BACKGROUND Recently developed stereotactic partial breast irradiation (S-PBI) allows delivery of a high biologically potent dose to the target while sparing adjacent critical organs and normal tissue. With S-PBI tumoricidal doses, accurate and precise dose delivery is critical to achieve high treatment quality. This study is to investigate both rigid and non-rigid components of target geometric...

The strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) is one of the most preferred fresh fruit worldwide, accumulates numerous flavonoids but has limited shelf life due to excessive tissue softening caused by cell wall degradation. Since lignin is one of the polymers that strengthen plant cell walls and might contribute to some extent to fruit firmness monolignol biosynthesis was studied in strawberry fruit. Ci...

Western blots (WBs; immunoblots) are a widely used tool for the serodiagnosis of Lyme borreliosis, but so far, no defined criteria for performance, analysis, and interpretation have been established in Europe. For the current study WBs were produced with strains PKa2 (Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto), PKo (Borrelia afzelii), and PBi (Borrelia garinii). To improve resolution we used gels of 1...

Purpose: This study was aimed to investigate the relationship between mothers’ parental bonding styles and their maternal attachment levels. 
 Methods: descriptive cross-sectional involved 216 mothers. The data were collected using Personal Information Form, Maternal Attachment Inventory (MAI), Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI). Results: mean MAI score of mothers found be 96.72 ± 8.75 whic...

A novel fluorescein-bridged perylene bisimide (PBI) dimer for liquid crystal (LC) with geometrically symmetric structure was developed. The mesomorphic results indicated that the energetically stable and unstable conformers of fluorescein fragments could lead to transformation mesophases from a hexagonal columnar mesophase an uncertain phase at 136.9 °C in heating, whilst maintained between 175...

Purpose: To compare tumour bed (TB) volumes delineated using MRI plus CT/clips (MRCT) with those delineated using CT/clips-alone in post-lumpectomy breast cancer patients positioned prone, and to determine the value of MRCT for planning partial breast radiotherapy (PBI). Materials/ Methods: 30 women with breast cancer each had 6-12 titanium-clips secured in the excision cavity walls at lumpecto...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE To report the long-term results of a single-institution randomized study comparing the results of breast-conserving treatment with partial breast irradiation (PBI) or conventional whole breast irradiation (WBI). PATIENTS AND METHODS Between 1998 and 2004, 258 selected women with pT1 pN0-1mi M0, grade 1-2, non-lobular breast cancer without the presence of extensive intra...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the periodontal effects during rapid palatal expansion (RPE) or slow palatal expansion (SPE) and to compare them by means of some clinical indices, in order to establish the possible differences and advantages of one of these treatments in periodontal terms. METHODS 10 patients (aged 6 to 7 years; average age 6.3 years) were submitted to ...

Abstract The dissipation of ethoprophos and tricyclazole in soil their translocation tendency to spinach were investigated. Prior field trials, the analytical method for determination these pesticide residues was optimized validated on spinach. trial conducted under greenhouse conditions two different pretreatment periods with pesticides. After treating pesticides 30 (PBI-30) 60 days (PBI-60) b...