Pregnancy

Effect and Safety of Labor Epidural Analgesia with Intermittent Boluses of 0.1% Bupivacaine with Fentanyl on Fetal and Maternal Outcomes and Wellbeing.

BACKGROUND: Labor analgesia has been shown to have few undesirable effects on the course and outcome of the labor as well as on the fetal well-being.

Labor Epidural Analgesia: Comparison of Two Different Intermittent Bolus Regimes.

BACKGROUND: Optimal labor analgesia can be provided with epidural by addition of opioid to the local anesthetic.

Lessons about Motor Learning: How Is Motor Learning Taught in Physical Therapy Programmes Across Canada?

This article describes the content of and delivery methods for motor learning (ML) education and the attitudes and beliefs of instructors with regard...

Rapid Communication: Prolactin and hydrocortisone impact TNFα-mediated mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling and inflammation of bovine mammary epithelial (MAC-T) cells.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of the hormones prolactin (PRL) and hydrocortisone (HC) on bovine mammary alveolar (MAC-T) cel...

Maternal nutrition and stage of early pregnancy in beef heifers: Impacts on expression of glucose, fructose, and cationic amino acid transporters in utero-placental tissues.

We hypothesized that maternal nutrition and day of gestation would impact utero-placental mRNA expression of the nutrient transporters , , , , and in ...

Effect of postweaning heifer development system on average daily gain, pregnancy rates, and subsequent feed efficiency as a pregnant heifer.

A 3-yr study utilized 300 Angus-based, spring-born heifers to evaluate postweaning heifer development systems on gain, reproductive performance, and f...

Association between 4-day vaginal temperature assessment during the dry period and performance in the subsequent lactation of dairy cows during the warm season.

The objective of the study was to investigate the relationships between vaginal temperature during the dry-period and health, milk production, and rep...

Developmental and reproductive characteristics of beef heifers classified by pubertal status at time of first breeding.

Data collected for 10 or more years at the West Central Research and Extension Center, North Platte, NE ( = 1,104); the Gudmundsen Sandhills Laborator...

Effects of supplementing methionine hydroxy analog on beef cow performance, milk production, reproduction, and preweaning calf performance.

Mature Simmental × Angus cows (214 cows; 635 ± 7 kg) were utilized to determine the effects of late gestation and early postpartum supplementation of ...

Low Oxygen Delivery as a Predictor of Acute Kidney Injury during Cardiopulmonary Bypass.

Low indexed oxygen delivery (DOi) during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) has been associated with an increase in the likelihood of acute kidney injury (A...

Study on Power Ultrasound Optimization and Its Comparison with Conventional Thermal Processing for Treatment of Raw Honey.

The present study was done to optimize the power ultrasound processing for maximizing diastase activity of and minimizing hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) ...

Thyroid Nodule Classification in Ultrasound Images by Fine-Tuning Deep Convolutional Neural Network.

With many thyroid nodules being incidentally detected, it is important to identify as many malignant nodules as possible while excluding those that ar...

[Gestational trophoblastic diseases in cesarean scar: an analysis of 20 cases].

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of gestational trophoblastic diseases in cesarean scar.

[Influence of Fe O nanoparticles on the rhological properties of simulated asthma airway mucus].

The properties of mucus in a person with asthma can alter with disease process so that it may lead to the airway embolism. Fe O nanoparticles can be ...

[Research of enhanced green fluorescent protein gene transfer with ultrasound-mediated microbubble destruction in bone defects].

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of ultrasonic irradiation time on enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) gene transfection efficiency and loca...

Transfer Learning with Convolutional Neural Networks for Classification of Abdominal Ultrasound Images.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate transfer learning with deep convolutional neural networks for the classification of abdominal ultrasound imag...

PREDICTIVE MODELING OF HOSPITAL READMISSION RATES USING ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD-WIDE MACHINE LEARNING: A CASE-STUDY USING MOUNT SINAI HEART FAILURE COHORT.

Reduction of preventable hospital readmissions that result from chronic or acute conditions like stroke, heart failure, myocardial infarction and pneu...

Smart Micro/Nano-robotic Systems for Gene Delivery.

BACKGROUND: Small scale robotics have attracted growing attention for the prospect of targeting and accessing cell-sized sites, necessary for high pre...

Predicting Length of Stay for Obstetric Patients via Electronic Medical Records.

Obstetric care refers to the care provided to patients during ante-, intra-, and postpartum periods. Predicting length of stay (LOS) for these patient...

Pregnancy Outcome of Home Intravaginal Insemination in Couples with Unconsummated Marriage.

UNLABELLED: Unconsummated marriage are mainly due to vaginismus or erectile dysfunction. They contribute to about 5% of couples in an infertility clin...