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Indigenous women’s reproductive health in the Arctic zone of Western Siberia: challenges and solutions

open access: yesInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2021
In the Russian Arctic, alarming trends (shortage of nomadic Indigenous women, high reproductive loss, child mortality rates) indicate long-term changes towards demographic decline. This study aimed at comparing some indicators of the reproductive health (
Elena Bogdanova   +6 more
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Model Contract for Health Care on Trekking and Expeditions for Doctors – Recommendation of the Medical Commission of the Union Internationale des Associations d’Alpinisme (UIAA)

open access: yesHealth Promotion & Physical Activity, 2020
This suggested contract document attempts to clarify the rights and obligations of the tour operator (referred to herein as “organization”, OR), the ED and the EX to avoid trouble and misunderstandings during the trip.
Thomas Küpper   +3 more
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Specimen poetics: botany, reanimation, and the Romantic collection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This essay argues that the modern literary anthology—and specifically its aspiration to delimit both aesthetic merit and historical representativeness—emerged as a response to changes in eighteenth-century botanical collecting, description, and ...
Porter, Dahlia
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Traditional Kalmyk Medicine in the Second Half of the 18th Century (Evidence from Johannes Jährig’s Records)

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2018
In the second half of the 18th century, the Russian Academy of Sciences arranged five physical expeditions under the supervision of outstanding scientists mainly of German origin. The objective of those expeditions was to increase knowledge regarding the
A. A. Diuldenko, E. G. Ponomarev
doaj   +1 more source

Occurrence of lepidopterans of medical importance (Lepidoptera: Aididae, Lasiocampidae, Limacodidae e Megalopygidae) in the Cerro da Buena, Morro Redondo municipality, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil [PDF]

open access: yesBiotemas, 2012
This study recorded the lepidopterans of medical importance from Cerro da Buena in Rio Grande do Sul State. Field expeditions were carried out from February 2009 to January 2011. Thirty-two moth species were recorded that were distributed in the Aididae (
Ricardo Russo Siewert   +1 more
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Disease and injury statistics of Japanese Antarctic research expeditions during the wintering period: evaluation of 6837 cases in the 1st–56th parties – Antarctic health report in 1956–2016

open access: yesInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2019
This study aimed to evaluate disease and injury trends among wintering members of the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition. Obtained information is indispensable to the advancement of medical system and research.
Atsushi Ikeda   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Medical Planning for Extended Remote Expeditions [PDF]

open access: yesWilderness & Environmental Medicine, 2013
Remote extended expeditions often support scientific research and commercial resource exploration or extraction in hostile environments. Medical support for these expeditions is inherently complex and requires in-depth planning. To be successful, this planning must include substantial input from clinicians with experience in remote, emergency, and ...
openaire   +2 more sources

“Men who can last”: Mountaineering Endurance, the Lake District Fell Records and the Campaign for Everest, 1919-1924 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This paper examines the post-First World War reconstruction of masculinity around notions of endurance in the British outdoor movement. From the 1860s onwards, long-distance walking trials in the Lake District became part of the regional mountaineering ...
Westaway, Jonathan
core   +1 more source

The Transmission of Scientific Knowledge in the Poetry of Abraham Ibn Ezra [PDF]

open access: yesActa Universitatis Sapientiae: Philologica
Abraham Ibn Ezra, astronomer, grammarian, poet, and biblical exegete played a central role in the transmission of knowledge during the Middle Ages, particularly through his efforts in translating and synthesising fundamental works from Arabic into Hebrew.
Ioana BUJOR
doaj   +1 more source

Human crew-related aspects for astrobiology research [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Several space agencies and exploration stakeholders have a strong interest in obtaining information on technical and human aspects to prepare for future extra-terrestrial planetary exploration.
Foing, B.H., Pletser, V., Thiel, C.S.
core   +2 more sources

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