on for cancer patients.
 Although random-start cycles may entail a longer duration of stimulation and use more total gonadotropins than conventional-start cycles, the absolute differences are small and likely do not significantly affect treatment costs. The similar numbers of mature oocytes retrieved, fertilization rates, and number of embryos cryopreserved in the two start-types suggest that they do not differ in any clinically important ways. Given that random-start cycles can be initiated quickly, they may help facilitate fertility preservation for cancer patients.Adenomyosis is characterized by the presence of ectopic endometrial tissue within the myometrium. Treatment options ranges from use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and hormonal suppression for symptomatic relief, to endometrial ablation or even hysterectomy. In this paper we report the case of successful ultrasound-guided aspiration of focal adenomyosis with intracavitary alcohol instillation in a young patient with symptomatic juvenile cystic adenomyoma. This is the second report of the treatment of sclerotherapy by alcohol instillation, which may be considered as an alternative modality in treating the cases of symptomatic adenomyoma.
  The exploration of male infertility is mainly based on semen analysis, but its evaluation might be affected by the operator's competence and subjectivity. This led to the development of automated semen analyzing systems. Despite continuous improvement, the precision and correlation of these automated systems with manual sperm assessment performed strictly according to WHO guidelines remains variable in the literature, and their role in daily practice is debated.
 
  In this double blind prospective study, we compared the results provided by 2 automated systems based on different concepts (CASA and electro-optical signal) with manual sperm assessment. Sperm concentration, motility and morphology were performed simultaneously and independently by different operators, blinded to each other.
 
  A total of 102 unselected men attending the andrology department for routine sperm analysis were included in the study. We found no significant difference between each automated method and manual assessment for all sperm parameters, except for sperm morphology assessment where the electro-optical system gave higher results and performed slightly poorer than CASA.  https://www.selleckchem.com/products/cc-122.html  Correlation was moderate to high between manual assessment and each automated methods for all sperm parameters, with randomly distributed differences.
 
  Overall, these results show that both types of automated systems can be implemented in andrology laboratory for routine sperm analysis.
 Overall, these results show that both types of automated systems can be implemented in andrology laboratory for routine sperm analysis.
  On March 8, 2020, the Italian Government implemented extraordinary measures to limit viral transmission of COV-19/SARS-CoV-2. We evaluated the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on lifestyle and emotional state in women planning infertility treatments.
 
  We performed a quantitative research study using a web-based survey, in 140 women referred to Assisted Reproductive Technologies Center.
 
  We observed changes in body weight during lockdown in 80 % of women, and a significant increase in BMI in comparison to that observed before (p=.001). We observed a high percentage of non-adherence to the Mediterranean pattern during lockdown due to higher frequency of consumption of sweet/pastries, cheese and meat, rather than fruit, vegetables and legumes. Before lockdown 36.4 % women were snack consumers while during lockdown 55 % (p=.002). By considering individuals' attitude to snack consumption, we observed an increase related to boredom (p=<.0001) and anxiety (p=.05) during lockdown. Increased levels of anxiety and sadness were observed in about 30 %, and of boredom in 25 %. The percentage of women worried about their planning infertility treatment was more than 50 %.
 
  Quarantine-related restrictions strongly influenced lifestyle psychological behavior leading to an increased burden of cardiovascular disease.
 Quarantine-related restrictions strongly influenced lifestyle psychological behavior leading to an increased burden of cardiovascular disease.Rhizosphere microbes are essential partners for plant stress tolerance. Recent studies indicate that arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can facilitate the revegetation of soils contaminated by heavy metals though interacting with rhizosphere microbiome. However, it is unclear how AMF affect rhizosphere microbiome to improve the growth of plant under rare earth elements (REEs) stress. AMF (Claroideoglomus etunicatum) was inoculated to maize grown in soils spiked with Lanthanum (0 mg kg-1, La0; 10 mg kg-1, La10; 100 mg kg-1, La100; 500 mg kg-1, La500). Plant biomass, nutrient uptake, REE uptake and rhizosphere bacterial and fungal community were evaluated. The results indicated that La100 and La500 decreased significantly root colonization rates and nutrition uptake (K, P, Ca and Mg content). La500 decreased significantly α-diversity indexes of bacterial and fungal community. AMF enhanced significantly the shoot and root fresh and dry weight of maize in all La treatments (except for the root fresh and dry weighthe tolerance of maize under La stress. Phytoremediation assisted by AMF is an attractive approach to ameliorate REEs-contaminated soils.This paper investigated the toxic effect and mechanism of ultrafine carbon black (UFCB) on splenocytes and enzymes in the digestive system. It was found that the toxicity of UFCB to splenocytes was dose-dependent. UFCB with a low concentration (15 μg/mL) induced significant oxidative damage with increased content of reactive oxygen species (ROS) (134%) and malonaldehyde (MDA) (222.3%) along with the decreased activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) (55.63%) and catalase (CAT) (87.73%). Analysis combined cellular and molecular levels indicated that UFCB induced splenocyte toxicity through oxidative stress. The interactions of UFCB with two important digestive enzymes, α-amylase and lipase, were also studied respectively. Results showed that the interaction of UFCB and the two enzymes altered the particle size and fluorescence intensity in both experimental systems. The formation of protein corona also resulted in the contraction of the polypeptide skeleton in both enzymes, which further inhibited their activity.