Objective It is thought that mothers who conceive via assisted reproductive technology (ART) may be at greater risk of postpartum depression (PPD) because of the problems and psychological stresses associated with ART treatment. The aim of the present study is to determine the occurrence of PPD among mothers conceiving via ART in comparison with mothers naturally conceiving, using Edinburgh Pos...

BACKGROUND Children remain under-represented in national antiretroviral treatment (ART) programmes in settings with limited resources and high HIV prevalence. In Malawi, an increasing number of HIV-infected children have been started on ART with split tablets of an adult fixed-dose combination drug in the past few years. In 2006, the national paediatric ART regime was changed from Triomune 40 (...

donner par l‟art, l‟illusion de la vie : c‟est ce principe qui donne naissance à l’île de l’errance de danechvar. bâti sur l‟alternance entre la fiction et la réalité, ce roman se déroule dans une forme qui laisse la place à la complexité des personnages. la reprise du mythe de siyâvache dans souvachoune est aussi le point de départ pour une interrogation sur soi, voire une mise à distance de l...

The purpose of this investigation was to study the intra-oral rehardening of acid-softened enamel and fluoride uptake from SnF2 gel. Bovine enamel slabs were softened with 0.1 mol/L lactate buffer at pH 4.0 for 14 hrs and then mounted in a mandibular removable Hawley appliance. Control slabs were worn for 96 hrs by seven adult males whose teeth were brushed daily with a fluoride-free dentifrice...

Flow may be a physiological stimulus of the endothelial release of nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandins (PGs). We tested the hypothesis that pressure-induced constriction of the glomerular afferent arteriole (Af-Art) is modulated by luminal flow via endothelial production of NO. We microdissected the terminal segment of an interlobular artery together with two Af-Arts, their glomeruli (GL) and ...

BACKGROUND In the Asia-Pacific region many countries have adopted the WHO's public health approach to HIV care and treatment. We performed exploratory analyses of the factors associated with first major modification to first-line combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource-rich and resource-limited countries in the region. METHODS We selected treatment naive HIV-positive adults from ...

art is one of the important events of human's life and should be systematically deduced [from the islamic tradition]. the subject of art may be investigated in jurisprudence [the islamic law] in two ways: with a general view and disregarding art works, or focusing on special cases. it is important, in the general view, to deduce the first and main principle [of islam] in this regard. accor...