background: thyroid autoimmunity may be linked to infertility, in both thyrotropin (tsh)-dependent and tsh-independent fashion. the aim of the present study was to assess this presumed reciprocal relationship of thyroid autoimmunity and pregnancy. methods: tsh and antithyroid peroxidase autoantibodies (anti-tpo) were evaluated retrospectively over an eight-year period in 444 greek women who had...

BACKGROUND Although many recent studies have shown the increased risk of inflammatory bowel disease in relatives of patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, clinical patterns of disease within families remain relatively poorly documented. AIMS In this study, clinical characteristics (disease type, extent, age on onset, need for surgery, and presence of extraintestinal manifestati...

In our proposed scheme, the participants are arranged in a hierarchical structure according to their position or rank and each first level participant as a parent node delegates his power to the lower level hierarchical group members. The group members help to reconstruct the secret shares of their parent nodes in their absence and the secret key is reconstructed even if at least one parent nod...

Abstract Migration is leaving its mark on Dutch society. The Netherlands may not be a ‘nation of immigrants’ like Australia, the United States or Canada, where majority people are descended from migrants have migrant background themselves. But it ‘country immigration’. Approximately one person in four was born abroad has at least parent who was. We begin this chapter by sketching current trends...

In a case-control study of 190 preeclamptic patients and 373 control subjects, we assessed maternal family history of chronic hypertension and type 2 diabetes in relation to preeclampsia risk. Participants provided information on first-degree family history of the 2 conditions and other covariates during postpartum interviews. Logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios and 95% confide...

Children develop narrative ability in the context of the conversations they have with significant others, mainly family members. Within these conversations, children acquire language and literacy and become socialized to the discourse patterns, beliefs, and values of the community inwhich they live. Recent research has begun to highlight that Latino mothers scaffold their children’s narratives ...

In situ X-ray diffraction was used to study the interactions of the PNNL G18 fuel cell sealing glasses with the oxides that form on candidate interconnect alloys and with the ebrite alloy. Experiments under 4% hydrogen and air at temperatures up to 1000 °C showed that both sealants react rapidly with alumina and chromia, but not with NiO. The crystallization of the high-CTE phase BaCrO4 was not...