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What Is Wrong with Statistical Discrimination? [PDF]

, 2021
Statistical discrimination is a form of discrimination that uses statistical inferences about the groups to which individuals belong as grounds for treating them differently.
Sun, Ziyue
core   +1 more source

“The Best Times of Our Lives?” Institutional Factors That Shape University Students’ Quality of Life

SAGE Open
Acquiring a thorough grasp of the factors influencing students’ academic quality of life is essential for educators, administrators, and legislators to successfully support students and foster an environment centered on their well-being and growth ...
Atalia Oniţiu, Elena-Loreni Baciu, Theofild-Andrei Lazăr, Roxana Ungureanu, Loredana-Marcela Trancă, Norberth-Ioan Okros   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association Between Individualized Education for Kidney Replacement Therapy Modality Selection and Peritoneal Dialysis Initiation: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an established home‐based kidney replacement therapy (KRT), but its uptake remains low in Japan. We evaluated whether individualized education in a dedicated outpatient clinic was associated with the initiation of PD.
Yasuko Ito, Ryuichi Yoshimura, Takaki Yamauchi, Yuta Funakoshi, Hirotaka Sonoda, Seiji Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Terawaki, Takafumi Ito   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quality of life and empowerment among women

Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2022
BACKGROUND: Few women in history were respected by society because of their contributions to the field of science, arts, politics, and so on, but in general, women are deprived of their rights and being refrained from decision-making in major areas of ...
Purnima Kundu, Linu Sara George, Renjulal Yesodharan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perceived and Actual Social Discrimination: The Case of Overweight and Social Inclusion [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology, 2013
The present study examined the correspondence between perceived and actual social discrimination of overweight people. In total, 77 first-year students provided self-ratings about their height, weight, and perceived social inclusion. To capture actual social inclusion, each participant nominated those fellow students (a) she/he likes and dislikes and ...
Hartung, Freda-Marie, Renner, Britta
openaire   +4 more sources

The socialization of perceived discrimination in ethnic minority groups.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2023
Contact with members of one's own group (ingroup) and other groups (outgroups) shapes individuals' beliefs about the world, including perceptions of discrimination against one's ingroup. Research to date indicates that, among members of disadvantaged groups, contact with an advantaged outgroup is associated with less perceived discrimination, while ...
Bracegirdle, C, Reimer, NK, Osborne, D, Sibley, CG, Wölfer, R, Sengupta, NK   +5 more
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Organoids in pediatric cancer research

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Organoid technology has revolutionized cancer research, yet its application in pediatric oncology remains limited. Recent advances have enabled the development of pediatric tumor organoids, offering new insights into disease biology, treatment response, and interactions with the tumor microenvironment.
Carla Ríos Arceo, Jarno Drost
wiley   +1 more source

Mental health among adolescents exposed to social inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean: a scoping review

Frontiers in Public Health
Background and objectiveAdolescents from Latin America and the Caribbean grow up in a context of social inequality, which diminishes their well-being and leads to impaired emotional-cognitive development.
Johanna Carolina Sánchez-Castro, Laura Pilz González, Saidy Eliana Arias-Murcia, Viviana Andrea Mahecha-Bermeo, Christiane Stock, Katherina Heinrichs   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investigating transcription factor dynamics in health and disease using FRAP

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
FRAP analysis of GFP‐tagged transcription factors reveals how molecular mobility and target engagement change in response to drug treatment. By combining live‐cell imaging, quantitative model fitting, and statistical analysis, this approach uncovers transcription factor dynamics linked to disease mechanisms, providing a powerful framework for ...
Kannan Govindaraj, Carolina Vazquez Garzon, Jose Joaquin Velasco, Janine N. Post   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medical students’ perception of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) discrimination in their learning environment and their self-reported comfort level for caring for LGBT patients: a survey study

Medical Education Online, 2017
Background: Historically, medical students who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered (LGBT) report higher rates of social stress, depression, and anxiety, while LGBT patients have reported discrimination and poorer access to healthcare.
Nassr Nama, Paul MacPherson, Margaret Sampson, Hugh J. McMillan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source