i read with interest the papers written by peyghambari et al (2008) and niknafs et al   nd   et al   et al   et al   et al   et al   et al   et al   (1994) did not observe any   advantage in the pregnancy rates when adding estrogen+progesterone at luteal phase in patients undergoing ivf (6). in conclusion, the mechanism of luteal phase support in assisted reproduction is complex and a controver...

We examine whether accounting methods atypical within an industry affect analysts’ forecasts of future performance for a firm. Following a rich literature on accounting methods, our objective is to contribute evidence on the extent to which accounting method variability impacts information processing activities of financial statement users. We construct an index that measures how different a fi...

The present study aimed at providing a typology of Iranian supervisors’ written feedback on L2 graduate students’ theses/dissertations and examining the way different speech functions are employed to put the supervisors’ thoughts and feelings into words. In so doing, a corpus of comments, including 15,198 comments provided on 87 TEFL theses and dissertations by 30 supervisors were analyzed. We ...

Domestic violence against women (DVAW) has received much attention from scholars across disciplines, leading to a circumvention of studies on domestic violence against men (DVAM). This paper, therefore, engages in a qualitative dialogic analysis of readers’ comments on cases of DVAM reported in select blogs in order to elicit opposing gendered stances on DVAM in the selected readers’ comments; ...

3GPP SA3 currently works on the security for application services based on the IP multimedia core network subsystem (IMS) of UMTS. One of the alternatives under discussion (see attachments) proposes the use of a key derivation procedure satisfying particular requirements, which are outlined in this liaison statement. 3GPP SA3 kindly asks ETSI SAGE to assist in the selection of the discussed alt...

The author responds: I totally agree with the reader’s statement that a researcher’s ethics are the first line of research protection for human subjects. However, the IRB mechanism is our regulatory system that attempts to ensure this process. My statement in the article is framed on the basis of the current rash of highly publicized ethical violations by researchers. We need the first line che...

BACKGROUND In June 2015, an expert consensus guidance statement was published recommending that office workers accumulate 2-4 h of standing and light activity daily and take regular breaks from prolonged sitting. This paper describes public responses to media coverage of the guidance, so as to understand public acceptability of the recommendations within the guidance, and perceptions of sitting...