Pregnancy is associated with increased basal cortisol levels, and decreased hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis reactivity. The cortisol awakening response (CAR) is a measure of HPA-axis reactivity which has been reported to be increased in patients with ongoing depressive disorder and in individuals with remitted depression. In this study, we investigated HPA-axis reactivity in pregnant ...

Care for women with HIV infection has specific challenges before conception and during pregnancy that should be addressed in a comprehensive, standardized plan of care. Preconception care for HIV-infected women includes health recommendations and counseling for safer sexual practices, contraception, and pregnancy planning. The goals are: (1) to improve the health of the woman before conception;...

The gender question in computer science is often presented as: “Why are there sofew women in computer science and what can be done about that?” This questionusually focuses on women. Sometimes ‘men’ or ‘gender’ enter the discussions.However, it is not common that the second part of the sentence computer scienceis considered. The papers in this thesis challenge, in different ways...

Since the establishment of computer science courses within the last 30-40 years both female enrollment and its development differ strongly between various continents, countries, cultures, religions and languages. It is very remarkable that female participation is extremely low in German (and Dutch) speaking countries, in Scandinavian countries and Great Britain, but that this is not the case to...

OBJECTIVES Vascular disease remains a leading cause of death. There are several vascular risk factors identified that can mitigate development of disease in ageing. We examine reported rates of modifiable risk factors in women responding to an online health questionnaire advertised by popular media. METHODS A sample of 26 620 women aged over 18 was examined in 2015 with a cross-sectional heal...

The heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. There is the women's (outdoor) and the men's (indoor) heptathlon. In this paper, the women's heptathlon rules that are the same as the men's decathlon rules will be analyzed. The heptathlon is a women's sporting event, designed to be the female counterpart for the men's decathlon. Like other combined ...

BACKGROUND Poor ovarian response is a common clinical problem, affecting up to 26% of IVF cycles. For these women, addition of recombinant luteinizing hormone (rLH) to ovarian hyperstimulation with recombinant FSH has a beneficial effect on ongoing pregnancy rates, but its effect on the yield of top-quality embryos is unknown. METHODS We conducted a randomized controlled trial in women expect...

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