The genome incorporated: constructing biodigital identity [PDF]
, 2010 The Genome Incorporated examines the proliferation of human genomics across contemporary media cultures. It explores questions about what it means for a technoscience to thoroughly saturate everyday life, and places the interrogation of the science/media
O'Riordan, Kate
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The ethical significance of evolution [PDF]
, 2010 DARWIN’s (1859, 1871) discoveries have profound ethical implications that continue to be misrepresented and/or ignored. In contrast to socialdarwinistic misuses of his theory, Darwin was a great humanitarian who paved the way for an integrated scientific
Elzanowski, Andrzej
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Enchanted by Akdeniz: The Fisherman of Halicarnassus’s Narratives of the Mediterranean [PDF]
, 2013 In the cultural narratives of Akdeniz (White Sea), the Turkish name for the Mediterranean sea, the people living on Turkey’s Aegean and Mediterranean shores have been defined in terms of their interconnections with their seas.
Oppermann, Serpil
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A three-year multifaceted intervention to prevent obesity in children of Mexican-heritage. [PDF]
, 2019 BackgroundObesity and overweight have increased dramatically in the United States over the last decades. The complexity of interrelated causal factors that result in obesity needs to be addressed within the cultural dynamic of sub-populations.
Aguilera, Alberto L +9 more
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Governance of biotechnology in Africa: the challenge of reconciling interdependencies and differences [PDF]
, 2012 The article argues that an informed understanding of the differences and interdependencies among different stakeholders within the biotechnology and biosafety arena is a key issue in the unpacking of challenges facing development and implementation of ...
Makinde, Diran, Mugwagwa, Julius
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Biocultural significance of plant species and conservation ethics in India
International Journal of Biological and Environmental Investigations, 2021 Raole Vinay M, Raole Vaidehee V
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The assessment report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services on pollinators, pollination and food production [PDF]
, 2016 The thematic assessment of pollinators, pollination and food production carried out under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services aims to assess animal pollination as a regulating ecosystem ...
Biesmeijer, Jacobus C. +8 more
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Fertility patterns in the Toba, an Argentine indigenous population in transition [PDF]
, 2008 Indigenous populations all over the world are experiencing dramatic lifestyle changes that have serious consequences for their population structure. Evidence is accumulating, particularly in smallscale societies living in tropical regions, that points to
Burke, Kevin +2 more
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Legal, ethical and socio-economic aspects of community telecare [PDF]
, 2011 Azzi, Djamel +4 more
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