Late Years Research Articles

The Rationality of Using Diclofenac in Outpatient Cases of Osteoarthritis of RSUP MH Palembang Period January-March 2018

Rationality of Diclofenac Use in Osteoarthritis Outpatient Case at RSUP MH Palembang in January-March 2018. Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common disease in joints that affects people in their middle until late years. In Indonesia the prevalence of OA is relatively high and disturbs their daily activity. Diclofenac is one of the drug of choice in treating OA. To avoid multiple side effects from Diclofenac use, the usage must be in accordance to rationality indicators which are correct dose, correct frequency, and correct length of use. This study is aimed to know the rationality of Diclofenac use in Osteoarthritis outpatient cases at RSUP Mohammad Hoesin Palembang. This study is a descriptive observational with a cross-sectional approach to know the rationality of Diclofenac use in outpatient cases of osteoarthritis at RSUP Mohammad Hoesin Palembang. Samples were medical records of OA patients in outpatient setting from January to March 2018 which fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Sampling technique used was total sampling. The amount of samples fulfilling the inclusion criteria were 201 patients, with the most were aged 46- 65 years (60.2%), female (55.7%), and has a history of comorbidity which includes low back pain (22.8%). The result of this study shows pattern of Diclofenac use with dosage of 2 x 25mg (73.6%), length of use about <7 days (57.2%). In combination with other drugs there were no interaction to be found (84.4%), or synergistic interaction (8.5%) and antagonistic interaction (7.1%). The use of diclofenac in osteoarthritis cases at outpatient setting in RSUP Dr Mohammad Hoesin Palembang is rational and needs to be maintained.

The Rationality of Using Diclofenac in Outpatient Cases of Osteoarthritis of RSUP MH Palembang Period January-March 2018

Rationality of Diclofenac Use in Osteoarthritis Outpatient Case at RSUP MHPalembang in January-March 2018. Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common diseasein joints that affects people in their middle until late years. In Indonesia the prevalenceof OA is relatively high and disturbs their daily activity. Diclofenac is one of the drug ofchoice in treating OA. To avoid multiple side effects from Diclofenac use, the usagemust be in accordance to rationality indicators which are correct dose, correctfrequency, and correct length of use. This study is aimed to know the rationality ofDiclofenac use in Osteoarthritis outpatient cases at RSUP Mohammad HoesinPalembang. This study is a descriptive observational with a cross-sectional approachto know the rationality of Diclofenac use in outpatient cases of osteoarthritis at RSUPMohammad Hoesin Palembang. Samples were medical records of OA patients inoutpatient setting from January to March 2018 which fulfilled the inclusion andexclusion criteria. Sampling technique used was total sampling. The amount ofsamples fulfilling the inclusion criteria were 201 patients, with the most were aged 46-65 years (60.2%), female (55.7%), and has a history of comorbidity which includes lowback pain (22.8%). The result of this study shows pattern of Diclofenac use with dosageof 2 x 25mg (73.6%), length of use about <7 days (57.2%). In combination with otherdrugs there were no interaction to be found (84.4%), or synergistic interaction (8.5%)and antagonistic interaction (7.1%). The use of diclofenac in osteoarthritis cases atoutpatient setting in RSUP Dr Mohammad Hoesin Palembang is rational and needs tobe maintained.

Phenological trends of multi-taxonomic groups in Latvia, 1970–2018

Phenology provides intimate insights into ongoing changes in nature and seasonality with respect to humans. In this study, the most complete volunteer observer phenological data set for the territory of Latvia from 1970 to 2018 was evaluated. The data set includes observations of 159 phases of eight taxonomical groups, as well as abiotic phenomena such as the first snow, last spring frost, and agrarian activities. With reducing dimensionality, a hierarchical cluster analysis was used to group the 66 phenological phases of most observations into 7 clusters. The largest changes were observed in the early spring phenological phases of the pioneer species such as the start of flowering of Corylus avellana (hazel), Alnus incana (grey alder) and Populus tremula (aspen), noted as -8days/decade. The trend of the spring emergence of insects and spring migratory birds also showed a negative tendency. The phenology of crops and agrarian activities has not changed significantly. The trends of the autumn phases were heterogeneous-leaf colouration and fall for some species (Populus tremula) and (Acer platanoides, Norway maple) was recorded on average later; for other species, there was a slightly earlier trend (Betula pendula, silver birch; Tilia cordata, linden). Earlier onset of the spring phases affects the changes in the length of the growing season (for Acer platanoides + 7.7days/decade; Betula pendula + 3.3days/decade). Since 1990, it has been common that many phases have begun sooner (particularly spring phases), whilst abiotic autumn phases have been characterised by late years. This study has shown that significant seasonal changes have taken place across the Latvian landscape due to climate change.

The Influence of Tianxue (Heavenly Learning) on Chinese Thought in the Seventeenth Century

In the history of ideas in 17th-century China, the “heavenly learning” (tianxue) introduced by Western missionaries, in particularly the Jesuits, was a factor to be reckoned with. Without doubt it provided a fresh input to the development of post-Wang Yangming philosophy and the incubation of new insights in late Ming Neo-Confucianism, and this influence continued until the early Qing dynasty. However, while natural sciences and practical technologies (such as artillery and water conservancy) were well-received as part of the “heavenly learning,” other parts such as the “learning on the principle,” i.e., tenets of the Christian faith, conflicted with Confucianism. Due to the repercussions of the Chinese Rites Controversy in the late years of the Kangxi reign (r. 1661–1722), the public activities of missionaries in China were restricted. And when the Qing imperial court was in the process of compiling the Siku quanshu (Complete Library in Four Branches of Literature), those parts of “heavenly learning” dealing with the Christian faith were screened. To a certain degree this prevented later generations from gaining a proper overview of “heavenly learning.” Another factor that negatively impacted the study of the relationship between “heavenly learning” and Chinese traditional thought in the 17th century was that Christianity in modern China was closely associated with the invasion of imperialism in modern times. But how did the Confucianism from the late Ming to the early Qing period treat “heavenly learning”? This article summarizes the various attitudes of some Confucian scholars towards “heavenly learning” in hope of inciting further academic discussions.

Valorization on the energy potential of Pistia stratiotes in sustainable agriculture-review

Of late years, aquatic plants have received increased attention due to their energy potential in sustainable agriculture.Pistia stratiotesalso belongs to this category. A vital aspect in sustainable agriculture, to which there is a growing tendency, is the use of environmentally friendly methods. Aquatic plants are used as raw materials for various applications, such as food industry, health, agriculture and aquaculture, ecosystem management, being an essential renewable resource. Due to population growth, both developed and developing countries are mainly facing problems related to future energy security and the proper use of natural resources. As the search for renewable energy resource intensifies, there is a growing drive to identify and develop promising, environmentally friendly, low-carbon and low-carbon bioenergy raw materials. Fuel demand is rising, while food costs and waste are gradually rising. It is therefore necessary to address waste management and reduce pollution caused by excessive energy use and industrialization. The current study focuses on the potential for harnessing renewable energy in the Nile lettuce (Pistia stratiotes), namely, highlighting the process of residual biomass, biofuel and compost.

Peripheral Nerve: Health and Medicine in Cold War Latin America ed. by Anne-Emanuelle Birn and Raúl Necochea López

Reviewed by: Peripheral Nerve: Health and Medicine in Cold War Latin America ed. by Anne-Emanuelle Birn and Raúl Necochea López Jorge A. Nállim Birn, Anne-Emanuelle and Raúl Necochea López, eds. – Peripheral Nerve: Health and Medicine in Cold War Latin America. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2020. 376 p. Peripheral Nerve is an important contribution to the historiography of the Latin American Cold War, a field that has experienced a major transformation in the last two decades. A foreword by Gilbert Joseph and an introduction and epilogue from the book’s editors provide the theoretical and methodological framework to nine case studies, divided in three sections that correspond to different sub-periods— early, mature, and late years. The point of departure is that health and medicine represent another major arena in which the Cold War was fought in the region. Latin American health and medical actors operated in a postwar context characterized by contending forces of reform and revolution, shaped by the imperatives of economic development and modernization and the impact of the bipolar conflict. Those actors moved across fluid boundaries and in multi-layered networks at domestic, regional, and transnational levels. Health and medicine were not only specific areas of professional expertise, but also sites for struggles around political, social, and cultural power. From these premises, the book relates to recent scholarship on the Cold War that reframes its temporal, spatial, and methodological boundaries. In terms of chronology, the chapters indicate that the Cold War did not just start in 1947 but had deeper historical roots in the preceding decades, as argued by Joseph in his foreword and suggested by Anne-Emanuelle Birn in her introduction. This can be seen, for example, in Birn’s exploration of the life of the Dutch American nurse Lini de Vries and her international, antifascist past from the 1930s and early 1940s; Jennifer Lynn [End Page 685] Lambe’s analysis of the Freudian and Pavlovian psychiatric approaches in Cuba; and Jadwiga Pieper-Mooney’s study on German roots of social medicine in Chile. Regarding geographical boundaries, the book makes a convincing case for looking at the Cold War in Latin America beyond the bipolar dynamics of the conflict between the superpowers or the hegemonic and totalizing power of the United States in the region. While constrained by Cold War dynamics and domestic realities, health actors nevertheless actively drew from diverse ideological and historical traditions, engaged both superpowers and even played them against each other, and resorted to South-South solidarities. In this vein, Marcos Ramos describes the emergence of a nationalist, leftist, and anti-imperialist movement in Argentine psychiatry in the late 1960s and early 1970s that rejected both American and Soviet trends. Cheasty Anderson explores the particular interests and agendas involved in the Cuban medical diplomacy in Sandinista Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990, while Gabriel Soto Laveaga analyzes the Mexican pharmaceutical sector in relation to both expanding control of the United States and alternative relations with the Soviet Union. In turn, reframing the temporal and spatial boundaries results in a fundamental methodological shift. The chapters clearly convey that despite its relative peripheral location, Latin America did not only experience the Cold War as a derivative of the broader conflict between the superpowers. Latin American health actors had their own agendas and sources of professional, political, and ideological inspiration. This echoes Greg Grandin’s insights on Latin America as the place where the United States forged many of its Cold War policies and tools. However, this book goes beyond that notion by resituating the region and arguing for a more decentered approach, one in which the limits and contradictions of US power and influence in the region can be neatly perceived. Such is the case of the Rockefeller Foundation’s opposition to Bolivian medical training in relation to domestic anti-Communism in the United States, analyzed by Nicole Pacino, and Raúl Necochea López’s exploration of the tensions, contradictions, and interests of the different actors involved in the Puerto Rican Family Life Study. While the book frames health and medicine within the broader and more recent historiography on the Cold War, it also establishes...

Graph-based cumulative score using statistical features for multilingual automatic text summarisation

Multilingual summarisation began to receive more attention these late years. Many approaches can be used to achieving this, among them: statistical and graph-based approaches. Our idea is to combine these two approaches into a new extractive text summarisation method. Surface statistical features are used to calculate a primary score for each sentence. The graph is used to selecting some candidate sentences and calculating a final score for each sentence based on its primary score and those of its neighbours in the graph. We propose four variants to calculating the cumulative score of a sentence. Also, the order of sentences is an important aspect of summary readability. We propose some other algorithms to generating the summary not just based on final scores but on sentences connections in the graph. The method is tested using MultiLing'15 workshop's MSS corpus and ROUGE metric. It is evaluated against some well known methods and it gives promising results.

Removal of manganese from synthetic waste waters with Parthenium Hysteroporous bud and leaf powder and optimization using Artificial Neural Networks and Response Surface Methodology

The heightening of mechanical movement during late years is enormously adding to an expanding scattering of harmful mixes in regular habitats, mostly in amphibian frameworks. The utilization of synthetic substances is likewise expanding for the expulsion of poisons from Aquatic Systems and so as to decrease the toxins in the oceanic frameworks the current work is performed with the assistance of a sorption process. The current examination manages the biosorption of manganese onto parthenium bud & leaf powder. The boundaries pH (2–8), Contact time (1–4 Hrs), Initial concentrations (20–150 mg/L), Temperature (283–323 K), size (150-53µm)are read cautiously. Under this examination the sorption is observed with various boundaries at their particular ideal states of pH, Contact time,size, Concentration and Temperature. The FTIR, XRD, SEM investigations were performed for the Characterization and optimized using artificial neural networks and response surface methodology

Simulation study of microstrip antenna for 2.45 GHz applications based on octagon shaped

In late years, microstrip patch antennas have been widely used in various communication systems due to their lightness in weight, smallness in size, low manufacturing cost and, reasonable gain. Therefore, various figures and dimensions of microstrip patch antennas are available. This paper presents an octagonal ring-shaped multi-slot patch antenna with a single resonant frequency at 2.45 GHz of the Industrial Scientific and Medical (ISM) band with an omnidirectional pattern based on the Tikrit university logo. The unique structure of the octagon figure is demonstrated by adding trigonal patches on the sides and top of the rectangular microstrip patch antenna to achieve the eight-pointed star figure. The Octagon ring shape is achieved by inserting a single octagon slot and multi slots of a rectangular, square, triangle to maintain the operating frequency. The reduction in the size of the antenna is carried out by adding an octagon/rectangular patch to the partial ground plane. The suggested antenna is plotted and simulated on a substrate board FR-4 of dimensions 60 × 46 × 1.6 mm3 using CST Microwave Studio 2017. The results show compact size, 2.9 dBi gain, improved S11 response of −23.18 dB at 2.45 GHz, size reduction of 10.44%, and omnidirectional radiation pattern that can be utilized to harvest radio frequency (RF) energy from Wi-Fi and bluetooth (2.4–2.5 GHz).

Editorial Note on Psychosis

Psychosis is a condition that influences the manner in which your cerebrum measures data. It makes you put some distance between the real worlds. You may see, hear, or accept things that aren't genuine. Psychosis is a side effect, not a disease. A psychological or actual disease, substance misuse, or outrageous pressure or injury can cause it. Maniacal problems, similar to schizophrenia, include psychosis that normally influences you without precedent for the late teenager years or early adulthood. Youngsters are particularly prone to get it, yet specialists don't have the foggiest idea why. Indeed, even before what specialists call the principal scene of psychosis (FEP), you may show slight changes in the manner in which you act or think. This is known as the prodromal period and could last days, weeks, months, or even years. Some of the time you can put some distance between realities in any event, when you don't have an essential maniacal ailment like schizophrenia or bipolar problem.

Теннесси Уильямс в советской критике 1940–1960-х годов

The article attempts to present the reception of the plays by Tennessee Williams in Soviet criticism of the 1940s and 1960s to show the dynamics of changing opinions and assessments by Soviet literary and theater critics. In the late Stalinist years Soviet researchers (Michael Morozov, Veniamin Golant, Anna Elistratova, Vadim Gaevsky) were least engaged in the literary analysis of his plays, which they considered exclusively through the lens of ideology and politics. Critical judgments were reduced to a series of offensive comments on the “inferiority” of the “ideologically alien” playwright. During the Khrushchev Thaw the ideologically bound criticism were being gradually softened, its clichees being no longer relevant. There appeared articles by Georgy Zlobin, Moris Mendelson, Raisa Orlova, Vladich Nedelin, etc., that aimed to understand Williams’ peculiar and unique creative method. The analysis of the reception of Williams’ work by Soviet critics in 1940–1960s demonstrates that the recognition of the American playwright’s talent or, conversely, harsh language used against him was directly related to the political situation in the USSR and the United States, as well as to the Soviet-American relations in the realm of politics and cultural ties. As soon as the rigid ideological pressure of the state machine was relieved to some extent, Soviet critics followed the criteria of objectivity and literary taste. The study is supplemented by the bibliographic index of Soviet criticism of Tennessee Williams works, 1947–1969. The addendum is an attempt to create a complete bibliography of Soviet critical articles about Tennessee Williams’s work published in the 1940–60s.

Worldwide Business Cycle Synchronization

Worldwide Business Cycle Synchronization in Historical Perspective, Bordo and Helbling note that the overall monetary droop that started in 2008 stands as a conspicuous difference to the view, which had gotten progressively far and wide in late many years, that business cycle linkages among industrialized nations have gotten more vulnerable after some time.

Психолингвистический анализ концепта ‘Смысл коммуникации’

The article is dedicated to studying the psycholinguistic aspects of the phenomenon of sense in verbal communication. The theoretical analysis of psycholinguistics patterns regarding the subject of the research has allowed for revealing the peculiarities of transforming certain senses into notions by an individual in the course of communication. In verbal communication, the updates of identification, induction, and reflexive evaluation mechanisms of the communicants’ senses provide for the processes of constructing the addressee’s own notional structures along with their further embedment into the linguistic world picture. The addresser, being an active subject of sensemaking, constructs his own messages for the most accurate sense transmission to the addressee, to organize the joint activity and affect the behavior. The purpose of the experimental research was to identify the peculiarities of the senses of communication in adolescent individuals. The most prominent associations of the concept under research have become communication, friendship, mutual understanding, trust, interests. The analysis of the associative field has demonstrated that the respondents view the sense of their own communication mainly in the emotionally close relationship with their agemates. The foreground values in building such relationship are honesty, partnership, a possibility to trust another person, to rely on his/her help when facing hardships. In life-long transspective, the respondents predominantly project the senses of communication in the present time. The senses prolonged into the future are observed only in the association area of the professional academic and professional communication, the formation of which is open and has not been finalized. The priority areas of the semantic field of the concept under research are as follows: the area of the interpersonal interaction proper, the relationship design area, and the area of understanding and interpreting the interlocutor’s messages. The specifics of the development of a contemporary personality in late years of adolescence is represented by the contents of the association areas of self-expression, self-management of one’s own activity, and the communication organization means.

Franco Marucci. History of English Literature. From the Late Inter-War Years to 2010 (Volume 8, Books 1 and 2)

Review of Marucci, F. (2019). History of English Literature. From the Late Inter-War Years to 2010 (Volume 8, Book 1). Transl. from the Italian by A. Gillan. Bern: Peter Lang, pp. 674. | Marucci, F. (2019). History of English Literature. From the Late Inter-War Years to 2010 (Volume 8, Book 2). Transl. from the Italian by C. Durkan and D. Gailor. Bern: Peter Lang, pp. 746.

Franco Marucci. History of English Literature. From the Late Inter-War Years to 2010 (Volume 8, Books 1 and 2)

Review of Marucci, F. (2019). History of English Literature. From the Late Inter-War Years to 2010 (Volume 8, Book 1). Transl. from the Italian by A. Gillan. Bern: Peter Lang, pp. 674. | Marucci, F. (2019). History of English Literature. From the Late Inter-War Years to 2010 (Volume 8, Book 2). Transl. from the Italian by C. Durkan and D. Gailor. Bern: Peter Lang, pp. 746.

Island Aging in the Ninth Decade and Beyond

This novel research was designed to explore the lived experience of the aging body and its impact on social exclusion in remote island environments. Twenty three participants, aged 80 to 102 years old, in the Pacific Northwest, USA, were interviewed to explore the role their bodies played in everyday life. Despite presenting limited choices and lifestyle options, the island communities appeared to foster rather than impede a sense of competency and autonomy in the lives of these later life participants. Their ability to navigate their worlds, despite their physical limitations, was apparent in their reports of inclusion in the manner they desired. The island community context, characterized by low technology and mostly face to face encounters for goods and services, presented the participants with the possibility of accessible and meaningful engagement. Their sense of self and inclusion casts doubt on the dominant narrative of decline typically used to describe these late years. New narratives of corporeal being emerged from the data, demonstrating a complexity not captured by the singularity of the decline narrative. The visual methodology utilized enriched the depth and range of the semi-structured interviews, encouraging participants to think critically about their bodies. Possibilities for further research could explore the nuances of these new narratives and whether a different understanding of the older body may be useful.

Thermal contrast between the Tibetan Plateau and tropical Indian Ocean and its relationship to the South Asian summer monsoon: 青藏高原与印度洋热力对比及其与南亚夏季风的关系

The land–sea thermal contrast is an important driver for monsoon interannual variability and the monsoon onset. The thermal contrast between the Tibetan Plateau and the tropical Indian Ocean at the mid–upper troposphere is proposed as a thermal contrast index (TCI) for South Asian monsoon. The authors investigate the TCI associated with South Asian summer monsoon (SASM) intensity and SASM onset. It is observed that the TCI considering the Tibetan Plateau and tropical Indian Ocean demonstrates a stronger and closer correlation with SASM intensity (0.87) than either the Tibetan Plateau (0.42) or tropical Indian Ocean (−0.60) singly. It is implied that the TCI could preferably represent the impact of land–sea thermal condition on SASM activity. Further analysis reveals that the evolution of TCI is related to the SASM onset. The TCI is almost always larger in early onset years than it is in late onset years during the period before SASM onset. In addition, the change of the pentad-by-pentad increment of TCI leads the SASM variation. The correlation coefficient between the TCI increment and SASM index reaches a maximum when the TCI increment leads by 15 pentads. The results of this study show that the TCI plays an important role in SASM activities and is a potential indicator for SASM onset forecasting.摘要本文基于1979–2017年逐日再分析资料, 通过分析对流层中上层青藏高原和印度洋之间的热力差异, 提出了一个热力对比指数 (TCI) , 并分析了TCI与南亚夏季风的强度和爆发时间的关系.研究表明:相比单独的青藏高原或者印度洋的温度, TCI能更好地表示南亚夏季风强度的变化.TCI越大时, 南亚夏季风爆发时间越早;TCI逐候增量的变化超前南亚季风指数的变化, 两者相关系数在TCI逐候增量超前南亚季风指数15候时达到最大.TCI是预报南亚夏季风爆发的一个潜在指标.

Book Review Nikolai Petrovich Popov, Rossiia i Amerika: “Priamaia Sviaz’”. Vospominaniia Amerikanista i Sovietologa [Russia and America: “The Direct Connection.” Recollections of an Amerikanist and Sovietologist]. Moscow: Knig-Izdat, 2020.

Better Red than dead?” This question was still being debated in Europe when the first batch of US grad students arrived in the USSR under terms of the cultural exchange signed by Willliam Lacy for the US State Department and Soviet Ambassador Georgii Zarubin on January 27, 1958. Most of the twenty American students arrived at Moscow State University (MGU) in September, but a few went to Leningrad State University. Their Soviet counterparts went to Harvard and Columbia—the only US universities the Soviets deemed on a par with MGU and Leningrad. As one of those at MGU, I proposed to the History Faculty that I research “Soviet Disarmament Policy, 1917-1934,” for my Ph.D. at Columbia. A sign of future trouble, when the department typed the title in Russian, it came out as “The Soviet Struggle for Disarmament.” On the positive side, the department assigned as my adviser a retired diplomat specializing in disarmament, Boris Efimovich Shtein, out of favor in the late Stalin years because he had been close to another Jew suspected of pro-Western leanings, Maksim Litvinov.

OTHR-02. MULTIMODALITY TREATMENT FOR CHILDREN WITH CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (CNS) TUMOR IN OUR INSTITUTE

BACKGROUNDThe brain tumor has a highest mortality rate among childhood malignant tumors. Development of peripheral blood stem cell transplant combined chemotherapy and radiation therapy improved the survival rate of patients with pediatric brain tumor drastically late years. Because of its complicated treatment plan, neurosurgeons cannot readily manage these aggressive therapies which require minute whole body control including prevention of lethal infection due to bone marrow suppression. Even if such treatment is effective and patient survives, the aftereffects may reduce patient’s QOL.PURPOSEWe report outcomes of the patients with CNS tumor after multimodality treatment. In addition, we introduce the activity contents by the in-hospital children brain tumor multi-disciplinary medical treatment team organized in March 2016.METHODSWe retrospectively reviewed 29 patients (under 15 years old) diagnosed as CNS tumors with total of 43 tumor surgeries between January 2001 and December 2019.RESULTSThe histopathological diagnoses were 7 germ cell tumor, 7 astrocytic tumor, 4 ependymal tumor, 4 medulloblastoma, 2 craniopharyngioma, 2 AT/RT and 3 others. The mean age at first surgery was 7.4 y.o. (range: 0.3–14.8). Both chemotherapy and radiation therapy were performed in 22 cases out of 29. There were 15 survivors (11 ambulant, 3 W/C, 1 bedridden), 12 deaths, 2 lost follow-ups. Mean follow-up period was 66 months (range: 1–206).CONCLUSIONTo improve outcomes, we hold on a regular basis of team meeting, discuss treatment plan, and share information. Recently, we also care issues of the patients, such as fertility and palliative medicine.

Effects of the South Asian summer monsoon anomaly on interannual variations in precipitation over the South-Central Tibetan Plateau

An anomalous South Asian summer monsoon (SASM) system could generate a large anomaly in precipitation and hydrological disasters in the SASM-prevailing area, as widely reported for the Indian Peninsula. However, how the SASM system influences the precipitation anomaly over the South-Central Tibetan Plateau (SCTP) is largely unknown. In this study, we (a) analyze the influences of the early and late onset (demise) of the SASM on the interannual variations in precipitation over the SCTP during 1979–2015; and (b) illuminate the underlying mechanisms and asymmetric effects with regard to the onset and demise of the SASM by analyzing the characteristics of water vapor transport and moisture budgets in this region. Results indicate that the precipitation anomaly over the SCTP is dominated by the cyclonic and anticyclonic water vapor transport associated with the anomalous SASM activities, causing moisture convergence and divergence in this region. The topographic effect in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau (SETP) and southwestern Tibetan Plateau (SWTP) further strengthens the anomaly in water vapor transport in vertical direction and contributes to the precipitation anomaly through moisture convergence and divergence. The anomalous SASM and topography exhibit asymmetric effects between the onset and demise as well as between the early and late onset (demise) of the SASM. They cause 23.41%, 15.91%, and 1.96% difference in precipitation between the early and late SASM-onset years, and 13.05%, 21.50%, and 29.86% difference in precipitation between the early and late SASM-demise years in the SETP, central Tibetan Plateau (CETP), and SWTP, by regulating the horizontal and vertical thermodynamic and dynamic processes. The results help improve our understanding of the SASM-precipitation relationship over the SCTP and guide the prediction of precipitation and alleviation of water-related disasters in the region and its surroundings that are home to billions of people in Asia.