Publications by authors named "S Masina"
Gender inequality in STEM fields remains pervasive and undermines the ability for talented individuals to excel. Despite advances, women still encounter obstacles in pursuing academic careers and reaching leadership positions. This commentary discusses the "scissor-shaped curve" and examines effective strategies to fix it, including data-driven initiatives that we have implemented at our university.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To identify factors associated with breast-feeding initiation and continuation in Canadian-born and non-Canadian-born women.
Design: Prospective cohort of mothers and infants born from 2008 to 2012: the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Cohort Study.
Setting: General community setting in four Canadian provinces.
Skillful sea-ice prediction in the Antarctic Ocean remains a big challenge due to paucity of sea-ice observations and insufficient representation of sea-ice processes in climate models. Using a coupled general circulation model, this study demonstrates skillful prediction of the summertime sea-ice concentration (SIC) in the Weddell Sea with wintertime SIC and sea-ice thickness (SIT) initializations. During low sea-ice years of the Weddell Sea, negative SIT anomalies initialized in June retain the memory throughout austral winter owing to horizontal advection of the SIT anomalies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Gestational diabetes mellitus is associated with adverse maternal and fetal outcomes and increases subsequent risk of Type 2 diabetes. Researchers have shown that breastfeeding may reduce diabetes risk in women with recent gestational diabetes.
Research Aim: To assess association between infant feeding and postpartum glucose tolerance in mothers with recent gestational diabetes within 1 year postpartum.
Article Synopsis
- Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems (EBUS) exhibit distinct climate variability influenced by factors like wind and thermocline depth, affecting marine ecosystems and services.
- Different EBUS in the Atlantic and Pacific operate independently, with variability in the Pacific mainly linked to the El Niño Southern Oscillation, while in the Atlantic, the Canary and Benguela Systems show different upwelling trends not dynamically related.
- The Canary System's negative trend correlates with the Atlantic Multi-decadal Oscillation, while the Benguela's positive trend is associated with anthropogenic sea level pressure changes, reflecting diverse underlying processes.