1063/1.3532001]”
“The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the inter-examiner agreement of a previously described simplified pelvic organ prolapse quantification

(S-POP) system in a multicenter, prospective, randomized, blinded fashion. Pelvic organ prolapse quantification (POPQ) system’s use in daily practice is hampered due to perceived complexity and difficulty of use. The S-POP was introduced in order to make the POPQ user-friendly and increase its usage (Swift et al. BMS-777607 in Int Urogynecol J 17(6):615-620, 2006).

Five hundred eleven subjects underwent two separate pelvic exams in random order by two blinded examiners employing the S-POP at 12 centers around the world. Data were compared using weighted kappa statistics.

The weighted kappa statistics for the inter-examiner reliability of the S-POP were 0.87 for the overall stage, 0.89 and 0.81 for the anterior and posterior vaginal walls, 0.82 for the apex/cuff 0.89, and 0.84 for the cervix and vaginal fornix, respectively.

There is an almost perfect inter-examiner agreement of the S-POP system for the overall stage and each point within the system.”
“We show that for a mismatched heteroepitaxial

NVP-LBH589 layer with linear compositional grading, the first misfit dislocations will be introduced at a finite distance y(C) from the substrate interface. This is of practical as well as fundamental importance; it alters the value of the critical layer thickness for lattice relaxation and it moves the misfit dislocations away from the interface, where contaminants and defects may cause dislocation pinning or mobility reduction. We have calculated the position of the initial misfit dislocations yC for linearly graded Si(1-x)Ge(x)/Si(001) heteroepitaxial layers with lattice mismatch given by f = C(f)y, where C(f) is the grading coefficient and y is the distance from the interface. The distance of the first misfit dislocations from

the interface y(C) decreases with increasing grading coefficient but can exceed 40 nm in layers with shallow grading (vertical bar C(f)vertical bar < 12 cm(-1)). For the range of grading coefficients investigated, y(C) varies from 6% to 11% of the critical layer thickness. Based on the model presented here it is possible to choose the grading coefficient to achieve the desired separation of the misfit dislocations Fludarabine ic50 from the substrate interface. (C) 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi: 10.1063/1.3533995]“
“We aimed to determine the prevalence of mild stress urinary incontinence (SUI) 1 year postpartum in relation to mode of delivery and pre-pregnancy SUI.

This cohort study was performed on 618 primiparous women who delivered by elective cesarean section and NVD. Development of SUI during pregnancy till 12 months after delivery was studied. Frequency of mild SUI among patients with and without pre-pregnancy SUI was compared at the ante-partum (RR, 5.75), 40 days postpartum (RR, 9.3), 3 months postpartum (RR, 10.1), 6 months postpartum (RR, 10.