OBJECTIVE To determine the feasibility of correctly identifying fetal gender from 11 to 14 weeks' gestation. METHODS A prospective cross-sectional study in a university Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, London. A total of 524 women from an unselected population underwent a detailed assessment of fetal anatomy at 11-14 weeks of gestation (confirmed by crown-rump length) by means of tra...

This study demonstrated determination of fetal gender from nucleated red blood cells (NRBCs) in maternal blood and attempted to apply prenatal diagnosis of hemophilia A using BclI DNA polymorphism. Venous blood was drawn from 20 pregnant women, and NRBCs were recovered by magnetic activated cell sorting and anti-GPA (glycophorin A) immunostaining. After microdissector isolation of the NRBCs, pr...

BACKGROUND Male gender preference is a dominant feature of Igbo culture and could be the reason behind women seeking fetal gender at ultrasound. AIM The aim of this study is to investigate the perception of prenatal ultrasound patients of male gender preference in a patriarchal and gender sensitive society. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The study was a cross-sectional survey, which targeted pregnant...

human resource management (hrm) is a noteworthy tool of all the organization. its significance has puffed-up day by day due to heterogeneous workers and organizations, to recognize and effectively manage workforce diversity by hrm practices. the main purpose of this paper is to investigate gender discrimination by means of sticky floors and glass ceiling effects in the public and private sector...

The fruitless gene is well-known to play a key role in determining the sexual identity of the fruitfly's nervous system, but new results show that doublesex is also required in thoracic neurons to generate normal male lovesongs.

Should agricultural development programmes target women in order to increase productivity? This article analyzes the challenges in distinguishing women's agricultural productivity from that of men. Most of the literature compares productivity on plots managed by women with those managed by men, ignoring the majority of agricultural households in which men and women are both involved in manageme...

Event-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded in male and female participants in response to 32 male and 32 female faces. Participants were instructed to simply look carefully at each face; after ERP collection they were asked to rate each face on a 5-point attractiveness scale. A positive correlation between average rating and average P300 scores to opposite sex faces was observed in male (r =...

This article takes the reader inside four border security fairs in Europe and North America to examine the knowledge practices of border security professionals. Building on the border security as practice research agenda, the analysis focuses on the production, circulation, and consumption of scarce forms of knowledge. To explore situated knowledge of border security practices, I develop an app...