Impact of Serum Nutritional Status on Physical Function in African American and Caucasian Stroke Survivors by Monica C. Serra, Charlene E. Hafer-Macko, Frederick M. Ivey, Richard F. Macko, Alice S. Ryan

“…Fasting serum samples were collected for analysis of lipids, uric acid, and albumin in 145 African American (AA) and 111 Caucasian (C) stroke survivors (age: 60 ± 1 years [mean ± SEM]). …”
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Evaluation of the Back-in-Action test Battery In Uninjured High School American Football Players by Marcel Rohde, Alina Ruhlemann, Andre Busch, Ulrich Grunwald, Marcus Jaeger, Constantin Mayer

“…Unfortunately, pre-injury performance is often unknown, and only few athletes pass the high demands of these test batteries. # Purpose The aim of the study was to determine the performance of under 18 American football players on the BIA to establish pre-injury sport specific benchmarks for future RTS testing and to compare these values to data from an age-matched reference group…”
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Ocular Rosacea Causing Corneal Melt in an African American Patient and a Hispanic Patient by Joanna S. Saade, Bachir Abiad, Jonathan Jan, Dana Saadeh, James P. McCulley, Jeremy Bartley

“…Purpose. To discuss two rare presentations of ocular rosacea in a Hispanic patient and an African American patient with unusual ocular manifestations. …”
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Central American Free Trade Agreement-Dominican Republic (CAFTA-DR): What's in It for Florida Agriculture? by Edward A. Evans

“… The purpose of this article is to summarize the main elements of the Central American Free Trade Agreement-Dominican Republic (CAFTA-DR), and to take a closer look at the Agreement to see what is in it for Florida producers.  …”
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Central American Free Trade Agreement-Dominican Republic (CAFTA-DR): What's in It for Florida Agriculture? by Edward A. Evans

“… The purpose of this article is to summarize the main elements of the Central American Free Trade Agreement-Dominican Republic (CAFTA-DR), and to take a closer look at the Agreement to see what is in it for Florida producers.  …”
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Fractional tackles: leveraging player tracking data for within-play tackling evaluation in American football by Quang Nguyen, Ruitong Jiang, Meg Ellingwood, Ronald Yurko

“…Abstract Tackling is a fundamental defensive move in American football, with the main purpose of stopping the forward motion of the ball-carrier. …”
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Health information ties: preliminary findings on the health information seeking behaviour of an African-American community by Ophelia T. Morey

“…<br><b>Introduction.</b> The purpose of this study is to explore the health information seeking behaviour of African-Americans using Granovetter's strength of weak ties as the theoretical framework. …”
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PHILOSOPHICAL IDEAS IN SPIRITUAL CULTURE OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF NORTH AMERICA by S. V. Rudenko, Y. A. Sobolievskyi

“…The purpose of the article is to reveal philosophical ideas in the mythology and folklore of the indigenous peoples of North America. …”
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Self-Rated Health Trajectories among Married Americans: Do Disparities Persist over 20 Years? by Terceira A. Berdahl, Julia McQuillan

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Robert Duncan’s Big Poetry: Re-visioning the Common by Miriam Nichols

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Non-Operative Rehabilitation Principles for Use in Individuals with Acetabular Dysplasia: A North American Based Delphi Study by Ashley E. Disantis, RobRoy L. Martin, Keelan Enseki, Victoria Spaid, Michael McClincy

“… # Conclusion This North American based Delphi study presents expert-based consensus on non-operative rehabilitation principles for use in individuals with AD. …”
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Rehabilitation Guidelines for Use Following a Periacetabular Osteotomy (PAO): A North American Based Delphi Consensus by Ashley E. Disantis, Ethan Ruh, RobRoy Martin, Keelan Enseki, Michael McClincy

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Health Indicators of US Older Adults Who Received or Did Not Receive Meals Funded by the Older Americans Act by Edgar R. Vieira, Joan A. Vaccaro, Gustavo G. Zarini, Fatma G. Huffman

“…Background. The Older Americans Act (OAA) requires that nutrition programs provide meals and related nutrition services that promote health and help manage chronic diseases. …”
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En Balance: The Contribution of Physical Activity to the Efficacy of Spanish Diabetes Education of Hispanic Americans with Type 2 Diabetes by Dequina A. Nicholas, Lorena M. Salto, Kristen Lavelle, Joy Wilson, W. Lawrence Beeson, Anthony Firek, William H. R. Langridge, Zaida Cordero-MacIntyre, Marino De Leon

“…However, the individual contributions of these education factors are unclear. The purpose of this study is to assess the contribution of physical activity to the success of En Balance in improving the health of Mexican Americans with type 2 diabetes. …”
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Community Engaged Lifestyle Modification Research: Engaging Diabetic and Prediabetic African American Women in Community-Based Interventions by Starla Hairston Blanks, Henrie Treadwell, Anya Bazzell, Whitney Graves, Olivia Osaji, Juanita Dean, James T. McLawhorn, Jareese Lee Stroud

“…Purpose. The I Am Woman (IAW) Program is a community-based, culturally responsive, and gender-specific nutrition, obesity, and diabetes educational prevention program designed for African American women (AAW). …”
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Identity, Familia, and Belonging by Alicia Long, Denice Adkins

“…Some of them are also members of and participate actively in the National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking (REFORMA). The purpose of this case study is to understand how librarians of Latin American heritage (LLAH) experience a sense of belonging within librarianship based on their dual identity as REFORMA and ALA members. …”
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Hip Adduction and Abduction Strength Profiles Among Bantam, High School, Juniors, and Collegiate American Ice Hockey Players by Morgan L. Olson, Gary Schindler

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Fever and infections in surgical intensive care: an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care Committee clinical consensus document by Deborah M Stein, Hee Soo Jung, Lisa M Kodadek, Bryce Robinson, Aussama Khalaf Nassar, Joseph Cuschieri, Michael Steven Farrell, Abhijit Pathak, Samuel Mandell, Jasmeet Paul, Rachel D Appelbaum, Eden Nohra, Thomas Carver, Jordan Michael Kirsch

“…The evidence is growing for shortening the duration of antibiotic treatment of common infections. The purpose of this clinical consensus document, created by the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care Committee, is to synthesize the available evidence, and to provide practical recommendations. …”
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Using Facebook Ads to promote blood pressure checks among African Americans in the United States: A descriptive study by Katherine J POLAK, Jessica LC SAPP, Jennifer L SEDILLO

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of Facebook ads and posts for an online health campaign to promote blood pressure checks among African Americans in the United States. …”
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Diversity in mitotic DNA repair efficiencies between commercial inbred maize lines and native Central American purple landraces by Carlos Víquez-Zamora, Sergio Castro-Pacheco, María Viñas, Pablo Bolaños-Villegas

“…In this project, we determined the relative DNA repair efficiency of the US inbred lines B73 and Mo17 and Central American purple landraces from Guatemala and Costa Rica with the purpose to uncover genetic differences that may allow for the breeding of new lines better adapted to tolerate DNA damage caused by environmental factors. …”
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