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Hormonal and molecular characterization of follicular fluid, cumulus cells and oocytes from pre-ovulatory follicles in stimulated and unstimulated cy…

2012

background: The use of ovarian stimulation, to stimulate a multi-follicular response for assisted reproduction treatments, may force the production of oocytes from follicles that do not reach optimal maturation, possibly yielding oocytes that are not fully competent. The present study aimed to define the follicular environment and oocyte competence of unstimulated pre-ovulatory follicles, to compare it with that of similar-sized stimulated follicles. For this purpose, we analyzed the follicular hormonal milieu, the oocyte meiotic spindle, the embryo development and the cumulus cells gene expression (GE) profiles. methods and results: The study population was divided in two groups: (i) 42 oo…

The effect of hormonal status on the expression of estrogen and progesterone receptor in vaginal wall and periurethral tissue in urogynecological pat…

2009

Abstract Objective Our objective was to study the expression of estrogen receptor (ER) isoforms ER alpha (α) and ER beta (β) and of progesterone receptor (PR) in the vaginal wall and in periurethral tissue of women who underwent urogynecological surgical treatment with reference to estrogen status. Study design The study included 89 patients undergoing vaginal surgery for urogynecological conditions. Patients’ history and clinical data including estrogen status and body mass index (BMI) were evaluated. Biopsies from the vaginal wall and from periurethral tissue were obtained during surgery. The expression of ER α and β and of PR in vaginal wall and periurethral tissue was measured by RT-PCR…

Sociodemographic characteristics of female habitual benzodiazepine consumers in the catchment area of a health care centre.

1997

Quantifying stenosis in renal arteriograms: a fuzzy syntactic analysis.

1999

AbstractThe introduction of fuzzy logic improves a system for the automatic quantification of renal artery lesions seen in digital subtraction angiograms. A two-step approach has been followed. An earlier system based on non-fuzzy syntactic analysis provided a clear symbolic description of the stenotic lesions. Although this system worked correctly, it did not take into account the variability and uncertainty inherent to image processing and to knowledge on the reference diameter. This system has been improved by the introduction of fuzzy logic in the representation of the reference diameter. It provides a description of the stenosis in terms of fuzzy quantities. To illustrate the benefits …

Split-Window Coefficients for Land Surface Temperature Retrieval From Low-Resolution Thermal Infrared Sensors

2008

In this letter, we provide a complete set of split-window coefficients that can be used to retrieve land surface temperature (LST) from thermal infrared sensors onboard the most popular remote-sensing satellites: ERS-ATSR2, ENVISAT-AATSR, Terra/Aqua-MODIS, NOAA series-AVHRR, METOP-AVHRR3, GOES series-IMAGER, and MSG1/MSG2-SEVIRI. The coefficients have been obtained by minimization from an extensive simulated database constructed from MODTRAN radiative transfer code calculations, emissivity spectra extracted from spectral libraries, and spectral response functions of the thermal bands considered. This letter also analyzes the magnitude of the error on the LST retrieval and the contribution t…

Multimorbidity and polypharmacy in the elderly: Lessons from REPOSI

2014

none 10 no The dramatic demographic changes that are occurring in the third millennium are modifying the mission of generalist professionals such as primary care physicians and internists. Multiple chronic diseases and the related prescription of multiple medications are becoming typical problems and present many challenges. Unfortunately, the available evidence regarding the efficacy of medications has been generated by clinical trials involving patients completely different from those currently admitted to internal medicine: much younger, affected by a single disease and managed in a highly controlled research environment. Because only registries can provide information on drug effectiven…

Effect of allyl isothiocyanate on transcriptional profile, aflatoxin synthesis, and Aspergillus flavus growth.

2020

Abstract The goals of this study were to determine the efficacy of allyl isothiocyanate (AITC) against the growth of A. flavus and Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) production as well as to evaluate changes in the transcriptome profile when colonizing maize. A. flavus was inoculated in potato dextrose agar (PDA), the plates were placed inside glass jars and the mycelial growth (MG) was monitored for 7 d. Likewise, maize grains were contaminated with A. flavus in glass jars of 1 L and treated with 0.125, 0.25, 0.5, 1 and 5 µL of AITC. The moisture content (MC) of grains was 15 and 21%. After 7 days of storage, the MG was significantly reduced in doses higher than 0.125 µL/L of AITC. All doses of AITC redu…

ABM of Civil Violence: ODD Description

2017

This chapter contains a description of the proposed agent-based model, using the well-known “Overview, Design Concepts and Details” protocol. The model was implemented in NetLogo and is based on the same two types of agents—citizens and law-enforcement—as in Epstein’s model, but “citizen” agents have one subtype (“activist”) used for implementing network influence effects. The salient aspects of the model description are centered on the submodels for the risk perception, the expression of hardship in terms of value-sensitive relative deprivation, endogenous legitimacy feedback and network influence effects, which provide extensions to Epstein’s model. The model includes two networks called …

Android ĢIS lietotnes izstrāde

2015

Ilmāra Svilsta kvalifikācijas darbā „Android ĢIS lietotnes izstrāde” ir izstrādāta lietotne Android operētājsistēmas atbalstītām ierīcēm. Lietotne tika izstrādāta divu cilvēku grupā, izmantojot „Agile” metoloģiju. Šajā darbā tiek aprakstīts Ilmāra Svilsta projekta darba gaita un sasniegtie rezultāti. Lietotnes mērķis ir atvieglot un padarīt ceļojumu, pārgājienu vai vienkārši ikdienas pastaigu interesantāku un neaizmirstamāku. Lietotne attēlo lietotāja izveidotos punktus uz kartes, kā arī attēlo lietotāja nostaigāto ceļu. Lietotni ir viegli lietot, un tā ir paredzēta jebkuram, kam ir mobilā ierīce ar Android operētājsistēmu. Lietotne ir izstrādāta Android studio vidē, pārsvarā izmantojot Jav…

Power training and postmenopausal hormone therapy affect transcriptional control of specific co-regulated gene clusters in skeletal muscle

2010

At the moment, there is no clear molecular explanation for the steeper decline in muscle performance after menopause or the mechanisms of counteractive treatments. The goal of this genome-wide study was to identify the genes and gene clusters through which power training (PT) comprising jumping activities or estrogen containing hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may affect skeletal muscle properties after menopause. We used musculus vastus lateralis samples from early stage postmenopausal (50–57 years old) women participating in a yearlong randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial with PT and HRT interventions. Using microarray platform with over 24,000 probes, we identified 665 diffe…