Publications by authors named "A R Parham"

Cryopreservation and re-transplantation of ovarian tissue is a relatively new technique to preserve fertility. This study evaluated the preservation of ovarian follicles after the vitrification-thawing procedure by implanting ovarian fragments into the gluteus muscle of rabbit. Bilateral ovariectomy was performed on each rabbit.

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Objective: What do people see as distinguishing the morally exceptional from others? To handle the problem that people may disagree about who qualifies as morally exceptional, we asked subjects to select and rate their own examples of morally exceptional, morally average, and immoral people.

Method: Subjects rated each selected exemplar on several enablers of moral action and several directions of moral action. By applying the logic underlying stimulus sampling in experimental design, we evaluated perceivers' level of agreement about the characteristics of the morally exceptional, even though perceivers rated different targets.

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Importance: Obesity-related cancers account for 40% of all cancers in the US. Healthy food consumption is a modifiable factor shown to reduce obesity-related cancer mortality, but residing in areas with less access to grocery stores (food deserts) or higher access to fast food (food swamps) reduces healthy food access and has been understudied.

Objective: To analyze the association of food deserts and food swamps with obesity-related cancer mortality in the US.

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Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) is a serious complication that remains a threat to every patient experiencing stimulation of ovulation. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) appears to be the most important predisposing factor for OHSS. The severity of OHSS is associated with the degree of the follicular response to the ovulation inducing agents.

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Mineral oil as a barrier can minimize temperature, osmolality, and pH fluctuation of the media in the embryo production system (IVP). Regardless of these advantages, mineral oil quality is varied and may deteriorate during storage or transport conditions. So, it can affect the IVP outcome by absorbing the essentials factors or realizing the toxic components into the media.

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