Telling Stories, Saving Lives: The Battered Mothers\u27 Testimony Project, Women\u27s Narratives, and Court Reform [PDF]
In November 2002, the Wellesley Centers for Women’s Battered Mothers’ Testimony Project released Battered Mothers Speak Out, a report detailing human rights abuses committed against forty battered mothers and their children who had litigated cases in the
Goodmark, Leigh S.
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The Role of Calcitonin Gene‐Related Peptide in High‐Altitude Headache: A Prospective Field Study
ABSTRACT Objective High‐altitude headache (HAH) is a common neurological condition associated with rapid ascent to high altitude. The pathophysiological mechanisms underlying HAH remain incompletely understood. Calcitonin gene‐related peptide (CGRP), a neuropeptide implicated in migraine pathophysiology, may play a key role in the pathophysiology of ...
Roman Schniepp +4 more
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The Local is Global: Broker for Human Rights “Florence Kitchelt, Connecticut Peace Activist and Feminist,” 1920-1961 [PDF]
In this paper, I will explore the role of local peace activist and feminist, Florence Ledyard Kitchelt (1874-1961) in supporting social justice, equality, and world peace.
Moon, Danelle L
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The lady vanishes: what's missing from the stem cell debate [PDF]
Most opponents of somatic cell nuclear transfer and embryonic stem cell technologies base their arguments on the twin assertions that the embryo is either a human being or a potential human being, and that it is wrong to destroy a human being or ...
A. Fagot-Largeault +50 more
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ABSTRACT Objective To (1) validate GAD65‐ELISA detection and quantification for type 1 diabetes mellitus and autoimmune neurological diagnoses, (2) correlate ELISA results (reference range < 5 IU/mL) with established radioimmunoprecipitation assay (RIA; ≤ 0.02 nmol/L), and (3) define ELISA clinical utility and pitfalls.
Andrew McKeon +11 more
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Investigating the Moral, Social, Economic, Cultural and Political Rights of Women and the Family in the Human Rights Charter (Islamic Scholarship with Secular Science in the Eyes of the Woman) [PDF]
The purpose of this study is to review and criticize the human rights charter in the social, economic, cultural, and political component of women and family in relation to the religion of Islam.
Zahra Mosavi +2 more
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Utilizing the Abagusii community of Southwestern Kenya as a case study, the author explores how patriarchy, a social system that is embedded in a domination social configuration (Eisler, 2007), is fertile ground for several practices which violate girls’
Kerubo Abuya
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Realising women’s human rights in Malaysia : the EMPOWER report [PDF]
Why do activist groups representing some of society’s most marginalised employ legalistic forms of “rights talk” when the reality of securing rights via the judicial system is almost unimaginable?
Elias, Juanita
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Dementia Incidence in Individuals With Parkinson's Disease in the Framingham Heart Study
ABSTRACT Limited information exists on incident dementia in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) in US community‐based samples. We examined cognitive statuses and PD diagnoses of 183 individuals in the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) to establish incident dementia, mortality rates, associations with sex, age at PD onset, and education level.
Joshi Dookhy +11 more
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This article examines the implications of widowhood practices for the enjoyment of women’s fundamental rights and freedoms in Nigeria. The article discusses the effects of socio-cultural and legal structures of Nigeria for gender equality. It argues that
Ebenezer Durojaye
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