Microbial Musings – December 2021

Thomas, Gavin H.

doi:10.1099/mic.0.001141

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“…First, there was a narrow range of GSES scores, so it may be difficult to show a statistical association with another variable. Second, there may be survivorship bias in this study [43]. Female otolaryngologists who survived the rigours of surgical training and stayed practicing in this field were surveyed.…”

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Exploring female otolaryngologists’ experiences with gender bias and microaggressions: A cross sectional Canadian survey

Nguyen

Meyer

2023

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery

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Background Gender bias is behavior that shows favoritism towards one gender over another. Microaggressions are defined as subtle, often unconscious, discriminatory, or insulting actions that communicate demeaning or negative attitudes. Our objective was to explore how female otolaryngologists experience gender bias and microaggressions in the workplace. Methods Anonymous web-based cross-sectional Canadian survey was distributed to all female otolaryngologists (attendings and trainees) using the Dillman’s Tailored Design Method from July to August of 2021. Quantitative survey included demographic data, validated 44-item Sexist Microaggressions Experiences and Stress Scale (MESS) and validated 10-item General Self-efficacy scale (GSES). Statistical analysis included descriptive and bivariate analysis. Results Sixty out of 200 participants (30% response rate) completed the survey (mean age 37 ± 8.3 years, 55.0% white, 41.7% trainee, 50% fellowship-trained, 50% with children, mean 9.2 ± 7.4 years of practice). Participants scored mild to moderate on the Sexist MESS—Frequency (mean ± standard deviation) 55.8 ± 24.2 (42.3% ± 18.3%), Severity 46.0 ± 23.9 (34.8% ± 18.1%), Total 104.5 ± 43.7 (39.6% ± 16.6%) and high on GSES (32.7 ± 5.7). Sexist MESS score was not associated with age, ethnicity, fellowship-training, having children, years of practice, or GSES. In the sexual objectification domain, trainees had higher frequency (p = 0.04), severity (p = 0.02) and total MESS (p = 0.02) scores than attendings. Conclusions This was the first multicenter, Canada-wide study exploring how female otolaryngologists experience gender bias and microaggressions in the workplace. Female otolaryngologists experience mild to moderate gender bias, but have high self-efficacy to manage this issue. Trainees had more severe and frequent microaggressions than attendings in the sexual objectification domain. Future efforts should help develop strategies for all otolaryngologists to manage these experiences, and thereby improve the culture of inclusiveness and diversity in our specialty. Graphical Abstract

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Exploring female otolaryngologists’ experiences with gender bias and microaggressions: A cross sectional Canadian survey

Nguyen

Meyer

2023

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery

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“…The principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) was conducted based on Bray–Curtis dissimilarity matrix ( Bray and Curtis, 1957 ) to obtain and visual principal coordinates from complex multidimensional data. The diversity calculations were performed in R ( R Core Team, 2020 ), and the relevant codes is accessible at Ma (2021) .…”

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Evaluation of the representative of using rumen fluid samples from lambs fed pelleted TMR for analysis of prokaryotic communities

Zhou

Liu

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Front. Microbiol.

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The pelleted TMR pulverized the grass during processing, which may result in more solid attached microorganisms in the filtered rumen fluid. The objective of this study was evaluating the necessity of distinguishing physical phases of rumen contents for analysis of prokaryotes communities in rumen of lambs fed pelleted TMR, considering the dissimilarity of diversity and community of bacteria and archaea between fluid and mixed rumen contents. The yield of microbial DNA, bacterial diversity, abundances of fibrolytic bacteria of phylum Fibrobacterota and Spirochaetota, as well as genus Ruminococcus, Lachnospiraceae_NK3A20, Fibrobacter, and F082, and abundance of archaeal Methanimicrococcus in rumen fluid were lower than those in mixed phase of rumen contents (p ≤ 0.05). In conclusion, it is necessary to consider rumen content physical phases when studying the prokaryotic community in rumen of lambs fed pelleted TMR.

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Microbial Musings – December 2021

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Exploring female otolaryngologists’ experiences with gender bias and microaggressions: A cross sectional Canadian survey

Exploring female otolaryngologists’ experiences with gender bias and microaggressions: A cross sectional Canadian survey

Evaluation of the representative of using rumen fluid samples from lambs fed pelleted TMR for analysis of prokaryotic communities

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