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What Are Kinship Terminologies, and Why Do We Care? A Computational Approach to Analyzing Symbolic Domains [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Kinship is a fundamental feature and basis of human societies. We describe a set of computational tools and services, the Kinship Algebra Modeler, and the logic that underlies these. These were developed to improve how we understand both the fundamental
Fischer, Michael D.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Paternity Cases within a Medicolegal Context: a Case Study of Heteropaternal Superfecundation in Iraq

open access: yesArab Journal of Forensic Sciences & Forensic Medicine, 2017
A case of paternity was referred to the Medical-Legal Directorate( MLD)/ Baghdad in August 2011 .The family who were concerned was the  Father (41 years old ) ,mother (23 years old) and 2 sons non identical twin (1.5year old) .
Hannan K. Mahmood   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

à quelle anthropologie de la parenté se réfèrent les historiens ? L’histoire de la parenté spirituelle médiévale à l’épreuve des new kinship studies

open access: yesL'Atelier du CRH, 2011
We live in an age where new methods of procreation have led us to rethink what we define as biological kinship. Evolving from and reacting to these new problems, kinship studies also implies a redefinition of the very concept of kinship, above all, the ...
Chloé Maillet
doaj   +1 more source

History and structure of the closed pedigreed population of Icelandic Sheepdogs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Background - Dog breeds lose genetic diversity because of high selection pressure. Breeding policies aim to minimize kinship and therefore maintain genetic diversity.
Pieter A Oliehoek   +27 more
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No universals in the cultural evolution of kinship terminology

open access: yesEvolutionary Human Sciences, 2020
Kinship terminologies are the semantic systems of language that express kinship relations between individuals: in English, ‘aunt’ denotes a parent's sister. Theoretical models of kinship terminology diversity reduce over 10 billion possible organisations
Sam Passmore, Fiona M. Jordan
doaj   +1 more source

Civil society in the South Caucasus: kinship networks as obstacles to civil participation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The research to date on informal networks of the post-communist South Caucasus has tended to focus either on the informal institutions’ role in providing social safety nets for the population or on the networks’ economic functions.
Aliyev, Huseyn
core   +1 more source

Teaching Culture through Language

open access: yesTávol-keleti Tanulmányok, 2021
One socio-cultural aspect of the Korean language that foreign learners may encounter early is the extensive use of kinship terms in communicative situations.
Krisztina Nguyen
doaj   +1 more source

Event Fullness of the Guardians’ Life Perspective as a Relationship Characteristic in the Kinship and Non-Kinship Guardians’ Families

open access: yesСоциальная психология и общество, 2020
Objectives. Analyzing the differences in the event structure of the kinship and non-kinship guardians’ life perspective. Background. The implementation of the family life management policy for orphaned children and children without parental care leads to
Korjova E.Yu.   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effect of Modernization Componentsin the Kinship Support of Yazd Families [PDF]

open access: yesTaḥqīqāt-i Farhangī-i Īrān, 2014
During the last decades, the institution of family and kinship system effecting from entry modernization process, has experienced so many change and evolutions.
Mahnaz Farahmand   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Strength and Resilience for Kinship Caregivers Raising Children: A Scoping Review

open access: yesSocieties, 2023
Kinship care is a preferred living arrangement for children when they have to separate from their birth parents due to various reasons. Although kinship care emphasized family and cultural value of connection, kinship families haven been considered as a ...
Qi Wu, Yanfeng Xu, Fei Pei, Naeun Lim
doaj   +1 more source

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