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Genetic Resilience and Resistance in Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis and Pathology

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective Some individuals avoid Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology as they age, or retain cognition despite substantial pathology, suggesting mechanisms of resistance or resilience to neurodegeneration. Educational attainment (EA) is associated with reduced risk of cognitive decline, although the underlying mechanisms remain unclear.
Ganna Leonenko, Kalliopi Mavromati, Lynne Hughes, Jonas S. Sundarakumar, Keeley Brookes, Kevin Morgan, Terry Quinn, Valentina Escott‐Price, the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative   +8 more
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A Near-Death Experience Narrated by a Vepsian Woman

Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics
Abstract This article* focuses on the immediate near-death experience of an elderly woman living in traditional Vepsian culture. We analyse which universal, and which more culturally motivated features are present in her story narrated to us in 2018.
Madis Arukask, Eva Saar
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Design principles for vitrimers: Linking dynamic covalent chemistry, network architecture, and engineering performance

Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, EarlyView.
This review examines vitrimer performance from a broader perspective, considering not only dynamic covalent chemistry but also molecular structure, network architecture, and rheological behavior. These factors are discussed in relation to service and processing windows, reprocessing, repair, and engineering applications, providing a multiscale ...
Kyosun Ku, Hyeonuk Yeo
wiley   +1 more source

Magic of Words: Lexemes with Semantics ‘Spell’ and ‘to Spell’ in Vepsian (Etymological-Semantic and Linguo-Geographical Aspects)

Nauchnyi dialog, 2022
A comparative analysis of the Veps language lexemes with the semantics ‘spell’ (puheg, puitoomine), as well as verbs with the meaning ‘to spell; pronounce incantations. The relevance of the study is due to the significance of the spell tradition for the worldview of the Vepsian people and the possibility of identifying the semantic and etymological ...
O. Yu. Zhukova, N. G. Zaitseva
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Integrative Genomic and Functional Investigation of the Multi‐Layered Genetic Architecture Between Anorexia Nervosa and Bone Loss

International Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Bone loss is a severe and often irreversible complication of anorexia nervosa (AN), yet the genetic mechanisms underlying this comorbidity remain underexplored. This study focuses on constructing a comprehensive genetic architecture between AN and estimated calcaneal bone mineral density (eBMD).
Tao Han, Yuke Wang, Yixiong Dang, Rong Xiang, Yan Zeng, Sheng He, Ye Ju, Zilan Chen, Ting Liu, Zihao Li, Yuqi Pang, Wanyi Tan, Jue Xu, Jingwen Jiang, Xia Jiang   +14 more
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Session Paper [PDF]

, 2009
The Balto-Finnic peoples have always formed their personal names using primarily personal name suffixes. After Christianizing, these peoples as most other European peoples have had Christian names: the Orthodox (Greek-Catholic) people (Karelians ...
Joalaid, Marje
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Ethnocultural Situation in the Republic of Karelia (1980-1990s)

, 2005
The Republic of Karelia is an independent state of the Russian Federation. The Karels, the Veps and the Russians are native people of the Republic of Karelia.
Anna Pekina, Pekina, Anna
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Metaphors of language: the Vepsian ecology challenges an international paradigm

Eesti ja soome-ugri keeleteaduse ajakiri. Journal of Estonian and Finno-Ugric Linguistics, 2015
At present Veps, a Finno-Ugric minority in north-western Russia, live in three different administrative regions, i.e., the Republic of Karelia, and the Leningrad and Vologda Oblasts. Due to several socio-economic and political factors Veps have experienced a drastic change in their communicative practices and ways of speaking in the last century ...
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Altered cortical synchronization in photosensitive idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To characterize cortical excitability and synchronization dynamics in patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) and photosensitivity by assessing steady‐state visual evoked potentials (SSVEPs) elicited by intermittent photic stimulation.
Alessandro Benedetto, Cecilia Steinwurzel, Francesco Turco, Enrica Bonanni, Roberto Cantello, Gionata Strigaro   +5 more
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Secrecy and Sustainability: How Concealment and Revelation Shape Vepsian Language Revival [PDF]

Anthropologica, 1969
In this article, I explore questions related to language sustainability, examining whether secrecy practices, both in written and oral form, support or hinder language revival. Within cultural anthropology, secrecy often reflects “epistemological and ethical dimensions” of the researcher and research institutions.
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