scholarly journals Ophiophagy by banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus) exposed by a road kill

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-127
Author(s):  
L. Biakzuala ◽  
Malsawmtluanga Malsawmtluanga ◽  
H.T. Lalremsanga
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Home Ranges ◽  
Venomous Snake ◽  
Road Kill ◽  
Total Length ◽  
South And Southeast Asia ◽  
Road Width ◽  
Prey Items

Bungarus fasciatus (Schneider, 1801) is a nocturnal, large bodied krait species, widely distributed throughout South and Southeast Asia. It is found at a variety of habitats with relatively large home ranges. The ophiophagous diet of this venomous snake comprises a broad spectrum of prey items, even including its congener B. caeruleus. It also preys on skinks, fish, frogs, and eggs of snakes. On 16 June 2021, at 2105 h, a fresh road-kill of an adult male B. fasciatus (total length 1.46 m) was observed on a newly constructed tarmac road (width of road ~6 m) at New Khawlek (23°19'16.00"N, 92°38'36.95"E; alt. 715 m a.s.l.), Lunglei District, Mizoram, India. It seems the krait remained vulnerably exposed on the motorway while consuming a redtail pit-viper, Trimeresurus erythrurus (Cantor, 1839) (total length 48.8 cm), and was fatally run over while busy swallowing more than half of the length of its prey, most probably a few minutes prior to our arrival at the site.

Protecting Asian Elephants from Linear Transport Infrastructure: The Asian Elephant Transport Working Group’s Introduction to the Challenges and Solutions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob Ament ◽  
Sandeep Kumar Tiwari ◽  
Melissa Butynski ◽  
Becky Shu Chen ◽  
Norris Dodd ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Asian Elephant ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Home Ranges ◽  
Asian Elephants ◽  
Linear Transport ◽  
South And Southeast Asia ◽  
In The Wild

Asian elephants are endangered across their remaining home ranges in South and Southeast Asia. According to recent estimates, fewer than 52,000 individuals remain in the wild across 13 range states. Ongoing loss and fragmentation of habitat, increasingly caused by the development and operation of linear transport infrastructure (LTI) - such as roads, railways, and highways - is now exacerbating these threats. The Asian Elephant Transport Working Group (AsETWG) began collaboration in early 2019 to focus its efforts on developing solutions for conserving core habitats and decreasing mortality and barriers to Asian elephant movement. This publication marks a first milestone in AsETWG's work. It highlights the impacts that LTI has on Asian elephants and their habitats, addresses existing frameworks for reducing elephant-transport conflicts, provides seven case studies and a focus on emerging technologies, and makes general recommendations for inspiring urgent and practical actions.

scholarly journals Interventional nephrology and vascular access practice: A perspective from South and Southeast Asia

2021 ◽  
pp. 112972982110113
Author(s):  
Raja Ramachandran ◽  
Vinant Bhargava ◽  
Sanjiv Jasuja ◽  
Maurizio Gallieni ◽  
Vivekanand Jha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Vascular Access ◽  
Central Catheter ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
South And Southeast Asia ◽  
Group 2 ◽  
Venous Fistula ◽  
Economic Constraints ◽  
Group 1

South and Southeast Asia is the most populated, heterogeneous part of the world. The Association of Vascular Access and InTerventionAl Renal physicians (AVATAR Foundation), India, gathered trends on epidemiology and Interventional Nephrology (IN) for this region. The countries were divided as upper-middle- and higher-income countries as Group-1 and lower and lower-middle-income countries as Group-2. Forty-three percent and 70% patients in the Group 1 and 2 countries had unplanned hemodialysis (HD) initiation. Among the incident HD patients, the dominant Vascular Access (VA) was non-tunneled central catheter (non-TCC) in 70% of Group 2 and tunneled central catheter (TCC) in 32.5% in Group 1 countries. Arterio-Venous Fistula (AVF) in the incident HD patients was observed in 24.5% and 35% of patients in Group-2 and Group-1, respectively. Eight percent and 68.7% of the prevalent HD patients in Group-2 and Group-1 received HD through an AVF respectively. Nephrologists performing any IN procedure were 90% and 60% in Group-2 and Group 1, respectively. The common procedures performed by nephrologists include renal biopsy (93.3%), peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter insertion (80%), TCC (66.7%) and non-TCC (100%). Constraints for IN include lack of time (73.3%), lack of back-up (40%), lack of training (73.3%), economic issues (33.3%), medico-legal problems (46.6%), no incentive (20%), other interests (46.6%) and institution not supportive (26%). Routine VA surveillance is performed in 12.5% and 83.3% of Group-2 and Group-1, respectively. To conclude, non-TCC and TCC are the most common vascular access in incident HD patients in Group-2 and Group-1, respectively. Lack of training, back-up support and economic constraints were main constraints for IN growth in Group-2 countries.

scholarly journals Postcolonial International Law Discourses on Regional Developments in South and Southeast Asia

2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 387-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane A. Desierto
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
International Law ◽  
International Economic Order ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
South And Southeast Asia ◽  
International Legal Order ◽  
International Legal System

The development of international law in South and Southeast Asia exemplifies myriad ideological strands, historical origins, and significant contributions to contemporary international law doctrines’ formative and codification processes. From the beginnings of South and Southeast Asian participation in the international legal order, international law discourse from these regions has been thematicallypostcolonialand substantivelydevelopment-oriented.Postcolonialism in South and Southeast Asian conceptions of international law is an ongoing dialectical project of revisioning international legal thought and its normative directions — towards identifying, collocating, and applying South and Southeast Asian values and philosophical traditions alongside the Euro-American ideologies that, since the classical Post-Westphalian era, have largely infused the content of positivist international law. Of increasing necessity to the intricacies of the postmodern international legal system and its institutions is how the postcolonial project of South and Southeast Asian international legal discourse focuses on areas of international law that create the most urgent development consequences: trade, investment, and the international economic order; the law of the sea and the environment; international humanitarian law, self-determination, socio-economic and cultural human rights.

scholarly journals Epidemiological Implications of HIV-Hepatitis C Co-Infection in South and Southeast Asia

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaodong Ye ◽  
Lin Pang ◽  
Xiaochun Wang ◽  
Zhongfu Liu
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
South And Southeast Asia

Boundaries of the Text: Epic Performances in South and Southeast Asia

1992 ◽  
Vol 112 (4) ◽  
pp. 656
Author(s):  
W. S. Sax ◽  
Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger ◽  
Laurie J. Sears
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
South And Southeast Asia
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