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Sex‐Specific Genetic Architecture of ALS: Evidence of a Female Protective Effect?

open access: yesAnnals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Background Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) shows sex differences in incidence and age of onset, yet the underlying biological mechanisms remain poorly understood. Methods We investigated sex‐specific genetic architecture in an Italian ALS cohort with whole‐genome sequencing (1,333 ALS cases, 755 controls).
Maurizio Grassano   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Friedreich's Ataxia: Preliminary Results of some Genealogical Research [PDF]

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques, 1976
SUMMARY:A preliminary genealogical investigation of all the known ancestors from the year 1608 of 4 apparently unrelated French Canadian kindreds with Friedreich’s ataxia reveals that the original ataxia gene in the province of Quebec was present within a core of no more than 10 families living in Quebec City in the mid-1600's.
A, Barbeau   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Cultural Summit II Work Book [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
OklahomaFeasibility study sInstitute of Museum and Library ...
Oklahoma Cultural Heritage Trust, Oklahoma Department of Libraries
core  

Kinship Past, Kinship Present: Bio-Essentialism in the Study of Kinship [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In this article, I reconsider bio-essentialism in the study of kinship, centering on David Schneider’s influential critique that concluded that kinship was “a non-subject” (1972:51).
Amundson   +114 more
core   +1 more source

‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
wiley   +1 more source

Pro-Dominion Attitudes toward Nature in Western Culture: First Cracks in the Narrative

open access: yesGenealogy, 2020
Our civilization’s interference in nature is the source of numerous ecological problems. This study will employ a genealogical methodology to examine the “man’s dominion over nature” approach, which is deeply rooted in Western culture. The underlying aim
Bina Nir
doaj   +1 more source

Application of Graph Theory to the elaboration of personal genomic data for genealogical research [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ Computer Science, 2015
In this communication a representation of the links between DNA-relatives based on Graph Theory is applied to the analysis of personal genomic data to obtain genealogical information.
Vincenzo Palleschi   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Researching Strategy Practices: A Genealogical Social Theory Perspective [PDF]

open access: yesOrganization Studies, 2009
This paper explores the meaning and significance of the term `social practice' and its relation to strategy-as-practice research from the perspective of social theory. Although our remarks are also applicable to other practice-based discussions in management, we discuss strategy practices as a case in point and thus contribute to the strategy-as ...
Rasche, A., Chia, Robert
openaire   +2 more sources

School readiness and the good level of development: Policy constructions in English early childhood education

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper critically analyses how school readiness has been historically and discursively constructed in Early Childhood Education (ECE) policy in England over the past four decades. Using Bacchi's ‘What's the Problem Represented to be?’ framework and Foucauldian concepts of governmentality, the paper explores how school readiness has shifted
Louise Kay
wiley   +1 more source

The Evolution of the Typology of Interdisciplinary Research: A Historical-genealogical Study [PDF]

open access: yesInterdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities, 2018
Interdisciplinary research has been developing dramatically in the recent two decades. Reviewing the related literature shows that such research is very important in terms of its methodology and typology.
A. Motamedi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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