Evolving Thai Homoeroticism, Male Nudity, and Multiple Masculinities in Gay Magazines Since the 1980s-2010s

Successes and Failures of Development Experience since the 1980s Successes and Failures of Development Experience since the 1980s

This paper reviews the development experience since the 1980's and finds room for guarded optimism about what we can learn from it. Firstly, a global consensus is emerging on the need for macroeconomic stability through prudent fiscal, monetary and foreign exchange policies. However, at the micro or structural level, while governments need to decentralize their decision-making authority more fu...

The de-feminization of femininity : exploratory content analysis of gay male fashion magazines

the relationship between listening self efficacy, listening comprehension, gende, and age in male and female english learners

چکیده هدف اصلی تحقیق حاضر مطالعه و بررسی رابطه بین خودکارامدی شنیداری با درک شنیداری بود.همچنین رابطه درک شنیداری وخودکارآمدی شنیداری با جنسیت و رابطه خودکارامدی شنیداری با سن نیز مورد بررسی قرار گرفت.تعداد شصت زبان اموز-سی دختر و سی پسر- کانون زبان ایران در مرکز خرم آباد به صورت تصادفی انتخاب شدند. روشهای به کار رفته در جمع اوری داده ها عبارت بودند ازبرسشنامه خودکارآمدی و تست درک شنیداری لانگ...

Increases in use of methotrexate since the 1980s.

In this chapter, we review the use of DMARDs in several clinical RA cohorts and databases between the 1970s and the 2000s. The DMARD profile in the QUEST-RA database provides an overview of clinical use of MTX in recent years in 25 countries. The data show that (I) MTX is currently the most frequently used DMARD in RA, and (II) that this development has taken about 20 years to emerge.

Austria: Persistent low fertility since the mid-1980s

This chapter offers an in-depth analysis of fertility in Austria, a country which has experienced a low and relatively stable fertility level and a gradual postponement of childbearing since the mid-1980s. We begin by summarising Austrian population trends in the post-World War II period and highlighting recent relatively high migration levels. We outline the long history of sub-replacement fer...