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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"CLANs"”.
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Identification of Actin Binding Proteins Associated with Cross-Linked Actin Networks
… associated with cross-linked actin network (CLANs). Human trabecular meshwork ™ cells were cultured to confluence and treated with dexamethasone or vehicle for 14 days. Total RNA was extracted for gene expression analysis to confirm steroid-induced expression of actin binding proteins in …
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Traditions and transitions : Islam and chiefship in Northern Mozambique, ca. 1850-1974
… The link between Islam and the chiefly clans existed since the eight century when Islam made inroads into the northern Mozambican coast and became associated with the Shirazi ruling elites. With the involvement of the region in the international slave trade during the nineteenth century, …
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Reppin' 4 Life: The Formation and Racialization of Vietnamese American Youth Gangs in Southern California
… in order to theorize racialization and clans formation in a changing world. There are material and ideological consequences for Vietnamese and Asian American youth gang formation in Southern California, including local, state, and national policy implications. A major concern is around …
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Factors influencing the occurrence of stinging jellyfish (Physalia spp.) at New Zealand beaches
… the Internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1). Three clans were found: a Pacific-wide clan, an Australasian clan and New Zealand endemic clan with a distribution confined to the Bay of Plenty and the East Coast of the North Island. Forecasting Physalia occurrence directly from presence data using …
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A Mortuary Analysis of the Structure 7 Cemetery at Town Creek, a Mississippian Site in the Piedmont of North Carolina
… groups, communities were comprised of ranked clans made up of multiple kin groups that maintained separate household spaces. Through visual analysis and the spatial analysis of the distribution of burial attributes that include burial depth, age, sex, grave goods, body positioning and body …
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The history of abakwaMthethwa
… the idea of a confederation of smaller states (clans) under one supreme ruler or a king who become their overlord. The history of abaKwaMthethwa is so wide that one would need volumes to do justice to it. This project is only going to deal with their movement from around uBombo mountains round …
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An evaluation of the completeness of Ferreira and Otley's (2009) performance management framework, using a multi-disciplinary approach.
… controls such as organisational culture and clans, and needs to be combined with a social science perspective. Consequently, this study reviews the literature pertaining to certain socioideological controls, using a multi-disciplinary approach which focuses particularly on the social …
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Sources of succession disputes in respect of ubukhosi / chieftainship with regard to the Cele and Amangwane chiefdoms, KwaZulu-Natal
… of succession disputes which exist among many clans even nowadays. Also, the role of successions runs from the arrangements of indirect rule at the latter part of the nineteen-century to the pivotal role played by traditional leaders in the homeland administration and after 1994, the …
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Pushing Marginalization: British Colonial Policy, Somali Identity, and the Gosha 'Other' in Jubaland Province, 1895 to 1925
… political institutions of surrounding Somali sub-clans, which in pre-colonial Jubaland were relatively fluid, open, and—in time—would have allowed these groups to become assimilated into Somali society. British colonial rule however changed this flexibility. Somali identity, once porous and …
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Role of the Indiana township trustee in educational administration, 1895-1959
… of the word township came from the Germanic clans where it was called a mark and dates to about 100-44 B.C. The mark was a hedge that surrounded the clan and was used for protection as well as identification. The Anglo-Saxons carried the mark concept to England and called it tunscipe. In …
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Scotland's Castles: rescued, rebuilt and reoccupied, 1945 - 2010
… uncertainty over planning applications. Clans, charitable trusts and public bodies, such as local councils, also carried out restoration projects, as did a small number of ‘old’ owners. What caused such a proliferation? Two research questions are posed: why were so many Scottish castles …
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Conceptualizing Islamic Acculturation in Pre-Colonial Punjab
… the economic and social fortunes of these clans that shared the riverine tracts that were increasingly dotted with Sufi lodges. In the third stage, ascendant social status and its resulting social mobility allowed the tribal groups to gradually associate themselves with Muslims in the …
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Examining the Factors that Contribute to the Survival and Resilience of the Al-Shabaab Terrorist Organization
… address the grievances of Somali citizens and clans, while also addressing Somalia’s socio-political and economic struggles. Moreover, international intervention should focus on disrupting Al-Shabaab’s financial networks, strengthening governance in the region, and establishing reliable …
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An analysis of local perceptions of the role of drought in exacerbating contemporary pastoral conflict in northern Kenya: a case study of Marsabit County
… to neglect the conflict between the three main clans in Marsabit County. Moreover, the pastoralist communities in the region have experienced conflict flare-ups for many years despite availability of institutions that ought to have solved it. Therefore, the study specifically aims to analyze the …
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'Ukuba yindoda kwelixesha' ('To be a man in these times'): Fatherhood, marginality and forms of life among young men in Gugulethu, Cape Town
… urbanisation, and apartheid which destroyed clans and families' ability to retain both the specific practices and the meaning and function of traditional practices and the material means by which families could be maintained. I note in particular the absence of father figures in these young …
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Socio-Cultural Practices That Impact Women Farmers' Land Ownership: A Case of Sukuma Women in Tanzania
… rights to resources. The Sukuma tribe has many clans with different cultural practices, therefore generalization should be made very carefully. More research should be conducted to identify the differences for easy planning and implementing land programs and strategies in Sukuma communities and …
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Luti Masculinity in Iranian Modernity, 1785-1941: Marginalization and the Anxieties of Proper Masculine Comportment
… out of Persian Sufi brotherhoods, bandit clans ('<em>ayyar</em>), and guild-like organizations (<em>futuwwa</em>) from the period of the 15<em>th</em> to the 19<em>th</em> century CE. This section provides an account of the most pertinent and distinguishing rites, attitudes, and practices …
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A general ethnographic survey of the amaBhaca (East Griqualand)
… tribes, the majority little more than large clans, roughly divisible into separate groups both dialectically and culturally, viz., (a) the true Nguni or Ntungwa, (b) the Mbo and (c) the Lala tribes. The name "Zulu" should correctly be applied only to the descendants of the small Zulu clan …
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Patriarchal religion as portrayed in Genesis 12-50 : comparison with Ancient Near Eastern and Later Israelite religions
… or just before the settlement of Israelite clans in Canaan. While many since Wellhausen have continued to reject the historicity of the patriarchs, a number of scholars, in the light of Ugaritic and other archaeological discoveries, have followed Alt in arguing for a distinct patriarchal …
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The impact of American missionaries on the Bura people of Nigeria
… There is also more physical separation of clans, families and individuals as persons trained in mission schools go out of the area for higher education or for job opportunities. The total impact has been toward a weakening of the community structure.Another basic change is in the belief …
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