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Racial Metabolism: Eugenic Studies in Jamaica and Yucatán, between 1920 and 1940

Revista Ciencias de la Salud, 2015
Objective: this paper shows the configuration of research conducted by the Carnegie Institution of Washington (CIW), in Jamaica and Yucatan, about basal metabolism on the onset of the twen­tieth century.
Joel Vargas Domínguez
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Evaluation of Published Expedition Medical Resources Compared with Treatment Protocol Recommended Medical Resources for Injuries and Illnesses Encountered on Expeditions

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 2019
Introduction: People are increasingly embarking on expeditions into remote wilderness environments and subjecting themselves to increased medical risk. Medical provisions for the management of anticipated injuries and illnesses must be selected carefully
K. Fiebig, D. Heslop
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O cenário nosológico de Goiás no século XIX The nosológico scene of Goiás in century XIX

Varia História, 2005
A província de Goiás gozava de uma situação sanitária ambígua, descrita simultaneamente como saudável e insalubre. Assim, este artigo apresenta diferentes versões sobre as condições nosológicas de Goiás, produzidas pelas autoridades locais, médicos ...
Sônia Maria de Magalhães
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Indigenous women’s reproductive health in the Arctic zone of Western Siberia: challenges and solutions

International 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, Sergei Andronov, Andrey Lobanov, Ruslan Kochkin, Andrei Popov, Ildiko Asztalos Morell, JonØyvind Odland   +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)

Health 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, David Hillebrandt, Jim Milledge, Buddha Basnayt   +3 more
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Traditional Kalmyk Medicine in the Second Half of the 18th Century (Evidence from Johannes Jährig’s Records)

Oriental 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
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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]

Biotemas, 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, Eduardo José Ely e Silva   +1 more
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The Transmission of Scientific Knowledge in the Poetry of Abraham Ibn Ezra [PDF]

Acta 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
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Xenon Inhalation for Expeditions to High Altitude: A Position Statement from the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (Union Internationale des Associations d’Alpinisme, UIAA) Medical Commission

High Altitude Medicine & Biology
Hilty, Matthias P., Urs Hefti, Pierre Bouzat, Hannes Gatterer, Lenka Horakova, Linda E. Keyes, Justin Lawley, Benjamin D. Levine, George Rodway, Daniel Trevena, Eduardo Vinhaes, and Benoit Champigneulle. Xenon inhalation for expeditions to high altitude:
M. Hilty, U. Hefti, Pierre Bouzat, H. Gatterer, Lenka Horáková, Linda E. Keyes, Justin S. Lawley, B. Levine, G. Rodway, D. Trevena, Eduardo Vinhaes, B. Champigneulle   +11 more
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Formation of Soviet Medical Care to Indigenous Minorities of Turukhansk Territory in the 1920s

Журнал Фронтирных Исследований
Due to the specifics of its geographical and climatic location, historically formed disease structure, ethnic approach to the development of traditional medical culture, the North territories’ population possesses a range of characteristics significantly
Tatyana A. Kattsina, Lyudmila E. Mezit
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