Abstract Objectives To review radiation exposure during emergency ureteric stent insertion to identify differences based on operator experience, specialty and stone characteristics. Patients methods A retrospective audit over 10 years was performed for patients who underwent urolithiasis with intraoperative fluoroscopy. Outcomes measured included (mGy), dose area product (Gy/cm 2 ), fluoroscopy...

In this paper, we first characterize the convex $L$-subgroup of an $L$-ordered group by means of fourkinds of cut sets of an $L$-subset. Then we consider the homomorphic preimages and the product of convex $L$-subgroups.After that, we introduce an $L$-convex structure constructed by convex $L$-subgroups.Furthermore, the notion of the degree to which an $L$-subset of an $L$-ord...

The discovery of (interesting) subgroups has a high practical relevance in all domains of science or business. For example, consider statements such as: ”the unemployment rate is above average for young men with a low educational level”, ”smokers with a positive family history are at a significantly higher risk for coronary heart disease”, or ”single males living in rural areas do rarely take o...

We propose a systematic method for testing and identifying a subgroup with an enhanced treatment effect. We adopts a change-plane technique to first test the existence of a subgroup, and then identify the subgroup if the null hypothesis on non-existence of such a subgroup is rejected. A semiparametric model is considered for the response with an unspecified baseline function and an interaction ...

This article develops a general framework to guide the use of subgroup cost-effectiveness analysis for decision making in a collectively funded health system. In doing so, it addresses 2 key policy questions, namely, the identification and selection of subgroups, while distinguishing 2 sources of potential value associated with heterogeneity. These are 1) the value of revealing the factors asso...

Let $mathfrak{F}$ be a formation and $G$ a finite group. A subgroup $H$ of $G$ is said to be weakly $mathfrak{F}_{s}$-quasinormal in $G$ if $G$ has an $S$-quasinormal subgroup $T$ such that $HT$ is $S$-quasinormal in $G$ and $(Hcap T)H_{G}/H_{G}leq Z_{mathfrak{F}}(G/H_{G})$, where $Z_{mathfrak{F}}(G/H_{G})$ denotes the $mathfrak{F}$-hypercenter of $G/H_{G}$. In this paper, we study the structur...

In this article we introduce and study the concept of characteristic degree of a subgroup in a finite group. We define the characteristic degree of a subgroup H in a finite group G as the ratio of the number of all pairs (h,α) ∈ H×Aut(G) such that h^α∈H, by the order of H × Aut(G), where Aut(G) is the automorphisms group of G. This quantity measures the probability that H can be characteristic ...