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In the aftermath of the Korean War (1950–53), the symbolic and material reconstruction of South Korea began...

At a time when colonial governments were reluctant to launch comprehensive anti-leprosy programmes in the first half...

Second-generation (2G) biofuels are promoted worldwide as remedy to sustainable-energy challenges in the transport...

This article examines responses to high rates of infant mortality in China’s northwestern province of Gansu during the..

This article examines forms of knowledge and medical practice in three generations of Bon medical practitioners in...

This paper is designed to place technical knowledge within a context of less technical ideas. Shen Gua (1031–1095)...

Increasing productivity through high-yield, high-response, chemical-dependent food crop cultivars to stabilize rural...

Perhaps the most significant shift in the history of Korean medicine was the popularization of medicine that started...

The overall ‘problem’ in early accounts of science and/or medicine in China seemed to center upon whether or not...

In Korea, scientific excellence has been perceived as one of the key elements of modern nation-building. Moreover...