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Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 39:1479-1505
As the preferred theory for understanding international migration, social capital theory (SCT) structures current debate about Mexican population growth in new US metropolitan destinations. We review this literature to show that SCT does not cover th
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Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research. 11:447-453
Asthma is a common chronic disease with underlying inflammation of the airway. Advances in science have led to increased understanding of the heterogeneous nature of asthma and its complex mechanisms. Traditionally, asthma-practice guidelines have fo
Autor:
Ivan Light, Michael Francis Johnston
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Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 35:3-18
When networks coordinate a protracted, high-volume influx of low-wage immigrants, they focus on vulnerable people within a handful of reception localities. As a result, immigrants gradually saturate the high-volume network destinations, causing immig
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Sociological Inquiry. 78:490-512
By what mechanisms has China's developing capitalist labor market been producing stratification patterns of reemployment and wage differences among laid-off workers in the late 1990s? Theoretical perspectives delineating state, market, and societal m
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Journal of Cancer Survivorship. 1:306-312
Fatigue is the most common symptom reported by survivors of cancer. At present the medical community lacks evidence-based options for its management. This paper describes the rationale, current evidence, and research in progress as related to the use
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Social Networks. 26:189-203
Many social transactions are supra-dyadic; they either involve more than two participants (buyer, seller, broker) or they involve important aspects of the interaction’s setting, tike its timing or its location. Standard network techniques do not ad
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AIDS and Behavior. 6:381-393
China is facing a major crisis because of the increasing epidemics of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The purpose of this paper is to enhance understanding of the crisis by analyzing the capacity of China's health care system
Autor:
Michael Francis Johnston
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China Information. 16:162-164
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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Vol 2011 (2011)
Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : eCAM
Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : eCAM
This article presents the hypothesis that acupuncture enhances anticancer immune functions by stimulating natural killer (NK) cells. It provides background information on acupuncture, summarizes the current scientific understanding of the mechanisms
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BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Vol 9, Iss 1, p 1 (2009)
BMC complementary and alternative medicine, vol 9, iss 1
Johnston, MF; Hays, RD; & Hui, KK. (2009). Evidence-based effect size estimation: An illustration using the case of acupuncture for cancer-related fatigue. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 9. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-9-1. UCLA: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/04h1j8m5
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
BMC complementary and alternative medicine, vol 9, iss 1
Johnston, MF; Hays, RD; & Hui, KK. (2009). Evidence-based effect size estimation: An illustration using the case of acupuncture for cancer-related fatigue. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 9. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-9-1. UCLA: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/04h1j8m5
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Background Estimating a realistic effect size is an important issue in the planning of clinical studies of complementary and alternative medicine therapies. When a minimally important difference is not available, researchers may estimate effect size