Women’s expectations and experiences of rupture of membranes and views of the potential use of reagent pads for detecting amniotic fluid

AIMS: To explore first time mothers’ expectations and experiences regarding rupture of membranes (RoM) at term, and their views on the potential use of reagent pads that detect amniotic fluid. BACKGROUND: There is little information available on women’s experiences of spontaneous rupture of membranes, or interest in utilising methods to confirm rupture of membranes (e.g. reagent pads). DESIGN: Descriptive qualitative study, utilising focus groups and telephone interviews with women during pregnancy and after the birth of their first baby. Thematic analysis was undertaken to analyse women’s responses. METHODS: Ethics committee approval was obtained. Twenty-five women participated in the study of whom 13 contributed both during pregnancy and postpartum between October 2015 and March 2016. FINDINGS: Three overarching themes emerged from the data from women’s expectations and experiences: uncertainty in how, when and where membranes may rupture; information which was felt to be limited and confirmation of rupture of membranes. The potential use of reagent pads met with varied responses. CONCLUSION: Women were interested in having facts and figures regarding RoM, such as characteristics of liquor; volume and probability of membranes rupturing spontaneously at term. Use of a pad as a means of confirmation was viewed as helpful, although the potential for increasing anxiety was raised

Neural basis of developing salt taste sensation: Response changes in fetal, postnatal, and adult sheep

To learn whether salt taste responses change during mammalian development, we recorded from multifiber preparations of the chorda tympani while stimulating the anterior tongue in sheep fetuses, lambs, and adults. Stimuli were 0.5 M NH4C1, KC1, NaCl, and LiCl, and 0.05–0.75 M concentration series of the first three salts. Ultrastructural studies were made of taste buds at different ages to determine whether morphological elements such as microvilli and tight junctions are present in young fetuses. Substantial changes occur in relative salt taste responses, throughout development. In fetuses that are beginning the last third of gestation, NaCl and LiCl elicit much smaller response magnitudes than NH4C1 and KC1. Throughout the rest of gestation and postnatally, the NaCl and LiCl responses gradually increase in magnitude relative to NH4C1 and KCL In adults, NaCl, LiCl, and NH4Cl all elicit similar response magnitudes and KC1 is less effective as a taste stimulus. At ages when response ratios for the 0.5 M salts are changing, there are no changes in shapes of the response/concentration functions for individual salts. Furthermore, microvilli are present on taste bud cell apices and tight junctions are found between cells in the youngest fetuses studied. Therefore, initial stimulus-receptor membrane contacts are probably similar to those in adults. Our data suggest that different membrane components interact with the various monochloride salts and that taste receptors contain different proportions of these various membrane components at different developmental stages. Therefore young taste bud cells do not have the same salt response characteristics as mature cells, and a changing neural substrate underlies development of salt taste function, both pre- and postnatally.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/50018/1/902150207_ftp.pd

Artaud at Rodez (1986)

Second Folder: 1. Show Reports 2. Prompt Book 3. Pictures [3 copies] 4. Slides Used in the ProductionFirst Folder: 1. Cover page 2. Program [Attached][6 copies] 3. Poster [Attached-part][3 copies] 4. Bulletin in French. 5. (1986, March 20). Thank you letter from Principal Philippe Garigue. 6. (1986, March 10). Thank you letter to Steve Devine. 7. THEATRE GLENDON. For immediate release: Canadian premiere at Theatre Glendon. [2 copies] 8. Kaplan, Jon. (1986, February 27 to March 5). Antonin Artaud in France. Now. [3 copies] 9. Bornais, Marie-France; Roy, Marie-josée. (1986, March 10). Artaud Captive: De délirium artique bien dosé. Pro Tem. [2 copies, 1 with picture] 10. Stevens, Nancy. (Date unknown). Glendon Holds Artaud Captive. (With picture) Pro Tem. 11. Peirol, Paulette. (1986, March 13) The "poetic truth" of Artaud. Excalibur. [4 copies] 12. Cast list 13. Rehearsal schedule 14. Revised rehearsal schedule 15. Announcements 16. Cast contact list [2 copies] 17. Production schedules 18. Scene breakdown 19. Gym renting permit 20. Security permit 21. Cast informationArchival file for the Glendon College production of Artaud at Rodez, directed by Robert Wallace. The play was performed March 4 to 8, 1986