A Critique on the Book Historical Origin of Qajar Tribe by Mohsen Rahmati

“…The Qajar dynasty, which seized political power in Iran at the beginning of the thirteenth century AH, had a tribal origin, but despite extensive research, its origins remain unclear. …”
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The Problem of Early-Age Marriage in Afghanistan by Nabila Shaheedmal Omari, Osman Özkul

“…While the impact of the ceremonial and tribal phenomena in the region has weakened, the influence of the tribal structure in the region continues to be seen.…”
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The prevalence and risk factors of Helicobacter pylori infection and cagA virulence gene carriage in adults in the Navajo Nation by D. Pete, N. Salama, J. Lampe, M Wu, A. Phipps

“…Yet, little is known about H. pylori and cagA infections in American Indian and Alaska Native people, particularly at the tribal level. We assessed the prevalence and risk factors of H. pylori infection and cagA gene carriage in tribal members from the Navajo Nation. …”
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The Rise and Fall of the Iraqi Sunni Awakening Movement by Ramiz Sevdimaliyev

“…It also examines the motives of the Sunni tribal leaders to oppose the AQI and the factors that had a decisive influence on the disintegration of the Awakening movement. …”
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Dans les marges du monde, des tribus sahariennes mondialisées. Réseaux commerciaux, réseaux tribaux et connexions politiques mondialisés depuis l’Ouest saharien by Ali Bensaâd

“…From the Saharan margins of Maghreb, on the sidelines even in breach of the formal frameworks of trade, huddled in tribal social structures, Moorish trade diasporas have spread into globalized networks who wove their fine scale webs through vast peripheral international spaces. …”
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Enquêter sur la prostitution en Algérie. Souvenirs de Bou-Saâda by Ferhati Barkahoum

“…Based on personal experience as a researcher working on the margins, the social phenomena of the “tribal” prostitution of the Ouled Naïl in the Algerian Sahara, this field survey explores borders and taboos (prostitution, female celibacy), and some moral uncertainties concerning post-colonial society in Algeria.…”
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Política en Fernando Savater by Juan Malpartida

“…Su visión universalista de la política se ha traducido además en críticas demoledoras contra todo pensamiento colectivista o tribal, en especial el nacionalista.…”
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AUTHORITARIANISM IN THE CENTRAL ASIA (AS EXEMPLIFIED BY KAZAKHSTAN) by V. V. Evseev

“…As it was established in the article, the political parties in Central Asia, as a rule, don`t have an ideological platform, and their formation is dominated by regional, clan and tribal interests. Their support from voters is determined by the attitude towards the party leader. …”
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Author Correction: Genome resequencing and genome-wide polymorphisms in mosquito vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus from south India by Preeti Acharya, Upasana Shyamsunder Singh, Veeramanoharan Rajamannar, Mayilsamy Muniaraj, Binata Nayak, Aparup Das

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Series and Summations on Binomial Coefficients of Optimized Combination by Chinnaraji Annamalai, Junzo Watada, Vishnu Narayan Mishra

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Blood pressure variation and hypertension rates in a pre-modernized Bedouin population: data from tribes of the Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) by Hani Monk-Vitelson, Israel Hershkovitz, Eugene Kobyliansky

“…Blood pressure values and HTN rates of the Towara males and females are found to be low when compared to other Bedouin and Arab groups of the Middle East.Inter-tribal comparison considers only young adults: ages 20-39 years for men and 17-39 for women. …”
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The National Endowment for the Humanities : un levier fédéral des musées amérindiens by Gérard Selbach

“…This article aims at studying one specific type of grant aimed at museums and at exploring the way the compliance with the criteria set by the NEH may affect the organization and contents of exhibitions of tribal museums in particular. It wonders whether the fact of imposing outside scholars (i.e. non-Indian experts) is not a means of controlling the interpretation of Native American history and of disguising and furthering the government’s policy of assimilation into the mainstream.…”
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Des coiffes sans vécu ou l’authenticité rêvée by Pascale Dollfus

“…Playing the detective, I attempt to reconstruct the journey taken by these mysterious objects by examining the market and its channels, and I explore the notion of authenticity and its underlying criteria in the area of so-called tribal or primitive art.…”
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Consoling the inconsolable? Writing, telling and persistent pain in Robert Arthur Alexie’s Porcupines and China Dolls by Franck MIROUX

“…While this article stresses that the notion of inconsolability is a core issue in a narrative essentially concerned with the acceptance of loss, it also demonstrates that some degree of solace can be achieved through the restoration of a sense of tribal identity.…”
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Le tourisme sexuel vu du Sahara marocain : une économie de razzia ? by Corinne Cauvin Verner

“…A monographic study within the tribal group reveals complex transactional logics which defeat all theories of any type of prostitution. …”
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Community-based monitoring: shoreline change in Southwest Alaska by Jessica E. Christian, Richard M. Buzard, Katie L. Spellman, Harper L. Baldwin, Reyce C. Bogardus, Jeanette Carlson, Gabe Dunham, Susan Flensburg, Roberta J. T. Glenn, Jacquelyn R. Overbeck, Chris V. Maio

“…Our model of two-way communication, responsiveness to individual community needs, and attention to efficiency and effectiveness of the program workflow, can serve as a model for universities, for-profit, non-profit, Tribal, city, state, and federal research agencies and communities partnering to respond to global climate change.…”
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La consulta previa en la solución de conflictos socio-ambientales by Yulieth Teresa Hillón Vega

“…Este artículo examina algunas de las dificultades y desafíos que está enfren- tando el derecho a la consulta previa como herramienta de protección de los derechos de los pueblos indígenas y tribales en Colombia, en particular, fren- te a conflictos socio-ambientales. …”
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Essai sur la communication politique au Maroc by Najib Mouhtadi

“…In traditional Moroccan society vectors of communication were descending, emanating from the Sultan authority, or ascending, from the tribal or fraternal substratum. It was once these forms of communication were exhausted or depleted, that other modes of expression, sometimes violent, came to pass. …”
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Prosumer Neo-Tribes: An Ethnography of Recreational Cycling Communities by Kübra Aşan, Medet Yolal

“…AbstractIn postmodern community studies, a neo-tribal theoretical framework has been proposed to elucidate recreational and touristic communities, positing that neo-tribes coalesce around shared consumer experiences. …”
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Devenir un « maître de maison » dans le Sud jordanien by Christine Jungen

“…This article approaches the logic of power and authority in a tribal area of southern Jordan through its spatial and corporeal dimensions. …”
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