A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF DEVELOPING BELIEFS ABOUT HEALTH, ILLNESS AND HEALTHCARE IN MIGRANT AFRICAN WOMEN WITH GESTATIONAL DIABETES LIVING IN SWEDEN

A qualitative study of developing beliefs about health, illness and healthcare in migrant African women with gestational diabetes living in Sweden

Abstract Background Gestational diabetes (GDM) is associated with health risks for both mother and child, and is particularly relevant to migrant women and women of African origin.With today’s extensive global migration, contact with the new society and health system confronts the migrant’s culture of origin with the culture of the host country

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Effect of Varying Levels of Glare on Contrast Sensitivity Measurements of Young Healthy Individuals Under Photopic and Mesopic Vision

Contrast sensitivity (CS), the ability to detect small spatial changes of luminance, is a fundamental aspect of vision.However, while visual acuity is commonly measured in eye clinics, CS is often not assessed.At issue is that tests of CS are not highly standardized in the field and that, in many cases, optotypes used are not sensitive enough to me

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Network analysis of oyster transcriptome revealed a cascade of cellular responses during recovery after heat shock.

Oysters, as a major group of marine bivalves, can tolerate a Gaiters wide range of natural and anthropogenic stressors including heat stress.Recent studies have shown that oysters pretreated with heat shock can result in induced heat tolerance.A systematic study of cellular recovery from heat shock may provide insights into the mechanism of acquire

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Innovation from a Memetic and Evolutionary Perspective

Innovation happens all around the Universe and is a fundamental mechanism of evolution.Living creatures cannot but exist and develop through innovation.Innovation floorcare happens through mutations that make sense in retrospect only.Natural selection makes certain mutations as beneficial and other as something that was already forgotten.As much as

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