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(137) Sealed Vasectomy Procedure Prior Studies and Now Good Laboratory Practices FDA Study: Human, Porcine, Canine and Rabbit Subjects

Abstract Introduction The Sealed Vasectomy Procedure (SVP) is a new bipolar radiofrequency sealing tool for transdermal vasectomy in hopes of making the procedure a faster, simpler, and safer office procedure. Testing has been successful in rabbits with excellent wound healing, complete vas occlusion on histology, and no sperm in post procedural semen analysis. Further studies in larger animals were then done in canine, porcine and human vas deferens that showed good sealing of the vas deferens. FDA-approval are needed before its application in humans. The next step in FDA approval process is a FDA prescribed Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) animal study. Objective Evaluate the effectiveness of the SVP in sealing the vas deferens in rabbit, canine, porcine and in humans. Now presenting the FDA prescribed GLP study. Methods Rabbit studies have been previously described including AUA22 best video award. We preformed microscopic evaluation of the vas deferens tissues from canines treated with the SVP at either 40 or 60 watts, euthanized at 14 days post-treatment under the conditions of this study. Human vas deferens specimens after removal from the patient were then immediately treated with SVP tool on benchtop. Porcine vas deferens samples were procured and underwent benchtop testing. The GLP study was done at Charles River in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The GLP study was on 6 canines: 3 with the outside the skin method and 3 canines with the transdermal method. All were terminal after a period of healing of up to 28 days. Results 9 canine, 6 human, and 20 porcine vas deferens were included in SVP testing. Human, porcine, and canine specimens demonstrated tissue coagulation and fibrosis in the treated vasa deferentia by Pathology. (See Figure 1 Human and 2 Canine) For the FDA GLP prescribed study, all 6 dogs survived and were euthanized at 28 days post-treatment. Pathology for the GLP study was done by Charles River. Conclusions SVP is a potentially exciting novel vasectomy procedure that appears to provide good sealing of the vas deferens in the rabbit & canine animal model and on benchtop for the human & porcine vas deferens. The FDA GLP study is done and awaits FDA submission. FDA-approval is still needed before use in humans. Disclosure Yes, this is sponsored by industry/sponsor: Signati. Clarification: Industry initiated, executed and funded study. Any of the authors act as a consultant, employee or shareholder of an industry for: Signati.

Sex, Bugs and Rock 'n' Roll: Insects in Music Videos.

Simple SummaryMusic videos were examined on YouTube for insect content. The types of insects shown, the year of issue, and themes were recorded. The most common insects seen in music videos were butterflies and moths. Bees, ants, and wasps were the second most common, while beetles, spiders, flies, and grasshoppers/crickets were tied for third place. Insect music videos are becoming increasingly common, perhaps because the total number of videos being issued is also increasing. Large numbers of insects were common in about one quarter of the videos, while insects with human features were in about one fifth. Giant insects were seen in only one twentieth of the videos. Many insect music videos and their associated songs have been very successful, with ten number one songs and four music video awards. Animation of various types was used in many insect videos, while live footage and photographs allowed identification of many of the insects. The types of insects shown, the themes represented and the success of insect music videos seem to indicate that human attitudes toward insects are trending toward more positive values, especially relative to those in early horror films, which were exclusively designed to convey horror.The appearance of insects in music videos was examined. The most common taxa observed were Lepidoptera, then Hymenoptera, with Coleoptera, Araneae, Diptera, and Orthoptera essentially tied for third most represented. Insect music videos have increased in frequency over time, probably as an artifact of industry growth. Swarms and infestations were common in insect videos (appearing in 26%), as were chimeric insectoid humans (19%), and, to a lesser extent, giant insects (5%), but not all of these representations were used to induce horror. Some insect music videos have garnered awards, and many of the songs associated with them have been very successful. There were many animated insect sequences, but also images of specimens that were sufficiently detailed to allow identification of the species. The insect groups observed reflect both positive and negative values. There is some indication that insects are not viewed in such a negative light as they once were, providing hope for improving attitudes of humans toward insects.

Interview

Carrie Sutton is a freelance directors’ representative working with independent creatives as well as music video directors signed to Biscuit Filmworks, Blindeye Films, Good Co., Kode Media, Rankin and The Graft. In her role as Music Video Commissioner, she has commissioned videos for Blur, Tina Turner, Pet Shop Boys, Snow Patrol and Robbie Williams amongst many others, with artists picking up 3 Brit Awards for Best Video, an MTV Award and a D&AD Yellow Pencil Nomination. In 2018, she was awarded the ‘Outstanding Achievement’ award at the UK Music Video Awards in recognition of her career as a Creative Commissioner, Directors’ Rep., Executive Producer and Producer

IEEE CESoc TV ? The International Conference on Consumer Electronics 2017 Best Poster Video Award [Society News

Presents the recipients of the International Conference on Consumer Electronics 2017 Best Poster Video Award.

Laser Fiber and Flexible Ureterorenoscope: The “Safety Distance” Concept

Introduction: The costs of flexible ureterorenoscopes (fURS) and their repair oblige the surgeon to know the proper handling of instruments. There is a lack of evidence in the literature about the distance that the laser fiber should have once out from the scope to avoid instrumental damages. We are introducing the “safety distance” concept to preserve the fURS scope from laser energy injuries. Materials and Methods: We performed an in vitro observational study. Seven fURS were tested. The distance from the laser fiber tip and the fURS camera was measured at the first appearance on the endoscopic screen and when the fiber was reaching one-fourth of the screen. Next, to evaluate the impact of the holmium laser bubble according to the different fiber distances, an assessment of the size and shape of the bubble created at the tip of the fiber with the laser activated was done recording the images with an high-speed camera. Different laser setting were used to simulate dusting, fragmentation, and tissue ablation. The laser was activated in saline solution with anything in front, with a phantom of a synthetic soft and hard stone and with a sample of pork kidney. Than maintaining the same energy and frequency, only the pulse length was changed and the diameter of the bubble measured. Results: The first appearance on the screen of the laser tip is different in different scopes. When the laser fiber is out 3 mm from the scope, the energy bubble generated by the holmium laser never hit the scope's tip. In all the scopes, we observed that when the laser fiber was at one-fourth of the screen, it was already out from the scope at least 3 mm. At the same energy and frequency, bubbles generated with long pulse are smaller than those generated with short pulse. Conclusion: Even if there is a big limitation of this study due to the impossibility to measure and to evaluate the damage of the fURS tip surface, we observed that when the laser fiber tip reach one-fourth of the screen, the bubble generated by the laser activation is never rebounding on the camera of the scope. We have called this position the “safety distance.” In difficult cases, if we need to see barely the fiber, we suggest to use long pulse duration and low energy. No competing financial interests exist. Runtime of video: 4 mins 42 secs This video was presented at the World Congress of Endourology, 2016, in Capetown, South Africa, and won Best Video Award of the WCE 2016.

Cyberbullying Resources for Youth and Their Families

Cyberbullying is a global public health challenge with the potential to disrupt or destroy the lives of children, adolescents, and their families. It may have negative consequences, especially for the victim, ranging from school absences to depression to suicide (Hinduja & Patchin, 2010a). The American Academy of Pediatrics (2013) recommends that health professionals provide education and counseling for parents and youth regarding bullying, including strategies for how to deal with it. This article will focus on informational and educational resources about cyberbullying available on the Web for parents, youth, educators, and health professionals. Mobile applications (apps) to combat cyberbullying will also be addressed.

2nd Joint Spring Meeting ACPGBI-SICCR, San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy, April 19th, 2013

The 2nd Joint Meeting of the Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery (SICCR) and the NE Thames chapter of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI) was held on the April 19, in San Vito al Tagliamento, in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region oft northeastern Italy. The first Conference had taken place at the prestigious University College Hospital in London, while the second took place in the splendid setting of the G Arrigoni theater built in the eighteenth century. Colorectal surgeons belonging to both societies discussed the hottest and most debated topics in the field, regarding both malignant and benign disease, with special consideration for all scientific-technological innovations that have been introduced in recent years. High-profile surgeons such as John Nicholls, Mike Parker, and Sue Clark, just to mention a few, have ensured that the scientific level was high. Miss Sue Clark, who has recently been appointed professor at Saint Mark’s Hospital, started her lecture revealing that she felt like a singer on a stage in such a beautiful venue. Extremely interesting talks were given throughout the entire congress leading to in-depth discussions and quite a few questions from the audience. Adela Brigic, a research fellow from Saint Mark’s Hospital, won the prize for best podium presentation with her lecture ‘‘eFLEX: a new approach to local colonic full thickness resection,’’ while Paolo Giamundo from Cuneo was the winner of the best video award with ‘‘Fi.La.C. (Laser Fistula Closure) in the treatment of fistula-in-ano: clinical results of a pilot study in one institution.’’ The expectations of the meeting were met, as there was an equal exchange of experience and scientific information between members of the old and prestigious Anglo-Saxon association and members of the younger Italian society. As a result of the impressive organizing effort made by the scientific secretariat and Chairmen of the Conference, Prof. Aldo Infantino and Mr. Pasquale Giordano of the delegates left San Vito al Tagliamento looking forward to the 3rd Joint Spring Meeting which will be held in London on April 25, 2014.

EAAI‐10: The First Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence

The first symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI) was held in July 2010 in conjunction with the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI‐10). It included an invited talk, paper presentations, model AI assignments, a teaching and mentoring workshop, a best educational video award, and a robotics track. This report summarizes that symposium.

Video Games Killed the Cinema Star : It's Time for a Change in Studies of Music and the Moving Image

'Whether we like it or not, this is the medium of our moment.' 1Three quarters of U.S. heads of households, the same report tells us, now regularly play video games. The industry is now worth over $7.5 billion in the United States alone: a figure close to that of the film industry ($9B) and increasing every year (Goodale 2005). Particularly remarkable is the widening of the audience for games - the ESA report informs us that nearly one fifth of adults over the age of 50 play games, and 'women over the age of 18 represent a greater portion of the game-playing population (28%) than boys from ages 6 to 17 (21%)'. With such impressive statistics, it is clear that games are now a significant force in our cultural landscape - the 'medium of the moment'. Despite the ubiquity of games now, with very few notable exceptions, there has been but a handful of articles published on games audio (see References, below).Perhaps worth asking is why, given its importance, games audio has met with such silence in academe. When I first suggested to a colleague that I was going to begin research into this area, I was met with the response, 'Games music? But that's so simple!' It is certainly not surprising to me that it is only now that games audio has reached a 'cinematic' quality that it is gaining some recognition. But despite appearances, even early games audio offers intriguing questions in terms of the production and reception of sound, such as I discovered in a study of the Atari VCS's fascinating approach to tonality (Collins 2006a). The influence of early game audio on other forms of popular music has also been underestimated - the continuing prominence of just one sound, Pacman's 'waca waca' (the sound the character makes when eating) is clear evidence of this. Back in the 1980s, the sound was incorporated into popular songs such as Weird Al Yankovic's 'Pac Man', and Buckner and Garcia's 'Pacman Fever', but has more recently been used by Aphex Twin, Bloodhound Gang, DMX, Lil' Flip and many more. There have even been T-shirts selling on E-Bay which feature the words 'waca waca'.2 Similarly, the Boston Bruins adapted Zombie Nation's hit 'Kernkraft 400' for their 'goal' theme song and it has since found its way into countless mobile phones as a ringtone, but was itself adapted from a theme in a Commodore 64 game, Lazy Jones (Terminal Software 1984). There has also been a growing popularity of 'micromusic', also known as 'chiptunes' - songs based on 8-bit game machine sound. Malcolm McLaren has begun promoting the scene, and Beck released an EP of 8-bit remixes of some of his songs in 2005. Golden Shower won a Brazilian MTV Music Video award for their track 'Video Computer System', all based on Atari VCS sounds and images, and Swedish band Machinae Supremacy has brought 8-bit metal to the masses. For further details of all these tracks see the box below.Another objection I've encountered in suggesting that others study games sound has been 'I'm too old. I don't play games'. Although recent research by the industry suggests this to be untrue (see above), the impression remains that many adults lack the skill sets to comprehend games or the gaming experience. Certainly, if one is uninterested in games it would be a good reason not to study them, but the excuse often seems not lack of interest, but either an insecurity over 'what will my colleagues think' or the inability to come to grips with the technology. It is time we recognized that games are not just the domain of children, or just for 'play' anymore (and, if they were, they would of course still be worth studying). Certainly, the connotation of the word 'game' suggests a lack of academic rigour, and I am always met with sniggers when I explain what I do to academics or the public. After all, if it is fun, it can't be taken seriously (right?). But surely we should take an interest in something in which people invest so much time, and it is precisely for this reason (not to mention the current military uses of games) that it must be taken seriously. …

Message size constraints on discourse planning in synchronous computer-mediated communication

Three groups of 20 dyads planned the MTV Music Video Awards Show over computers. The groups varied in whether they could send 4-line, 10-line, or 18-line messages, in part to examine whether increased planning efficiency in computer-mediated communication reflects communication strategies associated with constraints on message size. The results demonstrate that increased efficiency is not a function of such design features as the maximum message that may be sent. However, the subjects in the 4-line condition sent shorter messages to one another, were less likely to engage in a strategy of making multiple suggestions that required a single assent, and were more likely to differ in the relative proportion of their contributions to the discourse. The subjects in the 10-line condition had shorter maximum messages (and proportionately more disfluencies) than did those in the 18-line condition, despite the finding that the maximum messages of the latter would have also fit within 10 lines. Thus, the results also support a claim that size of the text window may result in different discourse management strategies and may influence an initial discourse-planning stage.

The Retirement Research Foundation's National Media Owl Award Winners for 1996

The 1996 National Media Owl Award winners are described. Awards for winning films, videos and television programs for or about older Americans were given in three categories: independent films and videos, TV non-fiction, and training films and videos. A Community Video Award for a television production on retirement living and a Special Achievement Award for a comprehensive training program on restraint-free care in long-term facilities were also presented.

Projects

The Math Vantage Project is a curriculum-development project of the Nebraska Mathematics and Science Intiative, a state systemic project supported in part by the National Science Foundation. Math Vantage is currently in its fourth and final year of developing twenty-three ten-to-fifteen-minute video programs and accompanying student lessons. National video awards from Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Council on International Nontheatrical Events, and Central Educational Networks have been received by various Math Vantage programs.

British Medical Association Film & Video Awards, 1996 Videotapes

British Medical Association Film & Video Awards, 1996 Videotapes

Call for entries for film and video award

Call for entries for film and video award

Learning Materials: Videotapes Bma film and video awards 1993

Learning Materials: Videotapes Bma film and video awards 1993