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Ramadan, the month of fasting [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Socially, fasting is an expression of unity with the poor, the family, and the whole society. This is a period in which the rich have first-hand experience of what it is to be poor, the pains the needy suffers in normal living conditions.
Sahar, Nadima
core   +1 more source

Skilled for Whom? Immigration Policy, Racial Capitalism, and the Reproduction of Inequality in Britain

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the UK's 2025 Immigration White Paper as a critical site for understanding how immigration policy functions as an instrument of racial capitalism. Drawing on Critical Race Theory, the theory of social reproduction, and intersectionality, it interrogates how the state's construction of the ‘skilled migrant’ operates as a ...
Muhammad Abdul Aziz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Ramadan Have Any Effect on Food Prices: A Dual-Calendar Perspective on the Turkish Data [PDF]

open access: yes
The effects of a specific religious tradition on the food prices establish the central theme of this paper. In specific, I investigate whether the month Ramadan has any effect on food prices.
Yucel, Eray M.
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Can Scope Make a Difference? Assessing the Reach of Due Diligence Laws in Supply Networks

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD) laws seek to make companies legally accountable for adverse social and environmental impacts across their supply chains. Although jurisdictionally bounded, these laws rest on the assumption that their influence can extend globally through supply networks.
Vera Săvulescu, Luc Fransen
wiley   +1 more source

Ramadan fasting and rates of admissions for renal colic due to urolithiasis: a retrospective case–control study

open access: yesJournal of International Medical Research
Objective The impact of Ramadan fasting on the prevalence of renal colic (RC) remains controversial. This current study aimed to assess the correlation between Ramadan fasting, prevalence of RC and the rate of urgent endoscopic interventions due to ...
Ghalib Lidawi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effects of maternal fasting during Ramadan on birth and adult outcomes [PDF]

open access: yes
We use the Islamic holy month of Ramadan as a natural experiment for evaluating the short and long-term effects of fasting during pregnancy. Using Michigan natality data we show that in utero exposure to Ramadan among Arab births results in lower ...
Bhashkar Mazumder, Douglas Almond
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Patient‐reported outcomes, postoperative pain and pain relief after day‐case surgery (POPPY): short‐term peri‐operative analgesic use

open access: yesAnaesthesia, EarlyView.
Summary Introduction An increasing proportion of complex surgical procedures are being performed in the UK as day‐cases, with variable and limited follow up. Discharge prescriptions must provide adequate analgesia, while considering the safety of the patient and public, following best practice guidance and good opioid stewardship.
Anna Ratcliffe   +2083 more
wiley   +1 more source

Long-Term Health Effects on the Next Generation of Ramadan Fasting During Pregnancy [PDF]

open access: yes
Each year, many pregnant women fast from dawn to sunset during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Medical theory suggests that this may have negative long-term health effects on their offspring.
Reyn van Ewijk
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Blurring Migrant Solidarity: Navigating the Troubled Regime of ‘Helping Others’ From the Urban Ground of Palermo

open access: yesArea, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores migrant solidarity in the aftermath of the 2015 so‐called ‘migration crisis’ from the ground of the Southern Italian ‘solidarity city’ of Palermo, building on ethnographic material collected across 2022/2023. It argues that migrant solidarity both resists and reproduces racialised borders, as it is never entirely and ...
Francesca Guarino
wiley   +1 more source

Ramadan fasting, pregnancy and lactation

open access: yesIranian South Medical Journal, 2014
Background: Fasting and malnutrition during pregnancy is associated with deleterious consequences such as hypoglycemia, ketonemia, impaired fetal IQ, low birth weight and even abortion. Comparison of pregnancy length and year duration shows that about 75%
Mohsen Khoshniat Nikoo   +2 more
doaj  

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