Life Of Man Research Articles

Analysis of Gender Gaps in Public Spending in the Republic of Moldova

Gender issues address all aspects of women's and men's lives, analyzing the differences between their opportunities, access to specific resources and needs. Gender issues do not mean that only women's issues are analyzed and debated. It is about the comparison of women's status with that of men in all social spheres and the analysis of gender relations and differences to correct the disadvantages and inequalities of gender roles and ensure fair development for both women and men. Although women are generally the disadvantaged group, men may encounter barriers. Policies are designed for women's and men's population groups or have direct implications for them, therefore they are more or less relevant from a gender perspective. Public policies affect women and men differently and should therefore be planned and designed to take account of these differences in order not to strengthen existing gender gaps but to correct them and to address fairly the interests and needs of women and men. But on closer analysis, it can be demonstrated that policies that at first seem neutral from a gender perspective have a different influence on women and men. This is because we find substantial differences in the lives of women and men in most areas - differences that can make policies seemingly neutral to strengthen existing inequalities. There are no sex-neutral policies. Gender statistics crosses horizontally with statistics in traditional areas, with the aim to identify, produce, and disseminate statistics that reflects the reality of women's and men's life and the impact of gender-focused policies, according to the definition of the UN Economic Commission for Europe. The statistical data about women and men, reflecting their situation in all the areas of society life, represent the main tool for systematic analysis of relations and differences between women and men (gender analysis). Gender Budgeting reveals the actors behind the numbers. How are public resources divided between both sexes? Does it meet everyone's needs? These are fundamental questions in this method. The purpose is to ensure that public funds and resources are distributed fairly, equally, and equitably. Gender Budgeting is important because budget allocation might give a gender neutral impression at the surface while the reality could be different. In the other words, even if a numerically equal amount is distributed to both sexes, the value that each amount holds might not be of the same importance. Gender Budgeting deals with the issue of equity besides equality. Knowledge and awareness of gender affects the budget and reveals whether resources have to be redistributed on a more even basis. The focus is, thus, on equitable resource distribution rather than budget allocations.

Assessing the Impact of Increased Dose Rate Output on Bladder and Rectal Quality of Life in Men Treated with Definitive SBRT for Localized Prostate Cancer

Assessing the Impact of Increased Dose Rate Output on Bladder and Rectal Quality of Life in Men Treated with Definitive SBRT for Localized Prostate Cancer

The Wild Man Programme - a Nature-based Rehabilitation Enhancing Quality of Life for Men on Long-term Sick Leave

The Wild Man Programme - a Nature-based Rehabilitation Enhancing Quality of Life for Men on Long-term Sick Leave

Information, Motivation, Behavioral Skills Model on Urinary Incontinence and Quality of Life in Men

Information, Motivation, Behavioral Skills Model on Urinary Incontinence and Quality of Life in Men

The Divergent Role of Government in Instituting Public Policy in a Political Economy

The government plays some significant role when it comes to functions she performs upon which she exercises public policies. Public policies are the cogent mixture of legislation with politically prioritized ideas with which broad policy directive statements are made, which are directed at civil service and public agencies from time to time for implementation, to enhance adequate socio-economic and market stability which was aimed at the productivity of output. The lives of individuals and that of business organizations are affected every day by policies instituted by governments, political organizations, social organizations, labour groups, educational institutions, labour groups, service organizations, communities and even religious organizations such as churches in the exercise of their functions. Our preoccupation in this study is to look at the functions or role of the government as it affects the economic lives of the citizens of a nation. The pronouncements or policies of all these institutions affect man's life in every ramification especially the economic lives of people. Any time a political or military government decides to continue with an existing public policy of its predecessor, in her bid to carry out these functions, then the functions have to key into the public policy. A mere look at these functions tells one that there is the need for the pronouncement of such public policy statement to keep the actors and the general public (citizens) informed to enlighten everyone to play his part in achieving the desired goal of government. Hence, it is our major objective to look at the reasons for such statements and to bring to the fore the divergent roles of government which permits them to issue such public statements, and their implementations. We observed that every sphere of the lives of the citizenry is touched by the government over her policies. The government has many roles to perform in an economy. The government spends and makes money, consumes goods and services, creates goods and services, creates jobs and employ people. The Federal, state, and local governments raise funds directly through taxes, levies, fines, fees, etc. to enable her to carry out her functions in the economy. These areas include the maintenance of peace, law and order, defence and security, the regulation of certain sectors of the economy through public policy statements especially that of petroleum oil (mining sector), the agricultural sector, and the industrial and manufacturing sector, and more especially with the budget etc. with diverse policies which included that of the development plans, social distributive justice, progressive taxation, efficient utilization of resources. participation in crises resolution during a financial or economic crisis, maintenance of price stability and ceiling, Control of inflation, Stoppage of black marketing especially in crude or petroleum bunkering, maintenance of law and order especially during periods of political disorder, crises or chaos. In the final analysis, it was established that government plays various roles in the state among those roles. It is recommended that public policies should be firm, enduring and enacted in the true spirit of patriotism, for truly developmental in nature and should bring about economic development and growth.

Is the relationship between men's age at first birth and midlife health changing? Evidence from two British cohorts.

Becoming a father, particularly for the first time, is a central transition in men's lives, and whether this transition takes place early or later in life may have important ramifications on the whole later life course. Previous research has shown that men who father their first child early in life have poorer later-life health than men who postpone having children. However, it is not known how selection by cognitive ability and other childhood characteristics confound the association between the timing of fatherhood and later-life health, or how the association is changing over time as parenthood is postponed to an older age. We investigate the association between men's age at the birth of their first child and midlife self-rated health in two British cohorts born in 1958 and 1970. The study employs logit models. Relative to men who had their first child when they were between 25 and 29 years old, men who had their first child before the age of 20 have the poorest health, followed by men who had a child when they were 20–24 years old. This result was observed in both cohorts. Childhood cognitive ability, which previous research has not analyzed, strongly contributed to this association, and to a greater extent than other childhood characteristics. For the 1970 cohort, those who became fathers at age 35 or older had the best health. This advantage was not found for the 1958 cohort. These findings suggest that the relationship between young age at fatherhood and midlife health is strongly confounded by cognitive ability, and that in recent cohorts a new pattern of advantage among older fathers has emerged.

Only Connect: Romano Guardini, Gaudium et Spes and the Unity of Christian Existence

AbstractRomano Guardini's theory of oppositions (Gegensatzlehre), which helped him forge a unity within multifaceted realities such as Church and liturgy, also inspired him to achieve a unity between the secular and sacred aspects of the Christian life, as the Second Vatican Council was later to do, particularly in Gaudium et Spes. While Gaudium et Spes 36 concentrated on a Christian view of the autonomy of created realities, Guardini diagnosed the gulf between faith and life in a neglect of the interplay of creation and redemption: ‘to save redemption by the Son, [man] has been forced to abandon creation by the Father’. In a way which was prophetic of later criticisms of Gaudium et Spes and also of fruitful applications and developments of its doctrine, Guardini called for a reflection on the light which the work of redemption sheds on the created world and on man's life within it, that the believer may stand with his faith amid the concrete, actual world, and rediscover that world in his faith.

Men's Socialization and the History of Man's Life: The Reproduction of Male Culture in the Individual Narrative

The research in question is based on the gender schema theory by Sandra Bem. The purpose of the research is to study male narrative features in the context of the norms of male socialization. The aim of the research under consideration is a comparative analysis of male and female autobiographies features, which are not confined to male and female speech characteristics and reflect revision of gender socialization norms by the subject. With the help of biographical interview method autobiographies of women aged 31 to 72 (N= 34) and men aged from 23 to 69 (N= 36) living in provincial Russian towns were transcribed and contrasted. The autobiographies underwent categorial analysis procedure conducted by experts; the obtained categorial matrices were processed with the use of mathematical methods of statistics. Considerable attention was given to men’s life stories during the process of analysis. Quantitative data analysis allowed to reconstruct the structure of men’s and women’s autobiographies, which reflected gender socialization norms. The obtained algorithm, being geared towards the search for gender markers in the autobiographies, identified gender-specific markers in men’s texts whereas the female ones were retrieved owing to non-specific categories. This allowed to conclude that the modern Russian male socialization practices are more traditional. According to the results of the research, the categorial structure of autobiographical texts in men and in women is similar in key events and specific to each gender group at the same time. As far as gender normativity is concerned, male stories are more frequent to contain the gender norms abidance markers. Female stories are more individualized and fall into different scenarios (gender-standardized and non-standard).

A qualitative analysis of Internet forum discussions on hard flaccid syndrome.

Hard flaccid (HF) syndrome is a complex symptom that significantly impacts a man's sexual and social life. Since there is currently only one case series available in the literature regarding HF syndrome, it has not been recognized as a real medical condition. HF syndrome has mostly been reported in several patient forums and its exact definition, prevalence, etiology, and treatment are unknown. We hereby, aimed to understand the nature of HF syndrome and how it is perceived among men. Online forum sites in the English language were systematically evaluated to perform a descriptive qualitative assessment. "Hard flaccid; forum" term was searched in Google® and data were collected from forum posts. Datasets were analyzed using thematic analysis within a three-month period (September 2018-November 2018) and were combined to triangulate analysis. A total of 12 forum discussions, containing 6150 comments, were analyzed. Themes that arose included: "I would like to ensure that I have HF"; "How did I end up like this?"; "Seeking support for treatment choices - who will help me?"; "How can I cope with this condition?". Thematic analysis revealed that most HF cases began after a traumatic event. The reported incidence of HF-related symptoms varies considerably. The most commonly associated symptoms of HF are penile semi-hardness in the flaccid state, penile sensory changes, erectile dysfunction, and emotional distress. Although it is not recognized by major medical authorities, many men appear to suffer from symptoms related to HF syndrome. Future basic science and clinical studies must be conducted to understand the exact pathophysiology of HF syndrome and to develop effective therapies.

Лексичні засоби позначення дитячого віку в писемних пам’ятках української мови ХVІ-ХVІІІ ст.

Research devoted to childhood as a social-cultural phenomenon has become more active in present-day science. Scientists study some peculiarities of the perception of child and childhood by society in different historical epochs, try to fix childhood limits and to define age periods within child age, and make a conclusion that in many cases, periods of man's life are correlated with social roles of people rather than with biological age, and they were formed under the influence of social institutes developing together with the evolution of society. The present paper analyzes lexical means used in written records of the Ukrainian language in the 16th-18th centuries to denote child age and express the concept of an age differentiation of childhood. The written records of the Ukrainian language of different genres in the mentioned period were the sources of the research: e.g. business language records, P. Berynda's dictionary, religious texts, sermons, and poetic works. Lexical units expressing child age to denote childhood as an age period of man's life and general names originating from colloquial language and taken from Church Slavonic were used to denote children. Written sources confirm an active use of hypocoristic forms. The lack of a clear classification of childhood into separate age periods is seen in the system of children's names. Most of the general names denoting children did not represent an age gradation of childhood and only some words were special names of a child expressing an age characteristic: those were the names of a newly-born child and a baby. Some adjectives combination with nouns to denote children indicated a relative age characteristic (little, minor) but the contexts in which phrases with the adjective little were used did not give a reason to distinguish between a little child and a young man. In several sources, a seven-year period was classified as a special stage in a child's life, first of all, due to religious practice. According to Christian tradition, a child was considered to have no sins until the age of 7 since he or she cannot distinguish between good and bad. After that, he or she had to shrive. In secular practice, the age of 7 became the time when a child would be sent to an educational institution. The texts of pedagogical orientation prove the synonymy of common names denoting children with special names of the individuals who get education. A differentiation according to an age characteristic “adulthood” vs. “minority” can be seen clearly, which is explained by the legal status of an adult and, correspondingly, is expressed by the corresponding lexical denotations. The vocabulary denoting this age period is mostly represented by sources written in business language. One can see that lexical semantics, with help of which child age is marked in records of the Ukrainian language in the 16th-18th centuries, gives a general concept of childhood common for Ukrainian and European social communities of that time.

The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece

The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece

Cancer Drug Use in the Last Month of Life in Men With Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer.

Several new drug therapies have been approved in CRPC in the past decade. However, little is known about their potential overuse at the end of life. Cancer therapy use at the end of life has been considered an indicator of overtreatment. The study objective was to describe CRPC drug use in the last month of life of CRPC patients in Quebec. Using administrative databases from the province of Quebec in Canada, we identified patients who received medical or surgical castration treatment, received one or more CRPC drugs (chemotherapy, abiraterone, or bone-targeted therapy), and died between 2001 and 2013. CRPC drug use in the last month of life was the primary outcome. The cohort consisted of 1,148 patients with CRPC. A total of 316 men (27.5%) received a CRPC drug in the last month of life. For those who received chemotherapy, abiraterone, and bone-targeted therapy, 10.2%, 27.8%, and 31.8% received them in the last month of life, respectively. In multivariable analyses, age older than 75 years (odds ratio [OR], 0.75; 95% CI, 0.57 to 0.99), and prostate cancer diagnosis received less than 24 months earlier (OR, 0.43; 95% CI, 0.26 to 0.72) were associated with less CRPC drug use. Relative to dying between 2005 and 2011, dying between 2012 and 2013 (OR 1.60; 95% CI, 1.18 to 2.18) was associated with greater CRPC drug use. More than one quarter of patients received CRPC drug therapies in the last month of life. Persistent chemotherapy, abiraterone, bone-targeted therapies, and medical castration drugs in the last month of life may be an indicator of inappropriate and expensive end-of-life care.

PO-01-037 Hard flaccid: Is It a new syndrome?

Hard flaccid (HF) is a cluster of symptoms that significantly affects a man's sexual and social life. Currently, this syndrome has been discussed in numerous patient forums and there is no evidence-based definition yet. We hereby report two cases that suffer from HF and compare their complaints with those reported in patient forums We searched forums, chat-groups, private support groups and social-media (facebook) to collect information about symptoms of HF patients. We have identified several complaints regarding penis, erections, libido, urination and ejaculation. Moreover, we have included findings of the medical tests that are described in HF forums. Majority of the HF patients is in their 20s-30s. They commonly report onset of erection “changes” after a trauma-like event during sexual intercourse. Some HF patients report decreased frequency of morning erections and loss in erectile rigidity. The patients state that their penises are always semi-rigid at the flaccid state and they describe the penile sensation as semi-numb. They have difficulty in achieving and maintaining their erections and most of them require additional tactile or visual stimuli to become fully erect. Moreover, these erectile difficulties seem to change with the alterations in body position as the majority of the HF patients report that their erections are the worst when they are standing. HF can also be accompanied by urination and ejaculation symptoms. Patients are also suffering from psychological issues ranging from mild anxiety to severe depression. Imaging and laboratory tests do not reveal any abnormalities.

Exploring August Strindberg’s A Dream Play with reference to the Theatre of Absurd

This article is an attempt to examine August Strindberg's A Dream Play in view of the Theatre of Absurd. The Play being an exquisite commentary on the meaninglessness of human life will be analyzed with thorough textual evidences. The study will also focus on how the playwright has succeeded in his use of Vedic mythology to dramatize the strife of modern life through a series of different major and minor characters. The attempt will also be made to expound the use of waiting as a strong motif to show the nothingness of man's life. Besides, the playwright's worthwhile clue towards the capitalist world-order driving people towards absolute wretchedness will also be highlighted.

Losing maleness: Somatic Y chromosome loss at every stage of a man's life.

Mosaic loss of Y chromosome (LOY) is assumed to be among the most common acquired genetic variations in elderly people. Recent studies have linked aging‐related mosaic LOY to the risk of Alzheimer's disease, cancer, and early death. Here, we propose that mosaic LOY can present in men at any age. Mosaic LOY appears to be associated with disorders of sex development and Turner syndrome at birth, short stature from childhood, and spermatogenic failure at reproductive age, in addition to shortened survival after 60 years of age.

Ent-Dihydrotucumanoic acid promotes apoptosis in PC-3 human prostate cancer cells

Prostate cancer (PC) has become a disease that pose a serious threat to men's health and life. In recent years, due to the changes of environment, lifestyle and other factors, the incidence of PC has been increasing rapidly in recent years, which is a serious threat to men's health. Ent-Dihydrotucumanoic Acid (DTA) is a compound isolated from Asteraceae of gymnosperms, which has many pharmacological effects. The effect of DTA on the growth of tumor cell line was studied by CCK-8 method, mitochondrial membrane potential and apoptosis were detected by flow cytometry, apoptosis-related genes were detected by Western blot assay, and the absorptivity of Caspase-3 and Caspase-9 was measured by spectrophotometer. It was found that DTA induces apoptosis of human prostate cancer cell line PC3 through mitochondrial pathway, thus preventing the development of prostate cancer. It lays the experimental foundation for the further development of DTA.

Post‐prostatectomy urinary incontinence

Post‐prostatectomy incontinence is an increasing problem that can have a devastating impact on men's lives. In this article the authors consider some of the options for management and discuss the efficacy as well as advantages and disadvantages of the different approaches to management that are currently available.

TRADING SECRETS: CONSTRUCTIONS AND CONTEXTS OF TWO MIDDLE EASTERN JEWISH GUARDS IN THE EARLY PETAH TIKVA AGRICULTURAL COLONY

AbstractTwo Arabic-speaking Jewish guards worked in the European Jewish agricultural colony of Petah Tikva soon after its founding, northeast of Jaffa, in 1878: Daud abu Yusuf from Baghdad and Yaʿqub bin Maymun Zirmati, a Maghribi Jew from Jaffa. The two men, who worked as traders among Bedouin but were recruited for a short time by the colony, offer a rare glimpse of contacts between Ashkenazi and Middle Eastern Jews in rural Jewish colonies established in the last quarter of the 19th century, colonies that are often regarded as detached from their local and Ottoman landscape. The article first argues that Zionist sources constructed these two men as bridges to the East in their roles as teachers of Arabic and perceived sources of legitimization for the European Jewish settlement project. It then reads beyond the sparse details offered in Ashkenazi Zionist sources to resituate these men in their broad imperial and regional context and argue that, contrary to the local Zionist accounts, the colony was in fact likely to have been marginal to these men's commercial and personal lives.

Modos de Ser na Era Virtual: Um Olhar da Psicologia Fenomenológico-Existencial

O presente artigo tem como objetivo pensar sobre a tecnologização do mundo contemporâneo e desenvolver algumas reflexões sobre os modos de ser na era virtual, partindo do olhar da Psicologia Fenomenológico-Existencial, que toma como base a ontologia do filósofo Martin Heidegger. Neste sentido, os autores trazem breves apontamentos sobre a analítica da existência e a era da técnica, seguida da discussão sobre a cotidianidade do homem contemporâneo na era virtual, finalizando com a reflexão do Cuidado e os modos de ser aí presentes. Ao realizar esta breve análise, foi possível observar o quanto o ciberespaço tornou-se mais um local dentre tantos outros de desvelamento de diferentes modos do Dasein de ser-com o outro, ora de modo próprio ou impróprio, se aproximando ou se distanciando de sua experiência e do outro, por exemplo. Também foi discutido como a técnica nos substitui em nosso cuidar de ser e a presença cotidiana do modo de cuidado indiferente nas relações virtuais. Diante disso, Heidegger aponta o silêncio e a serenidade como possibilidades ao Dasein de escutar-se e aproximar-se de suas solicitações mais singulares e próprias. Olhar este fenômeno tão presente no dia-a-dia do homem contemporâneo, sob o olhar da perspectiva heideggeriana pode nos auxiliar a melhor compreender os impactos de tamanha tecnologização na cotidianidade do ser-aí.

Architettura e Narrativa. Il dialogo del tempo, dello spazio e dell’uomo

Come via più antica dell’interazione fra le persone, la narrazione è una forma archetipa, al pari del costruire, all’interno della vita quotidiana dell’uomo. Quest’ultima si arricchisce attraverso il racconto, e si sublima tramite l’esperienza spirituale del vivere lo spazio. Distanti sul piano della forma e della struttura, della pesantezza e della impalpabilità, narrazione e architettura appaiono inconciliabili, eppure oggi, mentre nella contemporaneità ogni esperienza umana viene consumata dalla rapidità del tempo, queste due forme di comunicazione si ritrovano ad indagare insieme il senso del tempo, dello spazio e dell’esistenza umana. Insieme giungono ad una nuova forma di percezione che va oltre il linguaggio e si nutre della sensibilità dell’architetto, ma anche della vita che essi sono tenuti ad alimentare e a produrre all’interno di uno spazio raccontabile.