The evolution of the artificial urinary sphincter has affected the current surgical options for urinary incontinence. With its unique features, the artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) has been an attractive option for the treatment of urinary incontinence regardless of gender. The current paper discusses the indications, contraindications, types of

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LESS has slowly adopted its role in current urological practice. The objective of our study is to confirm the efficacy and safety of laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) compared to conventional laparoscopic surgery for upper urinary tract stones 1554 DETERMINATION OF TISSUE INJURY THRESHOLD FROM FOCUSED THERAPEUTIC ULTRASOUND Yak-Nam Wang,

This paper presents the design of auto-stabilization control technique for a quadrotor system. Aquadrotor is a highly nonlinear and has to be stabilized by a suitable control technique. Therefore, the main focus of this research is to design an appropriate control algorithm that able to auto-stabilize the quadrotor at hover. The dynamic modeling of

This research study deals with the perceptions of bankers and regulators on the issues and challenges concerning the implementation of Islamic microfinance in Pakistan; and the adoption of an appropriate instrument to Islamic microfinance for poverty alleviation as an alternative to the conventional model of microfinance. The study adopted the meth

A distributed system consists of several autonomous computers that communicate through a computer network. Usually there is a common goal that all these networked computers try to achieve. The same definition could be rewritten by considering different types of computing devices instead of only computers in traditional sense. Examples of distribute

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Background: Due to problems with chemical control, there is increasing interest in the use of microsporidia for control of lepidopteran pests. However, there have been few studies to evaluate the susceptibility of exotic species to microsporidia from indigenous Lepidoptera. Methodology/Principal Findings: We investigated some biological characteris

The demand for gelatin for food and pharmaceutical application is increasing because it is one of the most widely used food ingredients. Its applications in food manufacturing are very wide-ranging including enhancing the elasticity, firmness and consistency of food products. Most commercial gelatin is presently sourced from beef bone, hide and pig

Tourism industry is a most vibrant activity in the worldwide. In Malaysia itself the tourism industry is the second largest contributor for Malaysia economy next to the manufacturing sector. The globalization has brings major changes to the growth of technology in human life. The rapid growth of this technology brings new dimension in the tourism i