited the