Background: Full blood count has been shown to predict disease severity and mortality risk in cancer patients. This study aimed to highlight the degree of derangements of full blood count parameters and provide mean values in pre-chemotherapy breast cancer patients compared with apparently normal control subjects.Methods: This was an unmatched case-control study among breast cancer patients att...

background: this study aimed to evaluate the strength of anti?mullerian hormone (amh) and follicle stimulating hormone (fsh) in reflecting the antral follicle count (afc) in infertile females. materials and methods: this cross?sectional study was conducted on 160 females, visiting infertility clinic for assisted reproduction. serum samples collected on the 3rd day of the cycle were assayed for ...

Physicians who regularly see patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are commonly asked the prognosis of someone with HIV infection today. Although the estimates vary depending on the CD4 cell count and age at diagnosis, studies suggest that survival for most people with HIV is currently measured in decades, not years.1,2 For example, in one study from Denmark the estimated median surv...

A method of sliding mode control based on a fuzzy model identified through input output data is presented. In this approach the advantages of the sliding mode control technique are maintained, however parametric uncertainty and unmatched disturbance are acknowledged as limiting factors of controller performance and their effects are sought to be minirnised. Controller performance is compared wi...

Biodiversity conservation depends on influencing human behaviors, but when activities are illegal or otherwise sensitive, e.g. because the behavior in question is taboo to a particular society, actors can be hesitant admit engagement with illicit behaviors. We applied Specialized Questioning Techniques (SQT) estimate and compare behavioral prevalence of giraffe meat consumption from 2017 2019 n...

Abstract Pangolins have been exploited throughout history but evidence points to population declines across parts of their ranges since the 1960s, especially in Asia. This is result overexploitation for local use and international trade trafficking derivatives. The prevalence consumption pangolin products has estimated different localities Viet Nam but, considering that national legislation pro...

BACKGROUND Opioids and other controlled substances prescribed for chronic pain are associated with abuse, addiction, and death, prompting national initiatives to identify safe and effective pain management strategies including topical analgesics. METHODS This prospective, observational study evaluated changes from baseline in overall mean severity and interference scores on the Brief Pain Inv...