the objective of this article was to investigate the relationship between capitals, religiosity and loneliness among women in shiraz, iran. using survey method, we chose 413 women between 19 to 65 years of age by cluster random sampling. findings showed that being religious decrease emotional loneliness and more cultural and social capital decrease social loneliness. employed women enjoyed more...

We develop a unique survey that focuses on the job search behavior of individuals regardless their labor force status and field it annually starting in 2013. use our to study relationship between effort outcomes for employed non?employed. Three important facts stand out: (1) on?the?job is pervasive, more intense at lower rungs ladder; (2) are least three times effective than unemployed search; ...

Background & objectives: Women's health is an important indicator for development of countries, because women are more vulnerable than men. Health is not just a biological issue and socioeconomic inequality plays an important role in health outcomes. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to determine the relationship between social and economic inequality and the health status of women. ...

In this paper, we discuss the historical and current perspectives on women in computer science and the recent downward trend of women's participation in this field We then present results from a survey that asked respondents their views on why women's participation in the field of computing is decreasing, what we can do to reverse this trend, and what they predict the future holds for women in ...

The purpose of this study was to test the psychometric properties of a vertical version of horizontally oriented three Appraisal of Violent Situation scales that elicit women's subjective appraisals of severity, dangerousness, and controllability of violence. Construct validity of the vertical scale eliciting 64 abused women's perceptions of severity of violence experienced was supported by a l...

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Despite greater knowledge about gender (in)equality issues, women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) are still largely portrayed in stereotypical ways in the media. We sought to uncover what both academic research and mainstream US and UK media communicate relative to the topic of women in STEM, in general, and women in computing, in particular. The notion of image cente...

We explored the use of support vector machines (SVM) in order to analyze the ensemble activities of 24 postural and focal muscles recorded during a whole body pointing task. Because of the large number of variables involved in motor control studies, such multivariate methods have much to offer over the standard univariate techniques that are currently employed in the field to detect modificatio...

BACKGROUND Maternal employment has increased in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC) and is a hypothesized risk factor for maternal overweight due to increased income and behavioral changes related to time allocation. However, few studies have investigated this relationship in LMIC. METHODS Using cross-sectional samples from Demographic and Health Surveys, we investigated the association be...