TUBERCULOSIS AND FOREIGN-BORN POPULATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES: A MIXED METHODS PILOT STUDY OF MEDIA REPORTING AND POLITICAL IDENTIFICATION.

Tuberculosis and foreign-born populations in the United States: A mixed methods pilot study of media reporting and political identification.

BackgroundMedia reporting on communicable diseases has been demonstrated to affect the perception of the public.Communicable disease reporting related to foreign-born persons has not yet been evaluated.ObjectiveExamine how political leaning in the media affects reporting on tuberculosis (TB) in foreign-born persons.MethodsHealthMap, a digital surve

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Contrasting Effects of Temperature and Precipitation on Vegetation Greenness along Elevation Gradients of the Tibetan Plateau

The Tibetan Plateau (TP) is one of the most sensitive regions to global climate warming, not only at the inter-annual time scale but also at the altitudinal scale.We aim to investigate the contrasting effects of temperature and precipitation on vegetation greenness at different altitudes across the TP.In this study, interannual and elevational char

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The Ponte Delle Chianche on the Via Traiana in Buonalbergo (Benevento, Italy): New Data for an Integrated Study

This article illustrates a systematic and updated study of the Ponte delle Chianche, Porcelain Holder a Roman bridge on the ancient Via Traiana built at the beginning of the second century AD and located near Buonalbergo (Benevento, Italy).The study aimed to retrieve all information contained in literary sources and to cross-reference them with new

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Critical Genocide Studies and Mass Atrocity Prevention

Critical genocide studies has emerged as an important strand of Accessories scholarship devoted to interrogating the core assumptions of the field of genocide studies.Drawing on these developments, this article outlines a critical approach to modern atrocity prevention that is self-reflective, dialectical, multivalent, and anti-teleological.Part I

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