299 research outputs found
Generation Scotland: Donor DNA Databank
No full textThe Generation Scotland Donor DNA Databank (GS:3D) phenotype was collected from consented blood donors by questionnaire and relates to 4,998 healthy control DNA samples and plasma.Dataset pertaining to the publication “Generation Scotland: Donor DNA Databank; A control DNA resource”. BMC Med Genet 2010 Nov 23;11:166. doi: 10.1186/1471-2350-11-166.
URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2350/11/166
The data is phenotype information collected from consented donors by questionnaire as described in the research paper and is in an MS Excel table, GS3D phenotype.xls.
If you use this dataset, please cite the manuscript in order to acknowledge the contribution of the Generation Scotland: Donor DNA Databank (GS:3D) resource.
For information about using GS:3D DNA or plasma samples, or genetic data, please visit http://www.generationscotland.org/ or contact [email protected]. All applications to use Generation Scotland resources will be reviewed by the Generation Scotland Access Committee.
GS:3D is an NHS Lothian NRS BioResource, governed as a Research Tissue Bank by the GS Access Committee, and has supported over 20 research projects to date.
GS:3D was funded by a project grant from the Scottish Executive Health Department, Chief Scientist Office, grant number CZB/4/285.
Shona Kerr, on behalf of all co-authors in the corresponding manuscript
Generation Scotland SFHS Data Dictionary
No full textThe GS:SFHS Data Dictionary is a set of information describing the contents, format, and structure of the phenotype data collected during recruitment (2006-2011) to the Generation Scotland Scottish Family Health Study (GS:SFHS), or derived subsequently from study data collected during recruitment. This dataset replaces the one at https://datashare.is.ed.ac.uk/handle/10283/272
SUPERSEDED - Generation Scotland SFHS Data Dictionary
No full text## This item has been replaced by the one which can be found at https://doi.org/10.7488/ds/2277 . ## The GS:SFHS Data Dictionary is a set of information describing the contents, format, and structure of the phenotype data collected during recruitment (2006-2011) to the Generation Scotland Scottish Family Health Study (GS:SFHS), or derived subsequently from study data collected during recruitment
Human genetic variation and disease
No full textThe data forms part of the Resource pack Human genetic variation and disease, which is a real data resource to allow students to explore genetic and phenotypic data as part of their Scottish Qualifications Authority Nat5 or Higher Biology Assignment, http://www.ed.ac.uk/mrc-human-genetics-unit/public-events-resources/inspiring-the-next-generation-of-researchers/school-data-resources
Staff from the MRC Human Genetics Unit worked with the lead biology teachers for Edinburgh and their colleagues to create the resource. The dataset consists of individual level genotype and phenotype of participants in Generation Scotland (Scottish Family Health Study, GS:SFHS), www.generationscotland.org .
This dataset is part of the QTL Collection https://datashare.ed.ac.uk/handle/10283/70
ChiShona neMufaro. Introduzione alla grammatica shona con elementi di storia della lingua e analisi contrastiva shona/swahili
No full text[Italiano]: Questo volume è una pubblicazione postuma della prof.ssa Elena Bertoncini Zúbková di cui Roberto Gaudioso è curatore e co-autore. Si tratta di una grammatica introduttiva alla lingua shona, con elementi contrastivi rispetto alla lingua swahili, appartenente alla medesima famiglia linguistica bantu. Il carattere contrastivo rende questo lavoro particolarmente adatto a studentesse e studenti di swahili. Il volume, con il contributo del co-autore, arricchisce la parte di grammatica contrastiva shona/swahili con un’introduzione storico-linguistica che ricostruisce contatti e scambi tra questi due mondi e situa le due lingue nell’ampia famiglia delle lingue bantu. Questa nutrita sezione introduttiva fa del libro un utile strumento per chi si accosta per la prima volta allo studio delle lingue bantu. Prima della descrizione morfologica della lingua shona, inoltre, il co-autore ha inserito un approfondimento sulle diverse riforme ortografiche shona, in modo da dare a chi legge gli strumenti per avvicinarsi ai testi stampati prima dell’ultima (terza) riforma ortografica del 1967. La descrizione grammaticale della lingua shona è basata soprattutto sugli aspetti morfologici della lingua, alcuni dei quali descritti nel dettaglio come il capitolo sulle classi nominali e quello sul verbo. La grammatica, infine, è arricchita da diverse tabelle riassuntive e da illustrazioni dello Zimbabwe antico e moderno, il principale paese in cui si parla la lingua shona. / [English]: This volume is a posthumous publication by Prof. Elena Bertoncini Zúbková of which Roberto Gaudioso is editor and co-author. It is an introductory grammar to the Shona language, with contrastive elements to Swahili, which belongs to the same Bantu language family. The contrastive nature makes this work particularly suitable for students of Swahili. The volume, with the contribution of the co-author, enriches the part of Shona/Swahili contrastive grammar with a historical-linguistic introduction that reconstructs contacts and exchanges between these two worlds and situates the two languages in the broad family of Bantu languages. This extensive introductory section makes the book a useful tool for those who are approaching the study of Bantu languages for the first time. Before the morphological description of the Shona language, the co-author has also included an in-depth study of the various Shona spelling reforms, in order to give the reader the tools to approach the texts printed before the last (third) spelling reform in 1967. The grammatical description of the Shona language is mainly based on the morphological aspects of the language, some of which are described in detail such as the chapter on nominal classes and the chapter on the verb. Finally, the grammar is enriched by several summary tables and illustrations of ancient and modern Zimbabwe, the main country in which the Shona language is spoken
Gendering the Diaspora: Zimbabwean Migrants in Britain
No full textThis article analyses the performative and lived realities of the Zimbabwean diaspora in Britain. The author explores the way in which both public and private spaces of the diaspora are important arenas in the construction and reconstruction of gendered identities. It is based on multisited ethnography, comprising 33 in-depth interviews and participant observation in four research sites, and draws upon concepts of diaspora and transnationalism as theoretical and analytical frameworks. The findings suggest that the challenges to patriarchal traditions in the hostland in terms of women's primary migrant status and financial autonomy, the different labour market experiences of men and women, and egalitarian laws have caused tensions and conflict within diaspora households. The article examines how men use religious and social spaces, which provide for the affirmation of more traditional roles and relations, as a form of public resistance to changes happening within the domestic sphere
A Critical Appreciation of Victimhood in Mungoshi’s Shona Novels
No full textThe paper is a deliberate problematisation of the study of Mungoshi’s Shona literature with a view to initiate new critical perspectives absent in current Shona critical scholarship. The author problematises the study of the author’s novels by advancing the argument that while the author deals with the tragedy engendered largely by a crisis of identity, his novels are also in a similar crisis of identity. This crisis manifests itself through the writer’s undeviating obsession with victimhood. It appears as if Mungoshi has become eloquent in visualising Shona experiential exigencies through the lenses of victimhood. However, the paper argues that such a position is not only culturally debilitating, but also constitutes a very narrow perspective of viewing family and cultural realities. The paper also problematises Mungoshi’s Shona literature by transcending the arguments raised by pioneer critics who include George Kahari (1990) and Emmanuel Mudhliwa Chiwome (1996) who tended to confine their analysis to the crisis of identity triggered by the clash between Shona and Western culture that the writer deals with. Their criticism is, therefore, celebrator
Death and After-life Rituals in the eyes of the Shona : Dialogue with Shona Customs in the Quest for Authentic Inculturation
No full textZugl.: Bayreuth, Univ., Diss., 2011
Canisius Mwandayi. Loch, Irene ; Kügler, Joachim (Textformatierung)This volume is a passed PhD thesis handed at Universität Bayreuth, Germany. The author examines burial customs and rituals among the Shona and sees a definite pattern comparable to the Judeo-Christian practices. He contends that these practices among the Shona were a preparation for the Gospel of Christ or ‘preparatio evangelica’ as Vatican II would identify this phenomenon. He laments the fact that the early Missionaries did not make full use of this preparation which would have laid the foundation for the fullness of the Gospel message they brought. On the contrary, some Missionaries sought to destroy the foundation instead of building on it, a temptation which lingers to this day, given the different conceptions of these customs and rituals by different theologians and evangelizers. The author argues strongly and with conviction in favour of the foundation for Christian evangelization, which tradition has already put in place, as embodied in the death and after life rituals among the Shona. Given the controversy concerning the rituals among some, the author assumes a Christ-like approach, who asks his disciples, ‘Who do you say I am’ (Mk.8:29). Individuals and communities will respond to this question in unique ways and should not be coerced. Jesus does not coerce his disciples but invites them to respond in love. He leaves them to mature in the faith until he can challenge Peter saying, ‘Do you love me more than these?’ (Jn.21:15). The author embarks on a similar loving process of affirmation and positive critical analysis in the hope that the past will help propel the Shona into the present and future of Christ. The author charts a new and interesting way of reading Scripture in the light of the Shona death and after life rituals.Der Band analysiert die Probleme im Umfeld der Integration von Schona-Bestattungstraditionen in christliche Kirchen, inbesondere in die katholische Kirche in Simbabwe
Terms of address in Shona : a sociolinguistic approach
No full textTerms of address in Shona derive from a multiplicity of sources, both modern and traditional. Proper names, nicknames, titles, pronouns and prefixes are commonly used. Emphasis is on the discussion of the type of names the Shona utilize, the contexts in which they are applied, their semantics and the circumstances that motivate their creation. The speaker and the addressee's relationship, cognitive, historical and ideological reality, determine the choice of names and other address variants. The choices also reflect very broad categories of social meaning. Address forms can, therefore, be screens upon which the Shona project their attitudes towards different aspects of their life. The author shows that the use of address forms and cultural values are closely interrelated. This article gives a socio-linguistic account of the synchronic patterns and diachronic change in address terms. Shifts over time in addressing patterns may provide a powerful indicator of profound societal shifts
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