The major goal of this study was to determine the effect of implementing the fFN test on hospital admission rates. We hypothesized that if clinicians were using a negative fFN result to rule out preterm labor, test implementation would lead to a decrease in admissions for preterm labor. One previous study showed reduced hospital admissions for preterm labor as a result of fFN testing by compari...

First flower node (FFN) is an important trait for evaluating fruit earliness in pepper (Capsicum annuum L.), but the genetic mechanisms that control FFN are still poorly understood. In the present study, we developed 249 F2 plants derived from an intraspecific cross between the inbred pepper lines Z4 and Z5. Thirty plants with the highest FFN and 30 plants with the lowest FFN were chosen and th...

Over the last decade the concept of functional foods and nutraceuticals (FFN) has gained support from various stakeholders including the food industry, scientific and academic community, government institutions or regulators, producers and consumers. However, as one begins to evaluate the global FFN industry, several issues emerge including (i) a lack of consensus across jurisdictions for ackno...

2.1 Risk of delivery at ,30 (%) Risk of delivery at ,34 (%) Risk of delivery at ,37 (%) Positive fFN + CL (25 mm 7.14 38.5 46.2 Positive fFN + CL .25 mm 10.0 22.2 25.0 Negative fFN + CL (25 mm 0.0 5.5 11.8 Negative fFN + CL .25 mm 0.0 3.6 10.0 fFN, fetal fibronectin. Oral presentations Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2009;94(Suppl I):Fa4–Fa10 Fa5 group.bmj.com on October 19, 2017 Published by ...

OBJECTIVES To identify pregnant health plan members triaged through the emergency department (ED), including labor and delivery (ELD) units, with symptoms of preterm labor (PTL), and evaluate the use of fetal fibronectin (fFN) testing; and to calculate the rate of hospitalization and timing of delivery in relation to the ED visit. METHODS Retrospective cohort study using Medical Outcomes Rese...

BACKGROUND To investigate the utility of vaginal placental alpha microglobulin-1 (PAMG-1) protein as a predictor of preterm delivery within 7 days in pregnancies at risk of premature birth. METHODS This prospective study was performed in women at risk of premature birth. The levels of vaginal PAMG-1 and foetal fibronectin (fFN) and the transvaginal cervical length measurement (CLM) were inves...

OBJECTIVE To assess the diagnostic accuracy of fetal fibronectin (fFN), fetal breathing movements (FBM), and cervical length (CL) for the short-term prediction of preterm birth in symptomatic patients. STUDY DESIGN Diagnostic metaanalysis using bivariate methods. RESULTS Pooled sensitivities for fFN, FBM, and CL for delivery within 48 hours of testing were 0.62 (95% confidence interval [CI]...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate combined fetal fibronectin (fFN) test result and cervical length (CL) as predictors of spontaneous preterm birth in asymptomatic twin pregnancies. STUDY DESIGN We examined a retrospective cohort of 155 twin pregnancies with combined fFN and CL testing between 22 and 32 weeks gestation. RESULTS A positive fFN test result at 22-32 weeks or a...

Isolated feedforward networks (FFNs) of spiking neurons have been studied extensively for their ability to propagate transient synchrony and asynchronous firing rates, in the presence of activity independent synaptic background noise (Diesmann et al., 1999; van Rossum et al., 2002). In a biologically realistic scenario, however, the FFN should be embedded in a recurrent network, such that the a...

Objective: To evaluate cervical length (CL) and fetal fibronectin (fFN) as predictors of spontaneous preterm birth (SPTB) in patients with congenital uterine anomalies. Methods: A retrospective cohort of patients with uterine anomalies and singleton pregnancies >22 weeks delivered by one maternal fetal medicine practice from 2005-2012 who underwent routine CL and fFN testing from 22-32 weeks wa...