Secondary Object Research Articles

Action Planning Renders Objects in Working Memory More Attentionally Salient.

A rapidly growing body of work suggests that visual working memory (VWM) is fundamentally action oriented. Consistent with this, we recently showed that attention is more strongly biased by VWM representations of objects when we plan to act on those objects in the future. Using EEG and eye tracking, here, we investigated neurophysiological correlates of the interactions between VWM and action. Participants (n = 36) memorized a shape for a subsequent VWM test. At test, a probe was presented along with a secondary object. In the action condition, participants gripped the actual probe if it matched the memorized shape, whereas in the control condition, they gripped the secondary object. Crucially, during the VWM delay, participants engaged in a visual selection task, in which they located a target as fast as possible. The memorized shape could either encircle the target (congruent trials) or a distractor (incongruent trials). Replicating previous findings, we found that eye gaze was biased toward the VWM-matching shape and, importantly, more so when the shape was directly associated with an action plan. Moreover, the ERP results revealed that during the selection task, future action-relevant VWM-matching shapes elicited (1) a stronger Ppc (posterior positivity contralateral), signaling greater attentional saliency; (2) an earlier PD (distractor positivity) component, suggesting faster suppression; (3) a larger inverse (i.e., positive) sustained posterior contralateral negativity in incongruent trials, consistent with stronger suppression of action-associated distractors; and (4) an enhanced response-locked positivity over left motor regions, possibly indicating enhanced inhibition of the response associated with the memorized item during the interim task. Overall, these results suggest that action planning renders objects in VWM more attentionally salient, supporting the notion of selection-for-action in working memory.

The Process of Understanding as the Foundation of Political Thinking: on the Trap of Reifying Thought

The basic thesis justified in the essay defines the relationship between the nature of cognitive processes attributable to humans and politics defined as the space of possible interactions between humans determined at the level of cultural artifacts in the form of ideas. It is based on fundamental distinctions about learning systems (cognitive systems) defining the ways (possibilities) in which they process information and the resulting cognitive limitations. In this approach, the human mind is one cognitive system. The thesis has the following formulation: if the process of understanding is the foundation of political thinking, then the reification of thought at the level of cultural artifacts is a cognitive trap that locks thinking, and political thinking in particular, into a tradition of copying and reproducing these artifacts. It is a process that leads to cognitive pathology at the social and political level, which is characterized by the hegemony of memory and imitation and, as a consequence, arbitrarily limits not only the scope of thinking but also the way we relate to the world. The above process renders meaningless the relationship between understanding and knowledge, transforming the latter into a mummified artifact of collective memory. Consequently, the artifacts of collective memory in the form of ideas become secondary objects or products that enter the political market, becoming elements of political circulation, alienated from their source and original function.

Synthetic orbit uncertainty generation through regression analysis of historical Conjunction Data Messages

In the last decades, the Earth-orbiting population of both active and non-active objects has grown significantly, leading to a substantial increase in number of possible in-orbit collisions. It is therefore crucial to monitor the orbit of space resident objects to assess in advance the threat of risky conjunctions. Within this framework, the 18th Space Defense Squadron (SDS) is consistently updating the orbit of thousands of tracked objects by processing observations of the U.S. Space Surveillance Network (SSN). The determined orbital data is continuously maintained in the Special Perturbation (SP) catalogue and used by the 19th SDS to issue close approach warnings to satellite operators around the globe in the form of Conjunction Data Messages (CDM). The Flight Dynamics (FD) group of the German Space Operation Centre (GSOC) receives on regular basis a subset of the SP catalogue data along with CDMs associated to the fleet of its controlled satellites. The SP ephemerides are in fact provided without any covariance information preventing any computation of the Probability of Collision (Pc). In GSOC FD we are implementing a service to link a series of synthetic orbital error covariance matrices to a given SP ephemeris by statistically analyzing historical CDMs of past events. More than 30 GB of past conjunction data are processed to extract state vector, covariance matrix and object size parameter of already encountered secondary objects. The orbital errors of these last are subsequently categorized and divided into orbital classes to decouple the high correlation the covariance has with respect to solar flux, object dimension, altitude of perigee, eccentricity and orbit inclination. The classification aims at collecting similar CDMs regarding the aforementioned dependencies, and approximates the predicted 1-sigma position errors in the orbital frame by optimal curve-fitting techniques. By evaluation of the curve fitting coefficients of a requested orbit class a covariance matrix can be generated for any prediction time in upcoming CDM refinements and other analyses. The work discusses the limiting cases of the classification approach, bringing possible solutions to the scenario of empty classes. An in-depth characterization of the parameters that affect the orbital errors is in fact performed to individualize the neighboring class that provides the closest and most meaningful covariance timeline. Successively, the effect of using synthetic covariance in a conjunction risk assessment is also explored, adapting the problem on real operations. Lastly, the entire data processing pipeline and how the described service fits into the GSOC Flight Dynamics System (FDS) framework is described.

Distinguishability of binary extreme-mass-ratio inspirals in low frequency band

The inspiral of compact stellar objects into massive black holes are one of the main astrophysical sources for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) and Taiji. These extreme-mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) have great potential for cosmology and fundamental physics. A binary extreme-mass-ratio inspiral (b-EMRI) describes the case where binary black holes (BBHs) are captured by a supermassive black hole. The b-EMRIs serve as multi-band gravitational wave sources and provide insights into the dynamics of nuclei and tests of general relativity. However, if the b-EMRIs can be distinguished from the normal EMRIs or not is still not clear. In this work, with a few of assumptions, and using the Teukolsky equation, we calculate the approximate gravitational waves of b-EMRIs and assess their detectability by space-based detectors. We also decouple the secondary object information from the Teukolsky equation, enabling us to calculate the energy fluxes and generate the waveforms more conveniently. Variations in the quadrupole of the binary result in small but non-negligible changes in energy fluxes and waveforms, making it possible to distinguish b-EMRI signals with data analysis. This opens up the potential of using b-EMRIs to test gravity theories and for further astrophysical studies.

Bream in the rivers of the Oka Basin

Bream in the river systems of the Oka basin is widespread, including tributaries of the third order. This representative of cyprinid fish is numerous mainly in the most full-flowing rivers with a length of more than 500 km. The age composition of bream from net catches in the Oka over a long period of observations did not exceed 14 age groups, and fish older than 12+ were not recorded in the Klyazma and Moscow rivers. The growth of bream in the Oka, Klyazma, and Moscow rivers does not differ significantly on average, due to seasonal bream migrations and similar feeding conditions. The main factor influencing the decrease in the number of bream in the Oka and Klyazma is a long period of low spring floods, which prevents flooding of the high river floodplain and sharply reduces the efficiency of its spawning, especially in the upper reaches of the Oka and Klyazma rivers. An adaptive feature of the reproductive biology of bream in the upper reaches of these rivers is the extended spawning migration of mature fish upstream, where the ripal vegetation in riverbeds serves as a spawning substrate for it. Bream in the rivers of the Oka basin is currently a secondary object of amateur fishing and one of the main species in poaching catches.

Measuring scalar charge with compact binaries: High accuracy modeling with self-force

Using the self-force approach, we present the premier first-post-adiabatic accuracy formalism for modeling compact binaries in theories with a massless scalar field nonminimally coupled to gravity. We limit the binary secondary to being a non-spinning compact body with no scalar dipole (we will address the spinning and scalar dipole cases in an upcoming paper). By producing an ansatz for the scalar charged point particle action, we derive first- and second-order perturbative field equations and equations of motion for the secondary compact object. Under our assumptions, implementing this formalism will produce sufficiently accurate waveform templates for precision measurements of the scalar charge of the secondary with LISA data on extreme-mass-ratio inspirals. Our formalism is consistent with almost general scalar-tensor theories of gravity. Implementing our formalism builds on self-force models in general relativity; we show the incorporation into the two-timescale formalism is straightforward. Excitingly, implementation poses no significantly more challenging barriers than computing first-post-adiabatic waveforms in general relativity. Published by the American Physical Society 2024

Extreme mass-ratio inspirals as probes of fundamental dipoles

Even if globally neutral, in various scenarios compact objects can have a nonvanishing dipole moment. Examples include neutron stars with magnetic dipoles, black-hole microstates in the string-theory fuzzball scenario, and classical black holes in modified theories of gravity with spin-induced scalarization or Lorentz-violating terms. A fundamental dipole moment would give rise to rich phenomenology, for example, to intrinsic precession and extra emission channels in binary systems. We show that extreme mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs) detectable by future gravitational-wave interferometers allow us to study a fundamental dipole on the secondary object in a model-agnostic fashion. By developing a general model for a fundamental scalar dipole, we compute the extra flux associated with it. This effect is suppressed by the square of the mass ratio relative to the case of fundamental charges, making its detection with EMRIs very challenging for the typical dipole moments predicted in various models. On the other hand, for the same reason, the impact of an extra dipole for constraints on extra fundamental charges is likely negligible, making the latter constraints more robust. Published by the American Physical Society 2024

Unravelling the Mystery of Cosmic Baby: Triaxiality and Resolving the Companion Identification Problem of GW190814

Detection of Gravitational wave opens a new window to see the insights of Binary Systems. Using gravitational waves the secondary or companion object of binary system GW190814 has been detected which has estimated mass 2.5 – 2.67 M⊙. A puzzle is created on its identification i.e., whether it was a heaviest neutron star or lowest mass black hole or any other compact object. Taking into account the three important facts in the evolution of the (BH – NS) binary: • Consistency of no EM counterpart detection constrains neutron star surface magnetic field to ≲1015 G; • The case of joint GW detection and EM upper limit rule out the theoretical possibilities that Neutron Stars in GW 200105, GW200115, and GW 190814 retain the surface dipolar magnetic fields ≳1015 G until merger; • Rule out the formation scenario where strongly magnetized neutron stars (i.e. magnetar) quickly merge with Black Hole. I calculate the internal magnetic field and ellipticity of the companion compact object magnetar (i.e. neutron star) before marge with Black Hole in the event GW190814 are 1.861516 x 1018 G, 1.00696 x 10-3 and 3.4597071 x 1018 G, 2.218239 x 10-2, respectively for optimistic and pessimistic cases. The estimated ellipticity values of the magnetar lies within the range 10-3 – 10-2 satisfying for becoming a triaxial star. Based on these findings this author suggests that the companion compact object of GW190814 was a “triaxial star”.

GMP-selected dual and lensed AGNs: Selection function and classification based on near-IR colors and resolved spectra from VLT/ERIS, Keck/OSIRIS, and LBT/LUCI

The Gaia Multipeak (GMP) technique can be used to identify large numbers of dual or lensed active galactic nucleus (AGN) candidates at subarcsec separation, allowing us to study both multiple supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in the same galaxy and rare, compact lensed systems. The observed samples can be used to test the predictions of the models of SMBH merging when (1) the selection function of the GMP technique is known, and (2) each system has been classified as a dual AGN, a lensed AGN, or an AGN/star alignment. Here we show that the GMP selection is very efficient for separations above 0.15″ when the secondary (fainter) object has a magnitude G ≲ 20.5. We present the spectroscopic classification of five GMP candidates using VLT/ERIS and Keck/OSIRIS and compare them with the classifications obtained from (a) the near-IR colors of seven systems obtained with LBT/LUCI, and (b) the analysis of the total spatially unresolved spectra. We conclude that colors and integrated spectra can already provide reliable classifications of many systems. Finally, we summarize the confirmed dual AGNs at z > 0.5 selected by the GMP technique, and compare this sample with other such systems from the literature, concluding that GMP can provide a large number of confirmed dual AGNs at separations below 7 kpc.

A Screening of Tools to Measure the Quality of Financial Reporting

Abstract The main objective of this research is to identify and systematize tools for measuring the quality of financial reports, in order to support researchers considering this comprehensive area. By using the PRISMA system in as transparent a manner as possible, we also aimed to find potential gaps in all 89 articles and scholarly papers examined in the smallest detail. As the quality of financial reporting is ultimately aimed at mediating the relationship between the entity and the user, it is not a topic addressed individually, the secondary object of this paper is to expose the most common themes and discussions associated with this object of study, such as: characteristics of entities, adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards, shareholding structure, corporate governance and audit committee.

Special legal object of the crimes provided in art. 238 of the Сriminal Сode

In this scientific approach is carried out the special legal object of the crimes provided in art. 238 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Moldova. It is stated that the main legal object of the crimes provided in art. 238 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Moldova is related to the prejudicial act. In opposition, the secondary legal object is related to the prejudicial consequence. When identifying the content of the main legal object of the crimes provided in art. 238 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Moldova, account must be taken of (i) the quality of the victim of these criminal offences and, implicitly, (ii) their scope of activity. It is revealed that, since the object of criminal protection is opposed to the criminal act, when determining the main legal object of the crimes provided in art. 238 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Moldova, must be scored on the legal order of obtaining the credit, loan, insurance compensation or indemnity. It is demonstrated that in the case of fraudulent acquisition of the insurance compensation or indemnity, the perpetrator de facto attacks the victim’s patrimony as a fundamental social value. It is revealed that the secondary legal object of the crimes stipulated in art. 238 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Moldova emerges from the content of the generic legal object of crimes against patrimony.

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Combination Antibiotic Therapy for Recurrent Cystitis in Women

Background: Investigating the Effectiveness of Combined Antibiotic Therapy for Recurrent Cystitis in Females. A study was conducted on twenty women with recurrent cystitis who received combination antibiotic therapy. The primary outcome measure for cystitis was the absence of all clinical and laboratory indicators of infection. The secondary objective was to assess symptom improvement related to cystitis. The findings revealed that, after using the combination antibiotic medication, cystitis symptoms disappeared completely in 18 out of the 20 women (90%), while 2 women (10%) experienced symptom improvement. According to these results, combination antibiotic therapy seems safe and effective for women with recurrent cystitis. Objective: The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the curative effects of combination antibiotic therapy in female repetitive cystitis (RC) patients who presented at the Main Gul Jehanzeb Hospital, Swat, during January 2018 and January 2019. Secondarily, we wanted to find out how well combination antibiotic therapy worked for female RC patients. Study Design: A retrospective study Duration and place of study: Main Gul Jehanzeb Hospital, Swat, from January 2018 to January 2019. Methods: A retrospective study of combination antibiotic therapy for curing recurrent cystitis in female patients was carried out at the Main Gul Jehanzeb Hospital, Swat, Pakistan. All women aged between 18 and 50 years who had a history of repeated cystitis, if they received medical treatment in the hospital's outpatient department during research periods and are outpatients now for one research visit, were included on this study. The drug cooperation mode of general practice co-operation network was used, while the principle of vaccination prevention was implemented to everyone for education against sexually transmitted diseases. In the clinic, clinical and laboratory diagnostics were utilized to make a comprehensive diagnosis and all cases were gave a standard questionnaire designed by research personnel. Phase 1 and Phase 2 of treatment: After a comprehensive medical history appraisal and physical examination, each patient received specific combination antibiotic therapy according to her diagnosis. The main purpose of our study was to obtain complete symptomatic remission of cystitis, as gauged by the absence of any clinical or laboratory evidence of infection. Additionally, a secondary object was to alleviate cystitis symptoms, or allay them to some extent. Results: In this study, 20 females who had RC were included. After receiving a combination of antibiotics, 18 of them (90%) had their cystitis symptoms completely eliminated, and the other 2 (10%) only had milder symptoms. Conclusion: This study has demonstrated that combined antibiotic therapy is safe and effective as a treatment for female recurrent cystitis. In recurrent cystitis, most women obtain relief from their symptoms using mixed antibiotics. Keywords:Recurrent Cystitis, Combination Antibiotic Therapy, Women

X-ray Spectroscopic Study of Low-Mass X-ray Binaries: A Review of Recent Progress via the Example of GX 339-4

Low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXB) serve as natural laboratories, where the predictions of general relativity can be tested in the strong field regime. The primary object of such sources can be a neutron star (NS) or a black hole (BH), and this object captures material from the secondary object through the inner Lagrange point via a process called Roche lobe overflow. Because of the angular momentum of the infalling matter, an accretion disk is formed, in which viscous effects transport the angular momentum radially outward. In the high/soft state of these sources, the accretion disk can extend all the way to the innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO); therefore, when the primary object is a BH, its X-ray spectrum contains information about the region very close to the event horizon. This paper aims to review the theoretical and observational works related to the X-ray spectroscopy of such sources via the example of GX 339-4, which is one of the most well-known and well-studied LMXBs.

Detecting Massive Scalar Fields with Extreme Mass-Ratio Inspirals.

We study the imprint of light scalar fields on gravitational waves from extreme mass-ratio inspirals-binary systems with a very large mass asymmetry. We first show that, to leading order in the mass ratio, any effects of the scalar on the waveform are captured fully by two parameters: the mass of the scalar and the scalar charge of the secondary compact object. We then use this theory-agnostic framework to show that the future observations by LISA will be able to simultaneously measure both of these parameters with enough accuracy to detect ultralight scalars.

TYC 1417-891-1 and TYC 1478-742-1: Eclipsing Variable Stars. The Gaia EDR3 and TESS Photometric Data

Based on the TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) phase dependent light curves, we confirm the eclipsing type variability nature for two G – type dwarfs: TYC 1417-891-1 and TYC 1478-742-1. Both objects show EA (Algol – type) light curves morphology. Orbital period for TYC 1417-891-1 is P ≈ 8.0 day and for TYC 1478-742-1, P ≈ 13.6 day. We present Gaia EDR3 and TESS catalogue important physical parameters as well as LAMOST spectra. Both objects are relatively bright and are located at a distance of 260.59 (±3.21) pc (TYC 1417-891-1) and 117.42 (±0.74) pc (TYC 1478-742-1). The TESS light curve of TYC 1478-742-1 show also flares as well. We discuss possible nature of the secondary and faint objects around these stars.

Quasi-periodic eruptions from impacts between the secondary and a rigidly precessing accretion disc in an extreme mass-ratio inspiral system

X-ray quasi-periodic eruptions (QPEs) represent a recently discovered example of extreme X-ray variability associated with supermassive black holes. These are high-amplitude bursts recurring every few hours that are detected in the soft X-ray band from the nuclei of nearby galaxies whose optical spectra lack the broad emission lines typically observed in unobscured active galaxies. The physical origin of this new X-ray variability phenomenon is still unknown and several theoretical models have been presented. However, no attempt has been made so far to account for the varying QPE recurrence time and luminosity in individual sources, nor for the diversity of the QPE phenomenology in the different known erupters. We present a semi-analytical model based on an extreme mass-ratio inspiral (EMRI) system where the secondary intersects, along its orbit, a rigidly precessing accretion disc surrounding the primary. We assume that QPEs result from emission from an adiabatically expanding, initially optically thick gas cloud expelled from the disc plane at each impact. We produced synthetic X-ray light curves, which we then compared with X-ray data from four QPE sources: GSN 069, eRO-QPE1, eRO-QPE2, and RX J1301.9+2747. Our model aptly reproduces the diversity of QPE properties between the considered objects and it is also able to naturally account for the varying QPE amplitudes and recurrence times in individual sources. Future implementations will enable us to refine the match with the data and to estimate the system parameters precisely, making additional use of multi-epoch QPE data. We briefly discuss the nature of the secondary object, as well as the possible implications of our findings for the EMRI population at large.

International protection of human rights during armed conflicts

This article is devoted to consideration of issues that cover the most sensitive and popular topics of today, in particular, the protection of human and citizen rights during escalation, assistance in the protection of fundamental rights by the international representation. Respect and protection of human rights is one of the leading principles of international law, enshrined in international legal treaties. All countries must adhere to the principles of freedom, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.Human rights, which are enshrined in current international legal treaties, are the result of the long-term historical development of social and political thought, the gradual formation of standards that have become the norm for the life of a modern democratic society. The author examines the provisions of the most famous international documents related to the protection of human rights during an armed conflict: the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the additional protocol to the Geneva Conventions of , relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts of a non-international nature (Protocol II) of June 8, 1977 year, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of December 16, 1966 and other international documents relating to armed conflicts of a non-international nature. The international system of human rights protection is part of the system of international relations as a whole, but on the other hand, it is a system of international law, forming one of its branches. There are three main points of view regarding the place of human rights in international relations. According to the traditional statistical approach, human rights are a matter of sovereign state jurisdiction and continue to be a secondary object of international relations. There is a need to ensure human rights under any circumstances. An important priority in international cooperation is the protection and guarantee of human rights during armed conflicts and conflicts of a non-international nature. To date, international law refers to armed conflicts with condemnation, aggression, and prohibits any kind of war in general. But unfortunately, this is our reality of modern stages of human development.

Strange quark mass (m s ) dependent model of anisotropic strange quark star* *A fellowship has been provided to A. Hakim by Government of West Bengal (G.O. No. 52-Edn(B)/5B-15/2017 dated June 7, 2017, read with 65-Edn(B)/5-15/2017 dated July 11, 2017) and to K.B. Goswami by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India (vide no. 09/1219 (0004)/2019-EMR-I)

This article presents the configuration of strange quark stars in hydrostatic equilibrium considering the Vaidya-Tikekar metric ansatz. The interior of such stars comprises strange quark matter (henceforth SQM), whose equation of state () is described by the MIT EoS , where B is the difference between perturbative and non-perturbative vacuum. We have included the mass of the strange quark into the EoS and studied its effect on the overall properties of the strange quark star in this work. It is observed that the maximum mass reaches its highest value when . We have evaluated the range of the maximum mass of the strange quark star by solving the TOV equation for necessary for stable strange quark matter at a zero external pressure condition with respect to neutrons. Maximum mass lies within the range of to when B ranges from to and . It is noted that the maximum mass decreases with an increase in . Our model is found suitable for describing the mass of pulsars such as PSR J1614-2230 and Vela X-1 and the secondary objects in the GW170817 event. The model is also useful in predicting the radius of the recently observed pulsars PSR J0030+0451, PSR J0740+6620, and PSR J0952-0607 and the secondary objects in the GW170817 and GW190814 events. Our model is found to be stable with respect to all stability criteria of the stellar configurations and is also stable with respect to small perturbations.

Geodesics and gravitational waves in chaotic extreme-mass-ratio inspirals: the curious case of Zipoy-Voorhees black-hole mimickers

Due to the growing capacity of gravitational-wave astronomy and black-hole imaging, we will soon be able to emphatically decide if astrophysical dark objects lurking in galactic centers are black holes. Sgr A*, one of the most prolific astronomical radio sources in our galaxy, is the focal point for tests of general relativity. Current mass and spin constraints predict that the central object of the Milky Way is supermassive and slowly rotating, thus can be conservatively modeled as a Schwarzschild black hole. Nevertheless, the well-established presence of accretion disks and astrophysical environments around supermassive compact objects can significantly deform their geometry and complicate their observational scientific yield. Here, we study extreme-mass-ratio binaries comprised of a minuscule secondary object inspiraling onto a supermassive Zipoy-Voorhees compact object; the simplest exact solution of general relativity that describes a static, spheroidal deformation of Schwarzschild spacetime. We examine geodesics of prolate and oblate deformations for generic orbits and reevaluate the non-integrability of Zipoy-Voorhees spacetime through the existence of resonant islands in the orbital phase space. By including radiation loss with post-Newtonian techniques, we evolve stellar-mass secondary objects around a supermassive Zipoy-Voorhees primary and find clear imprints of non-integrability in these systems. The peculiar structure of the primary, allows for, not only typical single crossings of transient resonant islands, that are well-known for non-Kerr objects, but also inspirals that transverse through several islands, in a brief period of time, that lead to multiple glitches in the gravitational-wave frequency evolution of the binary. The detectability of glitches with future spaceborne detectors can, therefore, narrow down the parameter space of exotic solutions that, otherwise, can cast identical shadows with black holes.

Retrospective Analysis of Azithromycin-Resistant Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis Cervical Infection Among Pregnant Women.

Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis began to show resistance to azithromycin, a macrolide antibiotic commonly used in pregnancy. Unfortunately, there are few effective and safe drugs in the clinic for genital mycoplasmas in pregnant women. In the present study, we investigated the prevalence of azithromycin-resistant U. urealyticum and M. hominis infections in pregnant women. The secondary research objects were possible influencing factors and consequences of insensitive Mycoplasma infection. A retrospective analysis was carried out in pregnant women who underwent cervical Mycoplasma culture between October 2020 and October 2021 at a large general hospital in eastern China. The sociological characteristics and clinical information of these women were collected and analyzed. A total of 375 pregnant women were enrolled, and 402 cultured mycoplasma specimens were collected. Overall, 186 (49.60%) patients tested positive cervical Mycoplasma infection, and 37 (9.87%) had infections caused by azithromycin-resistant Mycoplasma. In total, 39 mycoplasma samples were insensitive to azithromycin in vitro, also showing extremely high resistance to erythromycin, roxithromycin, and clarithromycin. Azithromycin was the only antibiotic used in women with Mycoplasma cervical infection, regardless of azithromycin resistance in vitro. Statistical results showed that azithromycin-resistant cervical Mycoplasma infection in pregnant women was unrelated to age, body mass index (BMI), gestational age, number of embryos, and assisted reproductive technology (ART) use, but led to a significantly increased incidence of adverse pregnancy outcomes (spontaneous abortion (SA), preterm birth (PTB), preterm prelabor rupture of membranes (PPROM), and stillbirth). Azithromycin-resistant U. urealyticum and M. hominis cervical infections are relatively common during pregnancy, and can increase the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes; however, there is currently a lack of safe and effective drug treatments. Herein, we show that azithromycin-resistant mycoplasma infection requires timely intervention.