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Extracting vitalities: Cuts in Indigenous women's bodies‐territories (Brazil)
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract In this article, I explore the connections between the medicalization of childbirth and environmental devastation through Guarani‐Mbyá understandings of life and the living. I argue that the cuts made to Guarani‐Mbyá women's vaginas (episiotomies) in Brazilian hospitals are experienced and situated on the same cosmopolitical level as the cuts ...
Maria Paula Prates
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Oral Diseases, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background This study assessed the feasibility of remote halitosis diagnosis by evaluating VSC stability over 7 days and their association with periodontal parameters. Methods One hundred adult patients attending a periodontal examination were included.
Eirini Militsi +4 more
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, 2011 Background: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of perceived oral malodor and its correlates in terms of self assessed oral health status and reported health behaviors (oral hygiene practice, dental attendance, tobacco use and ...
C Manyori +5 more
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Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, EarlyView.Abstract Background For voice‐hearers from minoritised communities, voices may reflect interpersonal and societal discrimination, including experiences of feeling silenced or ‘voiceless’. AVATAR therapy is a relational approach involving facilitated dialogues between a voice‐hearer and a digital embodiment of their main distressing voice (the avatar ...
Thomas Ward +14 more
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Field Actions Science Reports, 2020 For the last decades, access to sanitation has been mostly addressed from the “infrastructure” angle: most of the effort has been placed on building sanitation facilities and developing tech-oriented equipment.
Bérangère Magarinos-Ruchat +1 more
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Periodontology 2000, EarlyView.Abstract Maintaining optimal oral hygiene is important for overall oral care, ensuring the well‐being of teeth and their surrounding tissues. In addition, it promotes fresh breath and a pleasing smile. A key element of oral self‐care is the daily use of toothpaste during regular brushing.
Maud Joosstens +2 more
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Sensing Frames: A Contribution to Sensory Pluralism
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Are expressions like “sense of responsibility,” “sense of community,” and “business acumen” merely metaphors, or do they refer to deeper, socially embedded forms of perception? This article introduces the concept of “sensing frames”: the socially learned, culturally shaped, and pragmatically enacted modalities through which people perceive and
Giampietro Gobo +2 more
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The [ADJ + as] intensifier construction in Māori English/Aotearoa English
World Englishes, EarlyView.Abstract We introduce the Waikato Māori English Conversation (MEC) corpus, which consists of 43 dyadic conversations between 49 young adults who self‐recorded informal conversations with close friends, in their own homes, with no topic of conversation specified (83 hours of dialogue; nearly 800,000 words).
Andreea S. Calude, Hēmi Whaanga
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Effects of Oral Health Training on Dental Plaque Index
Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ’Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Shahīd Ṣadūqī Yazd, 2016 Introduction : Oral malodor can be used as a motivational tool to improve oral health-related behaviors. The present study aimed to compare oral health training on the dental plaque index.
M amiri +5 more
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Review Article Halitosis: Much beyond oral malodor
, 2014 Oral malodor one of the most common complaints with which patients approaches us thinking it can be detrimental to his self-image and confidence. Even though majority of oral malodor is of oral origin, there are multiple other systemic causes that have ...
Shenoy N, Ongole R
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