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Dermatophagia. Dermatophagia (from Ancient Greek δέρμα — lit. skin and φαγεία lit. eating) or dermatodaxia (from δήξις, lit. biting) [3] is a compulsion disorder of gnawing or biting one's own skin, most commonly at the fingers. This action can either be conscious or unconscious [4] and it is considered to be a type of pica.
This is a list of the largest known epidemics and pandemics caused by an infectious disease in humans. Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included. An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time; in meningococcal ...
Blood Type A: Central and Eastern Europe. Type A is common in Central and Eastern Europe. In countries such as Austria, Denmark, Norway, and Switzerland, about 45–50% of the population have this blood type, whereas about 40% of Poles and Ukrainians do so. The highest frequencies are found in small, unrelated populations.
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Listed conflicts have at least 100 cumulative deaths in total and at least 1 death in current or in the past calendar year. Fatality totals may be inaccurate or unavailable due to a lack of information. A figure with a plus symbol, indicates that at least that many people have died (e.g. 455+ indicates that at least 455 people have died).
"who with poetic force creates an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today" novel, short story, essay 1995: Seamus Heaney (1939–2013) Ireland: English: 56 "for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past"
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
The International Commission of Inquiry for Burundi presented to the United Nations Security Council in 1996 concluded that the Ikiza was a genocide. [131] As much as 10% to 15% of the Hutu population of Burundi killed [130] Bangladesh genocide. East Pakistan (now Bangladesh ) 1971. 300,000 [132] 3,000,000 [133] [134]