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Parsing the Gulf between Africans and African Americans
Social Sciences, 2018 The rise in African immigrants to the US provides an opportunity to assess relations between Africans and African Americans in college. An online survey of 322 current and recently-graduated college students (including 45 Africans, 160 African Americans,
Ashly Nsangou, Lauren Dundes
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African-American Mental Health Community: Information Needs, Barriers, and Gaps [PDF]
, 2020 This paper articulates the importance of African Americans regarding mental health: how they obtain information, lack of available resources, internal and external pressures of receiving help, and the gathering of their information from non-traditional ...
Jackson, Stephanie
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Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2015 Background Natriuretic peptides promote natriuresis, diuresis, and vasodilation. Experimental deficiency of natriuretic peptides leads to hypertension (HTN) and cardiac hypertrophy, conditions more common among African Americans.
Deepak K. Gupta +14 more
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Ethnic and smoking associated DNA methylation changes at HIV co-receptor GPR15
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2015 Smoking is associated with poorer health outcomes for both African and European Americans. In order to better understand whether ethnic specific genetic variation may underlie some of these differences, we contrasted the smoking associated genome-wide ...
Meeshanthini Vijayendran Dogan +11 more
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Parkinson’s Disease in African Americans: A Review of the Current Literature
Journal of Parkinson’s Disease, 2020 Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, though evidence suggests that this disorder does not affect all racial groups similarly. Research in African Americans, in particular, has been conflicting.
Meagan Bailey +2 more
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Relationships Among Perceived Burden, Depressive Cognitions, Resourcefulness, and Quality of Life in Female Relatives of Seriously Mentally Ill Adults [PDF]
, 2009 Providing care and support to a seriously mentally ill (SMI) family member can have deleterious effects on one\u27s health and quality of life. This study explored relationships among perceived burden, depressive cognitions, resourcefulness, and quality ...
Bekhet, Abir K. +2 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background This study investigated how neighborhood‐level social determinants of health (SDOH), including redlining and neurological risk, interact to influence cognitive outcomes in children treated for brain tumors (CTBT). Methods A retrospective chart review of 161 CTBT aged 5–17 was conducted.
Alannah R. Srsich +5 more
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Arthritis Research & Therapy, 2018 Background African Americans with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have increased renal disease compared to Caucasians, but differences in other comorbidities have not been well-described. We used an electronic health record (EHR) technique to test for
April Barnado +5 more
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Nature or Nurture? The Concentration of African Americans in Specific Sports [PDF]
, 2018 The prevalence of African Americans in certain American professional sports is certainly evident. Their prevalence is particularly pertinent and commonly associated with sports such as basketball, football, and track. The percentage of the players in the
Klimowicz, Eric J.
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pH‐mediated activation of the lysosomal arginine sensor SLC38A9
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Cells monitor nutrient levels via the lysosomal transporter SLC38A9 to activate the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1). This study reveals that SLC38A9 function is regulated by pH. We identified histidine 544 as a critical pH sensor that undergoes conformational changes to control amino acid efflux from lysosomes; therefore, it ...
Xuelang Mu, Ampon Sae Her, Tamir Gonen
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