Within Satisfaction and Distress: Characterizing the First Cultural Transition of Young Talented Cameroonian Footballers by Boris Tachom Waffo, Denis Hauw

“…Oatmeal is better than no meal: The career pathways of African American male professional athletes from underserved communities in the United States. …”
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Ethnic Differences in Risk Factors for Obesity among Adults in California, the United States by Liang Wang, Jodi Southerland, Kesheng Wang, Beth A. Bailey, Arsham Alamian, Marc A. Stevens, Youfa Wang

“…Females were more likely to be obese among African Americans (odds ratio (OR) = 1.43, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.05–1.94), but less likely among Whites (OR = 0.80, 95% CI = 0.74–0.87). …”
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Cultural trauma and collective memory in Ta-Nehisi Coates’ The Water Dancer: a “spiral signification” narrative by Ammar Abduh Aqeeli

“…It provides African Americans with a positive basis for identity in a world that failed to fulfill its post-slavery promise to end their persistent disenfranchisement.…”
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The Present and the Past of American Liberalism In Light of Slavery and Racial Injustice by E. G. Ponomareva

“…From Slave to Citizen: The Struggle of African Americans for the Recognition of Humanity. Belgrade, CATENA MUNDI. 294 p. …”
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Association of FMO3 Variants with Blood Pressure in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study by Tyler S. Bryant, Priya Duggal, Bing Yu, Alanna C. Morrison, Tariq Shafi, Georg Ehret, Nora Franceschini, Eric Boerwinkle, Josef Coresh, Adrienne Tin

“…E158K had significant association with higher SBP in African Americans in ARIC (p=0.03), and two low frequency variants had significant association with higher SBP in African Americans (rs200985584, MAF 0.1%, p=0.0003) and European Americans (rs75904274, MAF 1.7%, p=0.006). …”
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The American Jockey, 1865-1910 by Steven A. Riess

“…American jockeys for most of the nineteenth century were African Americans. It was a dangerous occupation that paid extremely well for successful jockeys. …”
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Renal Dysfunction and Recovery following Initial Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma by Benjamin A. Derman, Jochen Reiser, Sanjib Basu, Agne Paner

“…Reversal of RI in newly diagnosed MM (NDMM) improves patient outcomes, but it is unknown if there is a disparity in renal recovery in NDMM between African Americans (AA) and non-African Americans. Methods. …”
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Variation in APOL1 Contributes to Ancestry-Level Differences in HDLc-Kidney Function Association by Amy Rebecca Bentley, Ayo P. Doumatey, Guanjie Chen, Hanxia Huang, Jie Zhou, Daniel Shriner, CongQing Jiang, Zhenjian Zhang, Guozheng Liu, Olufemi Fasanmade, Thomas Johnson, Johnnie Oli, Godfrey Okafor, Benjamin A. Eghan, Kofi Agyenim-Boateng, Jokotade Adeleye, Williams Balogun, Clement Adebamowo, Albert Amoah, Joseph Acheampong, Adebowale Adeyemo, Charles N. Rotimi

“…We investigated the HDLc-eGFR association in nondiabetic Han Chinese (HC, n=1100), West Africans (WA, n=1497), and African Americans (AA, n=1539). There were significant differences by ancestry: HDLc was positively associated with eGFR in HC (β=0.13, P<0.0001), but negatively associated among African ancestry populations (WA: −0.19, P<0.0001; AA: −0.09, P=0.02). …”
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Sickle Cell Trait Causing Splanchnic Venous Thrombosis by Priyanka Saxena, Pratibha Dhiman, Chhagan Bihari, Archana Rastogi

“…Although twofold increased risk of venous thrombosis has been described in African Americans, there is no data available from Indian population. …”
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Trends, gender, and racial disparities in patients with mortality due to paroxysmal tachycardia: A nationwide analysis from 1999-2020. by Aman Goyal, Humza Saeed, Saif Yamin, Abdullah, Wania Sultan, Muhammad Khubaib Arshad, Samia Aziz Sulaiman, Mah I Kan Changez, Gauranga Mahalwar

“…However, disparities remain, with higher AAMRs among men, NH Black or African Americans, and residents of non-metropolitan areas. …”
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‘ In Comes the New Black’: The Ghetto-Rural Black versus Blacksurbian Identities by Nkululeko Motha

“…This research contends that the inequalities of the urban space have created two groups of Black people: The Ghetto-Rural Black and the Blacksurbian especially in South African and American (for African Americans) urban space. This has created a hierarchy amongst Black people which has not been mitigated because of popular culture and how it influences the consciousness of Black people on race matters. …”
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The Association of a Genetic Variant in SCAF8-CNKSR3 with Diabetic Kidney Disease and Diabetic Retinopathy in a Chinese Population by Li Jin, Tao Wang, Song Jiang, Miao Chen, Rong Zhang, Cheng Hu, Weiping Jia, Zhihong Liu

“…Genome-wide association studies found rs955333 located in 6q25.2 was associated with diabetic kidney disease in multiple ethnic populations, including European Americans, African Americans, and Mexican Americans. We aimed to investigate the association between the variant rs955333 in SCAF8-CNKSR3 and DKD susceptibility in Chinese type 2 diabetes patients. …”
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Ben Fletcher et les IWW sur les quais de Philadelphie. Un modèle de syndicalisme interracial au début du 20e siècle by Peter Cole

“…Now forgotten, Ben Fletcher ranks among the most important African Americans unionists and revolutionaries in U.S. history. …”
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Acute Kidney Injury in a Case Series of Patients with Confirmed COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019): Role of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 and Renin-Angiotensin System Blockade by Avantika Chenna, Venu Madhav Konala, Subhasish Bose, Sasmit Roy, Bhaskar Reddy Madhira, Vijay Gayam, Srikanth Naramala, Sreedhar Adapa

“…We present the case series of four patients (2 men and 2 women; 1 Caucasian and 3 African Americans; two survived and two died) with confirmed COVID-19, presenting with respiratory symptoms and acute kidney injury, who have been on angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers. …”
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Superstar of the Sloan Minority Ph.D. Program by Ted Greenwood

“…This program emerged from a recognition that African Americans, Hispanic Americans and American Indians were very underrepresented at all levels and in all aspects of SEM disciplines and that, although undergraduate education had received and continued to received much attention by universities, private funders and government agencies, there was still relatively little attention being paid to the graduate and especially the Ph.D. level. …”
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Pancreatic Function, Type 2 Diabetes, and Metabolism in Aging by Zhenwei Gong, Radhika H. Muzumdar

“…In certain ethnic groups, the proportion is even higher; almost 1 in 3 older Hispanics and African Americans and 3 out of 4 Pima Indian elders have diabetes. …”
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Global Patterns of Prostate Cancer Incidence, Aggressiveness, and Mortality in Men of African Descent by Timothy R. Rebbeck, Susan S. Devesa, Bao-Li Chang, Clareann H. Bunker, Iona Cheng, Kathleen Cooney, Rosalind Eeles, Pedro Fernandez, Veda N. Giri, Serigne M. Gueye, Christopher A. Haiman, Brian E. Henderson, Chris F. Heyns, Jennifer J. Hu, Sue Ann Ingles, William Isaacs, Mohamed Jalloh, Esther M. John, Adam S. Kibel, LaCreis R. Kidd, Penelope Layne, Robin J. Leach, Christine Neslund-Dudas, Michael N. Okobia, Elaine A. Ostrander, Jong Y. Park, Alan L. Patrick, Catherine M. Phelan, Camille Ragin, Robin A. Roberts, Benjamin A. Rybicki, Janet L. Stanford, Sara Strom, Ian M. Thompson, John Witte, Jianfeng Xu, Edward Yeboah, Ann W. Hsing, Charnita M. Zeigler-Johnson

“…The estimated number of CaP deaths in SSA during 2008 was more than five times that among African Americans and is expected to double in Africa by 2030. …”
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Change in the Prevalence of Testing for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in the United States: 1999–2012 by Nicholas T. Vozoris, Jane Batt

“…There were also nonsignificant trends towards less self-reported LTBI testing in 2011-2012 versus 1999-2000 among household contacts of active TB cases, foreign-born individuals, and African Americans. Conclusions. Despite the introduction of IGRA, LTBI testing occurs less frequently in the US among vulnerable groups. …”
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Colonic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: A Population-Based Analysis of Incidence and Survival by Zhiqiang Liu, Yan Sun, Yongfeng Li, Jingyuan Zhao, Shihong Wu, Zibo Meng, Heshui Wu

“…Most cases were Caucasians (70.28%), and African Americans accounted for 19.68%. Age of diagnosis ranged from 21 to 93 years with a median (mean) age of 67.5 (65.56). …”
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Correlates of Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults with Diabetes by LaRita C. Jones, Olivio J. Clay, Fernando Ovalle, Andrea Cherrington, Michael Crowe

“…In bivariate analyses, African Americans, individuals with specific health issues (neuropathy, stroke, respiratory issues, arthritis, and cardiac issues), and those with higher levels of diabetes distress reported more depressive symptoms. …”
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