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A Review on Recent Trends of Bioinspired Soft Robotics: Actuators, Control Methods, Materials Selection, Sensors, Challenges, and Future Prospects

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
This article reviews the current state of bioinspired soft robotics. The article discusses soft actuators, soft sensors, materials selection, and control methods used in bioinspired soft robotics. It also highlights the challenges and future prospects of this field.
Abhirup Sarker, Tamzid Ul Islam, Md. Robiul Islam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“And in some cases, we're the best option:” A qualitative study of community‐based doula support for black perinatal mental health

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract We explored community‐based doulas' perspectives on the acceptability of using formal screening tools to address low rates of mental health screening, diagnosis, and treatment for perinatal anxiety and depression among Black women. Using thematic analysis, we analyzed interview data from 30 community‐based doulas who support Black families ...
Tamara Nelson, Naysha N. Shahid, Samrawit B. Gebretensay, Chareina C. Johnson, Penny D. Telesford, Karen Sheffield‐Abdullah   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Absorbing and transferring risk: assessing the impact of a statewide high-risk-pregnancy telemedical program on VLBW maternal transports

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2006
Background Prior research has shown that resources have an impact on birth outcomes. In this paper we ask how combinations of telemedical and hospital-level resources impact transports of mothers expecting very low birth weight (VLBW) babies in Arkansas.
Norton Jonathan D, Bronstein Janet, Britt David W   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Examining pathways by which socioeconomic instability in adolescence influence sexual health during emerging adulthood in an agricultural setting in California

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates the longitudinal impact of socioeconomic instability on teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnosis among adolescents and young adults (AYA) living in an agricultural region and examines pathways including supportive family and social structures, decision making autonomy in romantic relationships ...
Marie C. D. Stoner, Erica N. Browne, Marissa Raymond‐Flesch, Mary Kate Shapley‐ Quinn, Nivedita L. Bhushan, Alondra Jaime‐Aguilar, Carmen Ramirez, Jessica Huante, Daisy Gallardo, Sue Napierala, Megan Comfort, Alexandra M. Minnis   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early lactation performance in primiparous and multiparous women in relation to different maternity home practices. A randomised trial in St. Petersburg

International Breastfeeding Journal, 2007
Background There are not many studies exploring parity differences in early lactation performance and the results obtained are fairly often contradictory. The present study investigated the effect of different maternity home practices in St.
Welles-Nyström Barbara, Ransjö-Arvidson Anna-Berit, Matthiesen Ann-Sofi, Widström Ann-Marie, Bystrova Ksenia, Vorontsov Igor, Uvnäs-Moberg Kerstin   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Denial of Inpatient Genetic Testing: A Study on Outpatient Yield and Outcomes

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Genetic conditions suspected in children often require genetic testing for accurate diagnoses, but testing remains costly. Case management teams review genetic test requests to improve access for patients while reducing the financial burden for medical institutions.
Cindy Y. Canales, Kathleen Shields, Meagan Choates, Paul Hillman, Laura Farach, Theresa Wittman, Kathryn Leal   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tendência secular das parasitoses intestinais na infância na cidade de São Paulo (1984-1996) Secular trends in child intestinal parasitic diseases in S. Paulo city, Brazil (1984-1996)

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2000
OBJETIVO: Estimar a prevalência e a distribuição social das parasitoses intestinais na infância, estabelecer a tendência secular dessas enfermidades e analisar sua determinação, com base em dois inquéritos domiciliares, realizados na cidade de São Paulo,
Marcelo Urbano Ferreira, Claudio dos Santos Ferreira, Carlos Augusto Monteiro   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Facilitating Genetic Testing for Perinatal Demise: Development of a Multidisciplinary Workflow

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Genetic contributors to perinatal demise are common but frequently undiagnosed due to clinical and logistical barriers. We aimed to improve access to genetic for intrauterine fetal demise (IUFD), stillbirth, and early neonatal death by developing a multidisciplinary workflow.
Mackenzie Mosera, Samantha Stover, Elise Boos, Molly Casey, Joseph Fanning, Chelsea Fechter, Matthew Grace, L. Dupree Hatch, Michaela Ibach, Carla Jackson, Jiancong Liang, Caitlin Mann, Emily A. Morris, Jessica Turnbull, Marie Williams, Bryce A. Schuler   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Avaliação da promoção do aleitamento materno nas maternidades públicas e privadas do Município de São Paulo Assessment of the promotion of breastfeeding in public and private maternities, Brazil

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2001
OBJETIVO: A OMS (Organização Mundial da Saúde) e o Unicef (Fundo das Nações Unidas para a Infância) lançaram, em 1992, uma estratégia para implementar os "dez passos para o sucesso da amamentação": a Iniciativa Hospital Amigo da Criança (IHAC). No Brasil,
Tereza Setsuko Toma, Carlos Augusto Monteiro   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
wiley   +1 more source