BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Chest wall recurrences of breast cancer are a therapeutic challenge and durable local control is difficult to achieve. Our objective was to determine the local progression free survival (LPFS) and toxicity of thermochemoradiotherapy (ThChRT) for chest wall recurrence. METHODS Twenty-seven patients received ThChRT for chest wall failure from 2/1995 to 6/2007 and make up ...

BACKGROUND Whether cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is effective in patients older than 75 years, who have been excluded from most trials, remains unclear. We enrolled patients 46 to 86 years old in a randomized trial and assessed the effects of 2 months of post-myocardial infarction (MI) CR on total work capacity (TWC, in kilograms per meter) and health-related quality of life (HRQL). METHODS AND...

It is well known that the successful operation of cognitive radio (CR) between CR transmitter and CR receiver (CR link) relies on reliable spectrum sensing. To network CRs requires more information from spectrum sensing beyond traditional techniques, executing at CR transmitter and further information regarding the spectrum availability at CR receiver. Redefining the spectrum sensing along with...

BACKGROUND In a recent study, we showed that administration of low-dose creatine (Cr) (60 mg/kg daily) improved work capacity in patients with McArdle disease. OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy of high-dose Cr therapy in McArdle disease. DESIGN Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study. PATIENTS Nineteen patients with McArdle disease. INTERVENTION Treatment with Cr, 15...

The morbidity of ocular diseases, including macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and dry eye disease, has been gradually increasing worldwide. Because these diseases develop from age-associated ocular dysfunctions, interventions against the aging process itself may be a promising strategy for their management. Among the several approaches to interrupt aging processes, calorie restriction...

The cognitive radio (CR) is evolved as the potential technology to solve the problem of spectrum scarcity and to meet the stringent requirements of upcoming wireless services. CR has two distinct features, the spectrum sensing and the parameter adaptation. The former feature helps the CR to find the vacant spectrum slots/channels in the radio band while the latter mechanism allows it to adjust ...

introdouction: the high prevalence of apical periodontitis (ap) of endodontic origin raises an important public health problem. root canal treatment (rct) and crown restoration (cr) have an effect on its prevalence. this cross-sectional study was performed to assess the effect of rct and cr on the prevalence of ap. materials and methods: two observers assessed 608 teeth with rct belonging to pa...

This paper presents a systematic bench-scale laboratory study performed to assess the transient behavior of chromium, nickel, and cadmium in different soils during electrokinetic remediation. A series of laboratory electrokinetic experiments was conducted using two different clayey soils, kaolin and glacial till. For each type of soil, four electrokinetic experiments with 1, 2, 4, and 10 d of t...