The Doctor Will Be You Now

2011 ◽  
pp. 275-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nahil Sharkasi
Keyword(s):  
Assisted Reproductive Technology ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Reproductive Technology ◽  
Safe Space ◽  
Medical Decisions ◽  
Ethical Decisions ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Role Playing Game

In the field of fertility medicine, technology has vastly outpaced our ethical, legal, and social frameworks leaving us in a quagmire of gray morality. Seeds is a role-playing game and ethics simulation about Assisted Reproductive Technology and its effect on 21st century medical decisions. Players play the role of a fertility doctor and must make difficult ethical decisions through courses of treatment while balancing economic, emotional, and scientific concerns. With Seeds, the goal is to foster meaningful decision-making that may transfer from the game world into the real world through stimulating role-play and by creating a safe space for exploration of ethical issues. This chapter offers critical reflection on the design choices made in the process of creating this ethical exploration space on the subject of Assisted Reproductive Technology.

The role of inflammatory cytokines in the pathogenesis of premature labor in multiple pregnancy as a result of ART

2016 ◽  
pp. 73-76
Author(s):  
B.M. Ventskivskiy ◽  
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I.V. Poladych ◽  
S.O. Avramenko ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Assisted Reproductive Technology ◽  
Inflammatory Cytokines ◽  
Proinflammatory Cytokines ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Multiple Pregnancy ◽  
Reproductive Technology ◽  
System Level ◽  
Premature Labor ◽  
Pro Inflammatory Cytokines

In recent years there has been an increase in the frequency of multiple pregnancies and the associated perinatal losses. It is a result of multiple pregnancy in ART refers to a high-risk gestation, at which premature births occur in 2 times more often than in singleton pregnancies. The objective: to determine the role of pro-inflammatory cytokines in the pathogenesis of premature labor in multiple pregnancy, as a result of assisted reproductive technology. Patients and methods. to determine the pro-inflammatory cytokines that all pregnant with bagtopliddyam held immunosorbent assay, defined concentrations of interleukin (IL) in serum and cervical mucus. Results. The analysis of the levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-1, IL-8) in the test environment, found high concentrations in the surveyed women with multiple pregnancy, due to the use of ART, compared with spontaneous multiple and singleton pregnancy. Increased concentration of proinflammatory cytokines in patients with multiple pregnancy by ART is associated with their synthesis at the system level, it stimulated foci of inflammation in the female genitals and extragenital localization. This correlates with the clinical data and statistical analysis, patients with multiple pregnancy as a result of ART had weighed infectious-inflammatory history. Conclusion. The study showed that elevated levels of proinflammatory cytokines in the systemic and local level in patients with multiple pregnancy due to ART, typical for women with miscarriage, because of the physiological course of pregnancy characterized by the predominance of anti-inflammatory cytokines that prevent rejection of the fetus as a foreign factor. Based on the data obtained proved the role of systemic inflammatory factors in the genesis of preterm labor in women with a multiple pregnancy, as a result of assisted reproductive technology. Key words: multiple pregnancy, assisted reproductive technology, premature birth, interleukine-1, interleukine-8.

scholarly journals The Potential Applications of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated ReceptorδLigands in Assisted Reproductive Technology

PPAR Research ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaou-Chen Huang
Keyword(s):  
Assisted Reproductive Technology ◽  
Reproductive Function ◽  
Reproductive Technology ◽  
Embryonic Cell ◽  
Preimplantation Embryos ◽  
Peroxisome Proliferator ◽  
Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
And Function

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptorδ(PPARδ, also known as PPARβ) has ubiquitous distribution and extensive biological functions. The reproductive function of PPARδwas first revealed in the uterus at the implantation site. Since then, PPARδand its ligand have been discovered in all reproductive tissues, including the gametes and the preimplantation embryos. PPARδin preimplantation embryos is normally activated by oviduct-derived PPARδligand. PPARδactivation is associated with an increase in embryonic cell proliferation and a decrease in programmed cell death (apoptosis). On the other hand, the role of PPARδand its ligand in gamete formation and function is less well understood. This review will summarize the reproductive functions of PPARδand project its potential applications in assisted reproductive technology.

Individuele verschillen in graaigedrag

2007 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maaike Jongenelen ◽  
Roos Vonk
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
High Power ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Value Orientation ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Social Value Orientation ◽  
Equal Share ◽  
Power Scale ◽  
Role Playing Game

Individual differences in money-grabbing: The role of entitlement, social value orientation, and misuse of power Individual differences in money-grabbing: The role of entitlement, social value orientation, and misuse of power M. Jongenelen & R. Vonk, Gedrag & Organisatie, volume 20, November 2007, nr. 4, pp. 369-381 This research investigates the role of individual differences in money-grabbing. Feelings of entitlement, high scores on the Misuse of Power scale and a pro-self focus were expected to lead to grabbing behaviour in high-power individuals. While playing a manager in a role-playing game, participants had the opportunity to grab more valuable points then their equal share. Results showed that pro-self participants grabbed more than pro-socials. Among the pro-self participants, feelings of entitlement led to higher Misuse of Power scores which, in turn, led to more grabbing. Entitlement en Misuse of Power had no effect on grabbing in pro-socials. It is concluded that power does not corrupt absolutely: Individual differences predict how a powerful person will behave. Implications for business settings are dealt with in the discussion.

scholarly journals Role of autoantibodies in infertility, miscarriage, and assisted reproductive technology outcomes

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
pp. 0
Author(s):  
Ming-Qing Li ◽  
Hui-Hui Shen ◽  
Zhen-Zhen Lai ◽  
Hui-Li Yang ◽  
Jia-Wei Shi
Keyword(s):  
Assisted Reproductive Technology ◽  
Reproductive Technology

The role of various factors affecting the endometrium in enhancing the effectiveness of assisted reproductive technology programs

2021 ◽  
Vol 1_2021 ◽  
pp. 28-34
Author(s):  
Gokhberg Ya.A. Gokhberg ◽  
Makarova N.P. Makarova ◽  
Babayan A.A. Babayan ◽  
Kalinina E.A. Kalinina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Assisted Reproductive Technology ◽  
Reproductive Technology ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Technology Programs

The Right Kind Of Telling

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Hatfield
Keyword(s):  
Network Analysis ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Learning Gains ◽  
Professional Experiences ◽  
Epistemic Games ◽  
Epistemic Frame ◽  
Role Playing Game ◽  
The Right ◽  
Virtual Internship

Epistemic network analysis provides a useful method for measuring the development of meaningful skills and ways of thinking for participants in epistemic games. This study compares the development of an epistemic frame in a journalism epistemic game, science.net, a role-playing game modeled on authentic journalism practice in which students take on the role of journalists and interact with fellow students and mentors, with a professional journalism practicum. Analyzing the discourse produced by both the game and the practicum through epistemic network analysis (ENA) shows how the virtual internship produced the same type of mentor feedback as the professional practicum on which it was modeled. Players also were able to learn different aspects of journalistic professional expertise as a result of playing the game, and these learning gains continued to be present months after the game was over. Participants in both the simulation and practicum demonstrated significant increases in journalism performance as measured through ENA. Epistemic games, like science.net, have the potential to reproduce key training practices of professional experiences and develop the components of epistemic frames of particular communities. ENA is a valuable tool for assessing the ability of epistemic games to produce these results.

Assisted Reproductive Technology in Spain: Considering Women's Interests

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 228-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
INMACULADA DE MELO-MARTÍN
Keyword(s):  
Assisted Reproductive Technology ◽  
Assisted Reproductive Technologies ◽  
Reproductive Technologies ◽  
Reproductive Technology ◽  
Assisted Conception ◽  
National Healthcare ◽  
The World ◽  
National Healthcare System ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Catholic Tradition

It might come as a surprise to many that Spain, a country with a strong Catholic tradition that officially banned contraceptive technologies until 1978, has some of the most liberal regulations in assisted reproduction in the world. Law No. 35/1988 was one of the first and most detailed acts of legislation undertaken on the subject of assisted-conception procedures. Indeed, not only did the law permit research on nonviable embryos, it made assisted reproductive technologies available to any woman, whether married or not, through the national healthcare system.

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