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Quantitative trait loci at the 11q23.3 chromosomal region related to dyslipidemia in the population of Andhra Pradesh, India

Lipids in Health and Disease, 2017
Background Given the characteristic atherogenic dyslipidemia of south Indian population and crucial role of APOA1, APOC3, APOA4 and APOA5 genes clustered in 11q23.3 chromosomal region in regulating lipoprotein metabolism and cholesterol homeostasis, a ...
Rayabarapu Pranavchand, Battini Mohan Reddy   +1 more
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Allostatic load and biological anthropology [PDF]

American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2017
AbstractMultiple stressors affect developing and adult organisms, thereby partly structuring their phenotypes. Determining how stressors influence health, well‐being, and longevity in human and nonhuman primate populations are major foci within biological anthropology.
Ashley N, Edes, Douglas E, Crews
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Serum apelin levels and metabolic risk markers in obese women

Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 2017
Background: Adipose tissue hormones, Adipokines, play an important role in obesity-associated complications. Apelin has recently been added to the family of adipokines.
Moushira Zaki, Sanaa Kamal, Wafaa Ezzat, Naglaa Hassan, Walaa Yousef, Hanaa Ryad, Ramy Mohamed, Eman Youness, Walaa Basha, Yasser Elhosary   +9 more
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Intragroup variation in the Pre-Columbian Cuba population: A perspective from cranial morphology

Anthropological Review, 2021
The paper aims to study intragroup variation inside the two pre-Columbian Cuban populations: the aceramic Archaic and the ceramic Taino groups, based on their cranial morphology.
Syutkina Taisiya, Pérez Mario Juan Gordillo, Godoy Silvia Teresita Hernández, Antúnez Carlos Arredondo, Rivero Armando Rangel   +4 more
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Mesolithic and Chalcolithic Mandibular Morphology: Using Geometric Morphometrics to Reconstruct Incomplete Specimens and Analyse Morphology

Open Archaeology, 2022
Human skeletal remains are routinely used to examine cultural and biological aspects of past populations. Yet, archaeological specimens are frequently fragmented/incomplete and so excluded from analyses.
Godinho Ricardo Miguel, Umbelino Cláudia, Gonçalves Célia   +2 more
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Assessment of nutritional status using anthropometric variables by multivariate analysis

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Undernutrition is a serious health problem and highly prevalent in developing countries. There is no as such confirmatory test to measure undernutrition.
Ankita Bhattacharya, Baidyanath Pal, Shankarashis Mukherjee, Subrata Kumar Roy   +3 more
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Professionnalisme et rugby de haut niveau : approche anthropobiologique

Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris, 2006
Until recently rugby has traditionally represented the regions and has been an outstanding example of amateur sport. Its recent change to professionalism, mainly imposed by the media and business lobbies, has resulted in profound changes in the ...
Frédéric Bauduer, Caroline Monchaux, Jean-Pierre Mathieu   +2 more
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Alterations in the diversity, composition and function of the gut microbiota in Uyghur individuals with sarcopenia

Experimental Gerontology
Background: Research on the gut microbiota has emerged as a new direction for understanding pathophysiologic changes in diseases associated with aging, such as sarcopenia.
Qiuxi Zhang, Xin Li, Ting Huang, Shuang Zhang, Kunchen Teng, Namuna Rousitemu, Ting Lan, Youfeng Wen   +7 more
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Variation of Human Hairiness: A Possible Adaptation to Solar Radiation and Melanin

Anthropological Review, 2014
Many theories have been advanced to explain human hairlessness, however, there is no consensus. This study of 76 males observed that skin reflectance measuring skin colouration and melanin pigmentation correlated with hair size and follicle density ...
Dhugga Amrita, Henneberg Maciej, Kumaratilake Jaliya   +2 more
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Związek filozofii Karla Jaspersa z klasyczną antropologią filozoficzną XX wieku

Analiza i Egzystencja, 2015
The main objective of this paper is to reconstruct Jaspers’ views on philosophical anthropology of the early twentieth century. The text can be divided into three parts.
Maciej Urbanek
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