Polymeric meshes in the form of knitted nets are commonly used in the surgical repair of pelvic organ prolapses.Although a number of these prosthetic meshes Dail are commercially available, there is little published data on their mechanical performance, in particular on the change in stiffness under the repeated loading experienced in vivo.In this
Commons scholarship has improved our understanding of how to govern resources for sustainability.However, it has also been critiqued for its focus on traits (e.g.well-defined system boundaries) that are increasingly threatened by social and environmental trends.Fisheries are a key example of this challenge.While small-scale fisheries are critically
We conducted a literature review to identify commonly used recruitment and retention strategies in research among adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors 15-39 years of age and examine the effectiveness of these strategies based on the reported recruitment and retention rates.We identified 18 publications published after 2010, including 1
A model is outlined that predicts NAPL which is held in pore wedges and as films or lenses on solid and water surfaces and contributes negligibly to Cashews NAPL advection.This is conceptually referred to as residual NAPL.Since residual NAPL is immobile, it remains in the vadose zone after all free NAPL has drained.Residual NAPL is very important b
Abstract Background Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in epilepsy has been a topic of increasing interest, which in general occurs in 15–35% of the patients with epilepsy, more frequently in those with intellectual disability (ID).Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) and Dravet syndrome (DS) are two typical forms of intractable epileptic encephalopathy ass