Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract Mushrooms are a ubiquitous and essential component in our biological environment and have been of interest to humans around the globe for millennia. Knowledge about mushrooms represents a prime example of cumulative culture, one of the key processes in human evolution.
Andrea Bender, Åge Oterhals
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Genetic polymorphisms in CYP1A1, CYP1B1 and COMT genes in Greenlandic Inuit and Europeans
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2013 Background. The Indigenous Arctic population is of Asian descent, and their genetic background is different from the Caucasian populations. Relatively little is known about the specific genetic polymorphisms in genes involved in the activation and ...
Mandana Ghisari +2 more
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Canadian Inuit subsistence and ecological instability—if the climate changes, must the Inuit? [PDF]
Polar Research, 2009 Considerable attention has been devoted to the possible effects of global climate change on the environment of the circumpolar world.With regard to the Inuit, the aboriginal culture of Arctic Canada, research interest has focused principally on the vulnerability of the hunting and harvesting component of the traditional food system, otherwise ...
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Zoonoses and Public Health, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Campylobacter spp. and non‐typhoidal Salmonella spp. (NTS) are major causes of enteric diseases in Ontario, Canada and worldwide. Although low socioeconomic status is generally associated with poor health outcomes, its relationship with enteric diseases in Ontario is not well known.
Patience John +3 more
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Ethnic differences in leptin and adiponectin levels between Greenlandic Inuit and Danish children
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2013 Objective. In a recent study, we found that Greenlandic Inuit children had a more adverse metabolic profile than Danish children. Aerobic fitness and adiposity could only partly account for the differences.
Thor Munch-Andersen +5 more
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La musique des Inuit du Caribou. Cinq perspectives méthodologiques, sémiologie et analyse musicales. Par Ramon Pelinski (Montréal: Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 1981. [PDF]
, 1981 Beverley Cavanagh
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Climate change and inuits [PDF]
Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 2005 The Inuit Circumpolar Conference will seek a declaration from the Inter‐American Commission on Human Rights that emissions of greenhouse gases, which the conference says, are destroying the Inuit way of life, are a violation of human rights, conference chair Sheila Watt‐Cloutier announced on 15 December.Her announcement comes shortly after the mid ...
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Suicide amongst young Inuit males: The perspectives of Inuit health and wellness workers in Nunavik
SSM: Qualitative Research in Health, 2022 The rate of suicide amongst Inuit boys and men in Nunavik has risen since the 1980s. Despite this, little is known about the strengths and protective factors, and the unique risks, that contribute to suicidality amongst Inuit males. This article presents
William Affleck, PhD +6 more
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L’histoire sociale de la langue des Inuit : notes pour une recherche [PDF]
, 1980 Louis‐Jacques Dorais
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NORMANDEAU, Louise et Victor PICHÉ, dir., Les populations amérindiennes et inuit du Canada. Aperçu démographique. Montréal, Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal, coll. « Démographie canadienne », n 8, 1984. 282 p. [PDF]
, 1987 Claire Bourassa
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