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Therapeutic pluralism and the politics of disclosure: breast cancer patients’ experiences in public healthcare [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Background: Despite the widespread utilisation of complementary and or alternative medicine (CAM) by breast cancer patients in low-and-middle-income countries, few disclose CAM use to their physicians.
Nyawira Githaiga, Jennifer   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Daily rhythms of the sleep-wake cycle

open access: yesJournal of Physiological Anthropology, 2012
The amount and timing of sleep and sleep architecture (sleep stages) are determined by several factors, important among which are the environment, circadian rhythms and time awake. Separating the roles played by these factors requires specific protocols,
Waterhouse Jim   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Standard reference values of weight and maximum pressure distribution in healthy adults aged 18–65 years in Germany

open access: yesJournal of Physiological Anthropology, 2020
Background The aim of this study was to collect standard reference values of the weight and the maximum pressure distribution in healthy adults aged 18–65 years and to investigate the influence of constitutional parameters on it.
D. Ohlendorf   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cathodal transcranial direct-current stimulation over right posterior parietal cortex enhances human temporal discrimination ability

open access: yesJournal of Physiological Anthropology, 2017
Background Time perception associated with durations from 1 s to several minutes involves activity in the right posterior parietal cortex (rPPC). It is unclear whether altering the activity of the rPPC affects an individual’s timing performance. Here, we
Fuyuki Oyama   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Radiologic evaluation of orbital index among Ghanaians using CT scan

open access: yesJournal of Physiological Anthropology, 2017
Background Orbital index (OI) expresses the proportion of the orbital height to the orbital width and varies with race, regions within the same race and periods in evolution. This index is useful in forensic medicine, anthropology and surgery.
Benard Ohene Botwe   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dziecko i dzieciństwo w kontekście wiedzy o dziecku [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The article deals with the notions of “child” and “childhood”. Attention is paid to the importance of research into the biological, spiritual and social nature of child, and to the dependence of its development upon the influence of “adult culture ...
Fedorovych, Anna
core   +2 more sources

Do maternal grandmothers influence breastfeeding duration and infant nutrition? Evidence from Merida, Mexico. [PDF]

open access: yesAm J Biol Anthropol, 2022
Vázquez-Vázquez ADP   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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