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Identifying Culturally and Age Appropriate Farm Safety Curricula for Amish and Other Conservative Anabaptist Youth

open access: yes, 2016
In conservative Anabaptist families, especially the Amish, children play many vital roles; this includes participation in daily living chores as well as occupationally related tasks.
Henwood, Kathy   +3 more
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The role of genomic‐informed risk assessments in predicting dementia outcomes

open access: yesAlzheimer's &Dementia, Volume 21, Issue 11, November 2025.
Abstract INTRODUCTION By integrating genetic and clinical risk factors into genomic‐informed dementia risk reports, healthcare providers can offer patients detailed risk profiles to facilitate understanding of individual risk and support the implementation of personalized strategies for promoting brain health.
Shea J. Andrews   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

When Old-Order Amish Meet New Order Science: Genetic Maladies and the Amish Dilemma

open access: yes, 2009
The Old World Amish, an Anabaptist Christian domination in the United States and Canada are know for their plain dress, avoidance of modern technology, and separation from the mainstream society.
Downey, Kelley
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Integrative multi‐omics approaches identify molecular pathways and improve Alzheimer's disease risk prediction

open access: yesAlzheimer's &Dementia, Volume 21, Issue 11, November 2025.
Abstract INTRODUCTION Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder with heterogeneous genetic and molecular underpinnings. Polygenic scores (PGS) capture little of this complexity. METHODS We conducted genome‐, transcriptome‐, and proteome‐wide association studies (G/T/PWAS) on 15,480 individuals from the Alzheimer's Disease ...
Rasika Venkatesh   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Amish Population Pyramids: Demographic Patterns across Affiliations in the Holmes County, Ohio, Settlement

open access: yes, 2022
Research indicates demographic trends within the Amish community remain stable over time, even as Amish populations proliferate. However, most of the research on demographic trends fails to examine variation across affiliations.
Corcoran, Katie E.   +3 more
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The Audiences of Climate Claims: How Interactional Settings Shaped New Yorkers' Comments on the State's Mitigation Plan

open access: yesSociological Forum, Volume 40, Issue S1, Page S52-S66, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Controversy over climate change indicates the difficulty of constructing a shared reality. The stakes of doing so are high as democracies struggle to find common ground about the problems they are confronting. Leveraging variation in the settings in which New Yorkers made over 35,000 comments on the state's climate plan in 2022, from an online
Ankit Bhardwaj
wiley   +1 more source

Neopterin as a Tool for Primate Ecoimmunology: Current Knowledge, Practical Application, and New Directions From Captivity to the Wild

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Primatology, Volume 87, Issue 10, October 2025.
Neopterin is a sensitive and specific biomarker of intracellular pathogen infection and chronic inflammation, and affected by environmental, life‐history, and sex‐contextual factors. This review offers best‐practice guidelines and practical advice on sample collection, storage, and analysis in primates when used for ecoimmunological conservation and ...
Verena Behringer, Caroline Deimel
wiley   +1 more source

Explaining Anabaptist Persistence in the Modern Economy: Past Paradigms and New Institutional Theory

open access: yesThe Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2017
Amish and plain Anabaptist economic research has focused either on the religious ethic in the tradition of Weber—religious convictions drive economic behavior—or the ethnic resources model—resources are mobilized to entrepreneurship.
Martin Lutz
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Bridging the Divide: Challenges and Opportunities for Public Sector Agricultural Professionals Working with Amish and Mennonite Producers on Conservation

open access: yes, 2018
As Amish and Old Order and Conservative Mennonite (i.e., Plain) farmers increase their presence in the agricultural sector, it is crucial for public sector agricultural professionals to effectively work with them to mediate nonpoint source pollution and ...
Brock, Caroline   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Bible or Beer? a Look at Amish Rumspringa and Baptism

open access: yes, 2004
This study explores the activities and lifestyles of Amish teenagers during the rumspringa period, as well as their baptism decisions. The Amish participate in adult baptism; therefore, their teenagers make their own decisions about baptism.
Matthews, Kate
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