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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsGender, Stereotype Threat and Mathematics Test ScoresMing Tsui, Xiao Y. Xu, Edmond VenatorProblem statement: Stereotype threat has repeatedly been shown to depress women’s scores on difficult math tests. An attempt to replicate these findings in China found no support for the stereotype threat hypothesis. Our math test was characterized as being personally important for the student participants, an atypical condition in most stereotype threat laboratory research. Approach: To evaluate the effects of … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 4 · 16 Aug 2011 · 8,815 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsGender Differences in the Usage and Attitudes toward the Internet among Student Teachers in a Public Malaysian UniversityWong Su Luan, Ng Siew Fung, Hanafi AtanThe problems of gender disparity in the usage and attitude towards the Internet have received considerable interest among researchers. Most findings have revealed that females are at a disadvantage compared to their male counterparts where Internet usage is concerned. They have unequal access, a low rate of usage and exhibit negative attitudes towards the Internet (Nachmias et al., 2000; Sherman … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 6 · 30 Jun 2008 · 7,568 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractWhat Factors Determine Family Spending on Education in India and Does it Vary Across Well-Being Measures?Geetha Rani PrakasamThe present paper estimates the drivers of family spending on education across economic groups. The questions that are explored include: (i) Does family spending on education vary across economic groups and over time? (ii) The subsidiary question is to understand the gender bias in education spending across these groups. As a corollary to this, at which levels of education and … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 19, Issue 1 · 16 May 2023 · 6,524 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractGender Tendency of Russian Political Activity from the Perspective of JurisprudenceNadezhda N. Tarusina, Elena A. IsaevaThe article Russian women is considered as a subjects of constitutional and administrative law and studies different characteristics of their political activity: Conservation of patriarchal tendency as precondition of actual inequality of men and women in the political sphere; formal indices of women's political activity in the Soviet times, their quantitative and qualitative reduction during perestroika and in contemporary times; … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 12 · 3 Jan 2015 · 6,619 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCardiovascular Disease Risk Factors among Adult Australian-Lebanese in MelbourneLina Shahwan-AklThis descriptive exploratory study reports on the prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) risk factors among adult Australian-Lebanese migrants living in Melbourne. This study fills a gap in extant research regarding CVD risk factors within this ethnic community in Melbourne. Problem statement: Australia’s multicultural society consists of more than 200 ethnic groups and nearly a quarter of the Australian population are … …International Journal of Research in Nursing, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 30 Jun 2010 · 15,011 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordKnowledge Practice Gap Among Nurses Towards COVID-19 Patients’ Dead Body Care in a Tertiary Care HospitalGirraj Saini, Mahendra Singh, Prasan Kumar Panda et al.COVID-19 due to SARS-CoV-2 is a global pandemic that presents a serious challenge from many angles for healthcare professionals. The virus causes a potentially fatal disease that is easily transmitted among patients and caregivers, hence specific dead body care is required for such patients. Our study was conducted to identify knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding COVID-19 dead body care among … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 19, Issue 1 · 10 Mar 2023 · 5,756 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordTHE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE OIL INDUSTRYCharles GyanThis study was conducted to ascertain the contribution of women in the oil industry. It also looked at the opportunities available and the barriers that prevent women from attaining higher heights in the oil industry. Findings from the study show several factors (institutional, cultural, social and personal) that prevent women from being employed in the oil industry. The study has … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 3 · 23 Sep 2013 · 7,989 accessesView PDFCite