Introduction: Nowadays,  considerable developments  in  the field  of  radiotherapy have  been  achieved.  They  include  the  advances  made  in  the  equipments  and  treatment  planning  techniques  which  require  highly complex calculations. Such achievements have made it possible to treat cancer patients not only  with  higher  radiation  dose  but  also  with  higher  precision  and  con...

Aims: To study the phosphorus requirement of Rice - zero till maize (Zea mays L.) cropping system on productivity and soil available Phosphorus balance. Study Design: Randomized block design (two factors). Methodology: The field experiment was conducted for two consecutive years at College Agriculture, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad. Levels P2O5 (kg ha-1) applied to rice (5 levels) (3 respectively we...

High-latitude soils store a large amount of the global soil organic carbon (SOC). The SOC stocks in mineral under different permafrost conditions, however, are underrepresented databases. We sampled forest continuous and discontinuous to sporadic conditions on Canadian Boreal Taiga Plain. determined upper 60 cm 94 pits across eleven sites (5–9 per site) quality using 13C isotopic signatures, C:...

Background: The evaluation of collagen in the abdominal wall has been increasingly studied because of the relevance on collagen in the healing process after laparotomy. Aim: To evaluate the amount of collagen in the linea alba of patients undergoing laparotomic bariatric surgery and comparing with non-obese cadavers. Methods: Were evaluated 88 samples of aponeurosis from abdominal linea alb...

The treatment methods available for large primary hepatocellular carcinomas (diameter >5 cm) are inadequate. Here, we report the successful management of 80 cases of large hepatocellular carcinoma, using a combination of custom-designed permanent interstitial iodine-125 seed brachytherapy and palliative surgery. Patients were enrolled in the study between 2011 and 2014. All patients underwent s...

Objective: To assess whether tissue Doppler myocardial imaging (TDI) indices can predict postoperative left ventricular function in patients with mitral regurgitation (MR) after surgical correction. Methods: 84 patients (mean (SD) age 54.3 (10.8) years) with asymptomatic severe MR, an end systolic diameter , 45 mm, and an ejection fraction (EF) . 60% were subdivided in two groups: 43 patients w...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether tissue Doppler myocardial imaging (TDI) indices can predict postoperative left ventricular function in patients with mitral regurgitation (MR) after surgical correction. METHODS 84 patients (mean (SD) age 54.3 (10.8) years) with asymptomatic severe MR, an end systolic diameter < 45 mm, and an ejection fraction (EF) > 60% were subdivided in two groups: 43 patients w...

There is now general consensus that atrial fibrillation is an epidemic. While huge and costly efforts are being made to find new drugs to control it, and new ablation and surgical techniques to eliminate it, I am not aware of any serious effort being expended to finding out what is causing the epidemic. To a solution-oriented and practical-minded chemical engineer like myself, this makes no sen...