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How does early-life famine experience influence household energy transition?

open access: yesHeliyon, 2023
The transition of households towards cleaner energy is crucial for achieving sustainable development goals. However, the impacts and associated mechanisms of early-life experiences on household energy transition have not been considered.
Feiran Wang   +4 more
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The Feminization of Famine by Margaret Kelleher. The Author's Response to Maureen Murphy’s Article.

open access: yesABEI Journal, 1999
My study, The Feminization of Famine, was published in 1997 and thus became part of the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Great Insh Famine (1845-1851).
Margaret Kelleher
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Consequences of early life exposure to the 1983–1985 Ethiopian Great Famine on cognitive function in adults: a historical cohort study

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2020
Objectives To investigate the association between early life famine exposure and cognitive function in adults.Design Historical cohort studySetting North Wollo Zone, Northeast Ethiopia.Participants We recruited 1047 adult men and women aged 30–38 years ...
Mubarek Abera   +5 more
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The Malawi 2002 Famine – Destitution, Democracy and Donors

open access: yesNordic Journal of African Studies, 2008
The validity of two famine theories at the political level is assessed using the Malawi 2002 famine: (i) Amartya Sen’s thesis of a positive impact of democracy on famine protection and (ii) De Waal’s thesis stressing the importance of anti-famine ...
Olivier Rubin
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Cohort profile: the Dutch famine birth cohort (DFBC)— a prospective birth cohort study in the Netherlands

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2021
Purpose The Dutch famine birth cohort study was set up to investigate the effects of acute maternal undernutrition of the 1944–1945 Dutch famine during the specific stages of gestation on later health, with a particular focus on chronic cardiovascular ...
Rebecca C Painter   +4 more
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The association between prenatal famine, DNA methylation and mental disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesClinical Epigenetics, 2023
Background Undernutrition in pregnant women is an unfavorable environmental condition that can affect the intrauterine development via epigenetic mechanisms and thus have long-lasting detrimental consequences for the mental health of the offspring later ...
Heike Eichenauer, Ulrike Ehlert
doaj   +1 more source

History and National Identity Construction: The Great Famine in Irish and Ukrainian History Textbooks [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This paper compares the narratives on the Famine in Irish and Ukrainian history textbooks and examines to what extent these narratives are coloured by a nationalist discourse.
Janmaat, Germ
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Ideal Cardiovascular Health Metrics Modify the Association Between Exposure to Chinese Famine in Fetal and Cardiovascular Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study

open access: yesFrontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021
Background: No study has explored the modification effect of ideal cardiovascular health metrics (ICVHMs) on the association between famine exposure and risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) so far.
Xiong Ding   +9 more
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The relationship between famine exposure during early life and body mass index in adulthood: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2018
BackgroundPrevious epidemiologic studies have reported famine exposure during early life association with overweight or obesity in adulthood, but a consistent perspective has not been established to date.PurposeTo determine, by conducting a systematic ...
Jielin Zhou   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

The trigger of Ethiopian famine and its impacts from 1950 to 1991

open access: yesCogent Arts & Humanities, 2023
Ethiopia is an ancient state that emerged in the Horn of Africa. The country has an abundance of natural resources, a rich history, cultures, languages, and diverse physical landscapes.
Dagm Alemayehu Tegegn
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