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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Two macromolecular resistance‐reversal agents (MRRAs)—linear (MRRAL) and nanostructured (MRRAN) polymers were fabricated by integrating DOTA motifs into tunable polycationic scaffolds. MRRAs exhibit superior antibacterial potency once combined with meropenem (MEM) through (i) bacterial membrane disruption via localized cationic charge and ...
Ruixue Wang +9 more
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Social Sciences and Humanities OpenThis study compares social capital, including community engagement and volunteering, among Muslim immigrants, non-Muslim immigrants, and Americans using nationally representative data from the Current Population Survey: Volunteering and Civic Life ...
Zehra Sahin-Ilkorkor, Sawyer B. Rogers
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BMC Public Health, 2018 BackgroundEthnic minority populations in the United States (US) are disproportionately affected by cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, including hypertension, overweight/obesity, and diabetes.
Y. Commodore‐Mensah +7 more
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Illegal Immigration and Immigration Control
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1988 The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) was passed in the closing days of the 1986 legislative session. The primary purpose of IRCA is to remove illegal aliens from the U.S. labor market. It has two primary policy instruments. One is granting legal status or amnesty for certain illegal aliens, thereby in part “wiping the slate clean.” The other ...
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Barriers to English Language Learners in the Chicago Metropolitan Area [PDF]
, 2001 Immigrants from all over the world are continuing to move to Illinois in large numbers. As they settle into an increasingly diverse range of communities within metropolitan Chicago, this expansion of ports of entry creates new challenges for the state ...
Jody Raphael, Lise McKean, Melissa Ford
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Stabilizing Atomically Dispersed Au With Adjacent Pt for Spatially Precise Molecule Recognition
Advanced Science, EarlyView.A strategy to stabilize atomically dispersed Au catalysts by introducing Pt atoms into CeO2 supports is presented. Pt incorporation prevents Au aggregation, enhances Au‐O orbital coupling, and enables precise recognition of multi‐functionalized molecules, improving catalytic performance and the structural stability of Au‐based catalysts in ...
Rui Tang +12 more
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Linking the westernised oropharyngeal microbiome to the immune response in Chinese immigrants
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, 2020 Background Human microbiota plays a fundamental role in modulating the immune response. Western environment and lifestyle are envisaged to alter the human microbiota with a new microbiome profile established in Chinese immigrants, which fails to prime ...
Jing Guo +8 more
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Cultural and economic integration of immigrants in Canada: “Do you play Hockey?”
Journal for Labour Market Research, 2023 This paper studies whether acculturation by immigrants and other minority groups is associated with economic integration in Canada. We examine immigrants’ participation in winter sports, particularly hockey, as a proxy for acculturation given that these ...
Irakli Japaridze, Uma Kaplan
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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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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We link American Community Survey and SNAP records for 185,000 units with ground‐sourced social food infrastructure data from FindFoodIL (Illinois Extension SNAP‐Ed) to examine SNAP participation determinants among eligible units. Bivariate probit models reveal, beyond SNAP offices, quantity of social infrastructure is associated with ...
Michael Lotspeich‐Yadao +3 more
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