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Teaching island studies: on whose terms? [PDF]
, 2010 Island studies can be deceptively difficult for inexperienced undergraduates due to the field’s trans-disciplinary and international scope, advanced academic content and engagement with a wide range of cognitive processes and methodologies.
Kathleen Stuart
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Vestibular Patient Journey: Insights From Vestibular Disorders Association (VeDA) Registry
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Vestibular symptoms impose a high burden of disability. Understanding real‐world diagnostic and treatment pathways can identify care gaps and guide interventions. We aimed to characterize symptom profiles, diagnostic trends, provider involvement, and treatment patterns in vestibular disorders.
Ali Rafati +10 more
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Espace populations sociétésBased on the case of Peng Chau, a small 1 km² island with 5,700 inhabitants in the Hong Kong archipelago, this article examines how the island’s inhabitants and environment are engaged in a contingent relationship, characterized by fragile yet resilient ...
Myriem Alnet, Camille Salgues
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SPG4 and Dementia: Expanding the Clinical Spectrum
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a group of disorders characterized by progressive spasticity and lower limb weakness, with mutations in SPG4/SPAST being the most common cause. Detailed studies and clinical and molecular comparisons across different populations are missing.
Emanuele Panza +19 more
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Promoting Vitality and Sustainable Development on Åstol Island: Insights from Local Perspectives
Rural Landscapes: Society Environment HistoryThis study explores the challenges and opportunities of promoting sustainable development on Åstol, a small island on Sweden’s west coast, through a participatory and place-based research approach.
Margareta Bohlin, Nora Bohlin
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Archipelagos and Political Engineering: The Impact of Non-Contiguity on Devolution in Small States [PDF]
Island Studies Journal, 2007 Political architecture differences have only seldom been explained in the political science literature by reference to physical factors like size and geography.
Dag Anckar
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Dementia Incidence in Individuals With Parkinson's Disease in the Framingham Heart Study
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Limited information exists on incident dementia in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) in US community‐based samples. We examined cognitive statuses and PD diagnoses of 183 individuals in the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) to establish incident dementia, mortality rates, associations with sex, age at PD onset, and education level.
Joshi Dookhy +11 more
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Stepping-stones to the Edge: Artistic Expressions of Islandness in an Ocean of Islands [PDF]
Island Studies Journal, 2013 Since the earliest of times, islands have captured the artistic imagination—and, often, for the artist who finds his or her muse in being ‘islanded’, the smaller the island the better.
Laurie Brinklow
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Images of Iceland and Greenland in the Late Seventeenth and First Half of the Eighteenth Century
Sjuttonhundratal, 2015 This article considers external images of Iceland and Greenland from the latter part of the seventeenth century and the first half of the eighteenth century in terms of their perceived ‘otherness’ during that period.
Sumarliði R. Ísleifsson
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective There is growing interest in evaluating new strategies to delay or prevent posttraumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) in individuals who have sustained anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. This study sought to determine characteristics of potential treatments that are acceptable to patients with ACL injury. Methods Participants with a history of
Kevin Kennedy +9 more
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