BACKGROUND This study explores the incorporation of sildenafil into treatment of the common conditions of psychosexual and erectile dysfunction (ED). METHODS The 2002 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey were analyzed for visits in which sildenafil was prescribed. Patient, visit, and provider characteristics for visits in which silde...

In her making practice, Colour Words, Thompson represents the words used to describe colour in novels as embroidered squares on paper. doing so, she creates alternate visualisations of literature, which has led more questions, discoveries patterns, and a new way thinking about relating narratives text/s. this article, describes practice/process an example small data methodology reflects experie...

There is more to software development than analysis, programming, debugging, and even organising organic organisational structures. Whether working solo, in small groups, or larger teams, the biggest problems can be our own personal misconceptions, demons, paranoia and firmly held beliefs. Development is always done by people; clients and users are people; and under strict genetic testing most ...

Architecture reconstruction embodies benefits for commercial organizations. Reconstructing or recovering the architecture of software systems is primarily driven by the increased awareness of software architectures as a blueprint for systems and the resulting central role of architectures in development paradigms, like software product lines and component-based systems. This is especially the c...

BACKGROUND Discordant practice patterns may be a consequence of evidence-practice gaps or deficiencies in knowledge translation. We examined the current strategies used by hepato-pancreatico-biliary (HPB) surgeons in Canada for the perioperative management of pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). METHODS We generated a web-based survey that focused on the perioperative measures surrounding PD. The su...

PurposeSpatially fractionated radiation therapy (SFRT) is increasingly used for bulky advanced tumors, but specifics of clinical SFRT practice remain elusive. This study aimed to determine patterns GRID and Lattice (LRT) based SFRT.Materials MethodsA survey was designed identify oncologists’ patient selection SFRT, dosing/planning, dosimetric parameter use, platforms/techniques, combinations wi...

we need sociology theories, for that understand of sociology and politic problems. french sociologist pierre bourdieu's theory practice and symbolic power are our best resource; for understanding social and political fields. this article reviews the language and symbolic power; indicating its function in social and political fields. we need sociology theories, for that understand of sociol...

Global software development with the agile or waterfall development process has been taken into use in many companies. GSD offers benefits but also new challenges without known, documented solutions. The goal of this research is to present current best practices for GSD in the form of process patterns for project management, evaluated by using a scenario-based assessment method. The best practi...