OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to investigate symptoms and predicting factors of depression and anxiety among reindeer-herding Sami in Sweden. STUDY DESIGN A total of 319 reindeer-herding Sami (168 men, 151 women) were compared with urban and rural reference populations comprising 1,393 persons (662 men, 731 women). METHODS A cross-sectional questionnaire study on mental health,...

some arab critics and historians believe that if we cast a look at complete poetical work of mahmoud sami al-baroudi, we will realize that he has not brought anything new into poetical affairs and technical form of poem. and also he has not stepped out of the current issues of his own age. al-baroudi’s poetry has been divided into panegyric, lampoon, glory, and rhyming and his sensational prosp...

OBJECTIVE To assess the population burden of angina pectoris symptoms (APS), self-reported angina and a combination of these, and explore potential ethnic disparity in their patterns. If differences in APS were found between Sami and non-Sami populations, we aimed at evaluating the role of established cardiovascular risk factors as mediating factors. DESIGN Cross-sectional population-based st...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the prevalence of self-reported experiences of ethnic discrimination and bullying among Sami and non-Sami adults. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey. METHODS SAMINOR is a population-based study of health and living conditions that was administered in 2003-2004 in 24 different Norwegian and Sami populated municipalities within central and north...

We describe our work towards developing SamiTalk, a robot application for the North Sami language. With SamiTalk, users will hold spoken dialogues with a humanoid robot that speaks and recognizes North Sami. The robot will access information from the Sami Wikipedia, talk about requested topics using the Wikipedia texts, and make smooth topic shifts to related topics using the Wikipedia links. S...

OBJECTIVES To summarize knowledge about suicidal behaviour among indigenous Sami living in northern Norway. STUDY DESIGN This summary is based on data from a register-based follow-up study (Study I) and the North Norwegian Youth Study (Study II)--a longitudinal questionnaire study conducted in 1994-1995 and 1997-1998. METHODS The cohort from Study I included 19,801 persons with Sami ethnic ...

Aims: The objective of this study was to investigate suicidal expressions among reindeer-herding Sami in Sweden. Subjects: A total of 315 reindeer-herding Sami (167 men, 148 women) were compared with geographically matched reference populations comprising 1354 persons (652 men, 702 women). Methods: A questionnaire measuring different aspects of suicidal behaviour, such as exposure to suicide an...