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To clarify the reproductive function of vibration signals in Hynobius, which has externally fertilized eggs, we quantitatively analyzed the body and tail undulations of male Korean salamanders (Hynobius leechii) in sixteen mating events. One large and one small male, and one female were used in each mating event. We analyzed behaviors recorded over a total of 3 hrs for each mating event; 2 hrs ...

Family Planning Perspectives Through the mid-1980s, Medicaid eligibility requirements included very low income thresholds established by the individual states. Between 1987 and 1991, eligibility standards for poor and near-poor pregnant women were expanded dramatically. The 1986 Omnibus Budget and Reconciliation Act (OBRA) permitted states to extend eligibility (and receive reimbursement for se...

We present a method to produce vascular disruptions within rat brain parenchyma that targets single microvessels. We used two-photon microscopy to image vascular architecture, to select a vessel for injury and to measure blood-flow dynamics. We irradiated the vessel with high-fluence, ultrashort laser pulses and achieved three forms of vascular insult. (i) Vessel rupture was induced at the high...

Philosophers have long disagreed about whether poetry, drama, and other literary arts are important to philosophy; and among those who believe that they are important, explanations of that importance have differed greatly. This paper aims to explain and illustrate some of the reasons why Hume found literature to be an important topic for philosophy and philosophers. Philosophy, he holds, can he...

Most postmenopausal vaginal bleeding is benign; however, it merits diagnostic evaluation by transvaginal ultrasound or endometrial biopsy after emergency department evaluation. Patients and physicians may treat menopausal symptoms with hormone replacement therapy or other agents, such as venlafaxine or gabapentin. Hormone replacement therapy, when initiated close to the start of menopause and c...

Given new developments in the field of adolescent reproductive health, this review focuses on highlighting new guidelines and practice patterns in evaluation and management of adolescent gynecologic problems. First, understanding the proper techniques for the initial examination is key to establishing a long-term relationship with this age group. Reservations about the first gynecologic examina...

is devoted to factors which might have a deleterious effect upon apparently normal spermatozoa, with chapters on spermigration in the female secretions, special technics in spermatozoal study, the longevity of spermatozoa in vivo, the effect of temperature on the survival of spermatozoa in vitro, and abnormalities in the female which inhibit impregnation. There is a discussion of artificial ins...

1Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, 2Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, 3Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia, and 4University Centrum of Reproductive Medicine of the 1st Department of Gynecolog...