The success of pregnancy is a result of countless ongoing interactions between the placenta
and the maternal immune and cardiovascular systems. Pre‐eclampsia is a serious …

Background Preterm birth is the main cause of neonatal deaths with increasing mortality and
morbidity rates with decreasing GA at time of birth. Currently, premature infants are treated in …

Plastics are an essential commodity due to their superior engineering properties, durability
and low cost for utilization in various commercial products. However, the degradation of …

Pre-eclampsia is associated with insufficient adaptations of spiral arteries which theoretically
alter haemodynamics within the intervillous space. Such changes could damage the …

The aim of this work was to evaluate the hemodynamic changes in the utero-placental
arterial vessels in rabbits (Orictolagus cuniculus) throughout pregnancy as well as those in …

The performance of the placenta as a gas exchanger has a direct impact on the future health
of the newborn. To provide accurate estimates of respiratory gas exchange rates, placenta …

Placental oxygen transport takes place at the final branches of the villous tree and is dictated
by the relative arrangement of the maternal and fetal circulations. Modeling techniques have …

After fertilization of the sperm and ovum, four cell division leads to a morula (16 cells).
Around the fourth day after fertilization, the morula enters the uterus as a blastocyst. The …

A hemodynamic model for pulsatile fluid flow in a pressurized thin-walled elastic tube was
applied for the computation of volumetric blood flow and velocity profiles for a given set of …

Measuring blood pressure during pregnancy is an essential component of antenatal care,
and is critical for detecting adverse conditions such as pre-eclampsia. The standard …