Objectives: Steroids, used in preterm premature ruptureof membranes (pPROM), to reduce the risk of morbidity and mortality of the preterm neonate, impair the maternal polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN)-based immune system. In spite of combination with antibiotics, prenatal and postnatal bacterial infections of mother and child are frequent. This pilot study focuses on the influence of steroids i...

The idea for this Special Issue on ‘Human Rights Protection Migrants’ was born out of a combination frustration and scepticism in the face International Human Law’s enduring struggles to extend protections non-nationals, but also hope light (some) human rights bodies’ attempts carve ‘protective spaces’ migrants against backdrop hostile migration laws policies across globe [...]

In the United States, the Code of Federal Regulations Title 45: Public Welfare, part 46 (45 CFR 46) provides protection for human subjects in research carried out or supported by most federal departments and agencies. 45 CFR 46 created a common federal policy for the protection of such human subjects that was accepted by the Office of Science and Technology Policy and issued by each of the depa...

In the United States, the Code of Federal Regulations Title 45: Public Welfare, part 46 (45 CFR 46) provides protection for human subjects in research carried out or supported by most federal departments and agencies. 45 CFR 46 created a common federal policy for the protection of such human subjects that was accepted by the Office of Science and Technology Policy and issued by each of the depa...

The protection of series compensated lines, in particular with capacitors located at the end of the line, present many difficulties. The satisfactory setting of line and capacitor protections requires time domain simulations including the protection model. In most complicated cases, the connection of the real protections to digital or analogical simulators becomes necessary. Using this approach...