Continuity and consultation

June Pembroke Hajjaj

doi:10.12968/bjom.2020.28.9.674

Continuity and consultation

British Journal of Midwifery ◽

10.12968/bjom.2020.28.9.674 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 28 (9) ◽

pp. 674-676

Author(s):

June Pembroke Hajjaj

Keyword(s):

North West ◽

Continuity Of Carer

Providing continuity of carer is one way to work towards the NHS Better Births goal. June Pembroke Hajjaj discusses its development and implementation in London North West Healthcare

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Better Births: early findings from North-West London

British Journal of Midwifery ◽

10.12968/bjom.2019.27.9.555 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 27 (9) ◽

pp. 555-561

Author(s):

Nicola Lang ◽

Sophie Jose ◽

Amanda Rogers ◽

Helen Maric ◽

Victoria Lyon ◽

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Keyword(s):

Missing Data ◽

Gestational Diabetes ◽

Data Entry ◽

Early Adopters ◽

North West ◽

Birth Complications ◽

Diet Control ◽

Continuity Of Carer ◽

Manual Data Entry

Background Better Births recommends that women receive continuity of carer in order to improve outcomes. Aim To measure changes from implementing a continuity of carer approach, in terms complicated or uncomplicated births. Method In North-West London in 2017-2018, funding was allocated to establish an early adopters' programme across six maternity units. The implementation of this programme and the outcomes in terms of birth complications and women's feedback are described. Findings Although most changes were not statistically significant, positive maternal views, and some changes in the use of diet control or insulin for women with gestational diabetes, were found. Conclusions The evaluation was limited by missing data, and in future, maternity outcomes should be extracted routinely from women's records without requiring manual data entry by midwives.

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Electron Microscopic Examination of a Transplantable Rat Mammary Carcinoma

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100099842 ◽

1968 ◽

Vol 26 ◽

pp. 20-21

Author(s):

S. Shirahama ◽

G. C. Engle ◽

R. M. Dutcher

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscope ◽

Osmium Tetroxide ◽

Electron Microscopic Examination ◽

Undifferentiated Carcinoma ◽

Uranyl Acetate ◽

Sprague Dawley ◽

Electron Microscopic ◽

North West ◽

X Irradiation ◽

Tissue Specimens

A transplantable carcinoma was established in North West Sprague Dawley (NWSD) rats by use of X-irradiation by Engle and Spencer. The tumor was passaged through 63 generations over a period of 32 months. The original tumor, an adenocarcinoma, changed into an undifferentiated carcinoma following the 19th transplant. The tumor grew well in NWSD rats of either sex at various ages. It was invariably fatal, causing death of the host within 15 to 35 days following transplantation.Tumor, thymus, spleen, and plasma from 7 rats receiving transplants of tumor at 3 to 9 weeks of age were examined with an electron microscope at intervals of 8, 15, 22 and 30 days after transplantation. Four normal control rats of the same age were also examined. The tissues were fixed in glutaraldehyde, postfixed in osmium tetroxide and embedded in Epon. The plasma was separated from heparanized blood and processed as previously described for the tissue specimens. Sections were stained with uranyl acetate followed by lead citrate and examined with an RCA EMU-3G electron microscope.

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SEM and TEM observations of sperm development in the testis of the freshwater fish Oreochromis mossambicus

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100157838 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 48 (3) ◽

pp. 58-59

Author(s):

Daryl A. Cornish ◽

George L. Smit

Keyword(s):

Morphological Characteristics ◽

Oreochromis Mossambicus ◽

Breeding Cycle ◽

Limited Information ◽

North West ◽

The North ◽

Sem And Tem ◽

Sperm Development ◽

Ultrastructural Characteristics ◽

The University

Oreochromis mossambicus is currently receiving much attention as a candidater species for aquaculture programs within Southern Africa. This has stimulated interest in its breeding cycle as well as the morphological characteristics of the gonads. Limited information is available on SEM and TEM observations of the male gonads. It is known that the testis of O. mossambicus is a paired, intra-abdominal structure of the lobular type, although further details of its characteristics are not known. Current investigations have shown that spermatids reach full maturity some two months after the female becomes gravid. Throughout the year, the testes contain spermatids at various stages of development although spermiogenesis appears to be maximal during November when spawning occurs. This paper describes the morphological and ultrastructural characteristics of the testes and spermatids.Specimens of this fish were collected at Syferkuil Dam, 8 km north- west of the University of the North over a twelve month period, sacrificed and the testes excised.

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