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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF)"”.
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The relationship between Anti-Müllerian Hormone (AMH) levels and pregnancy outcomes in patients undergoing in- vitro fertilization (IVF) or intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Health Sciences in Clinical Technology, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2019.
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Transnational biopolitics and family-making in secrecy : an ethnography of reproductive travel from Turkey to Northern Cyprus
… between Turkey and Northern Cyprus. Based on interviews and observations primarily carried out in a private In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) clinic in Northern Cyprus, between November 2014 and January 2016, it investigates how and why Turkish couples travel to the Turkish-speaking part of the …
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Andrological Methods of Predicting the Pregnancy Outcome of an <i>in vitro</i> Fertilization Program
<p>Current advances in fertility treatment emphasize extracorporeal procedures, such as in vitro fertilization (IVF)/embryo transfer. IVF is now used to treat several types of infertility, including male factor and idiopathic infertility. However, IVF is time consuming, costly, unpredictable, and …
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שאלת ההזרעה המלאכותית בספרות השו"ת
This research concentrates on the investigation of the Responsa literature and the examination of attitudes of Jewish religious decisors towards artificial insemination (AI), as well as other reproductive technologies such as in-vitro fertilization (IVF), surrogacy and egg donation. The study …
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Controlled loading of cryoprotectants (CPAS) with cell volume constraints
… techniques are considered very important aspects in biomedical research for oocyte and embryo cryopreservation to be used in future in In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) procedure. Oocyte cryopreservation is an important aspect in many applications that involves deffering the time of pregnancy to future …
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Understanding Attitudes toward In-Vitro Fertilization and Support for Less Restrictive In-Vitro Fertilization Policies: The Influence of Family, Information Processing, Media, and Science
The emergence of in-vitro fertilization (IVF), a reproductive technology, has allowed infertile women and couples the opportunity to conceive children and form much desired families. Increased media exposure and political attention have aroused public concern and controversy, especially within the …
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Prenatal Testing Decisions and Motivations In Pregnancies Conceived Via In Vitro Fertilization
<p>Currently, there is limited information about how conceiving through in vitro fertilization (IVF) and preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A) impact the decisions individuals make about prenatal genetic testing. This quantitative study aimed to examine the prenatal testing …
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Design of Vitrification Machine
Cryopreservation of living cells and biological material by vitrification requires the expertise of a skilled lab technician and a large amount of time. Vitrification must be performed one sample at a time on tiny subjects, which makes for a tedious and unreliable process. Moreover, there is a lack …
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A Multitask Deep Learning Framework for Clinical Decision-Making in Assisted Reproductive Technology
Fertility treatment requires navigating a series of complex and connected decisions, each with tradeoffs that impact both patient outcomes and clinical workload. In in vitro fertilization (IVF), choices about stimulation protocols, embryo transfer count, and treatment timing are interdependent, and …
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Microfluidic tools for metabolomics
A primary challenge in embryology is to understand the factors that govern the development of preimplantation (PI) embryos and how these factors relate to embryo viability in the field of in vitro fertilization (IVF). This is particularly important as clinical policy moving towards single embryo …
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Investigating the consequences of chromosome abnormalities arising during pre-implantation development of the mouse
… human pre-implantation embryos created through in vitro fertilization (IVF) are mosaic as they are constituted of a mixture of diploid and aneuploid cells. Chromosome abnormalities are widely believed to contribute towards the relatively low success rates of IVF treatment. Consequently major …
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Evidence based investigation and treatment of disorders of female reproduction
… work is centred on the evidence based investigation and treatment of reproductive disorders in women and includes subthemes of evidenced based medicine, infertility and the long term management of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). The candidate’s published work encompasses a broad …
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Analysis of Oocyte Quality in the Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta)
Many primate populations face the threat of extinction due to habitat loss, intensive agriculture, hunting for meat, the pet trade and/or use in traditional medicines. An alternative approach to in situ conservation includes gene banking and the use of assisted reproductive technologies (ART), such …
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Preservation of sperm harvested from the rat, caprine, equine, and bovine epididymis
The interest in preserving endangered species has increased the amount of attention lent to the recovery of functional sperm from the epididymides of deceased males (Foote, 2000). Postmortem specimens have a finite time period before decomposition affects functionality. Determination of this …
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Strategies to improve in vitro maturation of human and mouse oocytes
Our knowledge of reproductive medicine has expanded rapidly since the birth of Louise Brown, the first baby to be conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF) in 1978. In vitro maturation (IVM) of oocytes - a culture technique to support maturation of immature oocytes in vitro - could offer an …
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In vitro maturation and fertilization of porcine oocytes and evaluation of male fertility
The objectives of this thesis were to establish incubation systems for in vitro porcine maturation and for in vitro fertilization (IVF), and utilizing these in vitro matured oocytes and in vitro fertilization techniques to determine the difference of sperm fertility from different boars. In the …
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Xenogenous Intrafallopian Transfer of Horse (Equus caballus) Gametes
This study was undertaken to evaluate fertilization and early embryo development of in vitro matured (IVM) horse oocytes following transfer with homologous sperm to the oviduct of estrous ewes. A total of 1023 follicles (5.1 per ovary) were found after processing 202 slaughterhouse ovaries by …
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Zinc ion fluxes on the pathway to mammalian sperm fertilization competency
… divalent ion calcium was the focus of understanding mechanisms leading to sperm fertilization competency and management of semen storage. Little focus has been placed on other divalent ions, including zinc ion (Zn2+). Further, the ultimate maturation event preparing mammalian spermatozoa for …
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Providers as Patients: The Healthcare Provider Experience of Infertility in Tennessee
… stress on fertility is widely known, those wishing to conceive children after career attainment or lengthy training programs are not adequately prepared with the knowledge or tools to mitigate the effects of these factors. Physicians and nurses, though trained to provide healthcare to others, …
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Gastrointestinal motility and the role of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)
… thesis explores the relation between gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and gastrointestinal symptoms and dysmotility. In primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS), a patient group with high levels of GnRH antibodies, associations between objective signs and symptoms of autonomic dysfunction (AD), …
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