Social scientific research on Catholic parishes serving Hispanic Catholics has not kept up with the fast growth of these communities in the United States, which constitute about a full quarter of Catholic communities in the country. Most of such research is rather recent. This introduction describes one of the largest research studies exploring Catholic communities with Hispanic Ministry conducted by Boston College (2011-2014) and the essays in this issue analyzing data emerging from that study.
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Res Rep Trop Med
December 2024
Global Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Introduction: Raga County is an onchocerciasis-endemic area in the Western Bahr El Ghazal state of South Sudan, known to have a high prevalence of blindness. The objective of this study was to determine the causes of eye disease and blindness in Raga County as well as to assess the relationship of eye diseases with other prevalent conditions like onchocerciasis and epilepsy.
Methods: We reviewed unpublished pre-community directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) data about eye disease and onchocerciasis in Western Bahr El Ghazal including Raga.
Asia Pac J Public Health
December 2024
Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Federation University, Berwick, VIC, Australia.
BMC Geriatr
December 2024
Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Background: The high prevalence of underweight individuals is an important issue that has become increasingly common. Therefore, this study investigated the association between body mass index (BMI) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among Korean older adults using a nationwide population-based survey.
Methods: Data from the 2021 Community Health Survey were used for this study.
Acta Med Acad
December 2024
Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine and Health Care, Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia. ORCID: 0000-0002-8467-6061.
Objective: This study presents the personal experience of a 19-year-old student who fled the war in Ukraine, journeyed across multiple countries, and ultimately enrolled in a university psychology program in Croatia.
Methods: A collaborative autoethnographic approach was employed to explore the student's experience as a war refugee, traversing Europe, and beginning university life in a foreign country. Data were collected through the student's reflective writing.
PLoS Comput Biol
December 2024
HUN-REN Institute of Experimental Medicine, Budapest, Hungary.
Finding optimal parameters for detailed neuronal models is a ubiquitous challenge in neuroscientific research. In recent years, manual model tuning has been gradually replaced by automated parameter search using a variety of different tools and methods. However, using most of these software tools and choosing the most appropriate algorithm for a given optimization task require substantial technical expertise, which prevents the majority of researchers from using these methods effectively.
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