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Crafts as an example of active and productive aging: profiles of artisans and family transmission in a UNESCO Creative City of Crafts and Folk Art. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Igreja S, Teles S, Paúl C.
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Conservation status of species used in the UK herbal medicine industry

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Given the ongoing biodiversity crisis, sustainable use and management of medicinal plants is critical. We assessed the conservation status, threats and conservation actions of 298 species sold by UK suppliers to medical herbalists. We found that most species used are unevaluated, representing a gap in conservation knowledge, and of those with ...
Isabella Flowers, Jon C. Lovett, Christopher Hassall   +2 more
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"I feel good in this creative world": a multi-methods study exploring older artisans' attributions of mental health, quality of life, and well-being to their work in a UNESCO Creative City of crafts and folk art. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Igreja S, Paúl C, Teles S.
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A step into the shadows: Evolutionary shifts in fruit structure and dispersal strategies in Asian mycoheterotrophic Ericaceae

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This study examines how the fruits of non‐photosynthetic forest plants in the Monotropoideae (Ericaceae) have evolved into the diversity observed today. By analyzing four Asian species, we identified a shift from dry, dehiscent fruits that release seeds into the air to fleshy, berry‐like fruits adapted for animal dispersal.
Alexey N. Sorokin, Kenji Suetsugu, Olga V. Yatsenko, Mikhail S. Romanov, Nikita S. Zdravchev, Petr S. Iovlev, Anton S. Timchenko, Anna A. Mikhaylova, Kirill V. Kuptsov, Alexey V. F. Ch. Bobrov   +9 more
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Biodiversity, sustainable utilization, and conservation of the wild plants used in Traditional Mongolian Medicine of the Greater Khingan Mountains. [PDF]

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed
Yi-Ru-Gui, Zhang W, Ren X, Zhao L.
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Past, present and future of local crop evolution

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Promoting agrobiodiversity is a promising strategy for mitigating the negative effects of climate change on global food security. We highlight the central role evolutionary processes play in harnessing the potential of local crops by integrating genomics, archaeology, ethnobotany and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK).
Nataly Allasi Canales, Philippa Ryan, Amy Jackson, Hong Phuong Le, James Borrell, Aaron Davis, Rafal M. Gutaker   +6 more
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Clinical characteristics, management, and outcomes of diseases caused by mercury overexposure: a systematic review of case reports and case series. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Shi Y, Wang M, Ni H, Lin S, Ma D, Zhou Z, Ji C.   +6 more
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Unveiling the health‐promoting potential of Sudanese sorghum landraces: A legacy rooted in Eastern Sudan, Kassala, and the Red Sea States

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Sorghum is a staple food for hundreds of millions of people in dry regions worldwide, and improving its nutritional quality is vital for global food and health security under climate change. In this study, we evaluated traditional Sudanese sorghum varieties grown in eastern deltas to better understand their natural health‐promoting properties. We found
Khitma A. Sir Elkhatim, Manhal Gobara Hamid, Ahmed Khalifa, Mahbubjon Rahmatov, Mohammed Elsafy, Tilal Abdelhalim   +5 more
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MMP9 Genotype and Systemic T-Cell Subsets Correlate With Structural and Functional Outcomes in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration. [PDF]

Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci
Martinez TL, Zacharias ZR, Lee K, Han IC, Jiao C, Bach BB, Roos B, Chava S, McCormick MM, Sinkey C, Wu AP, Mukhopadhyay C, Coussa RG, Russell J, Binkley EM, Boldt HC, Folk JC, Russell SR, Mullins RF, Fingert JH, Wang K, Abramoff MD, Stone EM, Scheetz TE, Houtman JCD, Sonka M, Sohn EH.   +26 more
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