objective: administration of amoxicillin and metronidazole along with scaling and root planning (srp) is an effective adjunctive therapy for chronic periodontitis. studies have shown that administration of azithromycin is also effective for treatment of chronic periodontitis. this study aimed to compare the effect of short-term and long-term azithromycin regimen with amoxicillin and metronidazo...

BACKGROUND The goal of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to estimate the rate of compliance with assisted reproductive technologies (ART) and examine its relationship with treatment success rates. METHODS Six databases were systematically searched from 1978 to December 2011. Studies were included if they reported data on patient progression through three consecutive standard ART cy...

OBJECTIVES Youth are increasingly at risk for contracting HIV infection, and community-level interventions are needed to reduce behavioral risk. DESIGN A randomized, controlled, multi-site community-level intervention trial was undertaken with adolescents living in 15 low-income housing developments in five US cities. METHODS Baseline (n = 1172), short-term follow-up (n = 865), and long-ter...

INTRODUCTION Specialized early intervention programs such as The Danish OPUS treatment are efficient in treating patients with a first episode of psychosis (FEP) at least after 2 and 5 years. Few studies have examined long-term outcomes of these interventions. AIM To examine the effect of 2 years of OPUS vs treatment as usual (TAU) within an FEP cohort, 10 years after inclusion into the OPUS ...

Repeated application of manures to agricultural soils could cause the accumulation of phosphorus (P) in soils. However, it is unclear if manure P can behave similar to P in soluble fertilizers in accumulation Olsen-P (0.5 mol L-1 NaHCO3 at pH 8.5) in soils. A long-term wheat-maize rotation experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of repeated application of manures on P accumulation i...

following an outbreak: of human fascioliasis in gilan province of iran in 1989, the benzimidazole derivative triclabendazole (tcbz) was suggested as the drug of choice after finding out that routine drugs were not effective. two studies were performed: a clinical trial (before/after type) in 1989 and a historical cohort (1989- 1995) to examine the efficacy of the drug. tcbz was administered to ...