Articles related to "Population"



Asian Americans and Diabetes
Asian Americans appear to be more than twice as likely to develop type 2 diabetes than the general American population. Since Asian Americans are four times less likely to be obese, doctors are late to diagnose them as diabetic. Help us spread the word among the medical and Asian American communities.
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World Health Day 2006
Celebrate health care workers in an effort to encourage more people to seek careers in the field and reduce staffing shortages.
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Turkey, Iraq and the Kurds: Can Anyone Actually Leave The Kurds
The situation between the Kurds, Turkey, and Iraq has heated up once again. The Kurds demand their own enclave to call their own, which Turkey and Iraq have supressed, fearing they would destabilize the region.
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Botswana Human - Elephant Conflict
With both human and elephant numbers rising, preventing human-elephant conflict in Botswana will be key to preserving one of the largest elephant populations in Africa.
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Cherokee and Slavery
Review of the history of slavery in the Cherokee Nation.
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News and Notes
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Cornell and Audubon Team Up on the Web

Popular Autism Myths
With autism being diagnosed in 1 in every 166 children, autism awareness is on the rise. Unfortunately, there are still a number of myths associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
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Hebron; The Center of the Controversy
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Timberrrrrrr! There Goes the Amazon

Microclimates
Many world-renowned gardens utilize both natural and manipulated microclimates to achieve drama and beauty. Designers of Sissinghurst Castle Gardens in Kent, England and Butterstream Gardens, in County Meath, The Irish Republic exploited existing structures like old brick walls and buildings along with natural influences such as compass direction, water, and large trees. The Isle of Wight surrounded by waters of the Solent is a "working example" of bodies of water influencing a regional or neighborhood microclimate.
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A Big Picture of What Environment Means: Another Introduction t
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Aliens Have Arrived and Are Taking Over: Exotic Species

I'm entitled!
Too many people claim real and imagined entitlement to all sorts of things without giving a thought to corresponding obligations.
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MOm Cares for Monk Seals in Greece
Researchers in Greece realized that the critically endangered Mediterranean monk seal needed more than just studying if the species was to survive.
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Nickel-a-Meal Against Obesity
As tobacco legal strategies come under fire, local and national empowerment strategies are offered as ways to best address obesity and related health challenges.
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Tragedy of the Commons
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Extremism and Fundamentalism: <i>Violence in the Mid-East</i>

Pitfalls of the ANA Test
Although today's ANA test using immunofluorescence is considered the gold standard for diagnosing a number of different autoimmune disorders, its results are prone to misinterpretation. This article describes what you can expect from the current ANA test.
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Soon: a Dyslexia Test
A genetic test for dyslexia could be available soon. This article looks briefly at the news from genetics and the possible impact of such a test on education.
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Swine Flu becomes Pandemic
The A(H1N1) virus, or swine flu as it is more commonly known has become a pandemic, spurring governments into recognising it as a health crisis.
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Vaccines You Can Eat: What I learned at the American Society of
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Peace Process Stalemate

Trail Review: Blue Mountain Reservation in New York
Blue Mountain Reservation in New York
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Arrivederci "Sopranos”
Study proves 74% of young people have formed their image of Italian Americans from the media.
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Definition of Aboriginal
The myth of race has long dominated definitions of Aboriginality in Australia, impacting on the plethora of Aboriginal policies that continue to marginalise our peoples.
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Discussion on CAFTA
Passed by the US Congress in the middle of the night by just one vote, CAFTA raised many questions about the intention of the Government. The trade agreement is slowly wi
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Frog Totems
Totems are found in many cultures and belief systems around the world. Discover the mystical power of the frog and learn how to harness its power.
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Hong Kong's Reversion: There's Always Two Sides to the Story
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The Real Bermuda Triangle: Finding a settlement between Israel, Syria and Lebanon
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Belgian Catholic Ceremonies
Here is some statistical background information on the Catholicism of Belgium and Flanders, to accompany the articles on "Food for Special Occasions".
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On the Edge in Narva
The Baltic state of Estonia still has the Russian influence of its days in the USSR - and if you visit a border town like Narva, the presence of Russia is even clearer.
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Smith Convinces Settlers to Work
Some of the Jamestown "gentlemen" refuse to work. John Smith tells them that if they don't work they will not eat. The London Company makes harsh demands. Smith is nearly
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Bicknell’s Thrush
After more than a century Bicknell's Thrush, Catharus bicknelli, gained its own species designation. The next century may record its decline.
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Double Standards

Information Operations Roadmap
The Department of Defense in the United States has developed a strategy for waging war through information, offensive network attacks, and multi-media campaigns.
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Mercury Poisoning, a Worry You Can Sink Teeth Into

Nature's Service. You Don't Get Somethin for Nothin

Of Ladybug , Virgin's Cow, and ... Devil's Chicken?!?

Stop Cluster Bombs
The Cluster Munitions Coalition (CMC) and Mines Action Canada (MAC) fight for a worldwide ban on cluster bombs. You can help to ban cluster munitions.
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The New West Side Story

Where to Begin Looking for Environmental Information

WHOLLY BATS, BATMAN : DA-DA-DA-DA-DA-DA-DA-DA- NOT!!!!

"It Isn't Easy Being Green," <em>Kermit the Frog</em>: Frogs - P

A Weighty Issue
The French consider Americans to be a nation of fat people. A first look at Paris in comparison seems to reveal a collective anorexia. The ideal is probably somewhere in between.
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Alexander Graham Bell
The life, times and and many achievements of one of the world's greatest inventors.
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Anthropomorphism
Talks about humanizing your dog and explains SOME of the advantages in owning a dog!
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Before Jamestown
Gilbert starts a colony at New Foundland. Drake returns the Roanoke settlers to England. The second Roanoke group disappears.
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Bye-Bye Bambi: A Battle for Keeps!
Do you have a deer problem at your house? Strategies and means for easing the pain -- without resorting to drastic measures.
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Doing the Peace Process Two Step
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