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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The adoption of rural livelihood technologies is often hindered by a gap between participatory design and user capacity. This study addresses this challenge with a co‐designed lemongrass distillation system in rural India that remained unused due to a lack of community capacity, despite a successful design process.
Aroun Clément Baudouin‐van Os +4 more
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Loss of function mutations in RP1 are responsible for retinitis pigmentosa in consanguineous familial cases. [PDF]
, 2016 PurposeThis study was undertaken to identify causal mutations responsible for autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa (arRP) in consanguineous families.MethodsLarge consanguineous families were ascertained from the Punjab province of Pakistan.
Akram, Javed +11 more
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Two New Cases of Uner Tan Syndrome: One Man\ud with Transition from Quadrupedalism to Bipedalism;\ud One Man with Consistent Quadrupedalism [PDF]
, 2010 Background: Uner Tan syndrome, first described in\ud 2005, consists of three main symptoms: habitual\ud locomotion on all four extremities, impaired\ud intelligence, and dysarthric or no speech.
Tan, Prof. Dr. Uner
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Challenges in the care for consanguineous couples: an exploratory interview study among general practitioners and midwives [PDF]
, 2012 Background It is often suggested that an effort must be made to increase awareness among consanguineous couples of their reproductive risk, and to refer them for genetic counseling if needed. Primary care professionals are considered most appropriate for
Cornel, M.C. +4 more
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Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary This exploratory paper introduces a new type of family business by studying the investment strategies of family‐managed venture capital funds (“Family VCs”) across a multi‐country setting. It shows that Family VCs are more likely to invest in (syndicate with) geographically proximate startups (investors), indicating a ...
Valerio Pelucco
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PREVALENCE OF CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGES IN SOUTH SINAI, EGYPT [PDF]
, 2017 A total of 3961 married couples from six major geographical areas representing the South Sinai governorates in Egypt were studied to assess the rate of consanguineous marriage. The population of six selected areas (St Catherines, Nuweiba, Abu Rudeis, Ras
ABDEL-RAOUF, E. +5 more
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Consanguineous marriage and childhood health [PDF]
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2003 As previously described, the subject of consanguineous marriage became a source of major scientific and public interest in the UK and the USA from the mid-19th century onwards. Much of this interest centred on the claimed deleterious outcomes of consanguinity, although there were also scientists and clinicians who denied any adverse effects and instead
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TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract In this article, I analyze the co‐constitution of race and neoliberalism within the discourse of an English language classroom. Appealing to modernist/colonial histories of race and capital, I first examine how racial neoliberalism produces a normalized, unmarked subject‐position through the conflation of moral responsibility with human ...
Justin Lance Pannell
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Health Awareness and Consequences of Consanguineous Marriages
Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2015 Objectives: This community-based study was done to assess the awareness of people regarding the ill effects of consanguinity and to observe its association with various sociodemographic variables and complications among children.
Nitin Joseph +5 more
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Chinese Medical Journal, 2016 Background: Cardiovascular diseases, including dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and hypertension, are the leading cause of death worldwide. The role of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in the pathogenesis of these diseases has not been completely clarified. In this
Ye Zhu, Xiang Gu, Chao Xu
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