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emerging and re-emerging zoonoses

Emerging Questions in Materno-Fetal Microchimerism

Materno-fetal microchimerism is a common, life-long chimeric state first established by the exchange ofsmall numbers of cells between the motherand the fetus during pregnancy. This apparently trivial phenomenon is now attracting attention due to its unexpected andprofound implications in the immune system. For example, is the placenta really an immunological barrier? How do we balance the inter...

Intergenerational Gap: An Emerging Phenomenon in Iran

Intergenerational gap refers to the disturbance and crisis in the cultural sequence of generations, which leads to conflict in terms of values and norms between parents and children. Until recently, this phenomenon has not been considered a serious issue in Iranian society and the continuation of similar thought patterns through the generations has prevented the emergence of distance and variou...

emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases: public health perspective

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Black Youth and Mass Media: Current Research and Emerging Questions

Young African Americans have not participated as long as their white counterparts in the media culture industry (Nightingale 1993). In truth, it is difficult to discern a substantive relationship between black youth and the mass media prior to the 1960s. The initial exclusion of blacks from popular media culture is attributable to two main factors: 1) a lack of discretionary income on the part ...