Ethnic differences in prevalence of general obesity and abdominal obesity among low-income rural Kazakh and Uyghur adults in far western China and implications in preventive public health. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The global pandemic of obesity has become a disastrous public health issue that needs urgent attention. Previous studies have concentrated in high-income urban settings and few cover low-income rural settings especially nomadic residents in mountain ...
Jia He +10 more
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Guest Artist Series: The Ethnic Ensemble of Music College, September 18, 2013 [PDF]
, 2013 This is the concert program of the Guest Artist Series: The Ethnic Ensemble of Music College performance on Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at 12:00 p.m., at the Boston University Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts.
School of Music, Boston University
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Plant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sea Island cotton (Gossypium barbadense) produces premium‐quality fibres, yet the genetic basis underlying its fibre development remains elusive. Here, we identify two key non‐synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs, G/C and G/A) in the gene Gbar_D13G024080, which encodes the TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN 209 (TMEM209). These SNPs resulted in
Kaiyun Jiang +25 more
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Legacies of the Uyghur Homeland and Uyghur-Australians [PDF]
, 2016 This chapter provides an overview of how a series of events in Australia, called here China’s ‘down under blunders’, unfolded. However, it also examines how these events were reported by the media, how they were received by the public, and how they may have influenced political debate at the time.
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Uyghurs and Uyghur identity / by Dolkun Kamberi
, 2005 Parallel als Buch-Ausg ...
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The impact of internal and external factors on human rights conditions in Xinjiang, China [PDF]
, 2010 In 1949, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took control of Xinjiang from the Koumintang (KMT) and declared that Xinjiang was to be an autonomous region in 1955.
Rogers, Roy Anthony
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The Location of Cultural Authenticity: Identifying the Real and the Fake in Urban Guizhou [PDF]
, 2017 This article examines notions of cultural identity and authenticity and how these notions are articulated in the small city of Kaili in Guizhou Province, an ethnically diverse region.
Kendall, P., Kendall, P.
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Political Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract The scarce political and social psychological research on the Kurdish–Turkish context primarily addresses intergroup relations and general perceptions of the conflict. Conversely, Kurds' experiences of and beliefs about collective victimization in this context have not been examined much to date.
Helin Ünal, Johanna Ray Vollhardt
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The Need for Improved Public Transparency in the Era of Due Diligence Regulations
Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT To address environmental and human rights issues in global commodity supply chains, governments increasingly require information from companies on their sourcing, as part of due‐diligence regulations (DDRs). This shift towards accountability to the regulator rather than to the public calls into question the role left for public transparency ...
Valentin Guye +2 more
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Low Serum Vitamin D Is Associated with Anti-Thyroid-Globulin Antibody in Female Individuals
International Journal of Endocrinology, 2015 Objectives. Some evidence has pointed out that vitamin D plays a significant role in reducing the incidence of autoimmune diseases, especially autoimmune thyroid diseases.
Xinling Wang +9 more
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