Abstract Introduction Penile prosthesis implantation (PPI) is a highly effective therapy for erectile dysfunction (ED) with high satisfaction rates reported. Objective We aimed to investigate if age has an impact on the outcome and complications of PPI, compare outcomes PPI in elderly men compared younger age. Methods The data analyzed this study based huge multicenter prospective patients who ...

During the influenza pandemic of 2009, the A(H1N1)pdm09, A/H3N2 seasonal and influenza B viruses were observed to be co-circulating with other respiratory viruses. To observe the epidemiological pattern of the influenza virus between May 2009-August 2011, 467 nasopharyngeal aspirates were collected from children less than five years of age in the city of Salvador. In addition, data on weather c...

OBJECTIVE A large number of studies have shown the adverse neonatal outcomes of maternal psychological ill health. Given the potentially high prevalence of antenatal anxiety and few studies performed among Chinese people, the authors wanted to investigate the prevalence of antenatal anxiety and associated factors among pregnant women and to provide scientific basis to reduce prenatal anxiety ef...

This version of the paper omits the Japanese abstract which appeared in the proceedings version (4th Annual Meeting of the (Japanese) Association for Natural Language Processing, March 1998, Fukuoka, pp 464–467.)

Jia Qing 1, Muhammad Mubashir Bhatti 2, Munawwar Ali Abbas 3, Mohammad Mehdi Rashidi 1,4 and Mohamed El-Sayed Ali 5,* 1 Shanghai Key Lab of Vehicle Aerodynamics and Vehicle Thermal Management Systems, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China; [email protected] (J.Q.); [email protected] (M.M.R.) 2 Shanghai Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072,...

In betting markets, the expected return on longshot bets tends to be systematically lower than on favorite bets. This favorite-longshot bias is a widely documented empirical fact, often perceived to be an important deviation from the market efficiency hypothesis. This chapter presents an overview of the main theoretical explanations for this bias proposed in the literature. ∗London Business Sch...