Degradation, infection and heat effects on polypropylene mesh for pelvic implantation: what was known and when it was known

Many properties of polypropylene mesh that are causative in producing the complications that our patients are experiencing were published in the literature prior to the marketing of most currently used mesh configurations and mesh kits. These factors were not sufficiently taken into account prior to the sale of these products for use in patients. This report indicates when this information was available to both mesh kit manufacturers and the Food and Drug Administration

Final Technical Report for Award DE-FG02-05ER41389 A New Electrostatically-Focused, UV HPD for Liquid Xenon: A Direct Comparison with APD, PMT, SiPM in an Integrated Database

Within the scope of the project, a LXe detector and associated gas handling and purification system were set up to study the response of various photodetectors to the VUV Xe light. In particular we tested an Advanced Photonix Large Area Avalanche Photodiode (APD), Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) from two different sources and an Hamamtsu Photonics APD. As part of the XENON Dark Matter project, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, we have accumulated independent knowledge of the response of compact metal channel photomultipliers. At this stage, we conclude that the last are far superior in terms of reliability and performance in a LXe detector environment. More studies are needed with APDs and SiPMs in LXe, taking advantage of the improved performance of these sensors with time. We could not test a hybrid PMT (HPD) since the only available unit on loan from one manufacturer lacked the mechanical stability and was packaged in a form not compatible with LXe purity requirements. Meanwhile, within the XENON collaboration, we are developing with Hamamatsu a hybrid PMT which is named QUPID (Quartz Photon Intensifying Detector) which promises to solve the problems of radioactivity and purity encountered with previous HPDs. We attach to this report two papers which summarize in detail the experimental st-ups, procedures and results obtained with different APDs and SiPMs operated in LXe. We continue our investigations of APDs in view of their potential appication in large arrays for LXe detectors. We intend to publish the results once we complete tests of newly acquired Hamamatsu APDs

Charm in the Nucleon

A next-to-leading order analysis of inelastic electroproduction of charm is performed using an interpolating scheme which maps smoothly onto massless QCD evolution at large Q^2 and photon-gluon fusion at small Q^2. In contrast with earlier analyses, this scheme allows the inclusion of quark and target mass effects and heavy quark thresholds, as well as possible non-perturbative, or intrinsic, charm contributions. We find no conclusive evidence in favor of an intrinsic charm component in the nucleon, although several data points which disagree with perturbative QCD expectations will need to be checked by future experiments.Comment: 23 pages, 9 figure

Animals in the Religions and Mythology of Ancient Peoples (Part 3)

U trećem dijelu ovog rada kao božanstva, mitska bića ili čudovišta opisane su životinje: majmun, medvjed, nilski konj, ovan, pas, pauk, ptice i ribe. Najčešće su štovane ptice, bilo u izvornom obliku bilo prikazane s čovječjim ili dijelovima tijela različitih životinja (hibrid), zatim ribe, pas i medvjed. Životinje su prema svojim odlikama bili simboli snage, dugovječnosti (majmuni), hrabrosti (medvjed), trudnoće i majčinstva (nilski konj), snage i muškosti (ovan), budnosti i vjernosti (pas), uzajamnosti života i smrti (ribe).In the third part of this study, the following animals are described as deities, mythical beings or monsters: monkeys, bears, hippopotami, rams, dogs, spiders, birds and fish. Most often, birds are worshipped either in their original form or depicted with the body parts of humans and different animals (hybrids), followed by fish, dogs and bears. According to their characteristics, these animals were symbols of strength, longevity (monkeys), courage (bear), pregnancy and motherhood (hippo), strength and masculinity (ram), vigilance and fidelity (dog), and finally, the correlation of life and death (fish)

Low-temperature electrical discharge through solid xenon

The uniform self-sustained electrical discharge through solid xenon has been realized and studied. The multiplication of electrons proceeds in the noble gas above the xenon crystal interface whereas a positive feedback is realized at the account of multiple exciton formation by excess electrons drifted through the crystal: molecular excitons emit VUV photons which knocked out secondary electrons from photosensitive cathode. The discharge was stimulated by short electrical spark along the sample axes. The discharge electrical properties as well as the spectra of solid xenon electroluminescence in UV and visible have been studied. Electric discharge in solid xenon was proved to be an effective source of UV radiation and a convenient tool to study the processes involving excitons and electrons in solid xenon at high pressures

Analyse de faisabilité d'une plateforme de prise de rendez-vous en ligne pour les professionnels du bien-être et de la santé

Mon désir est de faire gagner du temps autant aux professionnels qu’aux personnes voulant prendre rendez-vous. C’est pourquoi j’ai pensé à un système de prise de rendez-vous en ligne pour le secteur du bien-être et de la santé. iReserve a donc pour but de fournir un site internet permettant aux professionnels de la santé et du bien-être de s’inscrire, afin de proposer à leurs clients la possibilité de prendre rendez-vous via internet, sans passer par le téléphone. Concernant le besoin en ressources humaines, la société a besoin d’un informaticien à temps complet, afin de gérer la programmation des pages web, tandis que moi-même je m’occupe du côté analyse des besoins. À partir de la deuxième année, deux personnes supplémentaires rejoindront l’équipe. Grâce à des sondages quantitatifs et qualitatifs, je constate un intérêt auprès des professionnels quant à une prise de rendez-vous en ligne, ainsi qu’auprès de la population, car 72% se disent prêts à utiliser le système. Chez les professionnels, je constate également une envie de personnalisation. Le service comprend un élément de base, c’est-à-dire la page web avec l’agenda en ligne. Le professionnel peut choisir des modules supplémentaires, afin de personnaliser sa page web. Il peut également prendre le module de synchronisation de son agenda personnel avec l’agenda en ligne. Ce module est l’avantage concurrentiel de la société. Durant la première année d’exploitation, les actions marketing sont ciblées sur les professionnels avec des publications dans le journal de l’Association des Médecins de Genève, ainsi qu’avec une participation à des salons. À partir de la deuxième année, les actions sont orientées vers les preneurs de rendez-vous avec des spots radios ou des flyers dans les transports publics genevois. Concernant l’aspect financier, malgré l’enregistrement d’une perte lors de la première année, dès la deuxième année des bénéfices sont à prévoir. Grâce à une tarification basée sur des abonnements mensuels, à partir de la quatrième année, la société peut faire des bénéfices sans avoir de nouveaux clients