Aims of Study This study aimed to investigate the relationship of pelvic floor muscle and transversus abdominis (TA) muscle activity during a pelvic floor (PF) muscle contraction. Sapsford et al (1) investigated this relationship using EMG and found there to be consistent co-contraction between these two muscles. Due to this finding, it has been hypothesised that the pelvic floor muscles can be...

The National Electronics Manufacturing Initiative's (NEMI) plug and play Factory Project addressed the issues of how to quickly integrate new pieces of electronics assembly equipment into a shop floor line management system and how to manage the vast amounts of data available in today's electronics manufacturing environment. The necessary technical infrastructure was designed, developed, and de...

Serious floor heave in gob-side entry retaining (GER) with fully-mechanized gangue backfilling mining affects the transportation and ventilation safety of the mine. A theoretical mechanical model for the floor of gob-backfilled GER was established. The effects of the mechanical properties of floor strata, the granular compaction of backfilling area (BFA), the vertical support of roadside suppor...

Aims of course/workshop This workshop will review the definition, etiology and pathophysiology of non-relaxing pelvic floor muscle tone, as well as discuss sexual function and past sexual experience in relation to the pelvic floor. Specific pelvic floor dysfunctions associated with pelvic floor over-activity will be reviewed. Special attention will be devoted to female genital pain, bladder pai...

To place an order under this method, the customer calls a broker, who time-stamps the order and prepares an office order ticket. The broker then sends the order to a booth on the exchange floor. There, a floor order ticket is prepared, and a clerk hand delivers the order to the floor trader for execution. In some cases, the floor clerk may use hand signals to convey the order to floor traders. ...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this article is to review the relevant anatomy and sonographic, fluoroscopic, and MRI options for evaluating patients with pelvic floor disorders. CONCLUSION Disorders of the pelvic floor are a heterogeneous and complex group of problems. Imaging can help elucidate the presence and extent of pelvic floor abnormalities. MRI is particularly well suited for global pelvic...

We measured forest floor C02 flux in three age classes of forest in the southern Appalachians: 20-year-old, 85-year-old, and old-growth. Our objectives were to quantify differences in forest floor C02 flux among age classes, and determine the relative importance of abiotic and biotic driving variables. Forest floor C02 flux was measured using an openflow infrared gas analyzer measurement system...

abstract background prevention of myocardial siderosis is a key step to reduce rate of mortality in thalassemic patients. our objective was to study association between echocardiography parameters and serum ferritin level in patients with major thalassemia. materials and methods sixty-six patients with major thalassemia were studied in amir kabir hospital, arak, iran. serum ferritin levels were...

in order to know the environmental behaviour of toxic pollutants it is fundamental to understandthe role of chemical components of a material on sorption of such pollutants.in this study, the sorption of amix of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pahs) by cork fractions (i.e. raw cork (cf), free extractive cork(fef) and nonsaponifiable (desf)) has been investigated to better understand the role ...