Background: Stillbirth is the death, in utero, of a fetus from 20 weeks’ gestation until immediately before birth. This may be spontaneous or can occur after termination for medical reasons (TFMR). The experience of stillbirth profoundly impacts subsequent pregnancies, with mothers frequently experiencing conflicted emotions, heightened anxiety, stress, symptoms of depression, fear, isolation, and a diminished sense of trust in a positive outcome. Supportive care options for individuals pregnant after a stillbirth or TFMR are needed to help meet their psychological and emotional needs. Individuals pregnant after a loss do not feel emotionally safe in their pregnancies; thus, the side effects and perception of safety in support interventions need to be explored. Purpose: This article reports participants’ experiences of safety, the harms, and adverse events in a study exploring massage as a support for individuals pregnant after a stillbirth. Methods: The study used questionnaires to collect side effect data and qualitative interviews to examine participants’ experience of safety. Results: The study found that 75% of participants experienced one or more side effects. Post-massage soreness (45.8%) was the most frequently reported side effect, followed by tiredness (43.1%). The main theme of the qualitative analysis was “safety: so much more than physical safety,” reflecting the importance of safety to study participants and that safety was much more than avoiding physical harm. Conclusion: Participants needed the massage space to feel safe, both environmentally and psychologically, to facilitate their capacity to engage. Having trained massage therapists was important as this helped reassure participants that mas-sage was a safe treatment for themselves and their baby.
Sesqui-chalcogenides serve as a critical bridge between traditional semiconductors and quantum materials, offering significant potential in applications such as thermoelectrics, phase change memory, and topological insulators. While considerable attention has been focused on antimony- and bismuth-based compounds, characterized by substantial property changes upon reduction in film thickness, indium-containing sesqui-chalcogenides like In2Te3 are emerging as promising candidates for photovoltaics and electronic devices. However, the effects of film thickness on the properties of In2Te3 remain largely unexplored. In this study, we investigate high-quality In2Te3 thin films grown by molecular beam epitaxy on Si(111) substrates across a thickness range from 2.7 to 24 nm. X-ray diffraction, reflective high-energy electron diffraction, and atomic force microscopy are employed to analyze both the crystal structure and film morphology. Additionally, broadband optical spectroscopy alongside femtosecond pump-probe measurements and Raman spectroscopy are utilized to assess optical and vibrational properties, respectively. This analysis reveals that material properties exhibit minimal dependence on film thickness - contrasting sharply with behavior observed in other chalcogenides such as Sb2Te3, Bi2Se3, or GeTe. This phenomenon can be attributed to the covalent bonding present in In2Te3, which differs from that in its antimony- and bismuth-containing counterparts.
Bottom-up on-surface synthesized nanoporous graphenes (NPGs), realized as 2D arrays of laterally covalently bonded pi-conjugated graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), are a family of carbon nanomaterials which are receiving increasing attention for nanoelectronics and biosensing. Recently, a so-called hybrid-NPG (hNPG) was synthesized, featuring an alternating sequence of doped and non-doped GNRs, resulting in a band staggering effect in its electronic structure. Such a feature is appealing for photo-catalysis, photovoltaics and even carbon nanocircuitry. However, to date, little is known about the transport properties of hNPG and its derivatives, which is key for most applications. Here, via Green's functions simulations, we study the quantum transport properties of hNPGs. We find that injected carriers in hNPG spread laterally through a number of GNRs, though such spreading may take place exclusively through GNRs of one type (doped or non-doped). We propose a simple model to discern the key parameters determining the electronic propagation in hNPGs and explore alternative hNPG designs to control the spreading/confinement and anisotropy of charge transport in these systems. For one such design, we find that it is possible to send directed electric signals with sub-nanometer precision for as long as one micrometer - a result first reported for any NPG.
This article investigates the memorialization of migrant women across transcultural landscapes, and analyses results from the Register of Migrant Women Landmarks in Europe (hereinafter RMWLE), central to the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) action project “Women on the Move” (CA19112 – WEMov). It serves as reference for subsequent research based on data from this Register, for which data collection is continuing. The RMWLE registers landmarks, such as monuments, plaques, streets and other toponymic infrastructures named after women with a significant history of migration. It honours aspects rarely prioritized in memorialization agendas, which are skewed towards men’s stories, and towards the more linear biographies of sedentary figures whose European, national, and regional memorialization have remained uncomplicated by migration. This Deep Data study reveals recurring patterns at the level of Europe in the memorialization of these women migrants. The diversity of stories, the richness and the prominence of landmarks devoted to men compared to women is a subject well-covered in memorialization studies. This unbalance is compounded by the data from our register which shows landmarks on women migrants that are sometime tokenized, often marginalized, and which reproduce the bias towards nurture and care that have besieged the memorialization of women in general. It further shows that the memorialization process and the political and cultural mechanisms of official commemoration often work against the recognition of cross-border careers and stories. The intersectionality of the project, highlighting both gender and migration, uncovers a political landscape of landmarks – and we reflect on how this register can help combat cultural prejudice by recovering migration episodes. The RMWLE helps us reflect on the defining impact of migration episodes, a reality rarely underlined in the biographies of famous women. This article is based on a quantitative content analysis, focused on identifying measurable features and frequencies within the RMLWE dataset, and combines it with a storytelling approach at the interpretation stage, to counter dominant cultural narratives and knowledge practices.
Actions to strengthen climate resilience are gaining more traction. In order to ensure effective adaptation, it is important to monitor the outcomes and impacts of these actions. However, there are numerous challenges and a multitude of approaches when it comes to monitoring adaptation to climate change. This paper addresses challenges and lessons learned in setting up mechanisms for monitoring climate resilience and adaptation projects. Drawing from three EU Horizon 2020 projects under the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change, it synthesizes insights to support future initiatives in their monitoring endeavors for other projects to learn from. Findings, acquired through workshops with experts, highlight four key challenges and the projects' learnings: the challenge of tailoring global frameworks to local needs, data availability and evaluation of data, interdisciplinary collaboration in monitoring, and stakeholder engagement for monitoring endeavors.
