Can the Fertility Potential of a Seminal Sample Be Predicted Accurately?*

The probability of Gleason score upgrading between biopsy and radical prostatectomy can be accurately predicted.

The objective of this study was to test the external validity of a previously developed nomogram for the prediction of Gleason score upgrading (GSU) between biopsy and radical prostatectomy (RP). The study population consisted of 973 assessable patients treated with RP at a tertiary care institution. The accuracy of the nomogram was quantified with the receiver operating characteristics curve-d...

Can the long term outcome of individual patients with transient ischaemic attacks be predicted accurately?

The prognosis of individual patients with transient ischaemic attacks (TIAs) is extremely variable; some patients are at high risk and others at low risk of a serious vascular event. Prediction equations of outcome were developed, based on eight clinical prognostic factors, from a cohort of 469 hospital-referred TIA patients ("training" data set), that enable high (and low) risk patients to be ...

Can Cascades be Predicted?

A famous instance is a picture of a receipt taken by a customer at a hunting and fishing chain store called Cabela. The receipt listed a 2.3%“medical excise tax,” which was supposedly levied as part of the Affordable Care Act. This was seen as evidence that there is a hidden tax that consumers are paying for the ACA. The store later cleared this up as being a “software glitch” on their part. Th...

Can Lignin Be Accurately Measured?

too simplistic (Sarkanen and Ludwig, 1971), and there are now many examples showing that other phenolics Forages serve an important role in providing nutrients to ruminants besides the cinnamyl alcohols can be incorporated into while providing positive benefits to the environment. Forage cell wall digestibility is incomplete because of several structural features within lignins (as reviewed by ...

Can Male Fertility Be Improved Prior to Assisted Reproduction through The Control of Uncommonly Considered Factors?