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Campo, Woytuk Nadia. "Curious Cycles: Feminist Probes for Cultivating Curiosity of the Menstrual Cycle." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-254985.
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Curious Cycles responds to the tensions that arise when designing technologies for menstruation and menstrual cycles, touching upon notions of curiosity, noticing, sharing, taking or making space, and our relationships with our bodies and their fluids. The project follows a Research through Design approach, guided by Soma Design and feminist research methods. Curious Cycles are a set of cultural probes; objects and interactions designed to gather experiences and insights from ve people who menstruate, throughout the duration of a cycle (approximately one month). The objects are meant to "cultivate curiosity", provoking reections on the ways we currently relate to our bodies and bodily uids and speculating on how we might relate to them in the future. This work seeks to approach the design method of cultural probes from a feminist perspective and contributes through the concept of "cultivating curiosity", a way to design menstrual cycle technologies by attending closely to the changing social and material experiences of the body, which in turn can challenge the cultural taboos surrounding menstruation.Curious Cycles svarar mot spänningarna som uppkommer när teknologier designas för menstruation och menstruationscykeln, genom idéer kring nykenhet, att märka, att dela med sig, att ta eller göra plats, och våra relationer med våra kroppar och deras vätskor. Projektet följer en Research through Design metodik, guidad av Soma Design och feministiska forskningsmetoder. Curious Cycles är en uppsättning cultural probes; föremål och interaktioner designade för att samla erfarenheter och insikter från fem menstruerande personer genom deras hela menstruationscykel (vilka pågår cirka en månad). Föremålen är menade att kultivera nykenhet för att framkalla reektioner kring de sätt vi för närvarande relaterar till våra kroppar och kroppsliga vätskor på, och även för att spekulera kring hur vi kan relatera till de i framtiden. Detta arbete närmar sig cultural probes från feministiska perspektiv och bidrar med konceptet "cultivating curiosity", ett sätt att designa teknologier för menstruationscykeln genom att ingående uppmärksamma förändringar av sociala och materiella erfarenheter av kroppen, vilket i sin tur kan utmana kulturella tabun kring menstruation.
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Burrows, Melonie. "Selected risk factors and health implications in female endurance runners." Thesis, University of Kent, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.344106.
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Sieberhagen, Stephanie. "Investigating relationships between women's moods and their menstrual cycles - a multimethod study." Doctoral thesis, Faculty of Health Sciences, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29991.
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A multi-method study was conducted to investigate the relationships between a woman’s menstrual-cycle and her moods. Twenty eight participants were recruited using convenience sampling. Each participant provided data for two full menstrual cycles by taking part in a pre and post-study in-depth interview; answering a structured daily self-report diary utilising a Likert scale and completing three established research instruments – the Brunel Scale of Moods, the Menstrual Distress Questionnaire and the Born-Steiner Irritability Questionnaire, weekly. Interviews were conducted in person and quantitative data were collected electronically via e-mail. The mixed-methods methodology resulted in quantitative data that were analysed using STATA statistical software and the ecological multivariate data analysis software package known as PRIMER. Results from the statistical software were represented graphically and indicated that there is a relationship between menstrual cycle days and moods, with individual women’s correlations differing from each other to some extent. The data confirmed that there are groups of women who follow a very similar mood pattern and that educational level, vocation, exercise and participation in volunteer work or hobbies defines these groups to some degree. The qualitative data supported these findings and indicated the impact of menstrual cycle related moods on women’s daily functioning. The study concludes that menstrual cycle related moods play a role in overall life satisfaction and that psycho education and awareness can improve overall quality of life.
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McFarlane, Jessica. "Actual and perceived mood fluctuations : a comparison of menstrual, weekday, and lunar cycles." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25460.
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The major purpose of the study was to examine mood fluctuations associated with phases of the menstrual cycle. To assess the relative impact of the menstrual cycle on moods, other cycles hypothesized to influence moods also were assessed. Mood fluctuations in women and men were studied both prospectively and retrospectively to determine whether cyclic changes occur with the phases of the menstrual cycle, lunar cycle, and/or days of the week. Each participant (15 women using oral contraceptives, 12 normally cycling women, and 15 men) recorded their moods daily for 70 days (prospective data). A daily mean score was obtained for both pleasantness and arousal (each on a 9-point positive to negative scale). Mood stability/variability was recorded daily on a 4-point scale. At the end of the study, participants recalled (retrospective data) their mood over the previous 2 months for each day of the week and the phases of their menstrual cycle (women only). The focus on menstrual cycles was sucessfully camouflaged. Prospectively, there were no group differences and no menstrually-related mood fluctuations. The retrospective reports, however, indicated systematic bias. Women recalled more positive moods in the follicular phase and more negative moods in the premenstrual and menstrual phases than they had reported prospectively. All groups reported weekday mood changes — Monday lows and Friday/Saturday highs. Recollections of weekday mood fluctuations were similar to but more exaggerated than prospective reports. Prospective reports revealed no mood fluctuations over the lunar cycle. Together, these results indicate that stereotypes (both well- and ill-founded) influence recollections of mood, and are consistent with schematic processing theories. The importance for menstrual cycle research of obtaining information about positive as well as negative experiences, camouflaging the purpose of the study, collecting prospective data, and assessing results in the contexts of other cycles also is discussed.Arts, Faculty of
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Saiphon, Kongkum. "The effect of the circadian and menstrual cycles on cardiovascular and thermoregulatory responses to exercise." Thesis, Liverpool John Moores University, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.572050.
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Many physiological variables exhibit circadian rhythmicity. The circadian rhythm in core temperature is a well-established and it has been extensively studied during both passive and exercise heat exposure. In females, a circamensal rhythm in core temperature is also present and well established. However, there is little knowledge about whether there is an interaction effect between time of day and phase of menstrual cycle on core temperature and thermoregulatory and cardiovascular responses during and following exercise. The studies in the present thesis were designed to investigate such an interaction effect on the effector responses of the thermoregulation and cardiovascular systems during the exercise and post-exercise periods. The first experiment was designed to examine the time of day effect on thermoregulatory and cardiovascular responses during and following exercise in female subjects. Eight healthy participants completed 30-min exercise at 65%Y02peak at 07:00 and 19:00hr. Core temperature was significantly higher by 0.3, 0.4 and 0.3DC at rest (P=O.OOI), during the exercise (P=O.OOI) and post-exercise (P=0.008) periods in the evening compared to the morning. The second experiment was designed to examine the phases of menstrual cycle on thermoregulatory and cardiovascular responses during and following exercise. Ten healthy participants completed two exercise protocols (65%Y02peak) during the late follicular and luteal phases of the menstrual cycle (day 10-12 and day 20-22 after the onset of menstruation, respectively). Core temperature tended to be higher in the luteal phase compared with the late follicular phase (0.2DC) both at rest (p=O.064) and during exercise (p=0.062), whereas the heat-loss mechanisms were unaffected by menstrual cycle phase. In addition, resting stroke volume and cardiac output was greater in the late follicular phase compared to the luteal phase. The third experiment was designed to explore the interaction effect between time of day and phase of the menstrual cycle on thermoregulatory and cardiovascular responses during the exercise and the post-exercise periods. Ten healthy participants completed four exercise protocol (65% Y02peak); two exercise protocols in the morning of the late follicular and luteal phases, and two exercise protocols in the evening of the late follicular and luteal phases. Core temperature was higher in the evening of both phases of the menstrual cycle during exercise (p=O.OOI) and the post-exercise periods (p=O.003). There was an interaction effect between times of day and phase of the menstrual cycle on mean skin temperature during the exercise (p=0.048) and the post-exercise periods (p=0.006), a lower mean skin temperature in the evening compared with the morning during the late follicular phase and higher in the evening than in the morning in the luteal phase. However, there was no interaction of times of day and phase of menstrual cycle for other thermoregulatory and cardiovascular parameters measured. The results in the thesis indicate that temperature regulation is set around higher values in the evening and late luteal phase of the cycle, but that these changes are likely independent of each other. Future work, should more systematically investigate these responses, collecting data at more times of day and phases of the cycle.
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Ringrose, Jennifer Susan. "The relationships among 24-hour urinary cortisol, energy intake, body composition, and training on the menstrual cycles of elite female synchronized swimmers." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0004/MQ34407.pdf.
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Charette, Lina. "Alcoholism and the menstrual cycle." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/21234.
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Lemke, Shayna Marie. "Neuromuscular Performance and the Menstrual Cycle." Thesis, Montana State University, 2007. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2007/lemke/LemkeS0807.pdf.
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Women athletes are more likely to tear their anterior cruciate ligament than their male counterparts. The female athlete has a complex system of steroid hormones that are continually changing. These sex hormones that fluctuate throughout each month may influence knee injuries, specifically the anterior cruciate ligament. The increased incidence in women is thought to be multifactorial, a combination of structural, anatomical, or biomechanical factors. The NCAA has reported that 75 percent of anterior cruciate ligament injuries are non-contact in competitive jumping or pivoting sports. In this study, the effects of the menstrual cycle on neuromuscular performance were investigated. Fifteen healthy females with regular menstrual cycles completed the various tests of this study for three phases of the menstrual cycle. All females were categorized as moderate or vigorous exercisers from an activity questionnaire. This study used a repeated measures experimental design; therefore, each participant served as her own control. The participants completed a series of two tests, including functional balance and fatigability. Each series was completed during three different phases of the menstrual cycle: menstruation, follicular and luteal. The participants used ovulation kits to predict the luteal phase. These phases were then verified through blood tests at each exercise session. The reaction time and balance test was performed with a BOSU wobble board placed on a force plate. A force platform was utilized to collect center of pressure data from the wobble board. The fatigue test protocol consisted of the participants performing in a pre-fatigue functional test, fatigue protocol and post-fatigue functional ability test. The functional test protocol consisted of two trials of four single-legged hop drills. It was hypothesized that all of the functional tests would have the greatest neuromuscular performance during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle, and for all of the tests to have differences between the pre- and post-fatigue trials. However, there were no significant differences in the functional tests over the menstrual cycle. There were differences in fatigue in the forward hop and figure eight tests, but the affect of fatigue on performance did not differ across menstrual cycle phases.
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Nash, Michelle. "Menstrual cycle and visual information processing /." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2009. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2757.pdf.
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Nash, Michelle. "Menstrual Cycle and Visual Information Processing." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2008. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/1966.
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This project examined the effects menstruation may have on visual attention in women. A recent study examined electroencephalographic (EEG) gender differences using a visual object recognition task. Results indicated certain EEG amplitudes (specifically, P300 and N400) are greater in women than men. This study extended the previous findings to determine if these increased EEG amplitudes vary across menstrual phases. Eighteen female participants participated in a series of 3 EEG recording sessions using the same visual object recognition task from the previous study; 18 male participants completed this task once. Analyses from 15 of the 18 female and 16 of the 18 male participants support the previous finding of larger P300 amplitudes in response to relevant stimuli for women compared with men. While there was no distinctive N400 component in this study, there was a late negative (LN) component which was found to vary significantly between men and women. In addition, multiple visual evoked potential (VEP) components varied significantly across the menstrual cycle. In particular, the N200 component appeared to provide greater differences between menstrual phases than either the P300 or LN components; however, the results varied greatly by head location. The differentiation found with VEP components in response to the pop-out task used in this study provide support for basic visual processing variation across the menstrual cycle and between genders.
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Molnar, Bethany Alyse. "Menstrual Cycle Effects on Female Athletes." Ohio Dominican University Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oduhonors1399674131.
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Milburn, Alison. "Stress, acne, and the menstrual cycle /." The Ohio State University, 1988. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487596807824056.
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Akyol, Pınar Dündar Bumin Nuri. "Isparta'daki kız çocuklarında ortalama puberte ve menarş başlama yaşlarının saptanması ve menarş başlama yaşını etkileyen faktörler ile menstrüal siklus özelliklerinin belirlenmesi /." Isparta : SDÜ Tıp Fakültesi, 2006. http://tez.sdu.edu.tr/Tezler/TT00297.pdf.
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Chen, Jennie Ying-Chen. "Changes in relationship quality across the female menstrual cycle: a diary study of dating couples." Texas A&M University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/4889.
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Strategic pluralism in human mating behaviors has been explored in recent years.
Women may engage in short-term and long-term mating relationships simultaneously to
reap the benefits of both strategies. However, little research testing the extent to which
the strategies are used within couples has been conducted. According to this model,
women typically should engage in long-term mating strategies. However, during
ovulation when the risk of conception is greatest, women may enact a short-term mating
strategy, particularly if their primary relationship is not perceived to be high in quality or
if their current partner is viewed as less attractive. The current study followed 45
couples for 30 consecutive days. Both partners in each couple were asked to complete
daily diaries that involved ratings of daily relationship quality, jealousy, and ovulation
cues. Additionally, saliva samples were collected from each woman to confirm her
ovulation status. Using Hierarchal Linear Modeling (HLM), the data confirmed that
women tended to be less interested in their primary relationship during ovulation, the
effect being more pronounced if women reported less relationship satisfaction or were
mated with less attractive partners. Men also reported that their partners were less
focused on the relationship and that their partner's scent was more attractive during
ovulation than at other times of the menstrual cycle. These provide some evidence that women tend to focus less on their romantic relationships during ovulation, and that men
tend to corroborate their partner' s reports.
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Yeates, Christine. "Effects of the menstrual cycle on carbohydrate metabolism." Thesis, Liverpool John Moores University, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.406914.
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Myhill, Deborah J. "The renin angiotensin system and the menstrual cycle." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.275233.
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Hoover, Cheryl A. "The singing voice : effects of the menstrual cycle /." Connect to resource, 1991. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1243625514.
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Adkisson, Eric Josiah. "Effects of the menstrual cycle on vascular function." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2008. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0022837.
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Hoover, Cheryl Ann. "The singing voice: effects of the menstrual cycle." The Ohio State University, 1991. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243625514.
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Kheniser, Karim Gibran. "THE EFFECTS OF THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE ON AGILITY." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1460575292.
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Ikeme, Patience Obianuju. "Human ecological stress and menstrual function." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.360734.
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Schartel, Janell G. "The Effect of Anxiety Sensitivity and Menstrual Cycle Phase on Psychological and Psychophysiological Reactivity to a Carbon Dioxide Challenge Task." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2009. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/SchartelJG2009.pdf.
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Grimes, Jeffrey Scott. "Menstrual cycle effects on pain modulation and autonomic arousal." Texas A&M University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/4256.
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Animal research has elucidated the neurobiological substrates and environmental
determinants of pain modulation. Despite these advances, relatively little is known
about how psychological processes activate pain modulatory systems. One
psychological process that is thought to play an important role in regulating pain
sensitivity is emotion. In addition, previous research into the human menstrual cycle and
the animal estrous cycle have determined that either the presence of certain gonadal
hormones or the fluctuations of these hormones may lead to changes in how females
perceive pain, regulate emotion, and modulate pain. The present study examines both
the role of emotion and the human menstrual cycle in pain modulation. Participants
were 39 female undergraduate students with a mean age of 18.7 years (SD=1.46).
Results are consistent with prior studies indicating that progesterone has antiinflammatory
effects. Specifically, significant effects were observed primarily in the
luteal phase. Subjects in the luteal phase demonstrated less sympathetic arousal during
the experiment but greater autonomic arousal during the noise stressor. Participants in
the luteal phase also demonstrated an analgesic/anti-inflammatory response evidenced by an observed decrease in secondary hyperalgesia for those that did not receive the
noise stressor. No such changes in pain perception were discovered in the ovulation
and follicular phases. Finally, in response to the noise stressor, an inhibition of the
analgesic/anti-inflammatory effects was observed in the luteal phase. No such
evidence of stress-induced pain modulation was discovered in the ovulation and
follicular phases. Although the specific mechanisms of this action still remain unclear,
prior evidence points to the role of centrally-mediated pain modulation. It is likely that
the stressor worked to inhibit the anti-inflammatory effects commonly observed in the
luteal phase to persistent inflammatory pain through centrally-mediated pain
modulatory mechanisms. It is hypothesized that hormone-mediated effects at the level
of the amygdala influenced the impact of affective pain modulation.
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King, Christine April. "Cytokine expression during different phases of the menstrual cycle." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ34195.pdf.
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Pasteur, Roger Drew II. "A Multiple Inhibin Model of the Human Menstrual Cycle." NCSU, 2008. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-06102008-194807/.
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Inhibin is one of several hormones which collectively regulate the human female reproductive endocrine system. In recent years, physiologists have been able to separately assay two forms of inhibin. We begin by discussing the physiology and endocrinology that underlie the menstrual cycle. Then, we fit an existing delay differential equation model of the human menstrual cycle to new data describing average hormone levels of young women throughout the menstrual cycle. Next, we consider the existence and stability of equilibrium and periodic solutions, analyze bifurcations, and perform a sensitivity analysis. We compare and contrast these results to previously published results based on the same model but a different data set. Because the introduction of exogenous hormones, whether pharmacological or environmental, can have significant effects on the menstrual cycle, we model the effects of these external hormones. Next, we introduce an expanded model that more fully accounts for the actions of both forms of inhibin. We optimize the parameters to fit the data, then discuss the equilibrium and periodic solutions, bifurcations, and sensitivity for this new model and parameter set. Next, we use the model to consider the effects of exogenous pharmacological hormones. Finally, we discuss the effects on the menstrual cycle of age-related hormone production changes that occur during the peri-menopausal years. This leads to a second parameter set, with only a few variations from the first one, for which the model approximates the monthly hormonal fluctuations for a woman around age 40. In closing, we discuss future possibilities for this line of research.
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Maguire, Moira S. "Pattern contingent colour aftereffects (PCCAEs) and the menstrual cycle." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.318806.
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Dudgeon, Katrin. "Physical exercise and the menstrual cycle : a psychological perspective." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.343050.
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Choi, Precilla Yee Lan. "Physical exercise and the psychology of the menstrual cycle." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.295966.
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Guttridge, Nancy May. "The effect of the menstrual cycle on visual performance." Thesis, City University London, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.283154.
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Barreiros, Fabiana Fernandes. "Alimentação, stresse e ciclo menstrual." Master's thesis, [s.n.], 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10284/5314.
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Projeto de Pós-Graduação/Dissertação apresentado à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Ciências FarmacêuticasO stresse é uma constante no nosso dia-a-dia e desempenha um papel importantíssimo a nível do bem-estar físico e psíquico de cada pessoa. Estudos realizados no âmbito do ensino superior tem constatado que o stresse varia em função do sexo dos estudantes, sendo que as raparigas experienciam níveis mais elevados de stresse que os rapazes. As épocas de exames correspondem a momentos chave na vida dos estudantes e há muito que tem sido utilizados para estudar como os stressores do quotidiano conduzem a mudanças psicológicas e fisiológicas. No que diz respeito à alimentação, existe uma tendência documentada, durante a permanência no ensino universitário, de alterações de índole negativa nos hábitos alimentares: são comuns a omissão de refeições, a ingestão de alimentos de elevada densidade energética fora do horário das mesmas e a ingestão crescente de alimentos fora do domicílio e/ou do tipo fast-food. Com terceiro vértice deste trabalho surge o ciclo menstrual, garante da sobrevivência da nossa espécie e também um complexo influente no comportamento humano. Uma grande parte da literatura científica aponta para uma intrincada relação entre o stresse, a caracterização do ciclo menstrual e os hábitos alimentares. Com este trabalho procurou-se caracterizar os níveis de stresse, hábitos alimentares e relacioná-los com possíveis alterações no ciclo menstrual em estudantes universitárias, fazendo a análise em dois momentos distintos, antes e durante o período de avaliações académicas. O estudo incidiu sobre uma amostra de 256 mulheres, alunas da Universidade Fernando Pessoa, com idades compreendidas entre os 18 e 34 anos, a quem foram aplicados questionários que permitiram a recolha de dados sociodemográficos, antropométricos, clínicos e ginecológicos, hábitos alimentares, sono e de stresse. Concluiu-se que o ensino superior é por si só um indutor de stresse com repercussões efetivas, sendo a época de exames académicos um stressor importante, dado que o valor obtido na escala EPS aumentou de 23,3±5,3 na primeira avaliação para 26,5±4,9 na segunda avaliação. Foram confirmadas deficiências a níveis das escolhas alimentares nas estudantes, agravadas pelo fator época de exames, com uma tendência para o consumo de alimentos ricos em açúcar e gordura, como chocolates e fritos e relatadas alterações congruentes no ciclo menstrual, como a diminuição da duração do período menstrual e do ciclo menstrual.
Stress is a constant in our everyday and plays an important role in people’s physical and mental well-being. Studies at higher education level have found that stress depending on students gender, and girls experience higher levels of stress than boys. Examination periods correspond to key moments in their lives and have long been used to study how everyday stressors lead to psychological and physiological changes. With regard to food, there is a documented tendency during their stay in college, to a negative nature change in food habits, being common to skipping meals, eating high energy density food between meals and increasing food intake away from home and / or the fast-food type. The third cornerstone of this work is the menstrual cycle that ensures the survival of our species and also has an influential complex in human behavior. A great deal of scientific literature points an intricate relationship between stress, the characterization of the menstrual cycle and eating habits. This study sought to characterize the stress levels, eating habits and relate them to possible changes in the menstrual cycle in college students, analyzing them in two different moments: before and during the academic assessments. The study focused on a sample of 256 women, students at the University Fernando Pessoa, aged between 18 and 34 years, whose questionnaires allowed the collection of demographic data, anthropometric, clinical and gynecological, eating habits, sleep and stressor data. It was concluded that higher education is itself a stress inducer with effective repercussions and academic examination is a major stressor, as the value obtained in the EPS scale increased from 23.3 ± 5.3 in the first evaluation to 26.5 ± 4.9 in the second evaluation. There were confirmed poor food choices in students, compounded by the academic examination factor, with a tendency to high sugar and fat foods consumption, such as chocolate and fried foods and also were reported congruent changes in the menstrual cycle, like shortened duration of menstruation and menstrual cycle.
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Elliott, Kirsty. "The influence of reproductive hormones on maximum force production in females." Thesis, Liverpool John Moores University, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.247473.
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Loughney, Andrew D. "The role of retinoids in the differentiation of human endometrium." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.309847.
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Abdullah, Saman. "Analysis of individual feminine cycle hormone profiles for assessment of luteal defect." Thesis, Lyon, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018LYSE1144.
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Les niveaux hormonaux peuvent varier grandement entre cycles menstruels et entre femmes aux cycles dits « normaux ». Outre les niveaux quotidiens, ces profils présentent une grande diversité d’amplitudes, de durées, de positions et de formes. Ces constats ont ravivé l'intérêt pour l'étude des profils individuels plutôt que généraux. En effet, les profils de la littérature sont des moyennes dont peuvent s’éloigner plusieurs profils individuels ; d’où la nécessité de descriptions plus précises.Dans cette thèse, nous explorons la diversité des profils hormonaux au cours de la phase lutéale du cycle et présentons un concept original pour caractériser la plupart des ondes hormonales avec quatre paramètres seulement. Cela a été obtenu via une distribution bêta-binomiale. De plus, nous proposons un nouveau modèle de régression où le profil hormonal est variable dépendante et une variété de variables binaires ou continues sont prédicteurs.La méthode a été appliquée pour décrire les profils hormonaux de la phase lutéale et a donné des résultats intéressants. Un continuum allant de la phase lutéale normale à la déficience lutéale serait plus approprié qu’une classification binaire (normale/anormale). Les données analysées ont montré qu’un petit follicule a un impact négatif sur la qualité de la phase lutéale et qu’un niveau élevé de PDG perivulatoire (i.e., une lutéinisation prématurée) semble préjudiciable à la phase lutéale. Un niveau de PDG lutéale normal puis faible est probablement un signe d'anomalie de la phase lutéale. De plus, au cours de la phase lutéale, divers profils de métabolites de la progestérone sont corrélés avec plusieurs caractéristiques des femmes et du cycleEven in normally cycling women, hormone levels vary widely between cycles and between women. Beyond day-by-day levels, hormone profiles do display a great variety of heights, durations, locations, and shapes. These observations have renewed the interest in the assessment of individual rather than general hormone profiles. Actually, as reported by the literature, cycle hormone profiles are averages of many individual profiles but individual profiles may be far from matching these averages. This raises the need for sharper descriptions.In this thesis, we explore the diversity of hormonal profiles observed during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle and present an original concept to characterize most hormone waves using only four parameters. This was obtained via a beta-binomial distribution. Moreover, we propose a new regression model that considers the hormonal profile as dependent variable and a variety of binary or continuous variables as predictors.We applied the method to describe hormone profiles during the luteal phase and obtained interesting results. Instead of a binary classification (normal/abnormal), it would be more appropriate to consider a continuum from normal luteal phase to luteal deficiency. In the analyzed dataset, a small follicle had a negative impact on the quality of the luteal phase and a high periovulatory PDG level (i.e., a premature luteinization) seemed detrimental to the luteal phase. The occurrence of a normal then low luteal PDG level is probably a potential sign of luteal phase abnormality. Furthermore, distinct progesterone metabolite profiles during the luteal phase were found correlated with several women and cycle characteristics
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Giorgis-Allemand, Lise. "Pollution atmosphérique et reproduction humaine." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017GREAS003/document.
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Une fraction importante de la population est exposée à la pollution atmosphérique ; ses effets sur la mortalité et la morbidité cardiovasculaire et respiratoire sont connus, et un effet de l'exposition au cours de la grossesse sur le poids de naissance et la croissance fœtale est probable ; un effet sur le risque de naissance prématurée a aussi été suggéré par de nombreuses études, essentiellement en Amérique. En revanche, la capacité des couples à concevoir -fertilité- et les paramètres de la fertilité féminine ont été très peu étudiés en lien avec cette exposition.L’objectif de ce doctorat était de documenter un effet éventuel de la pollution atmosphérique sur la fonction de reproduction humaine et tout particulièrement sur les caractéristiques du cycle menstruel, la probabilité de survenue d’une grossesse (fertilité) et le risque de naissance prématurée.Nous nous sommes appuyés sur une cohorte de couples n’utilisant pas de méthode contraceptive (l’Observatoire de la fertilité en France) et sur treize cohortes de naissances européennes participant au projet ESCAPE (European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects).Nous avons observé un allongement de la durée de la phase folliculaire du cycle menstruel (période du cycle entre le début des règles et l’ovulation) avec l’exposition de la femme aux particules en suspension dans l’atmosphère (n=158, β=1,6 jour pour une augmentation de la concentration des particules de diamètre aérodynamique inférieur à 10 µm -PM10- de 10 µg/m3 dans le mois précédant le cycle, intervalle de confiance, IC à 95%, 0,3; 2,9). En utilisant deux designs d’étude en parallèle sur la même population, l’approche des durées en cours et l’approche de cohorte prévalente, nous avons mis en évidence une tendance à une diminution de la probabilité de grossesse en association avec l’exposition à la pollution atmosphérique pour la première approche (cohorte prévalente : n=468, risque relatif de grossesse, HR : 0,69 pour une augmentation des PM10 de 10 µg/m3 dans les 70 jours précédant l’inclusion, IC à 95%, 0,43;1,12) ; la tendance était similaire avec l’approche des durées en cours (n=516, durée médiane sans contraception multipliée par 1,29 pour une augmentation des PM10 de 10 µg/m3 dans les 70 jours précédant l’arrêt de la contraception, IC à 95%, 0,97;1,70).Le risque de naissance prématurée, analysé avec un modèle de survie en prenant en compte l’exposition comme une variable dépendant du temps, n’était pas associé à divers polluants atmosphériques dans les cohortes du projet ESCAPE (n=46 791, OR=0,97 pour une augmentation du niveau moyen de PM10 de 10 µg/m3 pendant la grossesse, IC à 95%, 0,87 ;1,07). Nous avons par ailleurs mis en évidence une augmentation du risque de naissance prématurée avec la pression atmosphérique pendant le premier trimestre de grossesse et avec la température moyenne pendant le premier trimestre, au moins dans l’intervalle entre -5°C et 10°C. Nous avons montré qu’une partie de la littérature en faveur d’une association entre particules fines et risque de naissance prématurée pourrait être sujette à un biais causé par des durées de fenêtres d’exposition différentes entre les enfants nés avant terme et ceux nés à terme.Dans l’ensemble, ce travail confirme la nécessité d’utiliser un modèle de survie avec variables dépendant du temps pour étudier le risque de naissance prématurité et appelle à poursuivre les recherches concernant des effets possibles des polluants atmosphériques sur le cycle menstruel et la fertilité, pour lesquels nos travaux font partie des premiers réalisés en population généraleA large fraction of the population is exposed to atmospheric pollution, which has known effects on cardiovascular and respiratory mortality and morbidity and probable effect on birthweight and fetal growth. So far, the biological aptitude to conceive for couples -fecundity- and the female markers of fecundity have been seldom studied in relation with this environmental exposure.The aim of this PhD was to quantify the possible association between atmospheric pollution and specific health outcomes related to human reproduction: menstrual cycle characteristics, probability of pregnancy and preterm birth risk. We relied on a population of couples not using any contraceptive method (Observatory of Fecundity in France) and on 13 birth cohorts participating in the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects.We observed that higher levels of atmospheric pollutants during the 30 days before the start of a menstrual cycle were associated with longer follicular phase (n=158, β=1.6 days per each increase by 10 µg/m3 in particulate matters with an aerodynamical diameter of less than 10 µm -PM10; 95% confidence interval: 0.3;2.9). In the population recruited in OBSEFF study, we observed a trend for an increased time to pregnancy with short-term NO2 and PM10 levels in an original approach relying on two seldom used study designs focusing on a marker of fecundity in parallel: the prevalent cohort approach (n=468, hazard ratio of pregnancy, HR: 0.69 per each increase by 10 µg/m3 in PM10 during the 70 days before the inclusion, with a 95% CI of 0.43;1.12) and the current duration approach (n=516, median current duration of unprotected intercourse multiplied by 1.29 per each increase by 10 µg/m3 in PM10 during the 70 days before the contraception stop, 95% CI: 0.97;1.70). In the cohorts included in ESCAPE, preterm delivery risk studied by a survival model with time-dependent exposures was not associated with atmospheric pollutants levels during pregnancy (n=46,791, OR=0.97 per each increase by 10 µg/m3 in PM10 during the whole pregnancy, 95% CI 0.87;1.7). We observed an increased risk of preterm birth with higher atmospheric pressure during the first trimester of pregnancy and to some extent with temperature between -5°C and 10°C during the first trimester of pregnancy. We additionally showed that using exposure windows with different durations between cases and non-cases is a source of a bias in preterm birth studies that may impact several studies in the literature.This work demonstrated that using a survival model with time-dependent exposures is crucial to study preterm delivery risk. It appeals for additional research on the possible adverse effects of atmospheric pollution on menstrual cycle and fecundity, as our studies are among the first ones conducted in a general population on those topics
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Lima, Patrícia Oliveira de 1986. "Influencia da ansiedade e do genero do avaliador sobre a produção de compostos sulfurados volateis e biomarcadores salivares." [s.n.], 2010. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/288849.
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Orientadores: Fernanda Klein Marcondes, Caroline Morini CalilDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba
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Resumo: A halitose é a emanação de odores desagradáveis pelas narinas e pela cavidade oral, devido à produção de compostos sulfurados voláteis (CSV) originados do metabolismo bacteriano, geralmente relacionados à higiene ou alterações bucais. Porém, fatores emocionais e o ciclo menstrual também influenciam a produção de CSV. Neste contexto, e considerando que o gênero do avaliador pode influenciar as respostas do voluntário, o objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a influência da ansiedade e do gênero do avaliador sobre a produção de CSVe biomarcadores salivares. A situação de ansiedade foi induzida pelo Video-Recorded Stroop Color-Word Test (VRSCWT), validado como um modelo de ansiedade experimental. As concentrações bucais de CSV e salivares de cortisol, alfa-amilase, imunoglobulina A secretória (IgA) e proteínas totais, bem como as pressões arteriais sistólica e diastólica, freqüência cardíaca (FC) e o fluxo salivar foram determinados antes e após a aplicação do VRSCWT. Os resultados foram avaliados utilizando-se Análise de Variância com Medidas Repetidas (p<0,05). O VRSCWT induziu aumento significativo na concentração de CSV, em ambos os gêneros, sem influência do gênero do avaliador. Mulheres apresentaram maiores concentrações de CSV do que voluntários do gênero masculino, antes e após o VRSCWT. O VRSCWT também induziu aumento nos valores de pressão arterial em homens e mulheres em relação aos valores basais. O aumento na pressão arterial sistólica foi mais pronunciado quando os voluntários foram avaliados por um experimentador do gênero oposto. Mulheres, quando avaliadas pelo gênero oposto, apresentaram aumento significativo do cortisol e alfa amilase salivar em relação aos valores basais, sem alteração quando o VRSCWT foi aplicado por avaliador do mesmo gênero, ou em voluntários do gênero masculino. Não houve alteração sobre os valores de FC, fluxo salivar, IgAs e proteínas totais após a aplicação da situação ansiogênica. Os resultados demonstraram que o VRSCWT induziu ansiedade, a qual aumentou a produção de CSV, sendo que estes efeitos sofreram influência do gênero do voluntário e do avaliador.
Abstract: Halitosis is the emanation of offensive odors from nostrils and oral cavity due to volatile sulfur compounds (VSC) production originated from bacterial metabolism, usually related to hygiene or oral alterations. However emotional factors and menstrual cycle have also been associated with the VSC production. In this context, and considering that the gender of the experimenter may influence the responses of the volunteer, the aim this study was to evaluate the influence of the anxiety and experimenter gender on the VSC and salivary biomarkers production. The anxiety was induced by Video-Recorded Stroop Color-Word Test (VRSCWT), validated as a model of experimental anxiety. The VSC concentration and salivary of cortisol, alpha-amylase, secretory IgA (sIgA) and total proteins, as well as, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, heart rate (HR) and salivary flow were evaluated before and after the application of the VRSCWT. Data were compared by Analysis of Variance with Repeated Measures (p<0.05). The VRSCWT induced significant increase in the VSC concentration, in both genders, without influence of the experimenter gender. Women presented higher VSC concentration than men, before and after VRSCWT. The VRSCWT also induced increase in blood pressure in men and women in relation to basal values. The increase in systolic blood pressure was more pronounced when volunteers were evaluated by an experimenter of the opposite gender. Women, when evaluated by the opposite gender, presented a significant increase of cortisol and salivary alpha-amylase in relation baseline values, without changes when the VRSCWT was applied by the evaluator of the same gender, or male volunteers. There was no change on the values of HR, salivary flow, sIgA and total proteins after anxiogenic situation. The results showed that the VRSCWT induced anxiety and increased VSC production and that these effects were influenced by the volunteer and gender of the experimenter.
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Fisiologia Oral
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Clemes, Stacy A. "The influence of the menstrual cycle on visually-induced discomfort." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2004. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/15131.
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Since the introduction of immersive virtual reality (VR) equipment, a number of studies have found that users can experience unpleasant side effects. A major focus of VR research and development has been on head-mounted display (HMD) based systems. Incorporation of an HMD provides the user with a sensation of immersion and presence in the virtual environment (VE), and it has been these systems that have attracted the most attention from both the media and human factors researchers over the last ten to fifteen years. Health and safety concerns associated with the use of this technology include symptoms experienced by users which resemble those of motion sickness (for example, disorientation, pallor, stomach awareness and nausea) and reports of visual discomfort, particularly eyestrain. The motion sickness-like symptoms have been referred to as virtual simulation sickness (VSS), and VSS is considered to be a form of visually-induced motion sickness. Susceptibility to motion sickness varies immensely, however females are generally regarded as being more susceptible than males to all forms of motion sickness, and it has been suggested that this heightened susceptibility in females could be attributed to the functioning of the female endocrine system. Changes to many of the body's systems have been reported to occur over the menstrual cycle, and it is reasonable to suggest that changes in susceptibility to nauseogenic visual stimuli may also occur. The first piece of research conducted in this thesis examined the influence of the menstrual cycle on susceptibility to VSS. 16 naturally cycling females were immersed in a nauseogenic YE on specific days (5, 12, 19 and 26) of their menstrual cycle, these days were chosen because they fall in line with peaks and troughs of ovarian hormone levels. The menstrual cycle phase of participants was confirmed by the measurement of salivary oestradiol and progesterone levels. The responses from the naturally cycling females (the experimental group) were compared to those from two control groups, consisting of 16 pre-menopausal females taking a combined monophasic oral contraceptive, and 16 men. Susceptibility to VSS did vary over the menstrual cycle, with susceptibility increasing on day 12, this was seen as both an increase in symptom severity and a decrease in symptom onset time. No consistent variation was seen in the females taking a combined monophasic oral contraceptive. In addition to susceptibility to VSS changing over the menstrual cycle, variations in reports of visual discomfort were also apparent, with visual discomfort also increasing on day 12. As no previous research has investigated the influence of the menstrual cycle on susceptibility to visual discomfort, two studies were conducted to determine whether such a relationship exists in other situations. The first was a laboratory based experiment whereby visual discomfort was induced by prolonged accommodative effort, and the second was a field study whereby reports of visual discomfort were examined in individuals performing intensive VDU work. Unlike the changes in visual discomfort seen over the menstrual cycle in females viewing a nauseogenic VE through an HMD, no changes in visual discomfort were found over the menstruaJ cycle when visual discomfort was induced by prolonged accommodative effort, or by intensive VDU work. It was concluded from this research that the previously seen changes in susceptibility to visual discomfort over the cycle, in females viewing a nauseogenic VE, were not a consequence of susceptibility to visual discomfort changing over the cycle. In the first experiment, susceptibility to VSS was seen to increase on day 12, as manifest by an increase in the severity of nausea reported on this day, and increases in general bodily discomfort. It is suggested that the change in visual discomfort reported over the cycle is a consequence of these general changes rather than having a specific ocular origin. This idea was supported in a fourth experiment which examined symptom reports collected from 88 participants immersed in a nauseogenic virtual environment at weekly intervals. A relationship was found between the severity of symptoms of VSS reported and the amount of visual discomfort reported.
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Jas, Pauline Emilia. "Changes in food intake and mood across the menstrual cycle." Thesis, University of Reading, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.320137.
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Robb, Amy Olivia. "Vascular biology in the menstrual cycle, pregnancy and pre-eclampsia." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/29337.
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BACKGROUND: Thrombotic disease is rare but significant in women of reproductive age. Thrombosis and thromboembolism are the most common causes of maternal death in the United Kingdom. Pre-eclampsia is associated with increase in immediate and lifetime risk of adverse thrombotic events. Both pregnancy and the follicular phase are associated with arterial thrombosis and myocardial infarction. Modulation of haemostatic mechanisms in reproductive physiology and disease is not well understood. Outwith pregnancy, stimulated tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) release, platelet activation, arterial stiffness and circulating endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) number are established indicators of vascular pathology and prognosis. AIMS: (i) To compare endogenous fibrinolysis between pregnant women and non-pregnant control women, (ii) To make serial measurements of reproductive hormones, inflammatory mediators, platelet and monocyte activation, arterial stiffness and circulating EPCs throughout the normal menstrual cycle, healthy pregnancy, and pregnancy affected by pre-eclampsia. METHODS: (i) Endogenous fibrinolytic capacity was assessed using forearm venous sampling and plethysmography during intra-arterial infusion of bradykinin (a known stimulant of endothelial t-PA release). Healthy women in the third trimester were recruited from antenatal clinics. Healthy volunteers were studied in their follicular phase, (ii) Platelet-monocyte aggregates and surface markers of platelet and monocyte activation were assessed with flow cytometry. Reproductive hormones, inflammatory mediators (soluble intercellular adhesion molelcule-l (ICAM-1), interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-a)) and soluble markers of platelet activation were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Arterial stiffness was derived using pulse wave analysis (PWA) and pulse wave velocity (PWV). Circulating EPCs were assessed by flow cytometry and cell culture. All measurements were taken longitudinally in three different populations: healthy women during a single menstrual cycle (4 time points), healthy pregnant women (4 time points and post-partum) and women with pre-eclampsia (at diagnosis and post-partum). RESULTS: (i) Pregnant women had more plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1) antigen and lower active t-PA plasma concentrations than non-pregnant women, (ii) Pregnant women had greater platelet and monocyte activation, plasma soluble ICAM-1 and IL-6 than non-pregnant women. There was no difference in platelet activation or inflammatory mediators between healthy and pre-eclamptic pregnant women. Systemic arterial stiffness varies during the menstrual cycle. In pregnancy both systemic and central arterial stiffness are lowest during the second trimester. Arterial stiffness was greater in pre-eclampsia and this persisted post-partum, despite blood pressure returning to normal. Concentration of EPCs (cytometry) varied during the menstrual cycle and was greatest in the follicular phase. Endothelial progenitor cell colony formation was reduced in healthy pregnancy compared to the follicular phase. There was no difference in either EPC assay between healthy and pre-eclamptic pregnant women. CONCLUSIONS: Important constituents of thrombotic and inflammatory activity are observed to vary with normal changes in reproductive status. No difference was observed in these factors between healthy pregnant and pre-eclamptic women. Greater arterial stiffness was observed in pre-eclamptic women, also continuing after pregnancy. This may contribute to the increased immediate and lifetime risk of vascular disease in these women. Variation in circulating EPCs during the menstrual cycle may be due to a role in endometrial angiogenesis.
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Ussher, Jane Maria. "Variations in performance, mood and state during the menstrual cycle." Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 1987. http://repository.royalholloway.ac.uk/items/af8d6c5f-91b6-425b-8c7a-a77b22d9e44a/1/.
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Two investigations were carried out to examine variations in cognitive and psychomotor performance, mood and state, during the menstrual cycle. In the first, ten normally cycling subjects were tested on four computerised cognitive and psychomotor tasks, eight times during one menstrual cycle. Measures of state were taken, using self-report, heart rate and time to basal skin potential. Subjects completed daily mood ratings and a retrospective mood questionnaire. At each testing session, subjects recorded the events of the last four days. The data were examined for the relationship between state and performance, state and mood, state and cycle phase, and between performance and phase. Self-reported arousal significantly increased in the premenstrual phase, and heart rate increased in the luteal phase of the cycle. There were few significant relations between state and performance, or performance and phase: those obtained could be explained aschance. Self-reported stress was greater with negative mood, yet overall there were few significant patterns between mood and state. Mood was found to be more strongly related to event than to cycle phase. A cyclical variation in mood was recorded on retrospective questionnaires much more frequently than on daily questionnaires. A second study investigated the differences between self diagnosed Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) sufferers and non sufferers, (both oral contraceptive users and normally cycling subjects), on mood, performance, state, and reaction to mild stress, at premenstrual or intermenstrual stages of the cycle. There were no differences between the subject groups on performance during the cycle, or reaction to stress. Self-reported stress and arousal increased premenstrually for all subjects. A few differences were found between the pill and non pill subjects, and between the PMS and non PMS subjects on mood ratings. PMS subjects scored significantly higher on the Neuroticism scale of the EPI than Non PMS subjects, and were more 'A type' in personality, on a Framingham A/B personality scale. Results were discussed in terms of compensatory effort and coping strategies.
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Cameron, Sharon Tracey. "The effect of antiprogestins on the endometrium and menstrual cycle." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/20899.
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The aim of this thesis was to investigate the effects of antiprogestins on the endometrium and menstrual cycle. When the antiprogestin mifepristone was given to women in a daily dose of 2 mg/day for 30 days, ovulation was either inhibited or delayed. In those women in whom ovulation was suppressed, it would appear that mifepristone prevented the positive feedback effect of oestradiol as no LH surge occurred in spite of preovulatory levels of oestradiol. The main site of action of the antiprogestin in this respect would appear to be the pituitary as there was no significant change in the frequency or amplitude of LH pulses during treatment. Even when ovulation did occur during treatment, the development of a secretory endometrium was delayed. Endometrial biopsies taken from two such subjects, one and four days after a plasma LH surge, were devoid of early secretory changes which would usually be expected at this stage of a normal cycle indicating that during treatment with mifepristone implantation would be unlikely to be successful. In women in whom ovulation was inhibited, follicle growth continued and the persistent follicle developed into a functional or non-functional cyst. Although the endometrium in these cases was exposed to the effects of high levels of unopposed oestrogen, there were no mitoses and no evidence of hyperplasia. Some immunostaining for the cell proliferation markers Ki67 and PCNA could however be detected. Since these markers detect the presence of cells throughout all phases of the cell cycle it is possible that mifepristone affects the entry of cells into the mitotic phase of the cell cycle and may therefore prevent endometrial hyperlasia. Administration of a single dose of the antiprogestin onapristone (400 mg) or mifepristone (200 mg) in the early luteal phase (LH+2) delayed the development of a secretory endometrium.
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BARBIER, PIERRE-YVES. "Etude de la variabilite des cycles menstruels de 35 ans a la menopause : a propos de 49 femmes, au total 2907 cycles, utilisant les methodes d'auto-observation pour leur regulation des naissances." Lyon 1, 1990. http://www.theses.fr/1990LYO1M057.
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Pinkerman, Brenda F. "Menstrually related and nonmenstrual migraines in a frequent migraine population features, correlates, and acute traetment differences /." Ohio : Ohio University, 2006. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1141789064.
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Reinecke, Isabel [Verfasser]. "Mathematical modeling and simulation of the female menstrual cycle / Isabel Reinecke." Berlin : Freie Universität Berlin, 2009. http://d-nb.info/102366514X/34.
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Wadnerkar, Meghana B. "Sex differences and menstrual cycle effects on speech and related behaviours." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.489105.
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This study investigated sex and menstrual cycle effects on speech and related behaviours. The test battery included motor and speeded speech based tasks (manual pegboard, single and multiple syllable repetitions, multiple word repetitions and verbal fluency) and lateralised auditory perception of syllables (dichotic listening). Speech production was analysed for speed and accuracy measures.
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Brooker, Emma Jane. "Visuomotor performance across the menstrual cycle in different categories of athlete." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.615609.
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Birch, K. "Effect of menstrual cycle phase on responses to strenuous muscular exercise." Thesis, Liverpool John Moores University, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.262206.
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Dye, Louise. "Variations in CFFT during the menstrual cycle : the effects of benzodiazepines." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.329533.
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Vlitos, Amanda. "Bowel function and non-starch polysaccharide intake during the menstrual cycle." Thesis, London South Bank University, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.259943.
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Mahmood, Sally L. "The effect of the menstrual cycle on evoked otoacoustic efferent suppression." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/8148.
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Thesis (Au.D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2008.Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Hearing and Speech Sciences. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Lewis, Michele D. "Menstrual cycle dysfunction and weight loss practices among college-age women." Thesis, This resource online, 1996. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11012008-063217/.
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