BACKGROUND The aim of present pilot study was to evaluate the changes in pulmonary function tests (PFTs) after locoregional post-mastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) in breast cancer patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty consecutive patients with histopathologically confirmed breast carcinoma stages T1-T4, N1-N2, who were treated with modified radical mastectomy with neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemot...

The aim of the project is to detect and quantify the egect of sea state on the wind stress. An overview of the basic theory of wind stress in the surface layer is provided, along with a more detailed description of the inertial dissipation method which is used to obtain stress estimates for this study. Wind stress measurements by other researchers illustrate the large scatter which seems to be ...

This paper will validate two basic concepts of numerical models for prediction pressure change along the transport pipeline in case long distance and high capacity lignite ash pneumatic conveying. Application various friction factor correlations variation given parameter, led to total fourteen different program codes FORTRAN. The input data are based on comprehensive experimental research Kolub...

A mathematical model was used to describe the population of the aquatic invasive species, Ciona intestinalis in the presence of cultured mussel production. A differential equation model was developed to represent the key life stages: egg, larva, recruit, juvenile and adult. Stage transition rates were calculated from time spent in a stage and transition probabilities. Because surface availabili...

background: hyperbilirubinemia is considered one of the most prevalent problems in newborns. phototherapy, exchange transfusion, and herbal medicine are common therapeutic approaches for preventing any neurologic damage in infants with neonatal jaundice. however, herbal medicine is less commonly used. aim: this study aimed to investigate the effect of bilineaster drop on neonatal hyperbilirubin...

This paper presents an algorithm for rapidly creating and rendering soft shadows on a plane. It has the advantages of rapid generation on current hardware, as well as high quality and a realistic feel on a perceptual level. The algorithm renders the soft shadow to a texture. It begins with a hard drop shadow, then uses the object’s silhouette edges to generate penumbrae in a single pass. Though...

This paper uses a labor supply model that incorporates waiting for health care to derive an empirical specification for sick leave and to estimate the impact of waiting for health care on the duration of sick leave. In the estimations, we use the 2002 sample of the RFV-LS register database, supplemented with information from questionnaires. The results indicate that almost all waiting for healt...

This study aimed to determine the association of body composition (BC) with leg strength, balance capacity, and drop jump ability in capoeira athletes. A total 10 male (age: 26.5±2.6 years) 5 female 25.0±2.9 athletes participated this study. BC measurement participants was performed using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Performance measurements consisted 30º, 60º, 90º strength measurement, an...

among the all parameters affecting the performance of a downhole de-oiling hydrocyclone, the investigation of internal flow field deserves more attempts especially in the petroleum industry. in this study, the effects of inlet flow rate, inlet oil volume fraction, and oil droplet diameter on the separation efficiency and pressure drop ratio have been investigated along the hydrocyclone body. al...