Association between Self-Reported Survey Measures and Biomarkers of Second-Hand Tobacco Smoke Exposure in Non-Smoking Pregnant Women.

Second-hand tobacco smoke (SHS) causes adverse health outcomes in adults. Further studies are needed to evaluate psychosocial SHS exposure measures in comparison to SHS exposure biomarkers, particularly in pregnant women. This study aimed to compare self-reported SHS exposure to urinary cotinine levels in pregnant women.

Understanding Taiwanese Women's Decisional Experiences Regarding Prenatal Screening Procedures And Diagnostics: A Phenomenological Study.

Purpose: This study sought to understand Taiwanese women's decisional experiences regarding prenatal screening procedures and diagnostics.

Methods: A hermeneutic phenomenological design guided semistructured interviews with 33 women who were 36 weeks pregnant. Data were collected between February and October 2016.

Influence of Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Air Pollution on Fetal Growth: A Prospective Study.

Exposure to air pollution during pregnancy leads to adverse pregnancy outcomes. Few studies have evaluated the influences of air quality, including environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and particulate matter (PM), on fetal development, which this study examined. This longitudinal correlation study used multiple linear regression data analysis of PM/PM, self-reported ETS exposure, urinary cotinine level, maternal characteristics, and birth parameters (gestational week, body weight, body length, head, and chest circumferences) with the effect of air quality on fetal growth.

Influences on vaginal birth after caesarean section: A qualitative study of Taiwanese women.

Background: Vaginal birth is a safe mode of birth for most women who have had a prior caesarean with a transverse incision. Despite the evidence, most Taiwanese women who have had a previous caesarean are rarely offered the opportunity to consider any possibility other than a repeat caesarean.

Aim: This study explored factors affecting Taiwanese women's decisionmaking regarding vaginal birth after cesarean.

Cation ion specifically induces a conformational change in trans-dehydroandrosterone - a solid-state NMR study.

In this work, we demonstrated that calcium (Ca(+2)) is able to induce a conformational change in trans-dehydroandrosterone (DHEA). To this respect, solid-state NMR spectroscopy was applied to a series of DHEA molecules that were incubated with Ca(+2) under different concentrations. The high-resolution (13)C NMR spectra of the DHEA/Ca(+2) mixtures exhibited two distinct sets of signals; one was attributed to DHEA in the free form, and the second set was due to the DHEA/Ca(+2) complex.

Women's knowledge of options for birth after Caesarean Section.

Objective: In Australia, the Caesarean Section rate has risen from 21.8% to 31.1% (2010) in a decade; in South Australia the rate was 32.