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Anthropology and the Racial Politics of Culture [PDF]

, 2010
In the late nineteenth century, if ethnologists in the United States recognized African American culture, they often perceived it as something to be overcome and left behind. At the same time, they were committed to salvaging “disappearing” Native American culture by curating objects, narrating practices, and recording languages.
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Non‐Invasive Prenatal Testing by Cell‐Free DNA (cfNIPT) for Detecting Turner Syndrome With Mosaicism and Structural Variants—Prenatal Findings and Postnatal Outcomes

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Turner Syndrome (TS) is a sex chromosomal disorder associated with karyotype heterogeneity. Although TS can be associated with severe prenatal findings, most often linked to the 45, X karyotype, the majority of TS fetuses have no overt phenotype, resulting in delayed diagnosis and management.
Ivonne Bedei, Johanna Bruder, Ida C. B. Lund, Simon H. Thomsen, Ida Vogel, Andrea T. Maciel‐Guerra, Francisco Alvarez‐Nava, Melissa L. Crenshaw, Roland Axt‐Fliedner, Claus H. Gravholt, Anne Skakkebæk   +10 more
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Resilience, vulnerability and adaptation in reindeer herding communities in the Finnish-Swedish border area

Nordia Geographical Publications, 2012
In socio-ecological research, the focus and the conceptual grounding as well as the scales of analysis have shifted several times in recent decades between global and local dynamics and the general rules of evolution and specific local adaptations ...
Hannu I. Heikkinen, Mervi Kasanen, Élise Lépy   +2 more
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Parental Decision‐Making Following a Prenatal Diagnosis of Turner Syndrome: A Systematic Review

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This systematic review investigates factors influencing parental decision‐making following a prenatal diagnosis (PND) of Turner syndrome (TS), aiming to enhance the foundation for tailored and supportive genetic counseling. A comprehensive literature search was conducted in the medical databases PubMed, Embase, and CINAHL.
Inger Lily Hjuler Dorf, Stina Lou, Anne Skakkebæk   +2 more
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Local resource mobilization for malaria vector control among Rwandan rice farmers: a pilot study into the role of community ownership

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2023
Background Evidence suggests a vicious cycle between rice cultivation and malaria control in Rwanda. Rice fields offer an attractive breeding ground for malaria vectors, which increases the disease burden in rice farming communities, and, consequently ...
Alexis Rulisa, Luuk van Kempen, Emmanuel Hakizimana, Constantianus J. M. Koenraadt   +3 more
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The Return of Culture: Anthropology’s Temptations [PDF]

, 2003
The Return of Culture: Anthropology’s TemptationsAn important turning point in African studies in the 1980s was the emergence of culture as a central concern in fields where it had been quite marginal until then. Development experts began to emphasize culture as crucial to any intervention or project. Economists came into the habit of invoking “culture”
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Power relations in the decision-making processes of forest owners in Northern Finland

Nordia Geographical Publications, 2012
In this article we examine the power relations of forest management in connection with private forest owners’ decision-making processes in Finland. Questions of power are considered through an examination of management decisions regarding even-aged and ...
Mervi Kasanen, Hannu I. Heikkinen
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The evolution of cultural diversity in Pama-Nyungan Australia

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Explaining the processes that produce cultural diversity has long been a focus of anthropological study. Whilst linguistic diversity has frequently been shown to be associated with population splitting during migrations, much less is known about the ...
Duncan Learmouth, Robert. H. Layton, Jamshid. J. Tehrani   +2 more
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Mixedness and Intersectionality: The Use of Relief Maps to Understand the Experiences of Multiracial Women of African Descent in Spain

Genealogy, 2023
This article analyzes the experiences of multiracial women of African descent in Catalonia, Spain—looking at their identity processes, social relations, experiences of racialization and discrimination, and strategies of resistance—using a novel ...
Teresa Habimana-Jordana, Dan Rodríguez-García   +1 more
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Quantitative assessment of masticatory muscles based on skull muscle attachment areas in Carnivora

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Masticatory muscles are composed of the temporalis, masseter, and pterygoid muscles in mammals. Each muscle has a different origin on the skull and insertion on the mandible; thus, all masticatory muscles contract in different directions. Collecting in vivo data and directly measuring the masticatory muscles anatomically in various Carnivora ...
Kai Ito, Mugino O. Kubo, Ryo Kodera, Sei‐ichiro Takeda, Hideki Endo   +4 more
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