Abstract Introduction Gender affirming surgery (GAS) has seen dramatic advances in phalloplasty and vaginoplasty for gender dysphoria. However, there is still need better characterization of patient demographics surgical outcomes. Recent interest emerged predictors post-surgical complications, such as frailty comorbidities preoperative risk assessment. Better understanding factors predicting ou...

Targeted activity might be needed to tackle the disparities in accessing covid-19 vaccines, authors of a large study have said after finding that ethnic minorities, people living areas high deprivation, and those with severe mental health illness or learning disabilities seem less likely been vaccinated.1 Between 8 December 2020 13 January this year, 41% aged 80 over England who do not live ca...

ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness and safety two sclerosing agents used treat telangiectasias in lower limbs: 0.2% polidocanol + 70% hypertonic glucose (HG) vs. 75% HG alone.MethodsA prospective, randomised, triple blind, controlled, parallel group trial with patients randomly assigned a 1:1 ratio between January December 2015, month follow up, from single academic...

1 The author was supported in part by NSC grant 94-2213-E-033-031. 2 The author was supported in part by NSC grant 94-2213-E-033-024. Abstract Fingerprint image enhancement is a common and critical step in fingerprint recognition systems. To enhance the images, most of the existing enhancement algorithms use filtering techniques that can be categorized into isotropic and anisotropic according t...

Abstract Background HbA1c testing using EDTA whole blood as specimens is essential for monitoring glycemic control in diabetic patients. In the laboratory that total automation system, transportation process might be impact quality of result according to red cell sedimentation. This study, we aimed evaluate from sediment which happen system. Methods samples (n = 50) were mixed once and levels d...