The differential expression of MC1R regulators in dorsal and ventral quail plumages during embryogenesis: Implications for plumage pattern formation. [PDF]
Melanin pigmentation patterns are ubiquitous in animals and function in crypsis, physical protection, thermoregulation and signalling. In vertebrates, pigmentation patterns formed over large body regions as well as within appendages (hair/feathers) may ...
Thanh-Lan Gluckman, Nicholas I Mundy
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THE CELLULAR RECEPTOR (CD4) OF THE HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS IS EXPRESSED ON NEURONS AND GLIAL CELLS IN HUMAN BRAIN [PDF]
The peculiar tropism of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) for T helper lymphocytes can be explained by a specific interaction between the virus and the CD4 molecule on these cells (1, 2).
Funke, Ilona +4 more
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The unsayable: gossip, data and ethnography in an Argentinean police context
Some time ago, Gluckman stated that a most important part of gaining membership to a group is to learn its scandals: what you can say and what you may not.
Mariana Sirimarco
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Objective: The 2018 American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology (AHA/ACC) Blood Cholesterol Guideline recommendation to classify patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) as very high-risk (VHR) vs not-VHR (NVHR) has ...
Aparna Sajja, MD +6 more
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The perceived fairness of turnover tax
The South Africa Turnover Tax system, implemented on 01 March 2009 to simplify tax for microbusinesses and to improve tax compliance had an insignificant number of registrations and research indicated that a possible reason is the fairness of the tax ...
Adam Gluckman, Magda Turner
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Brokerage at the science–policy interface: from conceptual framework to practical guidance
This article analyses the conceptual framework of brokerage at the science–policy interface as an important boundary function to support trusted and transparent government decision-making.
Peter D. Gluckman +2 more
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Treatment of head and neck cancer with photodynamic therapy: results after one year [PDF]
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a new and promising treatment modality for the treatment of malignant disease. This paper reports the preliminary experience of our group in the use of this therapy for the treatment of tumours arising in the head and neck ...
DeJode, ML +4 more
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Human embryos from overweight and obese women display phenotypic and metabolic abnormalities [PDF]
STUDY QUESTION Is the developmental timing and metabolic regulation disrupted in embryos from overweight or obese women? SUMMARY ANSWER Oocytes from overweight or obese women are smaller than those from women of healthy weight, yet post-fertilization ...
Leary, C. +5 more
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Background This paper critically discusses the use and merits of global indices, in particular, the Global Health Security Index (GHSI; Cameron et al. https://www.ghsindex.org/#l-section--map ) in times of an imminent crisis, such as the current pandemic.
Matthias Kaiser +2 more
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Goffman og Gluckman – to versjoner av forholdet mellom tegn og betegnet (1979)1
Både Max Gluckman og Erving Goffman skrev om ritualer på 1960-tallet, men de forskjellige måtene de gjorde det på, røper at de til dels opererte med ulike tegnforståelser.
Tord Larsen
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