background: the purpose of this study was to evaluate the prognostic effect of hyaluronan binding assay (hba) which has been used as a method of sperm selection for intracytoplasmic sperm injection procedure, on the outcome of intrauterine insemination (iui) in couples with unexplained or mild male factor infertility. methods: 77 infertile couples were enrolled in our study. on the day of iui p...

mannose-binding lectin (mbl) is a protein of innate immune system that is involved in opsonization and complement activation. mbl deficiency is associated with predisposition to infectious diseases; however subnormal levels are also seen in healthy subjects. the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and clinical manifestation of mbl deficiency in patients with increased susceptibi...

acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all) is one of the most prevalent hematologic malignancies in children. although the cure rate of all has improved over the past decades, the most important reason for all treatment failure is multidrug resistance (mdr) phenomenon. the current study aims to explain the mechanisms involved in multidrug resistance of childhood all, and introduces atp-binding cassette...

In this manuscript, density functional theory was used to explore structural, vibrational and optical properties of the (Sc2O3)n (n=1-5) cluster systems using DFT/B3LYP/LanL2DZ level of computation. Different stable isomers were obtained and numerous chemical parameters such as HOMO-LUMO gap, ionization potential and electron affinity were calculated successfully. Stability of the clusters was ...