LARS-LIKE SYMPTOMS IN THE GENERAL POPULATION MAY SUGGEST THE SIGNIFICANCE OF POSTOPERATIVE FUNCTIONAL PROBLEMS AND EMOTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF RECTAL SURGERY

LARS-like symptoms in the general population may suggest the significance of postoperative functional problems and emotional implications of rectal surgery

Background & Aim.Sphincter-saving rectal surgery is prone to cause changes in bowel function associated with Low Anterior Resection Syndrome (LARS).Our aim was to assess LARS-like symptoms within a population of 50-80-year old in order to understand the functional disturbances and emotional impact of LARS.Materials and methods: We used a questionna

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Wecken type problems for self-maps of the Klein bottle

We consider various problems regarding roots and coincidence points for maps into the Klein bottle.The root problem where the target is and the domain Chillums is a compact surface with non-positive Euler characteristic is studied.Results similar to those when the target is the torus are obtained.The Wecken property for coincidences from to is esta

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Electrophysiological Markers of Fairness and Selfishness Revealed by a Combination of Dictator and Ultimatum Games

Individual behavior during financial decision making is motivated by fairness, but an unanswered question from previous studies is whether particular patterns of brain activity correspond to different profiles of fairness.Event Related Potentials (ERPs) were recorded from 39 participants who played the role of allocators in a Dictator Game (DG) and

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