Background: We sought to compare the effectiveness and safety of sublingual versus vaginal misoprostol for the termination of pregnancy with a live full-term fetus.Methods: This randomized, triple-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial was performed on 200 primiparous women with normal, singleton, full-term pregnancies candidated for the induction of labor. Sublingual and vaginal tablets cont...

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ABSTRACT The aim of this prospective study was to investigate a value of insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) in cervical secretion in women with symptoms of preterm delivery and correlate this test to the Bishop Score in prediction of a preterm delivery. The study group included 30 pregnant women with singleton pregnancy between 24 – 34 gestational weeks who were hospitalized...

Recent surveys indicate that the financial impact and operating losses due to insider intrusions are increasing. But these studies often disagree on what constitutes an “insider;” indeed, many define it only implicitly. In theory, appropriate selection of, and enforcement of, properly specified security policies should prevent legitimate users from abusing their access to computer systems, info...