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Perspectives on Fasting in Islam [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This is an article prepared for an unpublished collection on the anthropology of fasting.
Lindholm, Charles
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Comprehensive assessment reveals numerous clinical and neurophysiological differences between MECP2‐allelic disorders

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 433-447, February 2025.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial culture, processional culture and the materialities of social memory in nineteenth-century Sheffield [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
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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Exploring the Care Needs of Women With Breast Cancer and the Time From Diagnosis to Treatment: A Qualitative Study

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Cancer Care, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Zainab's traffic: spatial lives of an Islamic ritual across Southwest Asia

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 168-186, March 2024.
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
wiley   +1 more source

AKU Newsletter : Spring 2010, Volume 11, Issue 1 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
https://ecommons.aku.edu/aku_newsletter/1009/thumbnail ...
Aga Khan University
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Investigation of Gender Stereotypes in Nurse Clinicians’ Metaphors and Concepts of Patients

open access: yesJournal of Nursing Management, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Religion for Revolution: Shifting Perceptions of Bodily Ritual in the Lebanese Shi‘a Community [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
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]

open access: yes, 2005
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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