Mixed urinary incontinence

In many studies morphology of pelvic floor muscles has been explained with only few limited reference to muscle action. There is no doubt that the pelvic floor muscles and ligaments have immense importance for stress incontinence, micturition and anorectal functions. It was P. Petros who explained the directional muscle forces (Petros and Ulmsten 1993, Petros and Ulmsten 1997) and their significant role in pelvic floor dysfunctions.

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Reiko Inagi reviewed very lucidly the role of endoplasmic reticulum in the stress of responses in glomeruli, while the pathogenic significance of dendritic cells in autoimmune glomerulonephritis is elaborated by Yahuan Lou. Finally, the relevance of urinary biomarkers in relation to pathogenesis of glomerulonephritis is put together in a concise chapter written by Sophie Ohlsson.

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Flavonoids have a common structure consisting of 2 aromatic rings that are linked together by 3 carbon atoms that form an oxygenated heterocycle. This large group, which constitutes the most prevalent in the human diet, is divided into 6 subgroups, including flavonols (e.g. quercetin), flavones (e.g. apigenin), isoflavones (e.g. daidzein), flavanones (e.g. hesperetin), anthocyanidins (e.g. cyanidin), and flavanols (catechins and proanthocyanidins). Non- flavonoid polyphenolics include phenolic acids (e.g. chlorogenic acid), lignans (e.g. secoisolariciresinol) and stilbenes (e.g.

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There are mainly four types of segmentation techniques, namely global thresholding, boundary-based segmentation, region-based segmentation, and mixed segmentation. Seeded Region Growing is an integrated method brought up by Adams and Bischof [4-13], in which few initial seeds are generated, and more similar neighboring regions are then combined to achieve region growing [14-21]. In addition, the method of unsupervised vector seeded region growing suitable for medical multi-spectral images was established.

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Narratives reviewed indicated that transactions not commensurate with the nature of the business or intended purpose of the accounts, and derogatory information obtained on subjects, led to the filing of the SAR(s). In many cases, the financial institution filed because the account activity was consistent with the derogatory information. Some accounts reflected a high percentage of returned deposits involving unauthorized Automated Clearing House (ACH) debits while others displayed extensive wire transfer activity among several accounts.

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The cost method presents no special complications. Interest-bearing debt securities that are purchased between interest dates are recorded at cost, which is market value on the date of acquisition. Accrued interest since the last interest payment date is recorded as interest receivable.Accrued interest is added to the cash paid because, at each interest date, the inter- est is paid to whomever holds the securities regardless of when they actually purchased them.

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In the second chapter, Juan Carlos Jáuregui presents an application of phase space to the identification of nonlinearities and transients. In this interesting approach, a phase diagram is represented as a three-dimensional plot which can then be used for frequency and dynamic identification of a system. The application of this approach to nonlinear mechanical systems such as gears, bearings and friction is also included in the chapter.

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Direct Marketing allows you to personalize and customize a message to different persons and groups at a specific time. The most popular forms are direct mail and e-mail marketing. Direct marketing is perhaps the most effective form of promotion because you have total control over what message you send, who receives the message, and when it is received. You can create general direct marketing pieces that go to a mass audience, such as an invitation, or specific marketing pieces that go to a target audience, such as a letter.

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This paper focuses primarily on analysis of the quantitative aspects of the research, although this form of data collection was complemented by a series of consumer focus groups. viii The data was gathered using a postal and web-based questionnaire that contained identical items. Although each sample was analysed individually, in this paper these datasets have been combined and any notable differences highlighted where appropriate.

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In exercising the oversight function, close cooperation between the bodies overseeing payments and the BaFin is of fundamental importance. In the field of electronic money the Deutsche Bundesbank also cooperates with the Federal Agency for Security in Information Technology (BSI) and takes advice from this body, as systems with electronically stored units of value are subject to a special security test. The legal foundation for banking supervision is the KWG.

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The effect of HNC on air quality is measured using hourly air pollution records from monitoring stations. Pollution levels are compared before and after the restrictions for five major pollutants with levels in previous years acting as a comparison group to control for seasonal variation. The analysis controls for possible confounding factors by restricting the sample to a relatively narrow time window around the implementation of HNC and by using a regression discontinuity design. Across pollutants and specifications there is no evidence that the program has improved air quality.

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In the Christian tradition, the doctrine of ‘just war’ has evolved throughout the last 1,700 years, originating with St. Augustine and later significantly shaped by St Thomas Aquinas, both of whom developed ideas of the Greek philosopher Aristotle and the Roman philosopher Cicero. 15 Saint Augustine (354-430) served as Bishop of Hippo for 34 years. His idea of just war has two foundations. The first, owing much to the Eastern religious traditions, is that in all things a person should not act out of selfish considerations.

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Third, auto manufacturers are reluctant to cut prices on new cars. As Busse, Silva-Risso, and Zettelmeyer (2006) show, this does happen quite regularly via rebates oered by manufac- turers either to customers or dealers. However, manufacturers are very concerned about how this aects customers' price image of a car, and what inferences customers might make about the quality of a car if a rebate is oered.

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What became most striking about the survey results, however, was the pat- tern that emerged when comparing the preferences of individual respondents for one screening to that same respondent’s preferences in other screenings. In so doing it became evident that those who disliked or were neutral about one choice of electronic music were likely to be enthusiastic about another such choice.

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In most OECD pension funds, bonds remain by far the dominant asset class, accounting for 50% of total assets under management on average (OECD Pension markets in focus July 2011). Green bonds could therefore be a channel to direct significant pension fund capital towards green projects. However the market size for green bonds is still small and illiquid at USD 15.6 billion as of August 2011 (see next section for discussion).

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Another fundamental and shared belief among proponents of women’s health, which has also been largely confirmed, is that although the majority of women in most countries live longer than men, they live most of their lives with more disease, infirmity and disability than do men. Based on these broad, pluralistic perspectives and based on the epidemiological data discussed below, there is no question that trachoma is a women’s health concern.

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The intuition underpinning these results is straightforward. In a highly connected system, the counterparty losses of a failing institution can be more widely dispersed to, and absorbed by, other entities. So increased connectivity and risk sharing may lower the probability of contagious default. But, conditional on the failure of one institution triggering contagious defaults, a high number of nancial linkages also increases the potential for contagion to spread more widely.

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In order to maintain the integrity of the community, we report observed or suspected violations of this code of ethics with a spirit of fairness, honesty, and respect for the rights of others. Those who report alleged misconduct and those against whom allegations are reported are afforded all rights provided by University policies as well as all applicable state and federal laws. Those who are found to have violated this code will be subject to appropriate disciplinary action, up to and including expulsion, termination of employment, or termination of relationship.

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The like is true of the finished products. Modern consumers in great part supply their wants with commodities that conform to certain staple specifications of size, weight, and grade. The consumer (that is to say the vulgar consumer) furnishes his hose, his table, and his person with supplies of standard weight and measure, and he can to an appreciable degree specify his needs and his consumption in the notation of the standard gauge. As regards the mass of civilized mankind, the idiosyncrasies of the individual consumers are required to conform to the uniform gradations imposed...

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Charles Kingsley makes this point in his 1873 lecture “Nausicaa in London: Or, the Lower Education of Woman,” in which he quotes the passage in The Odyssey in which Nausicaa plays ball with her female companions on the beach(62). J. Moyr Smith makes this explicit with regard to Greek clothing in his book Ancient Greek Female Costume in 1882: “Though more fully clad in most parts of Greece than in Sparta, the costume of the young girls and women was such as allowed the body to develop its natural beauty, and permitted a graceful freedom of motion” (17)....

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