one of the basic rituals of islam is fasting during ramadan. in this month, all able-bodied muslims abstain from food, fluids, smoking, and oral medications from sunrise to sunset. according to the quran, if fasting poses major health risks to individuals, fasting during this holy month is not allowed. this study aimed to evaluate the effects of fasting on maternal and fetal health. therefore, ...

round ligament leiomyoma of uterus is rare. it can be presented as inguinal swelling mimicking the inguinal hernia or lymph node. surgical excision is its curative treatment. definitive diagnosis is made by histopathological examination. a 32 year old pregnant patient having round ligament leiomyoma as diagnosed histopathologically in recep tayyip erdogan university hospital in 2014 was present...

introduction:torch infections causing via toxoplasma gondii, other microorganisms (e.g., treponema pallidum), rubella virus, cytomegalovirus (cmv) and the herpes simplex virus (hsv) types 1 and 2 during the first trimester of pregnancy can lead to severe fetal anomalies or even fetal loss. the current study determined the serological data of torch infections in women who were in their first tri...

the aim of this survey was to evaluate the frequency of pregnant ewes slaughtered in khorram abadabattoir and estimation of their gestational age. over a period of five months in fall and winter, a totalnumber of 3046 uterine tracts were collected. pregnancy was detected in 56.50% of ewes, 52.36% and 4.13% of which carried singleton and twins, respectively. the highest frequency of pregnancy wa...

background: domestic violence is a concern in the communities and need a wide attention. violence against women can cause all kinds of physical and mental illness. this is a threat to woman’s and family member’s health. stress, anxiety and depression during pregnancy are risk factors for adverse consequences. little is known about the level of the mental illnesses in women who exposed to domest...

introduction : toxoplasmosis, caused by toxoplasma gondii, is a protozoan parasitic infection distributed worldwide. early infection by this protozoa can lead to abortion and congenital toxoplasmosis in pregnant women. this study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence of t. gondii infection among pregnant women referring to shahid akbar abadi hospital, tehran, iran during 2010-2013. meth...

Xiaolian Zhang 1,*, Can Huang 2, Sipeng Hao 1, Fan Chen 1 and Jingjing Zhai 1 1 School of Electric Power Engineering, Nanjing Institute of Technology, Nanjing 211167, China; [email protected] (S.H.); [email protected] (F.C.); [email protected] (J.Z.) 2 Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA; [email protected] * Corresponden...

Cryptomaria, lunar volcanic deposits obscured by crater and basin impact ejecta, can provide important information about the thermal and volcanic history of the Moon. The timing of cryptomare deposition has implications for the duration and flux of mare basalt volcanism. In addition, knowing the distribution of cryptomaria can provide information about mantle convection and lunar magma ocean so...

The S.C. Aurul S.A. is a joint venture company owned by the Esmeralda from Australia and the "Remin" National Company of Precious and Non-ferrous Metals in Romania, established in 1992. The design concept was to transport the mining waste away from the city, while the gold and silver in the tailings could be recovered, using efficient and modern technology that was not available at the time the...

The purpose of this paper was to evaluate the anti-ovulatory effects of indomethacin, aspirin and melatonin by examining the LH sensitive 13,14-dihydroprostaglandin F2 alpha forming capacity in rat ovary. When ovulation was blocked by aspirin or melatonin, the forming capacity was strongly suppressed, and these effects were reversed by hCG injection. However, the ovulation blockage by indometha...