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Journal 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
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Orthodontic and orthopaedic treatment for anterior open bite in children (Review) [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Anterior open bite occurs when there is a lack of vertical overlap of the upper and lower incisors. The aetiology is multifactorial including: oral habits, unfavourable growth patterns, enlarged lymphatic tissue with mouth breathing.
Carvalho, Fernando R. +8 more
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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 +4 more
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Une généalogie du « santéisme »: Subjectivités et santé entre autonomie individuelle et contrôle disciplinaire [PDF]
, 2015 International audienceHealthism is a sociological concept that has circulated widely outside of academia, while is it rather neglected by social sciences. This article intends to propose its genealogy in order to revitalize this term and to propose it as
Turrini, Mauro
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Tracing the shifting sands of ‘medical genetics’: what’s in a name? [PDF]
, 2010 This paper focuses on the structural development of institution-based interest in genetics in Anglo-North American medicine after 1930 concomitantly with an analysis of the changes through which ideas about heredity and the hereditary transmission of ...
Leeming, William
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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 +2 more
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Journal of Physiological Anthropology, 2022 Background Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) is a promising therapeutic molecule. Epigenetic mechanisms, including non-coding RNAs, regulate the expression level of the PPARγ gene. Objective We aimed to examine the PPARγ expression
Maryam Zarkesh +4 more
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Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma Incidences Analyzed Worldwide by Skin Type over Advancing Age of Males and Females: Evidence Estrogen and Androgenic Hair are Risk Factors [PDF]
, 2017 We previously analyzed cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) incidences worldwide by sex, age, and Fitzpatrick skin type over time (1955-2007) and found only European-ancestry populations have exponential increasing incidences and about a 2-log increase in ...
Godar, Dianne E. +2 more
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Somatological Study of Japanese Female Faces
Journal 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
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CosmeticsMelasma 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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