Success Of Men Research Articles

A INSERÇÃO DA MULHER NEGRA NA EDUCAÇÃO DE JOVENS E ADULTOS – EJA

This study aims to discuss the inclusion of black women in Youth and Adult Education - EJA. To this end, a literature review and documentary analysis research was conducted with two classes of formative time II, axis V, the first consisting of twenty students and the other with twenty-eight. In both classes the students were between eighteen and sixty years old and were allocated to a school in the municipality of Ilheus / BA. The relevance of the research lies in the fact that thinking about the inclusion of black women in Youth and Adult Education, addressing historical, social and cultural issues, as well as trying to understand the school as a space for welcoming diversity. Based on this reality, we also analyzed data from the 2018 School Census of this school seeking answers to the following questions: What quantitative relationship for the entry, permanence and success of men and women of the EJA? Which students are mostly what color? From the analysis of the data of entry, permanence and success of the students it was observed a high dropout rate of the students, both men and women, but during the investigation it was possible to realize that the majority of the students who dropped out had a job bond and they had children, which indicates an accumulation of functions that, despite leading them to evasion, still represent the majority of the EJA public at the research locus. .

Unravelling the gender productivity gap in science: a meta-analytical review.

Women underrepresentation in science has frequently been associated with women being less productive than men (i.e. the gender productivity gap), which may be explained by women having lower success rates, producing science of lower impact and/or suffering gender bias. By performing global meta-analyses, we show that there is a gender productivity gap mostly supported by a larger scientific production ascribed to men. However, women and men show similar success rates when the researchers' work is directly evaluated (i.e. publishing articles). Men's success rate is higher only in productivity proxies involving peer recognition (e.g. evaluation committees, academic positions). Men's articles showed a tendency to have higher global impact but only if studies include self-citations. We detected gender bias against women in research fields where women are underrepresented (i.e. those different from Psychology). Historical numerical unbalance, socio-psychological aspects and cultural factors may influence differences in success rate, science impact and gender bias. Thus, the maintenance of a women-unfriendly academic and non-academic environment may perpetuate the gender productivity gap. New policies to build a more egalitarian and heterogeneous scientific community and society are needed to close the gender gap in science.

Factors predictive of successful retention in care among HIV-infected men in a universal test-and-treat setting in Uganda and Kenya: A mixed methods analysis.

BackgroundPrevious research indicates clinical outcomes among HIV-infected men in sub-Saharan Africa are sub-optimal. The SEARCH test and treat trial (NCT01864603) intervention included antiretroviral care delivery designed to address known barriers to HIV-care among men by decreasing clinic visit frequency and providing flexible, patient-centered care with retention support. We sought to understand facilitators and barriers to retention in care in this universal treatment setting through quantitative and qualitative data analysis.MethodsWe used a convergent mixed methods study design to evaluate retention in HIV care among adults (age > = 15) during the first year of the SEARCH (NCT01864603) test and treat trial. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to evaluate predictors of retention in care. Longitudinal qualitative data from n = 190 in-depth interviews with HIV-positive individuals and health care providers were analyzed to identify facilitators and barriers to HIV care engagement.ResultsThere were 1,863 men and 3,820 women who linked to care following baseline testing. Retention in care was 89.7% (95% CI 87.0–91.8%) among men and 89.0% (86.8–90.9%) among women at one year. In both men and women older age was associated with higher rates of retention in care at one year. Additionally, among men higher CD4+ at ART initiation and decreased time between testing and ART initiation was associated with higher rates of retention. Maintaining physical health, a patient-centered treatment environment, supportive partnerships, few negative consequences to disclosure, and the ability to seek care in facilities outside of their community of residence were found to promote retention in care.ConclusionsFeatures of the ART delivery system in the SEARCH intervention and social and structural advantages emerged as facilitators to retention in HIV care among men. Messaging around the health benefits of early ART start, decreasing logistical barriers to HIV care, support of flexible treatment environments, and accelerated linkage to care, are important to men’s success in ART treatment programs. Men already benefit from increased social support following disclosure of their HIV-status. Future efforts to shift gender norms towards greater equity are a potential strategy to support high levels of engagement in care for both men and women.

Predictors of Fighting Ability Inferences Based on Faces.

Facial perception plays a key role in various social interactions, including formidability assessments. People make relatively accurate inferences about men's physical strength, aggressiveness, and success in physical confrontations based on facial cues. The physical factors related to the perception of fighting ability and their relative contribution have not been investigated yet, since most existing studies employed only a limited number of threat potential measures or proxies. In the present study, we collected data from Czech Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters regarding their fighting success and physical performance in order to test physical predictors of perceived fighting ability made on the basis of high-fidelity facial photographs. We have also explored the relationship between perceived and actual fighting ability. We created standardized 360° photographs of 44 MMA fighters which were assessed on their perceived fighting ability by 94 raters (46 males). Further, we obtained data regarding their physical characteristics (e.g., age, height, body composition) and performance (MMA score, isometric strength, anaerobic performance, lung capacity). In contrast to previous studies, we did not find any significant links between the actual and the perceived fighting ability. The results of a multiple regression analysis have, however, shown that heavier fighters and those with higher anaerobic performance were judged as more successful. Our results suggest that certain physical performance-related characteristics are mirrored in individuals' faces but assessments of fighting success based on facial cues are not congruent with actual fighting performance.

Reporting on longitudinal live birth rates and cumulative delivery rates are more realistic outcome measures than sperm retrieval rates in couples undergoing mTESE–ICSI

The live birth rates (LBRs) in men with non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) undergoing microdissection TESE (mTESE) are under reported, with surgical sperm retrieval rate often used as the primary outcome measure. We analysed longitudinal and cumulative delivery rates following mTESE– intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) in NOA. Sperm was retrieved in 45% of patients undergoing mTESE. Median male and female age were 42 years (IQR 37–47) and 35 years (IQR 31–38) respectively. A total of 141 ICSI cycles and 23 frozen embryo transfers resulted in 62 pregnancies and 37 LBRs. The longitudinal LBR, crude and expected cumulative delivery rates after five cycles were 15.5%, 48.7% and 71.1%, respectively. Reassuringly, there was no significant difference in pregnancy rate (PR) (p = 0.37) or LBR (p = 0.68) using fresh or frozen sperm or embryo (p = 0.74). Sperm retrieval was significantly correlated with Johnsen score (JS) (p = 0.006) and hypospermatogenesis (HS) (p = 0.04), whilst LBR only significantly correlated with female age (p = 0.04). The longitudinal LBR for a couple embarking on mTESE for azoospermia is only 15.5%, although the cumulative delivery rates are promising. Reassuringly, the outcomes using fresh versus frozen embryos or sperm are comparable. Reporting on delivery rates from a single mTESE procedure are more objective and realistic measures of treatment success in men with NOA.

The Implementation of P.O.W.E.R. (Pushing Our Will to Experience Resilience): An Intervention to Address Retention and Graduation Rates Among Men of Color

The low enrollment, retention, and graduation rate among men of color in higher education is a national crisis. The John Jay SEEK Department has created a committee focused exclusively to address this crisis. The committee’s work includes focus and weekly support groups. The groups entitled P.O.W.E.R. (Pushing Our Will to Experience Resilience) are designed to enhance the college experience for our male students of color. Factors that negatively impact academic success for men of color at John Jay and across the country are highlighted. Concrete solutions that can be implemented at various programs in higher education settings are provided.

"Patient reported outcomes" following experimental surgery-using telemetry to assess movement in experimental ovine models.

ABSTRACTMany potential treatments for orthopedic disease fail at the animal to human translational hurdle. One reason for this failure is that the majority of pre‐clinical outcome measurements emphasize structural changes, such as gross morphology and histology, and do not address pain or its alleviation, which is a key component of treatment success in man. With increasing emphasis on “patient reported outcome measurements (PROM)” in clinical practice, in this study we have used two different telemetric methods (geolocation and Fitbark activity trackers, Kansas City, MO) to measure movement behavior, i.e., an indirect PROM, in an ovine osteoarthritis induction and an osteochondral defect model performed in adult female Welsh Mountain sheep. This study demonstrates that both systems can be used to track movement and activity of experimental sheep before and after surgery and that the Geolocator system recorded a decrease in distance moved and activity at the end of the experimental period in both models. The Fitbark activity tracker also recorded significant alterations in movement behavior at the end of these studies and this method of recording showed a correlation between Fitbark data and radiography, macroscopic and histological scoring (well recognized outcome measurements), particularly in animals with large (10 mm) defects, i.e., more severe pathology. These results suggest that telemetry is able to track movement behavior in experimental sheep and that the methodology should be considered for inclusion in outcome measures in preclinical orthopedic research. © 2017 The Authors. Journal of Orthopaedic Research® Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Orthopaedic Research Society. J Orthop Res 36:1498–1507, 2018.

Leaders urge deeper dive into factors that affect men's success in treatment

Leaders urge deeper dive into factors that affect men's success in treatment

How Much Is a Win Worth? An Application to Intercollegiate Athletics

Intercollegiate athletics in the United States have become a multibillion-dollar industry over the past several decades. In this study, we investigate the short- and long-term direct monetary effects of operating a winning athletics program for an academic institution of higher education. We construct a unique panel data set from multiple sources and utilize the latest dynamic panel data estimation methods to account for heterogeneity while also addressing endogeneity concerns. We find that success in men’s football and basketball has a significant impact on a school’s respective football and basketball revenues; however, the effect is different based on the type of school. We find that regular season wins in football account for most of the increase in revenue for established schools, whereas invitations to prestigious postseason bowl games play a big part for less-established schools. Furthermore, we find that student population and education quality dissipate the effect of athletic success on monetary payoffs. We find that success in basketball carries over more from the past than in football with additional contemporaneous marginal effects for established schools. We do find, however, that past athletic success carries over significantly to the present in both football and basketball, suggesting the significance of the long-term monetary effect of athletic success to many academic institutions in the United States. This paper was accepted by Pradeep Chintagunta, marketing.

Seven and up: individual differences in male voice fundamental frequency emerge before puberty and remain stable throughout adulthood.

Voice pitch (the perceptual correlate of fundamental frequency, F0) varies considerably even among individuals of the same sex and age, communicating a host of socially and evolutionarily relevant information. However, due to the almost exclusive utilization of cross-sectional designs in previous studies, it remains unknown whether these individual differences in voice pitch emerge before, during or after sexual maturation, and whether voice pitch remains stable into adulthood. Here, we measured the F0 parameters of men who were recorded once every 7 years from age 7 to 56 as they participated in the British television documentary Up Series. Linear mixed models revealed significant effects of age on all F0 parameters, wherein F0 mean, minimum, maximum and the standard deviation of F0 showed sharp pubertal decreases between age 7 and 21, yet remained remarkably stable after age 28. Critically, men's pre-pubertal F0 at age 7 strongly predicted their F0 at every subsequent adult age, explaining up to 64% of the variance in post-pubertal F0. This finding suggests that between-individual differences in voice pitch that are known to play an important role in men's reproductive success are in fact largely determined by age 7, and may therefore be linked to prenatal and/or pre-pubertal androgen exposure.

Characteristics of winning men’s and women’s sevens rugby teams throughout the knockout Cup stages of international tournaments

Identification of game variables associated with success in men’s and women’s sevens rugby tournaments is required to assist in tactical preparation for future competition. The aim of this study was to analyse the game variables associated with winning teams in knockout Cup games and identify if winning characteristics are gender specific. All quarter final and semi-final games from the men’s (n=54) and women’s (n=30) 2014 World Sevens Series tournaments were analysed using a set of game variables associated with sevens performance. Comparisons between teams were examined through a series of Mann Whitney U Tests and Independent t-tests (p<0.05). Results revealed differences between winning and losing teams in restarts, passing effectiveness, line breaks, missed tackles and tries scored. Winning women’s teams gained more possession from handling turnovers, utilised more quick lineouts, had less ineffective set lineouts, threw more passes and made more ball-jolting-tackles than losing women’s teams. Winning men’s teams utilised non-contested restarts more frequently, won a higher percentage of contested restarts, had more scrum feeds and made more effective tackles than losing men’s teams. It was identified that there are variables associated with success for both men’s and women’s teams and variables that are gender specific.

Outcomes and Complications of Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy in a Community Hospital Setting

To evaluate outcomes for 144 robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomies (RALPs) conducted upon introduction of a robotic surgery program in a community hospital. Patient data were reviewed for 144 patients who underwent RALP from January 2013 to February 2015. Complications and oncologic and functional outcomes were assessed. Student t test and analysis of variance were used to compare differences among study groups. Median age was 64 (IQR 60-68) and median prostate-specific antigen was 5.61 (interquartile range [IQR] 4.3-7.7). Stage pT2, pT3a, and 3b pathology was present at rates of 77%, 21%, and 8%, respectively. Median operative blood loss was 200 mL (IQR 150-300), median operative time was 1.75 hours (IQR 1.5-2.3), and median length of stay was 2 days (IQR 1-2). Overall, there were 9 complications (6.8%); 2 were classified as major and 7 as minor events. The overall positive surgical margin rate was 19%, with positive surgical margin rates of 11% and 46.8% in patients with pT2 and pT3 disease, respectively (P < .001). The overall biochemical recurrence rate at 12 months was 12.5% occurring in 10% and 20% of patients with pT2 and pT3 disease, respectively (P = .32). Continence success at 1, 6, and 12 months was 67%, 90%, and 93%, respectively. Potency success in men with normal to mild erectile dysfunction at baseline was 76% and 83% at 6 and 12 months, respectively. RALP in this community hospital practice was both safe and effective. Complication rates and oncologic and functional outcomes in this study were commensurate with those reported by high volume centers.

Prediction of sacral neuromodulation treatment success in men with impaired bladder emptying-time for a new diagnostic approach.

Detrusor underactivity (DU) is currently a topic that receives major attention within functional urology. Urologists are often confronted with men who present with voiding dysfunction without bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) or after desobstructive or neuromodulation treatment. Their impaired bladder emptying is suspected to be related to failure of detrusor contractile function. Earlier research indicated that patients with non-obstructive urinary retention (NOR), for example, detrusor underactivity (DU), have a lower success rate after sacral neuromodulation (SNM) compared to patients treated with SNM for storage dysfunction. However, predicting factors for treatment success in the NOR group have not yet been defined. The aim of this study was to assess whether the use of the new BOO-contractility (Maastricht-Hannover) nomogram can identify and predict SNM non-responders. Our results in 18 men showed that only 20% of patients below the 10th percentile, but 86% of men between the 10 and 25th percentiles of the nomogram can be treated successfully with SNM. All successfully treated patients voided without needing self- catheterisation. This pilot study showed for the first time that SNM treatment response in male patients with impaired bladder emptying can be predicted with the BOO-contractility (Maastricht-Hannover) nomogram. Men below the 10th percentile are likely to be treatment non-responders, whereas the majority of men above the 10th percentile are responders. Neurourol. Urodynam. 36:808-810, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Politics on the Pitch: The Impact Political Regimes Have on FIFA World Cup Success at Younger and Senior Levels*

ObjectiveThis study explores the impact that regime type has on the success of men's national teams in the FIFA World Cup.MethodsThe article uses data for all World Cups between 1930 and 2010, as well as data for all qualification campaigns between 1970 and 2010. It employs an ordinary least squares (OLS) model to ascertain statistical correlations.ResultsI find that democracies have higher winning percentages at senior levels both during the actual World Cup and during the respective qualification campaigns. The opposite trend is found at the younger levels where authoritarian regimes are more likely to find success on the pitch during and after qualification.ConclusionsRegime type seems to play a role in the success of national teams. The article argues that this is because while authoritarian regimes can cobble together enough raw talent at the younger levels, this advantage disappears at later stages because democracies are more likely to develop the necessary additional ingredients that can allow professional soccer to thrive—competitive leagues, innovative tactics, and further development of natural abilities.

997 Prediction of sacral neuromodulation treatment success in men with detrusor underactivity using a bladder outlet obstruction-contractility nomogram

997 Prediction of sacral neuromodulation treatment success in men with detrusor underactivity using a bladder outlet obstruction-contractility nomogram

Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair in Surgical High-Risk Patients: Gender-Specific Acute and Long-Term Outcomes.

Background. Analyses emphasizing gender-related differences in acute and long-term outcomes following MitraClip therapy for significant mitral regurgitation (MR) are rare. Methods. 592 consecutive patients (75 ± 8.7 years, 362 men, 230 women) underwent clinical and echocardiographic follow-up for a median of 2.13 (0.99–4.02) years. Results. Significantly higher prevalence of cardiovascular comorbidities, renal failure, and adverse echocardiographic parameters in men resulted in longer device time (p = 0.007) and higher numbers of implanted clips (p = 0.0075), with equal procedural success (p = 1.0). Rehospitalization for heart failure did not differ (p[logrank] = 0.288) while survival was higher in women (p[logrank] = 0.0317). Logarithmic increase of NT-proBNP was a common independent predictor of death. Hypercholesterolemia and peripheral artery disease were predictors of death only in men while ischemic and dilative cardiomyopathy (CM) and age were predictors in women. Independent predictors of rehospitalization for heart failure were severely reduced ejection fraction and success in men while both ischemic and dilative CM, logistic EuroSCORE, and MR severity were predictive in women. Conclusions. Higher numbers of implanted clips and longer device time are likely related to more comorbidities in men. Procedural success and acute and mid-term clinical outcomes were equal. Superior survival for women in long-term analysis is presumably attributable to a comparatively better preprocedural health.

SCIENTISM AND ROMAN CATHOLIC THEOLOGY: TOWARDS EXORCISING THE ZEITGEIST OF INSTITUTIONALIZED TRUTH?

In a fable by Lincoln Steffens, he recounts the fate of a man, who, climbing to the top of a mountain, seizes hold of the Truth. Satan, suspecting mischief from this upstart, duly directs his underlings to tail him. When the demon reports with alarm the man's success – that he had indeed seized hold of the Truth – Satan remains unperturbed. ‘Don't worry’, he yawned. ‘I’ll tempt him to institutionalize it.’1The purpose of this paper is to offer an exploratory critique of the concept of institutionalized truth, as it is postulated within the epistemic traditions of scientism and Roman Catholic theology. Drawing on examples from each of these paradigms, namely, the conclusions of scientism, and the doctrine of papal infallibility, this disquisition argues that immutable truths, as championed by both camps, are in fact, questionable constructs, open to interpretation and criticism.

Have we cause for despair?

Man is a social being. Man's identity, preferences, place and status are defined in reference to society and that society is the arbiter of man's success or failure. In this paper I examine societal linkages in the context of their dissolution, arguing that if the societal link is damaged or broken, man is fundamentally changed. Since despair evidences eviction from society, I examine despair, the loss of hope, and the behaviors associated therewith from the perspectives of many disciplines to define despair and to characterize the despairing individual and his relationship to society. I then develop a model of a goal-oriented, socially-embedded agent in which the usual concept of the individual is challenged, and hope and despair are fundamental to this challenge. Using this theoretical framework, I return to the economics literature and examine the extent to which economics has, at least implicitly, recognized despair without necessarily confronting it either in theory or policy design, argue why this failure has weakened both our theory and our policy, and suggest a possible remedy.

The Putative Son's Attractiveness Alters the Perceived Attractiveness of the Putative Father.

A body of literature has investigated female mate choice in the pre-mating context (pre-mating sexual selection). Humans, however, are long-living mammals forming pair-bonds which sequentially produce offspring. Post-mating evaluations of a partner's attractiveness may thus significantly influence the reproductive success of men and women. I tested herein the theory that the attractiveness of putative sons provides extra information about the genetic quality of fathers, thereby influencing fathers' attractiveness across three studies. As predicted, facially attractive boys were more frequently attributed to attractive putative fathers and vice versa (Study 1). Furthermore, priming with an attractive putative son increased the attractiveness of the putative father with the reverse being true for unattractive putative sons. When putative fathers were presented as stepfathers, the effect of the boy's attractiveness on the stepfather's attractiveness was lower and less consistent (Study 2). This suggests that the presence of an attractive boy has the strongest effect on the perceived attractiveness of putative fathers rather than on non-fathers. The generalized effect of priming with beautiful non-human objects also exists, but its effect is much weaker compared with the effects of putative biological sons (Study 3). Overall, this study highlighted the importance of post-mating sexual selection in humans and suggests that the heritable attractive traits of men are also evaluated by females after mating and/or may be used by females in mate poaching.

Inggit Garnasih and Her Big Role as Soekarno’s Wife

 Abstract—There is a quote which said, For every man's success, there must be a great woman behind And the story of life of Inggit Garnasih proves it. Inggit was the second wife of Indonesia's first president, Ir. Soekarno. Soekarno had many wives in his lifetime, but Inggit was the only wife who accompanied Soekarno on his hard time, only took him to the gate of glory without tasting the glory itself, and still loved him even though he left her to marry another woman, who is their own foster child, Fatimah. She is the one who always strengthen Soekarno through many obstacles during his struggle to realize Indonesia's independence. Although she has never been mentioned as hero, what she has done, which is being a faithful and strong-hearted wife for Soekarno, has been one of great contributions for Indonesia's independence.