Though nonscalpel vasectomy (NSV) technique was introduced in India in 1992 to increase male participation in family planning, it has failed to get adequate momentum and to achieve its goal. We conducted a cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey to get insight into apathy of men towards NSV. The study included 428 respondents. Most of the respondents (97.4%) were aware of NSV as a method for...

We report paleomagnetic results from four overlapping stratigraphic sections (55 flows) through the lava pile in Tjörnes peninsula (North Iceland). The initial aim of our study was to check the existence of intermediate directions previously interpreted as belonging to the Matuyama-Brunhes geomagnetic reversal (MBR), and complete this record with ThellierThellier paleointensity determinations a...

in this manuscript adds valuable assessment data to continue our journey in exploring potential benefits or disadvantages of this technology.1 As more robotic platforms become available and as the technology evolves, it is likely that the application and use of such technology will only continue to expand further. If we can use this technology to allow urologists to become more proficient micro...

Abstract Introduction A small subset of men undergoing laparoscopic hernia repair will request concomitant vasectomy, which is typically performed via resection a segment the intra-abdominal vas deferens near inguinal ring. Some these ultimately desire vasectomy reversal to restore fertility or alleviate post-vasectomy pain syndrome. Traditional scrotal microsurgical techniques are clearly not ...

Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) has been criticized considerably for possible rank reversal phenomenon caused by the addition or deletion of an alternative. While in many cases this is a perfectly valid phenomenon, there are also many cases where ranks should be preserved. Our findings indicate that using the geometric mean reduces the variance in ratings substantially; hence, yielding lower i...