Conceptualisations of attachment to one's nation of origin reflecting a symbolic caregiver can be found cross-culturally in literature, art, and language. Despite its prevalence, the relationship with one's nation has not been investigated empirically in terms of an attachment theory framework. Two studies employed an attachment theory approach to investigate the construct validity of symbolic ...

OBJECTIVE This study provides an overview of the epidemiology of diabetes in the Manitoba First Nation population. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The study uses data derived from the population-based Manitoba Diabetes Database to compare the demographic and geographic patterns of diabetes in the Manitoba First Nation population to the non-First Nation population. RESULTS Although the prevalenc...

The slightly simplified version of the Eaton-Kortum (EK) model that we work with has C nations each of which is endowed with a single factor of production (labor) used to produce a continuum of goods under conditions of perfect competition and constant returns. The transport costs between a typical origin nation (nation-o) and a typical destination nation (nation-d) are assumed to be of the ice...

nationalism and modernism, and the relationship between them from the perspective of different scholars and schools of thought have always been a subject of debate. many scholars have concerned themselves with the concepts of ethnicity, nation, and nationalism and their relationship with modernism and modern age. the main controversy among scholars and schools of thought has been centered on th...

nationalism and modernism, and the relationship between them from the perspective of different scholars and schools of thought have always been a subject of debate. many scholars have concerned themselves with the concepts of ethnicity, nation, and nationalism and their relationship with modernism and modern age. the main controversy among scholars and schools of thought have centered on the is...