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The Pattern of Female Nuptiality in Oman
Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 2013 The purpose of this study was to examine Omani patterns of female nuptiality, including the timing of marriage and determinants of age at a woman’s first marriage. Methods: The study utilised data from the 2000 Oman National Health Survey.
M. Mazharul Islam +2 more
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The economics of consanguineous marriages [PDF]
The institution of consanguineous marriage-a marriage contracted between close biological relatives-has been a basic building block of many societies in different parts of the world. This paper argues that the practice of consanguinity is closely related
Do, Quy-Toan +2 more
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Estimation of the frequency of the recessive gene of acatalasemia in Japan [PDF]
, 1971 The frequency of recessive gene, heterozygotes and homozygotes in Japanese acatalasemia were estimated as 0.0038, 7.5 X 10-3 and 3.0 X 10-5 by DAHLBERG'S formula, and estimated as 0.00087, 1.73 xl 0-3 and 4.23 X 10-6 by KIMURA'S formula. The frequency of
Hayashi, Sumiko +2 more
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Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The importance of business families is increasingly gaining attention. However, to truly understand business families and their dynamics, they must be viewed as distinct systems. Since this area has received limited scholarly focus, we argue that forming a new system is more than just an extension.
Heiko Kleve +2 more
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Clinical outcomes of consanguineous marriages in Turkey
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2001 Turkey has a high rate of consanguineous marriages. Different nationwide surveys indicate that today 20-25% of marriages are consanguineous, with the rate having increased over the last 15 years.
E Tunçbilek
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Motor Neurone Disease (MND/ALS) among Maltese in Malta and Australia : many sporadic cases were related [PDF]
, 2014 Objective: to look for genetic links between cases of MND. Method: to search for ancestors of Maltese cases dying in Malta and Australia and to record dispensations for consanguineous marriages.
Wyatt, H. V.
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New Directions for Student Services, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article introduces a conceptual framework for Indigenous college student identity development, addressing the limitations of mainstream student development theories rooted in Western, Eurocentric worldviews. Drawing on Tribal Critical Race Theory and relationality, we propose four guiding questions—Where are we? Who are we?
Symphony Oxendine, Stephanie J. Waterman
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Consanguineous marriage in Iran.
Annals of human biology, 2004 Consanguineous marriage is a major feature of family systems in south-west Asia. The aim of the present study was to determine the current prevalence and patterns of consanguinity in Iran as a means of assessing the associated requirement for genetic counselling services. Consanguinity was studied in 12 ethnic/religious populations, the Persians (Shi'a
M, Saadat, M, Ansari-Lari, D D, Farhud
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Homozygosity and risk of childhood death due to invasive bacterial disease. [PDF]
, 2009 BACKGROUND: Genetic heterozygosity is increasingly being shown to be a key predictor of fitness in natural populations, both through inbreeding depression, inbred individuals having low heterozygosity, and also through chance linkage between a marker and
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Accounting for Friendlessness: Stigma and the Quest for an Honorable Self
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.How do people who identify as friendless make sense of their condition in a moment when friendship is extolled for the support and satisfaction it offers? This article draws on interviews with 21 adults in an Atlantic Canadian city. We argue that our interviewees were rarely at ease with their friendlessness and were at pains to recover an honorable ...
Laura Eramian, Peter Mallory
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