Which Language R You Speaking? /r/ as a Language Marker in Tyrolean and Italian Bilinguals.

Across languages of the world the /r/ sound is known for its variability. This variability has been investigated using articulatory models as well as in sociolinguistic studies. The current study investigates to what extent /r/ is a marker of a bilingual's dominant language.

Province wide clinical governance network for clinical audit for quality improvement in endometrial cancer management.

Background: According to the hub-and-spoke model introduced in the Provincial Healthcare System of Reggio Emilia, early endometrial cancer is treated in peripheral low-volume hospitals (spokes) by general gynecologist, whereas more complex cancers are treated by gynecological oncologists at the main hospital (hub).

Objective: To guarantee a uniformly high standard of care to all patients with endometrial cancer treated in hub and spoke hospitals of Reggio Emilia Province.

Methods: The specialists of the 5 hospitals of Reggio Emilia Province instituted an inter hospital and multidisciplinary oncology group to write common and shared guidelines based on evidence-based medicine through the use of clinical audit.

Short-term outcomes with the Ajust™ system: a new single incision sling for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence.

Introduction And Hypothesis: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of the minimally invasive Ajust™ system in the treatment of stress urinary incontinence.

Methods: This was a prospective multicentre study. All patients with primary urodynamic stress urinary incontinence were prospectively selected to receive the Ajust™ procedure.

TVT-secur: a minimally invasive procedure for the treatment of primary stress urinary incontinence. One year data from a multi-centre prospective trial.

The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and morbidity of the new minimally invasive TVT-secur procedure. This was a prospective multi-centre trial. All patients with primary urodynamic stress urinary incontinence were prospectively selected to receive the TVT-secur procedure.