Introduction: The Da Vinci single port (SP) robotic system has emerged as a valuable platform for minimally invasive urologic surgery in the past decade.While adoption has been growing rapidly for procedures such as pyeloplasty, partial nephrectomy and radical/simple prostatectomy, its application to retroperitoneal nephroureterectomy has been less
On and Off-line Purchase Intention: the Role of Brand Trust as Moderator of Risk Perception
Interpersonal trust is considered a risk moderator in choice under uncertainty (Einhorn, 7gm pravana Hogarth, 1988) so it can help people to make decisions otherwise considered too risky (Galli, Nardin, 1997).Specifically, trust has been defined as a multi-dimensional construct, with cognitive and affective dimensions playing a different role to re
Student Perceptions of Higher Education and Apprenticeship Alignment
Since its inception in medieval Europe, apprenticeships have played a vital role in knowledge transfer from one generation to the next.In a mutually beneficial relationship, the master craftsman passes along years of skill and wisdom to the younger apprentice while gaining the youthful, energetic infusion of labor from the burgeoning new learner.In
Inhibition of lung serine proteases in mice: a potentially new approach to control influenza infection
Abstract Background Host serine proteases are essential for the influenza virus life cycle because the viral haemagglutinin is synthesized as a precursor which requires proteolytic maturation.Therefore, we studied the activity and expression of serine proteases in lungs from mice infected with influenza and evaluated the effect of serine protease i