Preterm labor after 34 weeks of gestation has shown no great difference from full-term labor in terms of neonatal morbidity and mortality when proper antepartum management (antibiotics or steroids treatment) is done. However, various studies have discussed different views on the risks and safety of preterm delivery at 32(+0)-33(+6) weeks of gestation. We evaluated the complications of different...

BACKGROUND Prolonged labor can lead to maternal and neonatal complications. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of oral propranolol plus oxytocin versus oxytocin only on the process and outcome of labor. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial performed in Ilam Mustafa hospital, a total of 146 nulliparous pregnant women at gestational age of 4...

Interregional labor mobility improves the allocation of labor and provides a means of insurance against income risks (Wildasin, 1995). This paper studies labor mobility in a simple version of the speci...c factors model where domestic factors are geographically immobile. I take the perspective of a region which faces an uncertain and less than in...nitely elastic export demand schedule but is a...

A crucial step in several major evolutionary transitions is the division of labor between components of the emerging higher-level evolutionary unit. Examples include the separation of germ and soma in simple multicellular organisms, appearance of multiple cell types and organs in more complex organisms, and emergence of casts in eusocial insects. How the division of labor was achieved in the fa...

where H and L are, respectively, the amount of skill and the amount of unskilled labor used in production, and α is a parameter describing the nature of the technology. We assume that the production function exhibits constant returns with respect to the two inputs together but diminishing returns with respect to each individual input. This formulation also imposes the restriction that all level...

OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence, risk factors and common bacterial pathogens for surgical site infection (SSI), following cesarean section (CS). MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective case-control study of patients delivered by CS in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria. The cases were the patients whose CS was complicated by SSI; they were matched by other patients delivered by ...

BACKGROUND Labor market uncertainties and employment insecurity have emerged as increasingly important factors in research on family formation and fertility. OBJECTIVE In the present study, we provide evidence from Sweden on how non-employment, unemployment, and temporary employment relate to young people’s first birth risks. METHODS We use a combination of Labor Force Survey data on employment...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether isolated oligohydramnios at term is associated with increased rates of perinatal morbidity and mortality and whether induction of labor in term pregnancies with isolated oligohydramnios is superior to conservative management in reducing perinatal morbidity and mortality. STUDY DESIGN We searched databases from inception to May 2015. We included studies that ev...

High unemployment has been a problem in Europe for three decades. The orthodox view points to the institutional rigidity of national labor markets in Europe as a principal cause of high unemployment, and to labor market ‘flexibilization’ as the cure. An alternative view argues that the problem of unemployment in Europe indicates macroeconomic policy failure – an insufficiency of aggregate effec...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether Baby-guard-a new medical device with an ergonomic 3-chamber inflatable abdominal belt-can reduce complications associated with vaginal delivery. METHODS A randomized controlled single-blind prospective study of 80 pregnant women delivering at term was conducted at San Giuseppe Hospital, Empoli, Italy. In the study group (n=40), the abdominal belt was inflated to ...