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Wavelength‐Dependent Photobiomodulation Regulates Macrophage Polarization via Mitochondrial Dynamics and Metabolic Reprogramming

Advanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 48, 28 August 2026.
Light wavelength encodes distinct macrophage fates through mitochondrial and metabolic remodeling. Red 625 nm irradiation induces glycolysis, mitochondrial fission, and M1 polarization, whereas near‐infrared 850 nm irradiation promotes fatty acid oxidation, mitochondrial fusion, and M2 polarization.
Qiusheng Shi, Hao Jia, Jianfei Dong, Linhao Li, Jingqi Cao, Xun Chen, Zhenzhen Jia, Jing Na, Zhijie Yang, Xinyuan Chen, Yubo Fan, Shuhua Yue, Lisha Zheng   +12 more
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Traditional male circumcision in the Eastern Cape--scourge or blessing?

South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde, 2007
Traditional male circumcision is still widely practised in the Xhosa population throughout South Africa. It is a rite of passage from boyhood to manhood. Unfortunately, botched circumcisions are a public health hazard and lead to tragic mutilations and deaths.The present study was undertaken to assess the extent of circumcision-related complications ...
Meissner, O, Buso, D L
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Medical male circumcision and Xhosa masculinities: Tradition and transformation [PDF]

, 2019
Magister Artium (Medical Anthropology) - MA(Med Ant)This research study investigates Xhosa men’s perceptions of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) in Khayelitsha township (Cape Town).
Mdedetyana, Lubabalo Sheperd
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The Impact of Behavioural Economics‐Informed Interventions on the Care Cascade for Sexually Transmitted and Blood‐Borne Infections: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

Journal of the International AIDS Society, Volume 29, Issue 8, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Introduction While behavioural economics principles are widely used for public health interventions, a comprehensive understanding of their impact across the sexually transmitted and blood‐borne infections (STBBIs) care cascade remains limited. We systematically evaluated the effectiveness of behavioural economics‐informed interventions for an
Min Zhao, Zhengcheng Tu, Xiang Zhao, Chunyan Li, Jiajun Sun, Ye Zhang, Warittha Tieosapjaroen, Fanpu Ji, Jason J. Ong, Lei Zhang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Traditional male circumcision in eastern and southern Africa: a systematic review of prevalence and complications

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2010
to systematically review studies on the prevalence and complications of traditional male circumcision (i.e. circumcision by a traditional provider with no formal medical training), whose coverage and safety are unclear.we systematically searched databases and reports for studies on the prevalence and complications of traditional male circumcision in ...
Andrea Wilcken, Thomas Keil, Bruce Dick
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POLICY SHORTCOMINGS AFFECTING TRADITIONAL MALE CIRCUMCISION (TMC) IN THE EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE

Social Work, 2019
The study took the form of a qualitative empirical case study in order to carry out a critical analysis of the shortcomings of existing policy pertaining to traditional male circumcision (TMC) in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Interview guides were developed to conduct in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with 28 participants ...
Nomngcoyiya, Thanduxolo, Kang’ethe, Simon   +1 more
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Muslim-Armenian godfatherhood (Kirvelik) in Ottoman Diyarbakır and the impact of this tradition on social relations

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
The practice of male circumcision is widespread among Muslims worldwide, while the tradition of godparenthood (kirvelik) is not as common. Although this tradition can be found in a broad area stretching from Dagestan to Adana and from Tabriz to the east ...
Kasım Ertaş
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond Brunhild: reassessing women in the Fredegar Chronicle

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 458-479, August 2026.
Scholarly consideration of women in the seventh‐century Fredegar chronicle has long been dominated by the author’s hostility towards Brunhild, queen of Austrasia. Statistical analysis of Latin world chronicles before ad 900, however, shows that Fredegar’s representation of women was unusually high within this tradition.
Emily Quigley
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring drivers for safe male circumcision: Experiences with health education and understanding of partial HIV protection among newly circumcised men in Wakiso, Uganda. [PDF]

, 2017
IntroductionAbout 2.5 million men have voluntarily been circumcised since Uganda started implementing the WHO recommendation to scale up safe male circumcision to reduce HIV transmission. This study sought to understand what influences men's circumcision
Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard, Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy, Daniel, Marguerite, Simon P S Kibira, Kibira, Simon Peter, Lynn Muhimbuura Atuyambe, Fredrick Edward Makumbi, Atuyambe, Lynn Muhimbuura, Simon P. S. Kibira, Marguerite Daniel, Makumbi, Fredrick Edward   +10 more
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Aristocratic identification in Felix’s Life of Guthlac

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 435-457, August 2026.
Recent scholarship often sees high‐born monastics and clerics in early Christian England as part of the aristocratic class. Modern identity theories, however, suggest that social identity could be dynamic, situational, processual and discursive. In light of this concept, the present article reads Felix’s Life of Guthlac as a text that constructs an ...
Lek Hang Chan
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