PROBING PENILE HEMODYNAMICS BY USING PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY AS OBJECTIVE INDICATORS FOR MALE ERECTION QUALITY AND SEXUAL FUNCTION

Probing penile hemodynamics by using photoplethysmography as objective indicators for male erection quality and sexual function

Abstract Erectile dysfunction (ED) is mostly due to the lack of blood flow into the penis.In the past 20 years, near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) was used in measuring the concentrations and temporal dynamics of different hemoglobin types.However, the dynamics of the light absorption (photoplethysmography; PPG) have not been applied to survey penil

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Stakeholder Perspectives on Advancing Understanding of Prenatal Opioid Exposure and Brain Development From the iOPEN Consortium of the Healthy Brain and Child Development Study

Introduction: There is a dire need for research regarding the implications of opioid use during pregnancy on fetal and childhood development to better inform both medical practice and policy.The Healthy Brain and Child Development Study will examine brain and behavioral development from birth through the first decade of life.Due to large scope and

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Argumentative Strategies and Stylistic Devices

The extended pragma-dialectical Pudding Bowl argumentation theory assumes that people engaged in argumentative discourse manoeuvre strategically.In argumentative reality, the strategic manoeuvring is often carried out according to an argumentative strategy.Language users make an effort to present their strategic manoeuvres in a specific way and the

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