Sex hormones interfere with stress hormones (e.g., cortisol) and can also affect SPC in ways that differ markedly among men, women, and gender-diverse people. Importantly, increased secretion of stress hormones has a negative effect on cognitive functions and should therefore be adjusted for in ...
Significant disparities were uncovered in disability prevalence, mortality rates, life expectancy (LE), and DFLE across genders and geographic locations. The most prevalent disability was found to be the difficulty in seeing, which can be mitigated with interventions like providing spectacles and ...
parameters quantifying gait and significance of MSK modeling in gait analysis. Section 4 describes the most common kinematic, kinetic, and muscle activity measurement techniques used for model input data, while Sect. 5 elaborates on current state-of-the-art platforms used in MSK modeling. Sections ...
distinctions, making gender ambiguous. All of these terms fall under the umbrella issue of nonconforming genders within fashion. The meaning of these terms can of course be interpreted according to Judith Butler’s renowned theory of gender performativityFootnote1; Butler viewed these non-conventional ...
The central explanatory variable in this analysis was the retirement status, which took the value of “1” for retirees and “0” for employed and unemployed people. According to [12], retirement status has three different definitions. First, nonretirees are employed, unemployed but looking for ...
and genders; (2) provide sex- and/or gender-specific data where relevant in all clinical, basic science and epidemiological studies; (3) analyse the influence (or association) of sex or gender on the results of the study, or indicate in the “Methods” section why such analyses were not ...
4). Males reported more plants (10 ± 0.87) than women (9.09 ± 1.51); however, the difference in the knowledge of plants between genders was not significant (x2(15) = 15.45, p = 0.420). No significant differences in species diversity according to age (x2(330) = 356.78, p = 0.149...
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reproductive organs, and gonadal hormones. Gender refers to sociocultural characteristics, reflecting the roles, responsibilities, identity, and behaviors of girls, boys, men, women and people of other genders [1,2]. Both sex and gender are interconnected and influenced by environment and culture. ...
In terms of formative assessments, the Likert scale was considered a useful tool for evaluating learning objectives. However, supervisors had different views on grading scales and the need for clear definitions. The supervisors concluded that a complicated assessment instrument led to limited very-day ...