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Centring a critical medical anthropology of COVID-19 in global health discourse. [PDF]
BMJ Glob Health, 2021 Gamlin J +4 more
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Intraspecific variation of cochlear morphology in bowhead and beluga whales
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The bony labyrinth of the petrosal bone, a distinctive feature of mammal skulls, is often identified in micro‐computed tomography imaging to infer species' physiological and ecological traits. When done as part of a comparative study, one individual specimen is normally considered representative of a species, and intraspecific variation is ...
John Peacock, J. G. M. Thewissen
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Medical Anthropology: Pathological Effects of Consanguineous Marriages
Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi, 2017 Consanguineous marriages are characteristic features of particularly the traditional system. Furthermore they are significant fields of anthropology/ medical anthropology in terms of the fact that they set forth the analysis between culture and health ...
Mehmet Şükrü NAR
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Domestic rabbits of different body sizes differ disproportionately in the length of their tooth row or the length of their diastema. Abstract In various domestic mammals, smaller breeds tend to have proportionally larger teeth, whereas this is not a universal trend across mammals.
Ursina L. Fasciati +3 more
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract New data on the equine aortic valve obtained using advanced techniques is especially important given the greater availability of animal models for translational research. Here we characterized the morphological and morphometric aspects of the equine aortic valve from 60 healthy hearts collected at equine abattoirs.
Vitor Pires Pereira +3 more
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Employing medical anthropology approach as an additional public health strategy in promoting COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in Bhutan. [PDF]
Int J Health Plann Manage, 2021 Rocha ICN.
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Dinosaurs evolved a unique respiratory system with air sacs that contributed to their evolutionary success. Postcranial skeletal pneumaticity (PSP) has been used to infer the presence of air sac systems in some fossil archosaurs. While unambiguous evidence of PSP is well documented in pterosaurs and post‐Carnian saurischians, it remains absent
Tito Aureliano +3 more
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Chinese Medicine and Culture. This paper explores increased use of the concept of “medical bilingualism” since 2015 as scholars, especially of East Asian medical history and anthropology, have applied it to engagements between two medical systems. It reveals an ongoing evolution in
Marta Hanson, Victor Kumar, Zhiheng GUO
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Garuda 5 (khyung lnga): Ecologies of Potency and the Poison-Medicine Spectrum of Sowa Rigpa’s Renowned ‘Black Aconite’ Formula [PDF]
, 2019 This article focuses on ethnographic work conducted at the Men-Tsee-Khang (Dharamsala, India) on Garuda 5 (khyung lnga), a commonly prescribed Tibetan medical formula.
van der Valk, Jan M. A.
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The anatomical description of the hourglass dolphin (Cephalorhynchus cruciger) and the spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica) remains largely unexplored, due to limited specimen availability and preservation challenges. This study employed digital imaging techniques, conventional histology, and computed tomography to provide visualization of
Jean‐Marie Graïc +26 more
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