theory, a birth process or a pure birth process is a special case of a continuous-time Markov process and a generalisation of a Poisson process. It defines...

The birth–death process (or birth-and-death process) is a special case of continuous-time Markov process where the state transitions are of only two types:...

probability, the quasi-birth–death process describes a generalisation of the birth–death process.: 118  As with the birth-death process it moves up and down...

Birth is the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring, also referred to in technical contexts as parturition. In mammals, the process is initiated...

presents the Creation scene as an idealised representation of the physical birth of man ("The Creation"). It explains the navel that appears on Adam, which...

gender assignment) is the discernment of an infant's sex, typically made at birth based on an examination of the baby's external genitalia by a healthcare...

hospital, one in five women died during the birthing process. At the onset of the Industrial Revolution, giving birth at home became more difficult due to congested...

Silent birth, sometimes known as quiet birth, is a birthing procedure advised by L. Ron Hubbard and advocated by Scientologists in which "everyone attending...

or birth asphyxia) is the medical condition resulting from deprivation of oxygen to a newborn infant that lasts long enough during the birth process to...

Birth injury refers to damage or injury to the child before, during, or just after the birthing process. "Birth trauma" refers specifically to mechanical...

of the 'near-birth experience'." According to Grof the NDE reflects memories of the birth process with the tunnel representing the birth canal. In 1979...

manage the entire birth process alone (and silently) in the bush. Bariba women in Benin have also traditionally practiced solitary birth. The Rarámuri people...

Lotus birth (or umbilical cord nonseverance - UCNS) is the practice of leaving the umbilical cord uncut after childbirth so that the baby is left attached...

up birth or parturition in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Birth or parturition is the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring. Birth may...

The Birth of a Nation is a 1915 American silent epic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. The screenplay is adapted from Thomas...

to participate in processes of insemination (no matter traditional or IVF), pregnancy, delivery, and newborn feeding early after birth. In surrogacy arrangements...

Birth control, also known as contraception, anticonception, and fertility control, is the use of methods or devices to prevent pregnancy. Birth control...

into adulthood. Development before birth, or prenatal development (from Latin natalis 'relating to birth') is the process in which a zygote, and later an...

baby to move through the pelvis and moulding of the skull during the birthing process. Other options include the use of vacuum-assisted delivery and forceps...

the population. Typical population processes include birth–death processes and birth, death and catastrophe processes. Although named by analogy to biological...

Preterm birth, also known as premature birth, is the birth of a baby at fewer than 37 weeks gestational age, as opposed to full-term delivery at approximately...

A home birth is a birth that takes place in a residence rather than in a hospital or a birthing center. They may be attended by a midwife, or lay attendant...

Coffin birth, also known as postmortem fetal extrusion, is the expulsion of a nonviable fetus through the vaginal opening of the decomposing body of a...

A birth defect is an abnormal condition that is present at birth, regardless of its cause. Birth defects may result in disabilities that may be physical...

births, deaths, and migration. The birth-death process, a simple stochastic model, describes how populations fluctuate over time due to random births...

trickster Māui tries to grant mankind immortality by reversing the birth process, turning into a worm and crawling into the vagina of Hine-nui-te-pō...

mothers and fathers explore how the birthing process has become a medical procedure rather than a natural process. Noted narrators include Ina May Gaskin...

mechanisms and the development of pathological processes (pathogenesis) after the damage. Complications from birth trauma can include damage to the head, spinal...

Birth/Rebirth is a 2023 American psychological horror film directed by Laura Moss in their feature directorial debut, from a screenplay by Moss and Brendan...

The cementation process is an obsolete technology for making steel by carburization of iron. Unlike modern steelmaking, it increased the amount of carbon...