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Hygelac's only daughter: a present, a potentate and a peaceweaver in Beowulf [PDF]
, 2006 [FIRST PARAGRAPH] The women of Beowulf have enjoyed extensive study in recent years, but one has escaped the limelight: the only daughter of Hygelac, king of the Geats and Beowulf’s lord.
Hall, Alaric
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Gender, Families, and Wealth Accumulation Among the One‐Child Generation
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Prior literature on gender and wealth accumulation largely examines the role of families in reproducing inequalities. However, less attention has been paid to families without sons, a significant demographic, particularly within China's one‐child generation, that challenges conventional understandings of familial wealth dynamics.
Ye Liu
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The changing pattern and determinants of declining consanguinity in Jordan during 1990–2012
Annals of Human Biology, 2018 Background: Consanguinity is a deep rooted cultural trait in Jordan. Aim: To examine the patterns and determinants of declining rates of consanguineous marriage in Jordan during 1990–2012 in the context of the changing pattern of socio-economic and ...
M. Mazharul Islam
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Economic rationales for kin marriage: Assessing the evidence using Egyptian panel data
Demographic Research, 2019 Background: Although kin marriage is widely practiced in the Middle East, its underlying motivations have not been thoroughly tested. Methods: We assess evidence for two economic rationales motivating kin unions using a national sample of Egyptians ...
Rania Salem, Sarah Shah
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Studies on Maltese Consanguinity [PDF]
, 2003 The possible genetic consequences of consanguinity have been known from ancient times, though different societies have held varying views. Some have encouraged consanguinity as desirable and the classic examples are the sister brother marriages of the ...
Vassallo, Luis A.
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Family financial assistance with home ownership has attracted significant scholarly attention in recent years. However, the role of culture and ethnicity, transnational ties, and migration in this practice remains significantly under‐addressed.
Julia Cook
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The dynamics of criminal collaboration: Multiplex ties in mafia networks
Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines how social embeddedness and multiplex relationships shape criminal collaboration within organized crime networks. Drawing on data from three major investigations into the ‘Ndrangheta, we analyze how kinship, clan affiliation, leadership, and prior interactions influence participation in meetings and phone calls.
Francesco Calderoni +2 more
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The Economics of Consanguinity [PDF]
, 2006 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.
Do, Quy-Toan +2 more
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‘I, Me, Myself’: Selfhood and Melancholy in the Journals of Gertrude Savile (1697–1758)
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the journals of Gertrude Savile from 1727 in light of recent scholarship on early modern and eighteenth‐century melancholy. The concept had myriad associations with medicine, physiology, the imagination, and feeling, but questions remain about how melancholy during this period was considered by those outside the narrow ...
Daniel Beaumont
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Factors Predisposing To Cleft Lip and Palate in Children Presenting in a Tertiary Care Hospital [PDF]
Journal of Sharif Medical & Dental College, 2018 Objective: To determine the predisposing risk factors of cleft lip and palate among children presenting in a tertiary care hospital. Methodology: It was a case-control study conducted at the Children Hospital & Institute of Child Health, Lahore for a ...
Areeja Fatima +3 more
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