Acceptance and Continuation of Contraceptive Methods Immediate Postabortion.

Background/aims: Providing preabortion contraceptive counseling for the method of contraception may reduce the incidence of repeat abortions. This study aimed to compare the acceptance and continuation rates of intrauterine devices (IUDs), combined oral contraceptives (COCs), and condom use after abortion in women who received preabortion contraceptive counseling.

Methods: Women seeking a first-trimester abortion prospectively received preabortion contraceptive counseling and the choice of method of contraception was based on the counseling and not related to prior methods of birth control.

Fabrication of a novel hydrogen peroxide biosensor based on C@Au composite.

A promising hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) biosensor was fabricated by the immobilization of hemoglobin (Hb) on C@Au composite surface. The composite with carbon spheres and gold shell (C@Au) was synthesized via the seed-growth assembly technique. The assembly of the gold shell on carbon sphere surfaces was characterized by scanning electron miscroscopy (SEM).

Direct electrochemistry and electrocatalysis of myoglobin based on silica-coated gold nanorods/room temperature ionic liquid/silica sol-gel composite film.

A novel biosensor based on the silica-coated gold nanorods (GNRs@SiO(2)) and hydrophilic room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluroborate ([bmim][BF(4)]) was fabricated for the determination of hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) and nitrite. GNRs@SiO(2) can not only act as a binder to hinder [bmim][BF(4)] (RTIL) leaking from the electrode surface, but also provide a favorable microenvironment for direct electrochemistry of myoglobin (Mb). A pair of well-defined and quasi-reversible redox peaks of Mb was obtained at the GNRs@SiO(2)-Mb/RTIL-sol-gel composite film modified GCE (GNRs@SiO(2)-Mb/RTIL-sol-gel/GCE) through direct electron transfer between Mb and the underlying electrode.