African American men have among the highest prostate cancer incidence rates in the world yet rates among their African counterparts are unclear. In this paper, we compared reported rates among black men of Sub-Saharan African descent using data from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the National Cancer Institute Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program for 19...

The story of the Obor Foundation is important for several reasons. Firstly, it covers contribution an up-till-now largely overlooked Western philanthropic enterprise to promote a cohesive national cultural identity Indonesia in wake fall Sukarno. Secondly, was attempt move beyond previous Cold War efforts spread liberal ideas globally, most notably by Congress Cultural Freedom. To overcome crit...

Background
 Subjective Social Status is used as an important predictor for psychological and physiological findings, most commonly measured with the MacArthur Scale (Ladder Test). Previous studies have shown that this test fits better in Western cultures. The idea of a social ladder itself ranking oneself “higher” or “lower” concept accords to thinking.
 Objectives
 We hypothesiz...

This study was intended to identify the localization and westernization of popular Malaysia music in Malaysia. Malaysian may be classified as classical, folk, syncretic (or acculturated), popular, or contemporary art by Mak Inang, Ulek mayang, Menora are examples vocal, dance, dramatic that arose during pre-colonial era. modern both fundamentally Western-influenced with some local components. T...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) occurred on the island of Guam with unusually high incidence rates for many years but began to disappear with the island's westernization after WW II. The authors document these changes and suggest that they support a hypothesis that cultural changes could be responsible for both the virtual disappearance of this chronic degenerative neurologic disease as wel...