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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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« L’incident Ducas ». Un conflit de loyautés au sein du judaïsme consistorial français, 1943-1947
L'Atelier du CRHBetween 1944 and 1947, the Consistoire Central des Israélites de France, the flagship institution of French Judaism, internally assessed the responsibilities of one of its members, Raymond Ducas, whose escape from the Drancy internment camp and flight to
Simon Perego
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Pathways to Adult Sibling Estrangement: Perspectives of Estranged U.S. Adults
Journal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Determine how estranged adults narrate pathways to adult sibling estrangement. Background A small but meaningful share of adult sibling ties end in no‐contact estrangement, yet existing research has yet to comprehensively determine the pathways to this relationship dynamic.
Rin Reczek +2 more
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Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.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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Beyond the Cut: Generative Refusal and the Reimagining of Jewish Affiliation in Contemporary Israel
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In Jewish‐Israeli society, circumcision (brit milah) carries far‐reaching significance, symbolizing both the covenant between god and the Jewish people and serving as a key marker of communal affiliation and cultural continuity. Drawing on in‐depth interviews with Jewish‐Israeli parents who have chosen not to circumcise their sons and using ...
Nina Rageth
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Cross-Cousin Marriages in Kishtwar
Asian Review of Social Sciences, 2019 Marriage is a social combination or lawful contract between the general population that makes family relationship and its definition fluctuates as indicated by various societies. Marriage and Kinship are the essential unavoidable truths that apply to everyone of any person.
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That sinkin’ feeling: Environmentally induced distress on a disappearing island
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Residents of Tangier Island, Virginia, a subsiding island in the Chesapeake Bay, embody psychosocial dimensions of environmental change. Analysis of ethnographic data shows islanders’ experiences and articulations of anxiety, panic, and despair as “that sinkin’ feeling,” resulting from the stress of living with the long‐term threat of imminent
Jonna Yarrington
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Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This paper analyzes two disparate experiences of buprenorphine, a medication for opioid addiction, in California. Within the context of the U.S. War on Drugs and after decades of criminalization, buprenorphine represents a shift toward outpatient medical treatment of opioid addiction, but it has been unequally distributed and experienced ...
Lauren Textor
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All in the family: Kidney donation in aging Japan
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the ethical and cultural logics shaping living donor kidney transplantation in Japan, where donation is restricted to kin and deceased donation remains rare. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in a Tokyo‐area hospital, it analyzes how Japan's kin‐based transplantation regime contrasts with the utilitarian model dominant in
Amy Borovoy
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Maternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.ABSTRACT UK breastfeeding rates are low, with health inequalities in initiation and continuation. Breastfeeding peer support interventions are recommended in UK and global policy. The Assets‐based feeding help Before and After birth (ABA‐feed) trial tested the effectiveness of proactive, woman‐centred support for infant feeding delivered by trained ...
Joanne Clarke +13 more
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