Bartkowiak, Sylwia Konarski, Jan M. Strzelczyk, Ryszard Janowski, Jarosław Karpowicz, Małgorzata Malina, Robert M.
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Anthropological Review
Studies of age at menarche in Poland have a long history and consistently show an urban-rural gradient. The objectives of the study were to to estimate the age at menarche among school girls resident in ten rural communities of the Greater Poland province in 2016 and to compare ages at menarche by weight status and by population growth. The sample ...
Vorobeľová, Lenka Falbová, Darina Siváková, Daniela
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Anthropological Review
Body composition (BC) characteristics across metabolic health-by-body mass index categories were examined. Metabolic health (MH) was defined by five biomarkers: waist circumference, blood pressure, levels of triglycerides, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, and fasting glucose. Potential differences in BC characteristics between metabolically he...
Bryan, Brandon Cory Williams, Frank L’Engle
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The Belgian Meuse karstic basin holds more than 200 Late Neolithic collective burials. Four of the largest include Hastière Caverne M, Hastière Trou Garçon C, Sclaigneaux and Bois Madame. The remains from these caves are commingled and fragmentary. However, in situ maxillary molars are well preserved permitting an investigation of molar crown shape...
Sternal, Marta Kwiatkowska, Barbara Borysławski, Krzysztof Tomaszewska, Agnieszka
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One of the most significant biological factors predisposing to cerebral palsy (CP) are infections. The paper aims to analyze neonatal infections’ influence in the risk of CP development with consideration of all significant risk factors including single, twin, full-term and pre-term pregnancies. 278 children with CP attending the chosen school-educ...
Yanko, Nataliia Valentinovna Artemyev, Andrij Vladislavovich Kaskova, Lyudmyla Fedorivna
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Odontological studies of ancient populations represent different indicators related to health state, lifestyle and human diet. The aim of this paper is to determine the dental health indicators in the Chernyakhov population (the end of the IVth c. AD) from Ukraine. The paper also attempts to identify the relationship between sex and these indicator...
Khudaverdyan, Anahit Yu. Devejyan, Seda H. Davtyan, Ruben H. Yengibaryan, Azat A. Hovhanesyan, Arshak A. Vardanyan, Shota A.
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Anthropological Review
A female skeleton from the Lori Berd archaeological cemetery, located near the city of Stepanavan (Lori Province of Armenia) is described. Palaeopathological analysis revealed a variety pathology (ankylosis of the sacroiliac joints, ankylosis of the vertebrae, syndesmophytes, ankylosed of the costovertebral and costotransverse joint fusions, kyphos...
Cieślik, Agata Nowaczewska, Wioletta Kołtowska, Anna Henneberg, Maciej
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Rare diseases are a challenge in paleopathological research, mainly due to the ambiguity of skeletal signs, bad preservation state of the material, and lack of the reference material. The aim of our article is to present the skull characterized by the decreased values of the metrical traits and numerous pathological features of the cranial morpholo...
Kushwaha, Savitesh Mishra, Jyoti Mondal, Prakash Ranjan
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Anthropological Review
Pregnancy and childbearing are special reproductive events having an impact on women’s health and demographic trends. Reproductive health is not only linked to biological events of gestation and birth, but also are intricately linked to women`s status and their role in society. The current study focuses on the impact of bad obstetric history in the...
Eresheim, Rebecca Schaufler, Savannah Kirchengast, Sylvia
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Anthropological Review
The ratio of index finger to ring finger length (2D:4D) is a sexually dimorphic feature and widely used as an indicator of prenatal androgen-estrogen exposure. Several studies have investigated the relationship between the 2D:4D ratio and the onset of the first menstrual period (menarche) in women. The present study tested the association patterns ...
Kowal, Marta Sorokowski, Piotr Sorokowska, Agnieszka Lebuda, Izabela Groyecka-Bernard, Agata Białek, Michał Kowalska, Kaja Wojtycka, Lidia Olszewska, Alicja M. Karwowski, Maciej
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In order to gain an insight into scholars’ concerns emerging from the COVID-19 crisis, we asked scientists from all over the world about their attitudes and predictions regarding the repercussions of this current crisis on academia. Our data showed that the academic world was placed in an unprecedented situation. Results further showed that everybo...
