Abstract Study question Is there an association between advancing male age and worsening seminal parameters (If so, is it possible to define age-threshold for semen quality decline)? Summary answer Only sperm morphology motility-related exhibited a significant negative with age, particularly from the of 40 years. What known already While importance advanced maternal on reduced fertility higher ...

Background Serum C-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen (CTX - a marker bone resorption) and ACPA titer have been associated to higher erosive score in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) lower mineral density (BMD), even patients with pre-arthritis. Prominent inflammatory status cannot totally explain such association. The interplay between ACPA, disease activity, BMD CTX is still unclear. Objectives...

The first anniversary for older widows (n = 47) has been explored during Months 11, 12, and 13. Concurrent correlations show that optimism inversely correlates with psychological (intrusion and avoidance) stress as measured with the Impact of Event Scale (r = -.52 to -.66, p < .005) and positively correlates with well-being (physical: r = .36 to .46, p < .025; psychosocial: r = .58 to .72, p < ...

introduction: feedback is very important in education and can help quality in the training process and orient the trainees in clinical contexts. this study aimed to assess the residents’ points of view about feedback in clinical education at shiraz university of medical sciences. methods: the sample of this study included 170 medical residents attending medical workshops in shiraz university of...

introduction: evaluation of students’ learning in clinical education system is one of the most important and challenging issues that facilities in this field have been facing. the present study aimed to evaluate the role of feedback during evaluation in increasing emergency medicine residents’ clinical skills. method: the present experimental study was performed on all second year emergency med...

Background. Several researchers have studied the effects of type of feedback on learning motor skills, but there are few studies on the interaction between personality traits and the type of feedback. Objectives. This study aimed at investigating the effect of type of feedback on intrinsic motivation and learning volleyball jump serve in students with neuroticism. Methods. A total of 59 femal...

PURPOSE We wanted to evaluate the added value of small peer-group quality improvement meetings compared with simple feedback as a strategy to improve test-ordering behavior. Numbers of tests ordered by primary care physicians are increasing, and many of these tests seem to be unnecessary according to established, evidence-based guidelines. METHODS We enrolled 194 primary care physicians from ...

Two 21-day feeding trials were conducted using either 24 Hampshire (H) or 24 Chester White (CW) pigs at approximately 5 months of age to evaluate the effects of a diet containing 40% dried whey on the performance and the lactase activities in the gut of finishing pigs. Dried whey increased the incidence and severity of diarrhea in both CW and H (P<.005) but depressed the rate of gain, gain/feed...

BACKGROUND Afghanistan has struggled with several decades of well-documented conflict, increasing the importance of providing emergency services to its citizens. However, little is known about the country's capacity to provide such care. METHODS Three native-speaking Afghan-American physicians performed an assessment of emergency care via combined quantitative and qualitative survey tools. Ho...