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Climate Change through Indigenous Eyes: A Case Study of the Santal Women in Bangladesh

International Social Research Nexus
Climate change is a major problem for vulnerable people worldwide. It severely affects Indigenous communities whose livelihoods are closely connected to nature and agriculture. In Bangladesh, Indigenous women remain largely underrepresented in mainstream
Umme Habiba, Md. Ashif Hasan Razu, Fahmida Hoassin   +2 more
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Care practices and traditional beliefs related to neonatal jaundice in northern Vietnam: a population-based, cross-sectional descriptive study

BMC Pediatrics, 2014
BackgroundThe National Hospital of Pediatrics in Vietnam performed >200 exchange transfusions annually (2006–08), often on infants presenting encephalopathic from lower-level hospitals.
L. Le, J. Partridge, B. H. Tran, V. Le, T. K. Duong, H. Nguyễn, T. Newman   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Elevated Connectivity During Language Processing Is Associated With Cognitive Performance in SeLECTS

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Self‐Limited Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (SeLECTS) is associated with language impairments despite seizures originating in the motor cortex, suggesting aberrant cross‐network interactions. Here we tested whether functional connectivity in SeLECTS during language tasks predicts language performance.
Wendy Qi, Katharine Lee, Kerry C. Nix, Miguel Menchaca, Xiwei Shé, Lorelei Santa Maria, Wei Wu, Zihuai He, Fiona M. Baumer   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding Further the Phenotypic Spectrum of Central Nervous System Inflammatory Demyelinating Disorders Using Unsupervised Clustering

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) inflammatory demyelinating syndromes, including multiple sclerosis (MS), aquaporin‐4 antibody–positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (AQP4 + NMOSD), and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibody–associated disease (MOGAD), occasionally overlap.
Bade Gulec, Elif Everest, Melih Tutuncu, Ugur Bilge, Sabahattin Saip, Ugur Uygunoglu, Aksel Siva   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dimethyl Fumarate, But Not Rituximab, Reduces Serum GFAP Levels and PIRMA in Relapsing–Remitting MS

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Serum neurofilament light chain (sNfL) and glial fibrillary acidic protein (sGFAP) levels are believed to reflect mainly acute and chronic disease processes in multiple sclerosis (MS), respectively. In this study, we investigated whether dimethyl fumarate (DMF) and rituximab (RTX) differentially affect these biomarkers.
F. Shawket, J. Lycke, J. Salzer, F. Piehl, K. Fink, N. Lange, J. Mellergård, C. Malmeström, P. Sundström, I. Erngren, A. al‐Grety, E. Freyhult, K. Kultima, J. Burman, A. Svenningsson   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

An exploration of the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of Xhosa men concerning traditional circumcision

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2017
Background: The practice of traditional circumcision is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality, yet there is a paucity of literature that provides an understanding of the cultural values that influence men to choose traditional rather than ...
Salome Froneman, Paul A. Kapp
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of Digital Technologies for Home‐Based Assessment in People With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Digital technologies hold promise for transforming healthcare by enhancing personalized treatments and offer valuable opportunities to improve patient care. Here, we evaluated several novel, self‐administered, home‐based, digital endpoints for their association with corresponding conventional standard clinical measures (primary) in ...
Arne Mueller, Vanessa Vallejo, Mónica Povedano Panadés, Orla Hardiman, Véronique Danel‐Brunaud, Senda Ajroud‐Driss, Philippe Couratier, Jeremy Shefner, Anna Gokey, Mike DiCesare, Erin Lennox, Jens Praestgaard, Lucie Brujin, Peggy Allred, Ram Miller   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Indigenous healers and stuttering

South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 1993
Traditional beliefs and attitudes of Black South Africans to stuttering were investigated. Four Indigenous Healers (IHs) from different ethnic groups were interviewed about their beliefs as to cause and management of stuttering, as well as the outcome of
Rozanne Platzky, Joan Girson
doaj   +1 more source

Sex‐Stratified Association of Regional Dopamine Transporter Binding With Disease Progression in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To clarify the clinical relevance of dopamine transporter single‐photon emission computed tomography (DAT‐SPECT) abnormalities in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), with a prespecified focus on sex‐stratified associations with disease progression and short‐term prognosis.
Tomoya Kawazoe, Keizo Sugaya, Kentaro Hayashi, Keiko Hino, Yasuhiro Nakata, Kota Bokuda, Toshio Shimizu, Kazushi Takahashi   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of The Traditional Beliefs of the Toba Batak Community in Social Practices in the Lake Toba Region: A Review of Culture and Context

Asketik
This article aims to see the extent of the traditional beliefs of the Toba Batak people and their relevance in people's lives in the Lake Toba area.
Harisan Boni Firmando
doaj   +1 more source