Background: A study to assess the effectiveness of patient education program focused on improving knowledge in reducing stress among primary infertile couples undergoing ART in Royan Institute. Materials and Methods: In total, 50 primary infertile Couples fulfilling the inclusion criteria undergoing ART, 25 each in experimental and control groups completed the intervention. A well educated and ...

Visual art represents a powerful resource for mental and physical well-being. However, little is known about the underlying effects at a neural level. A critical question is whether visual art production and cognitive art evaluation may have different effects on the functional interplay of the brain's default mode network (DMN). We used fMRI to investigate the DMN of a non-clinical sample of 28...

1 Surface Radar, Thales Nederland B.V. Haaksbergerstraat 49, 7554 PA Hengelo, The Netherlands 2NURC, NATO Research Centre, Viale S. Bartolomeo 400, 19126 La Spezia, Italy 3German Defence Establishment (FGAN-FKIE), Neuenahrer Strasse 20, 53343 Wachtberg, Germany 4Naval Undersea Warfare Center, 1176 Howell Street, Newport, RI 02841-1708, USA 5Metron Inc., 11911 Freedom Drive, Suite 800, Reston, V...

BACKGROUND Data show that differences exist in the birthweight of singletons after frozen embryo transfer (FET) compared with fresh transfer or gamete intra-Fallopian transfer (GIFT). Factors associated with low birthweight (LBW) after assisted reproduction technology (ART) were studied. METHODS Birthweight, distribution of birthweight, z-score, LBW (<2500 g), gestation and percentage preterm...

The localization accuracy of a track-before-detect search for a target moving across a distributed sensor field is examined in this paper. The localization accuracy of the search is defined in terms of the area of intersection of the spatial-temporal sensor coverage regions, as seen from the perspective of the target. The expected value and variance of this area are derived for sensors distribu...

In 2012, the National Health Personnel Licensing Examination Board of Korea decided to publicly disclose all test items and answers to satisfy the test takers' right to know and enhance the transparency of tests administered by the government. This study investigated the effects of item disclosure on the medical licensing examination (MLE), examining test taker performance, psychometric charact...

background: coasting is the most common method used in the prevention of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (ohss) acting through vascular endothelial growth factor (vegf) reduction. however, the pregnancy rate is reported to fall with coasting when it takes more than three days. recently lowdose cabergoline, a selective d2 dopamine receptor agonist has been proven to selectively reduce vascular...

Prader-Willi syndrome described in 1956 has a genetic origin, affecting both genders, varying in presence and intensity from individual to individual. A precocious diagnosis, before the manifestation of symptoms, has brought some improvement in the quality of life of the carriers in the last years. The objective of this case report was to describe the treatment realized in a 3-year-old boy who ...