نتایج جستجو برای: ethnicity linguisticcultural characteristics

تعداد نتایج: 684132  

2010

Product recommendation agents (PRAs) are deployed extensively in e-commerce to give consumers advice on products. Although the design of PRAs has received much attention in the IS literature, the focus has been on the PRA’s functional and utilitarian characteristics, thus potentially ignoring social demographics, such as ethnicity and gender, in their design. In this study, we conducted a funct...

2013
Wei Sun Ming Wu Peng Qu Chunming Lu Lie Wang

BACKGROUND Improvement of quality of life has been one of goals in health care for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). In China, the epidemic characteristics have changed and transmission is now most commonly sexual contact. However, the assessment of quality of life of PLWHA under new characteristics has limited reporting. This study was designed to assess the quality of life among PLWHA who ...

Journal: :Stroke 2000
G Saposnik

To the Editor: I read with interest the editorial of Drs Fustinoni and Biller on ethnicity and stroke.1 The authors give several examples to demonstrate the dark side of “ethnicity” as an epidemiological variable. I agree that ethnicity is a complex, inherently heterogeneous concept influenced by different cultural and socioeconomic factors.2 The authors make the point that ethnicity is neither...

2000
O. Fustinoni J. Biller

To the Editor: I read with interest the editorial of Drs Fustinoni and Biller on ethnicity and stroke.1 The authors give several examples to demonstrate the dark side of “ethnicity” as an epidemiological variable. I agree that ethnicity is a complex, inherently heterogeneous concept influenced by different cultural and socioeconomic factors.2 The authors make the point that ethnicity is neither...

Abdolrahim Asadollahi, Alihosein Hoseinzadeh, Laleh Fani Saberi, Nobaya Ahmad,

Introduction: Iran and its aged society are facing some issues that significantly impact the current social structures in Iran. It will continue to do so on their growing as elderly with negative impacts on communal relations and unjust distribution of resources based on a gender basis that will affect the aging in place (AiP). The study aims to investigate the AiP within aged people and modify...

2010
Ana H. Traylor Usha Subramanian Connie S. Uratsu Carol M. Mangione Joe V. Selby Julie A. Schmittdiel

OBJECTIVE Patient-physician race/ethnicity concordance can improve care for minority patients. However, its effect on cardiovascular disease (CVD) care and prevention is unknown. We examined associations of patient race/ethnicity and patient-physician race/ethnicity concordance on CVD risk factor levels and appropriate modification of treatment in response to high risk factor values (treatment ...

Journal: :National health statistics reports 2012
Lisa B Mirel Gloria Wheatcroft Jennifer D Parker Diane M Makuc

BACKGROUND National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) records have been linked to health care use and expenditure information from Medicare records. Claims data are generally available only for traditional fee-for-service (FFS) enrollees and not for Medicare Advantage enrollees. Differences in health characteristics between Medicare Advantage and traditional FFS enrollees could a...

Journal: :Pediatrics 2014
Mary Beth F Son Victor M Johnson Aimee O Hersh Mindy S Lo Karen H Costenbader

OBJECTIVE Disparities in outcomes among adults with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have been documented. We investigated associations between sociodemographic factors and volume of annual inpatient hospital admissions with hospitalization characteristics and poor outcomes among patients with childhood-onset SLE. METHODS By using the Pediatric Health Information System, we analyzed admissi...

2011
Jeffrey E Korte Carmen L Rosa Paul G Wakim Harold I Perl

INTRODUCTION Historically, racial and ethnic minority populations have been underrepresented in clinical research, and the recruitment and retention of women and ethnic minorities in clinical trials has been a significant challenge for investigators. The National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN) conducts clinical trials in real-life settings and regularly monitors a number of ...

Journal: :گوارش 0
elham jafari vahid sebghatollahi shadi kolahdoozan elham elahi akram pourshams

background abo blood groups are associated with some important chronic diseases. obesity as a major risk factor of chronic non-communicable diseases is rising rapidly in iran as well as in developing countries. understanding the risks for obesity is important for its control. this study seeks to determine if there is any association between abo blood groups and body mass index (bmi). materials ...

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