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Characterization of Clinical Phenotype to Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein Concentrations in Alexander Disease

open access: yesAnnals 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
wiley   +1 more source

REASSESSING THE PAST: MEMORY AND IDENTITY IN TONI MORRISONʼS HOME

open access: yesFilolog, 2021
Toni Morrison’s superior literary oeuvre reconsiders the American past by introducing memories of subjects who have been ignored or misrepresented in official history, with particular attention to their identity construction.
Ksenija M. Kondali, Sandra V. Novkinić
doaj  

African-American Women in Reconstruction in the Shenandoah Valley

open access: yesNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos, 2014
American History textbooks and public history sites of the eastern United States are replete with fact and fiction about the American Civil War (1861-1865). The Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia, in the northwestern part of the state, for example, saw
Ann Denkler
doaj   +1 more source

Diversity and Transformation: African Americans and African Immigration to the United States [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Successive generations of African immigration have continuously transformed the African American community and the sociopolitical climate of the United States.Though the history of African immigration to the United States has at times been a turbulent ...
Salih Omar Eissa
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Effects of Biological Sex and Age on Cerebrospinal Fluid Markers—A Retrospective Observational Study

open access: yesAnnals 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
wiley   +1 more source

African American Womanhood: A Study of Women’s Life Writings (1861-1910s)

open access: yesTransatlantica, 2019
This article shows the diversity of African American women’s life experiences through the study of the life narratives of seven women who belonged to different social milieus, had distinct regional identities and dissimilar occupations.
Élise Vallier
doaj   +1 more source

The Need for Integrated Methodology – The National Museum of African American History and Culture

open access: yesMediAzioni, 2022
For semiotically complex topics of investigation, such as museums, the need arises for an integrated analytical approach that enables the researcher to study the relationship between its different components and their possible social significance.
Lucia Abbamonte, Raffaella Antinucci
doaj   +1 more source

Whose Streets?: A film of screening & conversation with director Damon Davis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Join us, and other departments and initiatives across Boston University, for a screening of the film Whose Streets? followed by a panel discussion with filmmaker Damon Davis, Phillipe Copeland – School of Social Work, Ashley Farmer – History and African ...
Boston University Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground
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A Prospective Study of Individuals at Risk of Multiple Sclerosis Informs the Design of Primary Prevention Studies

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective In multiple sclerosis, the optimal time for deploying a therapeutic intervention is before the central nervous system is damaged; given the success of trials treating the earliest stage of MS, the radiologically isolated syndrome, developing primary prevention strategies is an important next challenge.
Amy W. Laitinen   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Chromosomal Deletion and New Frameshift Mutation Cause ARSACS in an African-American [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Autosomal Recessive Spastic Ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS) is a rare, progressive, neurodegenerative disease characterized by ataxia, spasticity and polyneuropathy.
Dougherty, Sean C.   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

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