BACKGROUND We performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the efficacy and safety of short-term (≤6 months) and long-term (>6 months), regular (OaD) and on-demand (PRN) regimens of phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5-Is) in treating erectile dysfunction (ED) after nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy (NSRP). METHODS We conducted a literature search in August 2016. Sources included PubMed, EMBA...

Abstract Aim The aim of this QIP is to firstly increase percentage T&O admissions Orthopaedic Wards 23+25 prescribed laxatives by 25% 1st December over 1 month and awareness among healthcare staff. Background Constipation in elderly during inpatient stay common, 50% pts>65years will develop due multifactorial reasons. Correct are very important curb predicament. Method These data wer...

Abstract This work explores the use of a low-cost global navigation satellite system (GNSS) antenna array including front-ends and software receiver to receive signals opportunity (SoO) whose pseudorandom noise (PRN) code is unknown. The are only loosely synchronized in time frequency via hardware elements, precise synchronization or calibration achieved by using open service signals. ...

The extended BOC-PRN discriminator is shown to work efficiently for the new cosine phased binary-offset carrier BOC(f s ,f c) signals defined for global navigation satellite systems, where, n (=2f s /f c) is an arbitrary even integer. The new unambiguous code discriminator provides good multipath mitigation performance for medium delays.

Cytokine profiles were examined 1 month after primary vaccination of infants with a whole-cell pertussis vaccine (wP) (Connaught) or either of two acellular pertussis vaccines, aP-Chiron Biocine (aP-CB) or aP-SmithKline Beecham (aP-SB), each combined with diphtheria-tetanus toxoids (DT), in Bordetella pertussis antigen-stimulated or unstimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). Pertus...

A dual-frequency civilian GPS receiver has been developed that runs 10 tracking channels in real time using a software correlator. This work is part of an effort to develop a flexible receiver that can use the new GPS L2C CM/CL signals as they become available on L2 without the need for new correlator hardware. The receiver consists of an RF front end, a system of shift registers, a digital dat...