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Obesity Subtypes and Longitudinal Trajectories of Function Over Seven Years of Follow‐Up: Data From the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Obesity, defined by body mass index (BMI) ≥30 kg/m2, is a risk factor for functional limitations in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, function varies among such individuals. Our objective was to evaluate the implications of obesity subtypes on longitudinal patterns of physical functioning in people with or at risk for knee OA ...
Kristine Godziuk, Sarah Tilley, Michael LaValley, Michael C. Nevitt, Cora E. Lewis, James C. Torner, Tuhina Neogi, for the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study Group   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

WOULD THEY CARE ABOUT A CRYING CHILD?" BELONGING IN A DYSTOPIAN COMMUNITY: OCTAVIA BUTLER'S PARABLE OF THE SOWER

Linguarum Universe
Octavia Butler revolutionized the SF genre by providing a perspective acutely aware of the complexity imbedded in the intersection between gender and race.
Bozhidara BONEVA-KAMENOVA
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Emotion, Race, and Space in Contemporary African American Literature

This open access book examines how selected African American authors—Colson Whitehead, Edward P. Jones, Toni Morrison, Brit Bennett, Percival Everett, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Sherri L. Smith, and N.K.
Mikić, Marijana
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Discordance Between Patient and Physician Global Assessments in Early Systemic Sclerosis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study aims to identify factors associated with patient global assessment (PtGA) and physician global assessment (PhGA) and discordance between them in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods Data from adults with early SSc (<5 years) from the Collaborative National Quality and Efficacy Registry were included.
Ellen Romich, Alexis Ogdie, Alisa Stephens Shields, Peter A. Merkel, Shervin Assassi, Elana J. Bernstein, Andreea Bujor, Flavia V. Castelino, Lorinda Chung, Luke B. Evnin, Tracy M. Frech, Jessica K. Gordon, Melissa Griffith, Faye N. Hant, Monica L. Harding, Laura K. Hummers, Dinesh Khanna, Kimberly S. Lakin, Dorota J. Lebiedz‐Odrobina, Yiming Luo, Ashima Makol, Maureen D. Mayes, Zsuzsanna H. McMahan, Jerry Molitor, Duncan F. Moore, Julie Paik, Carrie Richardson, Brian Skaug, Ami A. Shah, Ankoor Shah, Virginia Steen, John M. VanBuren, Elizabeth R. Volkmann, Carleigh Zahn, Nora Sandorfi, for the CONQUER Investigators   +35 more
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Mirrors and Windows: Lucille Clifton and African American Identity in Children’s Books

Humanities
In March 2024, the Guest Editor of this Special Issue on African American Children’s Literature attended the first of its kind—a day-long symposium specifically devoted to African American children’s literature [...]
Sidney L. Clifton
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Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Short‐Term Functional Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Individuals with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) can accumulate functional status (FS) impairment. We evaluated the association between neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage, as measured by the Area Deprivation Index (ADI), and FS in a national SLE sample.
Baljeet Rai, Jessica Fitzpatrick, Jing Li, Eric Roberts, Patricia Katz, Laura Plantinga, Gabriela Schmajuk, Jinoos Yazdany   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Barack Obama’s Dreams from My Father and African American Literature

European Journal of American Studies, 2011
This article provides a series of close readings of Barack Obama’s autobiography Dreams from My Father. It places the narrative within the history of African American literature and rhetoric and argues that Obama uses the text to create a life story that
Daniel Stein
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Physical activity interventions in African American women: A systematic review [PDF]

Health Promotion Perspectives, 2017
Background: African American women are at high risk of acquiring chronic diseases due to sedentary lifestyles. This objective of this article was to perform a narrative systematic review of physical activity interventions among African American women ...
Vanessa Bland, Manoj Sharma
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Distinct Systemic Sclerosis Phenotypes Related to Ethnicity: An Opportunity to Personalize Care?

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The objective is to describe and compare demographic, clinical, and serological characteristics of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) according to ethnic background. Methods Participants enrolled in the Canadian Scleroderma Research Group cohort who self‐identified to a single ethnicity group were included.
Danick Goulet, Camille Guertin, Maggie Larché, Isabelle Ferdinand, Marie Hudson, May Y. Choi, Mohammed Osman, Janet Pope, Carter Thorne, Murray Baron, Sasha Bernatsky, Sabrina Hoa   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Two cilisations, two cultures:an attempt of a dialoge(on example of novel by L. Hughes «Luany from jangles»)

Polylinguality and Transcultural Practices, 2010
The article studies the short-story written by African American writer Langston Hughes from the cultures dialogue point of view. Hughes compares Europеan-north-american and African cultures on different levels revealing his own author's position on the ...
L V Knyaseva
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