Female pelvic floor dysfunction (FPFD) is a complex group of conditions that include urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse (POP). In humans, elastin homeostasis has been implicated in the pathophysiology of FPFD. Lysyl oxidase-like 1 knockout (LOXL1-KO) mice demonstrate abnormal elastic fiber homeostasis and develop FPFD after parturition. We compared the lower urogenital tract (LUT) a...

introduction the investigated area is situated in the south west of the khorasan razavi province along the north west of the lut block. different types of metal ore bodies along with non-metal deposits have already been documented in the lut block (karimpour et al., 2008). most of the study area is covered with granitoid rocks. metamorphic rocks with unknown age are present in the north of the ...

Purpose Functional neuroimaging is a powerful and versatile tool to investigate central lower urinary tract (LUT) control. Despite the increasing body of literature there lack comprehensive overviews on LUT Thus, we aimed execute coordinate based meta-analysis all PET fMRI evidence descending control, i.e. pelvic floor muscle contraction (PFMC) micturition. Materials methods A systematic search...

Auto-exposure(AE) control automatically calculates and adjusts the exposure of the tone of the subject to the midtone of the photograph. In the case of real-time performance, this is usually controlled by the sensor gain for consecutive input images. However, unsuitable sensor gain control methods invariably cause oscillation of the average luminance values for continuous input images, resultin...

Land surface albedo (LSA), one of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) environmental data records (EDRs), is a fundamental component for linking the land surface and the climate system by regulating shortwave energy exchange between the land and the atmosphere. Currently, the improved bright pixel sub-algorithm (BPSA) is a unique algorithm employed by VIIRS to routinely generat...

Urinary incontinence represents a serious social, medical and economic problem, which suffers progressive increase, due to the increase in life expectancy that health cultural advances have achieved. It is estimated world there are approximately two hundred million people urinary with great impact of importance can exceed coverage forecasts different systems care services. Our group from Depart...