Abstract Background Abdominal and laparoscopic sacro-colpopexy (LSC) is considered the standard surgical option for management of a symptomatic apical pelvic organ prolapse (POP). Women who have their uterus, whom an LSC indicated, can sacro-hysteropexy (LSH), supra-cervical hysterectomy sacro-cervicopexy (LSCH + LSC) or total (TLH LSC). The main aim this study was to compare clinical patient r...

Data objects which differ significantly from the remaining data objects are referred to as outliers. Density-based algorithms for mining outliers are very effective in detecting all forms of outliers, where data objects with fewer neighbors are likely to be outliers than are those with more neighbors. However, existing density-based algorithms engage in huge repetitive computation and compariso...

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Leukemias have traditionally been classified and treated on the basis of phenotypic characteristics, such as morphology and cell-surface markers, and, more recently, cytogenetic aberrations. These classification systems are flawed because they do not take into account cellular function. The leukemia cell population is functionally heterogeneous: it consists of leukemia stem cells (LSC) and matu...

Linear sideband chirped (LSC) programming is introduced as a means of configuring spatial-spectral holographic gratings for optical coherent transient processors. Similar to linear frequency chirped programming, LSC programming allows the use of broadband integrated electro-optic phase modulators to produce chirps instead of using elaborate broadband chirped lasers. This approach has several ad...

The term ‘hypothesis’ is part of the Linked Science Core Vocabulary (LSC) as one of the core elements for making scientific assets explicit and linked in the web of data. Hypotheses are generally understood as propositions for explaining observed phenomena, but eliciting and linking hypotheses can be a challenge. In this paper, we elaborate on a semantic view on hypotheses and their linkage, by...

BACKGROUND Malignant stem cells have been identified in acute myelogenous leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia, and some types of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Like normal stem cells, these leukemic stem cells (LSCs) are able to self-renew, differentiate, and proliferate extensively. Evidence suggests that LSCs are critical for the initiation and perpetuation of leukemic disease. METHODS We rev...

Neutron radiography was researched to detect the linear density of explosive in linear shaped charge (LSC), to determine its distribution uniformity and defective. The clear images of some samples were obtained by neutron radiography, and were processed to obtain the linear density of inner explosive. The defectives such as sparseness, discontinuity and cavity were shown clearly in the images. ...

BACKGROUNDS/AIMS For patients with acute cholecystitis, conversion from laparoscopic cholecystectomy to open surgery is not uncommon due to possibilities of serious hemorrhage at the liver bed and bile duct injury. Recent studies reported successful laparoscopic subtotal cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis. The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy and feasibility of such an o...