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[Review of] Susan Olzak. The Dynamics of Ethnic Competition and Conflict [PDF]

, 1994
Susan Olzak’s work, The Dynamics of Ethnic Competition and Conflict, is informative and contributes to an understanding of ethnic violence from an historical perspective.
Hood, David L.
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Decreased cold‐sensing function of the transient receptor potential channel TRPM8 from tailed amphibians

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Despite frogs avoiding low temperatures, examination of four salamander species revealed that none avoided cold and all possessed cold tolerance. Functional analysis of TRPM8, a cold sensor, showed that all salamander TRPM8s had lost their cold sensitivity.
Tadahiro Sawao, Daiki Kobayashi, Shogo Hori, Osamu Saitoh   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Psychiatric Disorder Criteria and their Application to Research in Different Racial Groups

BMC Psychiatry, 2007
Background The advent of standardized classification and assessment of psychiatric disorders, and considerable joint efforts among many countries has led to the reporting of international rates of psychiatric disorders, and inevitably, their comparison ...
Hardy John, Low Nancy CP
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Closing Racial-Ethnic Gaps in Poverty: How Government Programs Compare [PDF]

, 2019
In this data snapshot, authors Marybeth Mattingly and Jessica Carson explore the role of government programs in alleviating poverty for people with different racial-ethnic identities.
Carson, Jessica A, Mattingly, Marybeth J.   +1 more
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Long‐Term Follow‐Up of Chemotherapy‐Associated Biological Aging in Women With Early Breast Cancer

Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.
Women threated with adjuvant chemotherapy for early breast cancer have sustained long‐term increase in p16INK4a,, a robust marker of cell senescence, suggesting a chemotherapy‐associated age acceleration. p16INK4a as well as other biomarkers may identify patients at greatest risk for senescence‐related diseases of aging.
Hyman B. Muss, Alexis C. Wardell, Allison M. Deal, Kirsten A. Nyrop, Allison Ross, Yara G. Abdou, Jeffrey D. Aldrich, Lisa A. Cary, E. Claire Dees, Katherine E. Reeder‐Hayes, Emily M. Ray, Natalia Mitin, Denis Tsygankov   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of self-reported race on Villalta Scale postthrombotic syndrome scores and correlation with venous disease-specific quality of life: an exploratory analysis of the Acute Venous Thrombosis: Thrombus Removal with Adjunctive Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis Trial

Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis
Background: The Villalta Scale (VS) to diagnose postthrombotic syndrome (PTS) consists of 5 patient-reported leg symptoms and 6 clinician-rated leg signs. It is unknown how the scale performs across racial groups.
James Shih, MD, Chu-Shu Gu, PhD, Suresh Vedantham, MD, John Kaufman, MD, Susan R. Kahn, MD   +4 more
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Beyond Broke: Why Closing the Racial Wealth Gap is a Priority for National Economic Security [PDF]

, 2014
Despite overwhelming evidence that the racial wealth gap persists in the U.S., it remains a taboo topic in mainstream policy circles and most officials studiously avoid offering targeted solutions to help close this gap. However, this issue is ignored at
Avis Jones-DeWeever, Darrick Hamilton, Maya Rockeymoore, Rebecca Tippett, William Darity, Jr.   +4 more
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Risk Prediction Models for Recurrence After Curative Treatment of Early‐Stage or Locally Advanced Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review

Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.
This systematic review synthesizes prognostic models for survival and recurrence in resected non‐small cell lung cancer. While many models demonstrate moderate to good discrimination, few are externally validated and reporting quality is variable, limiting clinical applicability and highlighting the need for robust, transparent model development ...
Evangeline Samuel, S. Tissera, E. Paul, J. Zalcberg, R. G. Stirling   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Racial differences in knowledge, attitudes toward vaccination, and risk practices around Lyme disease in the United States

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionLyme disease (LD) incidence in the United States is highly regional, with most cases occurring in 16 high-incidence jurisdictions. LD incidence and severity of disease have been found to vary by race.
Madiha Shafquat, Niyati Patel, Brandon McFadden, Brandon McFadden, James H. Stark, L. Hannah Gould   +5 more
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Racial differences in testicular cancer in the United States: descriptive epidemiology

BMC Cancer, 2020
Background Testicular cancer (TC) is the most common malignancy in young adult men, and in many countries the incidence rates of testicular cancer have been increasing since the middle of the twentieth century.
Yang Li, Qi Lu, Yu Wang, Shuangge Ma
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