New Zealand policy experts’ appraisal of interventions to reduce smoking in young adults: a qualitative investigation by Janet Hoek, Heather Gifford, Jude Ball, El Shadan Tautolo

“…Participants highlighted some political barriers and noted concerns that some interventions might widen ethnic disparities. Exceptions were social marketing campaigns and extending smoke-free regulations to include outdoor areas of cafes and bars, which participants saw as politically feasible and likely to be effective.Conclusions Our findings suggest the merit of an approach that combines social marketing with regulation that makes accessing and using tobacco less convenient for young adults; however, political barriers may limit the regulatory options available in the short term. …”
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NEGATION, INCLUDING, GRADUAL OBLIVION: STATE STRATEGIES ON SOVIET HERITAGE IN GEORGIA, ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN by A. A. Tokarev

“…The article postulates clear differences between the study of postcolonialism and the post-Soviet space, and therefore the author presents his own operationalization of the "imperial heritage" study.The countries of the South Caucasus are compared based on the following criteria: a number of ethnic Russians as the main constituent of the Soviet people living in the country; a status of the Russian language; national symbols (statutes, architecture, Soviet state symbols, the hierarchy of military ranks), and political practices (functioning of the party systems, type of sovereignty, degree of freedom of speech and political competition).StudyingAzerbaijan,ArmeniaandGeorgiadifferently coming out of theUSSRand using the disintegration of theUSSRto construct their national narratives in accordance with their own ideas about the ways of development, the author finds a repetition of the Soviet system elements.Each of the states demonstrates a unique combination of “post-Soviet Soviet” phenomena. …”
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Relationship between CYP2C19 Polymorphism and Clopidogrel Resistance in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease and Ischemic Stroke in China by Rong Chang, Wenqin Zhou, Yi Ye, Xiaofei Zhang, Yanmin Liu, Jinchun Wu

“…The polymorphisms of CYP2C19 have been implicated in CR, but CYP2C19 polymorphism considerably varies with both ethnic group and geographical location. This study aimed to investigate the association between CYP2C19 polymorphisms and clopidogrel resistance (CR) in patients with coronary heart disease and ischemic stroke among Han and Tibetan populations in Qinghai Province, China. …”
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Latvia and Estonia's View to the Separation of Klaipėda from Lithuania in 1939 by Zenonas Butkus, Magnus llmjärv

“…That action was determined by the Estonian military and diplomatic office's belief that peace and stability could be preserved in Europe by satisfying Germany's ethnically-based territorial requirements. Estonian leaders also assumed that the most dangerous enemy of Estonia was the USSR, which could also be resisted with the help of Germany. …”
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CIVILIZATIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS OF NATIONAL SELF-IDENTIFICATION IN UKRAINE: PHILOSOPHICAL-ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACH by M. I. Boichenko, O. V. Yakovleva, V. V. Liakh

“…National self-identification is a result of the choice of the person’s self-identification: still the person takes into account the history of the nation, the ethnic diversity of the nation, its cultural and civilizational characteristics. …”
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Przestrzenio-czas i czaso-kultura. Uwagi o komplementarności przestrzeni, kultury, czasu i krajobrazu by Jacek L. Łapiński

“…A cultural landscape is a manifestation of collective national remembrance which was inherited through generations, society, and ethnic groups. A cultural landscape evolves within the changes of remembrance, however remains strangely stable. …”
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The Impact of ‘Migration Potential’ on the Economic and Demographic Development of Donor and Recipient Countries by V. Yu. Ledeneva, A. Kh. Rakhmonov

“…Prevailing perspectives have largely been confined to examining the migration potential of specific socio-demographic groups within defined territories, often characterized by distinct ethnic features. This research illuminates the dual aspect of external migrant potential. …”
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Building a new life in Australia: an analysis of the first wave of the longitudinal study of humanitarian migrants in Australia to assess the association between social integration... by Wen Chen, Li Ling, Andre M N Renzaho

“…That is, factors associated with better health included less financial hardship (economic integration dimension), better English proficiency and self-sufficiency (acculturation dimension), having the capacity to communicate with locals, having friends from different ethnic/religious groups and attending a place of worship weekly or more often (social capital dimension) and feeling welcomed and having a strong sense of belonging in Australia (self-identity dimension).Conclusions Using a more comprehensive framework of social integration, we found that greater social integration was associated with better physical and mental health outcomes among HMs. …”
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We Are on the Verge of Breakthrough Cures for Type 1 Diabetes, but Who Are the 2 Million Americans Who Have It? by Rebecca Smith, Samara Eisenberg, Aaron Turner-Phifer, Jacqueline LeGrand, Sarah Pincus, Yousra Omer, Fei Wang, Bruce Pyenson

“…**Discussion:** Our results showed important differences in T1DM prevalence and incidence across regions, payers, and ethnic groups. This suggests studies based on more geographically concentrated data may miss important variation in prevalence and incidence across regions. …”
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INTERACTIVE WEB 2.0 TOOLS IN CONTENT AND LANGUAGE INTEGRATED LEARNING by Rinata R. Zaripova, Leila L. Salekhova, Andrew V. Danilov

“…Researchers develop various models of bilingual education that have their own specifics related to the historic, linguistic, social, ethnic, economic situation. During the past 20 years the Content and Language Integrated Learning, or CLIL, is becoming increasingly widespread as a bilingual educational approach around European Union. …”
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Validation of the Maslach burnout inventory-general survey 9-item short version (MBI-GS9) among care aides in Canadian nursing homes by Anni Wang, Yinfei Duan, Seyedehtanaz Saeidzadeh, Peter G. Norton, Carole A. Estabrooks

“…When comparing across different languages or racial or ethnic groups among care aides, it is important to consider inequivalent latent values on Exhaustion before comparing scores on the measure.…”
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Muslim Bank as a Historical Category: Creating Credit Institutions for Muslims In the First Half of the 20 ^th Century by R. I. Bekkin

“…In the context of competition in the capital markets between Western banks and credit institutions belonging to different religious and ethnic groups, as well as competition of the latter with each other, Muslim banks acted as an instrument for ensuring the economic independence of Muslim communities in a number of countries and regions in the period under review. …”
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Occurrences and characteristics of forced marriages among girls married before the age of 16 in a Northern Nigerian State by Felix O. Sanni, Olumide F. Ajani, Elizabeth A. Sanni, Zachary T. Gwa, Michael O. Dada, Yemisi B. Alabi, Donald C. Udah, Jubril A. Kareem

“…Conclusion: Efforts directed toward reducing the prevalence of girl-child marriage in Nigeria should focus on tackling entrenched cultural norms that differ among ethnic groups and religious beliefs. The public health implications encompass gender-based violence, abuse, and the breakdown of marriages.…”
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Significance of immune factors in Crohn's disease development by D. S. Stavtsev, T. A. Astrelina, O. V. Knyazev, T. V. Pukhlikova

“…Presented ambiguous results are caused, first of all, by ethnic differences and different frequency of some alleles in different populations. …”
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A qualitative investigation of the influences of gender among low-socioeconomic status students’ motivations to study biology by Svetlana Masjutina, Elizabeth Stearns

“…As one of the foundational STEM disciplines, biology represents an interesting case study in that women earn the most undergraduate degrees, a trend that holds across racial/ethnic groups. However, there is a limited understanding about the backgrounds, personality characteristics, and preferences of undergraduates who choose to pursue a biology major, especially those from LSES backgrounds and whether there are gender differences among those students. …”
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The Impact of Abatwa Settlement Patterns on their Social Economic Development: A Case Study of Kisoro Municipality. by Ahishakiye, Vincent

“…Different institutions such as NGOs, churches and individual Batwa organizations (UOBDU) have tried to solve the challenge of the landlessness Batwa face but there are still more needed to implement and protect their land rights as other ethnic groups in Uganda. The study recommended that there is need for mass sensitization throughout Batwa communities and for men to accept that a woman getting into higher positions of leadership is not a cultural degradation but rather an opportunity for all Batwa strong people who can advocate for their rights rather than outsiders fighting for them. …”
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The Impact of Batwa Settlement Patterns on their Social Economic Development: A Case Study of Kisoro Municipality by Aiijshakiye, Vincent

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Higher oxidative balance score is associated with a decreased risk of infertility: an analysis of NHANES 2013–2020 by Mingjun Ma, Huanying Xu, Huanying Xu, Kexin Wang, Yanfen Chen, Ting Pan, Qiaoling Zhu, Qiaoling Zhu

“…Furthermore, subgroup analysis indicated that the association between the fourth quartile of OBS and infertility remained consistent, except among women with other ethnicities—including multi-racial, and college graduate or higher.ConclusionThese findings suggest that high dietary OBS and lifestyle OBS are associated with a lower risk of infertility.…”
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Functional Genetic Variant in ATG5 Gene Promoter in Acute Myocardial Infarction by Yexin Zhang, Xiaohui He, Jiarui Li, Wentao Yang, Yinghua Cui, Shuchao Pang, Haihua Wang, Bo Yan

“…In this study, the promoter of the ATG5 gene was genetically and functionally investigated in large groups of AMI patients (n = 378) and ethnic-matched healthy controls (n = 386). The results showed that a total of 15 genetic variants including 6 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the ATG5 gene promoter were found in this study population. …”
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Exploring genetic associations and drug targets for mitochondrial proteins and schizophrenia risk by Wenxi Sun, Ping Sun, Jin Li, Qun Yang, Qing Tian, Shiting Yuan, Xueying Zhang, Peng Chen, Chuanwei Li, Xiaobin Zhang

“…We used summary data from a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 66 mitochondria-associated proteins in 3,301 individuals from Europe, as well as a GWAS on the large, multi-ethnic ancestry of SCZ, involving 76,755 cases and 243,649 controls. …”
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