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Cement and displacement

American Ethnologist, Volume 52, Issue 1, Page 31-43, February 2025.
Abstract Displaced people have not escaped war and do not live apart from it. This is evident in the material life of internally displaced Iraqi farmers seeking refuge in a concrete construction site, downstream from a cement‐processing plant in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Kali Rubaii
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Combining species distribution models and big datasets may provide finer assessments of snakebite impacts.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BackgroundSnakebite is a major poverty-related neglected tropical disease. An integrated scientific approach is needed to understand the dynamics of this important health issue.
Mohammad Abdul Wahed Chowdhury, Johannes Müller, Aniruddha Ghose, Robed Amin, Abdullah Abu Sayeed, Ulrich Kuch, Mohammad Abul Faiz   +6 more
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Sir Henry Parkes and the Relationships That Enabled Nightingale Nursing to Advance Mental Healthcare in Nineteenth Century Australia

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, Volume 34, Issue 1, February 2025.
ABSTRACT This position paper explores famous colonial Australian politician Sir Henry Parkes use of relationships to reform colonial Australian mental healthcare by facilitating the integration of Nightingale‐trained nurses into hospitals for the insane in the late nineteenth century.
Toby Raeburn, Paul McDonald, Sophie Schapiro, Rebecca O'Reilly   +3 more
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Current status of herbal and their future perspectives [PDF]

, 2007
Traditional medicine is the synthesis of therapeutic experience of generations of practicing physicians of indigenous systems of medicine. Throughout the history of mankind, many infectious diseases have been treated with herbals.
Ponnampalam Gopalakrishnakone, Ramar Perumal R. Samy   +1 more
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Knowledge of local snakes, first‐aid and prevention of snakebites among community health workers and community members in rural Malawi: A cross‐sectional study

Tropical Medicine &International Health, Volume 30, Issue 2, Page 84-92, February 2025.
Abstract Objective Snakebite envenoming remains a public health threat in many tropical countries. While community knowledge of local snakes and snakebite first‐aid and prevention are needed to reduce snakebite incidence and improve the outcomes for snakebite patients, it is poor in many communities.
Moses Banda Aron, Fabien Munyaneza, Anat Rosenthal, Luckson Dullie, Ralf Krumkamp, Enoch Ndarama, Bright Mailosi, Jürgen May, Basimenye Nhlema, Clara Sambani, Deborah Hosemann, Jade Rae, Paul Rahden, Jörg Blessmann, Benno Kreuels   +14 more
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Agriculture and snakebite in Bahia, Brazil – An ecological study

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2016
This study investigated the correlation between the incidence of snakebite and indicators of agricultural development in municipal districts of the State of Bahia, Brazil.
Yukari F Mise, Rejâne M Lira-da-Silva, Fernando M Carvalho   +2 more
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Rethinking Conservation and Restoration Strategies of Endangered and Key Medicinal Clavicarpa Plants in Yunnan‐Kweichow Plateau's Karst Areas Under Climate Change

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 1, January 2025.
Our research provides a robust scientific foundation for the conservation and sustainable utilization of these important pharmaceutical species and offers a framework for effective biodiversity management. We recommend using protected areas as a basis for the future conservation, breeding, cultivation, and utilization of Clavicarpa species.
Chao Luo, Baiyang He, Yulu Wu, Yuteng Xue, Huang Deng, Shanman Li, Xianghong Dong, Litang Lu   +7 more
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The correlation between the types of snakes, geographical area, pre-hospital treatment and the outcome of snakebite patients [PDF]

Biotika, 2018
Snakebite is a global health problem; yet, most of the cases are rarely discussed in depth. Snakebite is also known to cause high morbidity and mortality rates.
Pramudya D., Haedar A., Dradjat R., Setyowati N.   +3 more
doaj  

Primary prevention of snakebite envenoming in resource-limited settings: A narrative review

Environmental Disease, 2019
Background: Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease that accounts for preventable morbidity and mortality, especially in resource-limited settings.
Godpower Chinedu Michael, Ibrahim Aliyu, Bukar Alhaji Grema   +2 more
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Epidemiology of snakebites in Kedougou region (eastern Senegal) : comparison of various methods for assessment of incidence and mortality [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Although considered a public health issue in Senegal, the actual incidence and mortality from snakebite are not known. In the present study, an epidemiological survey was carried out in Kedougou region, southeastern Senegal, where ...
Camara, B., Chippaux, Jean-Philippe, Diouf, A., Kane, O., Lam, A.   +4 more
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