Improvement of fertility outcomes using dexamethasone / antibiotic adjuvant therapy following hysterosalpingography in infertile females: A randomised trial.

Objectives: To evaluate the benefit of modified hydrotubation with dexamethasone and antibiotics after hysterosalpingography in improving pregnancy rates in women with infertility issue.

Methods: This retrospective study conducted at County Emergency Clinical Hospital Oradea, Bihor, Romania, between January 2017 and December 2019. One hundred twenty infertile females were investigated, as part of their evaluation, Hysterosalpingography was performed.

Predictive role of altered leptin, adiponectin and 3-carboxy-4-methyl-5-propyl-2-furanpropanoic acid secretion in gestational diabetes mellitus.

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is one of the most common complications of pregnancy, leading to considerable maternal and fetal risks. The main aim of this study was to determine the predictive value of the levels of adiponectin (AN), leptin (L) and CMPF (3-carboxy-4-methyl-5-propyl-2-furanpropanoic acid) in the development of GDM. We conducted a prospective longitudinal study on 68 pregnant women that were not at risk of developing GDM, in whom we determined AN, L, CMPF levels at 11-13 weeks +6 days of pregnancy during the first trimester screening.

Reimagining the relationship between Gondwanan forests and Aboriginal land management in Australia's "Wet Tropics".

The "Wet Tropics" of Australia host a unique variety of plant lineages that trace their origins to the super-continent of Gondwanaland. While these "ancient" evolutionary records are rightly emphasized in current management of the region, multidisciplinary research and lobbying by Rainforest Aboriginal Peoples have also demonstrated the significance of the cultural heritage of the "Wet Tropics." Here, we evaluate the existing archeological, paleoenvironmental, and historical evidence to demonstrate the diverse ways in which these forests are globally significant, not only for their ecological heritage but also for their preservation of traces of millennia of anthropogenic activities, including active burning and food tree manipulation.

Pandanus nutshell generates a palaeoprecipitation record for human occupation at Madjedbebe, northern Australia.

Little is known about the Pleistocene climatic context of northern Australia at the time of early human settlement. Here we generate a palaeoprecipitation proxy using stable carbon isotope analysis of modern and archaeological pandanus nutshell from Madjedbebe, Australia's oldest known archaeological site. We document fluctuations in precipitation over the last 65,000 years and identify periods of lower precipitation during the penultimate and last glacial stages, Marine Isotope Stages 4 and 2.