Images of person in an Amerindian society. An ethnographic account of Kuna woodcarving by Paolo Fortis

“…Explored through art the theme of alterity, both at the level of the person and the cosmological world, provides a framework to look at ideas of birth and death, and the centrality of kinship in the creation of human bodies.…”
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Solubility of Structurally Complicated Materials: 3. Hair by Ari L. Horvath

“…All proteins in animal and human bodies are built from permutations of amino acid molecules in a polypeptide string. …”
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Making Faces by Helen Chittock, Andrew Jones

“…We will approach later prehistoric imagery from an angle that has not been extensively explored, focusing on the deliberate use of ambiguity and the occasional appearance of representational images – particularly human bodies and faces – against a background of predominantly abstract and geometric imagery. …”
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The “Miss Curvy Uganda” pageant: representation, commodification and exploitation of women’s bodies by Francis Akena, Adyanga

“…Feminists, ecumenical and cultural communities reviled the expressed opinion of the Junior Minister to commodify human bodies in the twenty-first century world. All the critics, motivated by moral and cultural arguments, agree that exploiting human, particularly female bodies, for generating revenue is reprehensible as the practice denigrates and debases humanity. …”
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Doubleness on the New York Contemporary Experimental Stage: Bodies and Technology by Emeline Jouve

“…A “place for viewing,” theatre, theatron, is turned by artists into a showcase displaying post-human bodies. To what extent does the use of technology annihilate or magnify the physical presence of the actor, the traditional soul and raison d’être of the art of the theatre? …”
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L'approche culturelle en géographie : une autre appréhension de l'espace by Paul Claval

“…The space it explores is not only that of vital necessities: it is also that of leisure and pleasure as well as that of wars and catastrophes; that of human bodies, and of the environment.The cultural approach revolutionizes the study of places in analyzing their varied forms of hierarchization and the role played today by their visibility. …”
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Move, eat, sleep, repeat: Living by rhythm with proactive self-tracking technologies by Vigren Minna, Bergroth Harley

“…We investigate how the specific devices and interfaces involved in self-tracking attract and prescribe rhythmicity into everyday lives and elaborate on how human bodies and technical systems of self-tracking interact rhythmically. …”
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Challenges in “probing spectroscopic probes” for noninvasive simultaneous disease diagnosis by Lopamudra Roy, Shweta Paul, Amrita Banerjee, Ria Ghosh, Susmita Mondal, Monojit Das, Monojit Das, Nivedita Pan, Ishitri Das, Soumendra Singh, Debasish Bhattacharya, Asim Kumar Mallick, Samir Kumar Pal

“…Although extrinsic and intrinsic molecular markers are often used, intrinsic disease probes (molecular markers) are preferable because they are naturally present in our body, and deviation in their concentration from normal levels clearly indicates anomalies in human bodies, that is, diseases. In this study, we report noninvasive spectroscopic measurements of total haemoglobin (Hb), bilirubin, and the ratio of oxy- and deoxyhaemoglobin as disease markers for anaemia, jaundice, and oxygen deficiency, respectively, using a meticulously designed optical fibre probe. …”
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Nanoparticles in biomedical implants: Pioneering progress in healthcare by David Raymond, Induni Nayodhara Weerarathna, John Kessellie Jallah, Praveen Kumar

“…They can decrease side effects, increase the effectiveness of therapy, and facilitate more harmonious interactions between implants and human bodies. We explored the connection between implants and nanoparticles and showed how both might enhance universal healthcare. …”
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Materializations of oricha voice through divinations in Cuban Santería by Kristina Wirtz

“…In the semiotic order governing Cuban popular religious practice, human bodies and other objects can be “activated” as instruments of oricha speech. …”
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Cell Mechanisms of Post-Mortem Excitability of Skeletal Muscle by H. Stigter, T. Krap, W. L. J. M. Duijst

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> The excitability of skeletal muscle is a less-known post-mortem supravital phenomenon in human bodies, and it can be used to estimate the post-mortem interval. …”
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Overview and trends in forensic palynology based on a scientometric study in the PubMed database by Agna Souza Silveira, Jaílson Santos de Novais

“… Pollen grains found on human bodies, objects, and in the environment can correlate and reveal potential forensic significance. …”
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Bridging the gap: From petri dish to patient - Advancements in translational drug discovery by Mohamed El-Tanani, Syed Arman Rabbani, Yahia El-Tanani, Ismail I. Matalka, Ikramy A. Khalil

“…The article aims to showcase how these technologies improve the predictability of drug performance in human bodies and significantly speed up the drug development process. …”
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Low‐cost fabrication of polymer substrate‐based piezoelectric microgenerator with PPE, IDE and ME by S.S. Balpande, M.L. Bhaiyya, R.S. Pande

“…Flexible microgenerator goes well with many natural curved, rough and arbitrary surfaces such as human bodies, organisms, clothes and structure surfaces. …”
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Affect and subjectivity of child welfare policy workers in Chile by Javiera Garcia-Meneses, Giazú Enciso-Domínguez

“…In the assemblages with human bodies, the workers are endowed with agency, enabling new ways of inhabiting their daily workspaces. …”
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Research on the Indoor Thermal Environment of Industrial Architectural Heritage Based on Human Thermal Comfort—A Case Study in Hefei (China) During Winter by Qiguo Li, Yao Zhang, Chao Wen

“…By measuring the physical parameters of the indoor thermal environment and the thermal comfort of human bodies before and after the renovation of these two workshops and by conducting data statistics and regression analyses on the measured data and questionnaire data, an actual mean thermal sensation MTS model of human thermal comfort in the indoor space of the industrial architectural heritage before and after reuse is established. …”
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Features of restoring the mental health of law enforcement officers who participated in the operation of the United Forces by O. S. Kolesnichenko

“…Participation involves the employees of the units (all of them), who had suffered psychological traumatic events: death, injury, injurious effect of a person; stay in isolation (in captivity, hostage, surrounded); work with the remnants of human bodies; prolonged stay in the conditions of the operation of the United Forces, staying under the fire of the enemy, the use of weapons to defeat the enemy. …”
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Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Escherichia coli in Chicken Meat and Edible Poultry Organs Collected from Retail Shops and Supermarkets of North Western Province in Sri... by R. A. S. S. Ranasinghe, D. A. Satharasinghe, P. S Anwarama, P. M. S. D. K. Parakatawella, L. J. P. A. P. Jayasooriya, R. M. S. B. K. Ranasinghe, R. P. V. J. Rajapakse, J. T. Y. Huat, Y. Rukayadi, Y. Nakaguchi, M. Nishibuchi, S. Radu, J. M. K. J. K. Premarathne

“…Pathogenic E. coli transmits to human bodies due to the consumption of contaminated, raw, or undercooked food. …”
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Stability of Encapsulated Lactobacillus reuteri during Harsh Conditions, Storage Period, and Simulated In Vitro Conditions by Abdolazim Soltani Lak, Mohammad Hossein Marhamatizadeh, Hossein Fattahi

“…Viability of probiotics in the foods and human bodies is important, because a certain minimum count of bacteria is necessary to impose health promoting effects. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche

“…And will “human infection studies” still be dismissed as unethical if a dangerous new virus boards human bodies? If intergenerational justice means improving the life chances and living conditions of future generations to the largest possible extent, then its link to (the avoidance) of infectious diseases is obvious. …”
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