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Introduction to Race and Biology [PDF]
The notion of race, as commonly employed, is often and spontaneously associated with a biological foundation. To explain this connection with biology it is necessary to undertake an archaeological approach to the concept of race. Such an approach will identify different semantic strata, which, for both the scientific community and lay circles, have ...
Jean-Luc Bonniol +2 more
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Abstract Background The founders of Hereditas envisioned that race biology would be a major subject that had social applications with utmost importance in the near future. Anthropometrics was in this context understood to be the pure and eugenics the applied science. Sweden had a long tradition in physical anthropometry.
Saura A.
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Statistical Model Checking for Stochastic Hybrid Systems [PDF]
This paper presents novel extensions and applications of the UPPAAL-SMC model checker. The extensions allow for statistical model checking of stochastic hybrid systems. We show how our race-based stochastic semantics extends to networks of hybrid systems,
Danny Bøgsted Poulsen +6 more
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Nineteenth century US BMIs by race: Socioeconomics and biology [PDF]
Little research exists on late 19th and early 20th century US body mass index value differences by race, and darker complexions were associated with greater BMI values.
Carson, Scott A.
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What happened to ‘race’ in race biology? The Swedish State Institute for Race Biology, 1936−1960 [PDF]
The Swedish State Institute for Race Biology (SIRB) was founded in 1921 and immediately became the most important institution for racial science in Sweden.
Martin Ericsson
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Influence of Race, Ethnicity, and Nativity on Distribution and Outcomes Among Women With Choriocarcinoma in Florida [PDF]
Introduction While race/ethnicity are established factors of risk and outcomes for multiple cancers in women, nativity may more precisely estimate cancer risk and survival.
Claud Crosby MD +7 more
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Review Of Race Unmasked: Biology And Race In The Twentieth Century By M. Yudell [PDF]
Jenkins, John B.
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Race and ethnicity in biology research mentoring relationships.
This case study investigated how mentors and mentees in biology experience and understand race and ethnicity in their research mentoring relationships. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with mentors (n = 23) and mentees (n = 15) who had participated in an undergraduate biology summer research opportunity program at a large Midwestern research ...
Angela, Byars-Winston +5 more
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Between Biology and Culture. Polish Reflections on the Concept of Race in the Nineteenth Century
In the nineteenth century, the Polish reflection on race and derivative terms was strongly influenced by the Western thought. New achievements and terminology in the field of natural sciences were adopted.
Joanna Nowak, Katarzyna Wrzesińska
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Race unmasked: biology and race in the twentieth century [PDF]
Terence Keel
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