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Prevalence of Myopia and Its Risk Factors in Urban School Children in Delhi: The North India Myopia Study (NIM Study)

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
Purpose Assess prevalence of myopia and identify associated risk factors in urban school children. Methods This was a cross-sectional study screening children for sub-normal vision and refractive errors in Delhi.
R. Saxena   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Reading comprehension skills of Standard 4 pupils: a comparison of private and public schools in Botswana

open access: yesPer Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning, 2019
This paper compares the reading comprehension of standard 4 pupils in four primary schools, two public and two private schools in urban and rural settings in Botswana. Using a standard comprehension test administered to the pupils, the study answers two
Letsholo-Tafila, Rose , Alimi, Modupe M
doaj   +1 more source

Societal Change and Values in Arab Communities in Israel: Intergenerational and Rural–Urban Comparisons [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This study tested and extended Greenfield’s theory of social change and human development to adolescent development in Arab communities in Israel undergoing rapid social change. The theory views sociodemographic changes—such as contact with an ethnically
Ganayiem, M   +4 more
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The human gut microbiome across the life course

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Despite significant individual variation and continuous change throughout life, the human gut microbiome follows some life stage‐specific trends. This article provides a brief overview of how gut microbiome composition shifts across different phases of life. Created in BioRender. Özkurt, E. (2026) https://BioRender.com/8q4nrnc.
Alise J. Ponsero   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scaling Up: Reform Lessons for Urban Comprehensive High Schools [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Policy interest in the challenge of improving urban high schools has grown recently, as high-profile business leaders and politicians have called the preparedness of graduates for college work into question.

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Using a Merit-Based Scholarship Program to Increase Rates of College Enrollment in an Urban School District: The Case of the Pittsburgh Promise

open access: yes˜The œJournal of student financial aid, 2015
Recommended Citation Bozick, Robert; Gonzalez, Gabriella; and Engberg, John (2015) "Using a Merit-Based Scholarship Program to Increase Rates of College Enrollment in an Urban School District: The Case of the Pittsburgh Promise," Journal of Student ...
Robert Bozick   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Feasibility and Tolerability of Performing Portable MRI for Neurological Disorders in an Outpatient Neurology Clinic: A Prospective Cohort

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Accessing brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be challenging, especially for underserved patients, which may lead to disparities in neurological diagnosis. Method This mixed‐methods study enrolled adults with one of four neurological disorders: mild cognitive impairment or dementia of the Alzheimer type, multiple sclerosis ...
Maya L. Mastick   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Comparative Study to Evaluate the Body Mass Index in Urban and Rural School Children of Belagavi

open access: yesRGUHS National Journal of Public Health
Introduction Body mass index BMI is a simple tool used to screen body weight and assess whether the body weight is healthy for your body size. In the post COVID-19 era a new normal has been established.
Premalata Rotti, Virabhadrayya Kulkarni
doaj   +1 more source

Preparing Youth for College and Career: A Process Evaluation of Urban Alliance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Urban Alliance, headquartered in Washington, DC, serves at-risk youth through its high school internship program, which provides training, mentoring, and work experience to high school seniors from distressed communities in Washington, DC; Baltimore ...
Brett Theodos   +4 more
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Mycophenolate Mofetil Treatment Reduces the Risk of Treatment Escalation Due to Vascular Complications in Limited Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis: Emulation of a Target Trial From the Italian Rheumatology Society SPRING Registry

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) use in limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (lcSSc) is relatively uncommon because of the lower fibrotic burden and the predominance of vascular complications. In vitro observations and clinical data from transplanted patients suggest a protective effect of MMF on endothelial function.
Enrico De Lorenzis   +77 more
wiley   +1 more source

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