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Stigmatization of Chinese and Asian-looking people during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background The outbreak and global spread of COVID-19 was accompanied by an increase in reports of stigmatization of Chinese and Asian-looking people. The behavioral immune system provides a framework for stigmatization in response to infectious disease ...
Julia E. Koller, Karoline Villinger, Nadine C. Lages, Isabel Brünecke, Joke M. Debbeler, Kai D. Engel, Sofia Grieble, Peer C. Homann, Robin Kaufmann, Kim M. Koppe, Hannah Oppenheimer, Vanessa C. Radtke, Sarah Rogula, Johanna Stähler, Britta Renner, Harald T. Schupp   +15 more
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Stigma Experience in Patients With Vitiligo: A Comprehensive Study in a Skin Hospital

Acta Medica Iranica, 2022
Vitiligo is the most common cause of skin depigmentation, which relates to a wide range of psychological disorders. Stigma is defined as a negative attitude towards oneself that results from one's perception of being different from the general ...
Ali Zare Dehnavi, Maryam Daneshpazhooh, Abbas Dehghani, Kamran Balighi, Arghavan Azizpour, Mehdi Yaseri, Seyed Mohammad Seyed Ebrahimi, Hamidreza Mahmoudi   +7 more
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Temporary Employment, Permanent Stigma? Perceptions of Temporary Agency Workers Across Low- and High-Skilled Jobs

Qualitative Sociology Review, 2021
Research on temporary agency work emphasizes that temporary agency workers (TAWs), particularly those in low-skilled jobs associated with precariousness and low social prestige, are likely to be exposed to poor treatment, as well as stigmatization.
Pia Cardone, Markus Tümpel, Christian M. Huber   +2 more
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Developing evidence‐based, cost‐effective P4 cancer medicine for driving innovation in prevention, therapeutics, patient care and reducing healthcare inequalities

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
The cancer problem is increasing globally with projections up to the year 2050 showing unfavourable outcomes in terms of incidence and cancer‐related deaths. The main challenges are prevention, improved therapeutics resulting in increased cure rates and enhanced health‐related quality of life.
Ulrik Ringborg, Joachim von Braun, Julio Celis, Anton Berns, Michael Baumann, Tit Albreht, Nancy Abou‐Zeid, Vanderlei Bagnato, Christian Brandts, Chien‐Jen Chen, Massimiliano di Pietro, Manjit Dosanjh, Thomas Dubois, Alexander Eggermont, Angelika Eggert, Ingemar Ernberg, Sara Faithfull, Johannes Förner, Stefan Fröhling, Manuel Heitor, Leroy Hood, Wei Jiang, Bengt Jönsson, Ravi Kannan, Maria Leptin, Su Li, Peter Lindgren, Douglas Lowy, Jun Ma, Alex Markham, Péter Nagy, Simon Oberst, M. Iqbal Parker, Danielle Rodin, Kevin Ryan, Joachim Schüz, Richard Sullivan, Josep Tabernero, Peter Turkson, Oliver Várhelyi, Harold Varmus, Chijie Wang, Elisabete Weiderpass, Nils Wilking   +43 more
wiley   +1 more source

Men Experiencing Homelessness: A Qualitative Investigation of Multiple Stigmas [PDF]

, 2010
Homelessness is a pervasive and problematic phenomenon. Unfortunately, programs designed to reduce or eliminate homelessness face a number of challenges.
Mayor, Rebecca C.
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Evaluation of in vitro toxicity of common phytochemicals included in weight loss supplements using 1H NMR spectroscopy

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
We investigated the toxicity of 12 active compounds commonly found in herbal weight loss supplements (WLS) using human liver and colon cell models. Epigallocatechin‐3‐gallate was the only compound showing significant toxicity. Metabolic profiling revealed protein degradation, disrupted energy and lipid metabolism suggesting that the inclusion of EGCG ...
Emily C. Davies, Garth L. Maker, Ian F. Musgrave, Samantha Lodge   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of Stigmatization and Relevant Predictors in People with Alopecia Areata and Androgenetic Alopecia: A Comparative Cross-sectional Study in German-speaking Countries and the USA

Acta Dermato-Venereologica
Stigmatization of skin conditions like alopecia areata (AA) and androgenetic alopecia (AGA) impairs quality of life (QoL), but research is limited. The aim of this study was to compare stigmatization and QoL in individuals with AA and AGA in German ...
Johaina Kullab, Caroline F. Z. Stuhlmann, Stefanie Ziehfreund, Hannah Wecker, Tilo Biedermann, Alexander Zink   +5 more
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Men With a “Woman’s Disease”: Stigmatization of Male Breast Cancer Patients—A Mixed Methods Analysis

American Journal of Men's Health, 2018
Male breast cancer (MBC) is rare and known as a typical woman’s disease. This study is part of the N-MALE project (Male breast cancer: patient’s needs in prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and follow-up-care) and aims to investigate how MBC
Evamarie Midding, Sarah Maria Halbach, Christoph Kowalski, Rainer Weber, Rachel Würstlein, Nicole Ernstmann   +5 more
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Enzymatic degradation of biopolymers in amorphous and molten states: mechanisms and applications

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
This review explains how polymer morphology and thermal state shape enzymatic degradation pathways, comparing amorphous and molten biopolymer structures. By integrating structure–reactivity principles with insights from thermodynamics and enzyme engineering, it highlights mechanisms that enable efficient polymer breakdown.
Anđela Pustak, Aleksandra Maršavelski
wiley   +1 more source

Feeling of stigmatization and satisfaction with life among Arabic psoriatic patients

Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2020
Background: Satisfaction and stigmatization are experienced differently in different cultural contests, especially, in patients with dermatological diseases affecting visible body parts.
Moetaza M. Soliman
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