BACKGROUND Prostate cancer and its treatment may impact physically, psychologically and socially; affecting the health-related quality of life of men and their partners/spouses. The Life After Prostate Cancer Diagnosis (LAPCD) study is a UK-wide patient-reported outcomes study which will generate information to improve the health and well-being of men with prostate cancer. METHODS AND ANALYSI...

An " assumed stresses " hybnd method is studied to provide (external) approximations to the plate vibration problem, variationaîly formulated on some space which is orthogonal to all selfequilibrating stresses Convergence results and error estimâtes are denved by a Rayleigh pnnciple Resumé — On utilise une méthode d'éléments finis « hybrides duaux » pour approcher le problème des vibrations lib...

Auxihary theorems allowing to extend the theory of curved finite éléments introduced m [2], [3] to the case ofboundary value problems with varions stable and unstable boundary conditions are proved As an example the problem of bending of thin elastic plates is considered Résumé — OM démontre des théorèmes auxiliaires qui permettent d'étendre la théorie des éléments finis courbes présentée dans ...

Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine Department of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine Received May 25, 2008 ; Accepted September 19, 2008 Address reprint requests to : Chan Kyo Kim, M.D., Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, 50 Irwon-dong, Kangnam-...

This chapter examines optimal path finding problems with direction, location and time dependent environments. The dependence of the cost function and path constraints on the location of the mobile agent and time creates the need for a dynamic navigation algorithm, capable of adjusting the path in real-time as more information about the environment becomes available. In addition, the direction-d...

INTRODUCTION Diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in primary healthcare is challenging and often associated with a considerable diagnostic delay. This delay is associated with worse disease progression and outcomes. Although testing for faecal calprotectin is a useful screening tool to identify patients who need endoscopy for IBD, the widespread use may not be appropriate due to the lo...