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Women Can't Win: Despite Making Educational Gains and Pursuing High-Wage Majors, Women Still Earn Less than Men
(Center on Education and the Workforce, 2018)
Even though women outperform men in educational attainment, they still earn just 81 cents for every dollar
earned by men. Women with the same college majors working in the same careers as men still only earn 92
cents for ...
Hyponatremia is Associated with Increased Osteoporosis and Bone Fractures in Diabetics with Matched Glycemic Control: Supplemental Materials
(2018-12-04)
Purpose
Patients with diabetes mellitus are at increased risk for bone fragility fracture secondary to multiple mechanisms. Hyperglycemia can induce true dilutional hyponatremia. Hyponatremia is associated with gait ...
The Rise and Decline of Saudi Overseas Humanitarian Charities
(Center for International and Regional Studies, 2018-09-01)
This paper records and interprets the rise and decline of Saudi overseas humanitarian charities, with special reference to the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO or IIROSA). Founded in 1975, IIROSA grew as a ...
Argument Quality and Deliberation on Facebook: An Exploratory Study
(Georgetown University, 2018)
In the past, scholars have argued that deliberation is important for a variety of reasons, including aiding in the development of political sophistication and decreasing attitudinal uncertainty (Gastil and Dillard 1999, ...
The "Good Girls": Exploring Features of Female Characters in Children's Animated Television
(Georgetown University, 2018)
This study was designed to identify the frequency and portrayals of female characters in a sample of animated television shows consumed by U.S.-based children aged six to twelve. We conducted a content analysis of thirty ...
Preferences of Mobile Dating App Users: A Semantic Network Analysis Approach
(Georgetown University, 2018)
Historically, differences have existed between heterosexual men and women regarding the traits they value most in a potential romantic partner. For example, men have typically prioritized their partner’s physical attractiveness, ...
Presenting an Innocent Nation: Critique of Gojira (1954)'s Reflections on Japan's WWII Responsibility
(Georgetown University, 2018)
The Japanese film Gojira (known as Godzilla to Western audiences) is a kaiju or monster movie, and the first installment in the Gojira series. Gojira films are allegorical, and typically comment on the contemporary political ...
Queering the Family Sitcom
(Georgetown University, 2018)
Almost two decades into the 21st century, television depictions of the chosen family are challenging the more traditional concept of the nuclear family. This essay explores how the pilot episodes of both Grace and Frankie ...