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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53183#.VLcb0snQrzE Author(s)    Motoaki Sugiura 1,2* , Rüdiger J. Seitz 3 , Hans-Ferdinand Angel 4   Affiliation(s) 1 Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan . 2 International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan . 3 Centre for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, LVR-Klinikum Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany . 4 Institute of Catechetics and Religious Education, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Graz, Austria . ABSTRACT Departing from the long debates on the role of faith/belief, recent interdisciplinary research has turned to characterize the features of the psychophysical processes underlying believing. Here we review recent cognitive neuroscience models of the believing process and propose a conceptual framework that integrates current theoretical a...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=49365#.VI5ZDcnQrzE Author(s) Pauline G. Okemwa , Harrison M. K. Maithya , David O. Ayuku Affiliation(s) Department of Health Management, School of Public Health, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya . Department of Anthropology, School of Arts and Social Sciences, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya . Department of Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya . ABSTRACT Background: The practice of female genital cutting as a cultural obligation is widespread in Kenya but there is little consensus about its effects on health. Some of the health risks associated with female genital cut range from minor and short-term...