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Population stratification and genetic association studies in South Asia
, 2005 Population stratification and its influence on genetic association studies is a controversial topic. Although it has been suggested that stratification is unlikely to bias the results of association studies conducted in developed countries, convincing ...
Bittles, Alan, Bittles, A.H.
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Traditional knowledge about wild plants connects people to nature and sustains both cultural identity and biodiversity. This study explores how cultural exchange among Albanians, Greeks and Aromanians in southern Albania shapes the use and naming of medicinal and food plants.
Evanthia Dina +9 more
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Ethnic differences in transition to first marriage in Iran [PDF]
This paper, using data from the 2000 Iran Demographic and Health Survey and a range of time-varying district-level contextual information derived from the 1986 and 1996 censuses of Iran, applies a discrete time hazard model to study ethnic differences in
Angela Baschieri, Fatemeh Torabi
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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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Congenital anomalies and consanguineous marriage
, 2002 Background: Consanguineous marriage is one of the most important etiology of morbidity and anomaly in neonates and children, for which annually thousands of neonates and children sacrifice.
Movahedian, A.H. +3 more
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Could consanguineous marriage provide a cultural alleviation for the obstetric dilemma? [PDF]
, 2020 In placental mammals, a poor fit between the physical dimensions of the fetus and maternal pelvis increases the likelihood of obstructed labour. This problem is especially relevant to humans, as our species demonstrates both unique adaptations in pelvic ...
Wells, JCK
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Climate change is reshaping everyday life in Ghana through coastal erosion, flooding, erratic rainfall, water scarcity, extreme heat, and agricultural insecurity. This study examines how these changes produce stress, trauma, and gendered resilience among women in Salakope and Choggu Yapalsi, two climate‐vulnerable communities in coastal and ...
Jacob Kwakye
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Risk Factors For Congenital Heart Defects in Saudi Arabian Infants [PDF]
Two studies were undertaken. Firstly, congenital heart defect (CHD) data from the Saudi Arabian Congenital Heart Defects registry (CHD registry) were compared to data published by the Baltimore-Washington Infant Survey (BWIS) group and the European ...
Sandridge, Amy Leona
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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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Consanguineous marriage and its clinical consequences in migrants to Australia
, 2008 Marriage between close biological relatives is strongly favoured in many countries in Asia and Africa. Although substantial numbers of migrants from these regions are now living in Australia, little information is available either on the prevalence of ...
J. Nelson +5 more
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