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What does it mean? Translating anatomical language to engage public audiences
Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.Abstract The language of anatomy, with its roots in Ancient Greek and Roman languages, is complex and unfamiliar to many. Its complexity creates a significant barrier to public knowledge and understanding of anatomy—many members of the public find themselves asking “what does it mean?”, and this can manifest as poor health literacy and outcomes.
Kat A. Sanders, Adam M. Taylor
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Breast cancer-specific survival among immigrants and non-immigrants invited to BreastScreen Norway
Journal of Migration and HealthIntroduction: We have previously shown that immigrants have lower attendance in BreastScreen Norway than non-immigrants and that non-Western immigrants have lower incidence of breast cancer, but more advanced disease.
Sameer Bhargava +4 more
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Evolving stories of self: Informational transitions and tattoos
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract Throughout history, tattoos have served as a means of expressing identity, culture, and preserving information. Beyond their visual appeal, tattoos continue to be used in the modern world as a way for individuals to showcase their identity, honor and remember others, and mark significant events. In this paper, we explore the connection between
Maja Krtalić +2 more
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Employment Assimilation of Immigrants in the Netherlands: Catching Up and the Irrelevance of Education [PDF]
Using two Dutch labour force surveys, employment assimilation of immigrants is examined. We observe marked differences between immigrants by source country. Non-western immigrants never reach parity with native Dutch.
Hartog, Joop, Zorlu, Aslan
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Negative and Positive Assimilation, Skill Transferability, and Linguistic Distance [PDF]
, 2011 There are two complementary models of immigrants' economic and social adjustment -- the positive assimilation model of Chiswick (1978, 1979), and the negative assimilation model of Chiswick and Miller (2011). The negative assimilation model is applicable
Barry R. Chiswick, Paul W. Miller
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PLoS ONEWe used a reverse-correlation image-classification paradigm to visualize facial representations of immigrants and citizens in the United States. Visualizations of immigrants' faces were judged by independent raters as less trustworthy and less competent ...
Ryan J Hutchings +3 more
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract This research explored how young adults (ages 18–25) learn to use financial records and the roles financial records play in their experiences in coming to see themselves as financially mature social actors. The contribution of this paper is a revised model of transitions theory that includes personal information management (PIM) as an ...
Robert Douglas Ferguson +2 more
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Immigration and the U.S. labour market [PDF]
, 2009 Over the last several decades, two of the most significant developments in the U.S. labor market have been: (1) rising inequality, and (2) growth in both the size and the diversity of immigration flows.
Duncan, B., Trejo, S.
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, 2018 We present results of the prisoner's dilemma game on complex networks that have population change. We introduce a death process with minimum requirements and show that it induces a highly cooperative society.
Jeong, Wonhee, Yu, Unjong
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