background: fatty acids are known to be critically important in multiple biological functions. phospholipid fatty acids of follicular fluid, an important microenvironment for the development of oocytes, may contribute to the women’s fertility and the efficacy of assisted reproduction techniques. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of fatty acid composition of follicular fluid ph...

background and objectives: encephalitis can cause a severe public health problem. the main aim of this research was to evaluate the medical laboratory results of patients with herpes simplex virus (hsv) encephalitis. materials and methods: diagnosis of encephalitis for these patients was firstly based on a clinical profile for herpes simplex encephalitis (hse), plus either a detected hsv1&2-dna...

background: azithromycin (azm) is used in periodontal infections. the present study compared gingival crevicular fluid concentration of azithromycin of two pharmaceutical companies through the hplc method. methods: two groups (n=15) of healthy volunteers participated in this study. the first group received an imported azithromycin (imazm) tablet (250 mg, po) and the second group received an azi...

objectives: to evaluate the effect of two simultaneous protocols in reducing recovery time and assessment of adverse effects of different fluid replacement therapy in management of diabetic ketoacidosis. materials and methods: in this randomized clinical trial study, two standard protocols were chosen to evaluate recovery time and incidence of dka complications. results: 18 subjects who had sev...

background: it is reasonable to think that some biochemical characteristics of follicular fluid (ff) surrounding the oocyte may play a critical role in determining the quality of oocyte and the subsequent potential needed to achieve fertilization and embryo development. objective: this study was carried out to evaluate the levels of ff homocysteine (hcy) in ivf candidate polycystic ovary syndro...

a proper understanding of reservoir fluid phase behavior is the first crucial step in the development and production of an oil/gas field. this paper addresses the challenges and errors associated with the fluid sampling that may arise before, during and after the sampling operation. for this aim, dst and pvt data of exploration and production wells of a supergiant offshore gas condensate reserv...

in this paper, the flow of couple stress fluid is investigated in a helical screw rheometer (hsr). by unwrapping the channel, lands, and the outside rotating barrel, the geometry of hsr is approximated as a shallow infinite channel. both one- and two-dimensional analysis of the problem is presented using rectangular coordinates. in either case an exact solution of the flow problem is presented ...

although amniotic fluid embolism is a rare event, but it is a tragic event. this kind of embolism occurs in 1 per 20,000 to 30,000 births with 86% maternal mortality rate in the united states. amniotic fluid embolism is in charge of near 10-15% of all maternal deaths. this article reflects the experiences of a nurse midwife encountered with a maternal and neonatal death due to an amniotic fluid...

To investigate uterine and serum Ca++ and Mg++ variations during the estrous cycle in the bovine, 66 genital tracts and blood samples were collected from Urmia abattoir, Urmia, Iran. The phase of the estrous cycle was determined by examination of the structures present on ovaries and uterine tonicity. Of the collected samples, 17 were pro-estrus, 12 estrus, 14 metestrus and 23 diestrus. The ute...