OBJECTIVE To compare the objective anatomic outcomes after sacral colpopexy performed with cadaveric fascia lata and polypropylene mesh. METHODS Patients undergoing a sacral colpopexy were randomized to receive either fascia lata or polypropylene mesh in a double-blinded fashion. Data were collected at 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year postoperatively. The main outcome measures were pel...

Visualization for structures of architectural significance and objects of importance to the World’s cultural heritage has recently been receiv ing more attention. Generally, TIN and Marching Cube algorithm are used as popular modelling method for these objects. When TIN is used, to connect all the measured points, there is a problem of connecting the object which must originally deviate and mus...

Mesh networking employs Cisco Aironet 1500 Series outdoor mesh access points (APs) and indoor mesh APs (Cisco Aironet 1040, 1130, 1140, 1240, 1250, 1260, 2600, 3500e, 3500i, 3600e, and 3600i series APs) along with the Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC), and Cisco Prime Infrastructure to provide scalable, central management and mobility between indoor and outdoor deployments. Control and Provis...

The multi-size-mesh multi-time-step DRP scheme (Tam&Kurbatskii2003) is suited for numerical simulations of multiple-scales aeroacoustics problems. In regions where there are high flow gradients (jet or flow near walls), small grid sizes to resolve small scales are needed. In regions where sound dominates, larger grid sizes for long sound wave lengths may be used to save computation resources. T...

The finite element (FE) mesh sizing has great influence on computational time, memory usage, and accuracy of FE analysis. Based on a systematic in-depth study of the geometric complexity of a set of connected surfaces, a computational procedure for the generation of FE mesh sizing function is proposed. The computational procedure has three main steps: (1) Generation of source points that determ...

Wireless mesh networks are currently becoming one of the most promising approaches to provide ubiquitous broadband Internet access. In order to successfully make their way as access architecture for the next-generation Internet, mesh networks need to provide mechanisms able to efficiently support emerging broadband multimedia services. In this work, we report some performance measurements obtai...