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Abortion, Sterilization, and Contraception

, 2017
Some of the most consistently debated ethical issues in health care are the moral conflicts regarding abortion, sterilization, and contraception. This chapter asks readers to consider these topics.
Robert M. Veatch, E. J. Last, Amy Haddad
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Magnetoactive Hydrogels to Probe Curvature‐Directed Endothelial Cell Mechanosensing

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This work establishes a platform to investigate local curvature as a regulator of endothelial mechanosensing independent of shear stress. Magnetoactive hydrogels enable on‐demand curvature of endothelial monolayers to reproduce tortuosity quantified by clinically established metrics.
Avinava Roy, Grace K. Hinds, Joshua Yu‐Chung Liu, Ziqian Yang, Rishab Yanala, Arina E. Velieva, Claudia Loebel   +6 more
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Gene therapy delivery of anti-Müllerian hormone in prepubertal female domestic cats induces long-term sterilization

Nature Communications
The uncontrolled reproduction of free-roaming domestic cats exacerbates their welfare challenges and the ecological pressure they exert on wildlife populations.
Philippe Godin, Nicholas Nagykery, Natalie Sicher, Julie L. Barnes, Amy G. Miller, Christina Bunner, Amy K. Thompson, Motohiro Kano, Guangping Gao, Dan Wang, Patricia K. Donahoe, Linda Rhodes, David A. Brake, Thomas J. Conlon, William F. Swanson, Lindsey M. Vansandt, David Pépin   +16 more
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Carências e desejos: estudo sobre a opção pela esterilização entre mulheres residentes na Região Sul do Município de São Paulo, em 1992 Needs and Wishes: study of option for sterilization among women residing in the southern area of the city of São Paulo in 1992

Saúde e Sociedade, 1999
O presente estudo teve por objetivo discutir a opção das mulheres pela esterilização cirúrgica. A amostra constituiu-se em 215 mulheres esterilizadas, residentes na Região Sul do Município de São Paulo, em 1992.
Katia C. M. Pirotta, Néia Schor
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Monetary Sterilization in China Since the 1990s: How Much and How Effective? [PDF]

China is the largest reserve holder among developing countries, having amassed over US$ 600 billion of reserves by end 2004. Given the potential liquidity overhang concerns in China due to the rapid reserve buildup, the PeopleÂ’s Bank of China (PBOC) has
Alice Ouyang, Ramkishen Rajan
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Biocompatible Conjugated Electrospinning Nanofibrous Membrane With Self‐Powered Piezoelectric Capacity for Accelerated Wound Healing

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A self‐powered PCL/gelatin‐PVDF‐TrFE/MXene conjugated electrospun membrane integrates biocompatibility with enhanced piezoelectric responsiveness. Mechanical deformation is converted into localized electrical signals that stimulate wound‐repair cells proliferation and migration, promote angiogenesis and tissue remodeling, and accelerate full‐thickness ...
Diandian Li, Ke Wu, Yangyang Lu, Qinglan Xia, Jialong Chen, Yifan Zhang, Zhaoyu Chen, Zhiyuan She, Junjin Jie, Juzi Xia, Muran Zhou, Aimei Zhong   +11 more
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Postoperative pain and short-term complications after two elective sterilization techniques: ovariohysterectomy or ovariectomy in cats

BMC Veterinary Research, 2018
Background Surgical sterilization of cats is one of the most commonly performed procedures in veterinary practice and it can be accomplished by two different techniques: ovariohysterectomy (OVH) or ovariectomy (OVE).
Marco Aurélio A. Pereira, Lucas A. Gonçalves, Marina C. Evangelista, Rosana S. Thurler, Karina D. Campos, Maira R. Formenton, Geni C. F. Patricio, Julia M. Matera, Aline M. Ambrósio, Denise T. Fantoni   +9 more
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Hydrogel‐Based Airway‐on‐Tube With Perfusable Endothelial Lumen and Outward Epithelialization

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A hydrogel‐based airway‐on‐tube platform featuring a perfusable endothelial lumen and outward epithelialization is presented. The system supports primary human bronchial epithelial and lung microvascular endothelial coculture under air‐liquid interface conditions.
Ali Doryab, Jack F. Murphy, Michael Bartolf‐Kopp, Jenny C‐C Hsin, Alice Chernaik, Frank McCaughan, Yan Yan Shery Huang, Tomasz Jungst, Jürgen Groll   +8 more
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Forced Sterilization of Women in Uzbekistan [PDF]

, 2013
Forced Sterilization of Women in Uzbekistan examines an alleged government sterilization program and reveals a pattern of ongoing, systematic forced sterilizations that have affected tens of thousands of women and have intensified in recent years.The ...
Natalia Antelava
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Salt Sensitive Tet-Off-Like Systems to Knockdown Primordial Germ Cell Genes for Repressible Transgenic Sterilization in Channel Catfish, Ictalurus punctatus

Marine Drugs, 2017
Repressible knockdown approaches were investigated for transgenic sterilization in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus. Two primordial germ cell (PGC) marker genes, nanos and dead end, were targeted for knockdown, and an off-target gene, vasa, was ...
Hanbo Li, Baofeng Su, Guyu Qin, Zhi Ye, Ahmed Alsaqufi, Dayan A. Perera, Mei Shang, Ramjie Odin, Khoi Vo, David Drescher, Dalton Robinson, Dan Zhang, Nermeen Abass, Rex A. Dunham   +13 more
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