Since 1995, Roger Lambrechts then Cécile Brouillard and Jan Gadeyne investigate the artificial terrace of the Piano della Civita at Artena, near Rome. The excavations have revealed a complex succession of different phases of occupation that span from the 4th century BC to the 7th century AD. The study of the ceramic assemblages from this site is an...
Published in Nutrition Journal
BackgroundThe association between stroke and nutrition has recently been investigated. However, the association between diet and stroke in Japan has not been clarified. We hypothesized that there may be an association between consumption of ramen and stroke mortality. Therefore, we investigated the association between the prevalence of ramen restau...
Published in BMC Public Health
BackgroundTo investigate the association between national culture and national BMI in 53 low-middle- and high-income countries.MethodsData from World Health Survey conducted in 2002–2004 in low-middle- and high-income countries were used. Participants aged 18 years and over were selected using multistage, stratified cluster sampling. BMI was used a...
Published in BMC Medical Education
BackgroundRegulatory authorities in healthcare are authorised to develop and assess the cultural competence of their professionals. There remains significant diversity on approaches to cultural competency training and assessment. Little evidence exists about whether existing cultural competency training leads to improved patient health outcomes and...
Published in Nature
Nicholas Fox Weber uncovers the scientific currents threading through the history of this pioneering German school of design. “Yellow-Red-Blue,” 1925 by Wassily Kandinsky, in the collection of Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Published in Nature
Sverker Sörlin lauds an integrative history of remote Beringia, revealing the cost of overexploitation in fragile ecologies. Partial ice coverage over the Bering Strait.
Published in Nature
Srinath Perur on a study of how a political movement is co-opting science, myth and pseudoscience. Indian labourers arrange Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) flags and cut-outs of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Published in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
BackgroundStudy of phytochemicals and pharmacological properties of bryophytes has been neglected for a long time because of the three main reasons i.e. (i) difficulty in collection in large amount for analysis; (ii) their availablility only in particular season and (iii) their restricted geographic distribution. So, the aim of this work was to pro...
Published in Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research
This study investigates attitudes towards entrepreneurship within a national culture. The effects of culture represent the most significant and unexplored factor in current theories of entrepreneurial intentions. The study uses Q methodology to conduct a hybrid qualitative and quantitative exploration of the attitudes about entrepreneurship that ar...
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