Electromyographic parameters for treatment of pelvic floor disorders in pregnant and postpartum women: A review protocol. by Alethéa Cury Rabelo Leitão, Silvia Oliveira Ribeiro Lira, Elizabel de Souza Ramalho Viana

“…The objective of this study is to analyze the scientific evidence on the electromyography parameters used for treatment of pelvic floor disorders in pregnant women in any gestational week and postpartum women up to 12 months after delivery. A systematic review of randomized controlled experimental studies (clinical trials) and quasi-experimental studies in English, Portuguese or Spanish, which used electromyography as an intervention for treatment of pelvic floor disorders in pregnant or postpartum women up to 12 months after delivery will be performed in online databases (Scopus, Medline, Pedro, Scielo and Pubmed),. …”
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The Perspectives of Diabetes Educators and Dietitians on Diet and Lifestyle Management for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Qualitative Study by Amber J. Hanks, Clare Hume, Siew Lim, Jessica A. Grieger

“…Four themes emerged: guidelines and resources, dietary intervention, management delivery, and communication. Diabetes educators and dietitians demonstrated consistent knowledge of nutritional management for GDM and uniform delivery methods. …”
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Causal ACTH-Depot Therapy during Pregnancies following Infertility Treatment by Rudolf Klimek, Marek Klimek, Peter Gralek, Dariusz Jasiczek

“…The aim of this paper was to confirm the efficacy of adrenocorticotropin depot (ACTH-depot) therapy in pregnancies with threatened miscarriage and preterm delivery through the desired stimulation of the adrenal glands controlled by the rest of organism. …”
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Routing and Clustering of Sensor Nodes in the Honeycomb Architecture by Amine Rais, Khalid Bouragba, Mohammed Ouzzif

“…The combination of geographical and hierarchical routing with the use of honeycomb clustering has proved its efficiency; the performances of our protocol outperform the existing protocols in terms of the number of nodes alive, the latency of data delivery, and the percentage of successful data delivery to the sinks. …”
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Outcome of Induction of Labour in Nulliparous Women Following Replacement of Cervidil with Prostin by Abhijit Basu, Stephen Elgey, Mano Haran

“…Women receiving Prostin were more likely to have assisted vaginal delivery compared to the Cervidil group (𝑃=0.04).…”
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Maternal and Pediatric Health Outcomes in relation to Gestational Vitamin D Sufficiency by Stephen J. Genuis

“…Juxtaposed with monumental improvement in maternal-fetal outcomes over the last century, there has been the recent emergence of rising rates of gestational complications including preterm birth, operative delivery, and gestational diabetes. At the same time, there has been a burgeoning problem with widespread vitamin D deficiency among populations of many developed nations. …”
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NATIONAL ROMANTICISM IN WALT WHITMAN POEMS by Tomi Arianto

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Strategies to promote the provision of sexual health services during menopause: a qualitative study from the perspective of menopausal women and healthcare providers in Isfahan cit... by Maryam Moradi, Mahnaz Noroozi, Firoozeh Mostafavi, Marjan Beigi

“…Conclusions The results emphasize the importance of providing comprehensive and client-centered services and care, improving service delivery infrastructure, expanding services, and promoting access to sexual health to enhance the sexual function of postmenopausal women. …”
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Non-pharmaceutical interventions and epigenetic aging in adults: Protocol for a scoping review. by Alina Liebich, Shenglin Zheng, Theresa Schachner, Jacqueline Mair, Mia Jovanova, Falk Müller-Riemenschneider, Tobias Kowatsch

“…Further data regarding the delivery mode of the treatment protocol will be collected.…”
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Prenatal depression level prediction using ensemble based deep learning model by Abinaya Gopalakrishnan, Xujuan Zhou, Revathi Venkataraman, Raj Gururajan, Ka Ching Chan, Guohun Zhu, Niall Higgins

“…Background and objective:: Many people find that the emotional and mental strain of labor and delivery is greater than they anticipated. However, there are few reports on stress levels during pregnancy, and there is limited research into stress observation during delivery. …”
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Third Trimester Lower Extremity Lymphorrhea by Kaori Morimoto, Luke O’Rourke

“…The patient was induced at 37 weeks secondary to chronic hypertension requiring antihypertensive therapy. Delivery was uncomplicated. The patient gave birth to a healthy male with birth weight of 2,920 g via spontaneous vaginal delivery. …”
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Rationale and design of a randomized clinical trial of integrated eHealth for PrEP and medications for opioid use disorders for women in the criminal legal system. The Athena study by Jaimie P. Meyer, Stacey Brunson, Carolina R. Price, Morgan Mulrain, Julie Nguyen, Frederick L. Altice, Tassos C. Kyriakides, Karen Cropsey, Ellen Eaton

“…There are significant social and structural barriers to integrated delivery of PrEP and medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), limiting women’s ability to access these life-saving interventions. …”
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Colostrum avoidance and associated factors among postnatal mothers in health facilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a mixed method study by Belete Mengistu Sisay, Samson Zegeye Endale, Frehiwot Worku Senbeta

“…Abstract Background Colostrum is the first form of milk produced immediately following the delivery of a newborn. It is highly nutritious and contains antibodies to protect the newborn against disease and crucial for the newborn’s health Despite its benefits, some mothers avoid giving colostrum to their newborns. …”
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Intranasal Immunization with DNA Vaccine HA-CCL19/Polyethylenimine/Chitosan Composite Provides Immune Protection Against H7N9 Infection by Yuqing Xiang, Hongbo Zhang, Youcai An, Ze Chen

“…Simultaneously, CS and PEI proficiently facilitate the mucosal delivery of DNA, thereby eliciting mucosal immunity related to DNA vaccines. …”
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Protocol for a feasibility study evaluating a supported self-management intervention for stroke survivors with aphasia (StarStep study) by Faye Wray, Madeline Cruice, Ian Kellar, Anne Forster

“…The StarStep study aims to assess the feasibility of implementing and evaluating the intervention (including the feasibility of participant recruitment, the feasibility of delivering facilitator training, the acceptability of the intervention, the fidelity of intervention delivery and outcome data completeness). Methods StarStep is a mixed-methods, non-randomised feasibility study. …”
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Civil Society Organizations’ Advocacy Strategies and Performance of Local Governments: A Case Study of Kabale District. by Robert, Kakuru Byamugisha

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Gaining Ground by Deon Bührs

“…Deon Bührs, Managing Director of Genie Health SA, on launching a hybrid healthcare delivery model in South Africa…”
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Electronic publishing and the future of the book by T.D. Wilson

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Antenatal pelvic floor muscle exercise intervention led by midwives in England to reduce postnatal urinary incontinence: APPEAL feasibility and pilot randomised controlled cluster... by Karla Hemming, Jonathan Bishop, Sarah Dean, Jean Hay-Smith, Tim Coleman, Elizabeth Edwards, Christine MacArthur, Debra Bick, Mark Pearson, Rohini Terry, Eivor Oborn, Sara Webb, Eleni Gkini, Victoria Salmon, Ellie Jones, Helena Frawley

“…Fidelity of training delivery and implementation.Results Ninety-five midwives in intervention clusters; 91 midwives in control clusters. …”
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Dosimetric Comparison of Noncoplanar VMAT Without Rotating the Patient Couch Versus Conventional Coplanar/Noncoplanar VMAT for Head and Neck Cancer: First Report of Dynamic Swing A... by Kouta Hirotaki, MS, Kento Tomizawa, MD, PhD, Satoe Kitou, BS, Shunta Jinno, MS, Shunsuke Moriya, PhD, Takeshi Fujisawa, MD, Sadamoto Zenda, MD, PhD, Takeji Sakae, PhD, Masashi Ito, BS

“…Conclusions: DSA plans using OXRAY for HNSCC maintained PTV coverage while reducing parotid gland and oral cavity mean doses compared to coplanar VMAT plans, although delivery times increased. DSA plans reduced parotid gland doses and delivery times compared to noncoplanar VMAT plans.…”
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