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The dilemma of women empowerment in informal artisanal and small-scale gold ore mining in Ghana
Cogent Social Sciences, 2022 For several years, women demand more decision-making power from their husbands and the society. Studies indicate that egalitarian decision-making power can be beneficial in many important ways to the household and society, and the pathway to this desire ...
James Natia Adam +3 more
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Much Ado About Gender: Current Practices and Future Recommendations for Appropriate Gender-Aware Information Access [PDF]
, 2023 Information access research (and development) sometimes makes use of gender, whether to report on the demographics of participants in a user study, as inputs to personalized results or recommendations, or to make systems gender-fair, amongst other purposes. This work makes a variety of assumptions about gender, however, that are not necessarily aligned
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The Daily Lives of Urban Women during the Khrushchev Thaw in Soviet and Post-Soviet Scholarship
RUDN Journal of Russian History, 2021 The article discusses the rise and changes of scholarly interest in urban women's everyday life in the USSR of the mid-twentieth century. By studying the Soviet and post-Soviet historiography of women's everyday life during Khrushchevs Thaw, the authors ...
Natalia L. Pushkareva +1 more
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Trans* Politics and the Feminist Project: Revisiting the Politics of Recognition to Resolve Impasses
Politics and Governance, 2020 The debates on, in, and between feminist and trans* movements have been politically intense at best and aggressively hostile at worst. The key contestations have revolved around three issues: First, the question of who constitutes a woman; second, what ...
Zara Saeidzadeh, Sofia Strid
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Perception and Effects of Dramas on University Students
Journal of Research in Social Sciences, 2021 Drama as an important mean of the media can impact the lives of people and consequently influence the whole society. This study conducted to understand the perception of students and the effects of Hum TV dramas on university students of Lahore. For this,
Jawaria Latif +2 more
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Enacting Feminist Methodologies in Research Toward Reproductive Justice
International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 2021 Reporting on the development of an ongoing qualitative research project with clients of midwifery care in New Brunswick, Canada, this article details the ways that methodology is complexly interwoven with political praxis. Working through the development
Krista Johnston, Christiana MacDougall
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Aggressive Behavior, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 85-95, January 2023., 2023 Abstract The past two decades have produced extensive evidence on the manifold and severe outcomes for victims of aggression exposure in the workplace. However, due to the dominating individual‐centered approach, most findings miss a social network perspective.
Alexander Herrmann +2 more
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A small footprint couch‐top support device for image‐guided radiotherapy of heavy patients
Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, Volume 23, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Purpose Patients with body weights close to or above 400 lbs present unique challenges in radiation therapy since the weight limit of most treatment couches decreases as the couch‐top extends toward the treatment gantry. The purpose of this work was to develop a small footprint couch‐top support platform to safely perform image‐guided ...
Huixiao Chen +5 more
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Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, Volume 23, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Background Ultrasonography (US) and 99mTechnetium‐sestamibi scintigraphy (99mTc‐MIBI) are currently first‐line imaging modalities to localize parathyroid adenomas with sensitivities of 80% and 84%, respectively. Therefore, finding other modalities to further improve the diagnostic accuracy for preoperative localization is critically needed ...
Fangyi Liu +7 more
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Engendered Representations: Exploring Sexuality through Symbols and Myths
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2009 This article reflects the findings of a project that was conducted by the Institute for Women s and Gender Studies at the University of Pretoria. In particular, the project sought to dialogue with religious and cultural leaders on the taboos, myths ...
Rory du Plessis, Marinda Maree
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