Ladies-in-Waiting and Portraiture at Philip II’s Court: Portraits of the Habsburgs and of “Unknown Lady” in the Museo del Prado by Vanessa De Cruz Medina

“…This article focuses on ladies-in-waiting and portraiture at Philip II’s court and provides further information about four portraits in the collection of the Museo del Prado. It explores two understudied areas of women and portraiture such as agency and reception through the private correspondence of Margarita de Cardona and her daughters, ladies-in-waiting to Habsburg women. …”
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Medicalisation of Birth in Transylvania in the Second Half of the 19th Century. A Subject to be Investigated by Luminiţa Dumănescu, Ioan Bolovan

“…In theory, the province of Transylvania was well provided with medical care, midwives included. Data collected into the Historical Population Database of Transylvania reveals the fact that most women were assisted at birth by handywomen, the traditional, unskilled midwives. …”
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Meaning of life in Iranian Adolescents: A Qualitative Study by Pardis Rahanandeh, Mojtaba Haghani, Hassan Boland

“…In this study, using convenience sampling, 50 women were selected as samples. In order to collect research data, Coping Styles Questionnaire for Stressful Situations (CISS) and Ryff scale of psychological well-being (RSPWB) were used. …”
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One-minute sit-to-stand test: Reference values for the Chilean population. by Matías Otto-Yáñez, Rodrigo Torres-Castro, Marisol Barros-Poblete, Marcela Barros, Carola Valencia, Alex Campos, Leticia Jadue, Homero Puppo, Pamela Serón, Jordi Vilaró

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A multicenter cross-sectional study involving data collection from six locations in Chile was conducted. …”
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Correlation between Serum Osteopontin and miR-181a Levels in Allergic Rhinitis Children by Wenlong Liu, Qingxiang Zeng, Renzhong Luo

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SmartProvenance: User‐friendly provenance system for internet of things applications based on event flow graphs by Byeong‐Mo Chang, Kyung‐Min Lee, Ga‐Young Koh, Kwanghoon Choi

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Eternal City or the Stuff of Nightmares? The Characterisation of Rome in Portrait of a Lady and Middlemarch by Hannah Hunt

“…It notes how within Rome, Casaubon and Osborne view their wives as extensions to their collections of classical urban artefacts/provider of secretarial skills rather than as women in their own right. …”
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Prevalence and Associated Metabolic Factors of Gallstone Disease in the Elderly Agricultural and Fishing Population of Taiwan by Hsi-Che Shen, Yi-Chun Hu, Yu-Fen Chen, Tao-Hsin Tung

“…Women were associated with significantly higher GSD prevalence than men (14.8% versus 12.2%; for the chi-square test, P=.003). …”
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Novel Application of Statistical Methods to Identify New Urinary Incontinence Risk Factors by Theophilus O. Ogunyemi, Mohammad-Reza Siadat, Suzan Arslanturk, Kim A. Killinger, Ananias C. Diokno

“…We tested a novel application of statistical methods to identify UI risk factors in older women. MESA data were collected at baseline and yearly from a sample of 1955 men and women in the community. …”
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Legal interventions for perinatal depression in India: a qualitative study with clinical specialists having expertise in perinatal mental health by Ritika Behl, Vivek Nemane, Shashikala Gurpur

“…All invited participants either had a background in perinatal psychiatry or were experienced in working with the perinatal population and had undertaken evidence-based research regarding perinatal mental health (PMH), in the Indian setting.Results Five themes emerged from the collected data including (1) the epidemiology of PND in the Indian context, (2) the management of PND in India and the efficacy of the existing legal frameworks, (3) the need for legal interventions for addressing and managing PND in India, (4) role of legislative instruments, globally, in managing maternal PND and (5) advocacy for PMH by lawyers, and advocates in India.Conclusions The existing policy gap is associated with the violation of women’s rights. …”
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Risk of Selected Fetal Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes at Advanced Maternal Age: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia by Bikila Tefera Debelo, Melaku Hunie Asratie, Abayneh Aklilu Solomon

“…Pregnancy at an advanced maternal age is defined as pregnancy at 35 years or older. Today, women postpone pregnancy due to different socioeconomic and personal reasons. …”
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Empowerment resources, decision-making and gender attitudes: which matter most to livestock keepers in the mixed and livestock-based systems in Ethiopia? by Wole Kinati, Derek Baker, Elizabeth C. Temple, Dina Najjar, Annet Abenakyo Mulema

“…Abstract Background Women's empowerment constitutes an important aspect of the development agenda. …”
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Oxidative Stress in Endometrial Flushing Fluid of Patients with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Endometrioma and Uterine Leiomyoma: Comparison with Healthy Controls by Mustafa Demir, Onur Ince, Bulent Yilmaz, Mert Ulas Barut, Ulviye Cansu Ozturk, Avni Kılıc, Ahmet Berkiz Turp, Recep Sutcu, Seyithan Taysi

“…Endometrial flushing fluid samples were collected during the implantation window of all women. …”
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Prevalence of and factors associated with tobacco smoking in the Gambia: a national cross-sectional study by Abu Naser Zafar Ullah, Md Shariful Islam, Md Golam Rabbani, Haifaa AlWajeah, Md Ferdous, Nusrat Sharmin Mahfuza, Daniel Konka, Eva Silenga

“…Objectives To examine the prevalence of and risk factors associated with tobacco smoking in the Gambia.Design A nationwide cross-sectional study.Setting The Gambia.Participants The study participants were both women and men aged between 15 and 49 years old. We included 16,066 men and women in our final analysis.Data analysis We analysed data from the Gambia Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), 2019–2020. …”
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Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Does Not Change the Pharmacokinetics and Transplacental Distribution of Fluoxetine and Norfluoxetine Enantiomers by Daniela Miarelli Carvalho, Glauco Henrique Balthazar Nardotto, Gabriela Campos de Oliveira Filgueira, Geraldo Duarte, Ricardo Carvalho Cavalli, Vera Lucia Lanchote, Elaine Christine Dantas Moisés

“…The pharmacokinetics parameters obtained for pregnant women diagnosed with GDM were compared with a group of healthy pregnant women (n = 9) previously investigated using Kruskal–Wallis’s rank-sum test with the Dunn–Bonferroni post hoc test. …”
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The Effect of Gender Inequality in Education on Rural Poverty: A Case Study of Nyakagyeme Sub-County Rukungiri District. by Akaruhanga, Jasper

“…Purposive sampling was also used to collect data from respondents who participated in the study. …”
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Herbal Substance, Acteoside, Alleviates Intestinal Mucositis in Mice by Daniel Reinke, Stamatiki Kritas, Panagiotis Polychronopoulos, Alexios L. Skaltsounis, Nektarios Aligiannis, Cuong D. Tran

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Psychopathology and Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion in Type 1 Diabetes by Francesco Rotella, Caterina Lamanna, Ilaria Dicembrini, Carlo Faravelli, Caterina Calasso, Edoardo Mannucci

“…Among men, those on CSII were younger than those on MDI; conversely, no difference in age was observed in women. Women on CSII showed higher scores on most Symptom Checklist 90 subscales than those on MDI, whereas no differences were observed in men. …”
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Perception of Gender Issues among Surgical Residents and their Supervisors by Syed Inamullah Shah, Muzna Iftikhar, Sajida Shah, Muhammad Salman Shafique, Mahvish Noor, Jamil Ahmad Shah

“…Those who required it were mostly women (P=0.050). 64% (n=14) of the supervisors were men. …”
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Streptococcus constellatus Peritonitis and Subsequent Septic Shock following Intrauterine Device Removal by Joan Tymon-Rosario, Jessica M. Atrio, Hyun Ah Yoon, David Erlichman, Veronica Lerner

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