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Forage legumes as feed for pigs in smallholder production systems in the North of Lao PDR [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This thesis sought to characterise and understand existing smallholder pig production systems in the North of Lao PDR and to investigate the role of forage legumes as alternative protein sources for pigs in smallholder production systems.
Phengsavanh, Phonepaseuth
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Size‐Based Preoperative CT Assessment for Predicting Lymph Node Metastasis in Colon Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Preoperative CT based on lymph node size shows moderate accuracy for detecting nodal metastasis in colon cancer. In this meta‐analysis of 29 studies (5,634 patients), pooled sensitivity and specificity were 0.69 and 0.66. Size‐based CT alone has limited value for clinical decision‐making.
Yuji Takayama   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mental Health and Hmong Americans: A comparison of two generations [PDF]

open access: yesHmong Studies Journal, 2014
Early studies of Hmong refugees in the U.S. indicated high rates of mental distress related to post-migration stressors such as grief and loss, poverty, and social adversity.
Pa Der Vang
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Methylophiopogonanone a attenuates pulmonary fibrosis by inhibiting SPP1‐mediated macrophage polarization via the PI3K/Akt pathway

open access: yesAnimal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
Transcriptome sequencing identified secreted phosphoprotein 1 (SPP1) as a crucial target through which methylophiopogonanone A (MOA) ameliorates pulmonary fibrosis. Molecular docking and microscale thermophoresis (MST) assays confirmed a favorable binding affinity between MOA and SPP1.
Fan Yang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hmong Mens' Adaptation to Life in the United States [PDF]

open access: yesHmong Studies Journal, 1997
Despite the many studies of Hmong in the United States over the past two decades, little is known specifically about how mature Hmong men are adapting to life following their resettlement. Anecdotes describing the often dramatic problems mature Hmong men
Kou Yang
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Human Papillomavirus Vaccination in Hmong-American Adolescents:  A Participatory Focus Group Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Abstract Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates in Asian-American/Pacific- Islander (AAPI) populations are substantially lower than majority Americans. No studies have assessed HPV vaccine rates in the Hmong population, an AAPI group with increased risks of cervical and nasopharyngeal cancer.
Serena Xiong   +6 more
openaire   +1 more source

The Legibility of Asian American Activism Studies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This essay examines “Asian American Activism studies” and asks:  What changes through the legibility of Asian American activism studies?  What does Asian American activism research uniquely offer?  We offer a historiographical analysis ...
Fujino, DC, Rodriguez, RM
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Nanomaterial‐Mediated Near‐Infrared Photothermal Neuromodulation for Neurologic Disorders

open access: yesAdvanced NanoBiomed Research, EarlyView.
This review summarizes how near‐infrared light activates photothermal nanomaterials to enable noninvasive neuromodulation with high spatiotemporal precision. It elucidates the underlying mechanisms, explores targeted therapeutic applications for neurological disorders, discusses integration with optogenetics and biosensors, and addresses future ...
Ting‐Ting Zeng   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hmong Americans: A Review of Felt Needs, Problems, and Community Development [PDF]

open access: yesHmong Studies Journal, 2003
This paper is intended to broadly explore both the achievements and needs and problems of the diverse Hmong American community across the United States, with a particular emphasis on felt needs and problems.
Kou Yang
doaj  

Medical, Racist, and Colonial Constructions of Power in Anne Fadiman\u27s The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This essay looks at the values attributed or denied to culture (medical culture, history, Southeast Asian refugees, Asian American cultural citizenship) in the care surrounding a Hmong child diagnosed with spirit loss, according to Hmong interpretation,
Chiu, Monica E.
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