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Objective: To assess the influence of labor epidural analgesia on the course of labor and to determine its association with instrumental assisted delivery rate. Materials and methods: A retrospective case–control study was performed during 2007–2011...

Cesarean delivery may increase the need for anesthesia administration, thereby causing potential risks to both maternal and fetal health. This article aimed to investigate the effect of physical activity during pregnancy on the type of delivery, the...

Rivastigmine is a drug commonly used in the management of Alzheimer’s disease that shows bioavailability problems. To overcome this, the use of nanosystems, such as nanostructured lipid carriers (NLC), administered through alternative routes se...

Objective: To develop and validate a device that measures the pressure exerted by forceps on the fetal head for clinical use. Background: The lack of clinical tools to quantify forceps pressure on the fetal head may impact maternal and neonatal outco...

Operative Vaginal delivery (OVD) can reduce perinatal and maternal morbidity and mortality especially in low resource setting such as South Africa. We evaluated the trends and determinants of OVD rates using join point regression at Charlotte Maxeke...

Abnormal cord insertion (ACI) is associated with adverse obstetric outcomes; however, the relationship between ACI and assisted reproductive technology (ART) has not been examined in a meta-analysis. This study examines the association between ACI an...

We present a neutron guide which is curved in the shape of a logarithmic spiral. Simulations and calculations for such a spiral guide are presented and the potential use of the guide for a reflectometer is investigated and compared to the conventiona...

This perspective review describes emerging techniques and future opportunities for time-resolved serial femtosecond crystallography (TR-SFX) experiments using high repetition rate XFEL sources. High repetition rate sources are becoming more available...

Many orally administrated drugs exhibit poor bioavailability due to their limited solubility. The smartFilm technology is an innovative approach to improve the drug aqueous solubility, where the drug is embedded within the matrix of cellulose-based p...

Endometriosis is a common benign gynecological disorder; however, delivery outcomes concerning pregnancies with endometriosis remain understudied. This study aimed to assess the effect of endometriosis on delivery outcomes, including the rate of inst...

(1) Background: Epidural analgesia (EA), at the present time, is one of the most effective methods to reduce labor pain. In recent years its use has increased, being used between 20–70% of all deliveries; (2) Methods: Historical cohort on a tot...

Drug delivery to the anterior and posterior segments of the eye is impeded by anatomical and physiological barriers. Increasingly, the bioeffects produced by ultrasound are being proven effective for mitigating the impact of these barriers on ocular...

Despite abundant literature on antenatal and delivery care received by pregnant women, there is a wide knowledge gap on the prevalence of symptoms of discomfort or problems during the postpartum period and their relationship with the mode of delivery...

We conducted a retrospective case–control study in patients presenting a perineal tear (second degree or higher) or episiotomy complicated by wound breakdown during maternity stay to identify risk factors associated with wound breakdown in earl...

Objectives: To analyze the main risk factors associated with third and fourth degree postpartum perineal tears in women attended to in our obstetrics service. Methods: An observational, retrospective, hospital cohort study was carried out in women wh...

During certain clinical situations, some parturients require instruments for operative vaginal delivery, and various designs of vacuum extractors may affect the fetal head. To investigate the biomechanical effects of divergent sizes of silicone rubbe...

Targeted drug delivery in the brain is instrumental in the treatment of lethal brain diseases, such as glioblastoma multiforme, the most aggressive primary central nervous system tumour in adults. Infusion-based drug delivery techniques, which direct...

Performance of the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security–Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) Visible and InfraRed Spectrometer (OVIRS) instrument was validated, showing that it met all science requirements during extensive th...

Liposome-based drug delivery systems have revolutionized modern pharmaceutics, offering unparalleled versatility and precision in therapeutic delivery. These lipid vesicles, capable of encapsulating hydrophilic, hydrophobic, and amphiphilic drugs, ha...

In vivo gene delivery involves direct injection of nucleic acids (NAs) into tissues, organs, or tail-veins. It has been recognized as a useful tool for evaluating the function of a gene of interest (GOI), creating models for human disease and basic r...

Microcrystal delivery instruments are pivotal to performing serial femtosecond crystallography experiments at the XFEL facilities. We present a novel sample delivery technique based on a micro-tubing reeling system (MRS). Despite the tiny size of the...

Background/Objectives: Postnatal fear of childbirth (FOC) has a significant impact on women’s mental health following childbirth. A widely employed tool for evaluating postnatal FOC is the Wijma Delivery Expectancy/Experience Questionnaire vers...

Higher education institutions commonly employ student evaluation of teaching (SET) instruments (e.g., course evaluation surveys) to enhance course quality and inform instructional strategies. However, conceptualizing and measuring SET as a unidimensi...

Facing the aggravating trend of an aging population and a fragmented medical service delivery system, the Chinese Central Government has introduced a series of policies to promote the development of integrated care against the background of the &ldqu...

This study aimed to verify whether the presence of siblings and the type of delivery had an influence on the motor skills development of children in the first 48 months of life. We developed a quantitative study with a sample of 405 children of both...

Background: The purpose of the research was to evaluate the content and delivery of the undergraduate endodontic curriculum. Methods: A needs assessment survey was distributed among the Deans of all the dental colleges in Saudi Arabia. Results: The r...

Currently, China has launched an ambitious governmental initiative to promote the development of prefabricated construction (PC). As the target of PC development has been allocated to lower-level government, the responsibility for PC development rest...

Several reports regarding the effects of thin meconium on maternal and neonatal outcomes are contradictory. This study evaluated the risk factors and obstetrical outcomes during deliveries complicated with thin meconium. This retrospective cohort stu...

Developing policy instruments related to urban freight, such as congestion pricing, urban consolidation schemes, and off-hours delivery, requires an understanding of the distribution of shipment delivery times. Furthermore, agent-based urban freight...

Cancer remains a complex medical challenge and one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Nanomedicines have been proposed as innovative platforms to tackle these complex diseases, where the combination of several treatment strategies might enhanc...

Background: Obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIS) might be associated with long-term urinary and anorectal morbidities. The aim of the study was to investigate the risk factors and clinical implications of OASIS associated with vacuum-assisted de...

Postpartum anal incontinence is common. After a first delivery (D1) with perineal trauma, follow-up is advised to reduce the risk of anal incontinence. Endoanal sonography (EAS) may be considered to evaluate the sphincter and in case of sphincter les...

We developed a single-shot coherent X-ray imaging instrument at the hard X-ray beamline of the Pohang Accelerator Laboratory X-ray Free Electron Laser (PAL-XFEL). This experimental platform was established to conduct a variety of XFEL experiments, in...

Serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX) using an X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) can be applied to determine the room-temperature structure of target molecules while minimizing radiation damage and visualizing molecular dynamics. In SFX, a sample d...

With the development of medical equipment and techniques in labor anesthesia, it is a major issue to investigate the risks and treatment effects among techniques such as continuous epidural infusion (CEI) and intermittent epidural bolus (IEB). Howeve...

The Sunrise missions consist of observing the magnetic field of the sun continuously for a few days from the stratosphere. In these missions, a balloon supporting a telescope and associated instrumentation, including a Tunable Magnetograph (TuMag), i...

This study aimed to investigate whether the use of food delivery applications is related to food consumption practices. Methods: Data collection was carried out between 5 and 20 June 2020 in a Brazilian capital with a final sample of 2113 individuals...

Background: This article identifies the preferences of the customer of logistics services in Indonesia using the Kansei engineering and conjoint analysis methods. The Conjoint Analysis aims to establish utility scores that represent factors in logist...

Drone delivery services have attracted increasing interest in the retail business market. Drone delivery services have both positive and negative aspects considering privacy risk and eco-friendliness. Given these points, this work investigates the re...

The delivery of genetic services in developing countries is faced with significant challenges, despite medical and technological advances globally. The Philippines, being an archipelago, faces even more challenges, with significant disparities in acc...

Serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX) using an X-ray free electron laser (XFEL) enables the determination of room-temperature structures without causing radiation damage. Using an optical pump-probe or mix-and-injection, SFX enables the intermedia...

Background: In Greece, the cesarean section (CS) rate reached 62.15% in 2023. This study aims to document Greek obstetricians’ preferences and choices regarding the delivery mode of their own children. Methods: A questionnaire was emailed to Gr...

Sustainable consumption and production (SCP) is largely influenced by dynamics in the market system. Hence, this study adopts the systems thinking approach as a tool to understand the non-linearity and complexity of sustainable practices. The food de...

One of the most cutting-edge, effective, and least invasive pharmaceutical innovations is the utilization of microneedles (MNs) for drug delivery, patient monitoring, diagnostics, medicine or vaccine delivery, and other medical procedures (e.g., intr...

In order to quantify the amount of drug molecules in drug delivery systems, analytical techniques such as high-performance liquid chromatography are used due to their accuracy and reliability. However, the instruments required for such techniques are...

The aim of the study is to identify legal instruments, implemented in France, supporting short food supply chains and, more generally, local food systems. The research has identified these tools from a variety of domains and levels, including nationa...

The improvement of pharmaceutical dosage forms, such as tablets, towards drug delivery control and cost efficiency is of great importance in formulation technologies. Here, three examples: in situ coating, freeze casting and protein-based biocomposit...

Stimuli-responsive, “smart” polymeric materials used in the biomedical field function in a bio-mimicking manner by providing a non-linear response to triggers coming from a physiological microenvironment or other external source. They are...

We estimated the harm related to medication delivery delays across 12,474 medication administration instances in an intensive care unit using retrospective data in a large urban academic medical center between 2012 and 2015. We leveraged an instrumen...

The eye is a very complex organ comprising several physiological and physical barriers that compromise drug absorption into deeper layers. Nanoemulsions are promising delivery systems to be used in ocular drug delivery due to their innumerous advanta...