Publications by authors named "F E Ruiz"
Effect of overweight and obesity on live birth rate in single euploid frozen embryo transfers.
Reprod Biomed Online
September 2024
Research Question: Does endometrial preparation using a natural cycle lead to higher live birth rates (LBR) in single euploid frozen embryo transfers (FET) compared with programmed cycles, for women who are normal weight, overweight and obese.
Design: Retrospective study of 845 single euploid FETs from 688 couples. Patients were stratified by body mass index (BMI) into normal weight, overweight and obesity class I/II categories.
Rituximab combined with systemic chemotherapy significantly improves the rate of complete response in B-cell lymphomas. However, acquired rituximab resistance develops in most patients leading to relapse. The mechanisms underlying rituximab resistance are not well-understood.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Health technology assessment (HTA) is a valuable tool for informing the efficient allocation of resources in healthcare. However, the resource-intensive nature of HTA can limit its application, especially in low-resource settings. Adapting HTA processes by assessing the available international evidence offers a pragmatic approach to provide evidence for decision-making where resources are constrained.
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- Skin-penetrating nematodes, like Strongyloides stercoralis, infect nearly one billion people by penetrating skin and developing into adults in the host's small intestine.
- Researchers investigated how these nematodes use carbon dioxide (CO) to find hosts and navigate within them, revealing that the larvae exhibit different responses to CO depending on their life stage.
- Specific sensory neurons and the receptor Ss-GCY-9 are crucial for these CO-evoked behaviors, providing insights that could lead to new treatments targeting the nematodes' chemosensory pathways.
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- Mangroves are vital for carbon storage but are threatened by human activities.
- Iron oxides play a crucial role in stabilizing soil organic carbon (SOC), especially poorly crystalline forms that better protect SOC from degradation.
- Land use changes, like converting mangroves to pastures and shrimp ponds, significantly reduce the capacity of iron to retain SOC, impacting carbon sequestration.