UNLABELLED When thyroid tissues exhibited concentrations of therapeutic (131)I that appeared to be less than that predicted by data from the preceding diagnostic (131)I, the phenomenon was called stunning. We hypothesized that stunning arose from the early effects of the therapeutic dose of (131)I and that the initial uptake of (131)I, observed within the first day, was not impaired by the diag...

Orbital radiotherapy (Rx) is a commonly used treatment for Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO), but controlled clinical trials evaluating different Rx doses and application forms have not been performed. In euthyroid patients with moderately severe GO, we randomly compared the efficacy and tolerability of three Rx protocols. Orbital Rx (telecobalt) was administered either in 20 divided fractions of 1 G...

The authors report on a terahertz band wireless communication experiment employing resonant tunneling diode receiver (Rx) and uni-travelling carrier photodiode transmitter. An intermediate-frequency based transmission facilitates low-complexity envelope-detection type Rx architecture for complex-modulated signals. Forward error correction recoverable data-rates using quadrature phase shift keyi...

This paper investigates the channel impulse response (CIR), i.e., molecule hitting rate, of a molecular communication (MC) system employing an absorbing receiver (RX) covered by multiple non-overlapping receptors. In this system, receptors are heterogeneous, they may have different sizes and arbitrary locations. Furthermore, we consider two types transmitter (TX), namely point TX membrane fusio...

Although the rise in pharmacy benefit costs continues to outpace overall medical cost inflation, the gap is narrowing. Employers can improve cost and employee wellness even further with an innovative technique for drug therapy compliance called the Diagnosis-Prescription (Dx-Rx) approach. This article reports results from a 2007 national employer survey on pharmacy benefits and describes how th...