Statin treatment to reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is associated with the prevention of cardiovascular events in Western patients. Similar results have been reported in studies conducted in Japan. However, the dose of statins and the degree of LDL-C reduction achieved with statins are different between Asian and Western patients. In addition, there are limited data regarding...

This short commentary is intended to open a further discussion on diversity in Denmark, particularly response the announcement made by Minister of Interior and Housing, Kaare Dybvad Bek, 2021 regarding Denmark’s plan restrict number ‘non-Western/non-White’ residents any neighbourhoods avoid ‘parallel societies’. news was not surprising yet still disturbing, especially considering recent taxi la...

This paper examines and researches the origin of Chinese terms Spanishized by Adriano de las Cortes in Viaje la China to refer local objects or personal names from various Asian languages. Since there are certain errors previous research, this article would be important not only understand better single work, but many western works that time on China,considering fact Westerners shared translite...

The Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict, which has bloodied Europe since February 2022, gives the main protagonists of crisis opportunity to experiment with an old recipe for war: propaganda. This article, draws on theory argumentation, as defended by Breton (2015), attempts show how and about what Russians Westerners engage in a campaign reciprocal demonization, often chagrin public opinion trapp...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to assess the squeaking incidence and risk factors after primary ceramic-on-ceramic total hip arthroplasty (THA) in Asian patients using meta-analysis. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a meta-analysis of published data on the squeaking incidence and risk factors from 2000 to 2013. Eight studies in Asians were analyzed for both squeaking incidence and ri...

Previous studies have found that Westerners are more likely than East Asians to attend to central objects (i.e., analytic attention), whereas East Asians are more likely than Westerners to focus on background objects or context (i.e., holistic attention). Recently, it has been proposed that the physical environment of a given culture influences the cultural form of scene cognition, although the...

The traditional use of insects as food continues to be widespread in tropical and subtropical countries and to provide significant nutritional, economic and ecological benefits for rural communities. Westerners should become more aware of the fact that their bias against insects as food has an adverse impact, resulting in a gradual reduction in the use of insects without replacement of lost nut...

Abstract Although the Inuit numeration system has no structural limits, its actual use is limited to concrete situations where quantities involved are small. In Inuktitut (Inuit dialects of Canadian Eastern Arctic), this traditionally had very little in measuring passage time. As a result contact with Westerners, situation partially changed, as shown by expression days week and time day. This a...