... those emitting predominantly UVB to those emitting predominantly UVA, or narrow-band UVB in recent times Psoralen photochemotherapy: This form oftreatment (PUVA) involves the combination of the ... carcinogenic potential of UVB, the UV output of low-pressure fluorescent lamps was shifted towards UVA, allowing so-called "UVA tanning" The term "UVA tanning" is misleading, as the output of ... may induce initiation of melanoma via separate intracellular pathways (Zhang & Rosdahl, 2003) UVA, UVB and human skin In humans UVA penetrates deeper into the skin than does UVB Because UVA represents...
... initially carried out by injecting a sampling of TCE into the slurry of TiO2 to given a final solution of 50 ppm TCE The run in the dark condition (TiO2 alone) showed about 20% of TCE degradation after ... al., 1993) The purpose of our study is to investigate the feasibility of the solar detoxification using TiO2 for degrading TCE contaminated water The effects of solar light intensity, TiO2 concentration ... in a UV concentrating radiation System (Yves et al., 1996) In this process, major toxic compounds are mineralizaed to CO2, H2O and mineral acids such as HCl, instead of simply transferring them...
... proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology Inclusion Criteria Articles were selected for inclusion in this practice guideline report if they met all of the ... Appendix Staging of Cervical Cancer*: International Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology (FIGO) Stage I – The carcinoma is confined to the cervix IA – invasive component
... center, founded in 1984 Since its founding, SFI has devoted itself to creating a new kind of scientific research community, pursuing emerging science Operating as a small, visiting institution, ... the critical role of spatial distribution of plant resources in determining the success of two cooperative behaviors (alarm calling and feeding restraint) MILES TO GO In an introductory chapter ... gathering information (the input), the agent processes it by linking the input to already stored information (the agents' internal representation of the world), and performs acts (the output) in...
... benefits of the paradigm, including having a coherent probabilistic model, ease of improvements by building in prior knowledge, and ease in using as part of more complex models; we plan to look into ... Interpolating between types and tokens by estimating power-law generators In Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, volume 18 J.T Goodman 2001 A bit of progress in language modeling ... baseline Lower is better Both panels are for the full training set and n = helpful comments References R Kneser and H Ney 1995 Improved backingoff for m-gram language modeling In Proceedings of...
... the production of thin layers of NPC on the surface of a porous stainless steel support A solution of PFA in acetone was sprayed onto the support in the form of a fine mist using an external ... role in the gas separation processesof the industrial sector Hsieh has provided a technical overview of inorganic membranes in his 1990 book [3], in which inorganic membranes are divided into ... dispersion of a finely divided inorganic material in the casting solution of PAN They reported that the carbonization of highly asymmetric PAN precursors, produced by the use of various combinations of...
... SNR of 10 dB The main novelties introduced in this work in relation to the state of art are: the adaptation of V /UV as a function of background noise and SNR, the use of a large initial set of ... = is the index relating to the class of noise, h j are the coefficients of a smoothing window obtained considering the coefficients from N + to 2N + of a Hamming window with 2N +1 points, and xi ... the basis of frames containing voiced sounds and 12 209 vectors of examples calculated on frames containing unvoiced sounds In the testing phase we used more than minutes of speech (8 minutes 32...
... y ∈ X The rest of the proof is identical with the proof of Theorem 3.5 This completes the proof Following similar arguments as in the proof of Theorems 3.5, 3.6, and 3.7, we obtain immediately ... 1–28 , in this paper, we introduce and study a new class of general nonlinear implicit variational inequalities, which includes the variational inequalities and variational inclusions in 1–28 ... Glowinski, Numerical Methods for Nonlinear Variational Problems, Springer Series in Computational Physics, Springer, Berlin, Germany, 1984 J.-S Guo and J C Yao, “Extension of strongly nonlinear...
... resulting in a release of energy (in the form of a high energy photon), corresponding to the binding energies of the shells involved The energy released produces discrete, well defined recombinational ... absolute uncertainty, about a nominal operating point, in terms of a standardized engineering unit Precision : +/-0.1% of the nominal thickness or +/-0.50m, which every is greater, in a statistical ... same value of input under the same operating conditions, over a specific interval of time (often minutes) The standard deviation, , of the set of repeatability measurements (often the 2 indication)...
... for improving the results obtained in an earlier work.17 In this work, we have used the 12-values of K t in the output of the model instead of the average H as often used The data used in this ... Neuro-fuzzy modeling18 involves a way of applying various learning techniques developed in the neural network literature to fuzzy modeling or to a fuzzy inference system (FIS) The basic structure of a FIS ... Director of the ONM (Office of National Meteorology of Algiers), for making available the database of solar radiation data for different sites, and Prof A Guessoum (Head of Signal Processing Laboratory...
... (radiographic findings only); Grade 2, radiographic findings plus symptomatic and not interfering with activities of daily living (ADL); Grade 3, radiographic findings plus symptomatic and interfering with ... http://www.ro-journal.com/content/5/1/32 Page of The progression of radiation-induced damage is the result of an early activation of an inflammatory reaction leading to the expression and maintenance of an elevated cytokine cascade ... follow-up time of 18 months after completing SBRT A significant decrease of the incidence rate of severe RP was observed for the period entering into 2006 The purpose of this study was to determine the...
... body volume included in the CT scan minus the PTVs), the integral dose, “DoseInt” was defined as the integral of the absorbed dose extended to over all voxels excluding those within the target ... within liver parenchyma not included in PTV_WAR (the width of the outer liver border included in the PTV_WAR ranged from to 1.5 cm) Also for kidneys the same 1-1.5 cm of rim was included in the ... volumetric intensity-modulated arc therapy based on the original investigations of Otto [19] and was adopted for this investigation A detailed description of the principles of RapidArc can be found in...
... assessment of tumor response to the prescribed treatmentin a variety of tumor sites including the MPM [10-16] PET imaging is based on biochemical processes that may offer better detection of tumors ... survival of only to 17 months [1,2] Although currently it appears to be a rare tumor, its incidence is increasing throughout most of the world including Turkey, where it is epidemic in three ... its expansions, CTV and PTV, in 12 of 13 patients and increased target volumes in patient, all together impacting the importance of accurate target volume delineation in this patients group Additionally,...
... supple [2] Proactive treatment to prevent radiation dermatitis is directed at reducing the drying effect of radiation on the skin and involves instructing patients to avoid irritating the irradiated ... Application of the cream was accomplished with the ventral surface of the fingers using a rotary motion of the fingers with light pressure to the skin The cream was massaged into the skin until ... for each patient at the beginning of treatment, and this status was kept for the entire process of RT The primary endpoint is the skin care failure which included onset of moderate-to-severe dryness,...
... than 20 nm in diameter have not been reported to permeate through human skin, this data was obtained using healthy individuals in an optimal setting [15] In specific cases, the skin structure ... regarding environmental contamination and in the case of entry into the body All of the above studies demonstrated that naturally occurring ivy nanoparticles could be a promising alternative for UV ... Sensors, Sofia, Bulgaria) with a spring constant of 20-75 N/m, a resonant frequency of 300 ± 100 kHz, and a radius of curvature in less than 10 nm Figure Distribution of nanoparticles in SC layer of...
... bands shielding or to the dissolution of certain groups during the process of obtaining the nanoemulsion In the case of the bands group in the range of 1150-1250 cm-1, characteristic of ester groups ... stretching), an increase in the intensity of the bands is observed, which is reflected in the decrease of its transmittance from 96% to 56% This is also explained by the increasing of the quantity of ... Superficial skin burns were induced using a UV radiation lamp Testing the anti-inflammatory action Assessment of anti-inflammatory action was achieved by evaluating the inhibition of rat paw edema induced...
... to intermediate x values for LixWO3 and NaxWO3 and at intermediate x values for KxWO3 Hexagonal phases occur for small incorporation of large ions: KxWO3, CsxWO3, InxWO3 and LixWO3 In case of ... windows' is to control the flow of light and heat passing the building glazing and the glazing of vehicles In future, the electrochromic windows will be massively applied for energy saving in ... 1.11 Response of a WO3 sample at increasing steps of NO concentration According to the interaction mechanism of the NO molecules with the surface of the material, as in the most of metal oxide...
... In these hybrid processes, FO offer the advantages of better rejection of contaminants, lower overall energy input, reduced fouling and elimination of harsh cleaning steps due to the FO pre -treatment ... mechanisms of the generation of osmotic pressure and the osmotic driving force for water movement are still being discussed in many literatures The interpretation of osmotic pressure often varies in ... high osmotic pressure of seawater In this chapter, the osmotic processes and the invention of various membranes for these processes will be introduced In addition, an overview of cellulose esters...
... cluster of R&D activities, high-tech manufacturing of knowledge-intensive industrial and business sectors linked by mixed-use environment including housing, business, education and leisure within ... which is often the goal of planned post-industrial clusters planner may want to provide schooling facilities in line with expected population influx for the incoming residents It is interesting to ... using agent based modelling RENGARAJAN SATYANARAIN (B.TECH, INDIA) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN URBAN PLANNING DEPARTMENT OF REAL ESTATE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF...