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Ancestral origin of ApoE ε4 Alzheimer disease risk in Puerto Rican and African American populations.
PLoS Genetics, 2018 The ApoE ε4 allele is the most significant genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer disease. The risk conferred by ε4, however, differs across populations, with populations of African ancestry showing lower ε4 risk compared to those of European or ...
Farid Rajabli +27 more
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La ciencia del tabaco en Puerto Rico, 1900-1940
Asclepio: Revista de Historia de la Medicina y de la Ciencia, 2015 El tabaco se convirtió en un importante producto de exportación para Puerto Rico después de la ocupación norteamericana de 1898, debido a las inversiones en su estudio científico: el cultivo eficiente, la estructura económica y el mercadeo.
Teresita Levy
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Variation in parrot jaw musculature
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Interspecific morphological differences in some superficial jaw muscles of parrots. Abstract Psittaciformes, the order encompassing parrots and their relatives, are highly diverse and generally known for having a strong beaks used for multiple behaviors. The muscles related to the masticatory apparatus should reflect this functional complexity; however,
Ana Carolina L. Faillace +3 more
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Association of Types of Life Events with Depressive Symptoms among Puerto Rican Youth. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The main objective of this study was to examine the association between four types of adverse life events (family environment, separation, social adversity, and death) and the development of depressive symptoms among Puerto Rican youth.
Graciela Jaschek +4 more
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Erratum to "Understanding Generative Artificial Intelligence Adoption in Puerto Rican Medical Schools: A Cross-Institutional Survey of First- and Second-Year Students". [PDF]
J Med Educ Curric Deveuropepmc +2 more sources
Debimos Tirar Más Fotos: Legal memories from Puerto Rico
Oñati Socio-Legal SeriesCollective memory is fundamental for understanding the role of law within a specific social and historical context. This work, framed through the narrative device of Puerto Rican icon Bad Bunny’s songs, examines how legal frameworks have shaped not only ...
Diego Pasquale Morone
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L'Ordinaire des Amériques, 2022 This article analyzes the lesbian characters in Puerto Rican narrative and examines the strategies of visibility of sexual minorities. In the texts studied, lesbians are monstrous figures that reactivate topics of the gothic or science fiction tradition:
Sophie Large
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Hybridizing Puerto Ricanness [PDF]
Caribbean Studies, 2008 Frances Negron-Muntaner's Brincando el charco is a film that brings up suggestive questions about the n truction and reconfiguration of the cinematic modalities of fiction and non-fiction.1 The fact that the film blurs the lines between documentary and (melo) dramatic narrative aligns this text with the political projects of cinematic practices and ...
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The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.Abstract Knowing about species interactions is essential for ecological research, conservation efforts, resource management, and maintaining healthy ecosystems, but many of these, such as reports of predation, may not always be published in easily located resources—if they are published at all.
Matthijs P. van den Burg, Hinrich Kaiser
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European Eating Disorders Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Eating disorder (ED) treatment often involves establishing expected body weights (EBWs). While individualised approaches are commonly used, whether and how EBWs are set across EDs, clinician perspectives on different approaches, and clinician training in this practice remain poorly understood.
Agatha A. Laboe +8 more
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