PRO-CON OF PROTON: DOSIMETRIC ADVANTAGES OF INTENSITY-MODULATION OVER PASSIVE SCATTER FOR THORACIC MALIGNANCIES

Pro-con of proton: Dosimetric advantages of intensity-modulation over passive scatter for thoracic malignancies

The use of passively scattered proton therapy (PSPT) or intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) opens the potential for dose escalation or critical structure sparing in thoracic malignancies.While the latter offers whip carbon magnum greater dose conformality, dose distributions are subjected to greater uncertainties, especially due to interplay

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Cutaneous invasive fungal infections in pediatric hematological malignancies: A case series and review of literature

Background: Cutaneous invasive fungal infections are a highly feared complication of cancer chemotherapy in children.The increased risk for these infections is often attributed to the profound immunosuppression and purple artisan keycap neutropenia resulting from intensive chemotherapy.Common pathogens include Zygomycetes, Aspergillus, and Candida

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Mathematical modelling of population and food storage dynamics in a honey bee colony infected with Nosema ceranae

Unusually high wintering losses of Apis mellifera in recent years has raised concerns regarding the well-being and productivity of honey bees across the globe.While these losses are likely multi-factorial, a proposed contributor are diseases, including those caused by parasites.We formulate and present a mathematical model for a colony of Apis mell

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A New Method for Short Text Compression

Short texts cannot be compressed effectively with general-purpose compression methods.Methods developed to compress short texts often use static dictionaries.In order to achieve high compression ratios, using a static dictionary suitable for the text to be compressed is an important problem that needs to be solved.In this study, a method called WSD

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