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Perspectives on Fasting in Islam [PDF]
This is an article prepared for an unpublished collection on the anthropology of fasting.
Lindholm, Charles
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Abstract Objective Rett syndrome (RTT) and MECP2 duplication syndrome (MDS) result from under‐ and overexpression of MECP2, respectively. Preclinical studies using genetic‐based treatment showed robust phenotype recovery for both MDS and RTT. However, there is a risk of converting MDS to RTT, or vice versa, if accurate MeCP2 levels are not achieved ...
Davut Pehlivan +13 more
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Spatial culture, processional culture and the materialities of social memory in nineteenth-century Sheffield [PDF]
This article presents research about a wide range of processions and crowd activities in the English industrial city of Sheffield c.1790-1910. It identifies a theoretical weakness in the historical scholarship where an emphasis on the role of ...
Griffiths, S
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Background: Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in Iranian women. Early needs assessment of patients at the time of diagnosis and across the phases of cancer treatment is essential to provide timely and appropriate supportive care. Therefore, the present study aims to explore the care needs of breast cancer patients from the time of ...
Mahboubeh Sadat Yousefi +5 more
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Human Rights Violations Under the Sharia\u27a : A Comparative Study of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran [PDF]
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Gontowska, Luiza Maria
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Zainab's traffic: spatial lives of an Islamic ritual across Southwest Asia
Abstract Since the 1979 Revolution, Iranian pilgrims have engaged in saint visitation (ziyarat) to sites in Syria. By travelling via Turkey on buses, and venerating Sayyida Zainab at their destination, these pilgrims disrupt conventional conceptions of not only Islamic ritual, but also Iranian mobility under sanctions.
Emrah Yıldız
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AKU Newsletter : Spring 2010, Volume 11, Issue 1 [PDF]
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Aga Khan University
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Investigation of Gender Stereotypes in Nurse Clinicians’ Metaphors and Concepts of Patients
Aim: The present study aims to analyze the presence of gender stereotypes in the metaphors nurse clinicians use to describe their patients. Methods: This study was conducted with 149 nurse clinicians working at a university hospital. Data were collected using a metaphor survey. Results: The most common metaphors for female patients were “flower” (f: 23)
Selver Bezgin +2 more
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Religion for Revolution: Shifting Perceptions of Bodily Ritual in the Lebanese Shi‘a Community [PDF]
This paper applies Cartesian and Weberian theories of rationalization and Leslie Sharp’s concept of bodily commodification to the transition in the observance of Ashura from practices of bodily mortification to blood donation among the Shi‘a community in
Dodd, Savannah Danielle
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Spirituality and prayer in Shiite Islam [PDF]
In the first place, it should be understood what is meant by the terms in the title. Therefore, we shall take a brief look at the concepts “Shi’a”, “spirituality” and “prayer”.
Shaker, Muhammad K.
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