Testicular sperm retrieval for the treatment of non-obstructive azoospermia requires the execution of an invasive procedure, with all its possible attending complications and subsequent long-term effects. This study suggests a new non-invasive approach for collection of spermatozoa in these patients: the extended sperm preparation (ESP). ESP consists of conducting a thorough microscopic search ...

PURPOSE This systematic review updates one conducted in 2008 into extended scope practice (ESP) in physiotherapy in orthopedics. METHODS A comprehensive open-ended search was conducted using electronic library data-bases and Google Scholar to identify any primary study design reporting on physiotherapists working in ESP roles within orthopedic settings. Studies were allocated to the National ...

statement of the problem: cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis are major health dilemmas. osteoporotic patients frequently display vascular calcification that consequently increases the cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. purpose : this study aimed to investigate the relation of osteoporosis, vascular calcification (atheroma, intima-media thickness (imt)) and elongated styloid process (e...

abstractthe present research was conducted to compare the efficiency of 3 groups of esp instructors: content teachers, language teachers, and professional esp teachers. the main question was aimed to investigate whether there was a significant difference between the 3 mentioned groups of esp teachers and if there was, who was more qualified to teach esp. to find the answer, a questionnaire was ...

The ESP Game tends to generate “low effort” or “surface semantics” tags. This paper presents two variations of the ESP Games called “squaring” and “scripting” that trim the ESP Game to collect “deep semantics” tags. The approaches do not require players to get used to, and for the GWAP operators to deploy, new games. First experiments point to the efficiency of squaring and scripting the ESP Ga...

DNA damage in HeLa nuclei and isolated nucleosome core particles has been examined for several members of the enediyne family of antitumor antibiotics: calicheamicin gamma 1I (CAL), esperamicin A1 (ESP A1), esperamicin C (ESP C), and neocarzinostatin (NCS). In nuclei, both NCS and ESP A1 produced DNA damage limited to the linker region of the nucleosome, while CAL and ESP C, an analog of ESP A1...

OBJECTIVES The enterococcal surface protein gene, esp, is a major putative pathogenicity marker in clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis. This study demonstrates in vitro conjugative transfer of the esp gene among E. faecium and E. faecalis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Enterococcal isolates from clinical samples, positive for esp, were mated on filters with enterococca...

Advanced ESP consists of an HCU with built-in wheel pressure sensors. By using pressure feedback control, Advanced ESP reduces noise and improves pressure control performance. The system can be used for various value-added functions such as Stop & Go and regenerative braking. These additional functions require normal operation at all times. However, if Advanced ESP operates without detecting HC...

The ESP Game tends to generate “low effort” or “surface semantics” tags. This paper presents two variations of the ESP Games called “squaring” and “scripting” that trim the ESP Game to collect “deep semantics” tags. The approaches do not require players to get used to, and for the GWAP operators to deploy, new games. First experiments point to the efficiency of squaring and scripting the ESP Ga...

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS Esophageal squamous papilloma (ESP) is a rare lesion. The aims of this study were to assess the prevalence of ESP in northeastern France and the risk of associated squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). PATIENTS AND METHODS The charts of 78 patients who were diagnosed with ESP between January 2005 and February 2013 at three hospitals in northeastern France were reviewed. R...