We present a first-hand account of a fully impotent, testosterone-suppressed prostate cancer patient who has satisfying, multiorgasmic sex using a strap-on dildo. We use his narrative to examine dildos as an alternative to erectile dysfunction treatments for men, such as this patient, who find selective inhibitors of PDE-5 ineffective and surgical intervention unacceptable. We explore what cond...

The aim of this study is retrospectively to review the efficacy of a taping procedure for treating ingrown toe-nails or for supporting other conservative treatments of ingrown toenails. A total of 140 ingrown toenails treated at the Dermatology Clinic in Tohoku University Hospital were retrospectively reviewed for demographic characteristics, association with granulation tissue or infection, tr...

The paper deals with the study of the influence of the inertial sensors errors on the position, speed and attitude of a bidimensional strap-down inertial navigation system (SDINS) in a vertical plane. To test this influence we put up MATLAB/SIMULINK models for the acceleration and rotation sensors based on the sensors data sheets and on the IEEE equivalent models for the inertial sensors. The m...

In many situations, saddlepoint approximations can be used to replace Monte Carlo simulations to nd the boot-strap distribution of a statistic. We explain how boot-strap and permutation distributions can be expressed as conditional distributions and how methods for linear programming and for tting generalized linear models can be used to nd the saddlepoint approximations. If the statistic of in...

An experimental campaign on joints of x-braced frames is presented. Tests are performed on strap-gusset joints and lower and upper corner joints. Many different phenomena and failure modes are observed in these tests. However, it is possible to see that only one failure mode can be accepted if a good seismic performance of the frame needs to be guaranteed: the net section failure of the diagona...

Privacy is an important concern for users, and a difficult design challenge. Different user populations have different requirements and expectations when it comes to privacy; thus finding universally acceptable solutions is far from trivial. Design guidelines have been available for a number of years, but often fail to address the dynamic and impromptu nature of privacy management. These method...

If a hypothetical elementary particle called an axion exists, to solve the strong CP problem, 57Fe nucleus in solar core could emit 14.4-keV monochromatic through M1 transition. such axions are once more transformed into photons by absorber, transition edge sensor (TES) X-ray microcalorimeter should be able detect them efficiently. We have designed and fabricated dedicated 64-pixel TES array wi...