The sacrospinous ligament has been used for over 50 years as a convenient structure for treating vaginal vault and more recently, uterine prolapse. The procedure has evolved over the years and its efficacy has been hotly debated with invariable comparisons made to abdominal sacral colpopexy. Mesh surgery has introduced a newer dimension to the debate. This review is an attempt to clarify the an...

This paper won this year’s competition for the “Best Paper in Preventive Medicine by a Medical Student.” Since its inception in 1992, this award has been co-sponsored by the American College of Preventive Medicine, the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine, the Association of American Medical Colleges, and the Ulrich and Ruth Frank Foundation for International Health. The monetary priz...

The study aim was to determine relationships between mechanical variables in the one-repetition maximum (1RM) traditional bench press (TBP) and close-grip bench press (CGBP). Twenty resistance-trained men completed a TBP and CGBP 1RM. The TBP was performed with the preferred grip; the CGBP with a grip width of 95% biacromial distance. A linear position transducer measured: lift distance and dur...

There is an emerging interest in modeling spatially correlated survival data in biomedical and epidemiologic studies. In this article we propose a new class of semiparametric normal transformation models for right-censored spatially correlated survival data. This class of models assumes that survival outcomes marginally follow a Cox proportional hazard model with unspecified baseline hazard, an...

in this paper, first a new homotopy perturbation method for solving a fractional order nonlinear telegraph equation is introduced. by applying the proposed method, the nonlinear equation is translated to linear equations for per iteration of homotopy perturbation method. then, the obtained problems are solved with separation method. in the examples, it is illustrated that the exact solution is ...

Constraint propagation can often be conveniently expressed by rules. In recent years, a number of techniques for automatic generation of rule-based constraint solvers have been developed, most of them using a generate-and-test approach. We examine a generation method that is based on deduction. A solver (i. e., a set of rules) for a complex constraint is obtained from one or several weaker solv...

Given a set of classes as input, a class exerciser, with its easy-to-use graphical user interface, allows users to create objects for the given classes, invoke methods on specifled objects and examine the contents of objects interactively. In other words, one can use a class exerciser to exercise and assess the various functions of classes conveniently. The class exerciser has m a q application...

Axially symmetric perturbations of the isotropic harmonic oscillator in three dimensions are studied. A normal form transformation introduces a second symmetry, after truncation. The reduction of the two symmetries leads to a one-degree-of-freedom system. We use a special set of action-angle variables, as well as conveniently chosen generators of the ring of invariant functions. Both approaches...

Decision-making is a complex issue due to the vague, imprecise, and indeterminate environment especially when attributes are more than one further bifurcated. To solve such types of problems, concept neutrosophic hypersoft set proposed by Smaranndache. In this paper, primary focus extend sets (NHSs) matrices (NHSMs) with essential study suitable examples. Then, analytical some common operations...