Subsequent pregnancy after having a baby who was hospitalized in the NICU.

Purpose: To understand experiences of mothers who had a baby hospitalized in the NICU and then decided to have another pregnancy.

Study Design And Methods: We used a descriptive phenomenological approach to study 12 mothers in Japan who had a child hospitalized in the NICU and had a subsequent child. Data were collected by semistructured interviews that occurred two to four times per participant.

A capsule catalyst with a zeolite membrane prepared by direct liquid membrane crystallization.

A sheltered existence: Direct liquid-membrane crystallization is used as a low-cost, low-waste, yet highly effective method to prepare a catalyst encapsulated by a H-β zeolite. Through vapor-liquid exchange, a continuous and sufficient, but not excessive supply of both water and template is the key part of this method.