delivery of exogenous materials such as nucleic acids, peptides, proteins, and drugs into cells is an important strategy in modern cellular and molecular biology. recently, the development of gene carriers for efficient gene transfer into cells has attracted a great attention. furthermore, lack of effective drug delivery is one of the major problems of cancer chemotherapy. many physical methods...

objective: this study focused on the factors affecting the institutional delivery and delivery assisted by health professionals in urban slums. materials and methods: a semi-structured questionnaire was developed to collect information from women aged 15-49 who had at least one birth. totally 540 eligible women were interviewed. results: the results showed that around 20% of women delivered at ...

Background: Childbirth is a natural phenomenon without the medical intervention but someone a cesarean section is necessary when a vaginal delivery might put mother and baby at risk. Given the increased rate of cesarean section and post-operative complications, prolonged recovery, high cost of labor through surgery, Childbirth education classes can prepare parents for normal or complicated labo...

nicotine transdermal systems are being used as an aid to smoking cessation programs. as the kinetics of nicotine delivery is important in success of a smoking cessation program, rapid and high input of nicotine is required, which is not possible by passive methods and requires enhancement strategies such as iontophoresis. iontophoretic permeation, of nicotine looks promising, based on published...

Student Researcher: Jacquoi James; Mentor: Max Kullberg; University of Alaska Anchorage, Yakutat, Alaska Studies show that current methods of systemic drug delivery lack the specificity needed to effectively target tumors. Our current efforts are a continuation of our work presented through the NIDDK program last year. The aim of our research is to develop a toxin delivery system that will safe...

background and aims: complaints of obstetrics and gynecology specialist are on the top of complaint from doctors and these have been increasing with increased population and births. in this regard, parallel to industrialization of life, tendency to cesarean against vaginal delivery has been increased in patients. all the cases of complaint increased from 1995 until 2010. in multiple studies and...

background: cesarean delivery is a surgery for deliver a baby. women with previous cesarean delivery (cd) must often choose between a vaginal delivery (vd) and repeat cd. our aim of this study was to investigate factors associated with preference for cd in neyshabur pregnant women with previous cd. methods: a cross‑sectional study was conducted on all pregnant women (who had previous caesarean ...

background: nowadays, there has been a growing trend of caesarean sections in iran. one reason would be the mother’s desire. increased maternal self‑efficacy can be an important step to reduce percentage of cesarean. this study aimed to determine the effectiveness of training‑based strategies to increase the self‑efficacy for choosing delivery method among pregnant women in shahrekord city. met...