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The liberal treatment of difference : an untimely meditation on culture and civilization [PDF]

, 2014
John Stuart Mill’s liberal vision included a notion of “civil advancement” whereby the free expression of a diversity of opinion would result not only in an initial collision of difference but also in an eventual consolidation as truth.
Rapport, Nigel Julian
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Anthropology Has One Job (On Genocide in the United States)

, 2023
In an introductory anthropology course, the instructor might provide a definition of anthropology similar to this: “Anthropology is the most scientific of the humanities, and it is the most humanistic of the sciences.” If something like that is said, it ...
Lowry, David Shane
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Evaluation of postural stability based on a force plate and inertial sensor during static balance measurements

Journal of Physiological Anthropology, 2018
Background Previous research on balance mostly focused on the assessment, training, and improvements of balance through interventions. We investigated tools commonly used to study static balance.
Chia-Hsuan Lee, Tien-Lung Sun
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Introduction to special section 1 : Anthropology and character [PDF]

, 2020
This introductory essay seeks to reintroduce character to anthropological inquiry. Although it has long been out of favour due to its historical associations with accounts that attempt to describe national or ethnic character, we argue that a return of ...
Reed, Adam, Bialecki, Jon
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Reliability and validity of a brief sleep questionnaire for children in Japan

Journal of Physiological Anthropology, 2017
Background There is a dearth of sleep questionnaires with few items and confirmed reliability and validity that can be used for the early detection of sleep problems in children.
Masakazu Okada, Shingo Kitamura, Yoshitaka Iwadare, Hisateru Tachimori, Yuichi Kamei, Shigekazu Higuchi, Kazuo Mishima   +6 more
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Comparison of correction factor for both dynamic total thermal insulation and evaporative resistance between ISO 7933 and ISO 9920

Journal of Physiological Anthropology, 2020
Background Thermal insulation and evaporative resistance of clothing are the physical parameters to quantify heat transfer and evaporative dissipation from the human body to the environment, respectively.
Satoru Ueno
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Oral administration of γ-aminobutyric acid affects heat production in a hot environment in resting humans

Journal of Physiological Anthropology, 2012
Background Central administration of γ-amino butyric acid (GABA) induces lower body temperature in animals in hot ambient air. However, it is still unknown whether oral GABA administration affects temperature regulation at rest in a hot environment in ...
Miyazawa Taiki, Kawabata Takashi, Okazaki Kazunobu, Suzuki Takashi, Imai Daiki, Hamamoto Takeshi, Matsumura Shinya, Miyagawa Toshiaki   +7 more
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The effect of regular running on body weight and fat tissue of individuals aged 18 to 65

Journal of Physiological Anthropology, 2023
Background Age and reduction in performed physical activity cause physiological changes that include an increase in body fat (BF) and visceral fat (VF) during aging.
Petr Kutac, Václav Bunc, Marek Buzga, Miroslav Krajcigr, Martin Sigmund   +4 more
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Energy Anthropology [PDF]

, 2021
TRISTAN LOLOUM, SIMONE ABRAM, and NATHALIE ORTAR, eds. 2021. Ethnographies of Power: A Political Anthropology of Energy. EASA Series 42. New York, N.Y: Berghahn Books, pp.
Groupp, Emilia
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Across Anthropology [PDF]

, 2020
How can we rethink anthropology beyond itself? In this book, twenty-one artists, anthropologists, and curators grapple with how anthropology has been formulated, thought, and practised ‘elsewhere’ and ‘otherwise’.

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