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Kathmandu

About: Kathmandu is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Public health. The organization has 7725 authors who have published 8653 publications receiving 133851 citations. The organization is also known as: Kathmandu Metropolitan City & Kathmandu Valley.


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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed and applied a framework for estimating the potential global-scale impact of reservoir construction on riverine sediment transport to the ocean using a digitized river network at 30′ (latitude×longitude) spatial resolution.

1,098 citations

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TL;DR: All forms of tobacco use, including different types of smoking and chewing tobacco and inhalation of SHS, should be discouraged to prevent cardiovascular diseases.

890 citations

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TL;DR: Birth outcomes in a poor rural population improved greatly through a low cost, potentially sustainable and scalable, participatory intervention with women's groups in Makwanpur district, Nepal.

851 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors employed a new and recently developed instrument to examine the two dimensions (host and co-national identification) and four modes (integration, separation, marginalization, and assimilation) of acculturation and their relationship to sojourner adjustment.
Abstract: The research employed a new and recently developed instrument to examine the two dimensions (host and co-national identification) and four modes (integration, separation, marginalization, and assimilation) of acculturation and their relationship to sojourner adjustment. International aid workers in Nepal completed a questionnaire including the Acculturation Index and the assessments of psychological and sociocultural adjustment. Analyses revealed that strong co-national identification predicted enhanced psychological well-being, whereas strong host national identification was associated with better sociocultural adaptation. Acculturation styles were also related to adjustive outcomes. Sojourners who adopted an integrated style fared better psychologically than others, whereas those who assumed an assimilationist perspective experienced fewer social difficulties. The article highlights methodological issues pertaining to the measurement of acculturation and discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the use...

713 citations


Authors

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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Mika Sillanpää96101944260
Denise B. Kandel8216427729
Yoshio Yamaoka8052226934
John T. Reeves7027418470
Wolfram Weckwerth6526814696
Keith P. West6536816092
Warwick J. Britton6232713749
Abdullah Al Mamun6235729496
Ganesh Kumar Agrawal582069211
Sanjib Sharma5720813049
Randeep Rakwal562298591
Walter W. Immerzeel5616111659
Subhrendu K. Pattanayak5318811330
Sixue Chen522439227
Leon B. Ellwein5212413462
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Performance
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
202225
20211,052
20201,040
2019775
2018814
2017718