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“Objective: To evaluate the urodynamic parameters, development of bladder function and complications of clean intermittent self-catheterization (CIC) in Chinese schoolchildren with neurogenic underactive bladder. Methods: Ninety-three children with neurogenic underactive ROCK inhibitor bladder were successfully treated with CIC or combined with

oxybutynin for two years follow-up. According to bladder compliance before CIC, they were subdivided into a normal bladder compliance (NBC) group and a low bladder compliance (LBC) group. Urodynamic parameters and complications were recorded. Results: At follow-up, the incidence of neurogenic detrusor overactivity was found to have significantly decreased in both groups. Moreover, maximum selleckchem cystometric capacity (CC) and relatively safe CC in the NBC group was significantly higher than those before CIC. However, relatively safe CC was significantly lower than that before CIC, and detrusor leakage point

pressure was significantly higher than that before CIC in the LBC group. The incidences of bacteriuria, vesicureteral reflux (VUR), febrile urinary tract infections (UTI) and macroscopic hematuria were, respectively, 62, 13, 25 and 15%, and those of VUR and febrile UTI in the LBC group were significantly higher than those in the NBC group. Conclusion: For these cases, the complications of CIC are rare, and bladder compliance seems to be correlated with the development of bladder function and complications during CIC. Copyright (C) 2011 S. Karger

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“We present a model of data retention for phase change memory devices in which the active medium is a thin layer of chalcogenide glass. Data retention capability is compromised when a crystalline path is spontaneously formed in the glassy host, essentially shunting the device. We determine the probability and statistics of device failure for systems in which the crystalline volume fraction is below the critical volume fraction of percolation theory. In that regime, we show that rectilinear crystalline path formation is favored see more and we determine the criteria for when such paths dominate over the typical percolation cluster scenario. Our analytical approach, based on modeling the formation of such paths in terms of a half-space random walk, leads to closed form expressions that relate data retention characteristics to device parameters. The model is used to examine the effects of device geometry, temperature, and external fields. The temporal statistics of device reliability are also considered for several failure mechanisms. A computer simulation is employed that supports our derived relationships between failure probability and device parameters. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3478713]“
“Background/Aims: A correlation has been observed between DNA ploidy and other prognostic parameters such as tumor stage and grade.