Functional and developmental convergence in the reproductive “nurse cells” of flowering plants by Doll, Nicolas Max, Truskina, Jekaterina, Ingram, Gwyneth

“…The successful sexual reproduction of flowering plants depends upon double fertilisation, during which pollen grains, produced within the male floral organ (the anther) deliver two sperm cells to the ovule, buried deep within the ovary, triggering the development of the embryo and the surrounding tissues of the seed. …”
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Medizinischer Fachwortschatz in deutschsprachigen Kinderwunschforen by Hanna Stypa

“…It has been possible to identify 94 examples of medical terms, which were classified into six groups: 1) terms relating to pregnancy in general, 2) terms relating to fertilisation, 3) terms relating to female physiology and anatomy, 4) terms relating to medical examinations, 5) terms relating to diseases, 6) terms relating to fertility treatments. …”
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Regional Variation in Rates of IVF Treatment across Australia: A Population-based Study by Louise Rawlings, Pauline Ding, Stephen J. Robson

“…**Background:** There is variation in uptake of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) between countries, and Australia has high incidence rates of IVF due to universal public funding. …”
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Le texte victorien à l’âge postmoderne : jouvence ou sénescence ? Fingersmith de Sarah Waters et le mélodrame victorien by Georges Letissier

“…As a result, the « old » versus « new » opposition is partly neutralised, to give way to a cross-fertilisation between past and present.…”
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Trade-off between pollinator-wildflower diversity & grassland yields by Nicholas J. Balfour, Ciaran Harris, Jonathan Storkey, Francis L. W. Ratnieks

“…Our two-year study at the world’s longest-running ecological experiment, Park Grass, Rothamsted, examines the relationship between soil fertilisation, grassland yield and biodiversity. Our data show a large and significant negative effect of the major plant nutrients (NPK) on the abundance, species richness and functional diversity of both pollinators and flowering plants. …”
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Olive Fertility as Affected by Cross-Pollination and Boron by A. Spinardi, D. Bassi

“…Our results highlight the importance of olive cross pollination for obtaining satisfactory fruit set and the beneficial effect of B treatments immediately prior to anthesis, possibly by affecting positively the fertilisation process and subsequent plant source-sink relations linked to fruitlet retention.…”
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The Roles of PPARs in the Fetal Origins of Metabolic Health and Disease by William D. Rees, Christopher J. McNeil, Christopher A. Maloney

“…In the maturing follicle, PPAR-γ has an important role in the granulosa cells that surround the maturing oocyte. After fertilisation, PPAR-γ and PPAR-β/δ are essential regulators of placentation and the subsequent development of key metabolic tissues such as skeletal muscle and adipose cells. …”
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Impacts of wastewater irrigation on Mediterranean soil and food: A three-year case study in Italy by N. Surdyk, A. Battilani, L. Cary, L. Sandei, M. Pettenati, W. Kloppmann

“…Variations of metal concentrations in soil and food were mainly due to common farm practices such as fertilisation and pesticide applications. This study demonstrates that irrigation with wastewater is achievable with a low-cost treatment device that can be used elsewhere to decrease pressure on water resources.…”
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Australian water quality trends over two decades show deterioration in the Great Barrier Reef region and recovery in the Murray-Darling Basin by Danlu Guo, Qian Zhang, Camille Minaudo, Rémi Dupas, Clément Duvert, Shuci Liu, Kefeng Zhang, Ulrike Bende-Michl, Anna Lintern

“…This potentially reflects lagged effects of increasing land clearing and fertilisation since 1960s, while land improvement in the region has not yet demonstrated improvement on water quality. …”
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Developmental defects in ectodermal appendages caused by missense mutation in edaradd gene in the nfr mangrove killifish kryptolebias marmoratus by Hussein A. Saud, Paul A. O’Neill, Brian C. Ring, Tetsuhiro Kudoh

“…Abstract The mangrove killifish, Kryptolebias marmoratus, can reproduce with self-fertilisation, offering a unique and useful genetic tool for generation of genetic mutants and quick identification of mutated genes. …”
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LAND USE CHANGES AND LAND DEGRADATION IN POST-SOCIALIST ROMANIA by DAN BĂLTEANU, ELENA-ANA POPOVICI

“…En même temps, on constate une dégradationaccentuée des terrains, comme résultat d’une utilisation irrationnelle du fonds foncier, de l’abandon on destruction des systèmes d’amélioration et de la faible fertilisation des terrains agricoles. Les plus importants processus de dégradation des sols qui portent préjudicies à des surfaces étendues de terrains agricoles sont: l’érosion hydrique et celle éolienne, les glissements de terrain, la sécheresse, le compactage, l’excès d’eau, l’appauvrissement du sol en matières organiques et en éléments nutritifs, la salinisation, l’acidification etc. …”
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Deep Learning-Based Robust Automated System for Predicting Human Sperm DNA Fragmentation Index by Roopini Sathiasai Kumar, Swapnil Sharma, Arunima Halder, Vipin Gupta

“…Settings and Design: This is a retrospective experimental study conducted in a secondary in vitro fertilisation setup. Materials and Methods: We obtained 24,415 images from 30 patients after the SCD test using a phase-contrast microscope. …”
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Lower Semen Quality Among Men in the Modern Era—Is There a Role for Diet and the Microbiome? by Kristina Magoutas, Sebastian Leathersich, Roger Hart, Demelza Ireland, Melanie Walls, Matthew Payne

“…Sperm contributes half of the nuclear DNA to the embryo, and its quality is known to impact fertilisation rates, embryo quality, pregnancy rates, risk of spontaneous miscarriage, de novo autosomal-dominant conditions, psychiatric and neurodevelopment conditions, and childhood diseases. …”
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Comparing surface immune markers in successful and non-viable ART pregnancies on the day of hCG measurement: a prospective pilot study by Kevin Marron, Conor Harrity

“…Sixty-five in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) patients had an immunophenotype assessment on the day of a positive hCG, followed by further hCG tests and ultrasound monitoring as required to ultimately evaluate success (live birth) or failure (miscarriage). …”
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Preovulatory uterine flushing with saline as a treatment for unexplained infertility: a randomised controlled trial protocol by Lynne Moore, Jessica Lefebvre, Sarah Maheux-Lacroix, Marie-Ève Bergeron, Emmanuel Bujold, Sylvie Dodin

“…Introduction In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is the treatment of choice for unexplained infertility. …”
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High-Risk Genotypes Associated with Poor Response to Controlled Ovarian Stimulation in Indian Women by Anuradha Udumudi, K. Chaitra Lava, Vandana Hegde

“…Background: Infertility is a global burden and has become exceedingly common in the preceding years; controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) is a pre-requisite for couples opting to conceive via in vitro fertilisation (IVF). Based on the number of oocytes retrieved upon COS, a patient may be classified as a good responder or poor responder. …”
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Mineral Composition and Baking Value of the Winter Wheat Grain under Varied Environmental and Agronomic Conditions by Iwona Jaskulska, Dariusz Jaskulski, Lech Gałęzewski, Tomasz Knapowski, Wojciech Kozera, Roman Wacławowicz

“…The agronomic management practices included tillage (conventional moldboard-plow, reduced ploughless, and strip-till) and nitrogen fertilisation rate (100 kg·N·ha−1, 200 kg·N·ha−1). In the grain samples, the content of macronutrients was assayed: P, K, Mg, Ca, and Na, total protein, and wet gluten as well as sedimentation value. …”
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Impact of Post-Thaw Incubation Time of Frozen Embryos on Clinical Pregnancy Rate by G. Geovin Ranji, Kundavi Shankar, Yamini Asokan, Geetha Veerasigamani, Rashmi Gingade Vittal, Nithya M. Naaram, KR Hema Niveda

“…Background: Vitrification of embryos following a single-controlled ovarian stimulation has been the strategy practised now in many in vitro fertilisation clinics to minimise the risk of early ovarian hyper stimulation syndrome, to reduce multiple pregnancy rates and to improve cumulative pregnancy rates. …”
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Development of hypertensive complications in oocyte donation pregnancy: protocol for a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis (DONOR IPD) by Saskia le Cessie, Marie-Louise van der Hoorn, Jan van Lith, Eileen Lashley, Kim van Bentem

“…Introduction The assisted reproductive technique of oocyte donation (OD) is comparable to in vitro fertilisation (IVF), with the distinction of using a donated oocyte and thus involving two women. …”
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Successful Management of Thyrocervical Trunk Aneurysm Ruptured into the Thoracic Cavity After Cesarean Section in Nonstable Patient with Neurofibromatosis Type I by Nikola Mirković, Marko Prokić, Marija Novčić, Miloš Arsenijević, Snežana Sretenović, Dragan Knežević, Vojin Kovačević, Marija Šorak, Olivera Kostić

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