Ideological Influences on the Reception of Mark Twain among Slovenians across the Atlantic by Janko Trupej

“… The article discusses the reception of Mark Twain and his works in serial publications by Slovenian immigrants in the United States of America. The analysis encompassed writings published in newspapers and magazines with different ideological orientations, from the beginning of the 20th century to mid-century. …”
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Responses to Gone with the Wind among Slovenians on the Other Side of the Atlantic by Janko Trupej

“…The article discusses the reception of the novel and the film Gone with the Wind in serial publications published by Slovenian immigrants in the United States of America. The analysis encompassed relevant articles that appeared in publications with different ideological orientations before the mid-1950s, i.e. until the onset of the modern African American civil rights movement. …”
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THE MIGRATION OF EUROPEANS TO THE UNITED STATES AT THE MIDDLE OF THE 19TH CENTURY – THE IRISH AND GERMAN WAVE by Sorin-Stefan Maha

“…This article analyses the contribution of the second wave of immigrants to the United States to the formation of the young American people. …”
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Microbial perils of the tropics: A case of cutaneous leishmaniasis in an immigrant from South America by Rachel Cowan, Shruti Varadarajan, Abraham Wei, Tanzila Salim, Michelle DallaPiazza

“…Cutaneous leishmaniasis is an important cause of nonhealing lesions in those recently immigrated to the United States from endemic areas. The lesions can present with various characteristics such as ulcerations, macules, or papules, and may be painful or painless. …”
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Liver fluke-induced choledocholithiasis with biliary ductal obstruction by Cory M Pfeifer, MD, MS, Kelsey S Bourm, MD, MaryAnn R Brandt, BS, Kamran Ali, MD

“…Presented here is a case of biliary obstruction secondary to fluke infection in a Burmese immigrant to the United States. Imaging findings are presented using computed tomography, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging, and fluoroscopy which revealed severe biliary dilatation resulting from large obstructing stones. …”
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Discursive de/humanizing: A multimodal critical discourse analysis of television news representations of undocumented youth by Ruth M. López

“…This article addresses television news coverage of the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act of 2010, which would have created a path to legal residency for thousands of undocumented immigrants in the United States. Considering the role that news media play in socially constructing groups of people, through an analysis of English- and Spanish-language evening television news coverage of the DREAM Act of 2010, the author examined discursive practices used to represent undocumented youth in both dehumanizing and humanizing ways. …”
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Literacy and oracy across the U.S.-Mexico border: a look at the Plazas Comunitarias programme by Sanchez Tyson, LST

“…This article explores the relationship between literacy and oracy in the context of Plazas Comunitarias, a basic education programme in Spanish for immigrants in the United States. I reflect on my experiences as a former Plazas facilitator, analyse key literacy materials from the programme and offer observations on reading aloud in an adult literacy classroom context. …”

Black Meets Black: Encounters in America by Dagmawi Woubshet

“…This essay draws on James Baldwin’s ideas on race, immigration, and American identity to examine the experience of contemporary African immigrants in the United States. More Africans have come to the U.S. since 1965 than through the Middle Passage, and only now is their experience gaining the full creative and critical attention it merits. …”
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A tale of two countries: the sociopolitical integration of Latino immigrants in Spain and in the United States by Perez-Nievas, S, Cordero, G, Mallet-Garcia, ML

“…The articles in this issue examine the integration processes of Latino immigrants in the United States and in Spain in several aspects—socioeconomic, legal, educational, and political—and through varied methods—quantitative as well as qualitative—contributing to the literature in several ways. …”

Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Death, United States by Ermias D. Belay, James J. Sejvar, Wun-Ju Shieh, Steven T. Wiersma, Wen-Quan Zou, Pierluigi Gambetti, Stephen Hunter, Ryan A. Maddox, Landis Crockett, Sherif R. Zaki, Lawrence B. Schonberger

“…The patient likely acquired the disease while growing up in Great Britain before immigrating to the United States in 1992. Additional vCJD patients continue to be identified outside the United Kingdom, including 2 more patients in Ireland, and 1 patient each in Japan, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, and the Netherlands. …”
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„Gde su pare?“ O jednom pokušaju uspostavljanja ekonomske saradnje između Sjedinjenih Američkih Država i Kraljevine SHS by Vesna Đikanović

“…As a private initiative of individuals from the Kingdom of Serbia and Yugoslav immigrants in the United States, the Association was founded with the aim of establishing economic ties between the Serbian and then the Yugoslav state and the USA. …”
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Famine et émigration au féminin : spécificités et crise des représentations by Nathalie Sebbane

“…Women were proportionally more numerous among Irish immigrants in the United States than in other ethnic groups, and they included a higher proportion of single women. …”
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Immigration and discrimination: Towards a conceptual implementation of Max Weber's notion of meaning by Rafael Arriaga Martínez

“…<span>In this paper, we examine the heuristic utility of Weber's notion of meaning to explain the perception of immigrants in the United States, particularly undocumented immigrants. …”
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Welfare Reform and Immigrants: Implications for Policy by Alice Kopij

“…This paper examines the impact of welfare reform on legal, non-citizen immigrants in the United States. It describes how welfare reform restructured the laws that determined the eligibility for benefits among immigrants, discusses changes made to these laws, and summarizes the debate over whether these changes were sufficient. …”
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Welfare Reform and Immigrants by Alice Kopij

“…This paper examines the impact of welfare reform on legal, non-citizen immigrants in the United States. It describes how welfare reform restructured the laws that determined the eligibility for benefits among immigrants, discusses changes made to these laws, and summarizes the debate over whether these changes were sufficient. …”
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Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction due to Strongyloides stercoralis by Jenna Greenberg, Joshua Greenberg, Nicholas Helmstetter

“…The patient had immigrated to the United States from Sierra Leone in childhood but had not returned for decades. …”
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Explorations on the Benefits of a Holistic Family Language and Literacy Program in a Latino Community by Clarisse Halpern, Daisy Gonzalez, Debra Giambo, Tunde Szecsi

“…Latino families face several challenges when they immigrate to the United States. School-based early childhood programs involving families with a holistic approach indicate effectiveness toward integrating both children and families into the school community. …”
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Self-Rated Health and Subjective Economic Status in Life Satisfaction among Older Chinese Immigrants: A Cross-Sectional Study by Bum Jung Kim, Lin Chen, Ling Xu, Yura Lee

“…This study examines the influence of self-rated health and subjective economic status on the life satisfaction of older Chinese immigrants in the United States. Data were obtained from a cross-sectional survey of 205 older Chinese immigrants aged 66 to 90 years living in Los Angeles and Honolulu. …”
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Which Prospective Immigrants are Political Communities Morally Obliged to Include? by Michael J. SULLIVAN

“…This paper begins by applying two “adverse impact theories of inclusion” in the literature in democratic theory to the situation of members of communities that have been shaped by U.S. intervention that later decide to immigrate to the United States. Both theories can be applied to respond to adverse impact claims arising from the solicitation of migrant laborers to serve the public interests of wartime production and infrastructure development. …”
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We’re Here, We’re Hopeful, and We Can Do Well: Conceptions and Attributes of Positive Youth Development among Immigrant Youth by Yulika Forman, Dan Du, Megan Kiely, Jennifer Carrano, Richard M. Lerner

“…Using qualitative and quantitative information from Grades 8 and 9 of the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development (PYD), we describe the conceptions of thriving youth present within adolescent immigrants to the United States, and interrelate these conceptions with quantitative scores for PYD, contribution, and positive future orientation. …”
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