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High prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis and its risk factors among Tibetan highlanders living in Tsarang, Mustang district of Nepal

open access: yesJournal of Physiological Anthropology, 2022
Background In Tsarang (at 3560 m), which is located in Mustang, 62.7% of the residents answered that they had a subjective medical history of arthritis, and 41.1% of the residents answered that their families had a subjective medical history of arthritis
Hiroaki Arima   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

An analysis of the Somatology programme offered at South African Universities of Technology to determine whether it meets the needs of industry

open access: yes, 2015
The beginning of the 20th century presented the Somatology profession with unprecedented challenges of acquiring a scientific base and achieving professionalisation.
Kiveshni Rammanhor
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Assessing Franz Boas’ ethics in his Arctic and later anthropological fieldwork [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Cet article concerne la dimension éthique des recherches sur le terrain qu’a faites Franz Boas d’abord dans l’Arctique et ensuite sur la côte Nord-ouest de l’Amérique du Nord, ceci dans le contexte scientifique de l’époque.
Pöhl, Friedrich
core   +1 more source

Digital world, lifeworld, and the phenomenology of corporeality [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The contemporary world is characterised by the pervasive presence of digital technologies that play a part in almost every aspect of our life. An urgent and much-debated issue consists in evaluating the repercussions of these technologies on our human ...
Pace Giannotta, Andrea
core  

Estudio de los tamaños absolutos de bailarines profesionales de elite de ballet [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Las diferencias o similitudes referidas a los tamaños absolutos de un grupo de bailarines de ballet frente a bailarines de danza moderna y folclórica son indicadores de variabilidad o de la homogeneidad corporal y de la expresión del volumen espacial que
Aréchiga Viramontes, Julieta   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Validity of an algorithm for determining sleep/wake states using FS-760 in school-aged children

open access: yesJournal of Physiological Anthropology, 2022
Background Actigraphy is a method used for determining sleep (S)/wakefulness (W) by actigraph, a device equipped with a built-in accelerometer and an algorithm validated for each device. The S/W determination algorithm for the waist-worn actigraph FS-760
Minori Enomoto   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

An assessment of the Somatology extended curriculum programme at the Durban University of Technology

open access: yes
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 ...
M. U. Makgobole
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio misclassification of overweight and obesity in Chinese military personnel

open access: yesJournal of Physiological Anthropology, 2020
Background The rising prevalence of obesity in military personnel has raised great concerns. Previous studies suggest that body mass index (BMI)- and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR)-based obesity classifications in US military personnel and firefighters have ...
Qingqing Zhu   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Somatological Study of Japanese Female Faces

open access: yesJournal of Society of Cosmetic Chemists of Japan, 1988
For the purpose of establishing the beauty theory of makeup technique, we measured the facial shapes and formation of about 600 Japanese women, 18 years to 75, by original methods, and researched their characteristics and transformation by aging.By these results, the classifications of facial, eye and mouth shapes of Japanese women, and the processes ...
Kiyoko Saito, Keiichi Amano, Shoji Yuasa
openaire   +2 more sources

Skeletal stigmata as keys to access to the composite and ancient Gorlin-Goltz syndrome history: The Egypt, Pompeii and Herculaneum lessons [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
There are several genetic diseases with a wide spectrum of congenital bone stigmata in association to cutaneous and visceral benign and malignant neoplasms.
MANFREDINI, Marco   +4 more
core   +1 more source

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