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Somaesthetics in Baumgarten? The Founding of Aesthetics and the Body

Estetika, 2022
In the presentation of his project about ‘somaesthetics’, Richard Shusterman claimed that the recurring neglect of the body in aesthetics was disastrously introduced by Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714–1762) in his first formulation of aesthetics as a
Alessandro Nannini
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Medicinal Plants for Dermatological Diseases: Ethnopharmacological Significance of Botanicals from West Africa in Skin Care

Cosmetics, 2023
Skin disease is a severe health issue that affects a lot of people in Africa and is vastly underreported. Because of their availability, affordability, and safety, medicinal plants represent a major source of treatment for various skin diseases in West ...
Mokgadi Ursula Makgobole, Nomakhosi Mpofana, Abdulwakeel Ayokun-nun Ajao   +2 more
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The Discriminative Efficacy of Retinal Characteristics on Two Traditional Chinese Syndromes in Association with Ischemic Stroke

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2020, Issue 1, 2020., 2020
We aimed to investigate the efficacy of an objective method using AI‐based retinal characteristic analysis to automatically differentiate between two traditional Chinese syndromes that are associated with ischemic stroke. Inpatient clinical and retinal data were retrospectively retrieved from the archive of our hospital.
Y. Y. Zhuo, J. M. Wu, L. Kuang, Y. M. Qu, B. Zee, J. Lee, Z. X. Yang, Adolfo Andrade-Cetto   +7 more
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Crystallographic and Colorimetric Analysis of Dental Enamel

Dental Anthropology, 1997
Tooth color and the correlation of the composition of dental enamel with color were investigated in samples of teeth from two medieval Serb cemeteries. Differences in the composition of apatite crystals in the dental enamel of the two samples were found.
Ljiljana Tihaček-Šojić, Vladimir Milićević, Marija Đurić-Srejić   +2 more
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Somatology Practices in Non-medical Aesthetic Treatments: Towards Development of Good Practice Guidelines for Somatology in South Africa: a Scoping Review Protocol [PDF]

, 2021
Abstract Background: The medical aesthetics industry is a very profitable and rapidly growing branch of medicine. Currently, somatologists or beauty therapists who either independently perform or assist medical directors in these aesthetic procedures, are not regulated by a professional body in most countries including South Africa. The absence
Dorinda Raphine Borg, Ashley Hilton Ross, Kabelo Garosi, Avenal Jane Finlayson, Tivani P. Mashamba-Thompson   +4 more
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Somatologic characteristics of biathlon students’ body constitution in predicting of their successfulness

Pedagogics, Psychology, Medical-Biological Problems of Physical Training and Sports, 2017
Purpose: determination of somatologic characteristics of biathlon students’ body constitution in predicting of their successfulness. Material: in the research the following students participated (n=27, age19-21 years, boys n=17, girls n=10).
S. G. Priymak, N. O. Terentieva
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Chemokine (CC motif) ligand 18 upregulates Slug expression to promote stem‐cell like features by activating the mammalian target of rapamycin pathway in oral squamous cell carcinoma

Cancer Science, Volume 108, Issue 8, Page 1584-1593, August 2017., 2017
The study provided evidence that elevated CCL18 induced migration, invasion, epithelial‐mesenchymal transition (EMT), and the obtain of cancer stem‐cell like characteristics in OSCC cells. Moreover, we found that these CCL18‐derived responses were initiated by Slug overexpression via stimulating the mTOR signaling pathway in OSCC.
Hongfei Wang, Xueyi Liang, Mianxiang Li, Xiaoan Tao, Shanshan Tai, Zhaona Fan, Zhi Wang, Bin Cheng, Juan Xia   +8 more
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The prevalence of osteoarthritic symptoms of the hands amongst female massage therapists

Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2017
Background: Numerous occupations increase one's risk of developing osteoarthritis. Massage therapists rely heavily on their hands and cumulative hand strain injuries that occur whilst performing a massage may lead to the development of osteoarthritic ...
Heinmari Kruger, Valencia Khumalo, Nicolette N. Houreld   +2 more
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Analysis of the Optical Properties of Medieval Enamel

Dental Anthropology, 1998
The purpose of the study was to investigate the differences in the optical properties of samples of intact, abraded, and reduced enamel. The optical properties of medieval enamel were compared to the results obtained from studies of enamel of ...
Ljiljana Tihaček-Šojić, Marija Đurić-Srejić   +1 more
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Abrasion of Teeth in Population Groups from Historical Periods in the Region of Former Yugoslavia

Dental Anthropology, 1996
This study investigated the frequency, type, and degree of abrasion on permanent teeth from 694 skulls from archaeological sites dating from the beginning of the first century AD to the beginning of the twentieth century in the former Yugoslavia.
Dinka Mucić, Marija Đurić-Srejić
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