INTRODUCTION Increased life expectancy of HIV-positive individuals during recent years has drawn attention to their quality of life, which includes fulfillment of fertility desires. In particular, heterosexual HIV serodiscordant couples constitute a special group for whom the balance between desired pregnancy and the risk of viral transmission should be carefully considered and optimized. Altho...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the awareness and response of fertility clinics in the UK to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline recommendation that intrauterine insemination (IUI) should not be offered routinely, in order to report on current practice in the UK. DESIGN Online questionnaire survey of fertility clinics in the UK regarding their current clinical practic...

The study explores complex non-linear decisions in land use allocation, focusing on the competition between cash and food crops. We develop an agent-based model to investigate whether decision opt for eucalyptus plantation is a rational choice perspective of different farmer types. analyse negative externalities (i.e. allelopathic effects) caused by presence productivity neighbouring plots poss...

Extended sexual receptivity in primates is thought to facilitate paternity confusion, thus decreasing the risk of infanticide. However, females might also provide some indication of ovulation to attract preferred males during fertile periods. We examined female mate preferences across defined receptive periods (N = 59) in a group of wild Phayre's leaf monkeys (Trachypithecus phayrei crepusculus...

Background: The most common and well documented risk factors which can contribute to female infertility include over weight or underweight; hormonal imbalances; fibroid; reduced oocyte quality; chromosomal abnormalities; sexually transmitted diseases; age older than 27; history of pelvic inflammatory diseases; smoking and alcohol intake; and immune system disorders. Aim of this study was to exp...

Barangmamase Village, Galesong Selatan District, Takalar Regency is a village where most of the population relies on economy from agricultural sector. However, in implementation agriculture, this has not utilized natural products, case cow dung waste, as basic material for organic fertilizer used its own agriculture and other wastes. So that community service aims to make Village able solid liq...