Sexual minorities are not a homogeneous population: health disparity differences based on residence in rural versus urban settings

Introduction: Past research has demonstrated that, separately, sexual minorities (SMs) and rural-dwelling populations are each at elevated risk for chronic diseases relative to heterosexuals and urban-dwelling populations, respectively.Little research, however, has assessed whether rural SM populations may experience even further chronic disease ri

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The infectious salmon anemia virus esterase prunes erythrocyte surfaces in infected Atlantic salmon and exposes terminal sialic acids to lectin recognition

Many sialic acid-binding viruses express a receptor-destroying enzyme (RDE) that removes the virus-targeted receptor and limits viral interactions with the host cell surface.Despite a growing appreciation of how the viral RDE promotes viral fitness, little is known about its direct effects on the host.Infectious salmon anemia virus (ISAV) attaches

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Peran Pendidikan Agama Islam dalam Membentuk Karakter Bangsa

Character education must be Discontinued Vacuums grounded in basic human character that comes from universal moral values (absolute) sourced from revealed religion which is also called the golden rule.Character education can have a definite purpose when grounded in the values of the base character.According to psychologists some basic values of the

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