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Non-Insulin Dependent (Type Ii Diabetes) In The Eastern Cherokee, Patricia Ann Quiggins
Non-Insulin Dependent (Type Ii Diabetes) In The Eastern Cherokee, Patricia Ann Quiggins
Doctoral Dissertations
Type II (Non-insulin dependent) diabetes is a serious problem for the Eastern Cherokee affecting 8% of the total population and 25% of the population over the age of 35 years. However, there have been no published epidemiological data on diabetes among the Eastern Cherokee since 1965. This study describes the current (1988) epidemiology of diabetes in the Eastern Cherokee population calculated from Indian Health Service Data, compares these rates to the U.S. general population, and examines demographic, cultural, and social factors that affect distribution of diabetes among the Cherokee.
Diabetes was determined to be most common in individuals ages forty-five …
Cranial Allometry And The Evolution Of The Domestic Dog, Darcy F. Morey
Cranial Allometry And The Evolution Of The Domestic Dog, Darcy F. Morey
Doctoral Dissertations
Domestication is usually defined as a process involving human subjugation of other animal or plant species. From this perspective, it is often presumed that morphological changes in domestic animals are the product of conscious or unconscious human selection. A broader evolutionary perspective does not make this presumption.
The origin of the domestic dog (Canis familiaris) is best understood as a consequence of human adoption of wolf pups (Canis lupus) some 12,000 years ago. Young wolf pups growing up in human society formed their primary social bonds with humans. The radically altered circumstances experienced by these early …
Changes In Stature And Health Status As Related To The Emergence Of Diabetes Among Eastern Cherokee Indians In North Carolina, Deann Lee Stivers
Changes In Stature And Health Status As Related To The Emergence Of Diabetes Among Eastern Cherokee Indians In North Carolina, Deann Lee Stivers
Doctoral Dissertations
Health conditions such as the presence of infectious and acute diseases, substandard living conditions, and nutritional status may influence the attainment of adult stature among Eastern Cherokees living in the western North Carolina mountains in the late Nineteenth Century. Stature measurements and genealogical information were collected in 1892 by Fred Starr under the direction of Franz Boas. Living descendants of individuals measured in 1892 were identified. This sample was measured and interviewed. These data sets were used to access the attainment of height among adolescents and adults.
Historical photos taken by Mooney (circa 1880) provided visual image of fat patterning …
Metacarpal Entheses Changes As Evidence Of Labor Differences In Non-Agricultural And Agricultural American Indian Skeletons, Catherine M. Goldsmith
Metacarpal Entheses Changes As Evidence Of Labor Differences In Non-Agricultural And Agricultural American Indian Skeletons, Catherine M. Goldsmith
Doctoral Dissertations
This investigation is to find differences in labor costs imprinted on skeletons of non-agricultural and agricultural subsistence groups in America. Eight entheses developments of muscles on metacarpals were measured comparing samples taken from Archaic Tennessee and Kentucky hands with those from Tennessee and South Dakota agricultural populations.
The two subsistence groups show agricultural hands have larger entheses for seven of the eight insertions. Cross-sectional dimensions of the sampled metacarpals show shape changes between the two groups. These are interpreted as reflecting changes in work loads on the hand, with heavier, more frequent, and larger loads being manipulated by the later, …