This paper explores the distributional effects of contractionary monetary policy by race and gender in the US from 1979-2008 using state-level panel data. We hypothesize that women and Blacks, as groups with less power and lower status in the social hierarchy, fare worse in the competition over jobs, resulting in a disproportionate rise in female and Black unemployment rates relative to White m...

OBJECTIVES Few studies have identified the distinctive aspects of singlehood that are distressing to older adults. The objectives of our study were: (a) to examine whether divorced, widowed, and never-married older adults differed in their experiences of single strain, an indicator of chronic stressors associated with being unmarried; and (b) to assess whether the marital status differences we ...

This dissertation examines the sources and effects of the dramatic increase of the paid domestic sector in Europe, particularly in Spain. This project addresses three main questions about social inequality. First, the thesis analyzes how public policy debates framed the change in this economic sector in relation to issues of gender equality and shifts in immigration across the EU and in Spain. ...

Using the data from trial of Metformin and AcaRbose in Chinese as initial Hypoglycemic treatment (MARCH), this study was performed to compare differential effects acarbose metformin on glucose metabolism after stratification by gender. Six hundred forty patients who had finished whole 48-week follow-up were included. The reduction haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) comparable between acarbose- metformin-t...

Librarianship is a feminized profession, and like teaching, nursing, and social work with which it shares the occupational traits of a "semi-profession," its low status and prestige have been attributed to a negative feminine image. To date, discussion of a corresponding male librarian image, general male issues, and the broader topic of gender issues has been minimal within the profession, whi...

Previous studies suggest that elevated blood homocysteine levels and the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T polymorphism are risk factors for schizophrenia. However, the effects of gender and MTHFR C677T genotypes on blood homocysteine levels in schizophrenia have not been consistent. We first investigated whether plasma total homocysteine levels were higher in patients with schi...

BACKGROUND To evaluate computer-based computer tomography (CT) analysis (CALIPER) against visual CT scoring and pulmonary function tests (PFTs) when predicting mortality in patients with connective tissue disease-related interstitial lung disease (CTD-ILD). To identify outcome differences between distinct CTD-ILD groups derived following automated stratification of CALIPER variables. METHODS ...

OBJECTIVE To analyze, stratifield by gender, trends of the new case leprosy detection rates in the general population and in children; of grade 2 disability, and of proportion of multibacillary cases, in the state of Bahia, Brazil from 2001 to 2014. METHODS A time series study based on leprosy data from the National Information System for Notifiable Diseases. The time trend analysis included Po...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether genetic contributions to major depressive disorder and conduct disorder comorbidity are shared with genetic influences on negative emotionality. METHOD Primary caregivers of 2,022 same- and opposite-sex twin pairs 6 to 18 years of age comprised a population-based sample. Participants were randomly selected across five regions in Tennessee, with stratification ...

Gender and development are among the two most important components of any economy to sustain its perpetual sustainable economic growth in both long as well short run. The role women parliament interrelationship between gender is critically analysed. Women’s representation dependent variable predictor variables considered index, female access assets, labour force, country GDP per capita. Data we...