Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche

“…Judith Kausch-Zongo concludes her review of Wright’s Gender, Migration and the Intergenerational Transfer of Human Wellbeing with a special emphasis on the book’s empirical findings, and praises it in its entirety as “undoubtedly important”. …”
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Prevalence and determinants of intimate partner violence in pregnancy: a multicentre, binational study by Akaninyene E. Ubom, Chidinma P. Ohachenu, Suraiya S. Auwal, Safiyya F. Usman, Akwasi B. Opoku, Caesar A. Ansing, Jamiu S. Shehu, Peter C. Oriji, Komommo O. Okpebri, Ademola S. Olutoye, Rasheedat O. Balogun, Joshua E. Ifebude, Oluwole D. Obadina, Solomon Nyeche, Abdurrahman A. Bunawa, Ukeje J. Ifeanyi, Fatima A. Mahmud, Hauwa S. Gumbi, Akeem O. Ojugbele, Olubusayo O. Areo, Olakunle E. Ogunjide, Mariam M. Shiru, Ada C. Okpighe, Chia Iornengen, David M. Aqua, Suleiman Z. Abubakar, Fadekemi O. Gabriel-Raji, Oyiana I. Gregory, Lukman O. Lawal, Mathias Abude, David Walawah, Aderopo I. Adelola, Akpofure H. Ese, Jane C. Orijani, Ephraim A. Suobite, Olire C. Afon, Obinna P. Ekwebalam, Baderinwa O. Akanji, Emmanuel E. John, Ibraheem O. Awowole, Omotade A. Ijarotimi, Ngozi Thompson, John I. Ikimalo, Olusola B. Fasubaa

“…Policies and interventions that promote gender equality and women’s economic and educational empowerment are beneficial.…”
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Adherence to four healthy lifestyle factors and their influencing factors among residents aged 35 – 75 in South China: a cross-sectional survey by Wenyan HE, Xingyi ZHANG, Chunqi WANG, Xueke BAI, Yang YANG, Wei XU, Lijuan SONG, Yan ZHANG, Hao YANG, Xi LI, Jianlan CUI

“…ConclusionsThe adherence rates to non-smoking, no or moderate alcohol consumption, adequate physical activity, and a healthy diet were low among residents aged 35 – 75 years in South China. Gender, occupation, residence, and history of myocardial infarction/coronary revascularization/stroke were common influencing factors for adherence to the four healthy lifestyle factors.…”
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Sex and Age Comparisons in Neuromuscular And Biomechanical Characteristics of the Knee in Young Athletes by Erin R Pletcher, Travis J Dekker, Scott M Lephart, Tim C Sell

“…The current data supports the significant changes observed in strength and jump height, as both genders age, but the data also demonstrates significant differences in balance between age groups in males and between genders in balance and knee flexion angles.…”
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Orally administered organophosphorus dimethoate mediated biochemical alterations in male and female experimental Rattus norvegicus (albino rats) by Nida Saleem, Mushtaq Hussain Lashari, Hafiz Ishfaq Ahmad

“…The results revealed increases in the total glucose, aspartate aminotransferase, and alanine aminotransferase levels in the exposed groups of both genders of albino rats. There were decreases in the levels of urea, uric acid and total bilirubin in the exposed groups of both genders of albino rats. …”
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Interview with Ramon Grosfoguel, 30 August 2023 by Melanie E. L. Bush

“…Dr Grosfoguel speaks to the historical context and contemporary manifestations of coloniality, white supremacy, capitalism and cis-gendered-heteronormative patriarchy. He discusses three temporal crises being faced globally and several forms of resistance evident today.…”
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Moving methodologies. Doing practical and missional theology in an African context by W.J. Schoeman

“…The authors of the different chapters are from different races, genders, and denominations, as well as from different sub-disciplines within the department. …”
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Gênero em desafio: das trobairitz provençais às repentistas nordestinas by Luciana Eleonora de Freitas Calado Deplagne

“…The proximity is due not only in the formal level, but also in the thematic, specially in the gendered debate over these female production.…”
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Jan Jakub Rousseau w naturze/ogrodzie? Dyskursy natury we współczesnych odczytaniach feministycznych i posthumanistycznych by Lucyna Kopciewicz

“…This article focuses on Rousseau’s discourses of nature understood as moral and gendered bases of social order. Feminism and posthumanism significantly challenge these discourses and contribute to the development of postanthropocentric nature seen as a vital network of human and nonhuman agents. …”
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Analysis of occupational health examination results among medical radiation workers in Hangzhou City by GUAN Fuqiang, ZHOU Qihong, ZHANG Tianxi, YU Huijuan

“…Conclusion: Long-term low-dose ionizing radiation environment affects the thyroid, micronucleus rate and blood lipid of medical radiation workers in Hangzhou City, with differences observed among workers with different genders and occupational exposure types.…”
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Paul, rhetorically gifted, or discursively manipulative? by J. Punt

“…Using discourse as a broader category than rhetoric, several instances of discourse manipulation, which at times remind us of imperialist discourse, are identified, including kinship language and ethnic stereotyping, military metaphors, as well as gendered power discourse and sexual slander, illustrated with examples mostly from Philippians. …”
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Can Group Coaching Support The Career Advancement Of Women? by Priscila Filleti, Rebecca J. Jones

“…Qualitative studies demonstrate increased self-esteem, courage and resilience, aiding women in navigating gendered career challenges. This study quantitatively assesses the impact of women-only group coaching on social capital, self-esteem, resilience, courage and career advancement. …”
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Coursebook Dependency in Secondary and Tertiary-Level EFL Teachers by Ozlem Ozen Tosun, Emrah Cinkara

“…It further aims to study how dependent English language teachers are on coursebooks and whether there are any relationships between teachers’ coursebook dependency levels and their genders, experiences, and academic backgrounds. Data collected from 324 language teachers working in secondary and tertiary-level EFL programs revealed that the scale is a valid and reliable instrument with five sub-scales to measure the dependency construct; the majority of the participants were medium dependent while high and low dependent teachers comprised less than half of the participants in total.…”
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A estética contemporânea: nova poética, novo olhar by Cid Ottoni Bylaardt

“…This text intends to make a reflection on some renowned poems of the contemporary brazilian literature, and on how this condition seems to determine a new look to this literature,subverting the knowledge, the forms, the genders, the concepts that at a certain point were sufficient to explain the literary text.…”
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DETERMINANTS OF PREFERANCE OF HOMEOPATHICF TO ALLOPATHIC TREATMENT by Aymen Naeem

“…A total of 72 patients (both genders) were included in the study by using convenient sampling technique. …”
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Sisterhood in Academia - Storying our Experiences in Higher Education by Nereshee Govender, Nonhlanhla Khumalo, Grace Temiloluwa Agbede

“…Women's lived experiences in academia has notably focused on issues of inequality and systemic gendered barriers that lead to women opting out of academia. …”
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Evaluating the effectiveness of a health and environmental education training program for Syrian teachers in Northern Syria by Mervan Y. Huseyin, Abdulmuhaimen Dershewi, Debbi Marais, Marwan Albuhtori

“…Fifty educators of both genders were selected to partake in a program tailored to their needs. …”
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Investigation of glenoid fossa roof thickness in patients with and without TMJ disorders in a Turkish Subpopulation by Oguzhan Altun, Elif Sobi, Numan Dedeoglu

“…The obtained data were compared between TMD group and non-TMD group, between DBC group and non-DBC group and between genders. Chi-square, fisher exact, and Mann-Whitney U tests were used to compare the data. …”
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Towards Activation or Inactivation? Migrants’ Experiences of Encounters with the Swedish Public Employment Service by Maja Lilja, Hanna Li Kusterer, Sven Trygged

“…Classification played a role in relation to support from the PES; for example, it seemed that activities offered were based on gendered classifications, limiting some of the women. …”
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