Is Arctic medicine a distinct science? A Russian perspective [PDF]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2013 Results of research conducted over the past 50 years in the Arctic region showed that the health of the population is influenced by many factors, including the physical environment, climate, genetics, health-related behaviours, and living conditions.
Dimitrii G. Tiknonov
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Ethnobotany of the Kiluhikturmiut Inuinnait of Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Ethnobiology Letters, 2012 The disparity in floral diversity between tropical and arctic regions is reflected in a paucity of ethnobotanical research among arctic cultures. The Kiluhikturmiut Inuinnait are an Inuit subpopulation who inhabit the Kitikmeot Region of the Territory ...
Jonathan Duffy Davis, Sandra Anne Banack
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The Seventh Nordic Workshop on Reindeer Research 1993
Rangifer, 1995 The meeting was arranged in Tromsø and it was hosted jointly by the Department of Arctic Biology, University of Tromsø and the Centre of Veterinary Medicine in Tromsø.
Rolf Egil Haugerud (ed.)
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Dataset of fitness trackers and smartwatches to measuring physical activity in research
BMC Research Notes, 2022 Objectives Accelerometer-based wrist-worn fitness trackers and smartwatches (wearables) appeared on the consumer market in 2011. Many wearable devices have been released since.
André Henriksen +5 more
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Dogs as sources and sentinels of parasites in humans and wildlife, northern Canada [PDF]
, 2008 A minimum of 11 genera of parasites, including 7 known or suspected to cause zoonoses, were detected in dogs in 2 northern Canadian communities. Dogs in remote settlements receive minimal veterinary care and may serve as sources and sentinels for ...
Salb, Amanda L. +7 more
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Access to medicines in the Arctic districts of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
Север и рынок: формирование экономического порядка, 2023 Access to medicines is intrinsically linked to fundamental human rights to health and life. The need to make medicines more accessible is articulated in strategic planning documents, including the Strategy for the Development of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation and National Security until 2035.
Sardana M. Tarabukina +1 more
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Influence of cold on host-parasite interactions. [PDF]
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Arctic Aeromedical Laboratory (U.S.) +2 more
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Ecosystem size predicts eco-morphological variability in a postglacial diversification [PDF]
, 2017 Identifying the processes by which new phenotypes and species emerge has been a long-standing effort in evolutionary biology. Young adaptive radiations provide a model to study patterns of morphological and ecological diversification in environmental ...
Adams, Colin E. +3 more
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Alcohol and suicide in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia [PDF]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2016 Background: High suicide rates in the Russian North are coupled with high alcohol consumption in the described populations. Objective: To investigate the potential role of alcohol consumption on suicides in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO) in 2002–2012 ...
Yury A. Sumarokov +4 more
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Biological activities of ethanolic extracts from deep-sea antarctic marine sponges [PDF]
, 2013 We report on the screening of ethanolic extracts from 33 deep-sea Antarctic marine sponges for different biological activities. We monitored hemolysis, inhibition of acetylcholinesterase, cytotoxicity towards normal and transformed cells and growth ...
Ambrožič Avguštin, Jerneja +9 more
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