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Trust in development: some implications of knowing in indigenous knowledge
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
, 2010 , Article)
The indigenous knowledge (IK) initiative in development has met with limited success. The cultural relativity of knowledge � i.e. what qualifies as justified belief � may partly explain why. Drawing on New Guinea Highlands' ...
Effects of perceived social support and family demands on college students' mental well-being: A cross-cultural investigation
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John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
, 2015 , Article)
The effects of perceived social support and family demands on college students' mental well-being (perceived stress and depression) were assessed in 2 samples of Jordanian and Turkish college students. Statistically ...
Trait self-control, identified-introjected religiosity and health-related-feelings in healthy Muslims: A structural equation model analysis
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Public Library of Science
, 2015 , Article)
Aim: The present study attempted to test McCullough and Willoughby’s hypothesis that self-control mediates the relationships between religiosity and psychosocial outcomes. Specifically, this study examined whether trait ...
Social workers in a Qatari health setting: responding positively to ethical problems
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Routledge
, 2016 , Article)
Social workers in health settings often face challenging ethical problems in their daily practice. These challenges may be internal in nature and in particular related to their personal and cultural beliefs. The aim of ...
False Memory in Adults With ADHD: A Comparison Between Subtypes and Normal Controls
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SAGE Publications Inc.
, 2017 , Article)
Objectives: To examine the performance on the Deese-Roediger-McDermott task of adults divided into ADHD subtypes and compares their performance to that of healthy controls to examine whether adults with ADHD are more ...
Epigenetic mechanisms, trauma, and psychopathology: Targeting chromatin remodeling complexes
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De Gruyter
, 2019 , Article)
Environmental pressure affects the genotype throughout different epigenetic processes. There is currently ample evidence on the role of epigenetics in developing various mental disorders. A burden of environmental pressure, ...
Development of executive functioning in school-age Tunisian children
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Routledge
, 2016 , Article)
Research regarding executive functioning (EF) in children rarely focuses on populations in African or Middle-Eastern Arabic-speaking countries. The current study used a cross-sectional design to examine the developmental ...
Computational investigation of mechanistic insights of Aβ42 interactions against extracellular domain of nAChRα7 in Alzheimer's disease
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Taylor and Francis Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
Aim: Amyloid beta (Aβ) 1-42, which is a basic constituent of amyloid plaques, binds with extracellular transmembrane receptor nicotine acetylcholine receptor α7 (nAChRα7) in Alzheimer’s disease.
Materials and Methods: ...
Smell your memories: Positive effect of odor exposure on recent and remote autobiographical memories in Alzheimer's disease
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Routledge
, 2019 , Article)
Introduction: There is a burgeoning interest in the effects of odor exposure on autobiographical memory in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We pursued this line of research by assessing the effect of odor exposure on the retrieval ...
Perceptions of Women's Roles between Traditionalism and Modernity in Qatar
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2019 , Article)
Women's participation in public life in the Arabian Peninsula is affected by tradition and limits their opportunities for socio-economic development. This study focuses on the social structures that impose gender inequality. ...