This paper presents a new technique for determining the information associated to the nationality words. The method makes use of a compressed search graph, namely directed acyclic word-graph (DAWG) and our introduced refinement technique. The former allows us to search quickly a nationality word in only one time scanning. The latter is introduced in our work because a DAWG cannot determine info...

BACKGROUND Maternal mortality is a sensitive indicator for inequity in health. We describe recent trends in overall and cause-specific maternal mortality ratio among women of German and non-German nationality residing in West Germany. METHODS Using birth and death register data for 1980-1996 we related 1067 cases of maternal death (ICD 9: 630-676) to 11.2 million live births. We assessed the ...

OBJECTIVES We investigated if a rise in rectal gonorrhoea and early syphilis among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Amsterdam coincided with the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapies (HAART) in July 1996 and determined risk factors for these sexually transmitted infections (STI). METHODS Subjects were patients of the STI clinic of the municipal health service in Amsterdam. ...

This paper presents an investigation into marginalizing racism, a form of prejudice whereby ingroup members claim that specific individuals belong to their group, but also exclude them by not granting them all of the privileges of a full ingroup member. One manifestation of this is that perceived degree of outgroup membership will covary negatively with degree of ingroup membership. That is, gr...

BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori is among the most common infections in humans and has been recognized as major cause of various gastroduodenal diseases. There is limited knowledge, however, on the prevalence and determinants of this infection in children. We addressed these issues in a population-based cross-sectional study in Southern Germany. METHODS Study subjects were all preschool childre...

Sexuality and nationality: Sexuality and nationality: Sexuality and nationality: Sexuality and nationality: homophobic discourse and the homophobic discourse and the homophobic discourse and the homophobic discourse and the 'national threat' in contemporary 'national threat' in contemporary 'national threat' in contemporary 'national threat' in contemporary Latvia Latvia Latvia Latvia Richard M...

BACKGROUND Excessive alcohol consumption has been linked to deleterious health consequences among undergraduate students. There is a need to develop theory-based and cost-effective brief interventions to attenuate alcohol consumption in this population. PURPOSE The present study tested the effectiveness of an integrated theory-based intervention in reducing undergraduates' alcohol consumption...

Personal identity requires agentic mediation of overlapping social structures and categories; and further the maintenance of a coherent self across different life contexts. A central means of achieving/maintaining identity is through self-narratives and modes of discursive positioning. In this article, we examine the intersection of two key identity categories, gender and nationality, in the bi...

The government of Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ratified this UN Convention on the nationality of married women on May 16, 1989.

OBJECTIVES Completeness and timeliness are key attributes of accurate disease surveillance. This study aimed to evaluate the completeness and timeliness of tuberculosis (TB) notification in the Republic of Korea, by comparing notification data from the Korean National Tuberculosis Surveillance System and reimbursement data from the National Health Insurance. METHODS We evaluated reimbursement...