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Contextual Factors Associated with the Achievement of African American and European American Adolescents: A Diversimilarity Approach [PDF]
, 1999 The current study is an extension of Luster & McAdoo\u27s 1994 study of African American children and ecological factors impacting academic performance of these children. Luster and McAdoo found that maternal educational level, income, number of children
McKinney, Robin, Ofori-Dankwa, Joseph
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Applying an Ethical Lens to the Treatment of People With Multiple Sclerosis
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The practice of neurology requires an understanding of clinical ethics for decision‐making. In multiple sclerosis (MS) care, there are a wide range of ethical considerations that may arise. These involve shared decision‐making around selection of a disease‐modifying therapy (DMT), risks and benefits of well‐studied medications in comparison to
Methma Udawatta, Farrah J. Mateen
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Afrocentric Ideologies and Gendered Resistance in Daughters of the Dust and Malcolm X: Setting, Scene, and Spectatorship [PDF]
, 1998 This study of scenes from the films Daughters of the Dust and Malcolm X, describes images of myth, gender, and resistance familiar to African-American interpretive communities.
Jones, David
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Looking For Black Religions In 20th Century Comics: 1931-1993 [PDF]
, 2019 Relationships between religion and comics are generally unexplored in the academic literature. This article provides a brief history of Black religions in comic books, cartoons, animation, and newspaper strips, looking at African American Christianity ...
Chireau, Yvonne Patricia
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To determine the concentration of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma in Alexander disease (AxD) and whether GFAP levels are predictive of disease phenotypes. Methods CSF and plasma were collected (longitudinally when available) from AxD participants and non‐AxD controls.
Amy T. Waldman +9 more
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Native Americans/African Americans
, 2015 This issue brief examines aspects of the historical relationship between Native Americans and African Americans in the United States, in particular the enduring wounds originating in enslavement and intermarriage.
Blackwood, Emma Kate Frances +1 more
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African American male homelessness, incarceration and mental health [PDF]
, 2011 Homelessness has been a major social issue in America for years. Once thought of as only affecting older White alcoholics has dramatically changed over the past twenty years. In many geographically locations African Americans are vastly overrepresented.
Durrah, Darnell Autry, Jr.
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Effects of Biological Sex and Age on Cerebrospinal Fluid Markers—A Retrospective Observational Study
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis is a key diagnostic tool for neurological diseases. To date, only a few studies have investigated in larger cohorts the effect of age and biological sex on diagnostic markers extracted from CSF. Methods For this retrospective observational study, 4163 CSF findings (2012–2020) were evaluated.
Isabel‐Sophie Hafer +3 more
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Joshua McCarter's Simpson's "To the White People of America" (1854)
Southern Spaces, 2020 A prophetic Black voice from the mid-nineteenth century calls out present-day presidential hypocrisy.
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A Perspective on Transformative Leadership and African American Women in History [PDF]
, 2015 The work of African American women as leaders historically has gone unnoticed or its impact has been underrepresented. This essay presents a discussion of transformative leadership and examples of three notable African American women who, through their ...
Bonaparte, Yvette Lynne
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