The starting point of this study is that FGM is associated with the social position of women, i.e., their location in recognized status and role structures, and that the practice is culturally embedded and therefore widely supported.
The lesson for many counterfeiters has been that they have a better chance of getting away with it if they copy smaller brands like Foley & Corinna — even though Foley & Corinna, while popular with celebrities and fashion types, is not widely recognized as a status brand and its bags can be had for as little as $126 on the brand's own Web site.
The importance of the patients point of view on their health status and healthcare is widely recognized [ 1].
Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH D] is widely recognized as the best measure of vitamin D status (Holick 2004a), and reflects UVR exposure and vitamin D intake of the previous few months (Vieth 1999).
We found that the current status and importance of EBM was widely recognized but rarely concretely defined.
An. gambiae s.s. is further subdivided into the M and S molecular forms, which are widely recognized to be two incipient species, although separate species status was recently proposed for An.
Hindustani is widely recognized as India's most common lingua franca, but its status as a vernacular renders it difficult to measure precisely its number of speakers.
Her talents were widely recognized in her own lifetime and thereafter, and her unusual status as a woman in the world of professional music did not go unnoticed by her contemporaries.
Large-scale food fortification is widely recognized as a cost-effective strategy to improve the micronutrient status of populations, - and it has been linked to economic benefits resulting from improved productivity, increased earnings potential, and GDP growth.
These behavioral and morphological differences led del Hoyo [ 14] to elevate this group to allospecies status (Myiopsitta luchsi), a designation that is not widely recognized.
Physicians often rate patients' health status differently than do patients, and it is already widely recognized that physicians should listen to and try to consider the values of their patients [ 15].
