Vaccine intention and hesitancy among Australian women who are currently pregnant or have recently given birth: the Birth in the Time of COVID-19 (BITTOC) national online survey by Kingsley Emwinyore Agho, Jacqueline Boyle, Hannah G Dahlen, Caroline Homer, Belinda Lequertier, Sue Kildea

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Comparison of nutritional status and dietary pattern among mothers who delivered term low birth weight and normal birth weight infant at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia by Siew, Ooi Good

“…There was no significant difference of total score in dietary diversity among mothers who delivered NBW and LBW infants, however, there was a significant difference in meat products and egg (p<0.005). Multiple logistic regression analysis after adjusted for the confounder, found that there factor associated significantly with low birth weight include education (ORadj 3.30; 95% C.I. 1.27, 8.60, 5.97, p=0.015), parity (ORadj 0.76; 95% C.I. 0.66, 0.87, 14.34, p=<0.001) , history of previous child birth LBW (ORadj 0.49; 95% C.I. 0.25, 0.96, 4.37, p=0.037), hypertension in previous pregnancies (ORadj 0.24; 95% C.I. 0.72, 0.81, 5.28, p=0.022) BMI (ORadj 0.95; 95% C.I. 0.92, 1.00, 4.85, p=0.028). …”
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Season of birth and atopic dermatitis in early infancy: results from the Japan Environment and Children’s Study by Akiko Tsuchida, Toshiko Itazawa, Kenta Matsumura, Hiroshi Yokomichi, Zentaro Yamagata, Yuichi Adachi, Hidekuni Inadera, on behalf of the Japan Environment and Children’s Study Group

“…Methods Using data of 81,615 infants from the Japan Environment and Children’s Study, we examined the associations of birth month or season with four different outcomes—eczema at 1 month, 6 months, and 1 year of age and physician-diagnosed AD up to 1 year of age—using multiple logistic regression analysis. …”
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The hope of exponential growth – Systems mapping perspective on birth of platform business by Pasi Pussinen, Arto Wallin, Jukka Hemilä

“…The paper presents a multiple case study focusing on the birth phases of four resource constrained start-ups. …”
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Maternal occupational exposures and fetal growth in a Spanish birth cohort. by Jennifer Ish, David Gimeno Ruiz de Porras, Elaine Symanski, Ferran Ballester, Maribel Casas, George L Delclos, Mònica Guxens, Jesús Ibarluzea, Carmen Iñiguez, Loreto Santa-Marina, Michael D Swartz, Kristina W Whitworth

“…While the epidemiologic literature suggests certain maternal occupational exposures may be associated with reduced measures of size at birth, the occupational literature employing fetal biometry data to assess fetal growth is sparse. …”
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Risk factors of preterm birth in Sri Lanka: case-control study by Dimuth Peiris, Kapila Jayaratne, Rohini de Alwis Seneviratne

“…Conclusions & Recommendations: Modifiable and unmodifiable factors for preterm births were identified. Special care during pregnancy and early admission is recommended for multiple pregnancy, those had spotting during pregnancy and those had past preterm delivery. …”
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Recurrent Periclitoreal Abscess Due To Birth Injury: A Case Report by Suna Özdemir, Kazım Gezginç, Alaa Mahmoud

“…She had been similar complaints for approximately 2 years with multiple rounds of antibiotics after her last vaginal birth including injury of periclitoral region. …”
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The influence of maternal age, spacing and number of pregnancies on birth weight and height by F Zohori, S GHafari

“…In first born babies the growth parameters were lower than those born from mothers with multiple pregnancies. The results indicate that the number of low birth weight neonates will be decreased with pregnancy between 18 to 35 years and spacing more than 24 mothers.…”
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Litter live weight at birth with varying levels of D’Man germplasm by M. Bourfia, R. W. Touchberry

“…A total of 208 litter birth weights, with live lambs produced in the northwest of Morocco was analyzed both by factorial analysis and by multiple regression analysis using least squares procedure. …”
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Birth, death, and revival of spontaneous emission in a three-atom system by Simon Mährlein, Lukas Götzendörfer, Kevin Günthner, Jörg Evers, Joachim von Zanthier

“…Three identical two-level atoms in free space prepared in particular entangled single-photon excited states display a “birth,” “death,” and a nonperiodic “revival” of spontaneous emission in selected directions. …”
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Birth registration in Nepal: An assessment of progress based on two national surveys by Sharad K. Sharma, Dhruba R. Ghimire, Dadhi Adhikari, Shyam Thapa

“…This study assesses the progress made in recent years and identifies gaps in birth registration in Nepal. Data from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys undertaken in 2014 and 2019 are used for the analysis. …”
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Birth registration in Nepal: An assessment of progress based on two national surveys. by Sharad K Sharma, Dhruba R Ghimire, Dadhi Adhikari, Shyam Thapa

“…This study assesses the progress made in recent years and identifies gaps in birth registration in Nepal. Data from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys undertaken in 2014 and 2019 are used for the analysis. …”
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Size at birth and its relation to muscle strength in young adult women. by Inskip, H, Godfrey, K, Martin, H, Simmonds, S, Cooper, C, Sayer, A

“…Grip strength was related to birth weight using multiple linear regression analysis, adjusting for age, height, weight and reported physical activity. …”

Risk of pneumothorax in Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome during pregnancy and birth by Ortrud K. Steinlein, Marlene Reithmair, Zulfiya Syunyaeva, Zulfiya Syunyaeva, Elke C. Sattler

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Management of Low Birth Weight in Canine and Feline Species: Breeder Profiling by Amélie Mugnier, Sylvie Chastant, Claude Saegerman, Virginie Gaillard, Aurélien Grellet, Hanna Mila

“…Low birth weight (LBW) has been identified as a major risk factor for neonatal mortality in many species. …”
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Premature birth and insulin resistance in infancy: A prospective cohort study by Vikas Payal, Rakesh Jora, Pramod Sharma, Pradeep Kumar Gupta, Mukesh Gupta

“…Detailed anthropometry assessment was performed at birth, 3, 6, and 9 months and at 9 months, fasting plasma glucose and serum insulin was done. …”
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The influence of birth type and sex on rearing of Polish Heath and Żelaźnieńska lambs by Aurelia Radzik-Rant, Witold Rant, Adrianna Bryjak, Roman Niżnikowski

“…However, in the herd of polish heath sheep, lambs from multiple litters shoved also high rearing rate. Single ram lambs were characterized by higher (P≤0.01) body weight at birth and at 56 days of age compared to twin born and ewe lambs, both in polish heath sheep and żelazneńska sheep. …”
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Chlamydia trachomatis lower genital tract infection and spontaneous preterm birth by Larissa Brito Bastos, Giulia Karnauchovas Porto Cunha, Stella Felippe de Freitas, Ricardo de Carvalho Cavalli, Silvana Maria Quintana

“…Chlamydial infections during the gestational period have been associated with adverse obstetric outcomes, such as spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB). However, results in the literature are inconclusive. …”
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Environmental pollution and social factors as contributors to preterm birth in Fresno County by Amy M. Padula, Hongtai Huang, Rebecca J. Baer, Laura M. August, Marta M. Jankowska, Laura L. Jellife-Pawlowski, Marina Sirota, Tracey J. Woodruff

“…The associations were stronger among early preterm births in areas of low SES. Conclusions In Fresno County, we found multiple pollution exposures associated with increased risk for preterm birth, with higher associations among the most disadvantaged. …”
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Mater Artium Necessitas: The Birth of a COVID-19 Command Center by Sean T. Campbell PhD, Erika P. Orner PhD, Morayma Reyes Gil MD, PhD, Amy S. Fox MD, MS, D. Yitzchak Goldstein MD, Lucia R. Wolgast MD, Evan M. Cadoff MD, Victoria H. Freedman PhD, Myles H. Akabas MD, PhD, Michael B. Prystowsky MD, PhD, Wendy A. Szymczak PhD

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