Today <II most <Ill states of the international community have minority problems, Technological transformation has estilblished selecLive developmental Integration as the dominant form of international relations and world development. Selective integration is founded Oil the belief that inequality. disharmony ~lf1ddisparity arc the basie lJIcenlives of developmellt. COlllmullities that cannot s...

In the United States the economically disadvantaged and some ethnic minorities are often exposed to chronic psychosocial stressors and disproportionately affected by asthma. Current evidence suggests a causal association between chronic psychosocial stress and asthma or asthma morbidity. Recent findings suggest potential mechanisms underlying this association, including changes in the methylati...

The existence of surface nanobubbles has already been confirmed by variable detection methods, but the mechanism their extraordinary stability remains unclear and aroused widespread research interest in past 2 decades. Experiments theoretical analyses have tried to account for these stabilities such as very long lifetime, high pressure small contact angle. Attractive hydrophobic potential was a...

Social identity is a constant and permanent process that changes social situations based on individual experiences in these situations. Religious and ethnic identities are two dimensions of social identity that are of great importance in Iranian society. Due to the ethnic diversity in Iran and the proximity of ethnic cultures through migration, ethnic identity is noticeable. Religious identity ...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To use the Oncology Nursing Society's cultural competence guidelines to review research studies conducted by oncology nurse researchers with racial and ethnic minorities and published in the Oncology Nursing Forum during 1990-2000. DATA SOURCES Using selected key words (e.g., cultural competence, cultural diversity, multiculturalism, minorities, African American/Black Ameri...

Short sections of text, not to exceed three paragraphs, may be quoted without written permission provided that full attribution is given to the source and the above copyright notice is included. iii Foreword At some time in the early part of this century, no racial or ethnic group will make up a majority of California's population. Demographers describe this state of affairs with all the wonder...

the mystical anthropological notion of internationalism means belonging to a common divine origin and natural interfaces between humans, beyond national and linguistic differences. accordingly, it is necessary to consider a metaphysical hometown as origin and ultimate goal for human being. in rumi’s mystical approach, human is defined as an observer of his relationship with the origin of being ...