background: human fertility has been declined all over the world. advanced women’s age is one of the most important factors in determining the success of reproduction and ageing has negative impact on art outcome and advanced female age decreases the chance of live birth rates achieved using art, especially after 40 years of age. objective: to evaluate art outcomes regarding to pregnancy, abort...

background: anti-mullerian hormone (amh) levels may represent the ovarian follicular pool and could be a useful marker of ovarian reserve. the clinical application of amh measurement has been proposed in the prediction of quantitative and qualitative aspects in assisted reproductive technologies. objective: this study aimed to assess the relationship between the serum levels of amh and results ...

background: today there is a rise in the number of newborns conceived by artificial reproductive techniques (art). numerous studies have been performed on the perinatal outcome of these pregnancies. however, there is limited data about the condition of health of these newborns in iran. objective: regarding the higher prevalence of probable complications and symptomatic congenital anomalies, we ...

background and aim: patients who receive hemodialysis need effective education in order to maintain their health. one of the effective methods for education is computer-assisted education. the aim of this study was to compare the impacts of computer-assisted multimedia education and traditional method on clinical parameters of patients receiving hemodialysis. methods: in this interventional stu...

background: work settings provide a unique opportunity for health promotion interventions. considering the issue of obesity in employees, this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of the intervention based on new communication technologies and the social cognitive theory on weight control in the governmental employees of hamadan city, western iran in 2014. methods: this randomized control...

Various novel techniques including ultrasound-assisted extraction, microwave-assisted extraction and supercritical fluid extraction have been developed for the extraction of medicinal plants in order to shorten the extraction time, decrease the solvent consumption, increase the extraction yield, and enhance the quality of extracts. This review was conducted to introduce and compare the conventi...

the purpose of these case reports is to analyze the results of gingivectomy and gingival troughing to determine the evidence on the effectiveness of laser-assisted soft tissue procedures and soft tissue management in aesthetic dentistry.the patients in these case reports underwent 980 nm diode laser assisted gingivectomy and gingival troughing to achieve immediate hemostasis and moisture contro...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Stent-assisted coiling and balloon-assisted coiling are 2 well-established techniques for treatment of wide-neck intracranial aneurysms. A direct comparative analysis of angiographic outcomes with the 2 techniques has not been available. We compare the angiographic outcomes of wide-neck aneurysms treated with stent-assisted coiling versus balloon-assisted coiling. MATER...

apparent rise in the incidence of infertility in females and the trend shifting towards delayed child bearing brought up the concept of ovarian ageing. women in their early thirties show poor ovarian reserve which is an entity named as early ovarian ageing. early ovarian ageing is mostly genetically determined, but acquired modifiable factors like smoking, or ovarian surgery have some roles. in...

objectives: the purpose of this study was to develop and test a new tool for radiographic densitometry by combining periapical films and aluminum step wedge. materials and methods: we reviewed 50 kodak e-speed intraoral films. an aluminum step wedge consisting of 16 steps was constructed. each step was 1mmx3mx10mm. the step wedge was exposed to varying exposure times, ranging from 0.05 second t...