Insulin secretion and action with increasing age - A comparison between Middle Eastern immigrants and native Swedes [PDF]
Heliyon, 2022 Aims: Little is known how insulin secretion and action change over time in populations of different ethnicities. We studied changes in insulin secretion and action with increasing age in Iraqi-born immigrants and native Swedes, and investigated if the ...
Nadine Fadhel Dhaher +3 more
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Postprandial triglyceride levels rather than fat distribution may reflect early signs of disturbed fat metabolism in Iraqi immigrants [PDF]
Lipids in Health and Disease, 2022 Purpose Previous studies have shown that at a similar body mass index, Middle Eastern immigrants are more insulin resistant and at higher risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D) than native Europeans.
Karin G. Stenkula +8 more
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Image of Iraqis in The Cinema of Sacred Defense [PDF]
Taḥqīqāt-i Farhangī-i Īrān, 2012 Regarding representational function of media, the current dissertation intends to examine the changes in the representation of the image of the Iraqis in the Sacred Defense Cinema. Iraqies have been pictured as the "Others" during last three decades. Due
Abdollah Givian, Zohreh Tavakoli
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Migration, Identity, and Social Mobility among Iraqis in Egypt [PDF]
Refuge, 2012 Based on a small-scale qualitative research project with Iraqis living in 6th of October City, one of Cairo’s satellite cities, the paper explores the role shifting social identities play in Iraqis’ experience of migration and forced displacement.
Elisa Pascucci
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Pilgrimage and Conflict Resolution: The Case of Interpersonal Contact between Iranians and Iraqis in the Arbaeen Walk [PDF]
Journal of World Sociopolitical Studies, 2022 Given the history of conflict between Iran-Iraq (1980-1988), the present paper investigates whether interpersonal contact between Iranians and Iraqis, through religious tourism, has assisted in changing the perception of the Iranians toward the Iraqis ...
Zeinab Ghasemi Tari, Elham Kadkhodaee
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Orientalism and the application of international law in the 2003 Iraq War and occupation
Journal of Global Faultlines, 2021 This paper contemplates the impact of orientalist discourse on the application of international law, with a focus on the 2003 US occupation of Iraq. The emphasis of the paper is on how international law failed to protect Iraqis from imperial US decision ...
Bamo Nouri
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Hypertension Control among Adult Iraqis
مجلة كلية الطب, 2022 Background: Hypertension is a chronic illness that affects one billion people both in high and low-income countries and is the most common risk factor for death throughout the world.
Nada Abdul Wahhab Mousa +2 more
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Determination of 14 circulating microRNAs in Swedes and Iraqis with and without diabetes mellitus type 2. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 BackgroundRecent reports suggest that immigrants from Middle Eastern countries are a high-risk group for type 2 diabetes (T2D) compared with Swedes, and that the pathogenesis of T2D may be ethnicity-specific.
Xiao Wang +6 more
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A snapshot of Iraqi psychiatry [PDF]
BJPsych International, 2020 During a visit to Baghdad, I was able to visit several key centres in Iraqi psychiatry: the Ministry of Health, Baghdad General Hospital, Ibn Rushd Hospital and Al Rashad Hospital. This was my first experience of mental healthcare outside England, and it left me with a range of discussions and experiences to reflect on.
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The Beauty of Iraqi Shrines and Their Reflection in Iraqi Painting
International Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, 2021 This research deals with the study of (the aesthetics of the Iraqi shrines and its reflection in modern Iraqi painting) and is located in two axes: The first theoretical axis is devoted to (a statement of the research problem and its importance, its objectives, its limits, and the definition of terminology).
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