OBJECTIVE To compare the prostatic resistive index (RI) and measurements from pressure-flow studies (PFS) for the diagnosis and follow-up of bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). PATIENTS AND METHODS In all, 338 men (aged 55-82 years) presenting with lower urinary tract symptoms were evaluated prospectively for BOO secondary to BPH. In all patie...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) and the risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer (PCa).Study population consisted of 2673 patients scheduled for the first prostate biopsy (PBx). All patients underwent uroflowmetry before PBx; those with a peak flow rate (PFR) <10 mL/s were considered to have BOO.The incidence of PCa was ...

The aim of the study was to assess the incidence and etiology of repeated bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) after kidney transplantation and to analyze the results of transurethral incision of the prostate/transurethral resection of the prostate (TUIP/TURP) in the early period after kidney transplantation. The study included 24 male patients having undergone renal transplantation and early trans...

ABSTRACT Binary stars in which oscillations can be studied either or both components provide powerful constraints on our understanding of stellar physics. The bright binary 12 Boötis (12 Boo) is a particularly promising system because the primary roughly 60 per cent brighter than secondary despite being only few more massive. Both have substantial surface convection zones and are therefore, pre...

In this study, we investigated the effects of bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) on the expression and function of large conductance (BK) and small conductance (SK) Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels in detrusor smooth muscle. The bladder from adult female Sprague-Dawley rats with 6-wk BOO were used. The mRNA expression of the BK channel alpha-subunit, beta1-, beta2-, and beta4-subunits and SK1, SK2,...

Beam orientation optimization (BOO) is a key component in the process of intensity modulated radiation therapy treatment planning. It determines to what degree one can achieve a good treatment plan in the subsequent plan optimization process. In this paper, we have developed a BOO algorithm via adaptive l(2, 1)-minimization. Specifically, we introduce a sparsity objective function term into our...

We evaluate the influence robots can have on the perceived funniness of jokes. We let people grade how funny simple word play jokes are, and vary the presentation method. The jokes are presented as text only or said by a small robot. The same joke is rated significantly higher when presented by the robot. We also let one robot tell a joke and have one more robot either laugh, boo, or do nothing...

We have found a new low-mass, double-lined, detached eclipsing binary, GU Boo, among a sample of new variables from the ROTSE-I database. The binary has an orbital period of 0.488728 ± 0.000002 days, and estimated apparent magnitudes Vrotse ≃ 13.7 and I ≃ 11.8. Our analysis of the light and radial velocity curves of the system yields individual masses and radii of M1= 0.610 ± 0.007 M⊙, M2= 0.59...

We present high-precision linear polarization observations of four bright hot Jupiter systems ($\tau$ Boo, HD 179949, 189733 and 51 Peg) use the data to search for polarized reflected light from planets. The Peg are consistent with a signal at about level expected 2.8$\sigma$ significance false alarm probability 1.9 per cent. More will be needed confirm detection in this system. shows highly va...