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Assemblages of care: Moral economies, classed labor, and affective exhaustion among Karachi's working middle‐class women

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how working middle‐class women in Karachi navigate the intersecting burdens of care and self‐care within the affective, infrastructural, and ideological conditions of urban precarity. Drawing on twelve semi‐structured interviews conducted across homes, workplaces, and cafés in the city, seven of which anchor the primary ...
Muhammad Huzaifa
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Characterization of Production Environment of Indigenous Sheep Breeds Under Smallholder Farmers in Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia

Advances in Agriculture
Sheep are assets and income sources of poor rural households and play a vital role to farmers. Yet there is limited research done regarding production system and husbandry practices of indigenous sheep breeds in Tigray.
Destalem Gebremichael Beyene, Abraha Gebregziabher Kahsay, Kiros Abebe Embaye, Teshale Teklu Araya, Gebrehiwot Tadesse Mewcha   +4 more
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Engineering an artificial trachea: Quantitative benchmarks and modular strategies for mechanics, epithelialization, and vascular integration

FlexMat, EarlyView.
In this work, we first examine the limitations of surgical repair and stenting, including migration, granulation, mucus plugging, and infection. We then translate these failures into engineering constraints involving geometry, mechanics, fixation, degradation, junctional stress, and remodeling.
Yiwei Xu, Hanqing Dai, Qianwang Ye, Wanlu Zhang, Na Wang, Lei Xiong, Ruiqian Guo   +6 more
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Associations Between Non-Steroidal and Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Use, Welfare, and Milk Production in Dairy Sheep: A Multivariate Study

Animals
This study examines the use of analgesic medications among sheep farmers, highlighting both their benefits and the significant gaps in their adoption.
Nikolaos Tsekouras, Mathis A. B. Christodoulopoulos, Eleftherios Meletis, Christos Kousoulis, Polychronis Kostoulas, Vasileios Pantazis, Vasileios G. Papatsiros, Konstantina Dimoveli, Dimitrios Gougoulis   +8 more
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Neurolathyrism in Sub‐Saharan Africa—Assessing the Neurotoxic Risks of Lathyrus sativus Amid Drought and Food Security Challenges

Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.
Representation of grass pea consumption in drought‐stricken sub‐Saharan Africa sustains nutrition, but excess β‐ODAP exposure due to multiple reasons triggers neurolathyrism, a progressive neurotoxic disorder. ABSTRACT Neurolathyrism is a progressive motor neuron disease due to the consumption of Lathyrus sativus (grass pea) over long periods.
Biruk Demisse Ayalew, Muhammad Umar, Pakeezah Tabasum, Maria Qadri, Talha Farooq, Eskeatnaf Yosef Getachew, Zemichael Getu Alemayehu, Eden Haile Hagos, Hailemariam Shimelis Gebeyehu, Hanna Tsehay Abebe, Nuradin Abdi Ali, David Chinaecherem Innocent, Temesgen Mamo Sharew   +12 more
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Wool properties in kangal akkaraman sheep [PDF]

Eurasian Journal of Veterinary Sciences
Aim: This research was studied for determination of greasy wool yield, wool length, fiber diameter, elasticity, strength and efficiency in Akkaraman sheep breeding at public hand.
Mustafa Garip, Behiç Coşkun, Esad Sami Polat, Alper Yılmaz, Mehmet Emin Tekin, Tamer Çağlayan, Necip Kılıç   +6 more
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Testing a Relational Model of Workplace Spirituality Across Three Levels: Linking Employee Attitudes and Turnover in a Healthcare Setting

Human Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A growing body of research demonstrates that purpose and meaning are significant to employee well‐being and organizational performance. Yet, increasing challenges in the workplace, including downsizing, layoffs, and job insecurity, can erode employees' sense of purpose and meaning.
Meera Alagaraja, Lisa M. Hooper, Jamie DeCoster   +2 more
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Fetal autonomic responses inferred from heart rate variability during recurrent decelerations without acidosis—An observational study

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Recurrent fetal heart rate (FHR) decelerations without acidosis are frequently observed during labor; however, the underlying autonomic mechanisms remain incompletely understood. This study explored fetal autonomic responses to recurrent decelerations using FHR and FHR variability (FHRV) parameters.
Shoichi Magawa, Masafumi Nii, Yuya Tamaishi, Asumi Okumura, Sho Takakura, Shintaro Maki, Kuniaki Toriyabe, Erina Takayama, Eiji Kondo, Tomoaki Ikeda   +9 more
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Clinical presentation, medical management, and outcomes in 35 hospitalized sheep diagnosed with bluetongue virus disease

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Background There is only limited information on the clinical presentation, medical management, and outcomes of hospitalized sheep diagnosed with bluetongue virus (BTV) disease.
Lisa Gamsjäger, Munashe Chigerwe
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Maternal overweight and obesity during pregnancy and sex‐dependent dysregulation of the materno‐fetal stress axis

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Maternal obesity and excess gestational weight gain (GWG) are linked to adverse perinatal outcomes, potentially via disruption of the maternal–fetal stress axis. Placental HSD11B2 protects the fetus from excess glucocorticoids and may influence fetal programming during maternal metabolic stress.
Thorsten Braun, Marie Hofmann, Rebecca Rancourt, Julia Sommer, Alexandra Kühn, Loreen Ehrlich, Thomas Ziska, Kerstin Melchior, Karen Schellong, Wolfgang Henrich, Sonja Entringer, Katherine Margaret Kennedy, Andreas Plagemann, Deborah Magdalena Sloboda   +13 more
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