THE EXPRESSION PATTERN OF PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASE-2 IN IMMATURE OOCYTES AND SURROUNDING CUMULUS CELLS MAY EXPLAIN A DISRUPTED OOCYTE MATURATION PROCESS

Objective: To evaluate the correlation between the Table Lamp gene expression of prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase-2 in the cumulus-oocyte complex with the level of prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase-2 in follicular fluid and follicle diameter, oocyte maturation, and fertilization capacity.Study Design: As the study group, 26 cumulus-oocyte comp

Cultural ecosystem services (CES) provide multiple benefits to people, including experiences, identities, and capabilities through both material and non-material means.There have been few studies of CES in Vietnam, despite a number of historical, religious, cultural, and customary traditions that have long influenced landscape values and management

Objectives: Despite the well-established association between self-rated health and mortality, research findings have been inconsistent regarding how men and women differ on this link.Using a national sample in the United States, this study compared American male and female older adults for the predictive role of baseline self-rated health on the sh

Rice is the staple food of the majority of Indonesians and most of the population work as farmers.However, the amount of rice produced are still insufficient.To meet the rice needs for the society, it should increase the amount of rice production by focusing on rice field quality such as the water level rice fields.In this study a prototype rice fi