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Kelly Fagan Robinson, Rosie Jones McVey
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Rethinking the “marginality” of medical anthropology in Italy. Politics of resistance for whole anthropology [PDF]
Starting from the teaching and research experience of the author in the School of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Naples Federico II in Italy, and considering what is actually happening in Italian universities, the paper highlights the ...
Eugenio Zito
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"Inaugurer" l'anthropologie de la santé au Sultanat d'Oman: L'anthropologue face à la lecture locale de l'éthique de la recherche : une rencontre inattendue. [PDF]
Cet article est aussi consultable librement sur le site de la revue, à l'adresse http://www.ethnographiques.org/2008/Beaudevin.htmlInternational audienceAnthropologists sometimes play the part of an interface between medicine and social sciences.
Beaudevin, Claire
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Variation in parrot jaw musculature
Interspecific morphological differences in some superficial jaw muscles of parrots. Abstract Psittaciformes, the order encompassing parrots and their relatives, are highly diverse and generally known for having a strong beaks used for multiple behaviors. The muscles related to the masticatory apparatus should reflect this functional complexity; however,
Ana Carolina L. Faillace +3 more
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Health and Medical Anthropology
Review of Mille Kjærgaard Thorsen, Living with Diabetes and Uncertainty in Cairo: Sweetness Under Pressure. Abingdon: Routledge, 2023, 187 p.
Jelisaveta Fotić
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Relocating obesity with multiauthor ethnography
Reflecting on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) account of obesity and recent developments in ethnography, I advocate for a collaborative, multiauthor approach to studying obesity and, more broadly, chronic disease.
Elliott Michael Reichardt
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We examined the current situation of studies on health in Germany, especially medical anthropology by v. Weizsacker and v. Gebsattel, medical sociology, social medicine and general medicine in the faculties of medicine of German universities and the new ...
石井, 誠士
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Abstract Basking sharks, Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, Brugden [Squalus maximus], Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter, 1765, vol. 3, pp. 33–49), feed by gaping their mouths and gill slits, greatly reorienting their cranial skeletons to filter food from water.
Tairan Li +12 more
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Genetic Disease Burden, Nutrition and Determinants of Tribal Health Care in Chhattisgarh State of Central-East India: A Status Paper [PDF]
Tribal health is an important aspect of development and progress of the people. This study pertaining to genetic disease burden, nutritional status and biomedical anthropological assessment with particular reference to determinants of tribal health care ...
Balgir, RS
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Abstract Bats possess the remarkable ability to fly, and with this, distinctive wing bone properties. We investigated the structural, mechanical, and compositional properties of the humerus, radius, metacarpals, and proximal and middle phalanges of Carollia perspicillata, an approximately 15 g fruit‐eating bat native to the Neotropics.
Xiaoxiang Ma +4 more
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