OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of a combination of bioidentical combined 17β-estradiol and progesterone transdermal delivery system (lipophilic emulsion-type base) to relieve climacteric symptoms. The hormonal replacement was given during a period of 6 months at four different cyclic doses to mimic the normal ovary secretory pattern. DESIGN An open, randomized, comparative, between-patien...

the paper deals with the analysis of the external factor (solar activity, volcanic eruptions) influence on tree growth at the kola peninsula, northwestern russia. pinus sylvestris l. (scots pine) tree-ring chronologies collected nearby the northern timberline (68.63n, 33.25e) include the oldest (1445-2005 ad) living pine tree found up to date in the kola peninsula. a total of 18 living trees pi...

objective: different methods have been suggested to overcome the polymerization shrinkage of composite restorations. changing the light curing protocol to improve polymerization by using new light curing units is among these methods. the new devices are more efficient, portable and durable and produce less heat. this study aimed to assess the marginal microleakage of class v composite restorati...

background: the purpose of the study was to evaluate the role of progesterone/ estradiol (p4/e2) ratio as a predictive tool for clinical pregnancy in art cycles with a premature progesterone rise of >1.5 ng/ml on the day of human chorionic gonadotropin (hcg) trigger. methods: retrospective analysis was done on 569 fresh embryo transfer cycles from january 2011 to december 2012 at the infertilit...