Does gender bias influence awards given by societies?

Does a present bias influence exploratory choice?

Balancing exploration and exploitation is difficult, and across a wide variety of situations under-exploration of uncertain alternatives appears prevalent. We propose that one possible cause of under-exploration is present bias, whereby immediate rewards (like those gained from exploitation) loom larger than future rewards (like those gained from exploration). This possible cause of under-explo...

Does Gender Influence Color Matching Quality ?

Objectives: To compare shade matching skills of color normal males and females. Material and Methods: A total of 174 dental students of both genders (117 females and 57 males, 20 to 25 years old), with no experience in color matching in dentistry, participated in the study. All recruited students passed the Ishihara color vision test for color deficiency, and matched the colors of eight shade t...

Does a Gender Bias Exist in the Automobile Repair Industry?

Gender Bias in Diagnostic Radiology Resident Selection, Does it Exist?

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES To investigate whether there is a bias in the residency selection process that influences the proportion of females entering diagnostic radiology residencies. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 4117 applications to one diagnostic radiology residency program from 2008 to 2014 were analyzed. Invitations to interview were evaluated by each year, specifically looking at gen...

Does cigarette smoking influence acne?

Introduction: Acne is a common problem in adolescent and youngage groups, for which several risk factors have been suggested.One of the risk factors is smoking. In studies on the relationshipbetween smoking and acne, conflicting results have been obtained.Method: This study was conducted on 133 male patients whowere visited at the dermatology clinic of Imam Reza hospital dueto acne as the case ...