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Eighty-six patients, each with hemiparesis caused by a single stroke, were studied to assess the changes in sexual life experienced after the onset of the illness. Clinical data were collected, and a questionnaire concerning both sexual behavior and feelings about sexuality was administered to the patients and their sp... |
AIM |
For a long time, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) was considered as only cause of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in elderly men. More than 30% of patients underwent surgery by the age of 80. Unsatisfactory outcome of surgical treatment of BPH are observed in 9-27% of cases. Various irritative symptoms, which are... |
MATERIALS AND METHODS |
The study included 60 patients with BPH who underwent TURP. All patients were divided into two groups. In Group 1, anti-inflammatory therapy for 10 days with 1-month follow-up was prescribed. In Group 2, anti-inflammatory therapy was combined with the drug Toviaz for 1 month. Evaluation of the treatment effectiveness w... |
RESULTS |
At baseline, in the Group 1 and 2, average urination frequency was 12.6 and 12.7 times per day, the number of urgency episodes was 9.2 and 9.0 times and number of nocturnal voiding episodes was 5,2 and 5.3 times, respectively. The average IPSS score was 19.8 and 19.7 points and Qmax was 6.5 and 6.7 ml/sec, respectively... |
CONCLUSION |
According to the results of our study, the use of m-cholinoblockers, in particular Fesoterodine (Toviaz), in combination with standard therapy in patients with detrusor overactivity after TURP is reasonable and allows to effectively and safely alleviate irritative symptoms.MicroRNA expression profiling studies on bronc... |
Over the past several years, several microRNA (miRNA) expression profiling studies have been carried out on bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in mammalian lung tissues. The most effective way to identify these important miRNAs is to systematically search for similar signatures identified in multiple independent studies.... |
S TUDIES on chemical carcinogenesis had their origin in the findings of unusually high incidences of certain cancers in humans exposed to large amounts of tobacco snuff, coal tar, or aromatic amines. These findings in humans eventually led to extensive laboratory studies on the natures of chemicals that induce cancer i... |
This case study examines ideas on a thinking curriculum and learning to learn in the context of secondary education, by exploring one subject area- computing studies- at the Scottish secondary 3/4 (S3/S4) level with 14- to 16-year-olds. The infusion approach used in this project combines direct teaching on problem solv... |
An overview of research of high-speed transport components is given. High-speed protocols as well as high-speed implementations are considered. The use of parallelism to increase the performance of communication nodes is considered. A parallel implementation of Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) protocols on transputer... |
During metamorphosis period Rana ridibunda ventricular cardiomyocytes possess strong ability to adapt to altering developmental conditions, certain peculiarities of differentiation were observed during this process, cell death and mitotic activity increases. The action of different concentrations of cadmium ions on Ran... |
This article discusses the concept and typology of Public Service Bargains (PSB), as first introduced by Schaffer (1973), and further developed by Hood and Lodge (2006). We consider the usefulness of the concept for studying the impact of administrative reforms on the role and position of top civil servants. Further we... |
Foreword We are committed to encouraging debate among academics, practitioners and policy-makers in all aspects of financial regulation. To facilitate this, we are publishing a series of occasional papers in financial regulation, extending across economics and other disciplines. These papers cover topics such as the ra... |
BACKGROUND |
Hinged circular external skeletal fixator constructs are used to perform sequential correction of angular limb deformities, often with resultant limb segment lengthening, via distraction osteogenesis. Although there are several reports describing the use of these constructs for correction of antebrachial deformities in... |
CASE REPORTS |
Two dogs had purely frontal plane deformities (one valgus, one varus) and the third dog had frontal (valgus) and sagittal (recurvatum) components to its deformity. At the time of long-term evaluation, frontal plane angulation relative to the contralateral limb improved from 40° to 22° of valgus, 30° to 5° of valgus, an... |
CONCLUSION |
These cases illustrate the value of using hinged circular fixator constructs for correction of crural angular deformities, particularly when length discrepancies of the tibia are present.Decreased expression of activated placental heat shock protein 27 in human and ovine intrauterine growth restriction (1095.15) |
Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) has been documented to have increased placental apoptosis at term. Previous reports from our lab showed apoptosis as an early event in an ovine model of IUGR. Our objective was to determine the expression of active HSP27 in human IUGR placentas near term and to compare its express... |
A 57-year-oldpatient diagnosed witha right glomus jugularae was referred to the ENT unit TH/Anuradhapura for further management. Multi-disciplinary discussion and multi-modality imaging confirmed the diagnosis to be a jugular schwannoma. The Patient underwenttumour excision via a combined petro-occipital trans-sigmoida... |
GPUs are increasingly popular in HPC systems and applications. However, the communication bottleneck between GPUs, distributed across HPC nodes within a cluster, has limited achievable scalability of GPU-centric applications. Advances in inter-node GPU communication such as NVIDIA’s GPUDirect have made great strides in... |
The relationship of breathing movements to lung development in the ovine fetus was investigated by partially removing ribs on each side of the chest and closing the deficiencies with silicone membranes at 114 days of gestation; the increase in compliance of the chest wall that resulted caused blunting of the amplitude ... |
A 2-D fully coupled electrothermal physical model of a p-i-n photodiode, which takes into account external electric circuit, has been developed. Based on numerical simulation, we present the data on the maximal output microwave power with appropriate optical-to-microwave conversion loss for InGaAsP/InP partially deplet... |
The objective of this work is to introduce a new method called the Survivorship Instantaneous Log-odds Ratios (SILOR); to illustrate the creation of SILOR from empirical bivariate survival functions; to also derive standard errors of estimation; to compare results with those derived from logistic regression. Hip fractu... |
Egyptian civilization has long flourished along the banks of the Nile, in the south (e.g. Luxor and Aswan), the Middle (e.g. Giza ‘Great Pyramids’) and North (e.g. San El‐Hagar and Buto), as well as the less populated areas of the Sinai Peninsula, the Western Desert and the Red Sea coast. There are archaeological sites... |
The present study reports on the interaction between basal triglyceride and high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol in determining the magnitude of postprandial triglyceridemia. The vitamin A fat-loading test was used to label intestinally derived triglyceride-rich particles after a high fat meal in 18 subjects with... |
An electrocardiogram (ECG) biometric system can be wearable and offers continuous authentication. It is suitable for medical applications and has proved its benefits over traditional biometric systems. In this paper, we propose a solution to protect the ECG reference template from eavesdroppers spying the wireless link... |
Primary liver cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths globally (1). Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver malignancy, and the major risk factors for HCC include hepatitis B and C, alcohol consumption, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and liver cirrhosis (2). The liver is the com... |
To assess the feasibility and short-term effects of treating patients with subacute or chronic middle cerebral artery (M1) occlusion by stent-assisted mechanical recanalization. Six patients with cerebral arteries occlusion underwent surgery. Six cerebral arteries occlusion in 5 patients were successfully recanalized. ... |
The potential relaxation instability (PRI) can be excited in the magnetized plasma column of a single-ended Q-machine by drawing an electron current to a collector. This can either be the terminating tungsten plate (the cold plate (CP) or a grid (G) inserted in between. The frequency of the PRI, which according to the ... |
Numerous experiments have demonstrated that physical stress can alter immunological parameters. However, little attention has been paid to the interrelationship between stress and autoimmune processes. The present study was designed to determine the influence of electric shock and sound stress on the development of exp... |
Certain classical results on cluster sets and boundary cluster sets of analytic functions, due to Iversen, Lindelöf, Noshiro, Tsuji, Ohtsuka, Pommerenke, Carmona, Cufi and others, are extended to n-dimensional quasiconformal mappings. Unlike what is usually the case in the context of analytic functions, our considerati... |
In this study we contextualize the diaspora formation of Bangladeshi immigrants in the UK by analyzing three broad types of diaspora characteristics-dispersion; connection with the homelands; and maintaining a distinctive identity in the host society. Based on secondary data, this study revealed that Bangladeshi diaspo... |
Breast cancer (BC) is the second most common malignancy worldwide. Angiogenesis plays a significant role during tumor formation and progression. ADGRL4, as a modulator of angiogenesis, undergoes various epigenetic modifications affecting its biological functions. Here, we aimed to assess ADGRL4 promoter methylation and... |
Snowdon, E., Zebarth, B. J., Burton, D. L., Goyer, C. and Rochette, P. 2013. Growing season N2O emissions from two-year potato rotations in a humid environment in New Brunswick, Canada. Can. J. Soil Sci. 93: 279-294. Few studies have examined the effects of crop rotation on N2O emissions. This study quantified N2O emis... |
Objective Recently, instances of general practitioners (GPs) prescribing antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) have increased. We aimed to investigate the use of AEDs in a community sample of people with epilepsy and the effect on quality of life (QoL). |
Methods Responses from the Australian Epilepsy Longitudinal Study (AELS), Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme (PBS), and Medicare Benefit Scheme (MBS) data were used. Linear regression was used to investigate the relationship between the numbers of AEDs and QoL. |
Results Fifty people with epilepsy were prescribed an average of two AEDs. The most common were lamotrigine, sodium valproate, and levetiracetam. Eighty-two percent were prescribed medications from two or more categories of medications. A lower QoL at wave 2 of the AELS was significantly associated with a higher number... |
Conclusion Given the high number of people with epilepsy being cared for in general practice, GPs must understand the risks and benefits of epilepsy monotherapy, polytherapy, and polypharmacy.“It’s Just the Thing You Do”: Physical and Digital Fields, and the Flow of Capital for Young People’s Gendered Identity Negotiat... |
This article examines young people’s negotiation of their identities in relation to gender. We explore this through two important sites for young people—physical relationships in the school environment and mainstream social media sites (e.g., Instagram and Facebook)—with the suggestion that social media is an important... |
Stable isotopes of water (H2O, HDO, and H218O) are tracers that provide powerful constraints on water transport processes in the atmosphere. This paper presents a description of an atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) simulation system called ISOLESC that couples water isotope fractionation processes with a land surface mo... |
Heavy-duty fans are frequently employed in industrial processes that involve the operation of contaminated gases. Particle-laden flows may cause erosion issues, generating several drawbacks such as unbalanced load, vibrations and structural damage responsible for performance degradation and early failure. In this pape... |
Randomly, a dosage of 0.6 mg/kg of either diazepam in solution or sodium chloride was dispensed rectally to twelve preschool children. Before the local anesthetic injection, each child was shown a toy and, before dismissal, asked to identify the toy displayed earlier. Amnesia was observed in the majority of children du... |
Traffic separation schemes and other routing measures have now been established in the coastal waters of many countries and new schemes are being introduced each year. Traffic separation was originally intended to reduce the risk of collision between ships proceeding in opposite directions but this paper explains how r... |
The clinical pharmacokinetics of amitriptyline were studied in four volunteers after the oral administration of 75 mg. Peak amitriptyline plasma concentrations ranged from 10.8 to 43.7 ng/ml. The disappearance was biphasic and followed first-order kinetics. The mean elimination half-life was 36.1 hours. The mean estima... |
Physics materials about vibration often seem abstract to students. It is necessary to have learning media that can explain vibration concepts to answer the student’s abstractness problem. The learning media application in this study contains competencies, material, sample questions, learning videos, and interactive eva... |
A study was conducted to determine if the effectiveness of an antimicrobial treatment for cooked ham and bologna would be increased or maintained when applied in a surface coating. Cooked 10-g disks of ham and bologna sausage received one of three treatments: no coating (control), coating with 0.2 g of 7% (wt/vol) gela... |
The sustaining significance of cyberspace and information security is evident from nations' strategical planning to firms' specialized regulations. To manage the security risk, practitioners in radio and television field rely on the information security technologies. Though the academic and practical aspects of IT secu... |
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