Despite a recent decline in incidence and mortality, breast cancer currently develops in one of eight North American women who live to 85 years of age, and remains the major cause of death in American women between the ages of 15 and 54.[1,2] Data from historical series and the results of cooperative group adjuvant trials from the 1970s and ’80s indicate that mortality at 10 years in women who ...

This paper seeks to identify parameter changes which are robust in the sense that they benefit women relative to men in a wide range of household models. The models considered are unitary, Nashbargaining and non-cooperative with and without cash transfers. Reductions in the relative price of ‘female’ consumer goods prices are robust; increases in relative wages are highly non-robust. Increases ...

The purpose of this study is to found see how healthy the Teratai Women Cooperative in Merjoyo Village, Purwoasri District, Kediri Regency. aspects capital, productive asset quality, management, efficiency, liquidity, independence and growth, as well cooperative's identity, are used assess cooperatives, per Regulation Deputy for Supervision Ministry Cooperatives Small medium enterprises Republi...

The low participation rate of women in computing education and the computing industry is a phenomenon that has been recognised by many western countries. While much has been written on the underlying reasons for the low participation in such a growing and dynamic industry, the situation only seems to be worsening. This paper examines briefly a number of approaches taken by researchers in Austra...

OBJECTIVES To explore self-reported cervical screening history and barriers to attendance among women who have been sexually abused and to identify measures to improve the experience of cervical screening for these women. METHODS Women visiting the website of the National Association for People Abused in Childhood (NAPAC), who had been sexually abused, were invited to complete a survey of the...

Because many world folk stories describe wife abuse with remarkable insight, these stories are useful in addressing the sensitive issues that arise when counseling battered women. Following the views of Milton Erickson and Joan Laird about the importance of stories as a therapeutic tool, techniques were developed in a regional Coalition for Battered Women in North Carolina to use folk stories a...

Despite increasing public, professional, and scientific interest in the problem of wife abuse and battering, little has been written about the importance of sociocultural sensitivity in intervention with abused and battered women in Arab society. In this article, I describe central family values in that society and discuss their relevance to wife abuse and battering. Specifically, the discussio...

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS SCHOOL OF ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE Doctor of Philosophy EXPERIENTIAL FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE HOW FEMALE STUDENTS PERCIEVE COMPUTING AND COMPUTING CAREERS AT DIFFERENT STAGES IN THEIR EDUCATION By Reena Pau The declining numbers of women in computing is a cause for concern for those in education and the IT industry alike. The need for a div...