Abstract Background Non-invasive prenatal screening (NIPS) is widely used as the alternative choice for pregnant women at high-risk of fetal aneuploidy. However, whether NIPS has a good detective efficiency advanced maternal age (AMA) not been fully studied especially in Chinese women. Methods Twenty-nine thousand three hundred forty-three AMA with singleton pregnancy who received and followed-...

abstract background: regarding the diagnostic errors of the classic criteria including serum ascites albumin gradient (saag), total protein concentration and the adapted light et al’s criteria in distinguishing transudate versus exudates, we evaluated the ascitic fluid to serum bilirubin ratio as a new criteria in this regard. we also evaluated whether the combination of bilirubin ratio with ea...

The African armyworm, Spodoptera exempta, is a major pest in sub-Saharan Africa. A nucleopolyhedrovirus (NPV) is often recorded in later population outbreaks and can cause very high levels of mortality. Research has been addressing whether this NPV can be developed into a strategic biological control agent. As part of this study, the variation in natural populations of NPV is being studied. An ...

Indonesia is one of the countries that focuses on infrastructure development to support areas connectivity and accelerate economic growth while maintaining global commitment GHG emission reduction. In order above objectives, competitive bitumen prices with less emissions are foreseen for infrastructure’s development. Polymer Modified Bitumen (PMB) materials used pavement application could provi...

BACKGROUND The present study validates a symphysis-fundal height chart (SFH-chart) for pregnant women with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2), gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and mild gestational hyperglycemia (MGH) attending at the Diabetes and Pregnancy Reference Service of the Botucatu Medical School, UNESP, Brazil. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out to evaluate the performanc...

Background: Risk of malignancy index (RMI) is the best method for discriminating benign and malignant pelvic masses. The aim of this study was to determine the RMI for preoperative evaluation of pelvic mass. Methods: This study was performed on 182 women with adenexal mass referred to Yahyahnejiad Hospital of Babol University of Medical Sciences in Iran from 2007 to 2009.The sensitivity, specif...

Abstract A simulation method (SM), linear programming (LPM), project evaluation methods (PEMs), and whole farm modeling (WFM) were applied to analyze the investment appeal of a biogas on Russian farm. The was evaluated for constant input parameters. efficiency procedure elaborated evaluate maximize efficiency. includes defining optimal state situations “with project” “without project.” main ele...