The crucial importance of funerary rites in early China would seem to be reflected not only in an abundance of writings devoted to describing — frequently from an idealised standpoint not exempt of normative ends — the complex set of practices, speeches, attire and objects that accompany the proceedings of these ceremonies but also, and in particular, in the intense intellectual debates that th...

INTRODUCTION The customs of widow cleansing and widow inheritance are practiced in several communities throughout sub-Saharan Africa. In the Nyanza Province of Kenya, according to tradition, Luo widows are expected to engage in sexual intercourse with a "cleanser," without the use of a condom, in order to remove the impurity ascribed to her after her husband's death. Luo couples, including wido...

Background: News media create a sense-making narrative, shaping, reflecting and enforcing cultural ideas experiences. Reportage of COVID-related death bereavement illuminates public perceptions of, responses to, the COVID-19 pandemic. Aim: We aimed to explore British newspaper representations ‘saying goodbye’ before after consider clinical implications. Design: Document analysis UK online artic...

COVID-19 is a severe disease, which mainly affects respiratory system and causes lung failure. The disease spread dramatically over the world, including Kazakhstan. Between March 13 September 30, 2020, total of 107,979 laboratory confirmed cases were registered in republic. aim study was to describe epidemiological characteristics outbreaks five localities Beyneu Karakiya districts Mangistau re...

What happens to corpses produced by armed conflicts? This question may seem simple: most bodies are buried, more or less quickly, in mass graves. However, the time between death and moment when human remains inhumed deserves be studied. article focuses on situation Urals at end of Civil War (1918–1919). The fights Bolsheviks their opponents resulted many casualties. gave a fundamental, rather u...

The present paper examines a novel aspect of folk literacy within the ethnographical research, in particular to separate genre oral art, which is an organic component modern Ukrainian and Hungarian cultures. focus study written sources from village Shalanky (Berehove District, Transcarpathia), as well some other areas former historical region Ugocsa. collection entitled Book for Funeral Ceremon...

Cochlear implants (CIs) have been remarkably successful at restoring hearing in severely-to-profoundly hearing-impaired individuals. However, users often struggle to deconstruct complex auditory scenes with multiple simultaneous sounds, which can result reduced music enjoyment and impaired speech understanding background noise. Hearing aid similar issues, though these are typically less acute. ...

Background Dementia prevalence and incidence in Aboriginal Australians is three to five times that of the general population. Many known risk factors for dementia this population are modifiable (e.g., head injury, hypertension, previous stroke poor mobility). However, there currently no evidence-base on how delay or prevent cognitive decline Australians. Therefore, a comprehensive program targe...

On 9 October the UK government announced that “enhanced screening” for Ebola virus disease will be implemented at Heathrow and Gatwick airports and Eurostar terminals. Details of how this will be done are not yet available, but the objectives presumably are to identify people arriving from Sierra Leone, Guinea, or Liberia whomay have been exposed to Ebola, assess whether they have symptoms cons...

many difficulties not satisfactorily explained by my theory of descent with modification, but I cannot possibly believe that a false theory would explain so many classes of facts as I think it certainly does explain. On these grounds I drop my anchor, and believe the difficulties will slowly disappear.’ One of the virtues of Janet Browne’s outstanding biography, is the unassuming manner that re...