Entrepreneurship Development Among Black Youths in South Africa: A Choice or Neccesity? by Thulani Andrew Chauke

“…The study used qualitative research to collect and analyse data. The unstructured interview was used to gather data from the participants. …”
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“I embroider the beauty that is my head and not the dead trees around me” art heritage and resilience in South Sudan: a gendered view by Tamsin Bradley, Atem Beny, Rebecca Lorins

“…The paper argues that focusing on art is an important way into a deeper more nuanced picture of how women and men find and maintain resilience in humanitarian contexts. …”
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Postpartum Vaginal Blood Loss following Two Different Methods of Cervical Ripening by Okon Asuquo Okon, John Egede Ekabua

“…Vaginal blood loss was collected and measured using an under buttocks plastic collection bag and by perineal pad weighing up to 6 hours postpartum. …”
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The rationale, design of the Assisted reproductive technology cohort nested in a pre-pregnancy family cohort (APP-Cohort) by Wei Xiong, Qinghan Liang, Xiaojie Han, Qiaolu Cheng, Qihang Liu, Xifang Zuo, Huiyu Wang, Huijing He, Guangliang Shan

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3D echocardiography derived reference values and determinants of left ventricular twist and torsion from the population-based STAAB cohort study by Julia Napp, Götz Gelbrich, Floran Sahiti, Vladimir Cejka, Dora Pelin, Lena Schmidbauer, Mengmeng Chen, Niklas Hitschrich, Marcus Schreckenberg, Stefan Frantz, Peter U. Heuschmann, Stefan Störk, Caroline Morbach

“…From a subset of 479 apparently healthy individuals exhibiting no cardiovascular (CV) risk factors or CV disease (mean age 52 ± 10 years, 56.4% women), we derived reference percentiles for twist and torsion. …”
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Association between the intake of potentially risky beverages and the occurrence of endometrial polyps: a case–control study by Rui Fu, Rui Fu, Shipeng Zhang, Shipeng Zhang, Chang Cai, Chang Cai, Xiaocui Wang, Xiaocui Wang, Yanjie Jiang, Xiulian Zhuang, Xiulian Zhuang, Jiating Zhang, Xiaoli Ji, Chengcheng Yang

“…The control group consisted of women of childbearing age who visited the gynecological clinic with similar clinical symptoms but did not have EPs. …”
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Robotic Surgery from a Gynaecological Oncology Perspective: A Global Gynaecological Oncology Surgical Outcomes Collaborative Led Study (GO SOAR3) by Faiza Gaba, Karen Ash, Oleg Blyuss, Dhivya Chandrasekaran, Marielle Nobbenhuis, Thomas Ind, Elly Brockbank, on behalf of the GO SOAR Collaborators

“…Our data suggest gender differences in the robotics learning curve with men six times more likely to state robotic surgery had negatively impacted their situational awareness in the operating theatre (OR = 6.35, <i>p</i> ≤ 0.001) and 2.5 times more likely to state it had negatively impacted their surgical ability due to lack of haptic feedback in comparison to women (OR = 2.62, <i>p</i> = 0.046). Women were more risk-averse in case selection, but there were no self-reported differences in the intra-operative complication rates between male and female surgeons (OR = 1, <i>p</i> = 0.1). …”
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Determinants of Low Birth Weight among Newborns Delivered at Public Hospitals in Sidama Zone, South Ethiopia: Unmatched Case-Control Study by Muse Bututa Bekela, Mulugeta Shegaze Shimbre, Teshale Fikadu Gebabo, Mengesha Boko Geta, Abayneh Tunje Tonga, Eshetu Andarge Zeleke, Negussie Boti Sidemo, Agegnehu Bante Getnet

“…The odds of being rural dweller women was 3.51 times higher among cases (low birth weight babies) than among controls (normal birth weight babies) as compared to being urban dweller women (AOR=3.51, 95% CI (1.91-6.45)). …”
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Estimating Trends in Cardiovascular Disease Risk for the EXPOSE (Explaining Population Trends in Cardiovascular Risk: A Comparative Analysis of Health Transitions in South Africa a... by Shaun Scholes, Jennifer S Mindell, Mari Toomse-Smith, Annibale Cois, Kafui Adjaye-Gbewonyo

“…In men, the mean of the laboratory-based WHO risk score was 10.1% (SE 0.2%) and 8.4% (SE 0.2%) in 1998 and 2017, respectively; corresponding figures in women were 5.6% (SE 0.1%) and 4.5% (SE 0.1%). In men, the mean of the non–laboratory-based WHO risk score was 9.6% (SE 0.1%) and 8.9% (SE 0.2%) in 1998 and 2017, respectively; corresponding figures in women were 5.8% (SE 0.1%) and 4.8% (SE 0.1%). …”
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The relationships of metals exposure and disturbance of the vaginal microbiota with the risk of PROM: Results from a birth cohort study by Dongyang Zhang, Rui Dong, Tingting Jiang, Shiwei Ren, Xinyu Yue, Muxin Zhai, Siyu Jiang, Bingxia He, Ran Tang, Yujie Deng, Wenjie Lyu, Baojing Zhao, Fangbiao Tao, Yuanyuan Yang, Zongzhi Yin, Zhen Yu, Dongmei Ji, Chunmei Liang

“…Based on a prospective birth cohort study including 668 pregnant women, maternal blood levels of 15 metals in the first trimester (n=668) and microbiota of vaginal secretions in the third trimester (n=244) were assessed. …”
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The Land and The Sources of Livelihood for the Sakai Tribe in Bathin Solapan District, Bengkalis Regency by Hesti Asriwandari, Ashaluddin Jalil, Achmad Hidir, Syamsul Bahri, Yesi, Seger Sugiyanto

“…The method used was qualitative by interviewing village government, traditional leaders, women's leaders, and youth leaders. The results of this research found that the source of the problems that are faced by the Sakai Tribe came from unequal control of the land and the natural resources. …”
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Reproduction outcomes and prognostic significance of pregnancy after nasopharyngeal carcinoma treatment by Meijuan Luo, Liting Liu, Zhenchong Yang, Yujing Liang, Dongxiang Wen, Sailan Liu, Xiaoyun Li, Chuanmiao Xie, Linquan Tang, Qiuyan Chen, Shanshan Guo, Haiqiang Mai

“…To evaluate the outcomes of subsequent pregnancy after NPC and explore the prognostic effects of pregnancy in women.Methods Female patients with locoregional NPC were included, and their pregnancy status, newborn information, and obstetric information were collected. …”
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PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE OF THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK IN TURKEY by Nilgün Ulutaşdemir, Ebru Öztürk Çopur, Süreyya Yigitalp Rençber

“…It was found that the mean Beck's Anxiety Inventory scores were higher in women, in those in the advanced age group, in married individuals, in thosewith a higher education level, and in those perceiving their socioeconomic status lower. …”
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The Association of −330 Interleukin-2 Gene Polymorphism with Its Plasma Concentration in Iranian Multiple Sclerosis Patients by Arezou Sayad, Abolfazl Movafagh

“…In this study 100 MS patients and 100 ethnically, age, and sex matched healthy controls were selected from Medical Genetics Department of Sarem Women Hospital. Blood samples of all individuals were collected in EDTA tubes. …”
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Lomi And Totò : An Ethiopian-Italian Colonial or Postcolonial “Love Story”? by Giovanna Trento

“…Giovanna Trento in this article, thanks to the observation of this “private history”, highlights a certain controversial and unstable degree of fluidity between colonial and postcolonial periods, also questioning the degree of freedom individuals might have within a given social framework, thus suggesting some crucial and sometimes ambiguous issues related to: the use of racial laws in the fascist period; notions of concubinage, marriage and citizenship; gender and power relations; subaltern conditions and marginality within Italian colonialism; discrepancies between portraying African women and relating to them; new African-Italian identities; building collective memory and family storytelling; reproducing, suffering, or overcoming the “colony” today.…”
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INDIGENOUS PEOPLE KAMPUNG KUTA KABUPATEN CIAMIS: KAJIAN ETNOBOTANI PEMANFAATAN KELAPA (Cocos nucifera L.) by Fira Regina Ryandita, Diana Hernawati, Rinaldi Rizal Putra

“…The informants in this study amounted to 20 people, namely 13 women and 7 men with an informant age range of 30-67 years. …”
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Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Management of Obstructed Labor Among Final Year GNM Students by Noorjan K S, Preethi D’Souza

“… Background The women of developing countries are at risk of pregnancy-related complications including eclampsia obstructed labour sepsis etc. …”
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Evaluating the effects of guide plans on the mental health of villagers (Case study: Central district of Darab County) by Hamid Heidary mokarrar, Hamid reza Nasimi, Zohreh Ramezanpour

“…Other results of the research confirm that there is a significant difference between mental health status in all three age groups of men But among women, there is a significant difference between the two age groups of the elderly with young people and middle aged people.…”
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The Impact of Country of Origin Effect and Consumer Ethnocentrism on Purchase Intention of Foreign Brand Recreational Materials Used in Sports Activities: An Empirical Research by Murat Arslandere, Yusuf Er

“…A total of 335 participants (195 women (58%) and 140 men (42%), participated in the study. …”
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Examining the Effectiveness of Mindfulness Based Training Program on Female Handball Players’ Psychological Skills and Coping with Stress Strategies by Zeynep Ayça Terzioğlu, Mustafa Yıldız, S. Gülfem Çakır

“…The study group consists of 9 female handball players who play in the Antalya Muratpaşa Municipality Women's Handball Team. In the research, a personal information questionnaire, the Athletic Coping Skills Inventory and Coping Strategies in Sport Competition Inventory were used to collect data as pre-test before the program and as post-test at the end of the program. …”
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