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Adaptive Grazing and Land Use Coupling in Arid Pastoral China: Insights from Sunan County

Land
Driven by climate change and stringent ecological conservation policies, arid and semi-arid pastoral areas face acute grassland degradation and forage–livestock imbalances.
Bo Lan, Yue Zhang, Zhaofan Wu, Haifei Wang   +3 more
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Overcoming barriers to recruiting ethnic minorities to mental health research: a typology of recruitment strategies

BMC Psychiatry, 2015
BackgroundThe ethnic minority population in developed countries is increasing over time. These groups are at higher risk of mental illness and demonstrate lower participation in research.
W. Waheed, A. Hughes-Morley, A. Woodham, Gill Allen, P. Bower   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Molecular characterization of covRS mutations in M1UK Streptococcus pyogenes

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Group A Streptococcus (GAS) acquires covRS mutations driving a hypervirulent bacterial state, frequently associated with invasive disease‐like necrotizing fasciitis. We demonstrate that the newly emerged M1UK GAS lineage can also acquire these mutations.
Jarrad Pritchard, Emma‐Jayne Proctor, Jiawa Wang, Nikolas P. Johnston, Andrew Hayes, Georgia McCorkell, Haibo Yu, Jai Tree, Mark R. Davies, Mark J. Walker, Ronald Sluyter, Stephan Brouwer, Martina L. Sanderson‐Smith   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social Determinants of Labor Market Status of Ethnic Minorities in Britain [PDF]

The labor market behavior of ethnic communities in advanced societies and the social determinants of labor market outcomes of minority groups are important empirical issues with significant policy consequences.
Mariapia Mendola, Martin Kahanec
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Navigating the Zhongkao: How perceived parental expectations shape adolescents' transition choices in China

Acta Psychologica
Accelerating and universalizing senior-high-school education is critical for advancing educational equity, particularly in Asia where senior-high-school entrance examination policies (e.g., China's zhongkao) shape adolescent trajectories.
Dilihumaer Aizizi
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Effects of IGFBP4 deficiency on human preadipocyte proliferation and differentiation through the IGF1R/AKT pathway

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
IGFBP4 knockdown (KD) impairs preadipocyte proliferation and is associated with IGF1R protein downregulation and attenuated AKT phosphorylation. The mechanisms by which IGFBP4 KD influences the IGF1R/AKT signaling pathway involve newly synthesized proteins and lysosomal degradation pathways. Created in BioRender.
Yujia Guo, Sandy Richter, Christoph Bach, Wieland Kiess, Anna Kirstein, Diana Le Duc, Antje Garten   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Prospective Study of Individuals at Risk of Multiple Sclerosis Informs the Design of Primary Prevention Studies

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective In multiple sclerosis, the optimal time for deploying a therapeutic intervention is before the central nervous system is damaged; given the success of trials treating the earliest stage of MS, the radiologically isolated syndrome, developing primary prevention strategies is an important next challenge.
Amy W. Laitinen, Ceren Tozlu, Tina Roostaei, Fatoumata Diallo, Kaho Onomichi, Jiyeon Son, Zongqi Xia, Philip L. De Jager   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ethnic conflict regulation and Lithuanian experience in the last decade

Politologija, 2000
There exists a rather generally accepted view that ethnic diversity of a polity is an additional source of internal instability and sometimes negatively affects the state's international standing.
Nortautas Statkus
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Sex Representation in US Stroke Clinical Trials: A Decade of Trends and Challenges

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Stroke remains a major cause of disability and mortality in the US, with significant sex‐based disparities, and females remain underrepresented in stroke clinical trials. We aimed to examine sex representation in US‐based stroke clinical trials, identify trial characteristics associated with higher female enrollment (≥ 50%), and ...
Chaitali Dagli, Mudasir Andrabi, Tova Cohen, Pranali G. Patel, Tapasya Katta, Chen Lin   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Significantly Increased Public Interest in Sleep Disorder during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of Google Trends Data

Journal of Education, Health and Sport
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on sleep disorders. Previous studies have shown that people's sleep time is delayed. Methods: Analyze the public's interest to the keyword "sleep disorder" during the COVID-19 pandemic from ...
Qinyi Tan, Xiaolu Chen, Yidan Cui, Hao Sun, Luyan Teng   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source