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From Savage to Sublime (And Partway Back): Indians and Antiquity in Early Nineteenth-Century American Literature

Transatlantica, 2016
This article examines the comparisons made between Indians and Antiquity in early nineteenth-century American literature (notably in the works of Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper); to do so, it begins by reaching back to references in European
Mark Niemeyer
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Awareness and use of a community health worker program among racial/ethnic minority adults in Philadelphia: Results from a cross‐sectional community health survey

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Community health workers (CHW) programs are effective at reducing hospitalizations, improving mental health, and supporting health‐promoting behaviors. Research suggests awareness and use of CHW services remain uneven across communities nationally.
Stephen Bonett, Carmen Alvarez, José Bauermeister, Ashley Clemmons, Hyunmin Yu, Andy S. L. Tan, Terri H. Lipman, Karen Glanz, Antonia M. Villarruel   +8 more
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Genetic Risk and High Burden of Depression and Suicide in the Maya‐Mestizo Population of Yucatán, México

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Major depression and suicide are critical public health concerns, particularly in underrepresented populations with unique genetic and sociocultural contexts. The Maya‐mestizo population presents the highest suicide rates in the country but remains understudied in psychiatric genetics. This study evaluated the association between three genetic
Marta Menjivar, Erandi Bravo, Margarita Rivera‐Balancan, Barbara Itzel Pena Espinoza   +3 more
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Owning Home, Finding Belonging: Relational Meanings of Homeownership for Migrant Healthcare Workers in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Migrant healthcare workers in Australia find themselves at the centre of three intersecting concerns, often presented as ‘crises’ in contemporary discourse: the ‘care crisis’, the ‘housing crisis’ and the ‘migration crisis.’ Yet their own perspectives on these issues are rarely foregrounded. This paper explores the role of homeownership in the
Leah Williams Veazey
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Human onchocerciasis in Brazil: an overview

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2002
Human onchocerciasis was recently discovered in Brazil among Yanomámi Indians living along the border region with Venezuela in the States of Amazonas and Roraima.
Shelley Anthony J.
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American Indian Medicine [PDF]

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1985
M J, Hershman, K M, Campion
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A Comparison of Frailty Indices in Predicting Postoperative Outcomes After Endoscopic Sinus Surgery

International Forum of Allergy &Rhinology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To compare the discriminatory performance of the Risk Analysis Index (RAI) and modified Frailty Index‐5 (mFI‐5) in predicting postoperative outcomes following endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS). Study Design Retrospective cohort study. Methods Adult ESS patients were identified from the ACS‐NSQIP database (2005–2020).
Akshay Warrier, David Remyes, Tenesha Boyd, Ailish Nagpal, Aman M Patel, David W. Wassef, Jean Anderson Eloy   +6 more
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Diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome as Drivers of Neurodegeneration: Convergent Mechanisms Linking Peripheral Neuropathy and Dementia

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
The metabolic syndrome, a state of progressive metabolic dysfunction, injures the peripheral and central nervous systems, promoting peripheral neuropathy (PN) and cognitive impairment (CI), respectively. We posit PN and CI are connected in the metabolic syndrome framework, built on the premise that neurons, whether in the peripheral or central nervous ...
Masha G. Savelieff, David L. Bennett, Troels S. Jensen, Eva L. Feldman   +3 more
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Using GIS in a first national mapping of functional disability among older American Indians and Alaska natives from the 2000 census

International Journal of Health Geographics, 2006
Background Geographical information systems (GIS) have been used mainly in understanding infectious diseases and environmental threats in health research. Here, GIS was used to examine patterns of functional disability as one impact of chronic disease in
Goins R Turner, Schell Matthew C, Moss Margaret P   +2 more
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A detailed redescription of a skeletally immature ‘Redondasaurus’ suggests ontogenetic transformations in the taxon mirror phytosaurian morphological evolution

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The study of morphological evolution is fundamentally tied to ontogeny, yet studies of these heterochronic processes in the fossil record are rare. Fossils belonging to an ontogenetic series are difficult to assign to an ontogenetic stage due to inconsistent proxies for skeletal ages, challenging to taxonomically assign due to morphological ...
Erika R. Goldsmith, Michelle R. Stocker
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