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"I" and "we": writing the black femail self in Kuzwyo's Call me woman and Morrison's Beloved

Acta Academica, 2002
In the last two decades of the twentieth century there has been an upsurge of interest in self and identity studies. Through the bifocal lens of consciousness studies and black feminisms this article sets out to explore how the self is textually ...
Devi Sarinjeive
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Misperception of Body Weight After Childhood Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Misperception of body weight can negatively impact the weight management efforts of childhood cancer survivors (CCSs). Both being overweight or underweight are associated with chronic health conditions commonly observed in CCS; therefore, accurate weight perception is critical for reducing long‐term health risks.
Fabiën N. Belle, Tomáš Sláma, Eva Haegler‐Laube, Reto D. Kurmann, Gabriela M. Kuster, Christoph Saner, Eva Scheler, Yara Shoman, Christina Schindera   +8 more
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Mental Health Strategies Informed by Black Feminist Thought

Open Cultural Studies, 2022
There is currently a gap in the literature that explicitly connects Black feminist thought with psychological theory, research, or intervention. This article review aims to assist in filling the gap and inspire scholars to actively utilize the knowledge ...
Oliphant Vanessa Nicole, Broyles Deja, Clement Déjà N., Wingate LaRicka R.   +3 more
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Phase Angle as an Early Functional Biomarker of Cancer‐Related Fatigue in Pediatric Oncology: A Prospective Longitudinal Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric cancer remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, particularly in low‐and middle‐income countries. Cancer treatment may impair nutritional status, alter body composition, and exacerbate cancer‐related fatigue (CRF).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Junior, Luiz Claudio Barreto Silva Neto, Fabiano Kenji Haraguchi, Letícia Batista de Azevedo, Marcelo Brenner Nascimento Carlini, Raphael Manhães Pessanha, Mariana Rabello Laignier, Wesley Rocha Grippa, Tania Mara Lopes Bitti Bortolini, Gláucia Zouain‐Figueiredo, Regina Aparecida Garcia de Lima, Liliana Vasquez   +11 more
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A colonial-decolonial critique of theological and religious research in South Africa (1975–2025)

Verbum et Ecclesia
As the Research Institute for Theology and Religion (RITR) celebrates 50 years of theological and religious research, reflecting on how the two have shaped South Africa’s history is essential.
Martin Mujinga
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School ethnic-racial socialization and critical action among Black youth

Frontiers in Education, 2022
We explore the interaction of different types of school ethnic-racial socialization, youth’s perceptions of the messages that schools and their agents broadcast about race and ethnicity, as it shapes Black youth’s critical action, the individual and ...
Gabrielle Kubi, Christy M. Byrd, Matthew A. Diemer   +2 more
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Diversity and complexity in neural organoids

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Neural organoid research aims to expand genetic diversity on one side and increase tissue complexity on the other. Chimeroids integrate multiple donor genomes within single organoids. Self‐organising multi‐identity organoids, exogenous cell seeding, or enforced assembly of region‐specific organoids contribute to tissue complexity.
Ilaria Chiaradia, Madeline A. Lancaster
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating Identity and Policy: The Afro-Caribbean Experience in Canada

Social Sciences
This interdisciplinary study examined the migration, settlement, and identity formation of Afro-Caribbean communities in Canada, with a focus on Haitian and Jamaican diasporas. It explored the historical transitions from racially exclusionary immigration
Karine Coen-Sanchez
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USA-Canada transborder black feminine civil rights activism

Études Caribéennes, 2022
This article aims to explore the transnational links of activism against racial discrimination in two territories: the United States and Canada. Indeed, although the fights of the leaders of the American civil rights movement as well as the organisations
Freddy Marcin
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Blood‐based proteomic profiling reveals context‐dependent changes in BCL2‐associated signaling during taxane therapy in breast cancer patients

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Chemotherapy side effects significantly impact cancer survivors' quality of life. Using protein levels in blood samples from breast cancer patients before and after 12 weeks of taxane treatment, we detected treatment‐dependent changes in calcium signaling and aging pathways associated with cancer recurrence.
Saira Munshani, Eiman Y. Ibrahim, Rozalyn L. Rodwin, Leah M. Ferrucci, Kim Blenman, Maryam Lustberg, Barbara E. Ehrlich   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source