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PRESTIGE IN THE BUGIS COMMUNITY: WHY CAN'T GOLD JEWELLERY IN BUGIS WOMEN SHIFT SOCIAL STATUS?
The Bugis people have a social stratification system that is inherited from generation to generation, where a person's social status is determined more by genealogical factors compared to the accumulation of material wealth.
Fawziah Zahrawati B +2 more
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Psychological and legal aspects of the offensiveness of male and female cartoons and collages
Background. This study addresses a current problem relating to trust and the identification of gender differences in trust/mistrust manifestation. Gender identity is associated with cultural stereotypes and social roles, which facilitate the formation of
Tatyana P. Budyakova
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ABSTRACT Background PIK3CA‐related overgrowth spectrum (PROS) includes several rare overgrowth disorders resulting from somatic gain‐of‐function mutations in PIK3CA. Despite treatment advances, including the recent approval of alpelisib for PROS in the United States, literature detailing the patient experience with PROS is limited.
Vamsi Bollu +8 more
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ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic, inherited hemoglobinopathy that requires frequent hospitalization for disease‐related complications. Canadian data on inpatient care is limited. This study compared caregiver‐reported hospital experiences of children with SCD to those with cystic fibrosis (CF), a chronic, autosomal recessive ...
Hailey M. Zwicker +11 more
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Steroid hormones are critical regulators of reproductive life history, and the steroid sensitive traits (morphology, behavior, physiology) associated with particular life history stages can have substantial fitness consequences for an organism. Hormones,
Devaleena S Pradhan +4 more
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Social Determinants of Health Status [PDF]
Socioeconomic status (SES) has been identified as a fundamental cause of disease (Link & Phelan, 1995, 1996; Phelan et al., 2004; Phelan, Link, & Tehranifar, 2010). People who are poor and powerless have worse health and longevity than those with money, power, and prestige.
Jacquelyn H. Flaskerud +2 more
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ABSTRACT Background Osteosarcoma (OS) and Ewing sarcoma (EWS) are the most common primary bone cancers in children, but acute thrombosis is poorly characterized in this population. Our study evaluated the rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and associated risk factors in pediatric patients with bone sarcomas treated over a 10‐year period encompassing
Sarah Kappa +8 more
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Measuring the Fiscal Influence of Higher Education: A Pragmatic Study
In today's social and economic environment, higher education has an impact on economic growth and development. This study aims to investigate the key motivational factors influencing individuals’ decisions to pursue higher education and the anticipated ...
Waqar Ahmad
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Status does not predict stress: Women in an egalitarian hunter–gatherer society
It is widely believed that there is strong association between physiological stress and an individual's social status in their social hierarchy. This has been claimed for all humans cross-culturally, as well as in non-human animals living in social ...
Piotr Fedurek +9 more
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Friendship networks and social status [PDF]
AbstractIn empirical studies of friendship networks, participants are typically asked, in interviews or questionnaires, to identify some or all of their close friends, resulting in a directed network in which friendships can, and often do, run in only one direction between a pair of individuals.
Brian Ball, M. E. J. Newman
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