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Effects of arm and leg positions on lumbar multifidus muscle activity while on hands and knees or while standing

Journal of Physiological Anthropology, 2022
Background The lumbar multifidus (LMF) muscle, which is involved in the mechanical stability of the lumbar spine, reportedly undergoes atrophy in patients with low back pain.
Yasuhiro Mitani, Masaru Hanafusa, Junichi Hashimoto, Ryuta Inada, Hitoshi Koda   +4 more
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Stress, migration, and allostatic load: a model based on Mexican migrants in Columbus, Ohio

Journal of Physiological Anthropology, 2018
Background Immigration is a disruptive event with multiple implications for health. Stressors, including family separation, acculturation, job insecurity, restricted mobility, sojourns, dangerous border crossings, stigmatization, and marginalization ...
Alexandra C. Tuggle, Jeffrey H. Cohen, Douglas E. Crews   +2 more
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Somatological and Osteological Consideration of Gigantism

Journal of the Anthropological Society of Nippon, 1963
Body measurements were taken on a male patient, 25 years of age, suffering from acromegalic gigantism with pluriglandular adenomatosis, at Shinshu University. His clavicle, humerus and femur also were examined after his death. Somatometric and osteometric data are contained in the Japanese text.
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Identifying Unique Patient Groups in Melasma Using Clustering: A Retrospective Observational Study with Machine Learning Implications for Targeted Therapies

Cosmetics
Melasma management is challenged by heterogeneity in patient presentation, particularly among individuals with darker skin tones. This study applied k-means clustering, an unsupervised machine learning algorithm that partitions data into k distinct ...
Michael Paulse, Nomakhosi Mpofana
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Performance of newly developed body mass index cut-off for diagnosing obesity among Ethiopian adults

Journal of Physiological Anthropology, 2019
Background Obesity is defined as unhealthy excess body fat, which increases the risk of premature mortality from noncommunicable diseases. Early screening and prevention of obesity is critical for averting associated morbidity, disability, and mortality.
Makeda Sinaga, Tilahun Yemane, Elsah Tegene, David Lidstrom, Tefera Belachew   +4 more
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Healthcare workers’ perspectives on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis delivery in Sub-Saharan Africa: implications for injectable formulation rollout—a narrative review

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundLong-acting injectable Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), particularly cabotegravir, presents a promising HIV prevention option in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where HIV prevalence remains high.
Nomvuselelo Nomzamo Mbatha, Nomakhosi Mpofana, Dumile Gumede   +2 more
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Do green-blocking glasses enhance the nonvisual effects of white polychromatic light?

Journal of Physiological Anthropology, 2018
Background It is well known that light containing the blue component stimulates the intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) and plays a role in melatonin suppression and pupillary constriction.
Soomin Lee, Naoshi Kakitsuba, Tetso Katsuura   +2 more
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Spatial navigation ability is associated with the assessment of smoothness of driving during changing lanes in older drivers

Journal of Physiological Anthropology, 2020
Background Age-related changes affect driving ability, including the smoothness of driving. This operation requires the use of both allocentric strategies (based on world-centered representations) and egocentric strategies (based on self-centered ...
Masafumi Kunishige, Hideki Miyaguchi, Hiroshi Fukuda, Tadayuki Iida, Kawabata Nami, Chinami Ishizuki   +5 more
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Analysis of the Errors in Somatological Measurements in Man

Journal of the Anthropological Society of Nippon, 1985
Anthropometry plays a fundamental role in various fields of physical anthropology, but we have little knowledge about the error or the reliability of the measurement of the human body. The present study was made to assess the order and source of the error which were inevitable in execution of anthropometry and fluctuatingsubject to the effect of ...
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An assessment of the Somatology extended curriculum programme at the Durban University of Technology [PDF]

, 2022
Since the beginning of democracy in South Africa post 1994, the debate in South African Higher Education has progressed from, initially, increasing disadvantaged student access to higher education to improving student success and improving throughout rates and high attrition amongst the previously disadvantaged students.
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