Mature ewes (12 per group) were given prostaglandin F20t (PG; 10 mg intramuscularly) on day 10 of an estrous cycle, to regress corpora lutea, or on day 16, after natural corpus luteum regression. Ewes treated on day 10 or 16 were in estrus on day 12 or 17, respectively. The PG-treated and untreated ewes were mated at estrus and necropsied 2 hr later. Sperm were counted in the oviducts, the uter...

We tested the hypothesis that local sweat rates would not display a systematic postadaptation redistribution toward the limbs after humid heat acclimation. Eleven nonadapted males were acclimated over 3 wk (16 exposures), cycling 90 min/day, 6 days/wk (40 degrees C, 60% relative humidity), using the controlled-hyperthermia acclimation technique, in which work rate was modified to achieve and ma...

introduction: the future of any nation depends on how its children's care, according to their likely future health needs of the adult population model for healthy living and wealth has increased. one of the most pressing health diet. this study is done to aimed investigate the factors influencing malnutrition in children in the past for weight loss and weight gain can be seen today.   meth...

Objective: The primary goal of this study was to compare the ovulation and pregnancy rates in women with unexplained infertility undergoing intrauterine insemination utilizing an antagonist (cetrolix) protocol versus the commonly used clomiphene citrate regimen. Patients and Methods: This was a randomized controlled study performed at Assisted Reproductive Techniques Center of Ain Shams Univers...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to evaluate treatment retention, efficacy, and preference ratings among opioid-dependent patients transitioning between a buprenorphine/naloxone rapidly dissolving sublingual tablet formulation (BNX-RDT) and BNX film. METHODS After a 2-day, blinded, fixed-dose induction with BNX-RDT (5.7/1.4 mg and 5.7/1.4 or 11.4/2.8 mg, respectively) or buprenorphine (8 m...

OBJECTIVE To examine onset of efficacy of two long-acting injectable atypical antipsychotics in markedly-to-severely ill schizophrenia subjects. METHODS This subgroup analysis included 292 subjects with baseline Clinical Global Impressions-Severity scores of markedly ill or worse from a 13-week, randomized, double-dummy noninferiority study (NCT00589914). Subjects received either: 1) paliperi...