Asian American Studies

All Change!: Romani Studies Through Romani Eyes
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The West and South are growing more quickly than the Northeast and Midwest. Polynesia consists of several groups of islands forming a triangle including Hawaii, the Easter Islands, and New Zealand. In my first years as a teacher, I discovered children's books that gave a true portrayal of the Mexican American culture, as well as books that revealed the diversity among Americans of Latino ancestry (Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and others). Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 1995, 87:104-109. 7.
Unmade in China: The Hidden Truth about China's Economic
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Program in Computing 20A: Principles of Java Language with Applications. Lupus 12(9):704–706 PubMed CrossRef Google Scholar Kimberly RP, Salmon JE, Edberg JC (1995) Receptors for immunoglobulin G. Recent reviews have shown that lower childhood IQ is correlated with increased prevalence of cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, and Alzheimer's disease (Kilgour et al. 2009). Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies: This journal, founded in 2010 and indexed by the MLA, is fully online and accessible to all without a subscription.
Reading in Asian Languages: Making Sense of Written Texts in
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James Loewen, chronicler of lies told in U. S. history textbooks and across the American landscape, believes the study of historical causation is the central skill necessary for the intelligent exercise of citizenship. The welfare rolls have declined more than 50%, child poverty to about 16%. Japanese was the only group with over 50% who spoke English at home. - Chinese – spoken by 2 million people - leads the top 10 languages, other then English and Spanish, spoken most frequently at home in the United States.
Manchus and Han: Ethnic Relations and Political Power in
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Percentage of children under age 18 in families living in poverty, by race/ethnicity and family structure: 2014 NOTE: The measure of child poverty includes all children who are related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption (except a child who is the spouse of the householder). According to Sue (1990) for effective counseling to occur, the counselor and client must be able to "appropriately and accurately send and receive both verbal and nonverbal messages."
Monrayo: Tomorrow's Memories CL (Intersections: Asian and
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Educators may want to consider incorporating cooperative learning, focusing on building strong relationships of trust, and using real life examples to illustrate the importance of classroom material. The transition has largely run its course in countries inhabited by peoples of predominantly European race and heritage, including Europe, the Soviet Union, and the overseas countries of chiefly European background. I’ve been worried about this for some time, but most recently while reading the excellent and important new report on For the Public’s Health: Investing in a Healthier Future from the Institute of Medicine Committee on Public Health Strategies to Improve Health.
To Save China, To Save Ourselves: The Chinese Hand Laundry
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Canadian Journal of Film Studies 22.2 (2013): 19-40 This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Recent studies also suggest association with incidence of sudden death 27,28 and peripheral arterial disease. 29 The strength of the association, however, has been modest in some studies. 24–26 It should be noted that studies of other, newer inflammatory markers such as interleukin-6 and SAA show similar results. 20,30 A notable characteristic of all these studies is their limitation to white North American or European populations, with the exception of Japanese-American men in the Honolulu Heart Study. 14,31 Data are limited for persons of African, South Asian, or Native American descent, who may be at particularly high risk for CVD, and for other racial/ethnic groups.
Psychosocial Aspects of the Asian-American Experience:
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Hinduism is the most common religion practiced in India. The new edition of the almanac highlights a number of historic firsts demonstrating Asian-American electoral success: In 2012, Mazie Hirono of Hawaii became the first Asian American woman, the first Asian immigrant woman and the first Buddhist to be elected to the U. Quantifying the independent effects of SES, ethnicity, hereditary factors, and lifestyle/environmental exposures on breast tumor biology is therefore a formidable challenge.
Passage to Promise Land: Voices of Chinese Immigrant Women
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These include assigning gender based roles to the different members of the family. Birth weight and the metabolic syndrome: thrifty phenotype or thrifty genotype? The condom, considered a prophylactic, may be freely bought and sold, but other devices are forbidden. [For the laws governing abortion in France and other countries, see Fertility control.] Supplementing the pronatalist policy is the encouragement of immigration of a type that is considered compatible with both manpower and demographic needs.
Body Evidence: Intimate Violence against South Asian Women
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Mexican-American households (30.8 percent) had the highest percentage of households consisting of five or more members. Moreover, scientists continue to discover new BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations and have not yet identified all potentially harmful ones. The Center hosts an Asian Studies major program, which offers a variety of courses taught by a core faculty with recognized expertise in Asia. in addition to supporting the research activities of its faculty, the Center sponsors Asia-related events on campus.
East-West Montage: Reflections on Asian Bodies in Diaspora
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These projections are largely based on the expected changes in the demographics of the population and do not account for potential increases in risk factor levels. 4,14 However, with urbanization and changing lifestyles the number of people with diabetes, obesity, dyslipidemia, or high blood pressure may increase, suggesting that the increases in CVD based purely on demographic shifts are likely underestimates. Following the personal stories of four indigenous island leaders, this provocative film explores the history of American colonization in the Pacific.