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Jan 24, 2025 | 
asianmoviepulse.com | Jean Claude
“Kamay” metaphorically takes its name from a wild plant native to the Hazara region of central Afghanistan. This species, known for its resilience in the desertic high-altitude lands of Daikundi province, was the research topic of Zahra Khawari’s veterinary studies at Kabul university. On November 19, 2017, Zahra tragically took her own life. Her family, residing days from the capital, seeks to understand the cause of her tragic death.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
asianmoviepulse.com | Jean Claude
Welcome to Malnad, a region of the state of Karnataka nestled between the Arabian sea and the western Ghats Mountain range. Now, you might wonder why starting a film review with geographical considerations?
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com | Jean Claude |Cape Town
We studied 528 adolescents from Cape Town (n = 143), Yaoundé (n = 227), and Kingston (n = 158). We excluded one participant from Cape Town due to missing data. Table 1 highlights the key sociodemographic characteristics of the total sample categorised by cluster. For the total sample, most participants were female (69.3%), with a median age of 15 (14–16) years. Cape Town and Kingston had more participants aged ≥ 15 years, whereas the ages in Yaoundé were more evenly distributed.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
jmedicalcasereports.biomedcentral.com | Jean Claude |Biomedical Science
A 20-year-old female Black African young adult presented at the out-patient department for routine consultation and follow-up. She was previously diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 14 years following presenting with an abrupt onset of osmotic symptoms (thirst, polyuria, and unexplained weight loss), random plasma glucose at 471 mg/dL (25.9 mmol/L), and ketonuria at 8.0 mmol/L. Her weight at the time of diabetes diagnosis was 50 kg, and HbA1c was at 10.9%.
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Oct 13, 2024 | 
asianmoviepulse.com | Jean Claude
In the first half of the 20th century, somewhere in rural Karnataka (between Goa and Bangalore, if, like me, you’re not very familiar with the geography of India), Naani, a young Brahmin boy, is left to board at a seemingly run-down Vedic school by his father. It is time for him to follow the traditional path of learning Sanskrit and mastering priestly rituals, the duty of his caste.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
academic.oup.com | Jean Bosco |Jean Claude
The causes of diarrhea after ten years of rotavirus vaccination in Rwanda were investigated in 496 children with and 298 without diarrhea using a real-time PCR. Rotavirus was detected in 11% of children with diarrhea (OR 2.48, P=0.002). Comparison of population attributable fractions (PAF) show that Shigella (PAF=11%) and ETEC-eltB (PAF=12%) have replaced rotavirus as the main causative agents.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
asianmoviepulse.com | Ann Hui |Jean Claude
Let's put aside the film analysis for now. What we have here is merely a local TV news segment challenging the label of “documentary”, just good enough in quality as bonus on DVDs to encourage the purchase of a particular edition (as seen with the Criterion Edition of “Boat People”), usually finding its way soon after onto YouTube under Creative Commons licenses.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
asianmoviepulse.com | Jean Claude
Entertainment is all about capturing attention and providing pleasure. Look no further, as Wang Ding-Lin has cooked up just that with his latest creation: a fresh take on the overused heist film recipe, but with a unique twist, as the title suggests. The film opens with a brilliant demonstration by Chen, the arrogant heir to a Taiwanese family bank who recently made headlines by launching the bank's own cryptocurrency. “You must know that virtual currencies have created countless billionaires.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
asianmoviepulse.com | Jean Claude
It happens that short films turn out to be just …too short. It is indeed with a touch of frustration that viewers part ways with Lovely and her newly hired employee, gathered around their salvaged clothing dummy. But let's be kind and rewind. Welcome to Hathipaon, a seemingly sleepy Himalayan village, and more particularly to Lovely & Tip Top, discreetly nestled on a sloping curve – the only hosiery and lingerie shop for miles around, despite resembling a bazaarish souvenir shop.
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Jun 18, 2024 | 
asianmoviepulse.com | Jean Claude
A footage used in the film quotes President Obama's 2009 Cairo speech: “America's strong bonds with Israel are well known. This bond is unbreakable today, unbreakable tomorrow, unbreakable forever.” This is this idea that Erin Axelman and Sam Eilertsen have decided to investigate here.
