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Daughter vs. daughter‐in‐law: Kinship roles and women's time use in India
Abstract Motivation Women's labour force participation in India remains low despite improvements in education and economic conditions. Household organization and kinship relations may shape women's opportunities for paid work by influencing how unpaid work is allocated among women within the same family.
Tanu Gupta, Digvijay S. Negi
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Marble Under a Strange Spell: St. John Rivers’ “Long-Cherished Scheme” to Wed Jane Eyre
For most readers, the third volume of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre is the least gratifying of this great literary achievement of the Victorian era. Thornfield Hall and its passionate proprietor Edward Rochester are distant memories to “Jane Elliott” as ...
Michelle Thurlow
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Depression Beyond the 6‐Month Postpartum Period: A Mixed‐Method Study Among Women in Nepal
ABSTRACT Aim This study aimed to comprehensively examine social and clinical factors contributing to postpartum depression among women in Nepal and identify their perspectives/experiences regarding postpartum mental health. Design and Methods The explanatory sequential mixed‐method study was conducted in two phases. In the quantitative phase, data were
Sangita Pudasainee‐Kapri +7 more
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Abstract Recent studies acknowledge that the contribution of female directors at the board may not be uniform but instead varies depending on their individual characteristics and board context. In this study we focus on a pivotal yet insufficiently explored facet of female directors – their affiliation with the business owning family – and assess its ...
Yuliya Ponomareva +3 more
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Ullrich Muscular Dystrophy in Consanguineous Marriage. ABSTRACT In regions with high consanguinity, rare recessive disorders like Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy (UCMD) may present at birth with hypotonia and respiratory distress. To enhance quality of life and prevent recurrence in future pregnancies, early recognition, genetic counseling, and ...
Kanza Farhan +5 more
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ABSTRACT Bardet–Biedl syndrome (BBS) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by obesity, rod‐cone dystrophy, polydactyly, developmental delay, renal dysfunction, and genitourinary abnormalities. We report the case of a 27‐year‐old female with previously undiagnosed BBS who presented with acute kidney injury precipitated by acute ...
Aqeel Abbas +8 more
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PERRAULT'S SYNDROME: A CLINICAL AND GENETIC INVESTIGATION OF THREE SISTERS
Perrault's syndrome (P.S.) is rare. The combination of gonadal dysgenesis and hearing loss was accompanied by 46,XXkaryotype in three sisters with parental consanguineous marriage.
P. Mehdipour +2 more
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Unclassified COL6A1 Variant in a Child With Congenital Hypotonia: A Case Report
ABSTRACT We report a 3‐year‐old male with congenital hypotonia, proximal contractures, and distal hyperlaxity. Exome sequencing identified a novel homozygous COL6A1 variant (c.2821C>T), classified as a variant of uncertain significance. The distinct phenotype strongly supports Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy, expanding the gene's mutational ...
Khadeeja Nofal +5 more
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The Case for Banning Cousin Marriage
Abstract This article presents the universal case for banning cousin marriage regardless of jurisdiction or culture. It is intended both as a resource—the relevant facts and opposing arguments will be set out plainly for reference purposes—and a legal argument which seeks to demonstrate that the weight of evidence concerning this poorly ...
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ABSTRACT Bringing together historical evidence, postcolonial fiction and memory work, this study recovers South Asian cultural attitudes towards interracial heterosexual romance from the margins of East African history. It asks why Black/brown intimacy was treated as taboo and denied legitimacy within South Asian diasporic communities in British‐ruled ...
Carissa Chew
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