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Land, Gendered Labor, and Empire‐Making in Central Sudan

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article offers an ethnographic analysis of Gulf Arab empire‐making in central Sudan, focusing on an Emirati‐owned farm in the Gezira region as a key site of capitalist extraction and imperial ambition. Through three overlapping vantage points—farm, port, and body—it explores how Emirati investments in Sudanese land, infrastructure, and ...
Nisrin Elamin
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Extracting vitalities: Cuts in Indigenous women's bodies‐territories (Brazil)

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, I explore the connections between the medicalization of childbirth and environmental devastation through Guarani‐Mbyá understandings of life and the living. I argue that the cuts made to Guarani‐Mbyá women's vaginas (episiotomies) in Brazilian hospitals are experienced and situated on the same cosmopolitical level as the cuts ...
Maria Paula Prates
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Anaemia Among Mother–Child Dyads in India: Trends, Drivers, and Future Projections

Maternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Anaemia among mothers and their children is a widespread public health challenge with profound consequences for individuals and societies. While anaemia has been studied separately in women and children, there remains a literature gap examining anaemia in mother‐child dyads, limiting insights on interventions that may simultaneously address ...
Sarang Pedgaonker, Trupti Meher, Monali Gupta, Suman Chakrabarti, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Shri Kant Singh, Laxmi Kant Dwivedi, Aditi, Samuel Scott   +8 more
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Patterns of Water-Pipe and Cigarette Smoking Initiation in Schoolchildren: Irbid Longitudinal Smoking Study

, 2011
Introduction: Tobacco use remains a major public health problem worldwide. Water-pipe smoking is spreading rapidly and threatening to undermine the successes achieved in tobacco control.
Y. Khader, W. Maziak, Mzayek, Fawaz, Eissenberg, Thomas, R. Al Ali, Maziak, Wasim, Khader, Yousef, F. Mzayek, T. Eissenberg, K. D. Ward, Ali, Radwan Al, Ward, Kenneth D.   +11 more
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Living in the Mycelial World

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This manuscript documents a systematic ethnomycological analysis of ethnographic archives. Focusing on texts describing human–fungi interactions, I conduct a global, cross‐cultural review of mushroom use, covering 193 societies worldwide. The study reveals diverse mushroom‐related cultural practices, emphasizing the significance of fungi ...
Roope O. Kaaronen
wiley   +1 more source

The Association of Water-Pipe Smoking and Coronary Artery Calcium in a Community-Based Sample [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Water-pipe smoking is increasing in popularity, driven partly by a perception of reduced harm compared with cigarette smoking. This study evaluates the association of water-pipe smoking with coronary artery calcium (CAC), a marker of coronary
Adawi, Marwa, Al-Kuwari, Mariam G., Isma’eel, Hussain A., Tamim, Hani Mohammed, Chami, Hassan A., Al Mullah, Ahmad   +5 more
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Water pipe smoking: an emerging trend with detrimental consequences

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2014
The unprecedented rise in prevalence of water pipe smoking poses a raft of deleterious effects to public health. A past time communal activity mostly practised in Middle East has now extended its tentacles to engulf most parts of the world.
Henry Nyongesa, Jacob Adegu
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Water-pipe Smoking as a Risk Factor for Transmitting Mycobacterium tuberculosis

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2019
A 20-year-old Swiss male presented at the emergency department with acute onset of febrile temperatures and hemoptysis and a 3-month history of productive cough.
Anna Ursula Marchetti, Oliver Louis Boss, Carla Michelle Schenker, Kaspar Kälin   +3 more
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Limits to Language Prediction: Findings From Diverse Populations

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract For a model in cognitive science to adequately explain cognitive processes across different populations, empirical findings from diverse participant groups are essential. This paper selectively reviews studies that investigated prediction in different populations and discusses what they reveal about the mechanisms and role of language ...
Aine Ito
wiley   +1 more source

Tobacco Smoking and Cardiovascular Health in Africa: Trends, Interventions, and Policy Implications—A Narrative Review

Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 10, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Tobacco smoking in Africa presents a significant public health challenge, particularly concerning cardiovascular health among young adults and men. While global smoking prevalence has declined, World Health Organization (WHO) projections estimate that the total number of tobacco smokers in Africa will rise from 57 million ...
Boluwatife Samuel Fatokun, Success Oluwapemi Oluyemi, Obinna Joseph Mba, Omosola Lydia Bolarin, Ugochi Chinonyerem Ajaero, Ahmed Muhammad Babandi, Chukwuebuka Udo Onyegiri, Pascal Mathew Okorobe   +7 more
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