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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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The decolonisation of the mind Black consciousness community projects by the Limpopo council of churches

Missionalia: Southern African Journal of Missiology, 2018
The article is a narrative account of examples of community projects of the Black Consciousness Movement as part of an attempt to decolonise the black mind as undertaken by the South African Council of Churches (SACC) in the former Northern Transvaal of ...
Kgatla, Thias
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Overview of molecular signatures of senescence and associated resources: pros and cons

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Cells can enter a stress response state termed cellular senescence that is involved in various diseases and aging. Detecting these cells is challenging due to the lack of universal biomarkers. This review presents the current state of senescence identification, from biomarkers to molecular signatures, compares tools and approaches, and highlights ...
Orestis A. Ntintas, Sylvia Vagena, Pavlos Pantelis, Giorgos Theocharous, Russel Petty, Konstantinos Evangelou, Vassilis G. Gorgoulis   +6 more
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Middle Passage to Freedom: Black Atlantic Consciousness in Charles Johnson\u27s Middle Passage and S. I. Martin\u27s Incomparable World [PDF]

, 2003
Charles Johnson\u27s novel, Middle Passage, and S.I. Martin\u27s novel, Incomparable World, illustrate through mobile, culturally hybrid protagonists Paul Gilroy\u27s notion of Black Atlantic consciousness, which is based on cultural hybridity and ...
Nowatzki, Robert
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Visual Recovery Reflects Cortical MeCP2 Sensitivity in Rett Syndrome

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Rett syndrome (RTT) is a devastating neurodevelopmental disorder with developmental regression affecting motor, sensory, and cognitive functions. Sensory disruptions contribute to the complex behavioral and cognitive difficulties and represent an important target for therapeutic interventions.
Alex Joseph Simon, Nathalie Picard, Valeria d'Andrea, Enchi Chang, Joseph Leffler, Eleonora Centofante, Matthew Taylor, Francesca Bardi, Francesca Cavicchiolo, Takao K. Hensch, Stefano Panzeri, Chinfei Chen, Michela Fagiolini   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Citizen Journalist to Activist: the Language Behind Black Lives Matter [PDF]

, 2016
This study explores the discourse surrounding an event in the social movement, Black Lives Matter, to gain insights into how digital literacy practices influence and mediate participation in the 21st century civil rights movement for a new generation of ...
Colon, Valeriana
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Spirituality of liberation: A conversation with African religiosity

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2014
The arrival of a salvationist, authoritative religiosity through Western Christianity in South Africa, in the company of a capitalist modernity, did not only dismantle and subvert the African indigenous dispensation of religiosity.
Vuyani S. Vellem
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Prioritizing Black Self-Determination: The Last Strident Voice of Twentieth-Century Black Nationalism

Genealogy, 2020
Black self-determination, like the movement for civil rights, has long been a struggle on both the national and international stage. From the Black consciousness campaign of South Africa to the Black Power crusades of the United States and Caribbean, and
Bayyinah S. Jeffries
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Accelerated Progression of Gait Impairment in Parkinson's Disease and REM Sleep Without Atonia

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective People with Parkinson's disease (PD) and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep without atonia (RSWA) often have more severe gait disturbances compared to PD without RSWA. The association between the presence and expression of RSWA and the rate of progression of gait impairment in PD is unknown.
Sommer L. Amundsen‐Huffmaster, Jae Woo Chung, Maria E. Linn‐Evans, Matthew N. Petrucci, Chiahao Lu, Destiny J. Weaver, Joshua De Kam, Scott E. Cooper, Paul J. Tuite, Aleksandar Videnovic, Michael J. Howell, Colum D. MacKinnon   +11 more
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Portable Low‐Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging in People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The aging population of people with HIV (PWH) raises heightened concerns regarding accelerated aging and dementia. Portable, low‐field MRI (LF‐MRI) is an innovative technology that could enhance access and facilitate routine monitoring of PWH.
Annabel Sorby‐Adams, Malachi Keo, Jennifer Guo, Daire Daly, Richard Ahern, Kimon Zachary, Gregory Robbins, Rajesh T. Gandhi, Bragi Sveinsson, Adam de Havenon, Kevin N. Sheth, Otto Rapalino, Juan Eugenio Iglesias Gonzales, W. Taylor Kimberly, Shibani S. Mukerji   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source