A novel microscopic method for analyzing gram-stained vaginal smears in the diagnosis of disorders of vaginal microflora [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2015 Background/Aim. The Nugent’s score is still the gold standard in the great majority of studies dealing with the assessment of vaginal flora and the diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis (BV).
Nenadić Dane B. +2 more
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Re-evaluation of the first synthetic estrogen, 1-keto-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrophenanthrene, and bisphenol A, using both the ovariectomised rat model used in 1933 and additional assays [PDF]
, 2000 1-Keto-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrophenanthrene (THP-1) was reported by Cook et al in 1933 as the first synthetic estrogen. Estrogenic activity was assessed by the induction of vaginal cornification in ovariectomised rats.
Ashby, J +5 more
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Analytic Smearing of SU(3) Link Variables in Lattice QCD [PDF]
Phys.Rev. D69 (2004) 054501, 2003 An analytic method of smearing link variables in lattice QCD is proposed and tested. The differentiability of the smearing scheme with respect to the link variables permits the use of modern Monte Carlo updating methods based on molecular dynamics evolution for gauge-field actions constructed using such smeared links.
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Preliminary investigation of the influence of long-term dietary isoflavone intake on puberty onset and oestrous cycles in domestic cats (Felis catus) [PDF]
, 2013 Genistein and daidzein are isoflavones which are reported to influence the reproductive system in a variety of mammalian species. This pilot study aimed to determine if dietary isoflavones could potentially influence reproductive parameters in domestic ...
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Comparative Study on the Estimation of Estrous Cycle in Mice by Visual and Vaginal Lavage Method [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017 Introduction: Evaluation of estrous cycle in laboratory animals can be a useful measure of the integrity of hypothalamic-pituitaryovarian reproductive axis. Assessment of vaginal cytology is crucial to assess the milieu and compare the endocrine status
Gnanagurudasan Ekambaram +2 more
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Hypercubic Smeared Links for Dynamical Fermions [PDF]
JHEP 0705:029,2007, 2007 We investigate a variant of hypercubic gauge link smearing where the SU(3) projection is replaced with a normalization to the corresponding unitary group. This smearing is differentiable and thus suitable for use in dynamical fermion simulations using molecular dynamics type algorithms. We show that this smearing is as efficient as projected hypercubic
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Association between obesity and bacterial vaginosis as assessed by Nugent score [PDF]
, 2019 Background Bacterial vaginosis is one of the most common vaginal conditions in the U.S. Recent studies have suggested obese women have an abnormal microbiota reminiscent of BV; however, few studies have investigated the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis
Allsworth, Jenifer E. +4 more
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Fast Fermion Smearing Scheme with Gaussian-like Profile [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 We propose a novel smearing scheme which gives a Gaussian-like profile and is more efficient than the traditional Gaussian smearing in terms of computer time consumption. We also carry out a detailed analysis of the profiles, smearing sizes, and the behaviors of hadron effective masses of different smearing schemes, and point out that having a ...
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The Shape of Covariantly Smeared Sources in Lattice QCD [PDF]
JHEP 09 (2013) 014, 2013 Covariantly smeared sources are commonly used in lattice QCD to enhance the projection onto the ground state. Here we investigate the dependence of their shape on the gauge field background and find that the presence of localized concentrations of magnetic field can lead to strong distortions which reduce the smearing radii achievable by iterative ...
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Diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis from self-obtained vaginal swabs. [PDF]
, 2005 OBJECTIVE: To determine the concordance between vaginal fluid Gram stains and pH obtained at speculum exam with similar stains and pH prepared from self-obtained vaginal swabs. METHODS: Using vaginal fluid Gram stain, 129 pregnant women were screened for
Eucker, Barbara +3 more
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