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Deaf epistemologies as a critique and alternative to the practice of science: an anthropological perspective [PDF]

, 2010
IN THE LAST DECADE, and responding to the criticism of orientalism, anthropology has engaged in a self-critical practice, working toward a postcolonial perspective on science and an epistemological stance of partial and situated knowledge (Pinxten, 2006;
De CLERCK, Goedele
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Molecular Profiling of Genes Associated With Methylphenidate Pathway Therapy and Discovery of New Variants in Amazonian Amerindian Populations

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), methylphenidate is one of the most widely used drugs, in which patient response significantly impacts prognosis. This study aimed to characterize the molecular profile of 10 genes associated with methylphenidate therapy.
Aline Pasquini Santos, Tatiane Carinta de Souza, Kaio Evandro Cardoso Aguiar, Ana Caroline Alves da Costa, Natasha Monte, Juliana Carla Gomes Rodrigues, Giovanna Gilioli da Costa Nunes, Rita de Cássia Calderaro Coelho, Ândrea Ribeiro‐dos‐Santos, André Maurício Ribeiro dos Santos, Sandro José de Souza, Sidney Emanuel Batista dos Santos, Rommel Mario Rodriguez Burbano, Marianne Rodrigues Fernandes, Ney Pereira Carneiro dos Santos   +14 more
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Cross-cutting Ties and Coexistence: Intermarriage, Land Rentals and Changing Land Use Patterns among Maasai and Kikuyu of Maiella and Enoosupukia, Lake Naivasha Basin, Kenya

Rural Landscapes: Society Environment History, 2015
This paper explores the value of cross-cutting ties and conflicting loyalties for the peaceful management of conflicts and the emergence of collective action across previously violently contested community boundaries in two communities in the Lake ...
Eric Mutisya Kioko, Michael Bollig
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Curating and extending data for language comparison in Concepticon and NoRaRe [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

Open Research Europe, 2023
Language comparison requires user-friendly tools that facilitate the standardization of linguistic data. We present two resources built on the basis of a standardized cross-linguistic format and show how the data is curated and extended.
Robert Forkel, Annika Tjuka, Johann-Mattis List   +2 more
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Unmasking Hybridity in Popular Performance [PDF]

, 2018
This paper explores cultural hybridization in popular music and the eroticization of the exotic eastern aesthetic. Using musicology and anthropology as tools, the paper examines varying perspectives of the artists, audience and marginalized groups ...
Harder, Hannah M.
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Schizophrenia Genetics Modulates Clinical Depressive Features

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Schizophrenia (SCZ) genetic liability, quantified by polygenic scores (PGS), may influence clinical phenotypes in major depressive disorder (MDD). We investigated the effect of the SCZ‐PGS derived from the latest SCZ genome‐wide association study (GWAS) on MDD symptom severity, comorbidities, and treatment outcomes.
Alessandro Serretti, Daniel Souery, Siegfried Kasper, Joseph Zohar, Stuart Montgomery, Panagiotis Ferentinos, Dan Rujescu, Raffaele Ferri, Giuseppe Fanelli, Chiara Fabbri, Raffaella Zanardi, Francesco Benedetti, Bernhard T. Baune, Julien Mendlewicz   +13 more
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Resilience, vulnerability and adaptation in reindeer herding communities in the Finnish-Swedish border area

Nordia Geographical Publications, 2012
In socio-ecological research, the focus and the conceptual grounding as well as the scales of analysis have shifted several times in recent decades between global and local dynamics and the general rules of evolution and specific local adaptations ...
Hannu I. Heikkinen, Mervi Kasanen, Élise Lépy   +2 more
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Beadwork and the Plasticity of Disability: (Un)Making Bodily Difference, Gender and Apprenticeship in Kinshasa, DR Congo

Societies, 2016
Plastic beads have recently become of importance in the lives of women with disabilities in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo).
Jori De Coster, Eric Metho Nkayilu, Patrick Devlieger   +2 more
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Educational potential of teaching evolution as an interdisciplinary science

Evolution: Education and Outreach, 2020
Evolution education continues to struggle with a range of persistent challenges spanning aspects of conceptual understanding, acceptance, and perceived relevance of evolutionary theory by students in general education.
Susan Hanisch, Dustin Eirdosh
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Descriptive Epidemiology From the Myhre Syndrome Foundation Registry: The Value of Self‐Reported Data

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Myhre syndrome is an ultrarare genetic disease characterized by short stature, distinct craniofacial features, cardiovascular and respiratory fibrosis and stenosis, neurodevelopmental delays, autism, intellectual disability, and hearing loss. The natural history of Myhre syndrome is still not fully understood due to a small patient population ...
Mary K. Young, Armelle Pindon, Maggie R. Brand, Kate Wears, Katherine H. Young, Alyssa Mendel, Michael J. Lyons   +6 more
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