Thesis (Th. M.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [72]-77).

Thesis (Th. M.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [72]-77).

Evidence in older adults suggest that the benefits of exercise on cognition may be moderated by sex. To our knowledge, no studies have examined this relationship in individuals with stroke. This thesis investigated whether there were sex differences in the effect of exercise on cognition post-stroke. The first study was a systematic review of the literature on exercise and cognition in individuals with stroke. The second study was a secondary analysis of data from a randomized controlled trial comparing the effect of aerobic vs. balance and flexibility exercise on cognition. Findings from the systematic review revealed no differences between studies of higher and lower female proportions with respect to memory (Verbal Digit Span Forward, Memory Domain of Stroke Impact Scale and Wechsler Memory Scale III - Verbal Pairing Domain: Chi2 =1.52, p=0.22), executive function (Stroop Test: Chi2 = 0.56, p=0.45; Trail Making Test B: Chi2 = 0.00, p=0.98), language (Communication Domain of Stroke Impact Scale: Chi2 = 3.17, p=0.08) or global cognition (Montreal Cognitive Assessment, Cognitive Domain of Functional Independence Measure and Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination-Revised: Chi2 = 0.88, p=0.35). Findings from the secondary analysis indicated that there was a group x time interaction in females (effect size 0.28, p=0.03) that was not observed in males (effect size 0.01, p=0.62). Females demonstrated a Stroop Colour-Word Interference test change of -2.3 seconds, whereas males demonstrated a change of +5.5 seconds following AE. There were no differences between exercise groups in either sex for any of the other outcomes (working memory and set-shifting/ cognitive flexibility). Together, these studies suggest that there is a clear need for future clinical trials that incorporate sex-based analysis to adequately investigate sex-dependent effects of interventions. / Thesis / Master of Science Rehabilitation Science (MSc)

Magister Legum - LLM / Statelessness is a global human rights problem affecting a vast number of individuals, families and communities worldwide. The concept of statelessness comes to existence as a conflict that was created by international law. Article 15 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights provides that everyone has the right to a nationality. Article 1 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights provides the right to state sovereignty. The latter article thus allows states to enact laws conferring nationality as it deems fit, even if such laws offend the former article. In addition, this phenomenon affects men and women differently, something which international law fails to take proper cognisance of. This causes the failure of properly being able to regulate the issue of statelessness. Furthermore, the failure at law stumps the growth of women by be destabilising and disempowering it. While Article 9 of Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women provides that there should be no discrimination between men and women with regard to the acquisition or conferral of nationality. However, there are 27 countries who maintain gender-based discriminatory nationality laws. One of the main reasons for generational statelessness is gender –based discriminatory nationality laws. The problem of statelessness will continue to persist if nothing is done to reform the laws of those countries who maintain the gender-based discriminatory nationality laws. This thesis will examine the legal gaps at international law in addressing the issue of statelessness. It will also look at States that continue to implement nationality laws and practices which are gender discriminatory. This thesis will argue that Article 9 is used as a basis of accountability for violator States who fail to protect women who have been subjected to human rights violations as a result of statelessness. It will also provide recommendations that will aid in acquiring effective change that could ultimately lead to the eradication of statelessness.

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Thesis PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references.

Master thesis is the assessment of the income situation of men and women in the Czech Republic or other European Union countries, according to various socio-economic, demographic and regional factors. Income of persons is influenced by many factors. There are some of them analysed in distribution according to gender, with a focus to find differences and compliance. The effort to detect influential factors on total income is a part of this thesis. The theoretical and methodological section describes the current situation of this issue not only in the Czech Republic, together with a reflection on the causes of differences in income and the precaution taken mainly in the Czech Republic. In the practical part there are tested two hypotheses related with income disparities and gender (sex). Central values of incomes were processed broken down by gender and selected factors. Also absolute and relative frequencies in data were analysed and were created two models which examine the dependence of income on selected factors. Incomes in selected countries were compared as supplement. Results are achieved by statistical methods. Output of this work is to assess the income gap between men and women based on available data and to verify hypotheses.

Early modern Scotland was a religious society where the doctrine of Calvinism permeated everyday life in the localities through the official regulation of personal behaviour. Recent historical studies have debated the nature and experience of social control in Scotland between 1560 and 1780, including the importance and influence of gender, geographic location and social status. Where such studies have traditionally focussed on kirk session minutes as a lone source, the thesis engages with this debate by employing an ‘all courts’ approach to examine social control, family structures and interpersonal relationships. In doing so, it departs from the binary division of gender and contributes to a wider thematic historiography involving patriarchy, family and household that is present in contemporary English and Continental scholarship. In Scotland, although the period between 1560 and 1640 has received attention from historians, there is no focussed study of these themes for the period between 1610 and 1640. The thesis employs evidence from secular and ecclesiastical court records drawn from ten parishes across East Lothian to analyse the structure of the operational court system in Haddingtonshire and to examine social control and notions of honour and shame. Focus is given to how these two concepts interacted with popular experiences of household life, sexual relationships, violent actions and violent words. Its central argument is that, between 1610 and 1640, there was a localised experience of social control and authority in East Lothian, which was administered through an integrated justice network of civil and ecclesiastical courts that was influenced by gender roles, ideas of patriarchy and the importance of social status.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1999. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 327-339).

Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2006. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 97 p. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-55).