Pregnancy involves puzzling aversions to nutritious foods. Although studies generally
support the hypotheses that such aversions are evolved mechanisms to protect the fetus …

Traditionally, widows are stigmatized in Tamil society. This research explores the challenges
faced by Malaysian Tamil Hindu women in the process of remarrying after the death of their …

Umbilical cord blood stem cells can be extracted and collected in cord blood banks,
potentially to be used for stem cell transplants in the case of blood and related disorders. But …

In a country of more than one billion people, with 20 odd principal languages, about 225
dialects, and at least two principal religions, it is difficult to say anything about a …

Purpose This chapter explores how traditional femininity as a form of emphasized femininity
influences single mothers' decisions to be involved in romantic relationships. It explores how …

Increases in diet-related diseases, imminent climate crises, and rapid changes in lifestyle
are provoking widespread attempts in South India to return to and preserve traditional …

Dans un contexte d'immigration grandissante au Canada, le Québec a vu dans les
dernières années le nombre d'enfants de mères nées à l'extérieur du Canada dépasser …

The thesis considers how the sacred, understood in the radical Durkheimian tradition,
shapes the phenomenological experience of pregnancy. Julia Kristeva viewed maternity as …

Based on extensive original research, this book explores the history and current revival of
Buddhism on the Indonesian island of Java. Beginning by tracing how Buddhism came to …

Adat dan tradisi sangat digenggam erat oleh warga negara Malaysia karena dengannya
menunjukkan identitas bagi setiap bangsa, ras dan kaum. Namun terjadinya beberapa …