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Bushmen
Definition:
(pl. ) of Bushman
Example Sentences:
(1) Subsequent tests of serum samples from US blacks and whites, from Japanese, Ainu, San (Bushmen), Negros, Asiatic Indians and Jews from Cochin India demonstrated that the antibody detects an antigen that is usually present in a haplotype when Gm (15) is absent from it.
(2) Highly crowded living conditions exist among the !Kung Bushmen, hunter-gatherers who live on the edges of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana and South-West Africa.
(3) On the basis of Caucasian criteria, that metabolic ratios greater than 12.6 represent poor metabolizers, 19% of the Bushmen were poor metabolizers in contrast to the 8-10% found in Caucasian studies.
(4) These results suggest that semi-urbanized Bushmen have changed their diets under urbanized conditions which may increase their risk of coronary heart disease.
(5) They have received very little genetic contribution from the Khoikhoi or the San (Bushmen).
(6) The metabolic oxidation of metoprolol has been studied in a group of 98 San Bushmen.
(7) The metabolic oxidation of debrisoquine has been studied in a group of 96 San Bushmen.
(8) Thirty-nine urbanized ethnic Namibian people comprising 21 Bushmen (semi-urbanized), 7 Hereros and 11 Kavangos were assessed for plasma lipids and fatty acid (FA) composition.
(9) The other eight systems revealed a close resemblance to the Negroes of Southern Africa, and a marked contrast with the San ('Bushmen').
(10) Although short stature is thought to be genetic in origin (Bushmen were on average 15 cm shorter than Hereros), body mass corrected for height was severely diminished in 30% of adults, fat stores were depleted in 70%, and arm muscle was reduced in 75%.
(11) Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) were investigated in 95 individuals, consisting of 49 San ('Bushmen') and 46 Nama ('Hottentot') individuals from Namibia, using the restriction enzymes HpaI, BamHI, HaeII, MspI, AvaII and HincII.
(12) The results do not support explanations of the low fertilities observed among !Kung Bushmen women, in whom it is thought that fitness is maximized by limiting fertility, and show no relationship between mortality and family size in either !Kung population.
(13) The results raise serious doubts about the survival of Bushmen as an independent ethnic group.
(14) In order to assess the advisability of using milk as a nutritional supplement for such patients, the tolerance and absorption of 350 ml boluses of whole milk (containing 17 g lactose) was measured in 110 malnourished hospitalized patients in Namibia and South Africa belonging to Bantu (ie, Zulus, Hereros, and Kavangos) and San (ie, Bushmen) populations and compared with 22 healthy Westernized controls.
(15) We use the model to make predictions about fertility and mortality patterns among two Bushmen populations of southern Africa--the Ghanzi and Ngamiland !Kung--using data collected by Harpending in 1967-1968.
(16) Bushmen lie at one end of the range of variability, Senegalese being at the other end but still fairly closely related to Bantu.
(17) By comparing Bushmen with Hereros and Kavangos, significant differences between Bushmen and Kavangos were also observed in plasma triacylglycerol FA compositions, particularly 16:0 (32.73% vs. 25.05%), 16:1n-7 (7.00% vs. 5.06%), 18:2n-6 (9.30% vs. 22.25%) and 20:3n-6 (0.12% vs. 0.48%), while Kavangos had higher 20:4n-6 levels than Hereros (1.44% vs. 2.00%).
(18) Mild symptoms of intolerance were noted in about 10 per cent of Bantus and 20 per cent of Bushmen in comparison to 33 per cent of lactose-malabsorbing controls consuming Westernized diets and reported rates of 48 and 80 per cent in American population studies.
(19) The 4% result for debrisoquine differs considerably from the 19% found in San Bushmen, 30% in Hong Kong Chinese, 9% in Britains and 0% in Nigerians and Japanese, whilst the 7.4% result for metoprolol compares with 8.4% in Britains but differs from 0% in Nigerians and 4.1% in San Bushmen.
(20) The blood lipid levels of Bushmen and Kavangos were exceptionally 'favourable' by Western standards but associated with chronic malnutrition.