Corresponding Author: Atsuya Hikosaka, MD Department of Urology, Toyota Kosei Hospital, 500-1, Ibobara, Josui-cho, Toyota, Aichi 470-0396, Japan Tel: +81 565 43 5000 Fax: +81 565 43 5100 E-mail: [email protected] INTRODUCTION Spermatocele, a retention cyst of the scrotum which is or has been in communication with the semen-carrying system,(1) is a relatively common clinical entity. It presents...

This study aims to investigate the potential of nanoparticle retention of ultrafi ltration (UF) multichannel hollow fiber membrane. Filtration experiments of fl uorescent silica nanoparticles (NPs) (10 and 100 nm) and CdTe quantum dots (1.5 nm) suspensions were carried out under diff erent operating conditions to analyze the retention rate (RT), the fouling zone and the...

Objectives To investigate mortality in men admitted to hospital with acute urinary retention and to report on the effects of comorbidity on mortality. Design Analysis of the hospital episode statistics database linked to themortality database of the Office for National Statistics. Setting NHS hospital trusts in England, 1998-2005. Participants All men aged over 45 who were admitted to NHS hospi...

OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) for use in older adults with epilepsy. DESIGN Retrospective review. SETTING Columbia Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, New York, New York. PATIENTS Four hundred seventeen outpatients 55 years and older newly taking any of the 10 most commonly prescribed AEDs between 2000 and 2005. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE The percentage of pa...

abstract   background: the compounds which contain nitrogen entering the environment can cause some problems, such as eutrophication for water resources and potential risk for human health because of methemoglobinemia and cancer. biological techniques are effective in removing nitrate. the aim of this study was to remove nitrate from groundwater using denitrification. the main objectives of thi...

Student retention represents a continuous challenge that institutions attempt to address (Braxton, Bray, and Berger, 2000). In addition, the business community faces the problem of finding the talented workforce to fill the growing amount of open IT positions. In order to attract students to IT field, it is important to examine students’ motivation in choosing a major and their retention intent...

This study investigated the birth of a brownbanded bamboo shark Chiloscyllium punctatum at the Steinhart Aquarium. Genetic analyses suggest this is the longest documented case of sperm storage for any species of shark (45 months).

The objective of the study was to examine effects of nurse-confirmed healthy unit work environments and multistage nurse residency programs (NRPs) on retention rates of newly licensed RNs (NLRNs). Establishing a culture of retention and healthy clinical nurse practice environments are two major challenges confronting nurse leaders today. Nurse residency programs are a major component of NLRN wo...