• The objective of this study was to determine if pregnant, literate women and female community health volunteers (FCHVs) in Nepal can accurately determine a woman's eligibility for medical abortion using a toolkit, compared to comprehensive-abortion-care-trained providers. (ipas.org)
  • After about 15 minutes of exposure, the chemical makes a woman subtly more attentive, aroused-and even happier - with effects continuing for up to an hour, finds a study led by Claire Wyart at the University of California at Berkeley. (oprah.com)
  • In one study, the duo stopped men at a campus dining hall and asked them to rate the body shapes of several dozen women. (oprah.com)
  • In an hour at a singles bar, average-looking women could be approached by up to four men , found Monica Moore in her study at the University of Missouri. (oprah.com)
  • The results, published in the March issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, add to the knowledge of anorexia nervosa and point to other areas that need greater study from researchers. (scienceblog.com)
  • Their study, publish today in the journal Science , challenges the common wisdom that women are somehow biologically programmed to talk more. (abc.net.au)
  • "These results show that old people with the ApoE ε4 haplotype could benefit from a higher fibre intake, and it opens the door to study the interaction between the ApoE genotype and consumption, which has not been characterized to date," ​ added the UB-INSA researcher Andrea Unión, first author of the study. (foodnavigator.com)
  • For the study, the team looked at 37 males and 39 females and had each listen to 25 pieces of music and then rate them on a scale of one to 19 for how much they enjoyed the song. (newsweek.com)
  • The study failed to find a link between testosterone levels and musical taste in female volunteers, but for the males a clear link soon emerged. (newsweek.com)
  • One ad that succeeded in striking an emotional note, according to the study, was the commercial for a Michelob beer, which featured a woman playing American football with her friends. (newscientist.com)
  • In another experiment, 10 volunteers were recruited to study how the antibacterial effect of the hand surface compounds changed during each day, and also from day to day. (cosmeticsdesign-europe.com)
  • Sobel's team first stumbled upon a person who could smell despite lacking apparent olfactory bulbs while reviewing MRIs of healthy, left-handed female volunteers for a different smell study. (eurekalert.org)
  • The olfactory perceptual fingerprints of the two women who could smell without apparent olfactory bulbs fell within the norm of the study. (eurekalert.org)
  • The researchers note that this is a modest sample size, so the work needs to be reproduced in a larger study, with a longer-term follow-up. (medindia.net)
  • Researchers in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences are looking for participants for their study to learn about barriers experienced by women of color, related to endometriosis diagnosis. (umass.edu)
  • Researchers used 70 women who volunteered to be part of a walking study. (ironmagazine.com)
  • During this session, they also had a talk about heart health in hopes that it would improve the retention for the study and none of the women would stop prior to hitting the full 10 weeks. (ironmagazine.com)
  • What the researchers found was that through a moderate walking program, individuals are able to improve their cardiovascular health and minimize risk factors associated with heart disease-at least in women (according to this study). (ironmagazine.com)
  • While this study showed that women can benefit from a walking program, we are still unsure how it will affect men. (ironmagazine.com)
  • Walking for Heart Health: A Study of Adult Women in Rural New York. (ironmagazine.com)
  • In a new study, researchers manipulated gut microbiota using flaxseeds and found it could be beneficial in the prevention of breast cancer. (medicaldaily.com)
  • The report, based on a study in 743 spinning mills in Dindigul, Tirupur, Namakkal, and Erode districts, says: Young women workers face intimidation, sexually coloured remarks and harassment, which they can hardly escape. (indianet.nl)
  • In a recent study of about 300 heterosexual volunteers, researchers found that men and women place very different levels of trust in an attractive profile picture. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • Investigators used functional MRI (fMRI) and eye-tracking to study three groups of healthy volunteers who received either LSD, the serotonin 2A receptor (5-HT 2A R) antagonist ketanserin (a drug that blocks the effects of LSD), or a placebo. (medscape.com)
  • For 20 years, the Sister Study has partnered with more than 50,000 women across the United States to learn about breast cancer risks. (medlineplus.gov)
  • To study this, researchers needed a large group of people with a shared family history but who did not already have breast cancer. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Researchers also wanted the study group to include women from diverse backgrounds, locations, and races or ethnicities. (medlineplus.gov)
  • I still think that the effort made by the researchers on this study is different-they were so intentional about making sure that the participants' experience was comfortable. (medlineplus.gov)
  • The volunteers received a link along with the description and purpose of the study. (bvsalud.org)
  • Adiposity status was both self-rated by the study participants and measured by researchers. (cdc.gov)
  • In addition, researchers conducted a separate analysis to better understand the level of efficacy among trial participants believed to be taking study medications. (cdc.gov)
  • Overview: The TDF2 study examined use of a once-daily antiretroviral pill containing tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and emtricitabine (TDF/FTC, brand name Truvada®) as PrEP for HIV infection among young adult heterosexual men and women in Botswana at two sites in Gaborone and Francistown. (cdc.gov)
  • CDC researchers had anticipated that results from the TDF2 study would only include safety and adherence findings. (cdc.gov)
  • Study Population: A total of 1,219 HIV-uninfected, sexually active, healthy male and female volunteers between the ages of 18-39 in Botswana were enrolled in the trial and randomly assigned to take a daily TDF/FTC pill or a placebo pill. (cdc.gov)
  • TDF/FTC pill, and 599 were assigned to receive a placebo (overall in the study, 54.7 percent were male, 45.3 percent female). (cdc.gov)
  • Retention: While the study experienced challenges with retention in this highly mobile population of young Botswana adults, researchers were ultimately able to secure final data on HIV infection and safety for more than 90 percent of study participants (i.e. only 10 percent of the participants were completely lost to follow-up). (cdc.gov)
  • We are now finding that central sleep apnea, which has been previously understood as a symptom of heart failure, may contribute to the development of heart failure in people at risk," said the study's lead researcher. (scienceblog.com)
  • She said when researchers explained the study's methods, they received support from community leaders by engaging with them on a personal level. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Researchers found evidence that suggests sleep helps a person absorb what they learn while awake through a process that is specifically centered on learning. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Additionally, when examining brain waves when the participants were napping, researchers found two types of brain signaling - theta activity during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and sigma activity during non-REM sleep - associated with the learning-dependent process. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • The same was found for young men when considering a woman for a long-term relationship. (oprah.com)
  • Regardless of gender, whoever makes the first move is less picky than the people they target , the researchers found. (oprah.com)
  • Sure enough, the researchers found that single women who posted photos of themselves on online dating sites wearing crimson, scarlet, fuchsia, and other reddish hues-even on just a T-shirt- were more than two times likelier to be interested in casual sex than those wearing any other color of the rainbow. (oprah.com)
  • BETHESDA, Md. - (Oct. 15, 2007) Where does the benefit lie in an afternoon nap" Is it in the nap itself--or in the anticipation of taking a snooze" Researchers in the United Kingdom have found that the time just before you fall asleep is where beneficial cardiovascular changes take place. (eurekalert.org)
  • Researchers found a significant drop in blood pressure during the sleep trial, but not during the resting or standing trials. (eurekalert.org)
  • Researchers found that the first group of women didn't spend a lot of time trying to solve them. (unknowncountry.com)
  • In looking at their data, the researchers found that the only factor that appeared to influence pleasure levels from hugging was how long it lasted. (phys.org)
  • The researchers found that the ads produced variable effects in the reward-related areas of the brain, such as the ventral striatum and the orbitofrontal cortex. (newscientist.com)
  • In an initial analysis of two of the five volunteers, the researchers found that this sketch caused mirror neurons in the female brain to fire, indicating empathy. (newscientist.com)
  • Upon reviewing just nine more MRIs of left-handed women, the researchers found another woman missing discernible olfactory bulbs. (eurekalert.org)
  • When the researchers reviewed 1,113 MRIs made public through the Human Connectome Project, they found three more young women - one left handed - who lacked clear olfactory bulbs but could smell. (eurekalert.org)
  • The researchers found that the night shift workers reported a significantly higher rate of overactive bladder, and a poorer quality of life when compared with day shift workers. (medindia.net)
  • She dedicated this Medal to all the women who found the strength and courage to remove themselves from abusive situations, but also to those who were ultimately killed by their partner and to their children, as well as to all the professionals operating in the field of the prevention and contrast of violence against women. (wave-network.org)
  • Researchers have found that smoking causes chromosomal damage and speeds up aging. (medicaldaily.com)
  • Low-income and migrant families in particular faced several challenges, the researchers found. (gavi.org)
  • The team found that both males and females rated the enhanced images as far more attractive than the normal ones. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • The researchers found that LSD reduced activity in brain areas important for self-processing and social cognition. (medscape.com)
  • For healthy volunteers, any unexpected abnormalities found during any research MRI scans will be discussed with them or their GP by a clinical member of the research team to consider whether further investigations are required. (who.int)
  • Researchers used two experimental sets of human volunteers, including a mix of both males and females. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • As you can see, there were no significant differences in HR, RPE, %HRmax or %VO 2 max between males and females, though males achieved significantly higher VO 2 and metabolic equivalents (METs) during the workout and expended significantly more calories than the females. (acefitness.org)
  • Cite this: First Female CEO for 107-Year-Old Cancer Organization - Medscape - Apr 13, 2021. (medscape.com)
  • A volunteer cohort of 205 adult attendees at the 2021 Minnesota State Fair was presented a survey with two scenarios at a doctor's office sharing the same information: one using medical terminology and one using simpler, jargon-free language. (bvsalud.org)
  • Free-text responses were coded as correct, partially correct, or incorrect by 2 independent researchers, adding a third researcher if consensus was not reached. (bvsalud.org)
  • The participants were living in Chianti in the Tuscany region of Italy and were aged over 65, with an average age of 74 (56% were women). (foodnavigator.com)
  • With a growing public awareness of the impact healthy eating can play in the severity of covid symptoms, as trials recommence researchers at the University of Aberdeen facility are hoping to hear from new participants willing to get involved. (pressandjournal.co.uk)
  • Yet, the two women were unusually similar to each other in their smell perceptions, ranking closer than 96 percent of any other two participants. (eurekalert.org)
  • At the end of the 10 weeks, the participants came back one last time and the researchers recorded their weight, blood pressure, cholesterol, and body mass index (BMI). (ironmagazine.com)
  • The participants are women whose sisters have had breast cancer. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Neither researchers nor participants knew an individual's group assignment. (cdc.gov)
  • Informed Consent: To make sure that participants fully understood all aspects of their participation in the trial, all volunteers were required to pass a comprehension test prior to providing written informed consent. (cdc.gov)
  • Participants were offered free male and female condoms and STD testing and treatment to reduce their risk for HIV infection. (cdc.gov)
  • The data suggests that women spoke on average 16,215 words and men 15,669 words over an assumed period of, on average, 17 waking hours," the researchers write. (abc.net.au)
  • This suggests that maintaining volunteering activity appears to be a very important protective factor. (volunteeringaustralia.org)
  • This suggests that social cohesion has increased for all those who are inclined to volunteer. (volunteeringaustralia.org)
  • The volunteers include scientific researchers, a doctor and a psychologist. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • Women and men both use on average about 16,000 words per day, with very large individual differences around this mean," write the researchers, led by Assistant Professor Matthias Mehl, a psychologist at the University of Arizona . (abc.net.au)
  • Anna Costanza Baldry was an Italian psychologist, criminologist and academic researcher who dedicated most of her life to women who have suffered violence and abuse, and to the protection of femicide victims' children. (wave-network.org)
  • These new findings reinforce other research that has shown the mental health benefits of volunteering. (volunteeringaustralia.org)
  • Researchers studied the diet, cognitive state and other health parameters of 848 volunteers every three years for fifteen years. (foodnavigator.com)
  • RealHealthNews is now welcoming papers from accredited researchers and health policy makers, especially those from developing countries. (globalforumhealth.org)
  • In-person studies at the Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health have restarted, with the first call for volunteers focused on studies exploring the impact of processed foods and sugar levels on our bodies and minds. (pressandjournal.co.uk)
  • Along with the health workers and radio/TV that has been used traditionally, mobilization of female community health volunteers was encouraged. (medscape.com)
  • All were workers in the Italian National Health System, with 66 of the volunteers working nightshifts, on average, 11 hours per night shift. (medindia.net)
  • Men are more likely to die from cardiovascular heart disease than women, so research specific to men would be highly beneficial to see if there is a correlation across the board when it comes to gender and walking programs for heart health. (ironmagazine.com)
  • The team interviewed caregivers of children under two, and health workers, including female community health volunteers (FCHV). (gavi.org)
  • In the morning session, Dr. John Howard, the WTC Health Program Administrator, gave opening remarks, followed by two panels of leading researchers who each discussed the health effects from the 9/11 attacks and their recent research. (cdc.gov)
  • ABSTRACT An action research project was carried out by a team from the National Public Health Management Centre in Tabriz, Iran to test the following hypothesis: Health Volunteers are more able to support health improvements by focusing on community participation and empowerment through facilitating communities to define and solve their own problems than by only providing information on health problems. (who.int)
  • Training on participatory approaches was given to Women Health Volunteers (WHV) in a pilot area. (who.int)
  • It is important to collect work-related information on case reports and public health surveys so researchers can consider all the factors that may make a person sick. (cdc.gov)
  • Women's Health Volunteer (WHV) programme, which is implemented in 150 centres in Khorasan-e-Razavi Province. (who.int)
  • Health for All" Strategy was devised factors on volunteering. (who.int)
  • The volunteer characteristics on individuals' decisions important role of participation in health to volunteer would still be a fruitful field promotion strategies was re-empha- There are various factors, such as per- for exploration. (who.int)
  • The focus is how good health throughout life can help older men and women lead full and productive lives and be a resource for their families and communities. (who.int)
  • Some researchers hypothesize that the lower blood pressure reduces strain on the heart and decreases the risk of a fatal heart attack. (eurekalert.org)
  • However, according to Stanford Medicine researchers, the most common variant, APOE3, neither increases nor decreases one's chance for Alzheimer's, while APOE2 is protective. (foodnavigator.com)
  • She is an accomplished researcher, innovative healthcare executive, dynamic leader of a prestigious cancer center, and true thought leader in the fight against cancer nationwide. (medscape.com)
  • Six Russian women have been sent into a mock spaceship to begin a unique experiment testing how an all-female crew would interact on a trip to the Moon and back. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • The institute in 2010 locked six male international volunteers in an isolation experiment lasting 520 days, to simulate a flight to Mars and back. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • However, researchers structured this experiment differently, causing interference within the learning process. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • In this new effort, in their first experiment, the researchers attempted to measure pleasure levels under very constrained circumstances: Females not known to each other, hugging only female partners in a clinical setting . (phys.org)
  • The experiment consisted of asking 48 female volunteers to hug a female researcher. (phys.org)
  • In the second experiment, the researchers walked around the University of London campus asking paired people they encountered to hug one another. (phys.org)
  • Five volunteers were tested on Sunday evening, just after the American football championship ended, as part of a preliminary experiment led by Marco Iacoboni at the University of California, Los Angeles, US. (newscientist.com)
  • In one experiment, the researchers selected several volunteers who identified themselves as either highly resistant or susceptible to infectious diseases. (cosmeticsdesign-europe.com)
  • Researchers from Brown University and the RIKEN Center for Brain Science provide further evidence on the correlation between sleep and learning. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Now, researchers from Brown University in the United States and the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan say that this practice hinders rather than helps the learning process . (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Researchers at the University of California at Irvine asked people to rate sets of faces that were identical except for the eyes-one had dark and distinct limbal rings and the other had none. (oprah.com)
  • The volunteers attended the university laboratory on three separate afternoons after sleeping four hours the night before. (eurekalert.org)
  • Mehl notes that because all the volunteers were university students, there could be social or cultural factors at work. (abc.net.au)
  • A small team of researchers at the University of London has attempted to measure the factors that influence the amount of pleasure a person receives from hugging another person. (phys.org)
  • Volunteering Australia commissioned the Australian National University (ANU) Centre for Social Research and Methods to undertake analysis of the experience of volunteers during COVID-19 to date. (volunteeringaustralia.org)
  • Researchers from Poznan University of Medical Sciences in Poland have now discovered seasonal patterns in the cortisol levels of medical students. (sciencedaily.com)
  • After completing your teen volunteering program, you'll gain a major competitive edge in your UCAS applications for university (UK only). (gviusa.com)
  • Women who get most of their daily calcium from food have healthier bones than women whose calcium comes mainly from supplemental tablets, say researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. (sott.net)
  • With LSD, the border between the self and the other person becomes more blurry, and you see when you look at the midline structures of the brain under LSD that the differentiation between self and other is reduced," lead author Katrin H. Preller, PhD, senior researcher, University of Zurich, Switzerland, told Medscape Medical News . (medscape.com)
  • It takes almost 1,000 volunteers and staff to produce one weekend service here," Hybels told a recent visitor. (latimes.com)
  • Lambeth had the highest rate of abortions among under-18s - 44 for every 1,000 women having a termination. (sott.net)
  • Testosterone is a sexual function and reproductive hormone that exists in both men and women but in higher amounts in men. (newsweek.com)
  • This hypothesis was tested by applying a lactic acid solution was then applied to the volunteers' hands with varying amounts. (cosmeticsdesign-europe.com)
  • When women breathe in androstadienone , an often-odorless testosterone derivative in male sweat, they give men higher attractiveness ratings than they would otherwise. (oprah.com)
  • New research shows that the smell of male armpit sweat calms women down. (unknowncountry.com)
  • Female volunteer were exposed to male armpit odor for six hours, masked by perfume, so they wouldn't consciously notice the smell, while their levels of luteinizing hormone were monitored. (unknowncountry.com)
  • More luteinizing hormone is released from the brain as a woman approaches ovulation, and exposure to male armpit odor accelerated the arrival of the hormone. (unknowncountry.com)
  • Female volunteers were also more likely to have stopped volunteering compared to male volunteers. (volunteeringaustralia.org)
  • She created the SARA protocol, a risk assessment tool for assessing repeated male violence against women. (wave-network.org)
  • The evaluated group was composed of 124 subjects, 57 of whom were male and 67 were female from the city of Rio Branco / AC. (bvsalud.org)
  • Ageing concerns each and every one of us - whether young or old, male or female, rich or poor - no matter where we live. (who.int)
  • The volunteers completed a lifestyle questionnaire during each testing session about their sleep schedule, type of diet they followed and physical activity levels. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The impact of COVID19 on life satisfaction and psychological distress varied by volunteering behaviour over the period, with those who managed to continue volunteering during COVID-19 faring much better. (volunteeringaustralia.org)
  • For those who continued volunteering, levels of psychological distress were also significantly and substantially lower than those who stopped volunteering and those who had never volunteered in the first place. (volunteeringaustralia.org)
  • The researchers estimate that this reduction in volunteering is equivalent to 12.2 million hours per week. (volunteeringaustralia.org)
  • For eight days, the female volunteers will live inside a wood-panelled suite of rooms at Moscow's Institute of Biomedical Problems, renowned for its wacky research into the psychological and physical effects of space travel. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • This research is the first analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on volunteers and volunteering across Australia. (volunteeringaustralia.org)
  • This research provides vital evidence of the impact of the COVID-19 situation on volunteers. (volunteeringaustralia.org)
  • The research team studied a group of female medical students on two separate days in the winter and for two days again in the summer. (sciencedaily.com)
  • This means that researchers and graduate students complete their research based on measurements taken in the field, photos, and drawings of each artifact. (transitionsabroad.com)
  • Her research and operational protocols are now tools for many law enforcement workers, as well as for women who work in the anti-violence centers. (wave-network.org)
  • One researcher mentioned that, "We know walking is an excellent form of exercise, but research has been mixed on how successful a walking program can be in changing biological markers such as cholesterol, weight, blood pressure. (ironmagazine.com)
  • For more information about ABHS, including how to make a research appointment or to volunteer, visit our website at www.abhsarchives.org. (abc-usa.org)
  • Isaacs and Willey discussed the latest cancer research breakthroughs that affect women, specifically breast cancer. (georgetown.edu)
  • Methods: 61 female patients aged 18 to 35 years were evaluated: 34 with diagnosis of TMD by the Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders constituted the TMD group and 27 constituted the asymptomatic group. (bvsalud.org)
  • An electronic survey was administered to a volunteer sample of adults who spoke and read English and who had never trained to work in medicine or nursing. (bvsalud.org)
  • The researchers took saliva samples every two hours during each testing period -- a full 24-hour cycle -- to measure levels of cortisol and markers of inflammation. (sciencedaily.com)
  • In addition, the volunteers had their testosterone levels measured through a saliva sample, New Scientist reported. (newsweek.com)
  • Researchers will present their findings today at the American Physiological Society (APS) annual meeting at Experimental Biology 2018 in San Diego. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The simplest interpretation of our findings is that these women were born without an olfactory bulb, but thanks to the extreme plasticity of the developing brain, they developed an alternative glomeruli map somewhere else in the brain, not in the olfactory bulb," says Sobel. (eurekalert.org)
  • The Institute wants to hear from heathy men and women, aged 18-30 years old, who are either normal or overweight and non-smokers. (pressandjournal.co.uk)
  • Methods: Twenty overweight/obese volunteer employees were recruited by convenience sampling. (cdc.gov)
  • 0.001) and non-biologic immunosuppressive agents (P=0.002), and volunteered more for the underserved patients in their communities (P=0.04). (bvsalud.org)
  • After three years of studying in the Netherlands, Kim Barentsen had decided to volunteer in Indonesia. (tudelft.nl)
  • In 2015, after 20 years of tireless activism to combat violence against women, Anna Costanza Baldry was honored with the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic by President Sergio Mattarella. (wave-network.org)
  • People who live to 100 years have lower measures of creatinine, glucose and uric acid in their blood compared to those with a comparatively shorter lifespan, researchers say. (medicaldaily.com)
  • Ten volunteers, ages 31-62 years, underwent a series of six aluminum oxide microdermabrasion facial treatments 7-10 days apart. (smartskincare.com)
  • Ten female volunteers, aged 38-52 years, underwent a series of six microdermabrasion facial treatments spaced 7-10 days apart. (smartskincare.com)
  • Isaacs also described how in recent years the event has provided a vehicle for enhanced collaboration between researchers and volunteers in the community. (georgetown.edu)
  • over the next 3 years, the Army, which was launched in 1936, helped swell those volunteer ranks to 150,000. (medscape.com)
  • 0.05) between women's propensity to volunteer and family size, presence of a child under 2 years in the family, neighbourhood intimacy, social network composition, and emotional and advisory support. (who.int)
  • During three years, Matthew Scott, senior researcher from the Raoul Wallenberg Institute and leader of RWI’s ‘People on the Move’ thematic area, together with local and regional academic partners, investigated the legal frameworks and implementation challenges related to displacement of persons in the context of disaster and climate change. (lu.se)
  • We recruited 145 cases (volunteers) and 146 controls (non-volunteers) from the centres. (who.int)
  • Our team had 15 volunteers, men and women ranging from 18 to late 60's from the US, England, Malaysia, and Japan. (transitionsabroad.com)
  • A team of researchers have uncovered a sliver of the population who have no apparent olfactory bulbs yet can somehow still smell. (eurekalert.org)
  • Team up with a group of volunteers from around the world, and cultivate invaluable interpersonal, leadership and communication skills that will set you up for success in every part of your life. (gviusa.com)
  • A team of researchers has identified how bacteria in fermented foods such as yogurt can help manage stress and prevent depression and anxiety. (medicaldaily.com)
  • Earthwatch , established in 1971, with offices in the U.S., the UK, Japan, and Australia annually fields over 2,000 volunteers to assist 150 researchers collect data from 50 projects around the globe. (transitionsabroad.com)
  • Together, the data indicate 0.6 percent of women and 4.25 percent of left-handed women lack apparent olfactory bulbs yet can smell. (eurekalert.org)
  • Using carefully constructed sets of data drawn from ongoing surveys of thousands of young people aged 16-19, researchers were able for the first time to analyse the effects of social change on their experiences through and beyond the education system, and to map trends across Britain. (sott.net)
  • You're in safe hands with our award-winning range of volunteer opportunities designed for young people looking to challenge themselves. (gviusa.com)
  • The report Fabric of Slavery exposes the scale on which young girls and women are enslaved by employers who withhold their wages or lock them up in company-controlled hostels. (indianet.nl)
  • Now researchers in California have used brain scans to gauge how much of an impression the ads from 2006's sporting spectacle might have had on the brain. (newscientist.com)
  • In hopes of finding a physical explanation, the researchers ran even more scans of the original two volunteers and of a 33-year-old woman with no identifiable olfactory bulbs and congenital anosmia. (eurekalert.org)
  • Residual bacteria was applied to the volunteers' hands and observed using the hand-stamp method immediately following the application and three minutes later. (cosmeticsdesign-europe.com)
  • To set up a controlled test of how people react to such photos, the group asked their volunteers to look at randomly chosen profile pictures. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • Women presenting for first-trimester abortion, and FCHVs, independently assessed each woman's eligibility for medical abortion using a modified gestational dating wheel to determine gestational age and a nine-point checklist of medical abortion contraindications or cautions. (ipas.org)
  • Both women and FCHVs accurately interpreted the wheel 96% of the time, and the eligibility checklist 72% and 95% of the time, respectively. (ipas.org)
  • The hiring of a female CEO "signals a new era" for the American Cancer Society, which was founded in 1913, according to a press statement from the organization. (medscape.com)
  • The American Society for the Control of Cancer, as the organization was known then, specifically recruited women "because the types of cancer that strike women hardest - cancer of the uterus and breast - may be cured in seventy per cent of the cases if taken in time. (medscape.com)
  • Notably, Knudsen will also be the first scientific and oncology researcher to head the organization in the modern era, according to the ACS. (medscape.com)
  • The activity of the left masseter muscle was significantly higher (p=0.0072) in the volunteers with TMD and GJH compared with in the individuals with TMD but without hypermobility. (bvsalud.org)
  • Since the 1960s psychology researchers have known that people tend to make social judgments with a consistent bias: We're more likely to attribute someone's behavior to inherent personality traits than to the particulars of the situation. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • But the researchers say people do often fulfil gender roles when it comes to what they talk about. (abc.net.au)
  • As we move into the recovery phase, there is an opportunity to explore how volunteer opportunities might be extended to more people. (volunteeringaustralia.org)
  • The two women who said they could smell performed within the norm for people their age while the woman with congenital anosmia failed to detect most odors. (eurekalert.org)
  • Men shown images of "beautified" women-with enhanced lighting, hair and makeup-rated them to be hotter but less trustworthy than regular pictures of the same people. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • Researchers come from all over the world from a multitude of disciplines, including American history, political science, women's studies, anthropology and sociology. (abc-usa.org)
  • Tai Shan (at 5 months with mom Mei Xiang) may stay with his mother for a year and a half -- an unusually long span that researchers hope will improve his odds of breeding. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • The second group of women, who watched the video, performed well on the word tests. (unknowncountry.com)
  • The variation among the different men in the sample and among the women was far greater than the differences between the sexes as a group, Mehl says. (abc.net.au)
  • The researchers believe that the reason they were not able to find a connection between testosterone and musical preference in women was because the sample group was too small. (newsweek.com)
  • The evaluated group consisted of 124 subjects, 57 males and 67 females from the city of Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil. (bvsalud.org)
  • Due to her thorough knowledge of the dynamics of domestic violence and violence against women in general, Anna worked as a trainer for social workers, psychologists, educators, law enforcers and lawyers in different Italian and EU sites. (wave-network.org)
  • The decline in volunteering during COVID-19 has been substantial, with 65.9 per cent of volunteers estimated to have stopped volunteering between February and April 2020. (volunteeringaustralia.org)
  • All Australians, volunteers and non-volunteers, experienced a decline in life satisfaction between January 2020 and April 2020. (volunteeringaustralia.org)
  • However, there was a significantly and substantially smaller decline in life satisfaction for those volunteers who did not stop volunteering compared to those who stopped or who never volunteered in the first place. (volunteeringaustralia.org)
  • If those who had continued volunteering had experienced the same decline in life satisfaction as those that stopped, this additional decline in life satisfaction would have been equal to a drop in income of $216 per week. (volunteeringaustralia.org)
  • It has been shown that on average, deaths seem to be more prevalent with men when compared to their female counterparts. (ironmagazine.com)
  • However, women shown enhanced pictures of men said they seemed both more attractive and more trustworthy than their unenhanced counterparts. (smithsonianmag.com)
  • In case you're wondering, men vary in their androstadienone levels-and, no, the chemical doesn't brainwash women into having sex or falling in love. (oprah.com)
  • Higher testosterone levels in males was linked with a preference for a type of music that the researchers labeled as "unsophisticated. (newsweek.com)
  • Individuals with lower testosterone levels were more inclined to enjoy what the researchers labeled as "sophisticated music," a genre that included both classical and jazz. (newsweek.com)
  • So we generalise and say that women just talk all the time," Mehl adds. (abc.net.au)
  • Each of the women were given a pedometer to wear from the time they wake up until the time they go to bed. (ironmagazine.com)
  • In addition, work needs to be done to see how best to keep rural women engaged in meaningful exercise for longer periods of time. (ironmagazine.com)
  • She noted that in 2012 for the first time senior researchers from the Nina Hyde Center met with the executive committee of Women & Wine to discuss how the event's proceeds should be allocated. (georgetown.edu)
  • Once the women enrolled, researchers needed to follow them for a long time. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Approximately 90% of women complete their questionnaires each time, which Dr. Sandler said is high for long-term studies. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Kao researchers hypothesised that the surface of the human body had a protective mechanism just like how the body contains antibodies internally. (cosmeticsdesign-europe.com)
  • Volunteers will be asked to consume a fruit bar made from dates and cashew nuts, along with the bilberry or apple ingredients, as part of their meal and have blood samples taken at set intervals afterwards to see the impact. (pressandjournal.co.uk)
  • The test period simulates a flight to the Moon and back, with the women carrying out 10 experiments covering psychology and human biology. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • A recent randomized controlled trial that tested the effectiveness of an eHealth safety decision aid for New Zealand women in the general population who experienced intimate partner violence (isafe) provided the opportunity to examine recruitment and preintervention participant engagement with a fully automated Web-based registration process. (jmir.org)
  • Researchers are advised to limit their recruitment efforts to Web-based online marketplace and classified advertising platforms, as in the isafe case, or to social media. (jmir.org)
  • This puts women behind from the very start, which then makes it really challenging to move ahead into more senior leadership positions. (drexel.edu)
  • Researcher Rachel Herz says, "They showed an unwillingness to work on a challenging task. (unknowncountry.com)
  • They have all become tools that have contributed to improving the ways we work with and welcome women to our services. (wave-network.org)
  • Women lured by the Sumangali scheme to work in textile mills endure harassment, exploitation and even sexual abuse. (indianet.nl)
  • That is, college-aged women with "older" parents were likelier to find wrinkled, weathered faces attractive for either a fling or a marriage. (oprah.com)
  • How curvy a man prefers his date to be may depend on his situation at any given moment, find researchers Martin Tovee and Viren Swami. (oprah.com)
  • GoVolunteer makes it easy to find a volunteer role that suits your interests, motivation, availability and location. (volunteeringaustralia.org)
  • What did the researchers do and find? (bvsalud.org)
  • The main component of this barrier was lactic acid contained in sweat secreted from the hands, leading researchers to believe it is crucial to antimicrobial activity. (cosmeticsdesign-europe.com)
  • The researchers evaluated hand samples from the 54 volunteers to identify the compounds responsible for the antibacterial and antiviral activity. (cosmeticsdesign-europe.com)
  • Researcher observed that antibacterial activity increased as the amount of lactic acid increased. (cosmeticsdesign-europe.com)
  • The surface compounds on the hands of six volunteers were collected to evaluate their antibacterial and antiviral activity. (cosmeticsdesign-europe.com)
  • While the adult female worms can continue to produce microfilariae in the human host, the adult worm burden cannot increase in the absence of the intermediate host. (medscape.com)
  • Men talk every bit as much as women do, US researchers say after painstakingly counting every word that 400 volunteers spoke. (abc.net.au)
  • Researchers have produced the first laboratory evidence to show that a cell's possession of an abnormal numbers of chromosomes contributes to the development of cancers. (scienceblog.com)
  • Participation that could influence individuals' willing- assess the relationship between so- may be defined as "a process by which ness to volunteer. (who.int)