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Phantasmic Encounters in the Arctic: Haunting Materialities Beyond the Ghosts of War

open access: yesAnthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the vast north, ghostly experiences are common for locals and outsiders alike. Here, we explore how cultural‐natural attributes, like remoteness and extreme seasonal variation, compound experiences of the haunting in visceral ways. This provides the Arctic region with an unusually pronounced baseline of other‐than‐human agency, which in the
Aki Hakonen, Oula Seitsonen
wiley   +1 more source

High-Quality Draft Genome Sequence of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Strain 160527, a Causal Agent of Panama Disease. [PDF]

open access: yesMicrobiol Resour Announc, 2019
Asai S   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Challenges for reducing inequities in health and healthcare for the 21st Century [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Human life expectancy during the time of the Roman Empire was approximately 28 years. In 1990, global life expectancy had increased to 65 years. The advances in life expectancy in the 20th century were remarkable by any standard.
De Vogli, R, Galal, O
core   +1 more source

Towards a Just Coastal Transition: The Mixed Success of Livelihood Diversification and ‘Bouncing Back’ Among Seaweed Farmers in Sorsogon Province, the Philippines

open access: yesAsia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The need to integrate localised settings of coastal communities within its wider marine and landscapes calls to provide contextualised assessments. Drawing upon the ambition of the Philippines to identify opportunities for enhancing coastal livelihoods, the potential of seaweed farming accruing to high productivity in many of its regions is ...
Richard V. Dumilag, Edo Andriesse
wiley   +1 more source

Parents' experiences in accessing services for their autistic children in the United Kingdom: A meta‐synthesis

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Parents of autistic children support their children through additional challenges, often experiencing adversity as a result. Such parents report high support needs, yet service provision is often limited. Services often support children through providing various psychological interventions to parents.
John Kerr   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pharmacological inhibition of hydroxysteroid 11‐beta dehydrogenase type 1 (11‐βHSD1) after myocardial infarction preserves cardiac function in a translational mini‐pig model

open access: yesBritish Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Purpose Plasma glucocorticoids increase acutely after MI, thereafter tissue levels are amplified selectively within cells expressing 11‐ßhydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11‐ßHSD1) that regenerates active glucocorticoids from circulating metabolites.
Sara Al Disi   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

With the Rise of Right‐Wing Governments, Why a One‐Time “50% Health Tax” Will Be a Hard Sell and How It Could Be Implemented

open access: yesCommunity Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent calls from the World Health Organization (WHO) to globally impose a one‐time tax, labelled as “Health tax”, on tobacco, alcohol and sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) aim to achieve a 50% retail price increase to reduce consumption and improve health outcomes.
Hazem Abbas   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

El control de los zancudos en Panamá: los entomólogos y el cambio ambiental durante la construcción del Canal.

open access: yesHistoria Crítica, 2005
Tis essay examines U.S. efforts to control the mosquito vectors of malaria and yellow fever during the construction of the Panama Canal. Before the discovery that mosquitoes transmitted malaria and yellow fever, most observers assumed these diseases were
Paul Sutter.
doaj  

Targeting urban malnutrition [PDF]

open access: yes
This article examines the degree to which child malnutrition, infectious disease, and mortality, as well as poverty, overcrowding, substandard housing, and lack of access to basic services, tend to concentrate in particularly disadvantaged neighborhoods ...
Morris, Saul Sutkover
core  

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