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Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objectives Severe chronic non‐communicable diseases (NCDs) place a significant burden on low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs), where overburdened and underprepared health systems lead to misdiagnosis, treatment delays and poor outcomes.
Chantelle Boudreaux +13 more
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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
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The Cultural Evolution of Human Goals
Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract Humans pursue remarkably diverse goals that vary over time and across cultures. These goals are both drivers and products of cultural evolutionary dynamics, yet most theories of cultural evolution have focused on the influence of culture on how individuals reach their goals, rather than on which goals they pursue.
Jérémy Perez +5 more
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Vovós feiticeiras: algumas reflexões sobre tristes relatos de idosas moçambicanas
Kairós Gerontologia, 2012 : Particular attention is paid to the accusations of witchcraft, in which the Traditional Doctor´s Association of Mozambique (AMETRAMO) and traditional healers play two roles: one as the accuser and instigator of violence, and the other as the target of ...
Mercedes Sayagues +2 more
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The Use and Functions of English in Egyptian Social Media
World Englishes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the contemporary functions of English in Egypt through two interrelated lines of inquiry. First, it provides an updated account of the status and roles of English in the country, revisiting and extending Schaub's assessment in light of significant historical, socio‐economic and linguistic developments over the past two ...
Lucia La Causa
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Introduction: Charting the Evolution of English and Anglophone Writing in Asia
World Englishes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This introductory article explores the history of the English language and literatures in the Asian ‘Outer Circle’ countries, or English in its ‘second diaspora’, focusing primarily on literature from its beginnings to the present. Due to space limitations, the scope is further narrowed to poetry and the novel – the two genres that, arguably ...
Mohammad A. Quayum
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Witchcraft in the context of the image of limited good
, 1982 The aspect of witchcraft integral to this thesis pertains specifically to the dynamics of witchcraft accusation and what prompts its occurrence. In this connection the social-psychological perception of the Limited Good and the emotion of envy form part ...
Dearing, Diana L.
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Pouvoir des mots, effet des sorts : quelques réflexions sur l’entrée en action sorcellaire
Sociologies, 2014 The mode of action of witchcraft, so well described by the ethnologist Jeanne Favret-Saada, is based upon the power of enunciation and its performative efficiency.
Laurence Kaufmann
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Analytical Science Advances, Volume 7, Issue 2, December 2026.ABSTRACT A validated analytical workflow is presented for determining total and bioaccessible concentrations of regulated elements in tattoo inks, addressing the lack of harmonized protocols for comparing extraction approaches in complex matrices. Although current legislation defines limits for soluble fractions of selected metals, it does not specify ...
Maria Luisa Astolfi +3 more
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Le débat juridique et religieux sur la sorcellerie en Libye
L’Année du MaghrebThis article examines the criminalization of witchcraft in Libya, an act prohibited by Islamic law but long unregulated specifically by Libyan legislation. Until recently, witchcraft was treated as a fraud offense under Article 461 of the 1954 Penal Code.
Mazek Ayoub
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