Quality of Sexual Life Before and After Pelvic Organ Prolapse Surgery.

Importance: Although surgery for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is generally associated with an improvement in sexual function, knowledge on specific changes is limited.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe and compare changes in sexual activity and function during a 5-year follow-up period after POP surgery.

Study Design: This was a nationwide cohort study of 3,515 women operated on for POP in 2015 in Finland.

Gait data from 51 healthy participants with motion capture, inertial measurement units, and computer vision.

We present a dataset comprising motion capture, inertial measurement unit data, and sagittal-plane video data from walking at three different instructed speeds (slow, comfortable, fast). The dataset contains 51 healthy participants with approximately 60 walking trials from each participant. Each walking trial contains data from motion capture, inertial measurement units, and computer vision.

Predicting Knee Joint Contact Force Peaks During Gait Using a Video Camera or Wearable Sensors.

Purpose: Estimating loading of the knee joint may be helpful in managing degenerative joint diseases. Contemporary methods to estimate loading involve calculating knee joint contact forces using musculoskeletal modeling and simulation from motion capture (MOCAP) data, which must be collected in a specialized environment and analyzed by a trained expert. To make the estimation of knee joint loading more accessible, simple input predictors should be used for predicting knee joint loading using artificial neural networks.

In-depth characterization of exhaust particles performed on-board a modern cruise ship applying a scrubber.

To comply with environmental regulations, ship operators may adopt exhaust after-treatment devices such as scrubbers or selective catalytic reduction (SCR). Beyond gaseous emission control, these technologies impact the exhaust particles emitted from marine engines to the atmosphere. This study characterizes comprehensively the chemical composition and physical properties of exhaust aerosol particles upstream and downstream a hybrid scrubber operating in open loop mode on-board a modern cruise ship.