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  2. Life cycle ritual - Wikipedia

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    The separation phase involves the individual leaving one group or life phase at a point in time and the incorporation phase involves them joining the new phase. The liminal phase is the transitive phase in between the two where the individual has left one phase but not yet joined the next.

  3. Childbirth - Wikipedia

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    The first stage is characterised by abdominal cramping or back pain that typically lasts around half a minute and occurs every 10 to 30 minutes. [14] The contractions (and pain) gradually becomes stronger and closer together. [15] The second stage ends when the infant is fully expelled. In the third stage, the delivery of the placenta. [16]

  4. Rite of passage - Wikipedia

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    For example, the cutting of the hair for a person who has just joined the army. He or she is "cutting away" the former self: the civilian. The transition (liminal) phase is the period between stages, during which one has left one place or state but has not yet entered or joined the next.

  5. Cervical dilation - Wikipedia

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    Latent phase: 0–3 centimeters; Active labor: 4–7 centimeters; Transition: 8–10 centimeters; Complete: 10 centimeters. Delivery of the infant takes place shortly after this stage is reached (although the mother does not always push right away.)

  6. Demographic transition - Wikipedia

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    Another characteristic of Stage Two of the demographic transition is a change in the age structure of the population. In Stage One, the majority of deaths are concentrated in the first 5–10 years of life. Therefore, the decline in death rates in Stage Two entails the increasing survival of children and a growing population.

  7. Adaptation to extrauterine life - Wikipedia

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    These periods are divided into three stages. The first stage occurs in the first 30 minutes of life; during this stage the infant is alert and responsive with heart rate peaking at 160-180 beats per minute and then stabilizes to a baseline rate of 100-120 beats per minute. Crackles upon auscultation and irregular respirations are a normal finding.

  8. Stage-crisis view - Wikipedia

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    Stage-crisis view is a theory of adult development that was established by Daniel Levinson. [1] [2] Although largely influenced by the work of Erik Erikson, [3] Levinson sought to create a broader theory that would encompass all aspects of adult development as opposed to just the psychosocial.

  9. Epidemiological transition - Wikipedia

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    The transition may also be associated with demographic movements to urban areas, and a shift from agriculture and labor-based production output to technological and service-sector-based economies. This shift in demographic and disease profiles is currently under way in most developing nations, however every country is unique and transition ...