Search results for "WOM"

Reproductive status is associated with the severity of fibrosis in women with hepatitis C.

2012

Introduction Chronic hepatitis C is the main cause of death in patients with end-stage liver disease. Prognosis depends on the increase of fibrosis, whose progression is twice as rapid in men as in women. Aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of reproductive stage on fibrosis severity in women and to compare these findings with age-matched men. Materials and Methods A retrospective study of 710 consecutive patients with biopsy-proven chronic hepatitis C was conducted, using data from a clinical database of two tertiary Italian care centers. Four age-matched groups of men served as controls. Data about demographics, biochemistry, liver biopsy and ultrasonography were analyzed. Contrib…

Michael Field's Sapphism : an Ontology of the Feminine in "Long Ago" (1889)

2018

This article examines the valuable contribution that Katherine Bradley and her niece Edith Cooper made to the vast tradition of queer Sapphism in Long Ago (1889), their first volume of poetry published under the collaborative pseudonym of Michael Field. Taking as my starting point the well-established assumption among contemporary critics that this volume represents an original instance of lesbian writing, I seek to argue that Long Ago not only appropriates and celebrates the figure of Sappho as a lesbian archetype, it also proposes a subversive gender theory that conceptualises the feminine as the essential principle of vitalism, the masculine as the very representation of death, and homoe…

Morphological and Postural Changes in the Foot during Pregnancy and Puerperium: A Longitudinal Study

2021

The aim of this study is to observe the morphological and postural changes to the foot that take place during pregnancy and the puerperium. Method: In this descriptive, observational, longitudinal study, we analysed 23 pregnant women, with particular attention to morphological and postural aspects of the foot, at three time points during and after pregnancy: in weeks 9–13 of gestation, weeks 32–35 of gestation and weeks 4–6 after delivery. The parameters considered were changes in foot length, the Foot Posture Index (FPI) and the Hernández Corvo Index, which were analysed using a pedigraph and taking into account the Body Mass Index (BMI). The same procedure was conducted in each review. Re…

Il Louvre si apre al contemporaneo e invita l’artista americano Cy Twombly a realizzare un’opera permanente

2010

The EU as a global actor Is the EU diffusing norms in third countries through NGOs?

2015

Master thesis Public Policy and Management- University of Agder, 2015 The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate the role of the European Union as a global actor and as promoter of gender equality in third countries. The thesis consists of a case study of the relation between the EU and a Mexican NGO, where I am trying to determine its effect on the formulation of public policies protecting women’s rights. To analyze the case study I benefit from the role theory, normative power and interregionalism. The findings of the study suggest that the EU is employing instruments such as political dialogue together with the principle of conditionality in order to spread ideas, norms and values. Furthe…

Flerkulturelle kvinner i arbeidslivet

2015

Masteroppgave velferdsstudier- Universitetet i Agder, 2015 I denne masteroppgaven retter jeg søkelyset mot kvinner med ikke vestlig bakgrunn som har fullført introduksjonsprogrammet for minst 3-5 år siden. Masteroppgaven handler om flerkulturelle kvinner i arbeidslivet. Jeg tar opp temaer som har vist seg viktige for å forstå flerkulturelle kvinners situasjon på det norske arbeidsmarkedet. Hovedårsaken til at jeg har valgt å konsentrere meg om flerkulturelle kvinner er at det er disse som kommer dårligst ut på arbeidsmarkedsstatistikken. De er i mye større grad enn norske og nordiske kvinner arbeidsledige, og de er overrepresentert innenfor renhold og hotell- og restaurantvirksomhet. Min ho…

Sykefravær og arbeidsbelastning Kombinasjon av yrketsaktivitet og husholdet: kjønnsforskjeller og tidsbruk

2015

Masteroppgave velferdsfag- Universitetet i Agder, 2015 Denne oppgaven omfatter en kvantitativ studie av sammenhengen mellom arbeidsbelastninger og sykefraværet. Anvendt data er Livsløp, Generasjon og Kjønn (LOGG)1. Det undersøkes for fire belastninger i jobben, hovedansvar for seks husholdarbeids oppgaver, og en kombinasjon av lønnet og ulønnet arbeid. Videre ses det på forskjellen mellom kvinner og menn, og tidsbruk i hjemmet. Oppgavens sentrale problemstilling er: Hvilken betydning har arbeidsbelastninger for sykefraværet? Dette har gitt grunnlag for å dele inn i fire hypoteser. Der jeg ser på betydningen av arbeidsbelastninger i jobben, begrenset til: stress, ubekvem arbeidstid, lite var…

Associations of neck muscle strength and cervical spine mobility with future neck pain and disability: a prospective 16-year study.

2021

Abstract Background Neck pain has been associated with weaker neck muscle strength and decreased cervical spine range of motion. However, whether neck muscle strength or cervical spine mobility predict later neck disability has not been demonstrated. In this 16-year prospective study, we investigated whether neck muscle strength and cervical spine mobility are associated with future neck pain and related disability in women pain-free at baseline. Methods Maximal isometric neck muscle strength and passive range of motion (PROM) of the cervical spine of 220 women (mean age 40, standard deviation (SD) 12 years) were measured at baseline between 2000 and 2002. We conducted a postal survey 16 ye…

A healthy Nordic diet and physical performance in old age : findings from the longitudinal Helsinki Birth Cohort Study

2016

AbstractEpidemiological studies have shown that a number of nutrients are associated with better physical performance. However, little is still known about the role of the whole diet, particularly a healthy Nordic diet, in relation to physical performance. Therefore, we examined whether a healthy Nordic diet was associated with measures of physical performance 10 years later. We studied 1072 participants from the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study. Participants’ diet was assessed using a validated 128-item FFQ at the mean age of 61 years, and a priori-defined Nordic diet score (NDS) was calculated. The score included Nordic fruits and berries, vegetables, cereals, PUFA:SFA and trans-fatty acids ra…

Adherence to a Mediterranean diet is associated with lower incidence of frailty: A longitudinal cohort study

2018

Background & aims There is a paucity of data investigating the relationship between the Mediterranean diet and frailty, with no data among North American people. We aimed to investigate if adherence to a Mediterranean diet is associated with a lower incidence of frailty in a large cohort of North American people. Methods This study included subjects at higher risk or having knee osteoarthritis. Adherence to the Mediterranean diet was evaluated using a validated Mediterranean diet score (aMED) as proposed by Panagiotakos and classified into five categories. Frailty was defined using the Study of Osteoporotic Fracture (SOF) index as the presence of ≥2 out of: (i) weight loss ≥5% between b…