Family Ancestry Research Articles

Growing up in place: two middle-class London girlhoods in the 1920s and late 1940s/1950s

ABSTRACT In this article, childhood is conceptualised in relation to the geography and materiality of place, the navigation of public space and the ways in which places and spaces are experienced. The article compares two middle-class girlhoods – in the 1920s and the late 1940s/early 1950s, respectively. The girls, Jo and Julia, shared a family ancestry (aunt and niece) and a similar experience of place; they lived in the same part of North London. Both were eldest children and both had parents in middle-class occupations though in different sectors. The article examines the geography and housing of the two girls’ childhoods at particular periods of history, their negotiations of, and mobilities in, public space, and the ways in which they experienced place and public spaces. To do this it draws on personal diaries written in Jo’s teenage years and on Julia’s memories of growing up in an earlier life course phase that are recollected in late adulthood.

A Conspectus of the Families Podostemaceae and Tristichaceae

Recent literature is reviewed and additional evidences presented to support Willis who had split podostemaceae into two families, Podostemaceae sensu stricto and Tristichaceae. In view of the available embryological and anatomical evidences it is suggested that further studies should precede attempts to trace the ancestry of these families to Crassulaceae or Saxifragaceae. Keys and distribution data for the genera of Tristichaceae and Indian Podostemaceae are given.

Nails as optimal source of DNA for molecular identification of 5 decomposed bodies recovered from seawater: from Y-ancestry to personal identification.

Molecular identification of extremely compromised human remains in forensic field is usually performed from DNA typing of bones, which are a difficult sample to work with. Moreover, autosomal STR profiles do not always result in the identification of the donor due to lack of comparisons or non-hit throughout database searching. An attempt to overcome these issues is represented by fingernails as an alternative DNA source and Y-STRs typing to infer both geographical and familial ancestry of the unknown donor. In this study, we analyzed both 24 autosomal and 27 Y-chromosome STRs from unidentified human remains (UHRs) of five males recovered from the water near the southwestern coast of Sardinia by the Italian Harbor Master's Office. Nail clippings provided an optimal source of autologous DNA for molecular identification in a very short time, producing complete autosomal and Y-STR profiles even under conditions of high body degradation. Unfortunately, no match neither compatibility occurred using autosomal STRs (aSTRs), initially. Upon analyzing the Y-haplotypes, we found out they had already been observed in northern Africa, providing us important investigative leads. This prompted the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) to provide us with references of alleged relatives that were then confirmed to be related. The use of fingernails represents an excellent DNA source especially for genetic identification of decomposed bodies recovered in seawater environment. Notably, DNA extracted from nails gave high-quality Y-STR haplotypes by which predicting paternal ancestry of the unidentified donors may result fundamental in the forensic investigative context.

“No Future to Be Had”: Journeying toward Death in Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon

Abstract This article examines Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon (1977) by focusing on the way that the novel’s protagonist, Milkman Dead, rejects various traditional Euro-American formulations of “progress.” I argue that Milkman’s actions uncover a legacy of loss associated with African American culture and, relatedly, buried narratives of African American history. I take a cue from dance scholar Ann Cooper Albright’s attentiveness to what she terms “the cultural hegemony of the vertical” (37) in considering Milkman’s embodied resistance to existing paradigms of progress. By positing a vertical conceptualization of racial uplift ideology, the Dead family ancestry, and the journeys North and South between Michigan and Virginia in Song of Solomon, I demonstrate how Milkman’s very corporeality comes to signify the importance of African American cultural preservation and moving “counter-to” in re-visioning liberatory, counter-hegemonic routes of progress. My reading unfolds from a critical moment in chapter 2 of Song of Solomon; in this scene, the Dead family journeys northward in Milkman’s father’s Packard toward the wealthy white neighborhoods of Honoré, meanwhile Milkman demonstrates a remarkable preoccupation with what lies behind him. Situating Milkman’s embodied opposition to the journey’s progress as a point of departure, I examine how Morrison disrupts various paradigms of progress throughout Song of Solomon.

Medical Estimating PF Machine Learning and IoT in Melancholy among Diabetic Patients

To break down the frequency and related risk elements of sorrow in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the nearby local area and give logical references to clinical anticipation and treatment of diabetes mellitus with wretchedness. Proposed strategies use AI more than 58 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus were chosen by efficient inspecting, and pertinent surveys examined segment factors and related clinical variables and misery sub-scale (PHQ) was utilized to assess the level of sadness. Social help scale was utilized to survey the patients. SSRS are utilized to assess individual social help levels and lead measurable investigation. After assessment it's seen that among the 58 patients with type 2 diabetes, the rate of consolidated melancholy was 58%; the age, conjugal status, training level, occupation, family ancestry, term of diabetes, entanglements, work out. The distinction in friendly help was genuinely critical. The impacting elements of type 2 diabetes confounded with gloom incorporate age, conjugal status, training level, occupation, and family ancestry, span of diabetes, presence or nonappearance of confusions, exercise and social help. They have a high gamble of muddled sorrow and influence the improvement of diabetes.

Post Alice in conversation

ABSTRACT Settler-Canadian playwright and scholar Taylor Marie Graham and non-status Algonquin writer and artist Terre Chartrand discuss their conversation-style cultural exchange and working process on Post Alice, a new play produced at the Here For Now Festival in 2021. Post Alice, while being inspired by four rural women from four short stories by Nobel Prize winning author Alice Munro, also references the history of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People in Canada. French, Scottish, and Mi’kmaq actor Heather Marie Annis describes her experience of inhabiting Oneida, a character with Haudenosaunee family ancestry in Post Alice.

Manuel Fernández de Castro y Suero (1825-1895), director of the Commission for the Geological Map of Spain

An updated biography of the mining engineer Manuel Fernández de Castro y Suero (1825-1895), who was the head of the Commission for the Geological Map of Spain between 1873 and 1895, is presented. Through different documentary we have approached to both his family ancestry in the Greater Antilles, and the three stages of his professional career. The first one, between the completion of engineering studies in 1845 and his departure to Cuba in 1859; the second, as head of the Cuban Bureau of Mines; and the third stage, and not less important, as director of the Commission and as senator for Cuba. Fernández de Castro became interested in the applications of electricity, patenting in 1853 a system of electrical signals for railway safety, and later formulating an “electro-telluric” theory for the formation of mineral deposits. He was the author of the first geological map of Cuba and that of an important part of the Dominican Republic. He founded, in 1873 and 1874, respectively, the first Spanish publishing series on geology: Memorias andBoletín de la Comisión del Mapa Geológico de España. His work at the head of the Commission was decisive for the institutionalization of the construction of the national geological map, as well as to ensure the administrative continuity of the organization, the current Geological and Mining Institute of Spain.

VEGF Gene Polymorphism Among Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetic Retinopathy

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a major angiogenic factor and a prime regulator of endothelial cell proliferation. VEGF gene is located on chromosome 6 (6p21.3). Objectives: To determine whether deletion at -2549 position of promoter region of the VEGF gene exert influence on the development of diabetic retinopathy. Methods: Diseased and control subjects were selected for blood sampling. The blood samples (n=50) was taken from diabetic retinopathy patients and blood samples(n=50) was taken from type 2 diabetes mellitus patients as control group. After DNA extraction Polymerase Chain Reaction was performed to amplify the VEGF gene and sequencing was commercially done for molecular analysis of VEGF gene. Results: The molecular analysis confirmed that deletion at -2549 position of the promoter region of VEGF significantly greater in DR group. 2-11 % deletion was examined at -2549 position of promoter region of VEGF. The DD genotype was responsible for the development of DR. Conclusions: This study indicates that DD gene mutation and D allele is an autonomous hazard aspect for the advancement and progression of retinopathy in people with type 2 diabetes, additionally different issues for example diabetic age and family ancestry of diabetes assumes key function in the advancement of retinopathy in diabetic patients.

Endometrial Fluid study for prevalence of tuberculosis by testing for diagnosis by CB NAAT culture

The frequency of Genital TB is 0.69% in evolved nations and 19% in non-industrial nations. The fallopian tube is most regularly influenced followed by endometrium and cervix. It is optional to TB concentrate somewhere else in body brought about by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. History of essential fruitlessness in a lady whose assessment uncovers no evident reason and gives family ancestry or individual history of TB emerges doubt of genital TB. 1: To study the prevalence rate and risk factors for endometrial TB in infertile females; 2: To study clinical and reproductive profile of women diagnosed with endometrial TB; 3: To study the importance of CB NAAT over other diagnostic tests in diagnosing TB.Hospital based cross sectional study done on 100 subjects for one and a half year (June 2017 to July 2019).Labour room. Minor OT. OPD 2-5 ml endometrial fluid was retrieved on day 1/2 of menses using pipelles cannula. It was transferred to falcon tube and CB NAAT analysis was done using cartridge.Out of 100 cases, 4 were detected to be positive for endometrial TB. Out of them, 3 fell in age group of 30-39 years; all belonged to upper middle socioeconomic status. 3 cases had achieved menarche at >14 years of age and one had oligomenorrhoea.Number of patients testing positive for endometrial TB by CB NAAT Culture.Genital TB is a major cause of infertity and is generally underestimated because of asymptomatic nature of infection and diagnostic challenges. Large multicentric studies are needed to estimate the magnitude of female genital TB. Our study confirmed the usefulness of CB NAAT compared to Chest X-ray and smear microscopy for early diagnosis of suspected endometrial TB. Its simplicity, sensitivity, speed and automation makes this technique a very attractive tool for diagnosis of mycobacterial TB.

Generational Individuation: Who Am I?

Like a Zen koan, contemplating the question “Who am I?” is a lifelong journey of self-discovery that moves us forward along the path of individuation. In this paper, I considered the nature of my identity and explore the characteristics and attitudes that manifested through my family legacy for generations. My great-great-grandmother, Matilda Joslyn Gage, was an early suffragist and dedicated freedom fighter, and her daughter married L. Frank Baum, the author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. My family ancestry includes several individuals who have separated from the collective to express their individuality and make unique contributions to society. With the given name Dorothy, I have felt blessed and burdened in the shadow of these noteworthy individuals. This paper explores the genetic, epigenetic, and psychological fabric of my family lineage, and identifies inherited traits that suggest a generational transmission of resiliency, wisdom, and individuality. This exploration has led me to consider the possibility of “generational individuation,” a continuity of related individuals responding in unique ways to impersonal karma that manifests through family legacies and completes the unfinished business of previous generations. Considering the complexity of these ancestral relationships has enriched an understanding of who I am, exposed previously unexplored shadow material, and contributed to a deeper sense of meaning and purpose.

The Fibrinolytic System: Mysteries and Opportunities.

The deposition and removal of fibrin has been the primary role of coagulation and fibrinolysis, respectively. There is also little doubt that these 2 enzyme cascades influence each other given they share the same serine protease family ancestry and changes to 1 arm of the hemostatic pathway would influence the other. The fibrinolytic system in particular has also been known for its capacity to clear various non-fibrin proteins and to activate other enzyme systems, including complement and the contact pathway. Furthermore, it can also convert a number of growth factors into their mature, active forms. More recent findings have extended the reach of this system even further. Here we will review some of these developments and also provide an account of the influence of individual players of the fibrinolytic (plasminogen activating) pathway in relation to physiological and pathophysiological events, including aging and metabolism.

F. A. Hayek’s Genealogy

This working paper – like its companion, Caldwell and Klausinger 2021 – grew out of the authors’ joint work on Hayek: A Life, 1899–1950 (Caldwell and Klausinger 2022) and it contains material supplementing it. This paper draws to a large extent on Friedrich Hayek’s own investigations into the genealogical roots of his family. On the paternal side the family ancestry is traced back to the ennoblement of Friedrich’s great-great-grandfather Josef Hayek in 1789. On the maternal side we enquire into the family trees of Fritz’s grandfather Franz von Juraschek and his first and second wife, Johanna Stallner and Ida Pokorny. Finally, we look at the relationship between Fritz and two of his “distant cousins,” the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and Fritz’s girlfriend in his youth and future second wife, Helene (“Lenerl”) Bitterlich.

Measurement of Serum Prolactin Level in Vitiligo Patients and its Correlation with Prolactin Gene Polymorphism

Vitiligo is a procured depigmentation issue including around 1-2% of populace overall ignoring age, race and sexual orientation. Prolactin is a chemical discharged by lactotrop cells in pituitary organ. PRL appears to have extra capacities in skin science and hair follicle development also. The point of this examination was to assess serum levels of Prolactin (PRL) in patients with vitiligo in contrast with sound control and to survey its relationship with prolactin quality polymorphism and vitiligo seriousness. This forthcoming case-control study was led on forty patients grumbling of vitiligo, and forty age and sex coordinated sound volunteers. Patients were enlisted from outpatient facility of Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology Department of Benha University Hospitals.There was non-huge contrast among patients and control bunches with respect to age, BMI, SBP, DBP, sex or uncommon propensities. There was non-huge distinction as respect serum PRL in patients bunch contrasted with control gathering. In patients gathering, PRL quality polymorphism demonstrated non-critical connection with sex, exceptional propensities and family ancestry. In patients gathering, PRL quality polymorphism indicated non-critical relationship with age, SBP, DBP, serum PRL, term of vitiligo and VASI score. While it demonstrated a huge connection with BMI. In patients gathering, serum PRL indicated non-huge relationship with age, BMI, SBP, DBP, term of vitiligo and VASI score.

Early detection of glaucoma using optic disc and optic cup segmentation: A survey

Abstract Glaucoma is the subsequent driving reason for visual impairment around the world. Glaucoma happens because of number of issues in eye which brings about continuous visual misfortune. A portion of the glaucoma screenings are either unidentified or untreated. Glaucoma is recognized by additional liquid in the front of eye. A review of automated glaucoma detection techniques is presented in this paper. Two significant classes of glaucoma are open-edge glaucoma and limited point glaucoma. Manifestations acquired by intense edge conclusion glaucoma are foggy vision, radiances around lights, extraordinary eye torment, queasiness and retching. A portion of the hazard elements of glaucoma are diabetes, hypertension or family ancestry of glaucoma. Decrease or disposal of undiscovered glaucoma is made by starting mindfulness and continuous assessments by Ophthalmologist. A detailed survey is performed on early analysis of glaucoma utilizing different techniques such as Machine Learning, Convolution Neural Network, Transfer Learning and Deep Learning.

Assessment of Interleukin-12 Gene Polymorphism in Vitiligo Patients

Vitiligo is an obtained pigmentary turmoil of the skin and mucous films. Interleukin-12 has a positive synergistic proliferative impact on pre-initiated NK and T cells, improves freely and additionally synergistically the cytolytic capacity of both NK and CD8+ T cells by upregulation of qualities that encode cytotoxic cell granule-related proteins. The point of the work is to uncover the relationship between IL-12 quality polymorphism and vitiligo pathogenesis among contemplated gathering of Egyptian populace. This case-control study included 50 patients experiencing vitiligo (Group A) and 50 obviously solid people of coordinated age and sex as a benchmark (Group B). All patients were exposed to the followings: Full history taking, Clinical assessment, and Laboratory examinations for the genotypes of interleukin-12 (1188 A/C) SNP. Results and Conclusion: The IL12B rs3212227 CC genotype and C allele indicated fundamentally lower recurrence in situations when contrasted with control bunches with defensive impact to create vitiligo cases. Negative family ancestry, non-smokers and CC genotype were viewed as defensive indicators against vitiligo powerlessness. More seasoned period of beginning, more limited illness term, CA and CC genotypes were viewed as free indicators of less extreme vitiligo patients. By and by, bigger examinations are as yet expected to affirm our discoveries and to research the function of - 12 hereditary polymorphism in sickness seriousness.

Brief Note on Lipoma

A is a kind tumor made of fat tissue. They are for the most part delicate to the touch, portable, and effortless. They typically happen simply under the skin, however sporadically might be more profound. Most are under 5 cm in size. Normal areas incorporate upper back, shoulders, and midsection. A couple of individuals have various lipomas. The reason is by and large muddled .Risk factors incorporate family ancestry, stoutness, and absence of activity. Determination is commonly founded on an actual test. At times clinical imaging or tissue biopsy is utilized to affirm the analysis. Treatment is regularly by perception or careful evacuation. Once in a while, the condition may repeat following expulsion, yet this can by and large be made do with rehash a medical procedure. They are not for the most part connected with a future danger of malignancy. Lipomas regularly happen in grown-ups somewhere in the range of 40 and 60 years of age. Males are more frequently influenced than females. They are the most widely recognized noncancerous delicate tissue tumor. The primary utilization of the expression lipoma to depict these tumors was in 1709.

Honor, injurias y “La Pepa”

The notion of “social hierarchy”, “quality” or “pre-eminence”, aspects on which honor was based during most of the 18th century, was disrupted with the advent of the Enlightenment and the movements in favor of independence. Loyalty to the king or taking a stand for the new political situation that was being created were the new axes of definition of honor. In relation to the latter, under the protection of the Constitution of Cadiz, new political discourses emerged in the daily work. In judicial processes, for example, the legal language had a constitutional reference and sought to build a society of equals. In the cases of insults against honor, the defense of “quality”, “pre-eminence” or “social worth” stumbled upon the reminiscences of the traditional colonial order. This is how the new political vocabulary recreated conflicting forms between honor based on family ancestry and luster, and honor sustained in some form of upward social mobility.

Así son los cubanos: narratives of race and ancestry

ABSTRACT This paper will focus on the ways in which conceptualizations of race are (re)produced through Cuban genealogical narratives in Western Cuba. Ethnographic interviews collected among eleven Cubans in Havana were collected during summer 2017 and are described here. My ethnographic data argue that despite Cuba’s colourblind racial democracy – where race “does not matter” because all races are “treated equally” – the familial narratives of ancestry actively reinforce the complex racial landscape and illustrates the superiority of whiteness that belie this ideal. These same family narratives ultimately highlight the various ways interlocutors negotiate racial self-identities and narrate family ancestry across lingering gendered and racial hierarchies.

The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Rectal Cancer.

The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Rectal Cancer.

Significance of Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio with Coronary Artery Calcium Score Detected by Multislice Computed Tomography as A Predictive Marker of Ischemia in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patient

Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is an inexpensive, easy to obtain, widely available marker of inflammation. T2DM and inflammatory markers including NLR were shown to have impact on coronary artery disease (CAD) or carotid artery atherosclerosis. to examine the affiliation and essentialness of Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) with Coronary Artery Calcium Score (CACS) and Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) identified by Multislice Computed Tomography (MSCT) Angiography in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) patients. This examination included one hundred sort 2 diabetic patients, who are either asymptomatic or suggestive (yet non-trademark) for coronary corridor illness (CAD) and experienced MSCT angiography. All the included cases were exposed to research facility examination including investigation of (CBC, liver and kidney work tests and lipid profile). Electrocardiogram and echocardiography were done to evaluate the cardiovascular capacity and recognize any indications of intense coronary condition and myocardial localized necrosis. Multi-cut registered tomography picture reproduction and CAD assessment report was acquired to all the cases. The mean age of the cases was 54.56±8.39 years, with mean span of DM was 8.16±6.07years. There were 71males(71%) and 29 females(29%) ,52 cases were hypertensive (52%) , 52 cases were smokers(52%), 69 cases didn't have family ancestry of untimely coronary vein disease(69 %) while 31 cases had family ancestry of CAD(31%). CACS uncovered higher affectability (77.4% with AUC 0.691) at cut off 16 ounces 105 as contrasted and NLR (75.5% with AUC 0.639) at cut off point 1.95 in forecast of obstructive IHD.