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Statin pharmacogenetic implementation guidelines are derived from evidence of primarily Eurocentrically biased study populations. Functional SLCO1B1 variants that are rare in these study populations have not been equitably investigated and are thus missing from guidelines.
Tanushree Haldar +11 more
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ABSTRACT Background and Aims Migrants from endemic areas are key populations for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection screening in Europe. This study assessed the feasibility and outcomes of a community action that combined education, screening, and simplified access to care for migrants in Barcelona.
Anna Not +11 more
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Evidence for a VP-internal analysis of postverbal arguments in an SOVX language
Mande languages are known for their typologically unusual SOVX word order, in which the subject and direct object precede the verb, while adjuncts and other complements must follow it.
Penelope Daniel
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Affordances perspective and grammaticalization: Incorporation of language, environment and users in the model of semantic paths [PDF]
The present paper demonstrates that insights from the affordances perspective can contribute to developing a more comprehensive model of grammaticalization.
Andrason, Alexander, Visser, Marianna
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Luso-African trade and settlement in the Gambia and Guinea-Bissau regions, 16th-19th centuries [PDF]
African Studies Center Working Paper No. 24This paper examines the economic, social, and cultural influences of Luso-Africans living along the Gambia River and in the Guinea-Bissau region from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, in terms of two ...
Brooks, George E.
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Understanding the Personalistic Aspects of Jola Ethnomedicine [PDF]
This paper discusses the contemporary expression of the personalistic aspects of Jola ethnomedicine. Ethnomedicine pertains to the culturally specific health- associated beliefs and behaviors of a society.
Randall, Theo
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Factors associated with pregnancy and STI among Aboriginal students in British Columbia. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Aboriginal adolescents are more likely to become pregnant and contract an STI than other Canadian adolescents. This study provides some of the first data on factors associated with these outcomes among Aboriginal adolescents.
Devries, Karen M +3 more
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Abstract This article explores how European travellers to Africa perceived African masculinity, the male body and sexuality during the period of 1450–1730. It argues that their observations helped Europeans construct early notions of racial difference at a time when skin colour was not the most important marker of difference classifying people.
Sergio Lussana
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Nonverbal Clause Constructions
ABSTRACT There are about a dozen well‐recognised types of nonverbal clause constructions, but the terminology by which these subtypes are known varies widely. This paper gives an overview of the major types and defines each term carefully, from the perspective of general syntax.
Martin Haspelmath
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ABSTRACT Objectives Human childrearing is cooperative, with women often able to achieve relatively high fertility through help from many individuals. Previous work has documented tremendous socioecological variation in who supports women in childrearing, but less is known about the intracultural correlates of variation in allomaternal support.
John H. Shaver +9 more
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