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The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a participative community singing programme as a health promotion initiative for older people: protocol for a randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2011
Background The growth in numbers of older people represents a considerable cost to health and social care services in the United Kingdom. There is an acknowledged need to address issues of social exclusion and both the physicial and mental health of ...
Coulton Simon P, Simon P Coulton, John Rodriguez, Clift, S., Rodriguez, John, Clift Stephen M, Coulton, S., Rodriguez, J., Clift, Stephen M., Skingley, A., Skingley Ann, Ann Skingley, Rodriguez John, Stephen M Clift, Skingley, Ann, Coulton, Simon   +15 more
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A simplified two‐station approach for modeling metabolism in dam tailwaters subject to diel flow variation

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, EarlyView.
Abstract Tailwaters are ubiquitous and highly managed ecosystems whose food webs often rely disproportionately on autochthonous energy. In situ continuous dissolved oxygen data are increasingly being used to estimate gross primary productivity and ecosystem respiration in rivers, but this approach is complicated in tailwaters, where upriver ...
Ian W. Bishop, Bridget R. Deemer, Theodore A. Kennedy, Robert A. Payn, Robert O. Hall Jr., Charles B. Yackulic   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reflections of Africa: Investigating the subsidiary of African indigenous culture and its applications in the contemporary scenario through Sing, Unburied, Sing

While considered a distinctive genre, multiple elements can be observed in the African American culture and literature that overlap with indigenous African culture. However, there is limited research on the African roots of African American culture.
Raavi Bhargava, Deepali Sharma, Shikha Saxena   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Indigenous Employment Australia

, 2016
Indigenous Employment Australia (http://atsijobs.com.au/)  provides resources that promote the creation of sustainable jobs in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Indigenous Employment Australia
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Reform and resistance: an indigenous perspective on proposed changes to the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 (WA) [PDF]

, 2012
This article provides a critical analysis of some of the seven proposals put forward to regulate and amend the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972. Reference is made throughout to Aboriginal heritage legislation in other Australian jurisdictions. We do not
Blaze Kwaymullina, Ambelin Kwaymullina, Sally Morgan   +2 more
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The Tasty Side of Numbers: How Vowel Type Influences Taste Perceptions for Numerical Brand Names

Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Numerical brand names are commonly used in food marketing yet underexplored for their sensory impact. Relying on processing fluency theory, across four studies, including an IAT (n = 149), a quantitative and qualitative lexical analysis of professional wine tasting notes (n = 695), an online study (n = 306), and archival consumer wine ratings (
Nathalie Spielmann, Diego Vega
wiley   +1 more source

The current state of oral epic performing in the Philippines and ways of transmitting / acquiring sacred knowledge by singers and shamans

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How do the ritual oral epics of the indigenous survive today in a highly westernized Christian country? The paper gives an overview of the current situation in the Philippines based on 30 years of fieldwork with the Yattuka and Tuwali Ifugao hudhud ...
M. V. Stanyukovich
doaj   +1 more source

Aesthetic Analysis of Native Bavig Dolls of the Lor Regions of Iran [PDF]

هنرهای زیبا. هنرهای تجسمی
This study explores the aesthetic and cultural significance of the native Bavig dolls from the Lor regions of Iran, highlighting their unique role beyond mere artifacts.
Fariba Gorjian, Hamidreza Mohebi
doaj   +1 more source

Mobilizing Presence across Borders: Devotion to Papua New Guinea's Blessed Peter To Rot in Australia

Oceania, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article engages with the conjunctures between migration and religion by focusing on the celebration of Papua New Guinea's ‘National Patron Saint’, the Blessed Peter To Rot, in the Australian diaspora. Both in Sydney and Brisbane, Catholic Papua New Guinea (PNG) migrants have been ‘relocating’ PNG shrines, regalia, relics and ritual ...
Anna‐Karina Hermkens
wiley   +1 more source

Musical scales optimize pitch spacing: a global analysis of traditional vocal music

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
The dominant model of musical scales in academic theories is derived from instrument tunings. However, the study of vocal scales – most especially in indigenous cultures – has been all but ignored.
Steven Brown, Elizabeth Phillips, Khalil Husein, John McBride   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source