A Qualitative Study on the Experiences of Fathers Involved in Vaginal Delivery: Real-Life Experiences

Purpose: The birth of a baby is one of the most meaningful moments partners can experience throughout their lives. This study was conducted to determine the emotions, thoughts, and experiences of fathers involved in vaginal delivery. Methods: This study was a qualitative research using phenomenological approach and theoretical thematic analysis approach was used in data analysis. The 22 couples participated in the study. The data were separately obtained from fathers involved in the delivery and their partners using the face to face in-depth interview method within four hours after delivery. Results: The data were categorized into five themes: emotions, thoughts, and experiences of fathers involved in delivery; purpose of involvement; positive and negative feelings, roles, and responsibilities of fathers; expectations from health professionals; and meeting the baby for the first time. The fathers who were confused when they first entered the delivery room experienced ambivalent feelings, especially during the last phases of the active period and the expulsion phase. Conclusion: Fathers should be involved in the childbirth process so that the parents can experience a favourable childbirth experience, the relationship between partners strengthens, the family life is affected positively, and the newborns are born into an environment in which they feel safe

Wireless transmission of heart rate and blood pressure measurements for remote patient monitoring

This paper describes the development of a wireless pulse and blood pressure monitoring system based on a microprocessor with low cost. It is aimed to receive blood pressure information (tension) through certain processes such as amplifying and filtering of the signal which is obtained by using BIOPAC SS19LA Blood Pressure Cuff and Transducer. With the designed prototype, it is possible to determine both systolic and diastolic pressure. Following preprocessing of the signal, the information of blood pressure and heart rate data of the patient is wirelessly transmitted to smartphone by using Bluetooth Module. The wireless system is used to transmit the measured data to a remote location. In this way, the biomedical parameters obtained from the patient can be instantly transmitted to any pre-paired smart phone and also recorded in the corresponding device

Does cigarette smoking really have detrimental effects on outcomes of IVF?

WOS: 000333505500019PubMed: 24424210Objective: Cigarette smoke contains many toxic chemicals associated with poor reproductive outcome and reduced fertility. It also has a negative effect on sperm motility and morphology. The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of male and female cigarette smoking on the outcomes of in vitro fertilization (IVF). Study design: In this comparative prospective analysis, the effects of smoking on outcomes of IVF including semen parameters, oocyte quality, fertilization rate, transfer day embryo scores and pregnancy rates were analyzed. For this purpose, patients were grouped based on their follicular or seminal fluid cotinine (a nicotine metabolite) levels as smokers and non-smokers (non-smokers: female (n = 171), male (n = 118), smokers: female (n = 43), male (n = 96)). Results: The mean age and baseline hormonal levels of all groups were found to be comparable. While the numbers of total and mature oocytes collected were higher in the smoker group (p = 0.005 and p = 0.006, respectively), oocyte quality index, fertilization rate, embryo development rate and pregnancy rate were not significantly different between the groups (p > 0.05). Analysis based on the type of ovarian hyperstimulation protocol (GnRH agonist, antagonist and others) showed that within the antagonist group the mean age of smokers was significantly lower and the total number of collected oocytes was significantly higher compared with non-smokers. Cigarette smoking among men did not have a significant negative effect on outcomes of IVF whether their partners were smokers or nonsmokers. Regression analysis did not give any significant difference when male and/or female smoking status was analyzed for fertilization rates, transferred embryo qualities and clinical pregnancy rates. Conclusion: Cigarette smoking does not have detrimental effects on outcomes of IVF. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.Scientific Research Section of Hacettepe UniversityHacettepe UniversityA part of this study was supported by Scientific Research Section of Hacettepe University

12 Original Article Relationship Between Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibodies Positivity and HLA-DRB1 Shared Epitope Alleles in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Turkey

Objective: The most characteristic genetic risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the HLA-DRB1 shared epitope (SE) alleles, encode for a common amino acid sequence in the peptide-presenting part of the HLA class II molecule. These SE alleles have been described recently to be a risk factor for the development of antibodies against citrullinated proteins in RA. The current study was performed to investigate the association between the cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies (anti-CCP) and HLA-DR1 HLA-DRB1 shared epitope alleles in patients with RA in Turkey. Materials and Methods: Sixty patients with RA who were newly diagnosed or under conventional treatment in our clinic and 60 healthy volunteers as controls were enrolled in the study. In patients with RA anti-CCP levels were investigated with enzymelinke

Disappearance of Biodiversity and Future of Our Foods

“I. Uluslararası Organik Tarım ve Biyoçeşitlilik Sempozyumu 27-29 Eylül Bayburt