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Showing 1 to 20 of 69 for “"Reproductive Technologies"”.
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Utilising Light in Assistive Reproductive Technologies
Despite advances in assisted reproductive technologies (ART) such as in vitro fertilisation (IVF), success rates remain low at around 20% per initiated cycle. The quality of oocytes and embryos are key determinants of IVF success. During an IVF cycle, multiple oocytes are harvested, and several …
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Psychosocial discourse and the "new" reproductive technologies : a critical analysis
The "new" reproductive technologies (NRTs) have gathered substantial momentum in recent years. 'Psychological' discourse on these techniques has tended towards uncritical preoccupation with intra-individual, constitutional factors, and has ignored the sociocultural, political and economic contexts …
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Strategies for Improving Reproductive Efficiency of Beef Cattle with Assisted Reproductive Technologies
Reproductive efficiency in beef cattle can be improved with reproductive technologies at the herd, individual cow, and embryonic levels. Decreasing the bull:cow ratio for natural service after fixed time artificial insemination (FTAI) can alleviate economic burden associated with FTAI. In …
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Establishment of a phenotypical model of adverse outcomes associated with assisted reproductive technologies
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a loss-of-imprinting pediatric overgrowth syndrome. BWS is speculated to occur primarily as the result of the misregulation of imprinted genes associated with two clusters on chromosome 11p15.5, namely the KvDMR1 and H19/IGF2. There is a similar overgrowth …
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Assessing species-specific reproductive variation to inform assisted reproductive technologies for Canadian snakes
Assisted reproductive technologies (ART), frequently used to manage domestic livestock, are increasingly incorporated into conservation mating programs for species-at-risk. Species-specific insights on reproductive biology, including seasonal variation and endocrine function, improve ART outcomes. …
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Predicting successful outcome of singleton and multiple pregnancies after assisted reproductive technologies (ART)
Pregnancies conceived through ART are increasing in prevalence in maternity units in Ireland. This is due in a large part to the increasing age of women attempting to conceive for the first time but also due to the increasing success of ART. This thesis explores pre-pregnancy characteristics that …
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Straighten up and breed White: The representation of race and sexuality in films about reproductive technologies
… specifically as it enters our understanding of reproductive technologies, and is represented through a series of films, beginning in the 1930s. In looking at filmic representations of reproductive technologies, this study indicates how the use of, and the results from, those technologies are …
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Evaluation of the impact of reproductive technologies on the genetic improvement and profit of pig production systems
… under a comprehensive range of productive and reproductive circumstances. Net profit was 2.2% to 2.6% higher in intra-uterine and deep intra-uterine relative to conventional artificial insemination with fresh semen and slightly higher with frozen semen. The differences in net profit between …
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Muslim women of South-Asian origin’s constructions of assisted reproductive technologies in the UK: a Foucauldian discourse analysis
… South-Asian-Muslim women’s talk about Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) in the context of their socio-cultural environment. A critical review of the literature demonstrated the problematization of ARTs and women in the context of their socio-cultural and bio-medical environments, in the …
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The moral and legal status of the human foetus : a critical analysis from an Islamic perspective
… of Shari’a to meet challenges posed by new reproductive technologies. The thesis argues that legal personality, moral personality, and humanity are identical and find their foundations in moral agency, which is understood in Shari’a as an attribute residing in the soul. It claims that the …
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Strategies to Improve Reproductive Efficiency in Cattle with Dietary Intervention
This dissertation examines how reproductive efficiency can be improved through dietary intervention. The use of diet to enhance reproduction is theoretically a low-cost and low-input method that will co-align with reproductive technologies' beneficiary effects. Ideally, with improved nutrition …
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Assisted reproduction: Deciding what's best for the child, the family, and our society
The use of high-tech reproductive technologies to have children is widely practiced today in the United States. While state statutes regulate this industry to some extent, this field is largely self-governed, and disputes between individuals are usually resolved through the courts; In my thesis, I …
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Transnational biopolitics and family-making in secrecy : an ethnography of reproductive travel from Turkey to Northern Cyprus
This dissertation is an ethnographic study of reproductive travel 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 …
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Stories of reproductive technology and the search for discursive authority.
The development of reproductive technologies in response to infertility has been the source of much dispute among scientists, feminists, and other critics. Not only is the scientific community divided over the ethical considerations relating to these developments, but the legal community is …
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A Feminist Political Economy Analysis of Medical Broker and Fertility Clinic Websites
… studies the ways in which market-based reproductive health services are advertised and virtually represented on a global scale. I detail the implicit values and assumptions found in the content of reproductive tourism websites. In doing so, I show how medical broker and fertility clinic …
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שאלת ההזרעה המלאכותית בספרות השו"ת
… artificial insemination (AI), as well as other reproductive technologies such as in-vitro fertilization (IVF), surrogacy and egg donation. The study attempts to elucidate the formation of Halacha on this question according to the Responsa literature starting from the Rishonim (the early …
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REPRODUCTION AND CHILDBEARING HEALTH: REAL-WORLD EVIDENCE FROM ADMINISTRATIVE DATABASES
… The main objective of this work was to monitor reproductive and childbearing health. The various projects identified conditions and factors affecting the health of children and mothers from an epidemiological, clinical, social and pharmaco-epidemiological point of view. In particular, the impact …
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The Normative Approach of the Catholic Tradition in the Ethical and Religious Directives for Resolving Ethical Dilemmas Regarding Medical Technology
… issues that deal with medical technology: reproductive technologies (Chapter 4), regenerative technologies (Chapter 5), and end-of-life technologies (Chapter 6). The conclusion of each of these practical chapters applies the Natural law approach of the Catholic Tradition to offer an ethical …
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Endorsement of racialized reproductive stereotypes as a barrier to infertility treatment among Black women
… a result, more women are turning toward assisted reproductive technologies to help achieve pregnancy. Black women in the United States are disproportionately affected by infertility when compared to White women, however, despite increasing utilization of infertility treatment in the United States, …
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