This research examines the relationship between British accents and their stereotypes. It looks specifically at the ratings of British and American subjects for a variety of British regional and standard accents, and examines them in contrast with observed stereotypes about these accents. The purpose of this paper is to compare the reactions of British and American participants in order to unde...

Surveillance of the tumor mutanome by T cells during progression from primary to 1 recurrent ovarian cancer 2 3 Authors 4 5 Darin A. Wick, 6 John R. Webb, 7 Julie S. Nielsen, 8 Spencer D. Martin, 9 David R. Kroeger, 10 Katy Milne, 11 Mauro Castellarin, 12 Kwame Twumasi-Boateng, 13 Peter H. Watson, 14 Rob A. Holt, 15 Brad H. Nelson, 16 17 Trev and Joyce Deeley Research Centre, British Columbia C...

this study attempts to explore the development and evolution of mackinder's geopolitical thinking in global politics of british empire and its influence thereafter. this research paper examines the characteristics of geopolitical perspective of britain, through halford mackinder's heartland theory during the three periods of the early twentieth century to the present time. in this reg...

Michelle W. Voss, Lindsay S. Nagamatsu, Teresa Liu-Ambrose, and Arthur F. Kramer The Beckman Institute and Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana; Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois; The Brain Research Centre and the Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Colu...

BACKGROUND Previous studies suggest that British children of South Asian origin are less active and more sedentary than White British children. However, little is known about the behaviours underlying low activity levels, nor the familial contexts of active and sedentary behaviours in these groups. Our aim was to test hypotheses about differences between British Pakistani and White British girl...

BACKGROUND Severe depression can increase the risk of psychiatric hospitalization, as well as inpatient and outpatient care; it may also lead to long-term absenteeism from work. However, the cost-effectiveness of antidepressant therapy for severe depression has been little studied. OBJECTIVE The aim of this work was to investigate the cost-effectiveness of escitalopram compared with citalopra...

background: breast and testicular cancers affect a substantial and increasing proportion of the global population. self-examination encourages early detection and treatment of these cancers, which positively impacts on patient quality of life and survival. methods: the present study investigated the role of body esteem in breast and testicular self-examination. men ( n = 60) and women ( n = 90)...

Closed traumatic rupture of the biceps brachii has not been reported occurring to a British military parachutist. This paper describes such an injury to a British military parachutist using United States (US) Army equipment and procedures. The discussion highlights differences between British Army and US Army equipment and procedures which make the chances of this injury occurring to a British ...

BACKGROUND School recess provides an important opportunity for children to engage in physical activity. Previous studies indicate that children and adults of South Asian origin are less active than other ethnic groups in the United Kingdom, but have not investigated whether activity differs within the shared school environment. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that British Pakis...

The White Author’s Burden: Justifications of Empire in the Fiction of British India identifies a transformation in Anglo-Indian literature by exploring various fictional works (including novels, short stories, and poems) written by British authors between 1800 and 1924. Before 1857 (the year of the widespread Indian Rebellions that challenged British rule), Anglo-Indian literature focused exclu...