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Gender, migration and the ambiguous enterprise of professionalizing domestic service: the case of vocational training for the unemployed in France [PDF]

, 2011
Drawing on ethnographic data concerning migrant male domestic workers, this article examines the gendered dimensions of the process of racialization in Italy and France.
A Dussuet, AR Hochschild, B Anderson, B Ehrenreich, B Hobson, C Labruyère, C Ungerson, D Fougeyrollas, D Kergoat, EN Glenn, Francesca Scrinzi, G Doniol-Shaw, G Doniol-Shaw, G Lewis, H Lutz, J Andall, J Andall, J Solomos, J Windebank, JW Scott, L Davidoff, M Morokvasic, O Merckling, R Lister, R Miles, R Parreñas, R Sarti, S Condon, S Ebersold, T Angeloff   +29 more
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Geographic variation in walking activity in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum

Population Ecology, EarlyView.
This study examined whether there is geographic variation in field populations, focusing on the moving activity in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. Results showed significant differences in moving activity among field populations but no correlation with latitude or meteorological factors.
Kentarou Matsumura
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State business: gender, sex and marriage in Tajikistan [PDF]

, 2011
This article examines the relation of the state to masculinity and sexuality by way of an exploration of the sexual problems of a young man and his wife in Tajikistan at the end of the Soviet era. It suggests that the regime’s inattention to this kind of
Butler J. P., Butler J. P., Colette Harris, Connell R. W., Constantine E. A., Enloe C., Fracher J., Geiges A., Ginat J., Goffman E., Goldstein J. S., Gray F. du P., Harris C., Harris C., Harris C., Harris C., Hite S., Hutchings K., Jakobsen J. R., Kamp M., Keller S., Kon I., Kuehnast K., Lemelle A. J., Lenin V. I., Monogarova L. F., Pahlen Count K.K., Pateman C., Pateman C., Paxson H., Peristiany J. G., Rakowska-Harmstone T., Reumann M. G., Scott J., Tett G., Zarkov D.   +35 more
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Decoding the dual role of autophagy in cancer through transcriptional and epigenetic regulation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation controls autophagy, which exerts context‐dependent effects on cancer: Autophagy suppresses tumorigenesis by maintaining cellular homeostasis or promotes tumor progression by supporting survival under stress. In this “In a Nutshell” article, we explore the intricate mechanisms of the dual function of autophagy ...
Young Suk Yu, Ik Soo Kim, Sung Hee Baek
wiley   +1 more source

Autophagy in cancer and protein conformational disorders

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Autophagy plays a crucial role in numerous biological processes, including protein and organelle quality control, development, immunity, and metabolism. Hence, dysregulation or mutations in autophagy‐related genes have been implicated in a wide range of human diseases.
Sergio Attanasio
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Hybrid Hegemonic Masculinities: Interrogating Men’s Intervention Programming

Socius
Reporting on an ethnography of a profeminist batterer intervention program (BIP), this article details how the theory of hybrid hegemonic masculinities can help understand processes and outcomes in men’s interventions.
Chris M. Vidmar
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Of Masculinities, Distortions and Fractures. A Look at Three Plays by Colombian Playwrights

Catedral Tomada: Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana, 2021
The man’s behavior in society is regulated by the concept of masculinity. This is a cultural concept which varies according to the place where the man grows up. In Colombia, the masculinity concept is permeated by the reality of armed conflict.
Karen Michell Cabezas Sarmiento
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Man-made Fibres? The Split Personalities of Victorian Manliness [PDF]

, 2014
This essay investigates the textual traces of a split that was central to the Victorian conception of manliness: the contradiction of gentlemanliness which demanded both the capacity to commit violence and the requirement to be ‘civilized’.
Adams James Eli, Bristow Joseph, Butler Judith, Byron Glennis, Conrad Joseph, Freud Sigmund, Girouard Mark, Kipling Rudyard, Kipling Rudyard, Stevenson Robert Louis, Tosh John, Tosh John, White Hayden, Wilde Oscar   +13 more
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Unlocking the potential of tumor‐derived DNA in urine for cancer detection: methodological challenges and opportunities

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Urine is a rich source of biomarkers for cancer detection. Tumor‐derived material is released into the bloodstream and transported to the urine. Urine can easily be collected from individuals, allowing non‐invasive cancer detection. This review discusses the rationale behind urine‐based cancer detection and its potential for cancer diagnostics ...
Birgit M. M. Wever, Renske D. M. Steenbergen   +1 more
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Re-Thinking Aspiration and Hegemonic Masculinity in Transnational Context

Masculinities and Social Change, 2014
This article offers a contribution to the on-going critical analysis of the concept hegemonic masculinity. However, not in a way that seeks the demise or supersession of the concept but rather to offer a theoretical development that brings into focus ...
Richard Howson
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