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New City = New Friends?
The Restructuring of Social Resources after Relocation

open access: yesComparative Population Studies, 2013
Despite the significance of spatially proximate social contacts, there is little evidence about the effects of residential mobility on the social capital available to an individual.
Natascha Nisic, Sören Petermann
doaj  

Dignity is the method: ethnic minority mental health, structural harm, and the constellation model

open access: yesAcademia Mental Health & Well-Being
Dignity is not a metaphor. It is a method and mechanism. In this article, the authors critically explore the concepts of tolerance, respect, and dignity through the lens of ethnic minority mental health, arguing that dignity must become a ...
Anindya Kar, Dinesh Bhugra
doaj   +1 more source

Cultural Diversity: Conceptual Approaches

open access: yesІсторико-політичні проблеми сучасного світу, 2018
Cultural diversity is, as biodiversity, an element of the common heritage of humanity, whose defense is an ethical imperative inseparable from respect for the dignity of the human person.
Сіміон Рошка
doaj   +1 more source

Organ‐specific redox imbalances in spinal muscular atrophy mice are partially rescued by SMN antisense oligonucleotides

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We identified a systemic, progressive loss of protein S‐glutathionylation—detected by nonreducing western blotting—alongside dysregulation of glutathione‐cycle enzymes in both neuronal and peripheral tissues of Taiwanese SMA mice. These alterations were partially rescued by SMN antisense oligonucleotide therapy, revealing persistent redox imbalance as ...
Sofia Vrettou, Brunhilde Wirth
wiley   +1 more source

Expanding the causal menu: An interventionist perspective on explaining human behavioural evolution

open access: yesEvolutionary Human Sciences
Theorists of human evolution are interested in understanding major shifts in human behavioural capacities (e.g. the creation of a novel technological industry, such as the Acheulean).
Ronald J. Planer, Ross Pain
doaj   +1 more source

Cultural diversity in German boards [PDF]

open access: yesProblems and Perspectives in Management, 2017
The rise of MNCs, the expansion of the EU and several M&As have exposed German boards to a variety of cultures. But does diversity in the boardrooms improve performance?
Udo Braendle, Markus Stiglbauer
doaj   +1 more source

Intracultural diversity in a model of social dynamics

open access: yes, 2006
We study the consequences of introducing individual nonconformity in social interactions, based on Axelrod's model for the dissemination of culture. A constraint on the number of situations in which interaction may take place is introduced in order to ...
A. Parravano   +18 more
core   +1 more source

Transferrin receptor 1‐mediated iron uptake supports thermogenic activation in human cervical‐derived adipocytes

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
In this study, we found that human cervical‐derived adipocytes maintain intracellular iron level by regulating the expression of iron transport‐related proteins during adrenergic stimulation. Melanotransferrin is predicted to interact with transferrin receptor 1 based on in silico analysis.
Rahaf Alrifai   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural Diversity and Bioethics [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Public Health, 2008
My main question in this article is as follows: "to which extent cultural diversity should be permitted to influence bio-ethical judgments?" There are cultural heritages, values and traditions which are acceptable and respectable and there are ones which
K Aramesh
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring multilingual Covid-19 crisis communication in Finland through the lens of social marketing: a qualitative study

open access: yesBMC Public Health
Background Effective multilingual crisis communication can improve equity, inclusion, and access to information of linguistic minorities during crises.
Laura Musta   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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