Background Failed fertilization occurs 1-3% in the infertile couples. Failure of oocyte activation (OA) is mainly attributed to failed fertilization. ICSI alone artificial oocyte activation (AOA) is only treatment approach for these individuals. Three procedures are introduced for AOA: chemical, mechanical and electrical. Most of the clinical Centers have commonly used ionomycin for activation ...

Impact loading is a major factor in the high prevalence of musculoskeletal injuries among military personnel during operational tasks. One of the therapeutic purposes of a pedorthic approach is to attenuate impact load through footwear and supportive device cushioning. The following research pilot project attempts to investigate this relationship. Vertical acceleration was collected at the four...

Reminiscence may help in resolving conflicts from the past and making up the balance of one's life. Life-review may be further enhanced by the creative expression of memories in stories, poems or drawings. In this way people are encouraged to create and discover metaphors, images and stories that symbolically represent the subjective and inner meaning of their lives. In this article, a new inte...

Offshore outsourcing has been growing steadily since the 1990s, and this trend of sourcing services from low-cost countries such as India and China will continue in the near future. Despite the inherent challenges of offshore-outsourced software development (OOSD) projects, organizations in high-cost countries engage in OOSD projects because of compelling cost differences. We investigated the t...

Most of the software systems development processes carry high risks for technological companies and service organizations. Some of these risks may ultimately produce delayed or failed projects with low quality software products. The Standish Group in 1999 presented the “Chaos Report”, which determined through a large scale scan on IT projects in northern hemisphere corporations that the softwar...

objective(s): phospholipase c ζ (plcζ) is considered as a nominee for sperm associated oocyte activating factors and is located back-to-back with capza3, an actin-capping protein controlling actin polymerization during spermiogenesis. they contain a common bidirectional promoter. the objective of this study was to identify individuals with parallel low expression of plcζ and capza3 mrna, in hop...