The Association between Abnormal Vaginal Flora and Cytological Evidence of HPV with Prematurity in High-Risk Pregnant Women by Alana Dantas Freire, Ada Isa Custódio, José Queiroz Filho, Janaína Crispim Freitas, Ana Katherine Gonçalves, Ricardo Ney Cobucci

“…Conclusions: We determined no association between abnormal cytology or altered vaginal flora in high-risk pregnancy in terms of overall preterm birth rate. …”
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Natural reproduction in tropical buffalo herds by Laura Gómez Estrada

“…Data from 624 and 254 were analyzed, average age 4.80 (2.8-14.0) and 8,98 years (3,5-19), birth rate 79.38% and 82.01%, inter calving period 435 and 452 days, calving-conception 133 and 126, age to first calving 40.1 and 37.0 for the herds located in Uraba and Puerto Boyaca, respectively; 91.1% and 87.6% of the dry buffaloes are pregnant. …”
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The use of propensity score matching to assess the effectiveness of the endometrial receptivity analysis in patients with recurrent implantation failure by Shuang Yu, Yongjie Zhang, Na Li, Zhuolun Su, Wenjing Li, Hua Lou, Yichun Guan

“…The factors affecting the window of implantation (WOI) displacement were also assessed.ResultsThere was no statistically significant difference in embryo implantation rate, clinical pregnancy rate, spontaneous abortion rate, and live birth rate between the ERA group and the matched control patients (P > 0.05). …”
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Improving reproductive outcomes in frozen embryo transfer over fresh embryo transfer in women with endometrioma: A historical cohort study by Parisa Pirooznia, Mehri Mashayekhi, Firouzeh Ghaffari, Nadia Jahangiri, Zahra Zolfaghari, Firoozeh Ahmadi, Fateme Hasani, Nima Narimani

“…Objective: This historical cohort study aimed to compare fertility and neonatal outcomes, focusing on live birth rate (LBR), clinical pregnancy, and implantation rates in women with endometrioma-associated infertility, between fresh and frozen embryo transfer (FET). …”
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One carbon metabolism supplementation in maturation medium but not embryo culture medium improves the yield of blastocysts from bovine oocytes by Arefeh Golestanfar, Amir Niasari Naslaji, Farnoosh Jafarpour, Nima Sadeghi Borujen, Shiva Rouhollahi Varnosfaderani, Yves Menezo, Maurizio Dattilo, Mohammad Hossein Nasr-Esfahani

“…In conclusion, optimizing the maturation medium with OCM substrates and its cofactors could enhance the formation of viable blastocysts with the potential to increase the cumulative birth rate in cattle.…”
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IVF cycle safety when a positive passive air sampling occurs under laminar flow hood in absence of a detectable contamination in the embryo culture by Claudia Omes, Roberto Bassani, Patrizia Cambieri, Fausto Baldanti, Fausto Baldanti, Rossella Elena Nappi, Rossella Elena Nappi

“…There were no statistically significant differences in biochemical pregnancy, live birth rate, and abortion between the “contaminated” Group P and the “negative” Group N. …”
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The Effect of Hysteroscopy on Fertility in Women with Unexplained Infertility by Rıza Dur, Betül Ahat, Ayşe Yalçınkaya Yılmaz, Cem Yağmur Özdemir, Mine Kanat Pektaş

“…Conclusion: Hysteroscopy appears to have a positive impact on live birth rates in women with unexplained infertility.…”
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Different Timing of Adjuvant Low Dose hCG and GnRH Agonist Trigger Protocol, in OHSS High-Risk Patient with Peak E2 Level <4000 pg/mL by Emilija Zoran Petanovska Kostova, Velentina Sotirovska, Gligor Dimitrov, Snezana Stojkovska, Makjuli Hadzi Lega, Daniela Stojanovska, Nikoleta Stamenkovska, Liljana Simjanovska, Zoranco Petanovski

“…The dual trigger group (A) had a significantly higher live birth rate (62.29% vs 42.37% p<0.05) compared with the Gonadotropin-releasing hormone-a trigger group (B). …”
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Prediction of Reproductive Outcomes of Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Cycles Using a Multivariate Scoring System by Ahmed Abuelsoud Abden, Momen Ahmed Kamel, Ahmed Nabil Fetih, Ali Haroun Yousef

“…Women with low scores had significantly higher pregnancy and live birth rates compared to women with high scores (60.1% vs. 7.4%, respectively, P < 0.001; 44.7% vs. 6.7%, respectively, P < 0.001). …”
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Comparison of HCG Trigger versus Dual Trigger in Improving Pregnancy Outcomes in Patients with Different Ovarian Responses: A Retrospective Study by Ke Xu, Jinrong Wang, Shuangshuang Yang, Zhenjing Wang, Ning Hou, Mei Sun

“…Despite the dual-trigger regimen utilizing a significantly lower HCG dose, no notable discrepancies were observed in laboratory results and pregnancy outcomes (embryo transfer rate, pregnancy rate, and live birth rate) for normal and high responders. Remarkably, E2 levels were higher in the dual-trigger group compared to the single-trigger group. …”
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Prenatal ultrasound diagnosis, associated anomalies and pregnancy outcomes of fetal right aortic arch by Yuting Xie, Zongjie Weng, Ronghua Wang, Qiumei Wu, Wen Ling, Jinwen Chen, Shan Guo

“…In terms of typing, 78 cases (49.7%) of right aortic arch-aberrant left subclavian artery (RAA-ALSA) and 75 cases (47.8%) of right aortic arch-mirror branch (RAA-MB), 3 cases (1.9%) of right aortic arch-isolated left subclavian artery (RAA-ILSA) and 1 case (0.6%) of right aortic arch-isolated left innominate artery (RAA-ILINA) were identified, and the incidence of combined cardiac anomalies and chromosomal anomalies was significantly greater in the RAA-MB group than the RAA-ALSA group. The live birth rate was significantly lower in the nonisolated RAA group than the isolated RAA group, and the prognosis of RAA-MB was significantly worse than that of RAA-ALSA. …”
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Timing of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of fallopian tubal heterotopic pregnancy by HUANG Qin, HUANG Ying, LI Wen

“…In addition, 54.2% of TPH patients underwent salpingectomy, and the intrauterine live birth rate in TPH patients was 59.7%. There were significant differences between groups in the overall sensitivity (91.7%), specificity (81.3%), and accuracy (89.8%) of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of THP (all P<0.05). …”
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Use of Cesarean Birth among Robson Groups 2 and 4 at Mizan-Tepi University Hospital, Ethiopia by Margo S. Harrison, Tewodros Liyew, Ephrem Kirub, Biruk Teshome, Andrea Jimenez-Zambrano, Margaret Muldrow, Teklemariam Yarinbab

“…Background. Primary cesarean birth rates were high among women who were either nulliparous (Group 2) or multiparous (Group 4) with a single, cephalic, term fetus who were induced, augmented, or underwent cesarean birth before labor in our study cohort. …”
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Gene expression changes in blastocyst hatching affect embryo implantation success in mice by Liyou An, Liang Zhang, Yulin Wu, Yadi Teng, Zihan Liu, Meixiang Ma, Miaolong Li, Xinrong Peng, Chenxi Liu

“…C-sites, with good vs. poor pregnancy, showed 178 differentially expressed genes (DEGs), mainly involved in immunity, which correlated positively with birth rate. These DEGs were primarily regulated by transcription factors TCF24 and DLX3. …”
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The effects of growth hormone on the outcomes of in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer in age-grouped patients with decreased ovarian reserve: a prospective cohort study by Jiexiu Chen, Xumei Kong, Zonghui Luan, Yu Qiu, Yu Qiu, Shiqi Chen, Jesse Li−Ling, Yan Gong

“…In groups A and C, no significant difference was detected in the quality of embryos and outcomes of embryo transfer with or without pretreatment (P &gt; 0.05).ConclusionGH could improve the quality of embryos and live birth rate for patients with DOR aged 35–40 years old.…”
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Life history, reproductive, and demographic parameters for bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Sarasota Bay, Florida by Randall S. Wells, Aleta A. Hohn, Michael D. Scott, Jay C. Sweeney, Forrest I. Townsend, Jason B. Allen, Aaron A. Barleycorn, Katherine A. McHugh, Kim Bassos-Hull, Gretchen N. Lovewell, Deborah A. Duffield, Cynthia R. Smith, A. Blair Irvine

“…Seasonal reproduction was evident, with 81% of births occurring during May-July. Mean annual birth rate was 0.071. Mean annual fecundity was 0.182 births/adult female (defined as females 6 yrs or older). …”
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Pathways to motherhood: A single-center retrospective study on fertility preservation and reproductive outcomes in patients with breast cancer by Chao-Ying Chen, Yu-Chiao Yi, Hwa-Fen Guu, Ya-Fang Chen, Hsiao-Fan Kung, Jui-Chun Chang, Li-Yu Chen, Chih-Chiang Hung, Ming-Jer Chen

“…Further, three patients received mixed treatment. The overall live birth rate was 63.2%. There are more live births in embryo cryopreservation group. …”
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Levels and related factors of occupational stress among nurses: hospital-based evidence from China, 2023 by Xiaoying Zhong, Yan Zeng, Lin Peng, Xixi Li, Yuanli Jia, Changqing Pan, Bangjun Wang

“…BackgroundChina’s birth rate continues to decline, reaching only 6.39% in 2023. …”
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Optimal aspiration pressure of suction pump for oocyte retrieval in infertile patients undergoing in vitro fertilization. by Sung Woo Kim, Hye Yun Kim, Ji Yeon Han, Hoon Kim, Seung-Yup Ku

“…Pregnancy outcomes were evaluated by comparing the clinical pregnancy rates and live birth rates. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to evaluate the relationship between aspiration pressure, clinical pregnancy, and live birth rates. …”
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Two-Species Competition with High Dispersal: The Winning Strategy by S.A. Gourley, Yang Kuang

“…This paper is motivated by the following simple question: how doesdiffusion affect the competition outcomes of two competing speciesthat are identical in all respects other than their strategies onhow they spatially distribute their birth rates. This may provideus with insights into how species learn to compete in a relativelystable setting, which in turn may point out species evolutiondirections. …”
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