Ki-67 expression in diffuse proliferative lupus nephritis, WHO Class IV, was compared against normal controls to establish that cellular proliferation is involved in the production of glomerular hypercellularity. Twenty-three histologically confirmed WHO Class IV lupus nephritis and 23 normal control renal tissue were immunohistochemically stained with a polyclonal antibody to Ki-67 (Dako) usin...

A population based case-control study was performed to determine factors associated with malaria infection among the migrant population, foreign nationals aged 15 years or over. Data were obtained from 217 malaria and 217 non-malaria patients attending the Vector-Borne Disease Control Units 6-9 (Thong Pha Phum and Sangkhla Buri districts) in Kanchanaburi Province and at the Vector-Borne Disease...

BACKGROUND Data on blood donor status obtained from general surveys and health interview surveys have been widely used. However, the integrity of data on self-reported blood donor status from surveys may be threatened by sampling and non-sampling error. Our study aimed to compare self-reported blood donors (including one-time as well as regular donors) from the Swiss Health Survey 2012 (SHS) wi...

Okinawans, who have a different ethnicity and food cultural history to other Japanese nationals, and an exceptional longevity have been studied at home and as migrant groups in Hawaii and Brazil. Biomarkers for fish and soy intake and intervention studies indicate that these foods, along with seaweed and green vegetables are candidates for chronic non-communicable disease prevention.

Covid-19 has an impact on various areas of life in all walks life. This condition also students, especially their education. study aimed to analyze the effect problems, stress levels, and social support coping strategies international students Indonesia during pandemic. used a cross-sectional design with quantitative approach—data were collected for two months, June-July 2020. The sample this w...

Abstract While immigration has played a major role in public debate the UK over past twenty years, citizenship and naturalisation have received much less attention. Polling data suggested that is broadly supportive of idea giving long-term migrants opportunity to become citizens (British Future, 2020). The Home Office, its 2019 Indicators Integration Framework, described as an “important bedroc...

Foreign national prisoners have less educational opportunities than prisoners. Therefore, the Dutch foundation ‘Education behind Bars’ (Eabt) provides distance education to nationals detained abroad. A mixed-methods case study is carried out gain insight into perspective of professionals and volunteers who are involved with Eabt students taking a course from Eabt. This consists individual inter...

Plurilingual elicitations in Italian for foreigners’ classrooms Malta
 Through elicitation teachers involve learners the process of discovering language and they use various means order to do so: these include verbal cues (paraphrasing, questioning etc.) non-verbal ones (pictures, gestures etc.). In this paper I refer data collected classroom Malta, a small-scale study based on twelve less...

The article focuses on the analytical and comparative aspect of legal regulation international relations in Republic Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine. Law Ukraine applied to employment complicated by a foreign element is authentic. This authenticity means that first, each states has its own source these private law with different titles and/or type acts (the Labour "On Private International Law"). Se...