One hundred one azoospermic males were subjected to fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of the testis and 11 of them underwent testicular biopsy as well. In 99 cases, the aspiration was adequate for classifying into different categories, which are as follows: Sertoli cell only syndrome (46), normal spermatogenesis (27), hypospermatogenesis (10), tubular/peritubular sclerosis (10) and maturat...

The European eel (Anguilla anguilla, Linnaeus 1758) is a catadromous fish with significant cultural, scientific, and commercial value. protection of this species particularly difficult because the biology life cycle remains unknown in many aspects. (A. anguilla) population has declined alarmingly over past 30 years; condition led to questions about long-term welfare species. This work aims perf...

Human pluripotent stem cell (hPSCs) derived-pancreatic islets (hSC-islets) are good candidates for replacement therapy patients with diabetes as substitutes deceased donor-derived islets, because they and have infinite proliferation potential. Grafted hSC-islets ameliorate hyperglycemia in diabetic mice; however, several weeks needed to normalize the hyperglycemia. These data suggest require ma...

Characterization of the spatial variability vegetative vigor in vineyards can help improve performance site-specific management practices, or with different rates. using canopy proximal sensing has been a widely disseminated technique; however, southeastern Brazil, where utilization annual double pruning results winter harvest, knowledge role improving vineyard not yet applied. This study aimed...

Background: Oocyte maturation is usually defined as the period of progression from the first to the second meiotic arrest and involves coordinated nuclear and cytoplasmic modification. Ca2+ signals are known as important regulators of oocyte maturation. Extracellular Ca2+ is important for first polar body formation, normal meiosis kinetics, and for preserving the chromosome and spindle configur...

SUMMARY The success of any project can be affected by requirements changes. Requirements elicitation is a series of activities of adding, deleting, and modifying requirements. We refer to the completion of requirements elicitation of a software component as requirements matura-tion. When the requirements of each component have reached the 100% maturation point, no requirement will come to the c...

From October 2006 to December 2007, wild specimens of the pufferfish Takifugu poecilonotus (93 females, 45 males) were collected from the Ariake Sea. Tissue toxicity was examined by mouse bioassay, and tetrodotoxin (TTX) content in the blood plasma by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The relationship between toxicity and maturation was investigated based on changes in the gonadosomatic index:...