(2006) and Sahin et al. (2004) is not correct. Khorram et al. randomized patients between metformin plus clomiphene and clomiphene alone. Metformin was started in the same cycle as was clomiphene. Sahin et al. did treat the patients with metformin 3 months prior to administrating clomiphene, but all patients also received clomiphene, which also makes the comparison justifiable. Both these studi...

Perhaps it is because I am not a professional medicinal chemist, or possibly it is because I am a person that prefers the visual presentation of data as opposed to a long list of numbers in parallel vertical columns; either way, the fact is that the conventional structure–activity relation tables (SAR-tables), which have been and still are the essential item in most medicinal chemistry papers, ...

Can Yao,1 Francisco J. Rodriguez,1 Jorge Bravo-Abad,2 and Jordi Martorell1,3 1ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, Mediterranean Technology Park, 08860 Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain 2Departamento de Fı́sica Teórica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain 3Departament de Fı́sica i Enginyeria Nuclear, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Terrassa, Spain (...

Biology of a nocturnal bee, Megalopta atra (Hymenoptera: Halictidae; Augochlorini), from the Panamanian highlands Simon M. Tierney a; Therany Gonzales-Ojeda b; William T. Wcislo a a Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancón, Panama b Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Medio Ambiente, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco Sede Puerto Maldonado Jr. San Martín 451, Madre de Dios, ...

introduction preterm birth is still a major health problem throughout the world. preterm birth results in 75% of neonatal mortality. we sought to identify risk factors which cause preterm birth. materials and methods this cross-sectional study assessed all preterm neonates born in asali hospital in khorram abad (either by nvd or c/s) during the first 6 months of 2007. sampling method was census...

diversity of durum wheat (triticum turgidum ssp. durum) germplasm was evaluated using simple sequence repeat (ssr) markers. one hundred and forty durum wheat genotypes of diverse origin (belonging to ten countries) were assessed using 48 selected ssrs with whole genome coverage. a total of 245 allelic variants were detected at 37 polymorphic ssr loci, ranging from two to seventeen per locus wit...

This paper presents the results of research carried out to improve emergency response activities in earthquake-prone areas of Iran. The research concentrated on emergency response operations, emergency medical care, emergency transportation, and evacuation-the most important issues after an earthquake with regard to saving the lives of victims. For each topic, some guidelines and criteria are p...

By Christopher Abad, Research Scientist ABSTRACT Phishing has been defined as the fraudulent acquisition of personal information by tricking an individual into believing the attacker is a trustworthy entity1. Phishing attacks are becoming more sophisticated and are on the rise. In order to develop effective strategies and solutions to combat the phishing problem, one needs to understand the inf...

the transition of iranian society from a traditional order to a modern one and experiencing the required life is considered as one of the causes in rising marriage age among girls. accordingly this research has probed theoretically and methodologically into the underlying roots. for the purpose of this research, a survey method has been used to gather data. the statistical sample includes two g...