(n.) A classification of nouns, primarily according to sex; and secondarily according to some fancied or imputed quality associated with sex.
(n.) To beget; to engender.
(v. i.) To copulate; to breed.
Example Sentences:
(1) Large gender differences were found in the correlations between the RAS, CR, run frequency, and run duration with the personality, mood, and locus of control scores.
(2) We studied the effects of the localisation and size of ischemic brain infarcts and the influence of potential covariates (gender, age, time since infarction, physical handicap, cognitive impairment, aphasia, cortical atrophy and ventricular size) on 'post-stroke depression'.
(3) The purposes of this study were to assess the career development needs of entering medical students as measured by the Medical Career Development Inventory and to examine gender differences in responses to the inventory.
(4) This "gender identity movement" has brought together such unlikely collaborators as surgeons, endocrinologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, gynecologists, and research specialists into a mutually rewarding arena.
(5) Cloacal exstrophy, centered on the maldevelopment of the primitive streak mesoderm and cloacal membrane, results in bladder and intestinal exstrophy, omphalocele, gender confusion, and hindgut deformity.
(6) It’s gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, social background, and – most important of all, as far as I’m concerned – diversity of thought.” Diversity needs action beyond the Oscars | Letters Read more He may have provided the Richard Littlejohn wishlist from hell – you know the one, about the one-legged black lesbian in a hijab favoured by the politically correct – but as a Hollywood A-lister, the joke’s no longer on him.
(7) The results of conventional sciatic nerve stretching tests are usually evaluated regardless of patient age, gender or movements of the hip joint and spine.
(8) Principal conclusions are: 1) rapid change to predominantly heterosexual HIV transmission can occur in North America, with serious societal impact; 2) gender-specific clinical features can lead to earlier diagnosis of HIV infection in women; 3) HIV infection in women does not pursue an inherently more rapid course than that observed in men.
(9) Office of National Statistics figures published in November last year showed that men earn 9.4% more than women, the lowest gender gap since records began in 1997.
(10) A group called Campaign for Houston , which led the opposition, described the ordinance as “an attack on the traditional family” designed for “gender-confused men who … can call themselves ‘women’ on a whim”.
(11) Although complement levels varied independent of disease activity, strain-dependent and intra-strain gender-dependent differences, were detected.
(12) The mentor's administrative or academic rank, rather than gender, was the chief determinant of sponsoring effectiveness.
(13) The effects of menstrual cycle phases and gender on alprazolam pharmacokinetics were evaluated in normal volunteers.
(14) Paradigm relies heavily on social science research and analysis to help companies identify and address the specific barriers and unconscious biases that might be affecting their diversity efforts: things like anonymizing resumes so that employers can’t tell a candidate’s gender or ethnicity, or modifying a salary negotiation process that places women and minorities at a disadvantage.
(15) To determine the contribution of gender and race to the course of infarction, 816 patients with confirmed myocardial infarction who were enrolled in the Multicenter Investigation of the Limitation of Infarct Size (MILIS) were analyzed.
(16) The covariates included in the analysis were age, gender, socioeconomic status, and primary language.
(17) The relationships of age, gender, height, and weight to axial length of the globe were considered.
(18) There were no gender or age differences in the level of family history of alcoholism.
(19) This study investigated gender differences in acute response to alcohol.
(20) Read more “We know Tafe can be transformative for people who are doing it hard, bringing new skills to Indigenous communities, helping close the gender pay gap, empowering mature-age workers with the chance to retrain – not standing by while people from Holden and Ford are cast on the scrapheap,” Shorten will say.
Purdah
Definition:
(n.) A curtain or screen; also, a cotton fabric in blue and white stripes, used for curtains.
Example Sentences:
(1) This was a courageous move in a society where women were confined to purdah.
(2) Vote Leave reacted angrily to the findings, which it said were part of a plan by the government “to circumvent purdah rules by using the IMF, which is funded by the EU and the UK government”.
(3) Plasma calcium, phosphate, and serum 25 OHD concentrations were lower in practising women and their newborns than those not practising purdah and their infants, respectively.
(4) He told the Observer : “I have been cautiously optimistic from the start, but having gone through the last three weeks, and the purdah period, there is a slightly different mood around.
(5) Some senior officers are relieved that this enforced purdah will maintain their distance from the political process, but others feel powerless and frustrated as they watch an election process that they fear could undermine trust in the police.
(6) Either way, the lucky candidate, who has first to past the Normington test (of which more in a moment) has a tenure of eight and a bit months – actually less because Whitehall will be winding down to pre-election purdah by the end of March next year.
(7) But this view was not supported by Shafik, Forbes or Miles, who made their views public before the Bank goes into “purdah” later this week for the duration of the election campaign.
(8) Local government has been quick to jump in and offer advice and support to colleagues in central government, with Graeme McDonald, head of the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (Solace), making a very fair offer: Tweet by Graeme McDonald, head of the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives Some senior civil servants have sprung out of purdah with relish.
(9) A second source close to the talks said that even if a sale was agreed before the Scottish government went into purdah, it might not mean that all of the workforce was rehired immediately.
(10) James Slack, May’s new official spokesman and former Daily Mail political editor, is a trusted member of the communications team but has no role in the election because he is bound by civil service rules on purdah.
(11) Morgan either has to decide by the end of the month when pre-election “purdah” prevents the government from making new or controversial announcements or hold off until after 7 May.
(12) Is it possible for a civil servant to unknowingly submit a controversial project for ministerial sign-off and for the minister to approve something he or she should not under purdah rules?
(13) The social system of purdah which restricts extrafamilial activities places workers in conflict with established social and cultural norms.
(14) This would mean that the "purdah" rules, which restrict government announcements during an election campaign, would apply while negotiations took place to form a new administration.
(15) The status of women, and their families in turn, has traditionally relied on the keeping of purdah (i.e., the veil and the strict seclusion of women from the world of men), complete sexual division of labor, and relative freedom from menial work.
(16) So the likelihood is very low.” Another area purdah restrictions affect is departments’ written correspondence with MPs.
(17) If you work for the UK government or a local authority you have probably come across the term purdah.
(18) Paul Maltby, director of data projects at the Department for Communities and Local Government, was back on Twitter, regretting the time he’d missed on social media: Tweet by Paul Maltby, director of data at the Government Digital Service By the end of the day, Maltby was clearly happy to be back in the fray: Tweet by Paul Maltby But purdah isn’t just about public servants being careful about what they say.
(19) Some local government officers and civil servants are already in purdah because of the local elections and mayoral elections taking place on 4 May.
(20) While the everyday business of central and local government continues in the run-up to the elections, all staff must be scrupulous in the purdah period to ensure that public resources are not used for party political purposes and must not undertake any activity that could call into question their political impartiality.