Controlling the Boundaries of Morality: The History and Powers of Ayelala Deity by Oluwafunminiyi Raheem, Mike Famiyesin

“…Though Ayelala worship is pervasive among the Ilaje, Ikale and Ijaw-Apoi communities of Ondo state, Nigeria, the deity is also linked with other neighboring and distant communities which highlight the unifying tendencies of a common religion and deity belief among different sub-ethnic groups. …”
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Interethnic relations between Belarusians and Poles under the conditions of the new state identity development in 1921–1939 by N.A. Markelov

“…The subject of the analysis is the specific character of the state identity development under the conditions of the frontier region and its influence on the coresidence of the two main ethnic groups representing different cultural\civilizational areas (“the Russian World” – Belarusians and “the West” – Poles). …”
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Genetic Variations of Cytokines and Cytokine Receptors in Psoriasis Patients from China by Xiao-Lan Li, Chun-Feng Wu, Gui-Sheng Wu

“…We genotyped seven single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in candidate genes of six ILs: IL4, IL10, IL12B, IL13, IL15, and IL23R, which have been shown in the literature to be associated with psoriasis in other ethnic groups. Among the seven SNPs in the six IL genes studied, only the rs3212227 in the IL12B gene was found to be associated with psoriasis at genotypic level in the studied population. …”
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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

“…Little attention has been given to differences in obesity risk factors by racial/ethnic groups. Using data from the 2011-2012 California Health Interview Survey, we examined differences in risk factors for obesity among Whites, Latinos, Asians, and African Americans among 42,935 adults (24.8% obese). …”
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Variants in the 3′ End of SLC6A3 in Northwest Han Population with Parkinson’s by Peiye Chang, Yongwang Fu, Ping Zhao, Chunmei Wang, Mingfang Jiang, Rui Li, Yulin He

“…However, the role of 3′ end of SLC6A3 in PD is less studied in different ethnic groups. To explore the roles of 3′ end of SLC6A3 in PD development, 17 SNP sites in 3′ end of SLC6A3 were analyzed in 360 PD patients and 392 normal controls of Han population residing in northwest of China. …”
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Outdoor activity time and depression risk among adults aged 40 years and older: a cross-sectional analysis of NHANES 2011–2018 data by Kai Liu, Cheng Guo, Juan Xie, Liming Cheng

“…Outdoor activities have shown potential mental health benefits, but the specific mechanisms and influencing factors remain unclear.ObjectivesThis study aimed to investigate the association between time spent outdoors and depression risk among U.S. adults, with a focus on variations across age and ethnic groups.MethodsUsing data from the NHANES 2011–2018 survey, we analyzed 9,036 adults aged 20 years and older. …”
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Investigating academic resilience in learning English: an ecological context of undergraduate students by Faiza Liaqat, Muhammad Islam, Muhammad Umer Azim, Ahmad Sohail Lodhi

“…In addition, the findings also suggest that Baloch students exhibited lower scores across multiple dimensions of AR and social support as compared to all other ethnic groups, including Pashtun, Punjabis, Sindhi, and Saraiki. …”
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A Critical Review of the Book Iran in Five Narratives: About National Identity, Linguistic Diversity, Mother Tongue and the Issue of Turkish Language in Iran by Naser Sedghi

“…Criticizing the reductionist nationalist discourse, he considers Iranianness and national identity as a category beyond the single element of being Aryan and Persian. he believes that all Iranian ethnic groups and languages ​​such as Turkish, Arabic, Kurdish, Baluchi, and Turkmen should be considered Iranian and based on that, the concept of Iran and national dignity should be redefined. …”
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Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha Gene Promoter Region Polymorphism and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease by Gul Zareen Asifa, Afrose Liaquat, Iram Murtaza, Syed Ali Raza Kazmi, Qamar Javed

“…Controversy exists regarding the link between the cytokine’s variant genotype and CHD among different ethnic groups. There have been fewer studies on the TNF-α gene −1031T>C and −863C>A polymorphisms in relation to CHD. …”
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Primary Care Health Checks at Assessing Cardiovascular Risks among Ethnic Minorities in the UK: A Systematic Review by Aleesha Karia, Reza Zamani, Tanimola Martins, Abdal Zafar, Ava Zamani

“…This systematic review investigated the engagement of minority ethnic groups with these services. …”
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Conflits, féminité et identités diasporiques. Le pouvoir de la représentation chez Pratibha Parmar et Gurinder Chadha by Amandine Ducray

“…Ever since they started making films, British Asian female directors Pratibha Parmar and Gurinder Chadha have been aiming to better represent their community and tackle the specific concerns of women from their ethnic groups. Somehow emblematic of the self-representation encouraged by Channel Four in the eighties, such documentaries as Sari Red (Pratibha Parmar, 1988) and I’m British But... …”
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Methylation sites of human papillomavirus 16 as potential biomarkers for cervical cancer progression by Sha Ji, Nannan Ji

“…Methylation patterns exhibited no significant differences between the Han and Uygur ethnic groups but correlated with viral load and age within each group. …”
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Picking interstitial lung disease out of the myositis haystack by Jennifer Hannah, Harsha Gunawardena

“…Anti-MDA5 DM has a distinct cutaneous pulmonary phenotype and is significantly associated with the development of ILD with different patterns seen in different ethnic groups. Other autoantibodies associated with ILD include those targeting nucleolar autoantigens such as anti-PM-SCL, again with characteristic syndromes. …”
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Contribution to the etnography of Serbian-Albanian relations in Šar Mountains Župa Sirinić: A view from the local Serbs' perspective by Pavlović Aleksandar S.

“…The results of research affirmed the complexity of the studied topic, since the inter-ethnic relations in the observed area reflected the character of the relationship between the members of the two ethnic groups inherited from the period before 1999, while, at the same time, they were under the influence of diametrically different positions of Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo and Metohija after the mentioned year, which expressed the position of power of the Albanian side over the Serbian side. …”
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German Policy Towards Muslim Communities by L. R. Sadykova

“…A possible threat of destruction of the German community appeared when the various ethnic groups appeared in the country.…”
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Do School Exclusions and Attainment Outcomes Disproportionately Impact Minority Ethnic Pupils? Analysis of Pupil Characteristics, Segregation, and Outcomes in England by Stephen Gorard, Nadia Siddiqui, Beng Huat See, Yiyang Gao

“…Large-scale administrative datasets show disproportionate figures for attainment outcomes and school exclusions for pupils in some ethnic groups in England. This surface gap in attainment and school exclusion is concerning, and we consider whether ethnicity is really the driver here. …”
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Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension among Chinese First-Generation Migrants and Italians in Prato, Italy: The CHIP Study by Pietro A. Modesti, Maria Calabrese, Ilaria Marzotti, Hushao Bing, Danilo Malandrino, Maria Boddi, Sergio Castellani, Dong Zhao

“…When compared with Italians, Chinese had higher hypertension prevalence (27.2% versus 21.3%, p<0.01), with comparable levels of awareness (57.4% and 48.4%) but lower treatment rates (70.6% and 90.0%, resp.). In both ethnic groups age and parental history of hypertension were predictors of awareness and treatment, body mass index being predictor of hypertension diagnosis. …”
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Population features of prevalence and clinical-diagnostic role of NOD2 gene polymorphisms associated with Crohn’s disease by D. A. Kuznetsova, M. V. Merzlyakov, G. V. Vavin, A. S. Razumov, V. L. Emanue

“…It is established that there are significant differences in prevalence and clinical manifestations of R702W, G908R and 3020insC polymorphisms of NOD2 gene associated to CD in different countries, as well as in different regions of the same country and in representatives of different ethnic groups enhabiting different regions. Some populations are characterized by high prevalence of the above-mentioned polymorphisms in the absence of CD association, the others are characterized by low prevalence while the association to CD is present, in the third the absence of associations to the Crohn's disease risk is combined to integration of polymorphisms to specific features of the course of disease, treatment efficacy and surgery rate. …”
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Clientelism and Ethnicity as Constraints to Party Organization Change: The AKP in Turkey and Change in District Presidencies by Halide Yazgan, Gül Arıkan Akdağ

“…The results highlight the necessity of further research to generalize the validity of the effectiveness of clientelism and ethnic groups on political parties’ organization change on different settings.…”
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Ethnobotanical study of pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Duchesne) landraces in Benin by Vincent Ezin, Ulrich Herbert Gbemenou, Gazali B. T. A. Sanni, Adam Ahanchede

“…Methods One hundred twenty (120) farmers grouped into 06 different ethnic groups (Adja, Bariba, Bialy, Fon, Gourmantché and Zarma) were interviewed. …”
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