Live birth rates following individualized dosing algorithm of follitropin delta in a long GnRH agonist protocol.

Purpose: To explore the efficacy and safety of individualized follitropin delta dosing, based on serum anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) concentration and bodyweight, in a long gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist protocol.

Methods: Clinical outcomes after one treatment cycle are reported in women with AMH: 5-35 pmol/L. Oocytes were inseminated by intracytoplasmic sperm injection, blastocyst transfer was on Day 5 and remaining blastocysts were cryopreserved.

Embryos are exposed to a significant drop in temperature during the embryo transfer procedure: a pilot study.

Research Question: During the embryo transfer procedure, to what degree of temperature drop are embryos exposed to between loading the transfer catheter and placing it into the uterus?

Design: Twenty-nine simulated embryo transfer procedures were carried out across five clinics. A thermocouple probe was used for standardized measurements inside the embryo transfer catheter to investigate the change in temperature that occurred in the time period between loading and placing the catheter in the uterus.

Results: In all cases, the temperature at the loaded catheter tip fell rapidly to ambient temperature during transit from the embryo transfer workstation in the laboratory to the procedure room, even though embryo transfer procedures, ambient temperatures and embryo transfer catheter temperatures at loading varied between clinics.

48-hour recovery of biochemical parameters and physical performance after two modalities of CrossFit workouts.

CrossFit is high-intensity interval training involving routines called 'workouts of the day' (WOD). The aim of the present study is to analyse biochemical parameters and physical performance after two modalities of CrossFit WODs, and to evaluate 48-hour recovery. Twelve trained CrossFit practitioners (age: 30.

POLAR-guided signalling complex assembly and localization drive asymmetric cell division.

Stomatal cell lineage is an archetypal example of asymmetric cell division (ACD), which is necessary for plant survival. In Arabidopsis thaliana, the GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE3 (GSK3)/SHAGGY-like kinase BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE 2 (BIN2) phosphorylates both the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signalling module and its downstream target, the transcription factor SPEECHLESS (SPCH), to promote and restrict ACDs, respectively, in the same stomatal lineage cell. However, the mechanisms that balance these mutually exclusive activities remain unclear.

Urinary Steroid Profile in Ironman Triathletes.

The aim of this study was to determine variations in the urinary steroid profile of triathletes following an Ironman event. A total of 10 male participants (age = 36.0 ± 1.

Changes in physiological and performance variables in non-professional triathletes after taking part in an Olympic distance triathlon.

Given increasing popularity of triathlon, the objective of this study was to evaluate the acute effects upon the health of triathletes. To do so, with a sample of 23 male athletes (34.4 ± 7.

Effects of High Intensity Interval Training on Fat Mass Parameters in Adolescents.

Objective: Childhood and adolescence are key to the development of chronic disease stages, the distribution of fat an important factor in this regard. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects on fat parameters of a high intensity program developed in adolescents during physical education classes.

Methods: In 2013, 35 school-age children of Cáceres taken part in this study divided into two groups.

A new dose of maximal-intensity interval training in hypoxia to improve body composition and hemoglobin and hematocrit levels: a pilot study.

Background: This pilot study had the aim to determine the effects of a new dose of maximal-intensity interval training in hypoxia in active adults.

Methods: Twenty-four university student volunteers were randomly assigned to three groups: hypoxia group, normoxia group or control group. The eight training sessions consisted of 2 sets of 5 repeated sprints of 10 seconds with a recovery of 20 seconds between sprints and a recovery period of 10 minutes between sets.

Tacrolimus Trough Levels as a Risk Factor for Acute Rejection in Renal Transplant Patients.

Background: Use of tacrolimus (TAC) is pivotal to renal transplant (RT) immunosuppressive maintenance regimens. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between TAC trough levels and the development of acute rejection (AR).

Material And Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study.

Prevalence of healthcare-associated infections in long-term care facilities in Catalonia. VINCat Program.

Introduction: Long-term care facilities (LTCFs) have become receptors of patients with a high risk of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).

Objective: To determine the prevalence of HAIs in LTCFs.

Method: During the period 2011-2014 2 annual prevalence studies were performed according to Healthcare-associated infections in long-term-care facilities (HALT) study definitions and methodology.

Positive Association of the Cathepsin D Ala224Val Gene Polymorphism With the Risk of Alzheimer's Disease.

Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of senile dementia. In Ecuador, the number of deaths caused by AD increases each year. Epidemiologically, the Ecuadorian population is composed of a mixture of several genetic backgrounds along with environmental factors, that make it unique and ideal for population studies.

[Nosocomial infections in long-term health care facilities].

The long-term care facilities (LTCF) are the health care level that integrates medical assistance and social services according to the requirements of its beneficiaries. There is a great variability depending on the users profile, the professional staff and accessibility to technical resources for diagnosis, treatment or rehabilitation. In LTCF different factors are shaping a challenge in the infection control.

[Continuing education in a primary care team: analysis of the 1996-1998 teaching sessions].

Objectives: To describe the teaching sessions of a primary care team in the three-year period 1996-1998. To identify the professionals who ran them and study the areas of knowledge tackled.

Design: A retrospective, cross-over, descriptive study.