Women’s Awareness and Attitudes towards Labor Analgesia Influencing Practice between Developed and Developing Countries

Childbirth experience is one of the most intense pain that majority of women will endure during their lifetime. Concerns about pain in labor remain a hot topic, and its popularity gets more common day by day as more women become aware of their rights to achieve a better quality of care during labor. There are various non-pharmacologic (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, hydrotherapy, intradermal water injections and acupuncture) and pharmacologic treatments (nitrous oxide, opioids and regional analgesia techniques: spinal, epidural and combined epidural analgesia) available today. Among these, epidural analgesia offers the most effective form of pain relief and is considered to be the gold standard of labor analgesia. Despite having labor analgesic services, most women still go through painful labor due to lack of knowledge regarding it, particularly in developing countries. The main source of information regarding pain reliefs is from friends and relatives, revealing the lack of information from caregiver’s side. So this study reflects that there is a wide gap in the communication between pregnant women and obstetricians. It supports the fact that obstetricians through the practice of routinely offering labor analgesia can significantly improve the maternal and perinatal outcomes of pregnancy. Provision of standardized epidural analgesia information at an appropriate time in their pregnancy may benefit them by the practice of mutual decision-making. Thus, it may prevent women from making a difficult choice of cesarean section to avoid the fear of painful labor.

城市综合体燃气报警设置要求探讨

由于城市综合体的复杂性与多变性,燃气报警系统安装必须根据规范要求,并随现场实际情况作相应的调整与变化,做到既符合燃气规范安装要求,又确保燃气安全供应,为此本文对城市综合体燃气报警设置要求进行探讨,形成完善全面的燃气报警系统.

Research advances in forensic diatom testing

In forensic practice,it is difficult to determine whether a dead body in the water resulted from drowning or from disposal after death.Diatom testing is currently an important supporting technique for the determination of death by drowning and of drowning sites,even though it is a time-consuming and laborious task.This article reviews the development of diatom testing over the decades and discusses a new method for the potential application of deep learning in diatom testing.

Forensic investigation of 23 autosomal STRs and application in Han and Mongolia ethnic groups

A forensic validation study of the Early Access HuaxiaTM Platinum Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) kit was completed to document the performance capabilities and limitations.The genotyping of DNA samples was consistent across a large range of template DNA concentrations,with complete profiles obtained at 0.125 ng;however,no more than 2 mm× 1.2 mm punches of samples would be recommended for direct amplification.The size precision and accuracy test revealed the genotyping ability;while consistent results were obtained when comparing the kit with other commercially available systems.In addition,the whole PCR amplification can finish within approximately 45 min,making the system suitable for fastdetection.However,only partial profiles may be obtained with challenging samples,including DNA stored on Foam-Tipped Applicators (FTA) cards or some case samples.For the forensic application in ethnic groups,a total of 282 and 229 alleles were obtained in Han and Mongolia,respectively.Since the 23 short tandem repeats were independent from each other,the cumulative power of exclusion in duos was 0.999999157188 and the cumulative power of exclusion in trios was 0.999999999859 in the Han group while the cumulative power of exclusion in duos (CPEduo) was 0.999 998 848 26 and cumulative power of exclusion in trios (CPEtrio) was 0.999 999 999 79 in the Mongolia group.And good internal consistency was found between the two investigated groups and the Sichuan Han,Hui,Tibetan and Uygur according to available reference data.

Validation studies of the Para DNA^(■) Intelligence System with artificial evidence items

Short tandem repeat(STR)profiling is one of the mostly used systems for forensic applications.In certain circumstances,STR profiling is time-consuming and costly,which potentially leads to delays in criminal investigations.LGC(Laboratory of the Government Chemist,UK)Forensics has developed a robust STR profiling platform called the ParaDNAVR Intelligence Test System which can provide early tactical intelligence and aid investigators in making informed decisions on sample prioritization for detection.Here,we validated the ParaDNA^(■) intelligence test for its application in forensic cases using a range of mock evidence items following guidelines set by the Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods(SWGDAM).Specifically,we tested the sensitivity and accuracy of the ParaDNA intelligence test,as well as the success rates for detecting mock samples and for use in case scenarios.Our findings demonstrate that the ParaDNA intelligence test generates useful DNA profiles,especially for samples such as blood,saliva,and semen that contain ample DNA,indicating the benefits of including ParaDNA as a prior step in forensic STR profiling pipelines.