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Hughes, Lawrence G. « Exploring the Experience of the African-American Male Worker Assigned to the African-American Male Leader ». THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, 2012. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3489793.
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Dinh, Thai Son Pimpawun Boonmongkon. « Commodification of pleasure : a study of male migrant sex worker in Hanoi, Vietnam / ». Abstract, 2007. http://mulinet3.li.mahidol.ac.th/thesis/2550/cd400/4838042.pdf.
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Oultram, Teresa. « Exploring the identities of the young male worker : A case study of English apprenticeship schemes ». Thesis, Keele University, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.530764.
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Nkhumane, Evelyn. « Couple-empowerment strategies to decrease the HIV risk in a male-dominant mileu / Evelyn Nkhumane ». Thesis, North-West University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2101.
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Saiyed, Faiez K., Eddy R. Segura, Diane Tan, Jesse L. Clark, Jordan E. Lake et Ian W. Holloway. « Social networks and condomless intercourse with female partners among male sex workers in the Dominican Republic ». SAGE Publications Ltd, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/655587.
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Male sex workers (MSW) in the Dominican Republic (DR) have multiple sexual partners, including personal and client-relationships, and are disproportionately affected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We examined the prevalence of condomless anal and/or vaginal intercourse (CI) among MSW in the DR as a function of social network factors. Self-report surveys and social network interviews were administered to MSW recruited through venue-based sampling (N = 220). A generalized linear model was used to complete a Poisson Regression model and identify variables significantly associated with the outcome of interest. CI was more common with female (28.3%) than with male partners (4.9%). Factors associated with CI with the last female partner included older age of MSW, CI with the last male partner, having a stable female partner (a consistent or main partner), and having ≥1 family member in the participants’ social network. Partner and social network characteristics associated with CI among MSW suggest the utility of dyadic and network interventions to reduce HIV risk.National Institute of Mental Health
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Augustsson, Johan, et Simon Gunnarsson. « Kön i minoritet : En jämförelse mellan manliga socialsekreterare och kvinnliga poliser ». Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för socialt arbete (SA), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-45089.
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Traditionally and historically certain jobs have been recognized as male or female professions leading to the assumption that the barrier crossing men and women working in these gender atypical jobs are being less masculine and less feminine. The aim of this study is to examine similarities and differences among male social workers and female police officers in the experience of being a gender minority in their workplace and how it effects the construction of their gender identity. Working with a qualitative approach and using semi-constructed interviews the study was conducted by interviewing a total of five social workers and four female police officers, in six different communities, about their personal experiences of being a gender minority in a gender atypical job. The result shows both differences and similarities between the genders and their occupation; on a personal level neither of the respondents seemed to have a problem working in a gender atypical job although admitting that working in a “female” and “male” profession had effects on their personality but not on how they viewed themselves as men or women. On a group level the respondents experienced both differences and similarities; both genders talked about being stereotyped into taking on certain tasks but also about having advantages of being male or female in certain situations. Further on the female police officers talked about being pushed aside to give room for the male colleagues while the male social workers experienced the opposite; being more acknowledged. On a societal level respondents from both groups were talking about a shift in societies showcasing that the view on men and women and what is considered male and female have been or in a process of being disintegrated. The results were seen from a social constructionist viewing point and were interpreted and analyzed using following theories and theoretical concepts: Stereotype, gender, role theory, identity, gender identity and the theory about the mirrored self.
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Robert, Théo Geoffrey. « How insects learn about different goal locations : an analysis of learning and return flights of male and worker bumblebees at the nest and at a feeding site ». Thesis, University of Exeter, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/28065.
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Bees and wasps perform learning flights when departing their nest for the first few times or a newly discovered food source. Several studies have described the occurances and structure of these flights in several species, but few have examined how the insects systematically vary the characteristics of their learning flights in various conditions in order to aid the acquisition of visual information. This is best done in a species where individuals and nests can be easily manipulated and tested repeatedly. The aim of this thesis was therefore to investigate learning flights in bumblebees, where we have a good understanding of the structure and variability of flights from previous work and can design controlled experiments. I explored the similarities and differences of learning flights of workers and male bumblebees, observing their departures from the nest or an artificial flower. A second objective was to examine how differences in the learning flights affect the bumblebees’ ability to return the learnt location. The experiments were conducted inside a large greenhouse, under natural light regimes, with two large tables placed far apart, one for simulating the ground from which bees emerged when departing their nest, and the other representing a feeding site with an artificial flower. Female bumblebees performed shorter learning flights when leaving a flower than when leaving their nest, although both locations displayed similar visual scenes. At both locations, the duration and trajectory length of learning flights decreased over successive visits, but the decrease was faster at the flower location than at the nest. Bumblebees fixated both their nest and the flower during their learning flights as well as the landmarks available around the two locations, which suggests that they learned the position of the goal relative to these landmarks. When the nest and the flower were hidden and only three cylinders were shown as landmarks in tests, bees searched as accurately for the nest as for the flower. However, they were more persistent when searching for the nest than for the flower, which was not predicted from the variation of learning flights at the nest and flower locations. Another situation in which bumblebees varied the characteristics of their learning flights, but without an impact on their performance when recalling the learnt information, was after visiting flowers filled with low and high sucrose rewards. The bees performed longer learning flights after drinking at a highly rewarded flower. When departing a poorly rewarded flower, bumblebees did not fixate the flower during their learning flights. Nevertheless, the bees were able to return to both the poorly rewarded flower and the highly rewarded flower equally fast. Given the above findings, it is not evident how different durations or trajectory lengths of bumblebee learning flights might be linked to variations in learning of goal locations. Finally, I show that bumblebees of either sex decide to perform learning flights at locations that are of importance to them. Whilst the female workers always performed learning flights when departing their natal nest, the males did not and simply flew away in a straight line. However, when leaving a flower, the males did perform learning flights with characteristics similar to those of the females’ learning flights. They were also able to return to the flower, showing similar approach trajectories as workers. The thesis discusses these findings in the light of ideas and hypotheses that are linked to differential investment in learning which were observed in the various conditions here. It is also discussed why bumblebees used fixations in different ways when learning about the visual environment surrounding goals that are important to them. Whilst many results are parsimonious with the requirements for learning and active flight control to aid the acquisition of visual information, motivation also seems to play a role in varying the occurances and features of learning flights, such as seen in the bees’ greater persistence to search for their nest than for a flower.
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Goldman, Sarron. « White boyhood under Apartheid the experience of being looked after by a black nanny / ». Thesis, Pretoria : [s.n.], 2003. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06032004-144915.
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Gadd, David. « Deconstructing male violence : a qualitative study of male workers and clients on an anti-violence programme ». Thesis, Keele University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.327633.
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Woode, Owusu Melvina. « Male Clients of Female Sex Workers : An Exploratory Epidemiological Study ». Thesis, University of Manchester, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.532212.
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Sundbrant, Malin, et Ann-Sofie Orefjäll. « Genusperspektiv på missbruk : En kritisk diskursanalys av socialsekreterares föreställningar om kvinnligt och manligt missbruk ». Thesis, Hälsohögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, HHJ, Avd. för beteendevetenskap och socialt arbete, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-27428.
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Inom det vetenskapliga fältet för kvinnligt och manligt missbruk beskrivs ofta att kvinnan har andra och mer komplexa behov än mannen. Mannen och hans sociala situation, problematik och behov har generellt beskrivits som norm. Socialsekreterare grundar sina bedömningar och beslut på föreställningar om vad kvinnor och män har för specifika behov. Dessa föreställningar produceras och reproduceras genom rådande diskurser som verkar inom denna specifika sociala domän. Denna studie undersöker vilka centrala diskurser som kan identifieras i socialsekreterares föreställningar om kvinnligt och manligt missbruk, samt hur dessa verkar och reproduceras samt vad det kan få för implikationer för den sociala praktiken. Detta har undersökts genom en kritisk diskursanalys av sex semistrukturerade intervjuer med missbrukshandläggare. I resultatet framkommer tre centrala diskurser: 1) kvinnans utsatthet och komplexa vårdbehov, 2) männen i skuggan, samt 3) individen i fokus. Dessa tre utgör vad som i uppsatsen benämns den vetenskapliga diskursen om kvinnligt och manligt missbruk. Trots att de till viss del är motsägelsefulla visar studien hur socialsekreterare formar sina uttalanden i linje med alla tre och på så vis rättfärdigar sitt sätt att agera och organisera arbetet. Diskursen om individen i fokus framträder dock som dominant i förhållande till de andra två och förefaller vara en diskurs som skapar goda socialsekreterare och främjar klienters autonomi. Genom diskursens status förpassas de andra två, med fokus på genus, till bakgrunden och samhällets rådande könsordning riskerar vidmakthållas. Slutligen förefaller diskursen om individen i fokus verka oproblematiserat både inom det vetenskapliga och praktiska fältet för socialt arbete med missbruk, vilket kan få konsekvensen att socialsekreterare oreflekterat och omedvetet placerar klienter i kategorier som verkar förtyckande.Within the scientific field of female and male substance abuse, women have often been described as if they have other and more complex needs than men. The man and his social situation, problems and needs are in general described as the norm. Social workers base their assessments and decisions on ideas of what specific needs men and women have. These ideas are produced and reproduced by the prevailing discourses that operate in this specific social domain. This study examines which central discourses that can be identified in the social workers notions about female and male abuse, further how these discourses operate and are reproduced and how that may implicate the social practise. This has been investigated through a critical discourse analysis of six semi-structured interviews with social workers active on the field of substance abuse. The results show three main discourses: 1) women’s vulnerability and complex care needs, 2) men in the shadow, and 3) the individual in focus. These three constitute what in this paper is called the scientific discourse on female and male abuse. Despite they are somewhat contradictory, the study shows how social workers form their statements in line with all three, thus justifying the way they act and organize their work. The discourse about the individual in focus emerges as dominate in relation to the other two and appears to be a discourse that creates good social workers and encourages clients' autonomy. Through this discourse status the other two, with a focus on gender, are relegated to the background and the prevailing gender order in society risks being maintained. Finally, it appears the discourse of the individual in focus seem un- problematized both in the scientific and practical field of social work with substance abuse, which may have the consequence that social workers unreflective and unknowingly puts clients into oppressive categories.
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Sweet, Bryan Keith. « The meaning of work in the lives of older, male workers ». Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/NQ58554.pdf.
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Liu, Kit-ling. « Alcohol consumption and mortality among male factory workers in Guangzhou, China ». Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/b39724219.
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Liu, Kit-ling, et 廖潔玲. « Alcohol consumption and mortality among male factory workers in Guangzhou, China ». Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B39724219.
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Hannan-Jones, Mary T. « Validation of a food behavior questionnaire for male blue collar workers ». Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1994.
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During nutrition intervention programs, some form of dietary assessment is usually necessary. This dietary assessment can be for: initial screening; development of appropriate programs and activities; or, evaluation. Established methods of dietary assessment are not always practical, nor cost effective in such interventions, therefore an abbreviated dietary assessment tool is needed. The Queensland Nutrition Project developed such a tool for male Blue Collar Workers, the Food Behaviour Questionnaire, consisting of 27 food behaviour related questions. This tool has been validated in a sample of 23 men, through full dietary assessment obtained via food frequency questionnaires and 24 hour dietary recalls. Those questions which correlated poorly with the full dietary assessment were deleted from the tool. In all, 13 questions was all that was required to distinguish between high and low dietary intakes of particular nutrients. Three questions when combined had correlations with refined sugar between 0.617 and 0.730 (p<0.005); four questions when combined had correlations with dietary fibre as percentage of energy of 0.45 (p<0.05); five questions when combined had a correlation with total fat of 0.499 (p<0.05); and, 4 questions when combined had a correlation with saturated fat of between 0.451 and 0.589 (p<0.05). A significant correlation could not be found for food behaviour questions with respect to dietary sodium. Correlations for fat as a function of energy could not be found.
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Harris, Tavon Antonio. « BELIEFS ABOUT SOCIAL WORKERS AMONG BLACK MALES ». CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/365.
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It’s been more than a decade since the National Institute of Mental Health (NAMI) initiated its public campaign, ‘Real Men Real Depression.’ Despite increased awareness, research and relevant studies indicate that African American / Black men continue to underutilize mental health treatment while still having the highest all-cause mortality rates of any racial/ ethnic group in the United States. When reading this statement, one must question what impact that the beliefs about ‘social workers’ through the lens of Black males in the United States, may play. This very simply, yet flammable, question not only seems pertinent but also seems to warrant further exploration due to the research that shows that service access and help-seeking by African-American males across the lifespan is significantly lower than that of their non-Black counterparts. That same research seems to make assumptions about why this is, however it is only responsible and ethical, given the National Association of Social workers’ (NASW) Code of Ethics calling for cultural competence in practice, that we challenge and test the rationales being offered.
This study was exploratory in nature, employed a snowball sampling methodology, and utilized an electronic survey offered through social media and promoted by word of mouth, targeting Black males over the age of 18, to assess their overall knowledge about being a social worker, and their beliefs and perceptions about social workers and how they believe social workers perceive them. The goal of this study was to begin to explore the reasons for overwhelming statistics that speak to the fact that Black males do not access mental health services, especially those provided by social workers. A total of 59 were started, and 43 completed, by the target respondents, which included a 5-item scale, to assess basic knowledge about social workers, a 10-item scale to assess the general beliefs about social workers, and 13-item scale to assess the beliefs about the perceptions of social workers about Black males. Univariate and bivariate analyses were performed using SPSS, and the results revealed that although there was a moderate level of general knowledge about social workers, the general belief of the respondents were primarily negative, with their beliefs about how social workers see Black males was just slightly more positive. These results seemed to be across the board and were not shown to be correlated with level of education, income, or whether they has received direct services provided by social workers or had no affiliation with such services. What did seem to have some relevance was an overall negative belief about social workers, and a level of suspicion and distrust for how their information would be used, as evidenced by 16 respondents who started the survey but would not completed it.
In keeping with the NASW Code of Ethics, recommendation are provided to helps clinicians and those social workers providing direct service, be informed of the suspicions and apprehensions among this population, while encouraging the importance of continuous learning and increasing of cultural competence, awareness and humility. Lastly, recommendations for future research are also provided for the same purposes.
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Escobar, Laura Maria. « Progressive care an examination of male to female transgender sex workers' experiences within the health care and social service systems in San Francisco, California : a project based upon an independent investigation / ». Click here for text online. Smith College School for Social Work website, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/1032.
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Thesis (M.S.W.)--Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Mass., 2007Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment for the degree of Master of Social Work. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-90).
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Caughman, Wofford Boswell. « Male mentoring ». Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.
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Kleinhans, Lizelle Alexis. « The views of social workers on diversion programmes for male juvenile delinquents ». Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/80063.
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Thesis (M Social Work)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Adolescence is a challenging development stage because youths engage in risk-taking behaviour, including anti-social and criminal acts. Factors which contribute to youth becoming involved in crime include having a poor self-concept, being male, the negative behaviour of parents, family dysfunction, low socio-economic status, low literacy levels or being illiterate, peers who exercise a negative influence, and poor role models. Diversion strategies are practised worldwide, including South Africa, to deal with the growing number of youth in conflict with the law. After diversion practice was legalised in South Africa, some challenges have been experienced with implementation. However, the views of social workers are limited regarding diversion practices after the Child Justice Act no 75 of 2008 was introduced. The objective of the study is to gain insights from social workers who facilitate diversion programmes with male juvenile delinquents. In this study, attention was paid to explaining the nature of juvenile delinquency of male adolescents in a South African context; describing diversion programmes in terms of the Child Justice Act no 75 of 2008 to deal with children outside the criminal justice system; discerning the scope, nature and contribution of diversion programmes for the rehabilitation of delinquents; investigating the views of social workers on diversion programmes for male juvenile delinquents; and to make recommendations regarding the facilitation of diversion programmes with male juvenile delinquents. A combination of quantitative and qualitative research approaches were used in the study. The study further assumed an exploratory and descriptive research design due to the limited information available regarding the views of social workers on diversion programmes with male juvenile delinquents. A purposive sampling method was used to select the participants. Data was gathered by means of a structured questionnaire, which was administered during 20 individual interviews. This allowed for a holistic view to be gained of participants' opinions about and insights into the topic. The design of the questionnaire was based on the information obtained from the literature review. The findings of the empirical investigation mainly confirmed the findings of the literature study that males are more vulnerable to juvenile delinquency, that parents and families play substantial roles in the causes of juvenile delinquency and, lastly, that diversion programmes offer much benefit to youth offenders. The most important recommendations resulting from the study indicate that social workers should become more skilled and equipped to facilitate therapeutic groups as this will contribute to the reduction of re-offending. Parental and family involvement in diversion programmes is essential as it will increase the impact on the youth offender. In addition, the recommendations indicate the significance of monitoring and evaluation of diversion programmes, in this way ensuring the proper implementation of the Act. Lastly, it is suggested that more research be done about diversion practices internationally to increase knowledge regarding implementation.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die puberteitsjare is 'n uitdagende ontwikkelingsfase omdat die jeugdige riskante gedrag toon, soos antisosiale optrede en die pleeg van misdaad. Faktore wat bydra tot die jeugdige se betrokkenheid by misdaad is die feit dat hy tot die manlike geslag behoort, 'n lae selfbeeld het, die negatiewe gedrag van ouers, uit 'n gebroke huis kom, aan lae sosioekonomiese status ly, die lae vlak van of geen geletterdheid het nie, vriende wat 'n negatiewe invloed uitoefen, en swak rolmodelle. Afwendingstrategieë word wêreldwyd beoefen, ook in Suid-Afrika, om die toenemende aantal jeugdiges wat met die gereg bots, te help. Nadat afwendingspraktyke in Suid-Afrika gewettig is, is sekere uitdagings in die praktyk ervaar. Min menings is deur maatskaplike werkers geopper oor afwendingspraktyke nadat bepalings ingevolge die Kindergeregtigheidswet nr 75 van 2008 toegepas is. Die doel van die studie is om insigte te verleng van maatskaplike werkers wat afwendingsprogramme met manlike jeugmisdadigers fasiliteer. Aandag is geskenk aan die aard van jeugoortredings deur manlike jeugdiges in Suid-Afrika, beskrywings van afwendingsprogramme wat jeugdiges buite die strafregtelike stelsel behandel ingevolge die Kindergeregtigheidswet nr 75 van 2008, om insigte te win oor die omvang, aard en bydrae van afwendingsprogramme vir manlike jeugoortreders met die oog op rehabilitasie, om die menings en insigte van maatskaplike werkers oor afwendingsprogramme vir manlike jeugoortreders te ondersoek, en om aanbevelings te doen oor die fasilitering van afwendingsprogramme vir sulke oortreders. 'n Kombinasie van kwantitatiewe en kwalitatiewe navorsingsbenaderings is in hierdie studie gevolg. Tydens hierdie ondersoek is ook beide 'n verkennende en beskrywende navorsingsontwerp benut, omdat die literatuur 'n gebrek toon aan die insigte van maatskaplike werkers oor afwendingsprogramme met manlike jeugoortreders. 'n Doelgerigte steekproeftrekking is gebruik om die deelnemers te keur. Gegewens is ingewin deur middel van 'n gestruktureerde vraelys in twintig afsonderlike onderhoude. Sodoende kon 'n geheelbeeld van die deelnemers se menings en insigte aangaande die onderwerp verkry word. Die samestelling van die vraelys is gegrond op inligting wat uit die literatuuroorsig verkry is. Die bevindinge van die ondersoek het grootendeels dié van die literatuuroorsig bevestig, naamlik dat mans meer kwesbaar is vir jeugoortredings, dat ouers en gesinne 'n groot rol speel in die oorsake van jeugoortredings, en dat jeugoortreders baat kan vind by afwendingsprogramme. Die belangrikste aanbevelings voortspruitend uit hierdie studie dui daarop dat maatskaplike werkers meer vaardighede moet opdoen en toegerus moet word om terapeutiese groepe te fasiliteer aangesien dit sal bydra tot die vermindering van die herhaling van die oortreding. Dit is belangrik dat ouers en families betrokke is by afwendingsprogramme omdat dit 'n groter uitwerking op die jeugoortreder sal hê. Die aanbevelings dui ook op die belangrikheid van die monitering en evaluering van afwendingsprogramme om te verseker dat die bepalings ingevolge die Wet korrek toegepas word. Laastens, daar word voorgestel dat meer navorsing oor afwendingspraktyke internasionaal gedoen word om kennis oor die implementering daarvan te verbreed.
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Kaur, Ravinder. « Survey of tobacco use and oral health among male factory workers in Hoshiarpur, India ». Thesis, Faculty of Dentistry, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/4280.
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Schweig, Angela, et Robert W. Sehi. « A study of perceptions of the "glass ceiling" effect among male social workers ». CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1995. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1008.
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Travis, Spencer Kyle, Michael C. Zourdos et Caleb D. Bazyler. « Attempt Progressions of Elite Male Raw Powerlifters ». Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5790.
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Kunze, Astrid. « Male-female wage differentials : a longitudinal analysis of young skilled workers in Germany ». Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.325657.
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Ruiz, Burga E. « Migration, identity and risk : the experiences of migrant male sex workers in London ». Thesis, City, University of London, 2018. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/20270/.
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This dissertation explores the experiences of migration and sex work amongst migrant males operating in London. Twenty-five non-UK born males, who were working as independent internet-based escorts, contributed to this study. This investigation used convenience sampling selection to recruit participants from two sexual health programmes specialising in male sex workers in London. The data was compiled through in-depth interviews and analysed using thematic analysis. This study provides connections between the trajectories that participants reported towards the UK and the routes of entry in to sex work. It also delivers insights about their experiences operating as independent internet-based escorts in London. Finally, it contributes information about their risk perception and unprotected sex experiences in the context of commercial sex, which allows the contemplation of risky sexual behaviour from the perspective of an occupational risk.
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Lin, Xiaodong. « Rural men in urban China : masculinity and identity formation of male peasant workers ». Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2010. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/1082/.
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This thesis explores male peasant workers’ identity formation in contemporary post-Mao China. It is a qualitative study of 28 male peasant workers. Adopting an interpretivist perspective, this thesis uses a multi-method approach, including life histories, ethnography and discourse analysis. A primary purpose is to address the absence of male peasant workers from the literature on gender and migration as a gendered category and the reductive public representation of them through government and media images. In response, the thesis argues for the need to address the men’s self-representation in the construction of their dislocated masculine identities. There is a specific focus on their gendered experiences within the family and the workplace. The thesis examines the interconnections between gender, class and other social categories. A key argument is that the men’s narratives serve to challenge the assumptions of elite commentators that the rural men’s low status is a result of their continuing to occupy a traditional cultural habitus and thus failing to take up a modern urban identity and lifestyle. Such a position assumes that tradition and modernity exist in an oppositional logic, with the former being displaced by the latter. In contrast, my empirical work clearly illustrates a more complex picture. The male peasant workers deploy traditional cultural practices, such as xiao (dao) (filial piety), as a resource to develop ‘modern’ masculine identities as urban workers.
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Kalaw, Karel Joyce Daba. « Home for good : The experience of return among Overseas Male Filipino Workers (OMFW) ». Miami University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1437671347.
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Sultana, Maksuda. « Challenges Facing Women Ready-made Garment Workers in Bangladesh ». Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/27487.
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The Bangladesh ready-made garments (RMG) sector is well known for offering comparatively low labour prices to world-renowned retailers. However, structural safety problems, like fires, building collapses, and workplace accidents, are endemic. Furthermore, poor working conditions, like low wages, lack of proper facilities for medical care, day care, and transport, lack of safety and regulatory measures, and gender wage disparities, compromise workers’ living standards. These are the challenges that must be addressed to ensure safe and improved working conditions in the sector. This research seeks to understand why women’s working conditions remain poor in the RMG industry, even after such a major disaster as the tragic 2013 Rana Plaza incident. The study also focuses on the degree of support given to workers by stakeholders like government, producers, and other relevant institutions, highlighting the barriers and opportunities for implementation of an adequate regulatory framework.
This research draws on literature regarding ‘global value chains’ (GVCs), ‘social upgrading’, GVC governance and regulations, 'class', 'collective bargaining', and a feminist approach to discuss and analyse issues from participants’ perspectives. The conceptual intersection of class and gender are discussed in the literature review, as is the theoretical approach to understand the structural challenges of establishing and practising women workers’ rights. The thesis uses a qualitative case study approach focused on Bangladesh. The key method of this research is interviewing, with a focus on women workers’ working conditions. Research participants included RMG factory workers, their supervisors, managers of four factories, and different stakeholders in the Bangladesh RMG sector. Finally, the research attempts to understand women workers’ challenges and opportunities from their perspectives. This thesis concludes that women's working conditions can be improved by taking workers' thoughts into consideration in the policy planning process.
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Sargsyan, Alex. « Male Neonatal Circumcision : Current Practices and Ethical Issues ». Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8474.
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In 2012 the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) revised its recommendations regarding neonatal male circumcision, transitioning from a recommendation against it to endorsing the practice. The current recommendations are based on the findings of three studies performed in Sub-Saharan Africa. In those studies, the researchers suggested that circumcision may result is reduced rates of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) transmission via heterosexual intercourse. In addition to the above studies there are several studies suggesting that circumcision can have benefits in reducing the rates of penile cancer, human papilloma virus transmission, and urinary tract infections. Based on the AAP recommendations some third-party payers have revised their policies regarding reimbursement procedures. While circumcision practices are a topic of debate in the United States, non-therapeutic circumcision is not recommended by the European Academy of Paediatrics and is not reimbursed by third-party payers. For instance, the National Health Service in Great Britain discontinued the practice of routine non-therapeutic circumcision in the mid twentieth century.
This presentation will give a thorough review of the existing body of knowledge regarding the practices of non-therapeutic male infant circumcision. Existing studies regarding HIV risk reduction will be discussed in detail. At the same time, the generalizability and transferability of the above studies to the US health care system will be discussed. Finally, third-party reimbursement practices, costs associated with circumcision, and ethical issues related to this issue will be discussed.
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Ghee, Annette Elizabeth. « Individual and workplace-level correlates of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV infection, among Central American female sex workers : a multilevel approach / ». Thesis, Connect to this title online ; UW restricted, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/10936.
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Heacock, Helen Jane. « Childhood cancer in the offspring of male sawmill workers occupationally exposed to chlorophenate fungicides ». Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0007/NQ34530.pdf.
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Yin, Zheng. « Determinants of consistent male condom use among female commercial sex workers in greater Manchester ». Thesis, University of Manchester, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.511746.
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Dave, S. S. « Sexual behaviour, HIV and STI infection among male migrant workers in Surat city, India ». Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2010. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/192825/.
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More than 5.7 million people in India were estimated to have Human Inmmunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in 2005. Large numbers of men, usually without their immediate families, migrate within the country in search of work. Data, mostly from sub-Saharan Africa, suggest migrant men form an important bridging group for HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) transmission from core groups into the general population. Migrant men have been targeted for HIV/STI prevention interventions although few data are available on the association of migration, sexual behaviour, HIV and STIs in India. This thesis describes a study on HIV, STIs and sexual risk behaviour among migrant men in India to help guide HIV/STI prevention interventions. Quantitative and qualitative methodologies were used. A cross-sectional survey with a stratified random sample of 846 participants was conducted between September 2005 and May 2006 amongst male migrant diamond and textile workers in Surat city, Gujarat. Data were collected on socio-demographic, lifestyle, sexual behaviour, knowledge, attitudes and perceptions, STI and HIV related signs and symptoms. Blood and urine samples were tested for HIV and STIs. Four focus groups with 37 migrant men were conducted between April and May 2007. To my knowledge, this study provides the first non-surveillance HIV and STI data in men in Gujarat. The study participants were found to form a group with an intermediate risk of HIV infection. Higher risk sexual behaviour, HIV and STI prevalence was low compared to other studies on migrant and mobile men. However the prevalence was generally higher than described in the Indian male general population. Condom use was low but more likely during riskier sexual behaviour. The quantitative results are interpreted within the context of the qualitative results and other literature. The implications for HIV/STI intervention work in Surat are discussed.
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Terrell, Brian Selway 1948, et Brian Selway 1948 Terrell. « Marital satisfaction of male called-workers and their wives in a selected church denomination ». Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/558150.
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Humbane, Jossias. « Empregados do Quintal (male domestic workers) in Nampula City : domestic work, masculinities and matrilinearity ». University of the Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7239.
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Magister Artium - MAThis study questions why domestic work that is generally considered a feminine job is yet a field dominated by men in the city of Nampula, Mozambique. In the attempt to explain this phenomenon, the research explores economic, social and cultural aspects. Due to the fact that Nampula is a province with a strong Islamic presence and the majority of the population identify themselves as belonging to the Makhuwa ethnic group—which is traditionally defined by a matrilinear kinship system—I argue that the domestic sector remaines masculinised because of the influence of the matrilinear values and gendered practices. I also argue that the Islamic patriarchal values play a decisive role as men see themselves as the exclusive family providers and for that reason forbid their wives to develop and to get engaged in economic activities outside the household. This study also explores notions of masculinity in connection with domestic work and examines how male domestic workers, coming from rural areas and employed in the city, perceive and perform their masculine identities. How does the job of the domestic worker shape particular understandings of masculinity? Given the fact that many domestic workers in Nampula are immigrant people from the rural areas of the Zambézia province, I argue that migrating and working in the city is considered as a way to achieve a manhood as immigrants have access to goods that can only be purchased in urban contexts and are scarce in the villages. The access to all these “modern” commodities and the experience of the city make the immigrant young boys to gain respect in their original communities.
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Humbane, Jossias Helder Jamisse. « Empregados do Quintal (male domestic workers) in Nampula city : Domestic work, masculinities and matrilinearity ». University of the Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6655.
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Magister Artium - MAThis study questions why domestic work that is generally considered a feminine job is yet a field dominated by men in the city of Nampula, Mozambique. In the attempt to explain this phenomenon, the research explores economic, social and cultural aspects. Due to the fact that Nampula is a province with a strong Islamic presence and the majority of the population identify themselves as belonging to the Makhuwa ethnic group—which is traditionally defined by a matrilinear kinship system—I argue that the domestic sector remaines masculinised because of the influence of the matrilinear values and gendered practices. I also argue that the Islamic patriarchal values play a decisive role as men see themselves as the exclusive family providers and for that reason forbid their wives to develop and to get engaged in economic activities outside the household. This study also explores notions of masculinity in connection with domestic work and examines how male domestic workers, coming from rural areas and employed in the city, perceive and perform their masculine identities. How does the job of the domestic worker shape particular understandings of masculinity? Given the fact that many domestic workers in Nampula are immigrant people from the rural areas of the Zambézia province, I argue that migrating and working in the city is considered as a way to achieve a manhood as immigrants have access to goods that can only be purchased in urban contexts and are scarce in the villages. The access to all these “modern” commodities and the experience of the city make the immigrant young boys to gain respect in their original communities.
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Bhatt, Mihir. « Strategy for organizing home-based workers--case study of the ready-made garment workers of Ahmedabad ». Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71388.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies, 1987.Title as it appeared in the M.I.T. Graduate List June 1987: Organizing the unorganized.
Bibliography: leaves 60-61.
by Mihir Bhatt.
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Travis, S. Kyle, Jacob R. Goodin, K. Carroll et Caleb D. Bazyler. « Quantifying Performance Characteristics of an International Level Male Weightlifter ». Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3830.
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PURPOSE: To quantify squat jump and isometric mid-thigh pull performance characteristics of an international level male weightlifter relative to a group of male weightlifters at an Olympic training site. METHODS: An 85kg international level male weightlifter (22.0y, 81.63kg, 168.5cm) representing the USA was recruited for this study and compared to a group of male weightlifters (n=41, 24.2±4.6y, 93.14±21.10kg, 173.8±8.6cm). Data was collected as part of an on-going athlete monitoring program and athletes were familiar with all tests performed. Unloaded squat jumps and isometric mid-thigh pulls were performed on force plates sampling at 1000Hz and analyzed with LabView software. Variables analyzed included squat jump height (JH) and allometrically scaled peak power (PPa), isometric mid-thigh pull allometrically scaled peak force (IPFa) and rate of force development at 200ms (RFD200). Standardized (z) scores were calculated for the athlete on each testing variable. RESULTS: Testing results for the athlete and group were as follows: JH=47.0 vs. 33.9±6.1cm (z=2.13), PPa=309.14 vs 278.68±81.76W·kg0.67 (z=0.37), IPFa=263.78 vs 270.31±48.27N·kg0.67 (z= -0.14), RFD200=4701.93 vs 10241.4±5422.6N·s-1 (z= -1.02). CONCLUSION: Despite having the highest absolute (total=326kg) and relative (Sinclair=389.54) weightlifting total, the only variable that corresponded with the athlete’s competition success was JH. These findings suggest that coaches and sport scientists can use squat jumps to predict competition success and identify talent in male weightlifters.
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Foster, Kevin R. « The conflict over male production in the Vespinae wasps ». Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.340214.
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Andersson, Fanny. « Male or female, does it matter ? : A qualitative study on Swedish aid workers and gender ». Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-100898.
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Aid workers are one of the corner stones in development and consist of both female and male employees in the sector. Female aid workers have been studied within the “Women in Development” agenda but since the agenda shift to “Gender and Development” male aid workers have been concluded more in the study of aid workers and gender. Despite the shift, there is still an inaccurate image of aid workers and gender since there is a lack of the illustration on positive and negative attributes aid workers face because of their gender. The objective of this study is to remove prejudice of aid workers and their gender by exploring advantages and disadvantages that male and female aid workers encounter in their work. By using the theoretical framework hegemonic masculinity of Raewyn Connell concepts such as gender roles and gender norms are discussed in order to explore aid workers perception on gender. The thesis is conducted as an abductive field study of Swedish aid workers, working within the international sphere. The data have been collected through semi-structured interviews with both female and male aid workers. The data emerging display five main themes; characteristics of aid work, advantages and disadvantages, norms and norm- breaking, other factors and safety, to be the ground for aid workers and their perception on gender.
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O'Sullivan, Debbie Lee. « Understanding why male juveniles perpetrate : An exploratory study ». CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2848.
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The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of why social workers believe a male juvenile would commit a sexual abuse act toward another child and how this juvenile should be understood within the social services system and society. Social workers believe interventions are needed once the abuse has occurred.
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Kumar, Navin. « Negotiating masculinity in male independent escorting ». Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2016. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/98780/4/Kumar%2C%20Navin_Thesis.pdf.
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Male sex work research has been generally limited to the examination of ‘social problems’. While there have been studies on the occupational aspects, most have neglected the role of masculinity, and therefore research on masculinity in the vocational paradigm of the field is necessary to better contextualize male sex work. Thus, using semi-structured interviews with 20 escorts, this study explored the role of masculinity in understanding the occupational context of male escorting. The thesis shows that male escorting is transitioning toward legitimacy, and more significantly, how masculinity is essential in understanding the occupational features of the field.
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Loury, Sharon, Elizabeth Jesse et Qiang Wu. « Binge Drinking Among Male Mexican Immigrants in Rural North Carolina ». Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2010. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8151.
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While it is clear that alcohol use among immigrants from Mexico has serious consequences, limited data exist on the correlates of this behavior for Mexican immigrants residing in rural, traditionally non-Hispanic settings. A cross-sectional survey with an outreach approach was used to target 173 male Mexican immigrants in rural eastern North Carolina. Questionnaires including demographics, pre and post immigration alcohol use, acculturation, stress, social support, and depressive symptoms were administered through oral interview by trained bilingual interpreters. Results show a higher prevalence of binge drinking in the study sample compared to rate of alcohol use by Hispanics in the United States. Relationships were identified between Pre-immigration alcohol use, lower perceived social support, socialization within one’s own cultural group, and binge drinking. These findings provide a preliminary basis in the development of interventions to address the problem of binge drinking in this population. Further exploration of the interaction between social isolation and social support is also needed.
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Cummins, Elizabeth D., Ross L. Roeding, Stephen B. Griffin et Russell W. Brown. « Methylphenidate Conditioned Place Preference in Adolescent Male and Female Rats ». Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/964.
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This study analyzed methylphenidate (5 mg/kg; trade name: Ritalin) conditioned place preference (CPP) in adolescent male and female rats. Results showed MPH-induced CPP in males, but not in females. These results suggest rewarding properties of MPH may be more prominent in males as compared to females in adolescence.
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Cummins, Elizabeth D., Stephen B. Griffin, Ross L. Roeding, J. H. Thomas et Russell W. Brown. « Methylphenidate Conditioned Place Preference in Adolescent Male and Female Rats ». Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/966.
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Methylphenidate (MPH) is a psychostimulant drug that is commonly prescribed for Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), however, this drug is also abused. The primary pharmacological action of MPH is similar to that of cocaine, in that the drug blocks the dopamine transporter and enhances dopamine neurotransmission. The similarity to cocaine has brought to light legitimate concerns at the abuse liability of MPH. The focus of the present study was to analyze MPH conditioned place preference (CPP) in adolescent rats, with the focus on sex differences in this effect. CPP is a commonly used measure of drug reward in rats. Animals were also tested at two different time periods, from postnatal day (P)32-38 or P43-49, representing periods during adolescence both before and after the commencement of the estrous cycle in females, which begins on approximately P41. After an initial preference test on P32 or 43 revealed no significant preference for either context, an unbiased procedure was used. Beginning on P33 or P44, MPH (5 mg/kg) was paired with either context in animals in the drug condition, balanced across males and females. Controls were given saline in both contexts (N=8-9 in all groups). A preference test was given on P38 or P49 with dividers removed. Results revealed no sex or age difference, but MPH induced a robust increased preference for the paired context in both males and females on the post-conditioning preference test, which was significantly greater than male and female controls. Interestingly, males demonstrated significantly higher levels of activity and a higher number of entries made into the paired context when tested at the younger age, but there were no sex differences in these responses in older animals. Brain tissue is currently being analyzed for levels of the dopamine transporter (DAT), and this data will be presented. Past studies have shown that females have a higher number of DAT in the striatum compared to males in adulthood, but this has never been established in adolescence. In conclusion, it appears that a 5 mg/kg dose of MPH is capable of inducing drug reward in adolescent rats, and unlike recent results from our laboratory regarding behavioral sensitization, there are no sex differences in this response.
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Mizuguchi, Satoshi, Howard S. Gray, L. S. Calabrese, G. Gregory Haff, William A. Sands, Michael W. Ramsey, M. Cardinale et Michael H. Stone. « Repeated Change-of-Direction Test for Collegiate Male Soccer Players ». Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4119.
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AIM: The aim of the study was to investigate the applicability of a repeated change-of-direction (RCoD) test for NCAA Division-I male soccer players.
METHODS: The RCoD test consisted of 5 diagonal direction changes per repetition with a soccer ball to be struck at the end. Each player performed 15 repetitions with approximately 10 seconds to jog back between repetitions. Data were collected in two sessions. In the first session, 13 players were examined for heart rate responses and blood lactate concentrations. In the second session, 22 players were examined for the test’s ability to discriminate the primary from secondary players (78.0±16.1 and 10.4±13.3 minutes per match, respectively).
RESULTS: Heart rate data were available only from 9 players due to artifacts. The peak heart rate (200.2±6.6 beats∙min-1: 99.9±3.0% maximum) and blood lactate concentration (14.8±2.4 mmol∙L-1 immediately after) resulted in approximately 3.5 and 6.4-fold increases from the resting values, respectively. These values appear comparable to those during intense periods of soccer matches. In addition, the average repetition time of the test was found to discriminate the primary (4.85±0.23 s) from the secondary players (5.10±0.24 s) (P=0.02).
CONCLUSION: The RCoD test appears to induce physiological responses similar to intense periods of soccer matches with respect to heart rate and blood lactate concentration. Players with better average repetition times tend to be those who play major minutes.
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Nesbitt-Ahmed, Zahrah Dominique. « The same, but different : the everyday lives of female and male domestic workers in Lagos, Nigeria ». Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2016. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3359/.
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This current study explores the everyday lives of male and female domestic workers in Lagos, Nigeria. Drawing on narrative interviews with 63 domestic workers, in-depth semi-structured interviews with 12 employers and fiction-based research, it aims to understand the terrains of struggle and negotiation in the places people work, live and move through on a daily basis. This thesis is also concerned with the ways in which intersecting identities of gender, age, social class and ethnicity shape the experiences of workers. To do this, a framework of everyday life is used, drawing on the work of Susie Scott (2009) that consists of rituals and routines (specific practices), social order (rules that organise these practices) and challenging the taken-for-granted (norm-breaking acts). The three empirical chapters are explored in terms of these three themes. The first one explores how female live-in domestic workers’ everyday experiences of control and resistance are shaped by discourses around perceptions of their sexual availability - which is heavily impacted by the fact that they work and reside within the private space of the home. This is followed by discussions on how female live-outs who are mothers challenge the notion that paid domestic workers should only have obligations to the employing household and not to their own households, but what living out then means for these women – long daily commutes and balancing their paid domestic work with their unpaid domestic responsibilities. The final Chapter analyses how male domestic workers challenge the construction of their masculinity by employers as simultaneously safe and dangerous. Combined, they enable me to make sense of everyday life in paid domestic work and why it is important to do so.
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Campion, Taylor. « The wage gap between male and female physicians do physicians differ from other white-collar workers ? / ». Diss., Connect to the thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10066/1443.
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Driedger, Benjamin Albert. « The portrayal of the ideal male in selected works of Eugene O'Neill ». Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of English, c2012, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/3238.
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A woman’s choice between a starry-eyed dreamer and a pragmatic businessman ends in disaster. This situation is a motif in the works of Eugene O’Neill, and examining its occurrences in Beyond the Horizon, The Great God Brown, Strange Interlude and Long Day’s Journey into Night sheds light on the “seeker”(the starry-eyed dreamer)and “provider” (pragmatic businessman) characters in O’Neill’s work as well as his understanding of what women believe is the “Ideal Male.” Through his work, O’Neill questions whether women really want a seeker or a provider and, perhaps, would prefer a father instead. Nietzsche, Laing, Lao Tzu, and Frazer are all used to help ground this study of why exactly O’Neill’s women and men seem to get caught up in this cycle that often leaves both sexes dead or insane.vi, 106 leaves ; 29 cm
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Wightman, Clare Marie Patricia. « Key girls : the engineering industry and women's employment 1900-1950 ». Thesis, Birkbeck (University of London), 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.265979.
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Perna, Marla K., Zackary A. Cope, Amanda M. Maple, Ian D. Longacre, Jennifer A. Correll et Russell W. Brown. « Nicotine Sensitization in Adult Male and Female Rats Quinpirole-Primed as Neonates ». Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2008. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6359.
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RATIONALE: Increases in dopamine D2-like receptor function are common in several psychological disorders that demonstrate a four to five fold increase in nicotine abuse compared to the general population.OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to analyze the interaction of sex differences and sensitization to nicotine in rats D2 receptor primed as neonates.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 32 male and 32 female Sprague-Dawley rats derived from eight litters were ontogenetically treated with quinpirole (1 mg/kg) or saline from postnatal days (P) 1-21 and raised to adulthood. At P60, all animals were given an acute injection of quinpirole HCl (100 microg/kg) and yawns were counted for 1 h. Yawning has been shown to be a behavioral event mediated by D2-like receptors. Beginning on P61-65, animals were habituated to a locomotor arena and subsequently administered either nicotine (0.5 mg/kg free base) or saline (intraperitoneal) every second day for 3 weeks. Approximately 15 min after each injection, animals were placed into the arena and horizontal activity and vertical rears were recorded.RESULTS: A robust increase of yawning was observed at P60 in D2 primed as compared to saline controls. Priming of D2-like receptors increased the locomotor response to nicotine in horizontal activity in both males and females, but females demonstrated a more robust hypoactive locomotor response to initial nicotine treatment when compared to saline-treated females. Nicotine also produced a significant decrease of vertical rearing in both males and females.CONCLUSIONS: It appears that D2 receptor priming enhances sensitization to nicotine in adult rats, and females may be more behaviorally sensitive to nicotine than males.