Introduction: Unwanted pregnancy is one of the most important problems, facing married couples. This type of pregnancy has a negative impact on maternal, fetal, and neonatal outcomes. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the relationship between unwanted pregnancy (based on the couples’ opinions) and infants’ nutrition in patients admitted to medical centers of Mashhad in years 2009-2010. Metho...

Let T be a unit equilateral triangle, and T1, . . . , Tn be n equilateral triangles that cover T and satisfy the following two conditions: (i) Ti has side length ti (0 < ti < 1); (ii) Ti is placed with each side parallel to a side of T . We prove a conjecture of Zhang and Fan asserting that any covering that meets the above two conditions (i) and (ii) satisfies ∑n i=1 ti ≥ 2. We also show that ...

Evidence-based treatments and preventive interventions in the child and family area have not met with widespread adoption by practitioners. Despite the high prevalence of child behavioral and emotional problems, many parents and families in need are not receiving or participating in services, and when they do, the most efficacious interventions are not what is usually provided. Simultaneously a...

The combination of kidney disease and pregnancy has long been recognized as a high-risk situation. When renal disease is recognized for the first time during pregnancy, it presents unique problems for both the obstetric and the renal teams. Particularly difficult can be distinguishing preeclampsia from preexisting kidney disease in women presenting for the first timewith hypertension, proteinur...

OBJECTIVE Patterns of alcohol consumption during pregnancy such as episodes of binge drinking may be as important as average levels of consumption in conferring risk for later childhood mental health and learning problems. However, it can be difficult to distinguish risk resulting from episodic or regular background levels of drinking. This large study investigates whether patterns of alcohol c...

We describe the management and clinical outcome of pregnancies among 100 Greek Cypriot women with thalassaemia: 88 with thalassaemia major and 12 with thalassaemia intermedia. A total of 152 successful pregnancies and 161 deliveries were included. All patients had endocrine assessment and frequent ferritin measurements. Multiple successful pregnancies included 7 twins and 1 triple pregnancy. Pr...

The 'big five' causes of maternal death in South Africa in the 3 years 1999-2001 were non-pregnancy-related infection (mainly AIDS), complications of hypertension in pregnancy, obstetric haemorrhage, pregnancy-related sepsis and pre-existing medical conditions. Women 35 years and older were at greater risk of dying than younger women, and women in their first pregnancy or who had had 5 or more ...

This study used data of in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles from 3,221 patients during 2004 to 2013, collected in Leuven University Fertility Center, aiming to identify patient and cycle characteristics to predict pregnancy and live birth rate. Variables include age, gonadotrophin dose, year of the IVF cycle, implantation problems, transport problems, ovulation problems, male pathology, pituita...

Article history: Received 15 April 2014 Received in revised form 29 September 2014 Accepted 28 October 2014 Available online 4 November 2014

Let F denote the class of all functions univalent in the unit disk and convex in the direction of the real axis. In the paper we discuss the functions of the class F which are n-fold symmetric, where n is positive even integer. For the class of such functions we find the Koebe set as well as the covering set, i.e. T f2F f ðDÞ and S f2F f ðDÞ. Moreover, the Koebe constant and the covering consta...