This paper contributes to debates about the effectiveness of international regulation and place ‘the state’ in developing enforcing effective shipping regulation. It focuses on example Maritime Labour Convention (2006) highlight some challenges successes defending rights workers ‘decent work’. The empirical basis is a novel analysis abandonment data which allows for consideration resolution cas...

RESUMO A madeira lamelada colada (MLC) possui inúmeras vantagens, podendo ser utilizada em diversos projetos com diferentes dimensões. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi avaliar as propriedades físicas e mecânicas da do híbrido de E. grandis × urophylla visando a produção elementos MLC colados os adesivos resorcinol-formaldeído (RF) poliuretano mamona (PUR) separadas duas classes densidade. partir d...

  Introduction:    Multileaf collimators (MLCs) are computer-controlled devices which are Useful and cost-effective tools for conformal therapy and intensity modulation radiotherapy (IMRT). Nowadays MLCs are important and standard configuration of the new medical linear accelerators which are substitute of conventional Blocks and has eliminated the ...

The aim of this study was to investigate a novel method for verification of the dose distribution for intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) patient-specific quality assurance (QA) using dynamic multi-leaf collimator (DMLC) log files (Dynalog files). Dynalog files are recorded every 50 ms by using a MLC controller during the IMRT treatment. Dynalog files contain actual MLC positional info...

PURPOSE The most recent Varian(®) micro multileaf collimator (MLC), the High Definition (HD120) MLC, was modeled using the BEAMNRC Monte Carlo code. This model was incorporated into a Varian medical linear accelerator, for a 6 MV beam, in static and dynamic mode. The model was validated by comparing simulated profiles with measurements. METHODS The Varian(®) Trilogy(®) (2300C/D) accelerator m...

PURPOSE Investigation of a reduced source to target distance to improve organ at risk sparing during stereotactic irradiation (STX). METHODS The authors present a planning study with perfectly target-volume adapted collimator compared with multi-leaf collimator (MLC) at reduced source to virtual isocentre distance (SVID) in contrast to normal source to isocentre distance (SID) for stereotacti...

An algorithm for dynamic multileaf-collimator (dMLC) tracking of a target performing a known a priori, rigid-body motion during volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT), has been experimentally validated and applied to investigate the potential of the Agility (Elekta AB, Stockholm, Sweden) multileaf-collimator (MLC) for use in motion-compensated VMAT delivery. For five VMAT patients, dosimetric ...

Phosphorylation of the 20-kDa regulatory myosin light chain (MLC) of smooth muscle is known to cause monomeric myosins in solution to self-assemble into thick filaments. The role of MLC phosphorylation in thick filament formation in intact muscle, however, is not clear. It is not known whether the phosphorylation is necessary to initiate thick filament assembly in vivo. Here we show, by using a...

Phosphorylation of myosin light chain (MLC) and contraction of differentiated smooth muscle cells in vascular walls are regulated by Ca2+ -dependent activation of MLC kinase, and by Rho-kinase- or protein-kinases-C-dependent inhibition of MLC phosphatase (MLCP). We examined regulatory pathways for MLC kinase and MLCP in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), and for isometric force gene...

The emergence of resistant microorganisms towards standard antibiotics has stimulated an on-going exploration for new sources antimicrobials. microbial susceptibility extracts produced from leaf, bark, or rhizome parts nine different New Zealand bushes was investigated using liquid broth dilution and agar plating techniques. Minimum inhibitory (MIC) lethal concentrations (MLC) were expressed in...