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Are Asian Americans POC? Examining Impact of Higher Education Identity-Based Policies and Practices [PDF]

, 2020
Asian Americans may not be considered “people of color” (POC) in higher education because of stereotypes of Asian Americans such as the model minority myth.
Raymundo, Janelle
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Economic behavior of households and their impact on the development model of the country [PDF]

, 2015
The article analyzes the motivation of the behavior of households as the most important factor that determines the choice of their strategy. Consequently, this choice has an impact both on the economy and global development.
Tukhtarova, Ye. Kh.
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Microcirculatory rarefaction in South Asians - a potential mechanism for increased cardiovascular risk and diabetes.

PLoS ONE, 2013
People of South Asian descent have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes, but little is known about the microcirculation in South Asian people despite evidence that this plays an important role in the aetiology of CVD.
Alun D Hughes, Raj Bathula, Chloe Park, Therese Tillin, Nicholas Wit, Simon McG Thom, Nish Chaturvedi   +6 more
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Understanding self-harm and suicidal behaviours in South Asian communities in the UK: systematic review and meta-synthesis

BJPsych Open, 2023
Background Previous findings have indicated that self-harm and suicide are associated with different rates, and different risk and protective factors in South Asian people compared with White people in the UK.
Büşra Özen-Dursun, Safa Kemal Kaptan, Sally Giles, Nusrat Husain, Maria Panagioti   +4 more
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Exploring access to end of life care for ethnic minorities with end stage kidney disease through recruitment in action research [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Variation in provision of palliative care in kidney services and practitioner concerns to provide equitable access led to the development of this study which focussed on the perspectives of South Asian patients and their care providers.
A Worth, C Pentheny O’Kelly De, D Coleman, E Wilkinson, Edwina Brown, Emma Wilkinson, F Murtagh, G Randhawa, Graham Warwick, Gurch Randhawa, J Kai, J Koffman, J Reit Papp Van, J Ritchie, JE Somerville, John Stoves, Ken Farrington, M Silva Gane Da, M Silva Gane Da, Maria Da Silva Gane, N Evans, P Roderick, Regina Magee, S Chandna, S Davison, S Gunda, Sue Sharman, Tahira Akhtar   +27 more
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Pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes in Japan and East Asian populations: Basic and clinical explorations

Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and Biological Sciences
It is now accepted that the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes in East Asians including Japanese differs distinctly from that in Caucasians. Many non-obese individuals in Japan develop type 2 diabetes and present clinically with insufficient insulin ...
Yutaka SEINO, Yuji YAMAZAKI
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Rates and risk factors for amputation in people with diabetes in Japan: a historical cohort study using a nationwide claims database

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2021
Background The prevalence of diabetes is rising, and diabetes develops at a younger age in East Asia. Although lower limb amputation negatively affects quality of life and increases the risk of cardiovascular events, little is known about the rates and ...
Masanori Kaneko, Kazuya Fujihara, Mayuko Yamada Harada, Taeko Osawa, Masahiko Yamamoto, Masaru Kitazawa, Yasuhiro Matsubayashi, Takaho Yamada, Hiroyasu Seida, Satoru Kodama, Hirohito Sone   +10 more
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Re‐Awakening Public Attention to the Silent Pandemic of Cancer Among Older Adults in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As global populations age, cancer is increasingly becoming a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Despite accounting for the majority of new cancer cases and deaths, older individuals remain underrepresented in cancer research, clinical guidelines, and health ...
Ibrahim Bidemi Abdullateef, Sunkanmi Folorunsho, Abdulazeez Opeyemi Abdulganiyu   +2 more
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Fall prevention in the community: what older people say they need [PDF]

, 2011
Original article can be found at: http://www.bjcn.co.uk/ Copyright MA HealthcareUptake of and adherence to fall prevention interventions is often poor and we know little about how older people’s perceptions of and beliefs about fall prevention ...
Cove, J., Dickinson, Angela, Horton, K., Jain, D., Machen, I., Maddex, T.   +5 more
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Diffusion Spectrum Imaging Maps Early Axonal Loss and a Unique Progressive Signal in Neuronal Intranuclear Inclusion Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To delineate specific in vivo white matter pathology in neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease (NIID) using diffusion spectrum imaging (DSI) and define its clinical relevance. Methods DSI was performed on 42 NIID patients and 38 matched controls.
Kaiyan Jiang, Yixiu Pei, Xiaobao Hu, Ying Xiong, Fang Wang, Yanyan Yu, Min Zhu, Dandan Tan, Meihong Zhou, Daojun Hong, Fuqing Zhou   +10 more
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