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Healthcare services relaxing natural selection may contribute to increase of dementia incidence
Scientific Reports, 2022 Ageing and genetic traits can only explain the increasing dementia incidence partially. Advanced healthcare services allow dementia patients to survive natural selection and pass their genes onto the next generation.
Wenpeng You +2 more
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A FORMAL CONCEPT OF CULTURE IN THE CLASSIFICATION OF ALFRED L. KROEBER AND CLYDE KLUCKHOHN [PDF]
, 2016 The objective of this article is to analyse definitions of culture gathered by Alfred L. Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn and published in Culture. A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions in 1952.
Robert, Boroch
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In epidemiological studies, obsessive‐compulsive disorder (OCD) is robustly associated with increased risk of cardiometabolic disorders, including cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, and obesity. However, the mechanisms behind these associations are unclear. We conducted genetic correlation analyses to explore shared genetic etiology and
Robyn E. Wootton +217 more
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Prenatal Evaluation of RNU4‐2 Variants in Fetuses With Central Nervous System Anomalies
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Fetal central nervous system (CNS) anomalies are among the most common congenital malformations, yet the overall prenatal diagnostic yield of current genetic testing remains below 40%. Variants in RNU4‐2, a non‐coding gene encoding the U4 small nuclear RNA (snRNA), have recently been linked to a novel highly recurrent dominant ...
Yiyao Chen +13 more
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Teaching and learning anthropology in “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi, Romania
Anthropological Researches and Studies, 2014 The aim of this paper is to start a discussion of what teaching and learning biological anthropology suppose in a Romanian university, particularly in "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iaşi, Romania. Discussion ranges from how to structure a curriculum
Luminiţa Bejenaru
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Obésité, facteurs socio-démographiques et indicateurs de santé chez les personnes âgées à Marseille
Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris, 2007 The purpose of this study is threefold: (1) to determine whether the socio-demographic factors of age, level of education and marital status have the same impact on obesity in women and in men aged 60 years and above; (2) to evaluate the associations ...
Enguerran Macia +2 more
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Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências HumanasThis article provides a preliminary historical survey of Brazilian biological anthropology from the second half of the twentieth century. Even today, little historiographic information on the last 50 or 60 years is available and/or has been explored ...
Verlan Valle Gaspar Neto
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Hypertension in the Ferlo (Northern Senegal): prevalence, awareness, treatment and control
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2016 INTRODUCTION: the aim of this article is to assess prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in rural Senegal (Sahelian Ferlo region).
Duboz Priscilla +3 more
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Functional morphology of the pharyngeal teeth of the ocean sunfish, Mola mola
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Many fish use a set of pharyngeal jaws in their throat to aid in prey capture and processing, particularly of large or complex prey. In this study—combining dissection, CT scanning, histology, and performance testing—we demonstrate a novel use of pharyngeal teeth in the ocean sunfish (Mola mola), a species for which pharyngeal jaw anatomy had ...
Benjamin Flaum +3 more
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A craniometric study of the Medieval sample from Deraheib (Northern Sudan) [PDF]
Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографииThe history of North Africa has been always tightly connected to events occurring in Eurasia. Human migrations in both directions are well-documented in written sources and archaeological records.
Fedorchuk O.A. +3 more
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