Adverse childhood experiences and maternal self-efficacy: Examining the mediating role of intimate partner violence and the moderating role of caste membership in rural India.
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DOI: 10.1002/imhj.21997
Abstract: Maternal self-efficacy (MSE) is associated with healthy functioning in mothers and children globally. Maternal exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and intimate partner violence (IPV) is known to negatively impact MSE in high-income countries; however,… read more here.
Keywords: maternal self; role; caste membership; self efficacy ... See more keywords
Caste Differences in Hypertension Among Women in India: Diminishing Health Returns to Socioeconomic Status for Lower Caste Groups
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DOI: 10.1007/s40615-020-00723-9
Abstract: Introduction The caste system is a relatively rigid system of social hierarchy in India. The caste membership defines one’s access to resources and life opportunities. A growing body of research suggests that lower caste groups… read more here.
Keywords: differences hypertension; caste; hypertension; health ... See more keywords
Caste in contemporary Bollywood movies: An analysis of the portrayal of characters
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ajss.2021.01.003
Abstract: Abstract Caste, an integral part of the Indian social system, has extensively influenced all walks of life. The media is not an exception for the persuasion of caste. The depiction of caste as a social… read more here.
Keywords: portrayal characters; caste contemporary; caste; bollywood movies ... See more keywords
The Neuropeptide Corazonin Controls Social Behavior and Caste Identity in Ants
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.07.014
Abstract: Social insects are emerging models to study how gene regulation affects behavior because their colonies comprise individuals with the same genomes but greatly different behavioral repertoires. To investigate the molecular mechanisms that activate distinct behaviors… read more here.
Keywords: insects; neuropeptide corazonin; corazonin controls; caste ... See more keywords
Wage differential between caste groups: Are younger and older cohorts different?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2018.04.019
Abstract: Recent literature has provided evidence that a gender and caste-based wage discrimination can exert negative economic impact on a country's development process. Given the enormous contribution of a young population to India's workforce, we examine… read more here.
Keywords: younger older; effect; wage; caste ... See more keywords
Touch thee not: Group conflict, caste power and untouchability in rural India
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2020.12.003
Abstract: Abstract We investigate the impact of community power on the practice of untouchability - the avoidance of physical contact – by upper and backward caste Hindus vis-a-vis ‘scheduled’ castes (SCs) in rural India. We hypothesize… read more here.
Keywords: rural india; caste obc; power; caste ... See more keywords
Intersectional Inequalities in Anthropometric Failure among Indian Children: Evidence from the National Family Health Survey (2015-2016).
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DOI: 10.1017/s0021932022000323
Abstract: Increasing body of health planning and policy research focused upon unravelling the fundamental drivers of population health and nutrition inequities, such as wealth status, educational status, caste/ethnicity, gender, place of residence, and geographical context, that… read more here.
Keywords: anthropometric failure; national family; failure; caste ... See more keywords
A Political Scientist Among the Anthropologists 1
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DOI: 10.1017/s0026749x17000701
Abstract: One of the central questions driving my research as a political scientist is understanding why ethnic conflict in multi-ethnic states revolves around one identity rather than another. Why, for example, do some regions of a… read more here.
Keywords: conflict; among anthropologists; political scientist; caste ... See more keywords
Identification and caste-dependent expression patterns of DNA methylation associated genes in Bombus terrestris
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-20831-1
Abstract: DNA methylation has been proposed to play critical roles in caste fate and behavioral plasticity in bumblebees, however, there is little information on its regulatory mechanisms. Here, we identified six important genes mediating the modification… read more here.
Keywords: expression patterns; methylation; dna methylation; caste ... See more keywords
Race as a political frontier against caste: WCAR, Dalits and India’s foreign policy
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DOI: 10.1057/s41268-017-0091-3
Abstract: This article explains why caste has not become part of the international approach to eliminate racial discrimination by examining a paradigmatic debate in India on the relevance of caste at the 2001 World Conference against… read more here.
Keywords: caste wcar; race political; political frontier; caste ... See more keywords
Genomic and transcriptomic analyses of the subterranean termite Reticulitermes speratus: Gene duplication facilitates social evolution
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2110361119
Abstract: Significance Gene duplication is a major source of evolutionary innovation and is associated with the increases in biological complexity and adaptive radiation. Termites are model social organisms characterized by a sophisticated caste system. We analyzed… read more here.
Keywords: gene duplication; caste; social evolution; gene ... See more keywords