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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Albinism"”.
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The information needs of people with albinism in Khomas region, Namibia
… of the information needs of people with albinism in Khomas region, Namibia. The investigation aims to ascertain the information needs of people with albinism (PWA), including the kind of information needs they have. It also seeks to establish the mechanisms used by PWA to seek information …
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The information needs of people with albinism in Khomas Region, Namibia
… of the information needs of people with albinism in Khomas region, Namibia. The investigation aims to ascertain the information needs of people with albinism (PWA), including the kind of information needs they have. It also seeks to establish the mechanisms used by PWA to seek information …
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A 'harvest' in Malawi: the position of albinism in Refugee Law
The albinism community in Malawi has been faced with gruesome human rights violations for the past decade. These violations have included, assaults, kidnapping, mutilations, and murder. The cause of such violations is that the community of Malawi has for so long embraced the superstitious belief …
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The cellular basis of the Southern African forms of rufous & tyrosinase-positive oculocutaneous albinism
Oculocutaneous albinism is a congenital heritable disorder characterised by hypopigmentation of the eyes, hair and skin, together with visual acuity. Ten albinism have been photophobia, nystagmus and decreased different forms of oculocutaneous described. Of these, the tyrosinasepositive and rufous …
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To Examine the Psychosocial Challenges and Coping Strategies Among Persons with Albinism in Tanzania:A Case of Temeke Municipal Council
… and the coping strategies among Persons with Albinism in Tanzania. The specific objectives based on challenges, attitudes, beliefs and coping strategies being employed by people with albinism. Study adopted quantitative and qualitative methods for data collection from Tanzania Association of …
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Experiences perceptions and understanding of mothers of children living with albinism in Malawi: a qualitative descriptive study
Background: Albinism affects approximately 1 in 17,000 individuals globally with the highest prevalence in SubSaharan Africa with an estimation of 1 in 2000 - 5000 live births and 1 in 2000 live births in Malawi. The total number of people living with albinism in Malawi is estimated to be 7000 - …
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Analysis Of The Mouse p100H Mutation: Implications For Two Disease Related Genes: P and Sox6
… the human P gene, I found that all Navajos with albinism carry a homozygous deletion of 122.5 kb of genomic DNA, including exons 10 20 of the P gene, indicating that albinism among the Navajos is OCA2. This deletion of P gene is Navajo-specific, since I did not find this deletion allele in 34 …
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Examining "colour" as a ground of prohibited discrimination in international human rights law with specific reference to the "intra-racial" colourism against persons with albinism in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
… problematic because black Congolese persons with albinism experience violence at the hands of their fellow black people, due to their skin colour, which is usually fair tanned as a result of the medical condition. This violence is a form of discrimination known as “intra-racial” colourism and …
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Deterination of the melanin content in the skin of albinos at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
… of Melanin or presence of very little melanin or albinism makes the skin susceptible to a wide range of damages and diseases such as skin cancers caused by ultraviolet rays from the sun. The aim of this study was to demonstrate and quantify the melanin in albinos compared to normal indigenous …
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Deterination of the melanin content in the skin of albinos at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
… of Melanin or presence of very little melanin or albinism makes the skin susceptible to a wide range of damages and diseases such as skin cancers caused by ultraviolet rays from the sun. The aim of this study was to demonstrate and quantify the melanin in albinos compared to normal indigenous …
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The Albino Mouse Visual System: How Perturbed Retinal Development Leads to Altered Binocular Projections
Albinism is a heterogeneous disorder that occurs when one of several genetic defects causes a disruption in melanin synthesis in the hair, skin, and eyes. Every form of albinism results in hypopigmentation in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), the monolayer of epithelial cells surrounding the …
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Identification of the TPC2 interactome reveals TSPAN10 and OCA7 as key players in the biogenesis of melanosomes
… to pigmentation diseases such as oculocutaneous albinism. Melanosome biogenesis is a complex process requiring ubiquitous membrane trafficking machinery to be repurposed for the differentiation of melanosomes from other endosomal compartments and specific delivery of melanosome synthesizing …
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Young adults' perceptions of the implications of their hereditary, visual impairment: A Cape Town based study
… such as congenital cataracts, glaucoma, albinism, and retinal degenerative disorders. The transition into adulthood of visually disabled individuals is a crucial time, as it lays the foundation for their future. The aim of this research was to explore the level of understanding, …
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Hypomelanosis in chickens
… hypomelanotic disorders, such as vitiligo and albinism. To determine whether melanocytes are present in the hypomelanotic skin, two melanocyte-specific assays were carried out, in situ DOPA histochemistry and a sensitive radiometric assay for tyrosinase. The results show that active tyrosinase …
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The knowledge of basic genetic terms and available terminology in the South African Sotho languages
… terminology for genetic conditions such as albinism and concepts such as inheritance and consanguinity. Participants highlighted how and when specific terms are used in their home languages and which terms were found to be offensive. Contrary to English, the Sotho-Pedi-Tswana language, like …
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A social-technical harm-based taxonomy of online hate in South Africa
… that individual characteristics such as age, albinism, birth, colour, culture, disability, ethnic or social origin, gender/gender identity, HIV status, language, nationality, migrant or refugee status, occupation/trade, political affiliation or conviction, race, religion, and sexual …
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An exploration of pre-attentive visual discrimination using event-related potentials
… abnormality in retinal projections in albinism afforded the opportunity to investigate each hemisphere in relative isolation and was used, for the first time, as a model to investigate lateralisation of visual MMN and illusory contour processing. Using the three stimulus oddball …