Following Rowe and Kahn’s successful aging model, this study identified successful aging as a distinctive aging trajectory and examined gender differences in the aging process. Using the Health and Retirement Study data (2000-2008), this study applied group-based trajectory analysis to identify multiple aging trajectories in a sample of older Americans aged 65 and over (N=9,226). Six dimensions...

Previous research documents how stereotypes discourage young women from choosing and attaining technology jobs. We build off this research and ask whether (and how) stereotypes continue to affect men and women once they enter the technology workforce. Using a novel survey of technical employees from seven Silicon Valley firms and new measures of what we call “cultural” and “skill” alignment, we...

OBJECTIVE The prediction of successful aging by midlife body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) was examined. METHODS BMI/WC were assessed in 4869 persons (mean age 51.2, range 42-63 in 1991/1993) and survival and successful aging (alive, no chronic disease at age >60 years, not in the worst age- and sex-standardized quintile of cognitive, physical, respiratory,cardiovascular, and ...

Introduction. Successful aging has many dimensions, which may manifest differently in men and women at different ages. Methods. We characterized one-year transitions among health states in 12 measures of successful aging among adults in the Cardiovascular Health Study. The measures included self-rated health, ADLs, IADLs, depression, cognition, timed walk, number of days spent in bed, number of...

OBJECTIVES To compare the value of transvaginal ultrasonographic measurement of the cervical length versus the Bishop score, prior to induction of labour, in predicting the mode of delivery within four days. MATERIALS AND METHODS This longitudinal study included 110 women (at term, singleton, vertex presentation) in whom induction of labour was performed at 37-42 weeks of gestation. Cervical ...

OBJECTIVES To assess whether measurement of the angle of progression (AOP) before induction of labor (IOL) can predict successful vaginal delivery in nulliparous women. METHODS This was a prospective, observational study of nulliparous women with a singleton term pregnancy and an indication for IOL. Transperineal sonography was used to measure the AOP before cervical ripening. Since all women...

BACKGROUND In this study, we aimed to investigate the ability of transvaginal Doppler ultrasonography in predicting in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcome in women undergoing this procedure. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this prospective observational study, 65 infertile women underwent IVF procedure in Isfahan, during 2013-2014, were studied. The pulsatility index (PI), resistive index (RI) and pea...

Vesico-vaginal fistula (VVF) was a common ailment among American women in the 19th century. Prior to that time, no successful surgery had been developed for the cure of this condition until Dr J Marion Sims perfected a successful surgical technique in 1849. Dr Sims used female slaves as research subjects over a four-year period of experimentation (1845-1849). This paper discusses the controvers...

Author's abstract Vesico-vaginalfistula (VVF) was a common ailment among American women in the 19th century. Prior to that time, no successful surgery had been developed for the cure of this condition until DrJ Marion Sims perfected a successful surgical technique in 1849. Dr Sims usedfemale slaves as research subjects over a four-year period of experimentation (1845-1849). This paper discusses...

this study takes a critical discourse analysis approach to investigate the linguistic representation of male and female social actors and construction of gender identities in the interchange third edition. the analytical models used are van leeuwen's (1996) framework and halliday's transitivity model (halliday & matthiessen, 2004). the findings of this study indicated a differential represe...