BACKGROUND Early recognition of the signs and symptoms of preterm labor (PTL) is important in order to establish treatment. Our aim was to determine the relation between cervical dilatation and time interval from admission to delivery in women with preterm labor. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective cohort study was conducted on 83 singleton gestations admitted for preterm labor between 24 w...

OBJECTIVE We evaluated pessary for dilated cervix and exposed membranes for prolonging pregnancy compared to cerclage or expectant management. METHODS Multicenter retrospective cohort study of women, 15-24 weeks, singleton pregnancies, dilated cervix ≥2 cm and exposed membranes. Women received pessary, cerclage or expectant management. Primary outcome was gestational age (GA) at delivery. Sec...

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This study was carried out to determine the effects of dener-vation of the pulp organs of teeth, particularly on the odontoblasts and their processes. Therefore, resection of the inferior alveolar, cervical sympathetic, or a combination of both types of nerves supplying the mandibular incisor teeth of New Zealand white rabbits was performed and the results compared to adjacent , unaltered teeth...

Background: Fetal male gender may affect the progression of labor and could be a risk factor for labor arrest. This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of fetus gender on labor curve. &nbsp;&nbsp; Methods: In this cohort study, 1550 singleton term pregnant women in labor phase (either spontaneous or by induction) were enrolled. Results of regular cervical examination, dilation, length o...

Background and Objective: Pain is a normal and inevitable phenomenon in childbirth. The present study aimed to compare the effects of brewed dill seeds and oxytocin on the intensity of labor pain. Materials and Methods: This clinical trial was performed on 100 participants. A total of 100 cards labeled A or B were prepared and placed in a container; each participant randomly picked one card; t...

A novel electronic sensor system is designed to continuously monitor the dilation of the cervix of a pregnant female approaching labour and delivery. The system is capable of wirelessly transmitting the progress of dilation to a central monitoring agency that can get in touch with the attending physician and/or the hospital of the pregnant female. Using wireless telephony, the monitoring agency...

We introduce the concept of $k$-(semi)-dilation for Liouville domains, which is a generalization symplectic dilation defined by Seidel-Solomon. prove that existence property independent fillings asymptotically dynamically convex (ADC) manifolds. construct examples with $k$-dilations, but not $k-1$-dilations all $k\ge 0$. extract invariants taking value in $\mathbb{N} \cup \{\infty\}$ domains an...

foam injection is becoming a standard conditioning agent when tunnelling with an earth-pressure balanced shield, resulting in an increasing interest in this technique. the technique is mostly based on empirical rules and experience. to be able to determine what foam and how may foam has to be injected for different soils, it is necessary to know the mechanical parameters of the foam-water-soil ...