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The Malawi 2002 Famine – Destitution, Democracy and Donors

Nordic 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

BMJ 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, Tessa J Roseboom, Laura S Bleker, Susanne R de Rooij, Anita CJ Ravelli   +4 more
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The potato murrain on the European continent and the revolutions of 1848 [PDF]

, 2008
The tale of the Irish Famine, 1845¿1849, following the outbreak of potato late blight, has been told repeatedly, but the parallel story of the Continental Famine, 1845¿1847, has not yet been recorded. The Continental Famine was caused by poor harvests of
Zadoks, J.C.
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The association between prenatal famine, DNA methylation and mental disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Clinical 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
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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

Frontiers 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, Jinfeng Li, Ying Wu, Peng Yang, Dandan Zhao, Xiaojie Yuan, Shuohua Chen, Xiaoyan Luo, Yun Li, Shouling Wu   +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.

PLoS 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, Liangjian Zhang, Peng Xuan, Yong Fan, Linsheng Yang, Chunqiu Hu, Qingli Bo, Guoxiu Wang, Jie Sheng, Sufang Wang   +9 more
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Association of Famine Exposure on the Changing Clinical Phenotypes of Primary Hyperparathyroidism in 20 years

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022
Background & AimsPrimary hyperparathyroidism(PHPT) has been evolving into a milder asymptomatic disease. No study has assessed the association between famine exposure and such a shift. We aim to explore the effects of China’s Great Famine exposure on
Tian-jiao Yuan, Tian-jiao Yuan, Yu-ying Yang, Yu-ying Yang, Min-ting Zhu, Min-ting Zhu, Yang He, Yang He, Lin Zhao, Lin Zhao, Wen-zhong Zhou, Wen-zhong Zhou, Ting-wei Su, Ting-wei Su, Hong-yan Zhao, Hong-yan Zhao, Li-hao Sun, Li-hao Sun, Bei Tao, Bei Tao, Jian-min Liu, Jian-min Liu   +21 more
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Development of world famine database for 1840–2019 and risk assessment of its occurrence and severity

Environmental Research Letters
Famine still exists in this world, hindering the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 2: zero hunger. The history and the mechanisms of famine have been broadly studied; however, few studies have focused on quantitative and long-term analyses of ...
Soma Funahashi, Misato Okaneya, Taikan Oki   +2 more
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CEOs’ early famine experience, managerial discretion and corporate social responsibility

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2023
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) reflects entrepreneurs’ early life experiences in reality. Based on imprinting theory and upper echelons theory, this paper examines the impact of a CEO’s early famine experience on CSR, analyzes the moderating ...
Zhaocheng Xu
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The trigger of Ethiopian famine and its impacts from 1950 to 1991

Cogent 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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