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Myths and misconceptions preventing college going students from voluntary blood donation: A prospective study in a tertiary care medical college from North India

open access: yesGlobal Journal of Transfusion Medicine, 2022
Background and Objectives: Blood services are facing a shortage of blood all over the world. Demand for blood is rising day by day and current blood donation is insufficient to meet the demand.
Shailesh Kumar Mishra
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The Theme of the Exodus in Russian Folklore: The “Pharaoh” Mythical Creatures, According to the Archive of the Estonian Literary Museum

open access: yesStudia Mythologica Slavica, 2020
In this article, we will consider the Russian folklore retellings of the Exodus, with special emphasis on the narratives about mythical creatures called “pharaohs”. The current analysis is based on a Russian collection of folklore.
Elena Boganeva, Mare Kõiva
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Archetypes in Today’s Advertising [PDF]

open access: yesAnastasis: Research in Medieval Culture and Art, 2021
This paper explores ancient myth and mythological figures in contemporary advertising as a means of communication with consumers. In a hermeneutical and analytical way, through psychologic and semiotic theories, we classify and analyze the most recurrent
Ioana Aida Furnica Slusaru
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Mythological roots of medical theories of gender differentiation

open access: yesАкушерство, гинекология и репродукция, 2019
Aim: to study the interrelation between the myths and the scientific understanding of sex differentiation of the fetus.Materials and methods. The study is based on the materials published in the XIX – early XX century in Russia; among them, reports by ...
S. D. Koldman
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The myth of worksharing [PDF]

open access: yesLabour Economics, 2004
Worksharing is considered by many as a promising public policy to reduce unemployment. In this paper we present a review of the most pertinent theoretical and empirical contributions to the literature on worksharing. In addition, we also provide new empirical evidence on this issue, by a cross country analysis exploiting aggregate data for 13 OECD ...
Kapteyn, A., Kalwij, A.S., Zaidi, M.A.
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Los nahuas de Tzintzuntzan-Huitzitzilan, Michoacán: historia, mito y legitimación de un señorío prehispánico

open access: yesJournal de la Société des Américanistes, 2010
The Nahuas of Tzintzuntzan-Huitzitzilan, Michoacán: history, myth and legitimization of a Prehispanic señorío. Modern historiography on 15th and early 16th century Michoacán emphasizes the political-economical success of the Tarascans and their uacúsecha
Hans Roskamp
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Science versus myths: the case of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

open access: yesThe Proceedings of the Nigerian Academy of Science, 2021
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by a new strain of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-COV-2) was first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) from the first case in Wuhan, China on December 31, 2019.
Friday Okonofua, Rose Ugiagbe
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Sexual dysfunction in depressed Indian women attending a hospital out patient department in Mumbai

open access: yesSri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry, 2013
Introduction Female sexual dysfunction is a multifactorial and multidimensional condition with biological, psychological and interpersonal determinants. In India, talking about sex and issues related to sex is taboo and spouses are uncomfortable sharing ...
Niteen N Abhivant, Neena S Sawant
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PISA Performance and Australian Education : myths and realities

open access: yesRevista Española de Educación Comparada, 2011
Australia's record as one of the higher performing nations on therecent PISA tests occasioned more interest internationally than domestically. Not with standing this success however, it is argued that its overall national success on the PISA tests is ...
Anthony Welch
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Caucasian Prisoners, or How Georgian Intellectuals Invent Traditions and (re)Produce Meanings

open access: yesЖурнал Фронтирных Исследований, 2020
The author of the article analyses various cultural tactics, practices and strategies that Georgian intellectuals used for the invention of traditions and the (re)production of meanings.
Maksym W. Kyrchanoff
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