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Exploring structural violence in the context of disability and poverty in Zimbabwe

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Disability, 2017
Background: While it is widely assumed that disability, poverty and health are closely linked, research falls short of fully understanding the link. One approach to analysing the links between disability and poverty is through the concept of structural ...
Jennifer T. Muderedzi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of structural ageism on greater violence against older persons: a cross-national study of 56 countries

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2021
Objective To determine the association between country-level structural ageism and prevalence of violence against older persons.Design Country-level ecological study.Setting Structural ageism data were drawn from the nationally representative World ...
Daniel Zelterman   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Neocolonial Warp of Outmoded Hierarchies, Curricula and Disciplinary Technologies in Trinidad’s Educational System

open access: yes, 2016
I re-appropriate the image of a space-time warp and its notion of disorientation to argue that colonialism created a warp in Trinidad’s educational system. Through an analysis of school violence and the wider network of structural violence in which it is
Williams, Hakim Mohandas Amani
core   +1 more source

Structural violence against children in Chihuahua

open access: yesChihuahua Hoy, 2022
Within the framework of philosophy and its social function, structural violence against children in Chihuahua is studied; to approach the phenomenon and propose alternatives, three theories will be related: i) feminist studies regarding violence ...
Héctor Edgardo Castro Loera   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Organoids in pediatric cancer research

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Organoid technology has revolutionized cancer research, yet its application in pediatric oncology remains limited. Recent advances have enabled the development of pediatric tumor organoids, offering new insights into disease biology, treatment response, and interactions with the tumor microenvironment.
Carla Ríos Arceo, Jarno Drost
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the Impact of Water Insecurity on Maternal Mental Health at Six Nations of the Grand River

open access: yesFrontiers in Water, 2022
The Haudenosaunee or Six Nations (SN) is a matrilineal society sustained through reciprocal relationships with nature and all creation. Haudenosaunee hold a special relationship and responsibility with water, as it is the first environment of humans ...
Afroza Sultana   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Consequences of Structural Racism, Concentrated Poverty, and Violence on Young Men and Boys of Color [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Defining violence broadly as "systemic injury directed against a group or geographic area," this research brief describes the scope of violence that black young men and boys face as a result of structural conditions.
Carol Silverman   +2 more
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Protein pyrophosphorylation by inositol pyrophosphates — detection, function, and regulation

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Protein pyrophosphorylation is an unusual signaling mechanism that was discovered two decades ago. It can be driven by inositol pyrophosphate messengers and influences various cellular processes. Herein, we summarize the research progress and challenges of this field, covering pathways found to be regulated by this posttranslational modification as ...
Sarah Lampe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Life under the tent is not safe, especially for young women’: understanding intersectional violence among internally displaced youth in Leogane, Haiti

open access: yesGlobal Health Action, 2017
Background: Haiti’s 2010 earthquake devastated social, health, and economic infrastructure and left 2 million persons homeless. Over 6 years later 61,000 people remain displaced, most lacking protection, services, and durable solutions.
Carmen H. Logie   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

In fremdem Haus

open access: yesÖsterreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften, 2014
From the early 1950s to the 1970s the Viennese Youth Welfare took thousands of children out of their families of origin and placed them in foster families, mainly small peasant economies in a southern district of Burgenland and in a district of south ...
Gudrun Wolfgruber   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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