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Black – and not offended

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Science, 2020
This Commentary is a response to a Commentary published in the May/June 2020 issue: Nattrass N. Why are black South African students less likely to consider studying biological sciences? S Afr J Sci. 2020;116(5/6), Art. #7864, 2 pages. https://doi.org/
Hassan Essop, Wahbie Long
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Racism and mental health and the role of mental health professionals

open access: yesEuropean Psychiatry, 2021
The concept of “race” and consequently of racism is not a recent phenomenon, although it had profound effects on the lives of populations over the last several hundred years.
M. Schouler-Ocak   +6 more
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Physical anthropology and the description of the 'savage' in the Brazilian Anthropological Exhibition of 1882 Antropologia física e a descrição do 'selvagem' na Exposição Antropológica Brasileira de 1882

open access: yesHistória, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2010
This paper discusses attempts to popularize scientific knowledge about anthropology through exhibitions of natives in the United States and Brazil from the nineteenth century to the beginnings of the twentieth century.
Juanma Sánchez Arteaga   +1 more
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The Issues of Racism in the Novel Between The World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

open access: yesLinguistika Kultura, 2022
One of the issues that attracted public attention recently regarding American culture is racism. It is a belief system or theory known as racism that holds that a certain race is superior and has the right to govern over other races and that biological ...
Anita Triani
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Positioning Africa in the global politics surrounding the covid-19 pandemic: A historical appraisal

open access: yesThe Dyke, 2022
The advent of covid-19 ushered in contestations bordering on racism, power and knowledge across the globe. This article grapples with racism as an overarching theme in the debates surrounding medical colonisation and the prevailing ‘vaccine diplomacy ...
Gilbert Tarugarira
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Advancing Equity and Inclusion in Microbiome Research and Training

open access: yesmSystems, 2021
This article proposes ways to improve inclusion and training in microbiome science and advocates for resource expansion to improve scientific capacity across institutions and countries. Specifically, we urge mentors, collaborators, and decision-makers to
Alicia J. Foxx   +6 more
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The Issue of Neo-Racism as an Object of Research in Modern Foreign Sociology

open access: yesВісник Харківського національного університету імені В.Н. Каразіна. Серія: Соціологічні дослідження сучасного суспільства: методологія, теорія, методи, 2023
The article analyzes the problem of modern societies as neo-racism and analyzes the discourse of neo-racism based on the research of foreign sociologists and their views on the mentioned phenomenon.
Marharyta Tkachenko
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Hyperborean problem in XIX–XX centuries

open access: yesАнтиномии, 2018
The article explores the ways of developing the Hyperborean problem, which was brought up anew after one-hundred-year break by the thinkers of the late XIX–XX century in connection with the appearance of so-called Arctic hypothesis of the origins of ...
Oleg A. Matveychev
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Contesting a legendary legacy: A century of reflection on Raymond Dart and the Taung skull

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Science
In 1925, Raymond Dart published his description of the Taung Child skull, which he named Australopithecus africanus, thereby making a pivotal contribution to the field of palaeoanthropology. While recognising Dart’s central role in the field, this paper
Christa Kuljian
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Peripheral lysosomes recruit PLEKHG3 to focal adhesions and restrain protrusion dynamics

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Proximity‐dependent labeling at the LAMTOR complex revealed the Rho GEF PLEKHG3 as a lysosome‐proximal protein directing the study toward the influence of lysosome positioning on actin dynamics and cell motility. We show that PLEKHG3 colocalizes with lysosomes at focal adhesion sites and observe that forced peripheral dispersion of lysosomes hinders ...
Rainer Ettelt   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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