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Within-family effect of ancestry on complex traits in a Mexican population

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By Siqi Wang, Jaime Berumen, Alejandra Vergara-Lope, Elizabeth Barrera, Fernando Rivas, Diego Aguilar-Ramirez, Rory Collins, Jonathan Emberson, Michael Hill Verified, Michael Goddard, Loic Yengo, Alexander Young, Jesus Alegre-Díaz, Pablo Kuri-Morales, Roberto Tapia-Conyer, Jason Torres, Peter M. Visscher, Paulina Baca
| Nature Verified
Abstract Human populations differ in disease prevalence and phenotypes, but the extent to which differences are caused by genetic factors is unknown for most complex traits. Comparing phenotypic means across populations is confounded by environmental differences and using polygenic predictors can lead to biased inference1,2. Family-based analyses of people of genetically admixed ancestry enable estimation of ancestry effects unconfounded by ancestry–environment correlations.
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Opinion: Why I went on strike, and what comes next for our patients

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By Elizabeth Barrera
| CALÓ News
Elizabeth Barrera. (Handout) I am a registered nurse in the urology department at Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center, one of the 31,000 health care workers who went on strike earlier this year. We didn’t make the decision to go on strike lightly, but it was necessary. After nearly a month on the picket lines, we’ve reached an agreement and ratified a new contract. I returned to work with my colleagues and patients with a renewed sense of purpose.
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Using Graphic Novels in the English Language Arts Classroom

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By Thomas Maluck, Richland Lib, Brett Nicholas, Elizabeth Barrera
| School Library Journal Verified
To explain the boundless potential of graphic novels in language arts classrooms, one must first explain and justify the format for unfamiliar readers. Boerman-Cornell and Kim pull off both feats in this fount of practical and timely educational guidelines that even skeptics will find applicable. The authors discuss using graphic novels as lenses to analyze narrative structure or adaptation, as well as pairing titles with prose works.
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