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Review Of Baba’s Kitchen Medicines: Folk Remedies Of Ukrainian Settlers In Western Canada By M. Mucz [PDF]

, 2013
Forrester, Sibelan E. S.
core   +1 more source

The choice argument for proportional representation

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract What electoral system should a democracy choose? I argue for proportional representation (PR). My main empirical premise is Duverger's law: Under PR there are more viable candidates in district‐level elections than there are under single‐member plurality (SMP) systems.
Adam Lovett
wiley   +1 more source

Canscora lucidissima, a Chinese folk medicine, exerts anti-inflammatory activities by inhibiting the phosphorylation of ERK1/2 in LPS-activated macrophages. [PDF]

BMC Complement Altern Med, 2019
Fei QL, Zhang XY, Qi RJ, Huang YF, Han YX, Li XM, Cai RL, Gao Y, Qi Y.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Outsmarting sanctions

American Ethnologist, EarlyView.
Abstract In 2012 the UN Security Council and the European Union bolstered US economic sanctions on Iran, disembedding the country's economy from financial markets. Since then, the sanctions have radically devalued Iran's currency, leading Iranians to seek a viable standard of value elsewhere. They have done so through ghachagh (fugitive) configurations
Emrah Yıldız
wiley   +1 more source

Red Yeast Rice: A Systematic Review of the Traditional Uses, Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Quality Control of an Important Chinese Folk Medicine. [PDF]

Front Pharmacol, 2019
Zhu B, Qi F, Wu J, Yin G, Hua J, Zhang Q, Qin L.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Genetics of infertility and “assisted fertilization” in the Bible: The case of Abraham and his family

Andrology, EarlyView.
Abstract Couple infertility is a very ancient medical condition. One of the first descriptions of familial infertility/subfertility is contained in the first book of the Bible, Genesis, written in the 10th century BC and reporting tales from the oral tradition even occurred about 800 years earlier.
Manuela Simoni, Frank Tüttelmann, Livio Casarini   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of an adverse events reporting form for Korean folk medicine. [PDF]

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf, 2017
Park JH, Choi SM, Moon S, Kim S, Kim B, Kim MK, Lee S.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Unbecoming Ghost: Spectropolitics in the Making and Unmaking of BHU's Bhoot Vidya Ayurveda Certificate Program

Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay examines the controversy surrounding the Bhoot Vidya certificate program proposed by the Faculty of Ayurveda at Banaras Hindu University in 2019. Drawing on media coverage, curricular materials, and government policy, I analyze how the debate reveals broader tensions in the politics of contemporary Ayurveda, nationalism, and ...
Thomas Seibel
wiley   +1 more source

Antioxidant and Synergistic Antidiabetic Activities of a Three-Plant Preparation Used in Cameroon Folk Medicine. [PDF]

Int Sch Res Notices, 2017
Moukette BM, Ama Moor VJ, Biapa Nya CP, Nanfack P, Nzufo FT, Kenfack MA, Ngogang JY, Pieme CA.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Outcomes and complications of sponges versus tires for scleral buckling in primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: The Manchester Buckle Study

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To compare preoperative characteristics and postoperative anatomical and functional outcomes of scleral buckle surgery using sponges versus tires, as well as explant‐related complications and the frequency of explant removal. Methods This retrospective study included patients with primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) who ...
Peter Kiraly, Myrta Lippera, Naseer Ally, Ritu Agarwal, George Moussa, Tsveta Ivanova, Felipe Dhawahir‐Scala, Niall Patton, George Turner, Stephen Charles, Assad Jalil, Kirti M. Jasani   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source