DEALING WITH FOOD ALLERGIES

Dealing with Food Allergies

A food allergy is an acquired hypersensitivity reaction to what is normally considered a safe food.Food allergies occur more often in children than in adults: 5-8% of those age 4 or under and about 1-4% of adults are affected.Together, about 11 million Target Holders Americans suffer from some degree of food allergy.Those with severe reactions may

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The GeoTox Package: open-source software for connecting spatiotemporal exposure to individual and population-level risk

Abstract Background Comprehensive environmental risk characterization, encompassing physical, chemical, social, ecological, and lifestyle stressors, necessitates innovative approaches to handle the escalating complexity.This is especially true when considering individual and population-level diversity, where the myriad combinations of real-world ex

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Mahr as Contract: internal pluralism and external perspectives

This paper examines the Islamic legal doctrine of mahr - an inherent component to the marriage contract.In the first part the principal aspects of the marriage contract are analysed and the pluralism between Islamic schools and geo-political regimes are acknowledged.In the second part the "mahr" itself is specifically considered, noting the difficu

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