Rural healthcare delivery and maternal and infant outcomes for diabetes in pregnancy: A systematic review.

Aim: The aim of this systematic review was to examine the literature regarding rural healthcare delivery for women with any type of diabetes in pregnancy, and subsequent maternal and infant outcomes.

Methods: Eight databases were searched in September 2020, including Medline, EMCare, CINAHL, EMBASE, Maternity and Infant Care, Cochrane, Rural and Remote Health and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health bibliography. Studies from high-income countries in rural, regional or remote areas with interventions conducted during the antenatal period were included.

Integrating e-collections following the merger of two specialist hospital libraries: a case study.

Background: Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust was formed in February 2017 following an acquisition. The Library and Knowledge Services (LKS) merged while operating across two hospital sites. A priority for the merged Library and Knowledge Service was to integrate e-collections.

Bulk Protein and Oil Prediction in Soybeans Using Transmission Raman Spectroscopy: A Comparison of Approaches to Optimize Accuracy.

Rapid measurements of protein and oil content are important for a variety of uses, from sorting of soybeans at the point of harvest to feedback during soybean meal production. In this study, our goal is to develop a simple protocol to permit rapid and robust quantitative prediction of soybean constituents using transmission Raman spectroscopy (TRS). To develop this approach, we systematically varied the various elements of the measurement process to provide a diverse test bed.

Amino acid quantification in bulk soybeans by transmission Raman spectroscopy.

Soybeans are a commodity crop of significant economic and nutritional interest. As an important source of protein, buyers of soybeans are interested in not only the total protein content but also in the specific amino acids that comprise the total protein content. Raman spectroscopy has the chemical specificity to measure the twenty common amino acids as pure substances.

Protein and oil composition predictions of single soybeans by transmission Raman spectroscopy.

The soybean industry requires rapid, accurate, and precise technologies for the analyses of seed/grain constituents. While the current gold standard for nondestructive quantification of economically and nutritionally important soybean components is near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), emerging technology may provide viable alternatives and lead to next generation instrumentation for grain compositional analysis. In principle, Raman spectroscopy provides the necessary chemical information to generate models for predicting the concentration of soybean constituents.

Health Communication Design: an innovative MA at Coventry University.

In the context of recent government initiatives emphasizing personal responsibility for a healthy lifestyle, of escalating healthcare costs and an aging population, and of new technologies which provide both an opportunity for communication and potential pitfalls of inaccurate and confusing information, good health communication is increasingly important. There is also a need to support the professionals who provide this health information, & Coventry University is offering a new Masters degree to address this gap. Developed by the University's new Health Design Technology Institute in conjunction with Coventry School of Art and Design, the MA Health Communication Design is a unique new course which will run from September 2007.