Knowledge and Attitude on Obstetric Effects of Female Genital Mutilation among Maasai Women in Maternity Ward at Loitokitok Sub-County Hospital, Kenya by Keddy Wanjiru Muchene, Irene Gacheri Mageto, Joyce Jebet Cheptum

“…Majority of the respondents, 81% (n=51), had negative attitude towards FGM and 87% (n=31) would not encourage their daughters to be circumcised. Most of them, 64% (n=23), disagreed that circumcision made one a respectable woman. …”
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Transgenerational cues about local mate competition affect offspring sex ratios in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae by Duncan, Alison B., Marinosci, Cassandra, Devaux, Céline, Lefèvre, Sophie, Magalhães, Sara, Griffin, Joanne, Valente, Adeline, Ronce, Ophélie, Olivieri, Isabelle

“…Thus, maternal environment is used as a cue for the sex allocation of daughters. We discuss the conditions under which the maternal environment may be a reliable predictor of LMC experienced by grand-sons. …”
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A Novel Mutation of the Calcium-Sensing Receptor Gene Causing Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia Complicates Medical Followup after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: A Case Report and a... by Elin Rebecka Carlsson, Mai-Britt Toft Nielsen, Anne Mette Høgh, Rikke Veggerby Grønlund, Mogens Fenger, Louise Ambye

“…A few years later, the patient’s two daughters were tested and the association between mutation and hypercalcemia could be confirmed. …”
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Conflict Between African Tradition and Western Culture in The Play The Lion and The Jewel By Wole Soyinka. by Magezi, Martin Walter

“…Findings further found out that conflict is further seen when Lakunle thinks he doesn't need to pay the bride price to marry Sidi, yet society and the entire setting of Illujnle believe in paying the price to marry people's daughters. The study concluded that Wole Soyinka's play The Lion and the Jewel is a significant success, which shows how African culture is better than Western culture. …”
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Une famille transatlantique : les Fleuriau by Jacques de Cauna

“…We can clearly see today, through the new context of cultural studies, how French families dealt with colonial contingencies characterized in particular by the presence of Blacks and free men of color in La Rochelle (he brought back with him two of his daughters of color and gave plantations and slaves to his sons of color who stayed back in Saint-Domingue) with an undeniable flexibility in the adaptation of their traditional strategies regarding kinship, marriage, godparents, and inheritance.The family of La Rochelle is in a way remodelled in the light of the Domingan slave society, but still seeking to preserve the interests of its members. …”
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Mental health outcomes in dementia caregivers: a systematic review of yoga-based interventions by Paula Pillar Pinto, Andrea Camaz Deslandes, Helena Moraes

“…Results: The review included three randomized and five non-randomized studies with a total of 161 participants, predominantly female (wives and daughters), with ages ranging from 39 to 76 years. …”
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Feminism and Faith: Exploring Christian Spaces in the Writing of Sara Maitland and Michèle Roberts by Arina LUNGU-CIRSTEA

“…Nonetheless while Maitland focused on revising Christianity by making it incorporate essential points on the feminist agenda, Roberts felt the imperious need to discard her religious identity in order to become “her own woman”; moreover, in her 2007 autobiography Paper Houses she describes her Catholic upbringing as “authoritarian and misogynistic” (16).My essay addresses questions regarding the challenge of articulating one’s spiritual identity as a concatenation of feminism and faith; with this end in mind, I am drawing a comparative perspective between Maitland’s collection of short-stories A Book of Spells, in conjunction with selected essays, on the one hand, and Roberts” acclaimed novel Daughters of the House, on the other. In these writings, Maitland and Roberts share a common goal: to renegotiate women’s place in Christian history, which they both acknowledge – though admittedly from different perspectives – as formative of contemporary Western identity. …”
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Prevalence and characteristics of HPV vaccine hesitancy among parents of adolescent females across Saudi Arabia by Sahar Othman, Ranya Ghamri, Wala Alhamadah, Anwaar Alsatty, Dhuha Khesfaty, Ohoud Alghamdi, Ragad Arbaein, Alaa M. Baglagel, Jumana Khayyat, Bushra Almalki

“…Descriptive statistics, univariate binomial regression, and multivariate binary logistic regression were employed for statistical analysis.ResultsAmong the 667 participants who completed the questionnaire, 34% were hesitant about immunizing their adolescent daughters with the HPV vaccine. A few demographic variables were significantly associated with vaccine hesitancy, including lower household income and living in the southern region. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Depression among Caregivers of Alzheimer’s Disease Patients in Saudi Arabia by Mohammed Saeed Alqahtani, Ahmad Ayed Alshbriqe, Ahmed A. Awwadh, Turki Ali Alyami, Mohammed Saad Alshomrani, Adel Alhazzani

“…Caregivers were mainly sons/daughters (69.1%) or spouses (11.8%). A total of 33 caregivers (30%) had mild depression while 44 (40%) had moderate depression. …”
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Hyperglycemia Inhibits Complement-Mediated Immunological Control of S. aureus in a Rat Model of Peritonitis by Clifford T. Mauriello, Pamela S. Hair, Reuben D. Rohn, Nicholas S. Rister, Neel K. Krishna, Kenji M. Cunnion

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Parents’ Experiences and Sexual Topics Discussed with Adolescents in the Accra Metropolis, Ghana: A Qualitative Study by Elizabeth AKu Baku, Isaac Agbemafle, Agnes Millicent Kotoh, Richard M. K. Adanu

“…Ghanaian parents preferentially discuss sex with their daughters as a protective tool against irresponsible sexual behaviours. …”
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The Impact of Domestic Roles on Girls' Academic Performance in English in Maziba Sub County Kabale District. by Mwesigye, Fred

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Association of Family Well-Being Parenting Style and Child Care in Southern Division Kabale District. by Niyomigisha, Saviour

“…Research findings showed that family well-being includes the safety, health, and financial stability of all family members, promoting well-being involves understanding and addressing child, youth, and caregiver functioning in physical, behavioral, social, and cognitive areas, clearly the most important characteristic is the health status of the parents, which declines with age, that marital status, employment, and the presence of young children in the household are three factors that often are thought to be associated with a decreased ability or willingness of daughters to provide care, Parents/caregivers have been forced to figure out ways to meet their families' most basic needs despite job insecurity, income loss, acute concerns about health and safety, emotional distress among both parents/caregivers and their children is higher in families facing more material hardship. …”
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Generational trends in education and marriage norms in rural India: evidence from the Pune Maternal Nutrition Study by Akanksha A. Marphatia, Akanksha A. Marphatia, Jonathan C. K. Wells, Alice M. Reid, Marios Poullas, Aboli Bhalerao, Pallavi Yajnik, Chittaranjan S. Yajnik

“…Adolescents are already attaining their education aspirations, but aspire for later marriage of their children, more so for their hypothetical sons than daughters. Since senior household members remain influential in marriage decisions, it may take time before adolescents' aspirations for their children become a new norm.…”
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MENURUNNYA PENUTUR BAHASA INDONESIA SEBAGAI LINGUA FRANCA by Tato Nuryanto

“…<p><span id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Indonesian</span> <span class="hps">has a position</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">a very important function</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">as listed in the</span> <span class="hps">1928</span> <span class="hps">Youth Pledge</span> <span class="hps">pledge</span> <span class="hps">which reads</span> <span class="hps">Our</span> <span class="hps">sons and daughters of</span> <span class="hps">Indonesia</span> <span class="hps">to uphold</span> <span class="hps">the national language</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">Indonesian</span><span>.…”
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Scrutinizing Generation Z's Interpretation of Social Justice: A Case Study in Khomeinishahr, Iran by Akbar Zareshahabadi, Alireza Asgari, Reza Javadian

“…Within families, common experiences of discrimination included parental favoritism among siblings or grandchildren, as well as restrictions placed on daughters. However, the most significant instances of discrimination occurred within educational systems, spanning from primary to tertiary education. …”
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