Sociology
Health Equity
Health equity is the idea that everyone should have the opportunity to achieve their optimal level of health, regardless of race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender,…
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Psychology
Health Psychology – a topic related to health and illness
Health psychology is the study of psychological and behavioral processes in health, illness, and healthcare. It focuses on how psychological factors such as thoughts, emotions,…
Neuroscience
Neural Tissue Engineering – a specific sub-field of tissue engineering
Neural tissue engineering is a multidisciplinary field that combines neuroscience, materials science, and engineering principles to create strategies for repairing or replacing damaged neural tissues…
Health
Peripheral Tolerance – in Immunology
Peripheral tolerance refers to the mechanisms by which the immune system regulates and suppresses immune responses in peripheral tissues against self-antigens (the body’s own molecules).…
Biology
Nebulette – a cardiac-specific isoform
Nebulette is a cardiac-specific isoform of the nebulin protein family. The NEBL gene is responsible for its expression. There are five members in this family:…
Other
Environmental Anthropology – a sub-discipline of anthropology
Environmental anthropology is a branch of anthropology that studies the complex relationships that exist between humans and the environments in which they live. It seeks…
Social Science
Sociocultural System
A sociocultural system is the interconnectedness of social and cultural elements within a society. It pertains to a “human population viewed (1) in its ecological…
Other
Medical Anthropology
Medical anthropology is a branch of anthropology that studies the relationships between culture, society, and health. The research focuses on “human health and disease, health…
Biology
Biological Inequity
Biological inequity, also known as biological inequality, is defined as “systematic, unfair, and avoidable stress-related biological differences that increase disease risk observed between social groups…
Astronomy
Gravitational Lens
A gravitational lens is a phenomenon in which the gravitational field of a massive object, such as a galaxy or a cluster of galaxies, bends…
Neuroscience
Cerebral Organoid
A cerebral organoid, also known as a brain organoid, is an artificially grown, in vitro miniature organ that resembles the brain. These are three-dimensional tissue…
Biology
Dual Inheritance Theory (DIT)
Dual inheritance theory (DIT), also known as gene-culture coevolution or biocultural evolution, was developed in the 1960s and early 1980s to explain how human behavior…
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