Purpose. To improve success of in vitro fertilization (IVF), assisted reproductive technology (ART) experts addressed four questions. What is optimum oocytes number leading to highest live birth rate (LBR)? Are cohort size and embryo quality correlated? Does gonadotropin type affect oocyte yield? Should "freeze-all" policy be adopted in cycles with progesterone >1.5 ng/mL on day of human chorio...

OBJECTIVE To examine the outcome of assisted reproduction techniques (ART) using cryopreserved semen from patients with cancer. DESIGN Prospective. SETTING Therapeutic semen banking program at a tertiary healthcare center. PATIENT(S) Twenty-nine men with cancer who cryopreserved their sperm before treatment at our facility from 1982 to 2001 and withdrew their samples for assisted reproduc...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of assisted reproduction techniques (ART) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) serodiscordant couples. DESIGN Systematic review of five databases of noncomparative open intervention and observational studies of serodiscordant couples undergoing ART, with study selection and data extraction performed independently and in duplicate. SETTING ...

This paper focuses on the JPEG noises, which include the quantization noise and the rounding noise, during a JPEG compression cycle. The JPEG noises in the first compression cycle have been well studied; however, so far less attention has been paid on the JPEG noises in higher compression cycles. In this work, we present a statistical analysis on JPEG noises beyond the first compression cycle. ...

Scope In view of the constant growth of electricity usage and public pressure to reduce the dependence on nuclear power plants in the energy supply, solutions are sought to increase the capacity of power plants using fossil fuels. Highly efficient cycles are available : gas turbines combined with waste heat boilers and steam cycles are able to achieve efficiencies above 5055%. However building ...

STUDY QUESTION Does prolonged exposure of the endometrium to hCG, as experienced after ovulation induction in an assisted reproduction technology (ART) cycle, affect functional measures of endometrial receptivity? SUMMARY ANSWER Prolonged endometrial hCG exposure detrimentally affects the manner in which the endometrium can respond to hCG secreted by the blastocyst. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Pr...

During the last twenty-...ve years, assisted reproductive technologies (ART) such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) have emerged as a leading treatment for infertility. An estimated 10% ¡ 15% of American married couples include a wife of reproductive age who is infertile,1 and during 2000 approximately 100,000 treatment ART cycles were performed at 405 clinics in the United States. These treatmen...

the paper deals with the analysis of the external factor (solar activity, volcanic eruptions) influence on tree growth at the kola peninsula, northwestern russia. pinus sylvestris l. (scots pine) tree-ring chronologies collected nearby the northern timberline (68.63n, 33.25e) include the oldest (1445-2005 ad) living pine tree found up to date in the kola peninsula. a total of 18 living trees p...

BACKGROUND To assess assisted reproductive technique (ART) outcome in couples affected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). METHODS Intrauterine insemination (IUI), IVF and ICSI were performed in 85 couples affected by HIV between January 2000 and June 2005. RESULTS In 33 of the 85 couples, women were HIV positive-the clinical pregnancy rate (CPR) and cancellation rate (CR) after 34 IUI c...

The paper first discusses early work that predated internet art and that was concerned with active audience participation in electronic art and describes the path of development of the first author’s artworks that have looked at human to human communication through electronic (computer) systems from 1970 until today. The fundamental concept has been to make artworks that explore human communica...