Evaluating segregated school attendance as a mediator of geographic inequities in late-life cognitive function: evidence from the Study of Healthy Aging in African Americans (STAR). [PDF]
Abstract INTRODUCTION Birth in the Southern United States is associated with poorer late‐life cognitive health, especially among Black Americans, yet the role of school segregation is unclear. METHODS Utilizing decomposition methods, we estimated the total effect, natural direct effect (NDE), and natural indirect effect (NIE) of Southern birth on ...
Gutierrez S +10 more
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Numeracy, Literacy, and Formal Education as Mechanisms of Inequities in Late‐Life Cognitive Performance among Indigenous and Non‐Indigenous Mexican Older Adults [PDF]
Abstract Background While bilingualism is generally associated with better cognitive test performance, literature suggests that Indigenous‐Spanish bilingual older adults perform worse compared to their non‐Indigenous Spanish monolingual counterparts.
Gutierrez S +10 more
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The relationship between sex and brain volume in a diverse sample of older adults differs by age group [PDF]
Abstract Background It is unclear if sex differences in aging‐ and dementia‐related neurodegeneration present in the same manner across the age spectrum. Method Analyses utilized data from three harmonized cohorts of racially and ethnically diverse older adults who completed a 3T MRI (N = 838; 346 male, 492 female).
LaPoint M +5 more
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Renal dysfunction in patients with pulmonary embolism: data from the SIRENA register
Aim. To assess the prevalence, severity and prognostic value of renal dysfunction (RD) in patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) of the Russian population, as well as to determine the RD significance as a marker that improves the predictive ability of ...
M. V. Menzorov +6 more
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Aim. To assess the features of diagnosis, treatment and outcomes of pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients of Russian hospitals.Material and methods. The register included all hospitalized patients with PE identified by any diagnostic method.
A. D. Erlikh +8 more
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Aim. To study the features of the use of thrombolytic therapy (TLT) in normotensive patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) in real clinical practice in Russian hospitals.Material and Methods.
N. A. Cherepanova +7 more
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Cuerpos a la moda: el cuerpo “a la medida” en Sirena Selena Vestida de pena de Mayra Santos Febres
Sirena Selena, protagonista de la novela Sirena Selena vestida de pena de la puertorriqueña Mayra Santos Fables, es el cuerpo expuesto a la mirada lasciva de los otros, la carne herida entregada al expolio de los demás, ofrecida al escarnio y a la ...
César Ricardo Azamar Cruz
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Hijos del Mar. La sirena en el mito fundacional de los Mariño (siglos XIV-XVII)
En el siguiente artículo se pretende exponer el desarrollo del relato fundacional de los Mariño desde el siglo XIV hasta el siglo XVII determinando las problemáticas historiográficas, iconográficas y textuales sobre la relación de la sirena y su ...
Abel Lorenzo Rodríguez
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The Unresolved Tension Between Trademark Protection and Free Movement of Goods in the European Community [PDF]
Developments in computer-aided engineering and the rapid growth of computational power have made simulation-driven process and product development efficient and useful since it enables detailed evaluation of product designs and their manufacturing ...
Smith, Robert S.
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The association of birth in the Stroke Belt and neuroimaging brain biomarkers in a cohort of older Black Americans [PDF]
Abstract Background Having ever lived in the southeastern United States, a region referred to as the Stroke Belt (SB), is associated with higher dementia incidence and poorer late‐life cognition. We assessed whether birth in the SB was associated with late‐life MRI‐based regional brain volumes among racially/ethnically diverse older adults who are long‐
Lor Y +8 more
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