Identifying barriers and considerations for cochlear implantation in Amish children.
American Journal of Otolaryngology, 2021 OBJECTIVE To determine if barriers to cochlear implantation (CI) exist with respect to Amish children and to describe unique considerations associated with CI and subsequent otologic care in the Amish population.
Rachel L Whelan +3 more
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Daily and Seasonal Variation in Light Exposure among the Old Order Amish
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020 Exposure to artificial bright light in the late evening and early night, common in modern society, triggers phase delay of circadian rhythms, contributing to delayed sleep phase syndrome and seasonal affective disorder.
Ellen E. Lee +5 more
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‘I am just a part of the community’: Amish and Ultra-Orthodox Women and the Third Person Perception
Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2021 This article focuses on the third-person perception (TPP) of Amish and Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women. TPP’s central insight is that consumers believe media influences “her/him” (the third person) much more than “me” (the first person).
Rivka Neriya-Ben Shahar
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Crossing cultural frontiers: representations of the Amish in American culture
Acta Neophilologica, 2012 The paper deals with the typology of Amish fiction, representations of the Amish in literature, and the roles of authors, publishers and readers. Special attention is dedicated to the role of film directors as cultural travellers when crossing cultural ...
Maja Štekovič
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Crafting an Amish biomedical landscape
Medicine Anthropology Theory, 2020 Within their pluralistic system of health care, the Amish make medical decisions influenced by cultural practice: a call for adherents to separate themselves from the outside world and to yield to the group.
Martha King
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Amish Church District Fissioning and Watershed Boundaries among Holmes County, Ohio, Amish [PDF]
, 2014 Upon reaching 40 households, an Amish church district typically divides into two smaller, relatively equally sized districts. This article analyzes the relationship between Amish church divisions and topographic demarcation lines within Clark Township ...
Long, Scot E., Moore, Richard
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Profiles of Major Amish Settlements in North America: A Guide for Researchers and Service Providers.
Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist StudiesAmish populations cluster in ethnic enclaves, or "settlements," which are located across much of North America, notably in the regions of the Mid-Atlantic, Great Lakes, Midwest, and Upper South.
Cory Anderson, Rachel Bacon
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The Clinical Spectrum and Neurodevelopmental Pathogenesis of KPTN‐Related Disorder in a Mouse Model
Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.Objective Pathogenic variants in Kaptin (KPTN) cause KPTN‐related disorder (KRD). KPTN modulates mTOR signaling activation within the KICSTOR complex in response to cellular amino acid levels. We define the clinical spectrum and investigate the developmental pathogenesis of KRD.
Lettie E. Rawlins +104 more
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Loving in Plain Sight: Amish Romance Novels as Evangelical Gothic [PDF]
, 2013 This article examines Beverly Lewis’s highly popular trilogy The Heritage of Lancaster County, a series often cited as inspiring the Amish romance novel trend. Although Lewis did not invent the Amish romance, the high visibility that her work enjoys in
Cordell, Sigrid
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The Challenges and Limitations of Conducting Research Among the Old Order Amish [PDF]
, 1987 The Old Order or horse and buggy Amish have been a part of American society for more than two centuries. Today, some 95,000 Amish persons reside in over twenty states, a Canadian province, and two countries in Latin America.
Foster, Thomas, Savells, Jerry
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