Street working children in lima: The child's ‘Surcharge’ between survival strategies and socialisationInternational Journal of Anthropology - Tập 16 - Trang 127-142 - 2001
A. Invernizzi
Child labour is usually analysed within the framework of exploitation. This
essay is an attempt to analyse children's economic activities in the street
using the concept ‘surcharge”, which may be defined as a child's negative
experience of overload or over work. In the comparison between dissatisfactory
and satisfactory working conditions, it has been argued that the first is linked
not only to a ... hiện toàn bộ
Measured versus self-reported body heightInternational Journal of Anthropology - Tập 17 - Trang 113-120 - 2002
M. Krzyżanowska, W. Umławska
Students (105 males and 298 females) of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of
University of Wrocław of 19–28 years of age were examined. The questionnaire and
body height measurements were conducted in February and March of the year 2000.
The measured as well as self — reported body height were analyzed depending on
socio — economic variables such as the students' parents' education, the
students' pl... hiện toàn bộ
Marital mobility in populations of the High Aran ValleyInternational Journal of Anthropology - Tập 11 - Trang 91-99 - 1996
M. Bas, R. M. Noguès, M. P. Aluja, A. Sevin, G. Larrouy
The analysis of 2.623 marriage certificates in the towns in the High Aran Valley
shows marriage mobility between the years 1650 and 1990 and indicates the level
of population's endogamy. The results from the data collected in the town of
Arties are presented as an example. The distribution of the places of origin of
spouses and a factor analysis show a remarkable geographical endogamy until
1940. ... hiện toàn bộ
Age at menopause of Tamang women tea-labourers of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, IndiaInternational Journal of Anthropology - Tập 6 - Trang 233-236 - 1991
Chunki Piplai
The Tamang women tea-labouren of Jalpaiguri district show no significant
difference in age at menopause among their three «migration status» groups,
viz., MO, M1 and M2+. The mean age at menopause is 47.3±4.26 and the median age
is 47.68 years. A significant difference occurs between the observed mean age at
menopause and 45 years, which is generally taken to be the menopausal age by
convention. T... hiện toàn bộ
Changes in osteoarthritis associated with the development of a maritime economy among southern California IndiansInternational Journal of Anthropology - Tập 4 - Trang 171-183 - 1989
P. L. Walker, S. E. Hollimon
The severity of osteoarthritis was studied in human skeletal remains from
archaeological sites in the Santa Barbara Channel area of southern California.
These remains were analyzed to better understand changes in activity patterns
associated with the economic shift from hunting and gathering to intensive
fishing and craft specialization that occurred in this area. The joints of 967
burials from se... hiện toàn bộ
Morphological changes related to the climateric period of the adult Cuban womenInternational Journal of Anthropology - Tập 14 - Trang 219-226 - 1999
M. M. Carmenate, A. M. Martínez, C. Prado, M. E. Díaz, E. M. Toledo, I. Wong, R. Moreno, V. Moreno
The aim of the present study is to analyze the morphologic changes occurring
along the period of a woman's life thatareknown as climacterium. Our sample
consists of 648 women from different provinces of Cuba, but who lived in Havana
for at least 15 years. Morphological variables such as height, weight,
biliocristal and biachromial diameters and six subcutaneous fat skinfolds were
measured. With re... hiện toàn bộ
Letter to editorInternational Journal of Anthropology - Tập 1 Số 4 - Trang 375-376 - 1986
Olivier, G.
Genetic serum protein markers (HP, TF, GC and PI) in eight Slovakian population samplesInternational Journal of Anthropology - Tập 9 - Trang 153-159 - 1994
D. Siváková, H. Walter, H. Danker-Hopfe, M. Prüss, M. Harms
1194 individuals from eight different regions of Slovakia have been typed for
haptoglobin (HP) types and for transferrin (TF), group specific component (GC)
and alpha-1-antitrypsin (PI) subtypes. Whereas the HP allele frequencies do not
show a remarkable regional variability within Slovakia, this could be
demonstrated concerning the TF, GC and PI allele frequencies. The reason for
these distributi... hiện toàn bộ