Arrival of Paleo-Indians to the Southern Cone of South America: New Clues from Mitogenomes [PDF]
With analyses of entire mitogenomes, studies of Native American mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variation have entered the final phase of phylogenetic refinement: the dissection of the founding haplogroups into clades that arose in America during and after ...
Achilli, Alessandro +14 more
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Ethnic differences in adiposity and diabetes risk – insights from genetic studies [PDF]
Type 2 diabetes is more common in non-Europeans and starts at a younger age and at lower BMI cut-offs. This review discusses the insights from genetic studies about pathophysiological mechanisms which determine risk of disease with a focus on the role of
Bell, J.D. +7 more
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São apresentados os dados de um inquérito soro epidemiológico para anticorpos anti-rotavírus conduzido entre os Suruí e Karitiána, dois grupos indígenas de Rondônia, Brasil. Os resultados indicam que as porcentagens de soropositividade são elevadas (67,8%
Ricardo V. Santos +2 more
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Commentaries on some South American Indian drugs and related paraphernalia.
Revision of developments in the research on psycho-active substances used by pre-historic and modem South American Indian populations with an emphasis on the associations of the employed artifacts with the animal world.
S. Henry Wassé
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My Land Is My Flesh Silver Bluff, the Creek Indians, and the Transformation of Colonized Space in Early America [PDF]
This essay explores how Native peoples like the Creek (Muscogee) Indians invested colonized spaces in early American society with their own material, commercial, political, and spiritual meanings and importance. In particular, Creek Indians from the town
Rindfleisch, Byron
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ANCSA Corporation Lands and the Dependent Indian Community Category of Indian Country [PDF]
The demand for increased efficiency and patient-centered care has been influencing the development of healthcare in Sweden, and information technology has an important role in that process.
Holmlund, Jeanette, Schimmer, Robyn
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Settlement of South Carolina’s Colonial Backcountry: From Conflict to Prosperity [PDF]
The Carolina Colony was the first foothold for the British in the lower south region of North America. Carolina developed in the tradition of Barbados, with its economy based on staple crops. These staple crops would become rice and indigo, both of which
Pruitt, Steven C.
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Human onchocerciasis in Brazil: an overview
Human onchocerciasis was recently discovered in Brazil among Yanomámi Indians living along the border region with Venezuela in the States of Amazonas and Roraima.
Shelley Anthony J.
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Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum from Suruí Indian subjects, Brazilian Amazon
This investigation aimed at the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in the sputum of Suruí Indian subjects from Amazonia, Brazil. Polymerase chain reaction analyses were positive for12 samples, five of which were also culture-positive (N = 147).
Paulo Cesar Basta +4 more
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Mount Rushmore: A Tomb for Dead Ideas of American Greatness [PDF]
The Mount Rushmore National Memorial stands in the Black Hills of South Dakota as a symbol of American greatness. However, the public perceptions of the greatness represented in this memorial do not take into consideration the ideals held by the three ...
Rollins, Caleb
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